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Brad is an OzProg founder, a passionate supporter of Aussie music, and OzProg's resident techy-nerd-slash-editor.
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Aaron Pollard, keyboardist and vocalist for Perth progressive rock band Tangled Thoughts Of Leaving, seems to delight in making life in the studio difficult for his bandmates.
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One is from New South Wales; the other Western Australia. One is a serious but sunny post-rock group in the vein of Explosions In The Sky and 65daysofstatic; the other a malestrom of jazz, post-rock and metal who defy being pigeon-holed. Read more
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Toe Hider escaped from the mind of one Michael Mills, previously the singer, guitarist and primary driving force behind Melbourne prog wunderkinds Template. But where Template framed itself somewhere between Led Zeppelin and The Mars Volta on the wank scale (and I mean that in the best possible way), Toe Hider cranks the prog-o-meter way up to 11. Read more
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Noise complaint madness
Posted on February 15th, 2008 by Bradley DixonDelicate yuppies have begun filing noise complaints in inner-city areas with high concentrations of live music venues. Were they unaware that such venues existed when they moved in, or are they just stupid?
A surprisingly positive article about noise complaints entitled "Irate residents get loud in Music Bowl noise fight" was published today in The Age, a publication usually supportive of live music venues:
What a disgrace. These people should be ashamed to call themselves Melburnians.
You want more notification about upcoming events? You live near the Sidney Myer Music Bowl, one of the largest outdoor music venues in Australia. Generally, events big enough to be held at the Music Bowl have promotions budgets that rival a lot of TV shows. I find it very hard to believe that you, as inner-city residents, failed to see anything around the city advertising Good Vibrations.
My thoughts on this subject in general are most eloquently summed up by the name of a Facebook group: "If you move into Fitzroy and start making noise complaints you are a moron!"
The promoters of last Saturday's Good Vibrations Festival, Jam Music, told The Age they were forced to turn the sound down 25 times. The final threat came as headliner and recent Grammy Award winner Kanye West was performing. [...]Oh, that's good of you to decide to allow concerts at the Music Bowl.
"We are not totally against concerts at the bowl but we would like more consistency and notification of upcoming events."
What a disgrace. These people should be ashamed to call themselves Melburnians.
You want more notification about upcoming events? You live near the Sidney Myer Music Bowl, one of the largest outdoor music venues in Australia. Generally, events big enough to be held at the Music Bowl have promotions budgets that rival a lot of TV shows. I find it very hard to believe that you, as inner-city residents, failed to see anything around the city advertising Good Vibrations.
My thoughts on this subject in general are most eloquently summed up by the name of a Facebook group: "If you move into Fitzroy and start making noise complaints you are a moron!"
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