@GoldCoast#Australia All Over

Oh boy as my journeys across this fine brown land continues its Australia all over and it's a big week, Gold Coast today, Melbourne next week.

A big happy 40th to my love Winnie and happy 18th to Lisa, it's birthday central y'all.

More updates later after I survived my $18 each way JetStar flight Lolz

See y'all on the flip side XO

NU Music - Thu 7 Feb 2013

So these guys RULE, their debut album is out in June and they feature on that

shit hot Disclosure tune "White Noise" it's Aluna George and the single is
"Diver" it's pretty ace:



Next up on my first new music update for 2013 it's Flux Pavilion and he teams up with recent Girls guest star Childish Gambino, this is a bit of Summer fun check it below:



Speaking of Girls, Santigold recently added her bits to the Soundtrack and
I reckon it's worth a listen below:



Emma Lousie a recent discovery on JJJ and featured on the Slap with her killer
jam "Jungle" is back and here is a taste of her new music:


The Strokes are back and their new track is a free download currently, have a
listen below:



For Lunar New Year and the year of the Snake this is Thao & The Get Down Stay Down, aka Thao Nguyen and her troops for some indie fun:



The boys from Jagwar Ma are back and this is a killer jam, have a listen below and get into some great new LOCAL music:



The Knife are back with an EPIC 9 minute tune, what a tune, love a group who puts it on the line and releases a tune that will definitely get no commerical airplay, can you imagine 2Day FM sliding into 9 minutes of pure electronica:



Okay so until next time hope y'all enjoyed some new music pre my Gold Coast weekend, until tomorrow see y'all round.........

TV Tonight - Wed 6 Feb 2013

It's the eve after the new series of Smash launched it's 2nd series and The Following is already killing it (literally), Girls the 2nd series is just divine, funny and real and Revenge is feeling awfully stale.

I have been accused of being a complete TV nerd who is watching too much
and when I only have a few weeks before running off on another holiday night times are to be spent in to save cash for some bargain US shopping.

So back to TV and my personal current highlights and going local first Next Stop Hollywood is so divine with Aussie Hopefuls doing the pilot auditions in the land of TV, this is a little bit of fun and shows the ugly side of acting and trying to get that break after hearing, no, and no and another no time and time again.

American (mainly there slightly alternate channels HBO & Showtime) are
really killing it, the sixth season of Californication is just too much, it's a scream an episode, it's funny, wrong and makes the fuss about Movie 43 a complete waste of time and ink. Showtime favourite the US version of Shamesless is just awesome, it's no wonder a fourth season has already been
greenlit.

The laughs on Showtime continue on HBO with that dreamy show Girls, this has been so terrific this season and I hate to think next week we are already half way through. Sad Face.

Revenge and Glee have had very hit and miss seasons and Arrow is coming out
a lot stronger as a male version of Revenge and with a comic book behind it.
The CW has done well with Arrow and later on I will try and catch the Carrie
Diaries when I have a spare moment.

I am also over the moon that the male form is on show again in Spartacus which I just love, all that muscle, fake tan and waxing, man oh man.

So what are my dream picks on TV at present:

Locally:

ABC -
The Return of Q&A
NEXT STEP HOLLYWOOD

USA:

GIRLS - season 2
SHAMELESS - season 3
CALIFORNICATION - season 6
THE FOLLOWING - season 1

SPARTACUS - season 3 (? weird I think it's actually the fourth but they are in some weird ass order)
This weekend it will be blogging LIVE from the sunny Gold Coast so join me as I get my Wet n Wild on.

Dance Trax of 2012 - Summer Music Lists Special - Part Six

20 - Florence & the Machine - Spectrum {CALVIN HARRIS REMIX}
19 - Deadmau5 - The Veldt
18 - Flight Facilities - Clare de Lune
17 - Avcii - Silohuettes
16 - Disclosure - Latch
15 - Major Lazer - Get Free
14 - Flume - Holdin' On
13 - Parachute Youth - Can't Get Better Than This
12 - Skrillex - Make it Bun Dem
11 - Skrillex - Kyototo
10 - Calvin Harris/Ne-Yo - Let's Go
9 - Rudimental - Not Giving In {Feat. John Newman & Alex Clare}
8 - Knife Party - Internet Friends
7 - Calvin Harris/Example - Well Be Coming back
6 - Icona Pop - I Love it!
5 - David Guetta/SIA - She Wolf (Falling to Pieces)
4 - Calvin Harris/Florence Welch - Sweet Nothing
3 - Rudimental - Feel the Love
2 - Skrillex - Bangarang
1 - Swedish House Mafia - Don't You Worry Child

