Australian music stuff
While I was doing my Sydney Town Hall Steps thing on Tuesday, JTV were getting people to listen to and view some new tracks on an iPod. I went up to say hello to Rosie and introduced myself (Rozie meets Rosie!), then I ended up being interviewed. Rosie Beaton asked questions such as: Do you like it? Would you dance to it? What kind of fruit would this be? See some pics here. The first track was by Grafton Primary. I quite liked it (Relativity) and it has a cool video with trippy graphics in the background and I like the strap on keyboard/synth action. I mentioned it was a bit like The Presets (I’ve really been getting into them recently). Though I feel like everyone is channelling Dave Gahan through voice or image at the moment.
So I watched JTV today because I was hoping to see myself (I love myself on tv 
) and there I was for a few seconds! Later on during the show, The Presets were on. I’ve read a few articles about them saying they used to go to clubs (like Club 77) and raves. I said to Dave that I don’t think I ever saw them around (back in the day), but they probably didn’t look so “outstanding” back then. Anyway, later on we went shopping in the city, while having a Max Brenner chocolate break in David Jones, one of them walked past us.
tom said,
May 12, 2008 @ 12:42 pm
ktc and I saw you on Jtv.
You’re like, famous now and stuff.
tom said,
May 12, 2008 @ 12:44 pm
Oh, and I decided I liked The Presets politics when I saw them interviewed on Video Hits later on Sat morning and they said they had turned down selling their song to a beer company or to a reality tv show.
Today I learnt that they’ve sold one to BMW so they’ve dropped back down.
australian rozie said,
May 12, 2008 @ 2:09 pm
Pfft… don’t you know who I am (already)
nikc said,
May 12, 2008 @ 3:49 pm
from what i remember i thought kim moyes was involved in v1.0 of pnau. he was very much a silent member (but integral to writing the first album). i seem to remember my little brother mentioning him. i know a few of the guys in prop were also pretty into the club scene around that time and pnau was definitely omnipresent around that time (and the elder pnau brother had some ties to it).
australian rozie said,
May 12, 2008 @ 3:55 pm
Are you on something?
nikc said,
May 13, 2008 @ 1:09 pm
no, but i was typing under the influence of boredom and red wine…
i could be very wrong. oh, and i obviously didnt use any capitals…