March 30th, 2009
….in fact there are lots of things to be positive about:
1. When the economy goes belly up, sometimes rent prices drop, wouldn’t that be nice?
2. If you are old enough to remember the recession of the early 90’s, you will recall that the warehouse party scene thrived, along with the thriving rave culture.
3. Music is generally awesome during economic downturns (think the 30’s jazz, the 90’s hip hop era)
4. Apathy is reduced. People start having opinions again (and therefore personality) which is way more interesting than the current tv-fed mass consumption culture that stops people from caring about anything except the beer they are drinking and their latest whizbang gadget they bought on credit.
5. People stop buying stupid wasteful material things that turn into mountains of landfill, and start thinking about what they are spending their dollars on.
6. When huge corporations can’t afford to buy stuff/mine stuff/develop stuff anymore, the environment generally benefits.
7. Who needs massively powerful insurance companies and banks anyway…maybe we can try some other frameworks like barter or freecycle?
8. This can be a very rewarding time for those who are interested in self-development, and for creating a healthy work-life balance. When there’s no work on there’s more time to do other fun things like go camping, spend more time with loved ones, learn a new language, repair that bike you have been wanting to fix for years, or plant some vegies in the garden. The recession won’t last forever so enjoy the spare time while it lasts.
9. Often governments spend lots of money to stimulate the economy during a downturn, so maybe we will see more improvements to amenities, like public transport!
10. Generally the best thing about a downturn is that it can only go up from here….
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March 25th, 2009
Joy of joys, it’s my honour to have been invited to play at the most venerable dubstep oriented monthly in Sydney, Void!
I am playing first up, and i get a whole 90 mins to spin all my fave tracks. Amongst the dubstep, you can expect to hear a fair amount of this new stuff people are sometimes calling wonky/abstract hip hop/future beats, but for now, i will call it bleep’n'bass. 
When: Friday April 3rd - 9pm-10:30 (goes on til 5am - how good is that!?)
Where: Spectrum and Phoenix Bar - 34 Oxford St, Darlinghurst
$18 presale from qjump.com.au and inthemix.com.au
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March 23rd, 2009
I caved and decided to throw myself headlong into twitter world. Only one week old and so far no dramas. But i had to think long and hard about my personal rules of twittering….
this is what i have come up with so far:-
1. mundanity is boring
Unless it’s vaguely informative, keep it to yourself. So you won’t hear me carrying on about how nice the red delicious apple i ate this morning was.
2. be considerate and polite to others
Nobody likes a grump, especially a grump who takes out their bad mood on the interwebz. Sure everyone has a bad day here and there, but it’s really not necessary to twitter it.
3. don’t get too personal
In this very public websphere, it’s best to keep some things to yourself….so sorry no updates on my love life.
4. be yourself
Yes i am a bit of a dreamer, i do have surreal thoughts, and yes i am primarily an artist so as long as the musings of this particular dreamer don’t interfere with the above rules, it’s okay to post nonsense.
But then the confusion comes in as to what is worthy of a twitter post and what deserves a blog post. I am also a big delicious user. How will twitter integrate with delicious is still yet to be decided.
Only a week in and already I am befuddled by all of these questions.
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