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SAN CISCOYEAH YEAH YEAHS

BOB EVANSMARK MARONEY

REDXRECORD STORE DAY

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CONTENTS3 GRINSPOON - The Spoon lads return to the coast on their Black

Rabbits Tour.

6 SAN CISCO - We disect these lovable indy darlings..

7 BOB EVANS - We familiarise ourselve with Bob’s latest

experimental album.

8 YEAH YEAH YEAHS - Attach their proboscis to our limbs while

we stream their new album ‘Mosquito’.

8 REDX - Former JoeKings members assemble to pursue Drum n

Bass and Blues influences.

10 RECORD STORE DAY - Throw your plastic contraptions in the

garbage and get amongst the dollar bins.

12 IN THE SCENE - Latest music news and compeitions.

14 CROSS FADER - From the bedroom banger to the aspiring

producer, or even if you just love your dance music - this

section is for you.

16 RICKY MARTIN - Would you buy his greatest hits?

18 MARK MARONEY - Tells us of his latest dream gig with

rock’n’roll legend Billy Joel.

19 FROM THE FOXES MOUTH - Rhys from The Point refines our

live music ettiqute.

19 THE SILVER SCREEN - Olympus Has Fallen & The Company

You Keep.

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Bad habits. We’ve all got ‘em. Some are

more public and less healthy than others.

As far as Australian rock bands go, Grinspoon

are more readily associated with that phrase

than most. It’s fitting, then, that they’ve

chosen to name their seventh album after

Cockney slang for bad habits: Black Rabbits.

Grinspoon is one of Australia’s most loved rock

bands and they are back with their seventh

studio album, twelve tracks to blow your mind

and released 28 September. Following the

heavy rock barrage heard on the East Coast

quartet’s last album, 2009′s Six To Midnight,

singer Phil Jamieson and guitarist Pat Davern

were both motivated to write “lighter, more

melodic” material.

“We were going for big choruses and

major melodies,” says Jamieson. “Lyrically,

I was writing on themes that weren’t too

downtrodden, or too angsty. Musically, we

wanted tighter arrangements all ’round.”

Los Angeles-based rock producer Dave

Schiffman – whose past credits include

Weezer, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Black Rebel

Motorcycle Club and The Bronx – was chosen

to handle the recording sessions, after all four

members of Grinspoon fell in love with The

Bronx II.

The Lismore-born quartet – Jamieson,

Davern, drummer Kristian Hopes and bassist

Joe Hansen – burst onto the national music

scene in 1995 via a string of hits which later

appeared on their 1997 debut album, Guide

To Better Living. The band’s six albums have

sold a combined total of over 450,000 copies

in Australia, including multiple platinum

certifications and an ARIA Award in 2005 for

Thrills, Kills & Sunday Pills (‘Best Rock Album’).

Emphatic lead single Passerby, at radio and

available August 13th, acts as both album

opener and a lens onto the band’s newfound

emphasis on melody and groove. It’s the

foundation song of Black Rabbits; the artistic

breakthrough that the songwriters had to have

before they could build the proverbial walls

and ceiling.

“Passerby was a point of difference, and it

didn’t sound like we were treading water, or

being lazy,” says the singer. “It didn’t sound

like we were hangin’ out, smokin’ cones in

Lismore – not that that’s a bad thing” he

laughs. Grinspoon are back and we like what

we hear.

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Thurston Moore-Sonic Youth

What can we say about San Cisco,

the song that you would probably

recognize them by drove us a little insane

with its raw call and response, but when

you dig a little deeper into their albums

there are some trippy soundscapes that

show maturity and experimental courage.

On the back of blitzing SXSW and crowds

across the US and the UK, San Cisco are

very excited to announce they are returning

to Australia to hit the road on The Beach

Tour throughout May and June. The

Beach Tour kicks off at the Sunshine Coast,

before heading to Brisbane, the Gold Coast,

Byron Bay, Ballarat, Adelaide, Melbourne,

Newcastle, Wollongong, Sydney and Perth.

Helping to get the beach party started will

be Brisbane four piece, Millions and Chaos

Chaos from the US.

It’s no secret these guys roll with the hipster

crowd supporting the likes of Darwin Deez

but they do it in such a down to earth and

interesting way. They are articulate about

their creative process and sound like they

are not only great players but very in tune

with technical production methods.

San Cisco’s producer has an interesting

philosophy when it comes to getting the

magic happening in the studio. When

interviewed on our favorite non-commercial

radio station the Cisco crew retold stories of

how their producer was excited about the

accidental changes they would make and

keep them in the final product. Some of the

song variations lead to serendipitous sound

effect triggers.

Their break out single showed their

understanding of nuanced repetition and

the need for a story in pop lyrics. The

stalkeresque dialogue between a pair of

young delinquents was what made the song

somewhat more palatable. It doesn’t hurt

that the band ticks all the right boxes in

the fashion and looking good department.

We haven’t seen them live but the reaction

from critics makes us believe they are worth

checking out on stage. “San Cisco arrive like

a ray of summer sun with their throaty cat

calling vocals and jangly guitars.” - The Line

Of Best Fit.

After releasing their self-titled debut album

to critical acclaim at the end of last year

at home Australia, a sold-out national tour

and more than three months on the road

overseas, San Cisco will be pleased to travel

some familiar terrain and see some familiar

faces on The Beach Tour.

Named after their third single to be lifted

from their self-titled debut album, ‘Beach’

has been a stand out in the international

scene. Featuring the vocals of Scarlett

Stevens and Jordi Davieson it has already

had the UK audience up in arms – you can

check it out here. Tickets to the San Cisco

Beach Tour won’t be available for much

longer, so make sure you check out their

debut and head along to the Sunshine Coast

Show.

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SAN CISCO

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It’s here! Bob Evans fourth and fabulous

new album ‘Familiar Stranger’, featuring

the current quirky new single “Go”, is out

now and already causing a kerfuffle as it hit

the Top 10 iTunes album chart on its official

day of birth. ‘Familiar Stranger’ is Bob’s first

album since 2010’s “Goodnight, Bull Creek”.

The album’s proud father Mr Bob Evans

(aka Kevin Mitchell) shares this about the

“Familiar Stranger”,

“I must admit I was toying with the idea of

making a “concept album” this time around,

which I haven’t done but some of the ideas

carried through. The songs were all very

visual for me and I started to think about

the album like the soundtrack to a movie.

Even though the lyrics don’t necessarily link

the songs together I still thought that if I

worked out the order the songs would go

in before I started recording them then we

could record to that order and make the

songs link together musically. So the first

two songs and the last three songs all blend

together, which was a challenge at times

because they weren’t originally all in the

same key. Bob continues, “I know it’s

probably fast becoming an out dated

notion but I still think of records the same

way as I did when I first started listening

to music and that is as whole pieces that

you put on and listen to from start to

finish. I attach so many of my musical

memories of discovery and wonder and

awe and fear and excitement to this idea

that it remains important to me. So why

not, given the unbelievable opportunity to

make records of my own, indulge in that

stuff? Even though the lyrics on this album

might be of a serious nature I hope that

the music carries with it a sense of fun and

playfulness because that was the idea.”

The latest (and very amusing) video

for single “Go” was directed by Darcy

Prendergast for Oh Yeah Wow and

produced by Nicky Pastore features

Australia’s Tim Rogers (You Am I).

Bob Evans upcoming national ‘Familiar

Stranger’ tour kicks off on April 11 playing

the Sunshine Coast Queensland before

making its way around the country visiting

all states before ending on May 18 in

Meeniyan Victoria. The full run of national

tour dates are listed below and can be

found at www.bobevans.com.au.

Joining Bob Evans and his full band as

main support is triple j’s Unearthed band

Tigertown (excluding Cairns and Darwin

shows) and Melbourne’s Davey Lane for all

shows.

BOB EVANS

21 Beach Rd Maroochydore p: 07 5443 5605 www.struthair.com.au

“It’s all about the experience”

FAMILIAR STRANGER | OUT NOW ON CD, VINYL & DIGITAL DOWNLOAD

Pre-order Bob Evans forthcoming new album ‘Familiar Stranger’ now @ www.bobevans.com

Yeah Yeah Yeahs are back with a new album

titled ‘ Mosquito’. The first single ‘Sacrilege’

takes us back to earlier guitar driven Yeahs,

gone are a the thick layers of synth, replaced

with rolling bass and a haunting gospel choir

chant.

The band has been generous enough to let the

whole world strem the new album online. They

describe the album as being a lo-fi journey

mixed liberaly with delays and roots vibes.

“So much feeling went into this record, it was the

rope ladder thrown down into the ditch for us

to climb up and dust ourselves off. I hope others

can climb up it too; we’re excited to share the

good vibes.”

Its obvious by the new tunes they have gone

back to their roots working with long-time

producers David Sitek and Nick Launay, recorded

at Sonic Ranch in Tornillo, Texas.

‘We would love for this music to make our fans

feeeeel something, for it to stir some shit up

inside of them, whatever that may be,” says

singer Karen O.

Mosquito was released Friday 12th April on

Modular Recordings, but you can hear it right

now via triple j - get in quick as the link will be

down shortly.

LISTEN HERE:

http://www.abc.net.au/triplej/geo/

yeahyeahyeahs_mosquito/

Originally from Perth, RedX packed their

bags and ventured across the Nullabour

in 2012, landing on their feet in Melbourne

by picking up a four month residency at the

prestigious Melbourne home of Rock ‘n’ Roll –

The Cherry Bar. They have quickly become a

favourite on the local scene.

RedX is Phill Leggett (guitar, vocals) and Eddie

Narain (drums). Initially the title for Eddie’s

reggae/ drum ‘n’ bass project, RedX was in

reference to a documentary about Peter Tosh

(the iconic Reggae musician) called ‘RedX –

Stepping Razor’. Tosh claimed the government

had dossiers on him with red x’s written

everywhere his name appeared. However, having

teamed up with Phill, with his blues and rock

guitar sensibilities, the name remained but the

sound changed dramatically. RedX is a rock band

with an eclectic mix of other styles thrown in.

Phill draws inspiration from the blues greats of

past and present and both of them share a love

of the classic rock era of the 60’s and 70’s, and

such bands as The Police and

Steely Dan. Their impressive live set involves

virtuoso musicianship framed around catchy,

well- written songs.

Phill and Eddie met as members of the once

established WAMI award winning Western

Australian band – The Joe Kings. When that

band imploded in dramatic fashion in mid 2012,

soon after recording their debut album with the

country’s most in demand producer, it was time

for their side project – RedX – to take centre

stage. They have since been gigging furiously

on the Melbourne scene and have recorded

their debut EP (recorded entirely at home with

nothing more than a handful of mics and a

computer). The future looks bright for the duo as

they embark on their first national tour.

YEAH YEAH YEAHS

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RED X

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Technology continues to progress at

an alarming rate. Silicon Valley keeps

expanding by inventing new tech gimmicks

for us to stare at for hours on end. I can’t help

but feel some days they just reshape a product,

just to make it new again. I reminisce back

to when clamshell mobile-phones were the

expensive space gadgets.

I don’t know if I buy these claims that

manufacturers create timed warranty bombs,

if they have they are damn good engineers

tinkering with a potentially fatal outcome,

although I have seen fight club and Edward

Norton and Tyler Darden couldn’t both be

wrong.

So with this ever reducing product lifecycle it

is hard letting go of the old ones. I’m a tech

hoarder (no you can’t have my address) It is

hard not to notice all of the obsolete gadgets

pilling up in our office. Even our once dusty

tractors shed is getting cluttered with techno

relics, In this land of miscellaneous junk, one

underappreciated medium stands as the

greatest survivor of all. The king of storage,

the bringer of good times, and the backdrop

to wavy listening parties; I’m talking about the

record.

I dig a lot through old record stores and the

piles of vinyl in my shed are a testament to

the hardiness of the format. I’d love to see

the gawdy CD hold up as well as my record

collection has. Some discs are only 2 years

old and look like they’ve been exposed to

Chernobyl.

The most obvious reason why you should own

a turntable in the 21st century is the sound.

No laser beam or spinning hard drive will ever

compare to the vibrations of a needle amongst

a groove. The unmatched tactile response you

get from unsheathing a Frisbee and sitting it on

the dinner plates.