The night after I saw Julia Gillard live and played Asian Lotto Sountdown - Sun 3 Feb 2013

20 - Alt-J - Breezeblocks




19 - Of Monsters & Men - Mountain Sound



18 - Chiddy Bang - Happening
17 - Calvin Harris/Florence Welch - Sweet Nothing
16 - Avicii & Nicky Romero - I Could be the One

15 - Macklemore & Ryan Lewis - Otherside {Ryan Lewis Remix}



14 - Ed Sheeran - Give Me Love
13 - Mumford & Sons - I Will Wait

12 - Hermitude - Hyperparadise {Flume Remix}



11 - David Guetta/SIA - She Wolf (Falling to Pieces)
10 - Swedish House Mafia - Don't You Worry Child
9 - Calvin Harris/Tinie Tempah - Drinking from the Bottle
8 - Flume - Holdin On'
7 - Rudimental - Not Giving In {Feat. John Newman & Alex Clare}
6 - Of Monsters & Men - Little Talks
5 - Icona Pop - I Love it!
4 - Macklemore & Ryan Lewis - Thrift Shop
3 - The Lumineers - Ho Hey
2 - Birds of Tokyo - Lanterns
1 - Macklemore & Ryan Lewis - Same Love

My (Non Delayed) Reaction to Triple J's Warmest 100 (?) Numbers 101-200

So they must have seen my BLOG and copied me as they decided to post the next 100 (in a lot of people's minds - by viewing online comments - the better 100 songs) songs.  And here they are with a brief hash tag response to some of the highlight (low light) moments:

#101: Haim - Don't Save Me - #SO CLOSE BUT SO FAR

#102: The Temper Trap - Rabbit Hole
#103: Something For Kate - Survival Expert - #Growing On ME
#104: Porter Robinson - Language
#105: Van She: Idea Of Happiness
#106: Haim - Forever - #Not a cover of the Veronicas
#107: The Amity Affliction - Chasing Ghosts
#108: The Temper Trap - Need Your Love
#109: Abbe May - Karmageddon
#110: Seth Sentry - My Scene
#111: Kanye West - Mercy {ft. Big Sean, Pusha T & 2 Chainz} - #KANYE
#112: The xx - Chained - #Can't wait till April #LIVE @ the Hordern!
#113: Illy - Where Ya Been {ft. Pez} - #AUSSIE FUCKIN HIP HOP #YA
#114: Emma Louise - Boy
#115: Hilltop Hoods - Drinking From The Sun
#116: Tuka: Die A Happy Man {ft. Jane Tyrrell} - #KILLER TUNE
#117: Missy Higgins - Unashamed Desire - #Where is "Everyone's Waiting"?
#118: Hermitude - Get In My Life - #KILLER TUNE
#119: Hilltop Hoods - Speaking In Tongues {ft. Chali 2na} - #KILLER TUNE
#120: Grinspoon: Passerby
#121: Foals - Inhaler
#122: Tame Impala - Apocalypse Dreams
#123: Japandroids - The House That Heaven Built
#124: Lisa Mitchell - Bless This Mess - #So much LOVE 4 LISA
#125: Frank Ocean - Pyramids - #SHOULDA been number #1
#126: DCUP - I'm Corrupt - #Ode to Craig Thompson, bless his mess
#127: Hermitude - HyperParadise - #KILLER TUNE
#128: Major Lazer - Jah No Partial {ft. Flux Pavilion}  - #KILLER TUNE
#129: The Presets - Youth In Trouble  - #KILLER TUNE
#130: Bombay Bicycle Club - How Can You Swallow So Much Sleep - #WEIRD song title and band name right?
#131: Matt Corby - Souls A'Fire - #EX Idol King
#132: Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Z - That's What's Up
#133: Die Antwoord - I Fink U Freeky - #TUNNNNNNNEEEE
#134: Plan B - Ill Manors - #Parklife ALL Star
#135: Parkway Drive - Dark Days - #Worst Feature album of 2012
#136: Killers - Runaways - #You know when a band's had it's day, well
#137: Asta - Escape
#138: Eagle & The Worm - Give Me Time
#139: Missy Higgins - Hearts A Mess {Like A Version} - #KILLER Cover
#140: Band Of Skulls - Sweet Sour - #KILLER TUNE
#141: The Griswolds - Heart Of A Lion - #KILLER Sydney group!
#142: Gossling - Wild Love - #KILLER TUNE
#143: Kingswood - She's My Baby
#144: Lana Del Rey - National Anthem - #KILLER TUNE, sex Del Ray
#145: Plan B: Playing With Fire {ft. Labrinth} - #Parklife ALL Star
#146: Kingswood - Medusa
#147: Violent Soho - Neighbour Neighbour
#148: Father John Misty - Hollywood Forever Cemetery Sings - #KILLER TUNE
#149: Amanda Palmer & The Grand Theft Orchestra - Do It With A Rockstar
#150: Bloc Party - Octopus
#151: Van She - Jamaica
#152: The Bloody Beetroots - Rocksteady
#153: Urthboy - Knee Length Socks - #KILLER Sydney Hip to the Hop
#154: Dappled Cities - Born At The Right Time
#155: Ben Folds Five - Do It Anyway
#156: Angus Stone - Bird On The Buffalo
#157: Clubfeet - Heartbreak {ft. Chela} - #KILLER TUNE
#158: Lana Del Rey - Off To The Races - #KILLER TUNE, sex Del Ray
#159: Vydamo - Gonna Make It
#160: Flume - Left Alone {ft. Chet Faker}
#161: Art Of Sleeping - Above The Water
#162: The Rubens - Don't Ever Want To Be Found
#163: Twinsy - Water Bombs - #KILLER TUNE
164: Electric Guest - This Head I Hold - #Jazz Hands O Clock!
#165: Angus Stone - Broken Brights
#166: Gypsy & The Cat - Bloom
#167: Miike Snow - The Wave - #KILLER TUNE
#168: Bat For Lashes - All Your Gold
#169: Spit Syndicate: Beauty In The Bricks - #KILLER Sydney Hip to the Hop
#170: Violent Soho - Tinderbox
#171: Alabama Shakes - Hang Loose - # Lady that sounds like a man O Clock
#172: Bloc Party - Truth - #KILLER TUNE
#173: Sticky Fingers - Clouds & Cream
#174: Santigold - The Keepers
#175: Bob Evans - Don't Wanna Grow Up Anymore
#176: Bluejuice - Video Games {Like A Version}
#177: Best Coast - The Only Place - #KILLER TUNE
#178: Mystery Jets - Someone Purer
#179: Beach House - Myth
#180: Art Of Sleeping - Empty Hands
#181: Macklemore & Ryan Lewis - Can't Hold Us {ft. Ray Dalton}
#182: Afrojack & Steve Aoki - No Beef {ft. Miss Palmer} - #F'd Up Camel
#183: YesYou - Frivolous Life {ft. Marcus Azon}
#184: Grizzly Bear - Yet Again
#185: Lana Del Rey - Ride
#186: Emperors - Be Ready When I Say Go
#187: alt-J - Fitzpleasure
#188: Tyler Touche - Baguette?
#189: Cub Scouts - Told You So
#190: TZU - Beautiful
#191: Pez - The Game
#192: The Amity Affliction - Open Letter
#193: Hungry Kids Of Hungary - Sharp Shooter - #KILLER TUNE
#194: Alpine - Seeing Red - #KILLER TUNE
#195: Dead Letter Circus - Wake Up
#196: St Lucia - September - #The Song the Presets should have written and performed.
#197: Something For Kate - Miracle Cure - #KILLER TUNE
#198: The Weeknd - Wicked Games - #KILLER TUNE
#199: ShockOne - Chaos Theory
#200: Knife Party - Centipede

Until later, enjoy y'all Sundays

A Few Fridays ago back in January and January 13 revisited

So I look at my deluxe calendar from my Edinburgh trip in 2012 and I look at February 2013 and ponder where did January 2013 go and what memories do I have, well behold dear BLOG readers here is how I remember January 2013.

I saw heaps of Theatre, Movies & Gigs are here is just a sample y'all

I had the time of my life dancing away to these young ladies

OMG Nina will you marry me?

And I made the ultimate party playlist pre M.I.A and here it is for me to share with you dear readers

There you go Australia and Beyond, a look @ my January 2013 and where will February take me, well here is just a glance as I continue Australia all over:

Gold Coast
Melbourne

And then it's time for another global venture, stay tuned I will be blogging my heart out from North America Y'ALL!

Okay so tune in tomorrow for a big new countdown (heavily influenced from the 2012 Hottest 100) and my verdict on the 101-200 countdown (let's hope my queen Azealia Banks makes the list) it kicks off in 6 minutes!

Happy weekends and enjoy my new favourite TUNE below: