Damn Hippy, Stop Asking for Change.....

...uploaded them here caus it's easy:

Monster Magnet - Metro, Sydney, Australia 6th Sept. 2009

Openers Grand Fatal have the skills to rock, but the vocalist, dear god. Personally i like rock bands to sing about girls, not sing like girls. Call me sexist. Best left for the depressed 14 - 16 year olds:

Regular John, despite having one of the worst names ever, have developed strongly since coming onto the scene all wide-eyed about 3 years ago, like blue-cheese and bong water. The band who came playing grunge fused pop-punk have dropped the pop and grown into a heavy, heavy band. The cheese is fuller, the bong water darker, and you will definitely spill it on your clothes as you mosh... Remind me a bit of mid 90's forgotten Seattle-ites Tad, but with way tighter clothes, and an ability to put on a blistering rock-n-roll show:

Dave Wyndorf, singer of Monster Magnet, has certainly been eating in the 8 or so years since Sydney last saw him. A man who used to care-for skin-tight jeans and leather, has switched to baggy jeans and sweats, reminding me of a high-school PE teacher...albeit one whose preference is for chasing the dragon, not pre-pubescent girls.

Anyhow, What has not changed is the fact that Monster Magnet are still one of the best heavy rock-n-roll bands in the world. There heavy stoner rock sound is timeless, and Mr. Wyndorf packs all the charisma of a seasoned stage vet (the dude is 52 after all), without seeming staged:

"Iv'e ate all the rest And now ive gotta eat you...", indeed.

Fuckin Gamers...

...least they have good taste in tunes:

Flip Out festival - 29th August 2009, SYDNEY

...Naked on the Vague left me feeling dumb for not being smart enough to like them, so i say we beat up the wankers:

...James Arthur's Manhunt pulled out some great Texas style fuzzed-up-country-rock. I must ask though, what's with the bear tattoo on the hand?:

...Deaf Wish played a blistering set of swamp-rock-heartache:

...The Stabs, who seemed to have a new drummer, were one of the stand-out bands of the day. Bruised-up-trash-rock, well worth seeing live:

...Goodnight Loving had me smiling and rocking for there whole set! Garage-rock, with a tinge of country.(OR) What Gram Parson's would sound like if he was signed to In The Red records:

...The UV Race blew the whole show apart. Definitely the best band of the night with their killed by death trash-punk aesthetic. Killer live show too:

...Eddy Currant Suppression Ring represent all that is great in Australian indie-rock. Good songs, good stage show and a desire to have a good time, and not over-think the 4th beer of the night. The only gripe is there slower songs really jar after the fast ones. And to the Sid Viscous rip-off in the crowd with me, enough with the inappropriate tough guy behaviour!:

And to the lads i saw getting busted by the cops after the gig, sucked in!

Drop Spot - August 2009

Think i just might...

Fuck You for Leaving

...good luck in NY slut! (send me stuff?)

Bathurst, N.S.W - July 2009

....so thanks to my sister forgetting her passport, i finally got to see Charles Sturt University, and Bathurst - which is actally a prtty little town, and way better than Woollongong - last week.

PHOTOS BELOW:

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My sis told me of all the violent crime in Bathurst, and she pointed out the "emergency rape/crisis phone" on the road out of Charles Sturt Uni:

Bathurst has built a statue to their vengeful, yet fair God:

Spotted whilst driving around Mt. Panarama:

Townie:

Typical Bathurst odd-jobs-man:

Townie symbolic etching:

Tree: