alicia

PM'd you, eastside.

I had a Fender Rumble 100 (1x15) when I first started playing bass. I tolerated it for the first year, but it really didn't have the bottom end I wanted. But it wasn't very heavy and was on 4 wheels, which was good. I ended up getting an Ampeg 4x10, which I love for the sound, but cost heaps more and is a total bitch to move.

I do like Cormac McCarthy, but The Sunset Limited was underwhelming for me.

Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman - Haruki Murakami
Didn't really enjoy this. Too many repetitive themes from within this collection of short stories and his other novels.

The Sunset Limited - Cormac McCarthy

Recently:

Death of a Salesman - Arthur Miller
The Road - Cormac McCarthy (again)
A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian - