MELBOURNE BREAKS UNITE // SAT APRIL 29TH, 2006 // THIS SAT!!

Little Evil · Post by **Little Evil** » Tue Jan 31, 2006 1:41 pm

SHIFTY wrote:
Little Evil wrote:Yes, and Shifty will be doing his 'fruit & veg' show out the back.
It'll be free, but he'll have a hat out - as usual.
A bloke has to make a living somehow.

With the price inflation on fruit and veg due to the late rains pushing the harvest back and the increasing cost of fuel to transport the goods from the farm to me its hard making ends meet, if it wasnt for my love of preforming i might have to think about hanging up the carrot so to speak

Fair enough.
Fuck me, what are you using though - monster mutant pumpkins?

I liked that thing you did with the watermelon, and the way you spat the pips out your 'youknowwhat', one by one.
Can you do that again - please?
I like the 'ting' sound they make as they hit the bucket on the other side of the room.

SHIFTY · Post by **SHIFTY** » Tue Jan 31, 2006 4:40 pm

ring a ting ting

Post by **breaksRbest** » Tue Jan 31, 2006 5:00 pm

19 Hours in a row of Breakbeat Madness

GWARN!!!

obliveus · Post by **obliveus** » Tue Jan 31, 2006 6:50 pm

breaksRbest wrote:19 Hours in a row of Breakbeat Madness

GWARN!!!

For only the true hard corps types.

mr lob · Post by **mr lob** » Wed Feb 01, 2006 1:40 am

weedhopper.com.au is behind you as well Eric, happy to put any fliers and details up on the site, shaping up to be a huge one indeed!!

great work and fantastic support from the community I see.

ah it's a credit to all your hard work son!!

Lil MiSbreaks · Post by **Lil MiSbreaks** » Wed Feb 01, 2006 11:14 am

Can I just note that any emails, or pms sent to me over the last week im reading today, no internet access til now

obliveus · Post by **obliveus** » Wed Feb 01, 2006 1:09 pm

OK, I need to go with either Beat or Inpress by this week. I'm thinking Beat.

Post by **lynt** » Wed Feb 01, 2006 1:38 pm

Inpress!

Little Evil · Post by **Little Evil** » Wed Feb 01, 2006 2:43 pm

Sorry Lynt, don't want to start a streetpress war here - but I find Beat gets much wider distribution, and the staff are easier to deal with.
Ronnit down Beat is my homie, and always looks after the Gimme crew - and especially me because she loves my ass.

I find Streetpress in general to be incredibly contrived, and driven by money - as it is a business in the end anyway.

But, Beat has always been good to us, and never caused us many real hassles.
My vote is with them, but it's just a recomendation.
You'd be hard pressed to get a free add or two out of either publications.
Just go with the best price I guess, but Beat is definately my choice.

Post by **lynt** » Wed Feb 01, 2006 2:47 pm

Fair enough mate! I'm sure both publications will support as best they can.

Little Evil · Post by **Little Evil** » Wed Feb 01, 2006 3:31 pm

lynt wrote:Fair enough mate! I'm sure both publications will support as best they can.

Yeah, they will.
Last year was a real ball-buster though when it came to streetpress.
I had to play them both off against eachother, and lots of shit went down until we got what we needed.
I hope it's not like that this year, and one of them supplies some freebies.

Breaks crews all uniting, as well as the Starlight Foundation is good enough reason to sacrifice a few dollars, and run some free adds IMO.
Whether it be Beat or Impress.

I hope one of them comes to the party, and gives us the non biased coverage the party deserves too.
Last year I was a bit miffed about a few things - subtle messages/grumblings in stories and stuff, from certain parties journalistic. All of it adding to mine, Eric's and Guy's headaches.
But it's all cool now.

So none of that shit this year I hope? Everyone is out to help out everyone else. Every DJ on the bill is as important as the next one. And pretty much everyone is on the bill this year.
It should be one of the parties of the year - for a mega important cause.

Who's going to give us a free add?

deviant · Post by **deviant** » Wed Feb 01, 2006 4:32 pm

I'll write "Melbourne Breaks Unite" on my naked body and run down the street for ya

Little Evil · Post by **Little Evil** » Wed Feb 01, 2006 4:36 pm

deviant wrote:I'll write "Melbourne Breaks Unite" on my naked body and run down the street for ya

You got a deal - We just don't want kids having nightmares, that's all.

You should run past JJJ. The disc jockeys can all see out the window.
They'd be sure to say something.

We should do a 'bang the drum' thing, except for MBU purposes.
Streakers at the cricket with MBU painted on their arses.

same o · Post by **same o** » Wed Feb 01, 2006 10:08 pm

deviant wrote:I'll write "Melbourne Breaks Unite" on my naked body and run down the street for ya

"penis shrinks into body"

obliveus · Post by **obliveus** » Thu Feb 02, 2006 11:31 am

Just registered MBU for a web URL. So website should be up shortly...

dj awesome · Post by **dj awesome** » Thu Feb 02, 2006 2:19 pm

when is the rave?

Post by **breaksRbest** » Thu Feb 02, 2006 2:36 pm

April 29 is when we'll be raving

dj awesome · Post by **dj awesome** » Thu Feb 02, 2006 2:55 pm

cools

brb - bring back the pimp cup!

Post by **breaksRbest** » Thu Feb 02, 2006 3:17 pm

that's how I roll

obliveus · Post by **obliveus** » Thu Feb 02, 2006 7:00 pm

breaksRbest wrote:that's how I roll

Pimpsrbest

Feigan · Post by **Feigan** » Fri Feb 03, 2006 9:27 am

Pimp my Chicken (Ride)

DC · Post by DC » Sat Feb 04, 2006 10:06 am

dj awesome wrote:when is the rave?

HA!

Lindemon · Post by **Lindemon** » Tue Feb 07, 2006 9:24 pm

Howdy, I still have not been contacted by any DJ's wishing to play in the Funk/Hip-Hop/Dancehall room for this event.

I currently have a 'DJ wish-list' of about 15 names that I think would be suitable, but I would prefer for willing people to contact me, rather than chase down & request the free services of said artists....

It's only early days yet, but the clock's ticking...

So, PM me if you are interested... - Respecognize!

obliveus · Post by **obliveus** » Wed Feb 08, 2006 6:32 pm

Lucid Visuals have now confirmed that they will be donating their time to the cause with the rest of us. BIG UPS!!!

Post by **breaksRbest** » Wed Feb 08, 2006 6:48 pm

go for the wish list' first Lindsay, then fill up the remaining spots after you've confirmed the DJ's you really want.

Big Ups Lucid Visuals!!!! I've got some mad ideas I wanna talk to 'em about for the 'after party' downstairs.

same o · Post by **same o** » Wed Feb 08, 2006 9:43 pm

do we have a meeting for this sooon???
just wondering..
ob talked to a few skate companies and non where really interested in sponsoring the event...
however i will get blank clothings number cuz i spoke to them and u can have a chat with them

deviant · Post by **deviant** » Thu Feb 09, 2006 12:17 am

^^^^ really? how well did you pitch it? this would be perfect for them to get exposure... Oh well

obliveus · Post by **obliveus** » Thu Feb 09, 2006 9:19 am

sAme'0 wrote:do we have a meeting for this sooon???
just wondering..
ob talked to a few skate companies and non where really interested in sponsoring the event...
however i will get blank clothings number cuz i spoke to them and u can have a chat with them

If ya want, my man. Put them on to me and I can put the ol OB charm on. Worked with my wife, at least.

betson · Post by **betson** » Mon Feb 13, 2006 3:05 pm

So we're getting a donation/sponsorship of 500 MBU keytags from the co. I work for

. Cash's Australia Pty Ltd.

This is the basic design we've come up with, They may look a bit different because they are a woven tag.

Any other ideas or stuff people think should be on there post em up.

They get folded halfway, overlocked around the edge and then the ring is put through. They'll end up like the ones posted earlier in the thread.

Can either put em with the CD or sell em or give em away, or whatever.

deviant · Post by **deviant** » Mon Feb 13, 2006 3:14 pm

^^^ farken nice one!!!! big ups to you

Just remembered I did I whole lot of data entry for these guys when I was at uni. for there online ordering system....... exctiing!!!!

obliveus · Post by **obliveus** » Mon Feb 13, 2006 7:28 pm

betson wrote:So we're getting a donation/sponsorship of 500 MBU keytags from the co. I work for . Cash's Australia Pty Ltd.

This is the basic design we've come up with, They may look a bit different because they are a woven tag.

Any other ideas or stuff people think should be on there post em up.

They get folded halfway, overlocked around the edge and then the ring is put through. They'll end up like the ones posted earlier in the thread.

Can either put em with the CD or sell em or give em away, or whatever.

YOU ARE THE MAN!!! Looks great. Thanks so much for that.

In other news, I just talked to the powers that be and it looks like we're going to go with Beat as our main sponsor for the event. In the end, it came down to the maximum number of people we could reach and what we came up with through discussion here on this forum and through PM's. Beat won on both counts. So there you have it.

So far, our name sponsors for the event (meaning those whose names will appear on all promotional material due to their efforts and donations) stand at: Melbourne Beats, Beat, ITM, Resident Advisor, The Scene and Cash Australia Party Ltd. If anyone else has a lead I can chase down, please PM me so I can get onto it.

Also, we are now an officially recognized, sanctioned group doing work for Starlight Foundation. We already knew that, but I had to fill out paperwork to make us legit. So you're now all part of the charity, good on ya.

BTW I've had 75% of the line-ups emailed to me for the 3 rooms...LOOKS MAD!!! Will, without a doubt, be the biggest local show of the year.

You producers, PM Cubist or Snowie about getting a track on the MBU CD. We want more!

Will keep you in the loop as it happens...

OB1

obliveus · Post by **obliveus** » Wed Feb 15, 2006 9:09 am

Just confirmed...

WE GOT THE COVER FOR 100% THE WEEK OF MBU!!!

Carry on.

deviant · Post by **deviant** » Wed Feb 15, 2006 11:51 am

????

insurance?

betson · Post by **betson** » Wed Feb 15, 2006 11:58 am

Shouldn't need pub liability at a venue, if thats what you mean?

mr lob · Post by **mr lob** » Wed Feb 15, 2006 3:22 pm

obliveus wrote:Just confirmed...

WE GOT THE COVER FOR 100% THE WEEK OF MBU!!!

Carry on.

how good is that, but now for the front cover of the paper!!

i can also put any promo stuff on my site, in fact can even give you your own page!!

deviant · Post by **deviant** » Wed Feb 15, 2006 3:31 pm

mr lob wrote:
obliveus wrote:Just confirmed...

WE GOT THE COVER FOR 100% THE WEEK OF MBU!!!

Carry on.
how good is that, but now for the front cover of the paper!!

i can also put any promo stuff on my site, in fact can even give you your own page!!

Oh, I get it

me slow

obliveus · Post by **obliveus** » Wed Feb 15, 2006 3:48 pm

deviant wrote:
mr lob wrote:
obliveus wrote:Just confirmed...

WE GOT THE COVER FOR 100% THE WEEK OF MBU!!!

Carry on.
how good is that, but now for the front cover of the paper!!

i can also put any promo stuff on my site, in fact can even give you your own page!!
Oh, I get it

me slow

When I first read your reply, I thought..."Huh?"
Then I re-read what I wrote and realized where you got insurance from. Apologies for my poor use of grammar. That's why I dont teach English.

DC · Post by DC » Wed Feb 15, 2006 3:58 pm

I might donate a pair of shoes to be auctioned.....

obliveus · Post by **obliveus** » Wed Feb 15, 2006 4:06 pm

DC wrote:I might donate a pair of shoes to be auctioned.....

That'd be sweet, dude. I'm calling you before Friday anyways...we'll talk.

Direkt · Post by **Direkt** » Thu Feb 16, 2006 4:35 pm

DC wrote:I might donate a pair of shoes to be auctioned.....

I'll donate some Reg Grundies...

Post by **breaksRbest** » Thu Feb 16, 2006 4:41 pm

DC wrote:I might donate a pair of shoes to be auctioned.....

size 9

plskthnxbye

AJ · Post by AJ » Fri Feb 17, 2006 11:43 am

Just came into this discussion late.

Fair enough that you guys chose Beat over Inpress, we've got no problem with that. And big ups for getting the cover, that's cool!

Just wanted to note that we'll still support the event with editorial, even though we're not getting any ad spend.

Direkt · Post by **Direkt** » Fri Feb 17, 2006 12:56 pm

I thought the ad was free anyway - all for the cause, or have I missed something?

It is a non-profit fundraising event....

same o · Post by **same o** » Sun Feb 19, 2006 6:27 pm

nothing is free mark... nothing!! nothing!!

obliveus · Post by **obliveus** » Sun Feb 19, 2006 9:23 pm

Direktor wrote:I thought the ad was free anyway - all for the cause, or have I missed something?

It is a non-profit fundraising event....

Yeah, I wish. Street press need to make ad money or they dont stay afloat. I see where they're coming from. We'll just have to get that many more people through the door to hit our goal of $10,000 to donate to Starlight.

Big ups to you AJ for being so cool and understanding. Community vote went the way of Beat this year...next year, who knows?

obliveus · Post by **obliveus** » Fri Feb 24, 2006 3:41 pm

To all the performers that will be playing or peeps donating their time, I'll have a generic invoice I'll give to you all stating that you donated your time for a charity event. Pretty sure you can use this for a tax write-off. It'll have all the details on it, etc.

obliveus · Post by **obliveus** » Sun Feb 26, 2006 5:34 pm

OK, we need to get this 100% cover shot organised. I'll speak to Hans about getting his flatmate (photographer) to come down to Mercat so we can take this picture for the cover.

I WANT EVERYONE INVOLVED TO BE THERE!!!

Whether you're a DJ, MC, Producer, Visual Tech, Sound Tech, Graphic Designer, Door Bitch, whatever. If yer involved with the cause, be there for the pic.

SO...

What's a good day/night for everyone? I'm thinking a weekend afternoon over the 2 week Commonwealth Games break, but I can work around this so that everyone can be there. I reckon 5pm is a good time, not too early, not too late, unless people have another idea. Will speak to Jane about getting that front foyer area for the shot so we can fit everyone in. I'm thinking at the very least, 50 people for the pic. Throwing dates out there, how's about Saturday March 18th? Or March 11th. I'm cool to work with ya'll.

deviant · Post by **deviant** » Sun Feb 26, 2006 5:41 pm

easy done... sounds fine on either date

obliveus · Post by **obliveus** » Sun Feb 26, 2006 5:45 pm

I know at least 15 people involved will be in the city on the 11th without even knowing about it yet. That might be a good start. Will talk to the photographer soon and get back to everyone.

Lindemon · Post by **Lindemon** » Sun Feb 26, 2006 9:27 pm

I work 6-6 every sat in march except this sat (4th)

so earliest I could make it to Mercat would be 7:30..

How about for people not able to make the scheduled shoot print out a real-size picture of their mug for some one else to hold up..?
(up-side-down, of course!)