Do you know what a beeline is?

Make one to Caringbah Bizzos Club in southern Sydney for this line-up:

Discretion sometimes the better part of valour

And in breaking news, the Stooges just cancelled their October 1 show in Sarajevo following Muslim fundamentalist violence at a gay festival.

Snooze and you loose

The first "Ed Kuepper Live" disc from the Prince Melon Bootleg Series has sold out and it won't be long before Volumes Two and Three go the same way. Procure for 10 bucks plus modest postage from the Prince Melon myspace. Read a review of Volume One here with Two and Three live at the same place in a day or two.

One to diarise

The HHMNs haven't finished their album yet but the Passengers have, after some stalled progress. This will be an excellent night of acoustic pop by the supports and punkish powerpop by the headliners.

Wall becomes Dyke?

Phil Spector's re-trial for murder begins on October 29, LA time.



Now tell me doesn't look like he should be in this list of 25 Men Who Look Like Old Lesbians.

Deathpunk comes in many forms

Turbonegra are an all-girl Turbonegro tribute band from San Francisco. Here's some footage from their current German tour.

Genius in iTunes explained

In case you were wondering how the new Genius feature scans your current iTunes song and suggests a playlist from your library, the folks at geekculture have it all worked out. Click to enlarge:

Buggered if I'm letting Ringo Starr near my iMac.

Skanks, bad html and crappy bands

Does social marketing dominate your life? Do you crave a time when life was simpler, less hectic and less-connected (although still full of crappy bands)? Watch.

Penny in Japan and Europe

If you're in the area, you might want to drop by Melbourne's sultry feedback queen Penny Ikinger's shows in Tokyo next month.


Penny's playing solo and accompanied by a local outfit on the final show.

If that's inconvenient, there's always France and Spain where she'll be gigging with Vinz and Dimi from Dimi Dero Inc under the moniker Penelope Inc. More on that leg of the trip and full details of the Tokyo shows here.

Lost Beatle profiled on Aussie TV

This Friday Australian broadcaster SBS is screening a doco on Stu Sutcliffe, the original Beatles bassist who left the fledgling band to become a visual artist and died of a brain aneuyrism in 1962.

You might know the story from the Backbeat movie of about a decade ago. No doubt it'll dish a bit of dirt on the Fab Four's Hamburg days. Details here.

Johnny Glutton and why some can't believe it's not butter

This in just this morning from the UK Press Association:

Former Sex Pistols singer John Lydon is now advertising butter - in stark contrast to his punk rock days when he proclaimed: "I am an antichrist, I am an anarchist."

Decked out in an English gentleman-style tweed outfit, Lydon - whose used the stage name Johnny Rotten - features in adverts for Country Life butter which will hit screens in October.

As part of his first television advertising campaign, Lydon gallivants around various British locations as he tries to decide why he thinks Country Life butter is his favourite brand.

The advert concludes, "It's not about Great Britain, it's about great butter", and will first be screened during the ITV Pride of Britain Awards next month.

Despite the British tabloid press' vehement sensationalism, Rotten always came across as a patriot - despite not having lived in the UK for 30 years. Who cares what he's advertising - although this snap from the Daily Mail's report of the Pistols' warm-up on a US talkshow earlier this week shows John's been grazing in a good paddock.



Of course the paper has tagged him 'Johnny Glutton'.

Re-visiting the Visitors legacy

If you detect a degree of enthusiasm behind this plug for the CD re-issue of the 1978 recordings by Radio Birdman spin-off the Visitors you'd be correct and it's not because I had some minimal involvement behind the scenes.

The original Visitors existed for just a dozen shows in Sydney in 1978-79 but their songs (and a new line-up) live on. If you haven't heard their music, think the Doors meeting Birdman with a one-guitar-and-keys configuration giving extra space. The full review is here and pop over to Citadel if you want to score a copy.