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Puff 'n' Stuff.
So, valued word consumer, are you as het up about all things
Adelaide Fringe and Festival Of Arts as Puff is? Chances are
the answer is "yes", since Puff is in a very real sense Adelaide's
gender non-specific Everyman; the barometer that records the
changing pressures of this city and its surrounds; the litmus,
if you will, in the acid test that is the South Australian experience.
The tastes and whims of this city are the sweat and body temperature
that governs the readings on Puff, the state's Love Tester.
If you feel it, rest assured that Puff feels it too - only better
and more accurately. That's how Puff knows you're dead excited
about the Fringe, the Festival and the fact that dB magazine
will be coming out every single week over this lively and action-packed
period; not to mention being equally excited about every single
piece of news below. You're an open book to Puff, one which
Puff has already read, catalogued and assigned an ISBN code
to - and might we just add, your story is a rollercoaster ride
of thrills, spills and entertainment with a closing twist that
you won't see coming.
On the CD launch round up! Don't forget that The Audreys are
launching their 'Between Last Night And Us' disc at the Famous
Spiegeltent on Wed 22 Feb (the very day we hit the streets,
don't you know?).
Big Room also have a new disc ready for your listening pleasure: it's called 'A Hand Of Four Aces' and it's getting comprehensively launched at the Jade Monkey on Thurs 23 Feb, with Booster and DJ K also in, as the young people say, "the house".
If there's one local singer/songwriter that deserve some props,
it's the ever-lovely Leigh StarDust. That might go some way
to explaining why there's a tribute CD coming out, which is
being launched at the Grace Emily on Sat 25 Feb with the likes
of Soursob Bob, Star 10 Hash, Lord Stompy, Spindickle and more
playing their favourite StarDust tunes.
Standard Union are also getting their launch on with two Crown & Anchor shows in support of their brand new disc: on Sat 25 Feb they play with Bastard Squad, and then both bands return to do it all-ages style on Sun 26 Feb with The Assailants, Bombscare and NFI.
Black Dog are launching their disc at the Rocket Bar on Sat
11 March, with The Unspoken Things also in attendance.
The War Room offers up its monthly dose of metal to the masses on Fri 24 Feb with Equal Minded, Later That Night and news kids on the rock'n'roll block, Donkey Kong.
Funky Brisbane sorts The Kidney Thieves are making their first
foray into Adelaide for a whole mess of gigs over the Fringe
in support of their new disc 'Midnight Maneuvers'. They're at
the East End Exchange on Fri 24 Feb, Sat 25 Feb and Mon 27 Feb,
the Crown & Anchor on Tues 28 Feb and the Jade Monkey on Thurs
2 March (with Last Minute-ville and Quiet Child).
The Central Deli Band might have lost their drummer Jimmy Boss in November, but he clearly didn't take their work ethic: they've already got a new CD entitled 'Live At The George Foreman Grill', which they'll be launching via their set at the Adelaide Uni O-Ball on Sat 25 Feb, as well as their set at Fuse On Stage - about which Puff will speak more in due course...
But speaking of the Adelaide Uni O-Ball, they've put together
the sort of stellar lineup that's likely to never happen again
unless students get behind their (now non-compulsory) union:
keep that in mind when you're kicking off your higher education
with Little Birdy, Faker, The Hot Lies, The Vasco Era, Wolf
& Cub, Pharaohs, A Tribe Is Forming, No Through Road and the
aforementioned Central Deli Band.
More O-Ball news - or, more specifically, Dis-Orientation Ball news. UniSA herald the beginning of the academic year with a huge show at the City West campus with After The Fall, Starky, The Camels, Unknown To Man, Last Minute-Ville and DJs James and Styx on, one presumes, the decks. It's all-ages and it kicks off at 7pm.
The Camels are also doing a couple of their own shows the day
before: they'll be at Flnders Uni for a lunchtime performance
on Wed 22 Feb before they head to the Grace Emily to play with
Running With Horses.
The Church's guitar-wielding mainstay, Mr Marty Willson-Piper, is playing a rare solo show at the Grace Emily on Wed 1 March.
The Fuse On Stage event happens on Thurs 2 March when a whole
mess of Adelaide's venues will be filled with bands playing
their own music for your enjoyment... which, technically, makes
it like every other Thursday night in this vibrant little town
of ours. But if you're the sort of person who prefers their
band out-checking to have some sort of overarching structure,
then be aware that a huge range of Adelaide venues (The Austral,
Prince Albert, Crown & Anchor, Wheatsheaf and loads more) will
be hosting the local and interstate likes of Fear Of Flying,
Brillig, The Unspoken Things, Kasavettes, Supermild, Wishlist,
Matt Winter Band, Supaphatass, Poly & The Statics and Fire!
Santa Rosa Fire! amongst their comprehensive lineup. There'll
be more details in next issue, so stay tuned.
Then there's the massive Acquiescence: Not Dreaming, Creating showcase at Viva (you know, the old Night Train/Le Rox in Light Square) with approximately a million artists performing on Sat 4 March: there's visual art, comedy, DJs, theatre, installations and more - and, of course, a whole lot of live music from the likes of The Levitators, Sumi, Foreshore, Blow Up Betty, Mirrorline, The Borderland, Mr Wednesday, Miracle Hat, With Dying Words, Kermis, Hekyl, Third Time Lucky, Amoeba, Nervous Gerbal and quite literally tonnes more.
Lovers of the more experimental side of music will be well served
by getting along to the Grace Emily on Sun 26 Feb when Czech
Republic bass'n'drum noiseniks Sabot! perform with Hit The Jackpot,
The Mandala Project and, making their live debut, Forbidden
Dip (featuring folks from F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Paddington
Bear Affair and Spacehorse).
The Living End are feeling pretty chuffed about their new disc 'State Of Emergency' debuting at #1 on the ARIA charts, so they're doing a victory lap of the nation: to that end, they'll be at Thebarton Theatre on Wed 17 May.
Of course, you don't have to wait that long - you an also catch
the 'End headlining the Handpicked festival at Loxton Oval on
Sat 8 April, along with Butterfingers, The Hot Lies, The Spazzys,
Kasavett and loads more.
Speaking of which, the 'End are one of the bands doing the Triple J One Night Stand tour along with Xavier Rudd, The Herd and Kid Kenobi, and the enterprising Ms Melinda Webb has alerted Puff to the fact that there are petitions circulating around the place to get the tour to Port Pirie: so, Pirie-readers, get signing!
And mad props to The Hot Lies who have just signed a publishing
deal with Mushroom Music, who just so happen to be the nation's
biggest publishers.
Got your ticket for the Alkaline Trio/Taking Back Sunday show at Fowlers Live on Sun 12 March? No? Well, then Puff has some good news: your evening has just opened up. You can catch up on some study, see your parents, or just get an early night before your busy week, secure in the knowledge that you won't be getting all worn out at some sold-out gig. You're welcome.
He's been in Slint, Tortoise and (ahem) Zwan: he's Dave Pajo,
he's a sold gold indie legend and he's coming to the Grace Emily
on Tues 14 March.
Stuff from Puff: Bands just can't stop getting back together,
can they? Latest reunion lovers are UK proggers Th' Faith Healers,
who are doing a five-date US tour in March despite having split
a decade back... Nona Hendryx has also revealed
that she, Patti LaBelle and Sarah Dash are planning to reunite
LaBelle for a tour and possible new CD in 2007. They were the
ones that originally did Lady Marmalade, you know... US
band The Juliana Theory, however, are splitting up in the face
of economic pressure: a statement on their MySpace page reads,
in part, "Financially, we would have to take regular jobs now
to keep this thing going... and it would be an insult to our
fans and to ourselves to do it less than 100 percent because
we would be spending most of our time making a living elsewhere."...
Fuel, meanwhile, are continuing on despite the resignation of
founder/frontman Brett Scallions, although no replacement has
been announced... And Puff's doing a comedic double take,
complete with eye rubbing, at the rumours that starlet Lindsay
Lohan is currently doing the do with Ryan Adams... But then,
love's a crazy thing - just ask Scott Stapp. The former Creed
singer just got married to his fiance of about ten minutes,
former Miss New York Jaclyn Nesheiwat, and then the following
day was arrested for public drunkenness and offensive behaviour
when trying to board a plane for Hawaii. Creed enthusiasts might
recall that it was Stapp's on-stage non-sobriety that led a
group of fans to file a class action suit against the band after
a Chicago gig in 2003... Vale Lynden David
Hall: the young UK soul star passed away last week aged 31 after
battling Hodgkin's Lymphoma for two years... And in sad
Star Wars-related news, Phil Brown (aka Uncle Owen, who raised
the young Luke Skywalker) passed away from pneumonia on Thurs
9 Feb, aged 89. Puff's genuine sadness is at least slightly
mollified by the fact that he passed away peacefully surrounded
by family rather than incinerated by Stormtroopers looking for
stolen plans.
Pull up a comfy cushion, turn things down to an acceptable level
and squirm uncomfortably when you're asked why you never visit
Puff's Heritage Act Corner any more: first up, the Rolling Stones
were a bit miffed when they were told that Mick Jagger's vocals
were going to be turned down during their televised performance
of Start Me Up at the Super Bowl (specifically on the line "You
make a dead man come"). The ABC network defended their decision,
which Puff applauds, especially after the shocking Super Bowl
incident where Janet Jackson revealed that women have breasts
to a terrified US, but feels that they're not going far enough:
in future, Puff demands that all adjectives and adverbs be similarly
excised from any songs to eliminate confusion and hence possible
arousal/offence... Dave Gilmour, meanwhile, is sick of you young
people bugging him about whether Pink Floyd will play again
after their unexpected reunion for Live 8: he's now declared
that he doesn't have the energy or any particular interest in
doing it any more. "It was fantastic but now I don't feel like
any more," he declared to Italian newspaper La Republica. "It's
an important part of my life, I have had enormous satisfactions,
but now it's enough. It's much more comfortable to work on my
own."... Cream, meanwhile, liked their recent reunion so much
that they're currently planning to do it a bit more: Ginger
Baker, Jack Bruce and Eric Clapton are currently going through
their diaries with a view to doing some more residencies a la
their Albert Hall/Madison Square Garden shows last year. Don't
even pretend to speculate about an Australian visit, mind...
The third Soundchaser night is happening at the Queen's Arms on Fri 24 Feb: it's all about the progressive rock, which is why they're holding a night with The Rick Wakeman Tribute Show (presumably paying tribute to keyboard wizardry rather than his hosting of the Live At Jongleurs comedy show on cable, or - Puff hopes - his line in natty cloaks) and Sound.
Supports for the Funeral For A Friend show on Wed 5 April at
Thebarton Theatre have been revealed: one of the finest rock
shows of the year has now been officially upgraded from "rockin'"
to "bitchin'" with the addition of Fightstar, My Awesome Compilation
and Behind Crimson Eyes.
Former Kyuss man Brant Bjork is bringing his desert boogie to the Enigma Bar on Sun 26 Feb along with his band The Bros, and supported (possibly because they rhyme) by Pharoahs.
The kids down south like to dance, so it's fortunate that the
folks at the Reynella Enterprise and Youth Centre are holding
themselves a dance party for 12-17 year olds on Fri 24 Feb,
with DJ Sebastian riding' the decks. It kicks off at 7pm, so
get mum to drop you off early.
Love your coasts? Of course you do - and so do the Wilderness Society, who are currently campaigning for more marine national parks as a way of protecting our glorious and unique underwater ecosystems: indeed, around 85% of our sealife is found nowhere else on earth - which makes their protection something of a priority, wouldn't you say? John Butler certainly thinks so, seen below flanked by the Wilderness Society SA Campaign Coordinator (and former Reckoning drummer) Peter Owen, which is why he signed this enormous version of the Wilderness Society's postcards which are being sent to our almost-certainly-about-to-be-re-elected-premier. You can pick up and sign postcards all over Adelaide or log on to www.wilderness.org.au and do electronically. Help do your bit to keep SA's coastlines safe from commercial exploitation, kids.
Raucous ex-Tasmanian/now-Melbournian all-gal rock explosion
Love The Bomb make their debut Adelaide visit on Fri 24 Feb
at the Crown & Anchor, along with The Auralees and local punkers
Bombscare.
Couldn't get close enough to the stage at Big Day Out to really get into the vibe for The Hilltop Hoods? Well, you're in luck: they've just announced their national album tour, which will see them rockin' their hometown at Thebarton Theatre on Sat 1 April.
Why are you still reading this? There's a whole damn Fringe
out there just begging for you to...
Get Out Of The House!
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