Friday, 9 April 2010

Bar 303 Northcote Tonight - Oxfam Benefit Gig

	Friday, 09 April 2010 at 19:30
End Time:	Saturday, 10 April 2010 at 01:00
Location:	303
Street:	high st
Town/City:	Northcote, Australia
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The Oxfam Trailwalker team of Tia, Ingram, Marte and Tim, whose powers combined, create 'Connex won't get us there', are proud to present a night of great music.

We are very lucky to have some fantastically enjoyable musicians doing their thing all in the name of a good cause, these include:

Saskwatch - http://www.myspace.com/saskwatchmusic
Saskwatch is a nine-piece collective of young Melbourne musicians playing original Soul, Hip-hop and Funk.

Sophia Exiner - http://www.myspace.com/sophiaxband
Sophia Exiner plays heartfelt songs about love, life and cups of tea.

Right Hand Foot - http://www.myspace.com/righthandfoot
Right Hand Foot is a dirty rock experience infusing dance, grunge, blues and folk influences into their raw rock 'n roll music.

Dan Musil + Friends - http://www.myspace.com/bitofadan
"Mesmerising lap steel guitar & honest original songwiting- your toes will soon tap the heartbeat". To be joined by the sublime David Grant & Jarred Shay.

Also there will be super cool DJ’s spinning a tune or two when the chance arises.

The cost is $10 paid at the door, with 100% proceeds going to Oxfam.

For our part we are foolishly walking 100km in 48 hours to help raise funds for Oxfam’s brilliant work around the globe.

This is what your $10 can supply: provide basic medical supplies for one month for a person living with HIV/AIDS in South Africa. Hmm, not much to contemplate really.

If for some vaguely plausable reason you can't make it on the night, please do not let this stop you getting behind the team. You can donate online at https://secure.oxfam.org.au/donate/twpaymentevent.php?TeamID=7380&eventstate=VIC

DISCLAIMER:

That is son#1 impersonating Ringo Starr in the pic above!

The Look

Kim Gordon: Noise Paintings

New York
April 8 - May 8

God's Pee return

HERE

Important

@'iruntheinternet'

Anarchy in the UK

I used to have this poster for the Apollo in Glasgow (a gig that never took place!)

Making a movement

If there's one or two things I've learned from mucking about with brand participation ideas they are as follows.Whatever it is we want people to do it neads to be as easy as possible to participate and the quicker we can make it appear to onlookers that it's a good idea they need to get involved with, the better.

This doesn't mean it has to be a familiar idea.
In fact the more unfamiliar or innovative the idea is then the initial hipsters and 'early adopters', if you like, are more likely to have their interest piqued.

At that point it then becomes 'safe', or 'social proof' emerges, then the slightly more cautious are able to dip their toes in.

This is crucial because a participation idea needs to be 'in public'. The 'outsiders' don't see just the leaders, they mostly see the the followers, new recruits follow the followers, kind of thing, not just the the leaders.

Pondering this I recall a story from Bernie Rhodes (I think it was him).

Rhodes managed The Clash back in the day and was in cahoots with Malcolm Mclaren (Sex Pistols) and Jake Riviera (the unsung 3rd man of the original emergent UK punk scene, and erstwhile manager of The Damned).

Between the three of them they realised that to create a movement that initial 'social proof' needed to be apparent.

One band could not do it on their own, but 3 bands...

Do the arithmetic.

3 bands (Pistols, Clash, Damned) each with four members.
Say each band member has five 'friends', thats 60 people minimum.

So a triple header gig in a small strip joint in Soho has an instant crowd of 60 or so likeminded bods, to any waif or stray thats wandered in off the street it immediately looks like 'something' is happening.

As more people decide to join in it's no longer a risk, if they 'get it' no reason not to join in now, and the codes, language, style is all there for them.
It's very easy to participate.

We are a we-species after all.

And there's your movement.

Easy in principle but the hard part is having the guts and purpose to innovate in the first place, because if it's not interesting and worth the effort to join in, there will be no takers.Malcolm, Bernie and Jake, my mentors ;)

Eaon Pritchard @'Never Get Out Of The Boat'

(Thanx Stan!)

Dogmop - For Fifi XXX

4-1

Malcolm McLaren - 22/01/46 - 08/04/10 RIP

Malcolm McLaren, former manager of the Sex Pistols and the New York Dolls, died today in New York after a bout with cancer, The Independent reports. He was 64.

During the course of his career, the outspoken impresario worked in the fashion industry and released hip-hop and electronic albums, but he's most famous for his association with the Sex Pistols. The degree to which he helped the UK punk band rise in the late 70s is much debated.

When asked for a job description on Australian talk show "Enough Rope" in 2006, McLaren said, "Somehow or another, I remain permanently cool [...] I try to make ideas happen-- ideas that could change life."

Ryan Dombal @ 'Pitchfork'

Pixels Attack!

I'm voting Labour, founder of Tory gay rights group says

The founder of the Conservative Party's biggest group campaigning for gay rights has said she will now vote Labour at the general election after David Cameron failed to reprimand a Shadow Cabinet member for questioning gay rights.

Anastasia Beaumont-Bott, the first chairman of the LGBTory group, said she felt guilty for having told gay voters to back the Tories in the past after Chris Grayling, the shadow Home Secretary, said he believed bed and breakfast owners should have the right to ban gay couples from staying in their property. She called on the Tory leader to dismiss Mr Grayling. So far, Mr Cameron has refused to take any action against him.

Michael Savage @'The Independent'

Remember that it doesn't matter if you are rich or poor, black or white, straight or straight, Cameron's your man!