Anyone can download their bands favourite

song off the net like a ravenous peg-legged

baron of the sea; however it takes a true fan to

seek out the short run vinyl pressings that are

reinvigorating the music market.

Fun Fact: Vinyl is also good for your health.

If you have a huge collection of crates and are

willing to spin at a party or venue, you won’t

ever need to go to the gym again. If the Stereo

heads question your lifting regime you can

respond simply by swingin crates over your

shoulder.

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Submit a photo of yourself, or you and some

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Get everyone you know to vote for your

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10 ElevenPM Promo Packs

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Submissions close at 11pm, April 14th, 2013.

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AUSTRALIAN BODY ART

FESTICAL CALLING FOR

PERFORMERS

Event Manager of the Australian Body Art

Carnivale Danielle Taylor is calling on local

singers, dancers, jugglers, stilt walkers, and

street performers to get involved in this year’s

event, taking place in Eumundi on Saturday 11

and Sunday 12 May. Performers are invited to

contact Danielle on 0403 023 802

GROOVIN’ THE MOO

PHOTOGRAPHER

COMPETITION

We’re on the hunt for regional Australia’s most

promising photographers to be a part of the

inaugural SHOOT THE MOO!

You’ll be given a once in a lifetime opportunity

to shoot Frightened Rabbit direct from the

official photographer’s pit at your local

Groovin’ the Moo, as well as hang out with

the band backstage for a few casual behind-

the-scenes snaps. We’re also going to give

you one on one time with a professional

photographer

To enter and for more information, log onto

www.shootthemoo.com. Entries close Friday

19 April 2013

BRING ME THE HORIZON’S

NEW ALBUM SEMPITERNAL,

HAS DEBUTED AT #1 ON THE

AIRA ALBUM CHARTS

This is the second time that the UK heavy rock

band has claimed the #1 ARIA Album position

on debut. Bring Me The Horizon recently

visited Australia in March as part of the

Soundwave Festival. The band will be touring

the UK and Europe throughout May, and hope

to return to Australia for a headline tour later

this year.

SETH SENTRY MAKES

HISTORY WITH

PERFORMANCE ON US

TALK SHOW JIMMY KIMMEL

LIVE

Melbourne rapper SETH SENTRY made history

today when he because the first Australian

rapper to perform on a US talk show. Seth will

return to Australia in time join The Rubens,

Flume and Ball Park music in Dubbo for triple

j’s One Night Stand in April and for his biggest

national tour to date, the Dear Science Tour,

that starts in May.

NEW SUNSHINE COAST

ART PRIZE COULD RIVAL

ARCHIBALD

The Sunshine Coast is set to host a major

international art festival that will offer the

Southern Hemisphere’s biggest international

art prize.

LifeArt Worldwide will light up the Queensland

tourist mecca this spring as more than 100

global and Australian artists compete for the

$25,000 prize pool.

The festival will be held at Sunshine Coast

TAFE Mooloolaba campus from 25 October to

3 November.

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From music production to DJ performance,

you will hear people talk about MIDI....

If you we’re in a southern state, it might

refer to the equivalent of what we call a

pot of beer, but in music and performance,

it actually stands for Musical Instrument

Digital Interface, and it’s a universal standard

that allows different elements of music,

performance and production to talk to each

other in a langue that is understood.

Your device or controller sends

MIDI data in the form of Note

data, or controller data, and is sent

in values between 0 & 127.

MIDI is a standard 5 din plug with

a MIDI in, out or thru port on

devices that are MIDI capable. But

with new technology, MIDI Data

can be sent over USB and FireWire

now too.

In relation to music production,

think about MIDI note data in the

way the old pianola used to work.

It has holes punched in a piano

roll that would be read by the

pianola and the song would play

automatically. MIDI is like this.

You can record MIDI data with

any keyboard or controller that

has a MIDI out, and this data is

recorded without any memory or

the sounds used, as its not audio

data, even if you selected a particular sound,

you have simple recorded MIDI note data.

The joy of this means that, once recoded,

you can change sounds, change the octave

(transpose), and edit elements like the velocity

(how loud it sounds), note lengths and pitch

bend, plus a lot more.

In nearly all modern day DAWS and MIDI

recording (sequencing) programs, they have a

piano roll editor. This is a close representation

of the old style piano rolls I mentioned earlier,

and once you have the notes the way you

want, you can then try others sounds, copy

the track and edit to get some very creative

options.

MIDI is not audio data. When you record audio

in from a synth, it can have effects added, and

be cut up, etc, but the sounds you record will

be the sound that is used.

With MIDI data, you are free to make changes

right up until you bounce down/render the

audio, or physically record the output of the

synth or device that the MIDI data is triggering.

Nowadays, there is a massive focus on using

‘Softsynths’. These are synthesisers that are

used throughout your computer, basically a

virtual instrument.

Native Instruments offer some of the best

Softsynths in the world, and used by some

of the biggest producers in the world. These

sounds are all triggered using MIDI data.

The other place you will hear MIDI mentioned

is when it come to Controllers.

These can be controllers that control faders

on your favourite recording software, effects

units, and more and more recently, MIDI is

used to control DJ software from your DJ

controller.

From hitting the play button, through to moving

the cross fader, it’s sending MIDI data to your DJ

software that then changes the parameter that

you were changing, and all in a nano second.

It means that you can really customise the

software from your controller, because it works

on much the same principal as the piano roll.

Just Data that can be sent to any device, and

tweaked to suit.

MIDI note data is broken up over 16 channels,

with channel 10 being used for

drums/percussion as a standard. In

fact there was a standard brought

about a long time ago called

General MIDI, and this means that

if you buy a MIDI file as a backing

for a live Performance, you can

open it in any device or program,

and the instruments will correspond

the same channel in that device. If

you are looking to get started with

MIDI sequencing, then looking for

something that supports general MIDI

would be a good idea.

MIDI is also used to

synchronise devices, meaning

that one device can be the master,

and the other device will be used to

sync and slave off that device. It’s how

a lot of the big love acts sync their

equipment and keep their timing.

MIDI is even used for lighting, syncing

devices and lighting rigs so that the effects

match the tempo of the performers’ song.

Playing around with MIDI is a great way to

explore what it can do for your music, your

live Performance and your production.

Plug and play!!

Ryan Khay of Wild Fm Brisbane, and is one half

of ‘The Wildboyz’, heard doing mixes on the

Southern Cross Austereo Network’s national

show ‘The Revolution’. An award winning

Commercial Radio Content Director and

Project Studio owner.

CROSSFADERMAKING SENSE OF MIDI

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Would you buy a Ricky Martin Album

in 2013? I mean it’s hard enough for

talented artists to sell music in this day and

age; can Ricky still hit the lofty heights of his

Living La Vida Loca days? Surely his face time

on the vacuous Voice and Glee appearances

should help him climb a few charts in the

pacific region. But I am genuinely intrigued

to know if Ricky still has a big following

in Australia. I know the South American

continent support him with their iconic Latin

passion but is this superstar still relevant in

today’s fast paced churn and burn industry.

He was lucky to make his impact before the

internet completely ruined the status quo

business model and his cash cow status

must provide some security for his label. His

appearances on television would also aid in

his somewhat delayed comeback. My mum

was a huge fan, not that she’d publicly admit

it, and I guess he has an appeal to a certain

demographic. But the question in my mind

with Ricky is, what has he been doing for the

last 8-10 years. Upon further reading of his

press release we are given an answer:

In 2012, Ricky Martin fused his love of

musical performance with an expansion of

his capability as an actor. His year began

with a critically heralded guest appearance

as Spanish teacher David Martinez on the

hit television series GLEE - which E! praised

as the show’s “hottest number ever” and

“[deserving of] an Emmy nomination.”

You have to admit Ricky has an undeniable

track record. Most musicians wouldn’t take

him too seriously outside of South America

but the man really is a juggernaut. We

could shovel dung on his latest greatest hits

collection and it would still go platinum, I

mean who could resist the genius mind that

gave us ‘She Bangs’ and ‘Shake Your Bon Bon’

his depth is unfathomable.

