Music - Goods - Cool Items and Interesting Stuff
GOODS has two meanings. Firstly, it is our guide to innovative objects from Melbourne and around the world, and secondly, GOODS can't be bad. A resource for gift buyers, home-makers, scene-stealers, trend-watchers and possibly even shoplifters, GOODS isn't about making your credit card cry, it's about setting your standards high.
Yah Yah's Crate Digger Record Fair #1
Ever been to one of those record fairs? They're always out at some scout hall in Essendon, they start at 9am on a Sunday, there's no food or booze and they're always full of the same old balding record dealers with the same old records they tried to sell you last time. But not this time!
The Yah Yah's Crate Digger Record Fair starts at two in the arvo, there will cold beer aplenty, a kebab shop next door, and a who's who of local collectors and musos; all desperate to flog you off their long hoarded records in order to pay off their ex-wives and get their guitar pedals out of hock.
Hohner Blues Harmonica in Key of C
"I got them waken' up late, sleeping' past alarm, milk's not expired but tastes like last November, bruised apple that smacks of flour, spinning wheel of death, 19 dollars in my bank account, bills with disconnection warning, dropped my fork on the floor, gotta get to an appointment, left the lights on in the car, now it's got a flat battery, waiting for a tram in the rain with inside-out umbrella and a hole in my sole, stepped into a puddle, too crowded for me to get on and my pocket's dropping change, late for the doctor whose got some news for me, snapped handle on my shopping bag, keys in opposite pocket blues.
Buddha Machine II
The Buddha Machine II is the second generation of a Marlboro Lights-sized plastic box that plays pre-recorded electronic music. Pitchfork gave it 8.2 and the New York Times called it 'beautifully useless'. It has a on/off switch, a plug for your headphones, a tempo dial and a speaker, and comes in different colours (mine is lime).
WeSC Bongo Headphones, Ed Banger edition
Oh Sweden. The land of dreams, beautiful men and women, and flat pack furniture. You know, I hear that everything we like from Sweden is better over there. Ikea give you real tools, Suburban Kids With Biblical Names actually have a shorter name, and the meatballs taste the same even though they're vegetarian.
Metropolis music section closing sale!
The crunch hits us at last. We've all been sitting pretty safe in the knowledge that we'll never have a mortgage, letting Tom Piotrowski's slightly lispy words of doom wash over us each night as we relax in front of the CommSec finance report.
But now it's real. The Metropolis music section is closing and part of the blame goes to US - the browsers who didn't buy enough metal.
Tickets to Laneway
Um, there's another release of Laneway tickets happening today at Jeromes (we hope they're not sold out yet). So you can...
a) continue to cling to the perhaps erroneous belief that Danny is going to give you a media pass
b) sit on Moshtix repeatedly clicking ‘buy tickets' on the sold out page, allowing a crazed look to mar your otherwise pretty visage, or
c) just freaking drop two pineapples on a ticket.
Mazar.com.au
Buying is the new stealing. Forget any preconceptions that you had about file-sharing and embrace Mazar, the new site that seeks to aid up and coming artists in the digital era by bringing the best new music straight to your computer. It's easy. You find the artist, listen to the song (up to 3 times) then decide if you want to buy it using the Paypal system.
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