TERMINATE YOURSELF

This recently appeared on the back wall of my flat, click to enlarge. There’s only two panels. I hope they add new installments. I already feel deeply attached to these characters.

Saw Nine Inch Nails at the Hordern last night. They were killing it until about half an hour in when suddenly the whole Hordern Pavilion lost power, P/A, lights, everything. When it became clear it was going to be a while before things got fixed, everyone drifted out into the yard out front to wait.

After about 20 frustrating minutes, we found ourselves people-watching… big guys with dreadlocked goatees in Slayer tshirts looking increasingly pissed off. Security guys running around with their walkie talkies, clearly terrified the Slayer tshirt guys would start a riot. Of course they decided to close the bar, which was presumably intended to prevent people from getting juiced up and rioting, but really only made things worse.

After 40 minutes the lights came on, and a huge cheer went up. Everyone filed back in and the band fired back into the set with 1000% intensity. Probably the best NIN show I’ve seen, despite (because of?) the intermission.

Most fascinating is this video that shows what happened backstage while they tried to get the lights back on. At the time, we were outside joking around that Trent would be curled up in a foetal position with Kleenex on hand. But as you can see in the video, he is calm, collected, an absolute pro.

NIN Sydney 2.24.09 – Mid-show Power Outage [HD] from Nine Inch Nails on Vimeo.

Its finally here! The long threatened awaited podcast, baked into delicious high quality SURROUND SOUND AUDIO! *

In episode one of the podcast, Marty and I discuss current events, and introduce our new segment: “Theatre of the Mind”. And of course, we review movies, such as OUTLANDER, SCREAMERS: THE HUNTING, and HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL 3! To give you an idea of the high calibre of films we’ve chosen, here are some choice quotes from this weeks batch of reviews:

“Diabolical piece of trash”
“A child could have written this”
“Terrible. Just… terrible.”
“Completely out-of-control stupid”

Where can I download this piece of podcasting history, you ask? And I answer, with a mischievous wink, why right here of course!

Unnamed Podcast – Episode 1 – Standard Quality (22mb)
Unnamed Podcast – Episode 1 – High Quality (44mb)

Language warning: there is quite a bit of swearing, but its mostly performed in a tasteful and creative manner.

If you have any comments or suggestions, please send them to “podcast AT xxxdan DOT com”, or just leave a comment on this post. Any ideas are welcome, in particular we’re looking for a name for the show — seriously, we’re completely out of ideas.

Enjoy!

* in order to experience surround sound audio, play on multiple stereos simultaneously

Google Analytics tells me the most frequently visited article on my crappy site is the one about Danny Green, the wannabe rockstar scam artist in San Francisco.

Well, what the peoples wants, the peoples gets! Breaking news courtesy of RemyRules on VirtualTourist:

San Francisco. Same story as with Danny Greene, but going by Danny Bluestone as of 1/10/2008. “Melting pot”, “played bass for Tina Turner”. Watch out for the light blue eyes. The guy is like Hypnotoad. Don’t give him any money.

Sup ye on the flagon of christmas cheer:

http://badgods.com/nineinchnoels.html

I still think Shirt is better.

Our friend Andrew Potts has been busy, writing for a number of publications in both Australia and overseas. One of his articles in DNA magazine caught the eye of John Safran at Triple J, who invited him in for a chat on a topic close to his heart: anti-gay conspiracy theories.

Andrew speaks articulately on a number of kooky brain farts espoused by various crackpots throughout human history, from the Knights Templar to the gay Nazi connection. Fortunately JJJ provides a “podcast” which all the kids are jacking into with their mypods and such these days, so you can listen to the show online. Or, for the impatient ones, I have edited down the segment for those interested in hearing just Andrew’s bit:

MP3 Download 3.7mb – Sunday Night Safran

My team mates at work have been taking turns vanishing on month long holidays to exotic locales. I myself have a fair amount of leave saved up, but I’m on a big implementation project at the moment that would stall in my absence.

The solution: I will be taking off every Friday for the next month as annual leave. Long weekends for a month! 4 day weeks! Frickn sweet.