‘Over 70 million albums sold, 95 platinum

records, 6 #1 Billboard albums, 11 #1 hit

songs, 2 American Music Awards, 6 Grammy

Awards, 8 World Music Awards, 10 Billboard

Awards, 8 MTV Music Video Awards, with sold

out concerts in more than 60 countries across

the globe, and more than 3 decades in the

music industry.’

So we’ll abruptly change course and go a little

easy on old Ricky the Spanish Stallion. We

kind of wanted to keep Scope all edgy and

groundbreaking however you soon realize

people don’t always enjoy reading about

bands they have never heard of. So this is us

balancing out and chucking a Latin pepper in

our dish.

It also seems that Broadway apparently can’t

get enough of him either, they’re screaming

‘Put Ricky In Everything!’. Everything? Really?

What would Spiderman the musical be like

with Ricky as Peter Parker? His web slinging

would be so graceful. I guess we should just

be grateful that a supernova has shown up in

Australia and instead of burning our faces off

it hosts a televised singing competition. Its

pure genius, I love supernovas.

But please don’t take us too seriously.

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Local musician Mark Moroney is set to

rub shoulders with some of the world’s

most renowned artists,including Billy Joel,

Aerosmith and Van Halen at ANZ Stadium in

Sydney for the inaugural Stone Music Festival

on the 21st April 2013.

Mark said he was honoured and excited to be

featuring at such a star-studded event.

“I had to pinch myself to make sure it was

really happening! If you’d told me last year

that I would be sharing the stage with Billy

Joel in April, I wouldn’t have believed you.”

Promoter for the event, Mark Spillane is

“seriously excited about including Mark and

his band on the bill. As soon as I heard the

tracks, I knew here is one of the most deep

and honest songwriters I have heard and

just had to get involved - I really wanted to

help connect Mark and his storytelling to

a worldwide audience – he deserves to be

there and this is a great first step for such a

sensational young artist.”

The timing of such a high profile show

couldn’t be better for Mark, also announcing

the release of his stunning new album,

“Walking Through Walls.”

Recorded on the Sunshine Coast, Queensland

and mixed in LA, the album is bursting with

gorgeous melodies and lyrics, combined with

Mark’s unique blend of finger-style guitar and

smokin’ soul vocals.

“I’m stoked with this album, and I can’t wait to

get out and play it live. We spent most of last

year recording and mixing it, taking our time

to get everything perfect. It was definitely the

way to go though, as I couldn’t be happier

with the results.“

Mark was born in Warwick, Australia and

grew up in the small town of Palmwoods

where he first began playing music. Mark

honed his skills as a musician and songwriter

performing in a variety of bands and musical

styles, including roots, folk, jazz and blues.

Along the way he has supported artists such

as Renee Geyer, Katie Noonan, Jeff Lang,

James Reyne, David Ross Macdonald (The

Waifs), Pseudo Echo, The Black Sorrows and

Chris Smither.

If you can’t get to Sydney, Mark is also.

performing at the Big Pineapple Music

Festival on April 20, along with Birds of Tokyo,

Regurgitator, Grinspoon and many more at

the iconic Sunshine Coast attraction.

Warm, unassuming, emotive and sometimes

cheeky, Mark represents the next era of

Australian roots music. Arts critic Mike

Netman from The Bay Chronicle wrote,

“Tender, passionate, emotive and full of

glorious phrasing – out of this world”.

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FROM THE FOXS MOUTH 11PM STUDIOSFROM THE FOX’S MOUTH

I read an article recently on music-based

website, Faster Louder (www.fasterlouder.

com.au) on US band, Yeah Yeah Yeah’s

decision recently to request that audiences

not watch the show through the screen on

your smart device/camera (followed by ‘Put

that sh*t away as a courtesy...). This is a fair

call from any artist.

Now, I’m not going to point fingers (because

that’s just damn rude), and I’ll be the first to

admit that I take photos of video snippets at

shows, but in my defense, this is usually when

reviewing or taking snapshots for The Point

Facebook page.

However, I do understand the type of punter

the Yeah Yeah Yeah’s and other like-minded

bands are referring to; therefore I feel the

need to bring up the topic of audience

etiquette.

It seems in a world that has grown

considerably larger while being considerably

closer (thanks to ze internetz, googlez, and

faceybookz), we live in a world of me first,

others second. Selfishness and general

disregard for others when it comes to luxuries

such as entertainment are commonplace

these days.

I’m sorry, but I still believe in manners. Call

me old-fashioned, but a little bit of respect for

others that are there to enjoy what you are

enjoying isn’t too much to ask for.

So by all means, take a few happy snaps on

your phone for Instagram or Facebook and

share it with others, showing your friends

what you’ve been up to. All good. However,

how about taking some consideration for

others that are there to soak up the moment...

AT THAT MOMENT. Maybe excuse yourself

when you shove your arm in front of

everyone’s view so you can take a sub-par

photo.

Also, on the subject of audience etiquette,

how about having some regard for those that

are rather vertically challenged. I like to speak

for my fellow short-stuffs, though I would be

classed in the taller of that category, that we

really don’t appreciate it when tall bastards

decide to take advantage of the strategically

obtained space that we have for ourselves

so we can get a decent enough view of the

performers, only to just shove in front of us.

I can honestly say, this happens at about

80% of the gigs I go to. Am I a magnet for a

Neanderthal Tweedledum and Tweedledee

to position themselves in my viewing bubble,

just because I’m a part of an easier target? It

would seem that way.

For some reason I also tend to find myself

positioned in a thoroughfare for the drunken

mosh-pit goers and am consistently

shoulder-barged (always a favourite

experience at festivals, I do have to say).

Also, ladies over 5’9”, is it REALLY necessary to

wear high heels to gigs? You’re a danger to

the other audience members with your evil

stilettos homing in on innocent little piggies

barely covered by our Converses. I get that

the heels ‘accentuate’ you legs, but I’ll let you

in on a tip from the male gender... trust me,

there’s only a very small percentage of us that

actually look at your legs. Keep the heels to

the night club scene, and save our feet.

I’m not saying be a prude that just stands

there in fear of having fun; far from it. But

how about just a little common sense and a

little respect for your fellow music-lovers next

time?

Live it live, love it loud.

Until next time...

Rhys

Editor

The Point Sunshine Coast

SILVER SCREEN

OLYMPUS HAS FALLEN

National security actioner from the director

of Training Day, starring Gerard Butler as Mike

Banning - a disgraced Presidential guard who

finds himself trapped in the White House when

terrorists capture the building. Also stars Aaron

Eckhart as the President, Ashley Judd as Mrs

President and Morgan Freeman as second-

in-command. When the White House (Secret

Service Code: ‘Olympus’) is seized and the

President kidnapped by the shadowy group,

Banning gets trapped within the building. As

the authorities scramble to respond, they are

forced to rely on Banning’s inside knowledge

to help retake the White House, save the

President, and avert a nationwide disaster.

Starring: Gerard Butler, Morgan Freeman, Aaron

Eckhart, Ashley Judd,

THE COMPANY YOU KEEP

From Academy Award® winning director

Robert Redford (ORDINARY PEOPLE) and

Academy Award® winning producer Nicholas

Cartier (THE HURT LOCKER) comes a suspense

thriller based on the novel by Neil Gordon.

With an incredible, award-winning ensemble

cast including Shia LaBeouf, Susan Sarandon,

Julie Christie, Brendan Gleeson, Richard

Jenkins and Stanley Tucci, THE COMPANY

YOU KEEP explores how far you would go

for what you believe in and to protect the

ones you love. When a former member of

the radical protest/terrorist organisation the

Weather Underground (Sarandon) turns

herself in to the FBI, Ben Shepard (LaBeouf), an

aggressive young journalist, starts searching

around for leads on the other members. Before

long Ben uncovers Jim Grant (Redford) a

former Weatherman and a fugitive wanted for

murder. After living for more than thirty years

under an assumed identity as a civil rights

lawyer and single father in New York, he must

now go on the run. With the FBI in hot pursuit

and Shepard getting closer to discovering

his secret, Grant sets off on a cross-country

journey to track down the one person that can

clear his name and allow him to go home to

his daughter.

Starring: Shia LaBeouf, Susan Sarandon, Julie

Christie, Brendan Gleeson, Richard Jenkins and

Stanley Tucci