the thaw

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Thursday, June 22

branching out

HOLA!

because we all have an incredible amount to say (some of it pertaining to the thaw, some of it slightly related to, and some of it not even remotely near it) i've made a new blog on which to capture the torrents of bile which spill from my cranium. you can find it if you click on that little link over there about spleen venting...

it begins with my version of the alphabet.

xxx kat

"i'm not saying we're geniuses but at least we try hard to pay attention"
- propaghandi

Tuesday, June 20

alphabet / break / could've moved mountains (+ alps) / demo / enmore / football

i've recently discovered the joys of reading the thesaurus (sad but true), mostly stimulated by the reading of a book called everything is illuminated by johnathan safran foer in which a ukranian is given a thesaurus to help increase his english vernacular. it leads to a rather interesting misuse of the english language (a la kath & kim). so in that vein...

a is for alphabet (see above)

b is for break, which we are currently having. lots of things on - exams, football world cup, trying to make new sounds, band camps. but not to worry, we'll be back soon cos:

c is for could've moved mountains who are popping by as part of their east coast tour. along for the ride is alps (newcastle?). we'll be doing a show on saturday july 15th at maggottville (on fitzroy st, marrickville) with pure evil playing on the night as well! we'll get more details and flyers and things happening post haste.

d is for demo, something we're doing a lot of lately. hopefully we shall have our tape ready for your aural pleasure rather soon. in the meantime you can always pick up a copy of our ep, out on soviet records. you can still get copies off us, paint it black or missing link. check out the soviet site for details of the new mail order jazz they're setting up:

http://www.myspace.com/sovietrecords

e is for enmore, as in the enmore theatre, as in the enmore theatre on the 26th of july with sonic youth and love of diagrams. we're stoked to be playing this show, so if you've already got tix then come on down to see us play early (i mean quite early - 7.20pm). if not, it's $60 so make sure you're really very super extra-ordinarily definate before you invest.

f is for football. nuf said. well, on consideration, i'd like to reinforce the fact that like the late, great johnny warren: i told you so. in addition, i'm tipping argentina and spain to dominate at the pointy end of the tournament.

g is for gee whiz!

and on that nerdy note i'll sign off.

xxx kat

Wednesday, June 7

end of an era

it is with sadness that i inform you all of the closing of the compound, one of the few independent music venues in sydney.

BUT luckily there will be one last shin-dig so come along and farewell the place in style!

saturday 10th june @ the compound (22 enmore rd, newtown)
the model / eddy current suppression ring / the thaw
from 4pm
all ages and species welcome!

sorry, not sure how much it is yet but it'll be cheap and definately worth the dollars. there's also going to be an animal liberation stall. definately check that out and be informed about the ways of the world we inhabit.

so come on down early and get your long weekend off to a great start. long live the queen's birthday weekend!!! (probably the only good thing about the queen...)

xxx kat

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MEMORY...

























taken by pip

'twas a wet and windy night...

ah, last friday. the first real rains we've had in months. and of course it had to be on when we were playing at st ives youth centre, out in the suburbs!

it took us nearly an hour and a half to get there from lidcombe! bloody ridiculous!!! why so many morons needed to be on the road i will never fathom.

despite the soggy surrounds it was a rather great night with ample punters and glory up on stage. gallucci went nuts on the floor (literally) and swapped us for some rad tapes, guns are for kids had a great dance up on stage, eucalypt band ripped it up and even featured some sleigh bells, and local band gone by ten put in a solid showing with one of the most gorgeous kits i've seen for a long time. and we played somewhere in there too. PLUS the fantastic folk at the youth centre made us delish tofu sangers *yyyuuuummmm*

it's a great venue so if you're interested in playing there give em a call or email or something... i'll post it as soon as i locate it!

xxx kat

ps if you missed it you missed a rad night!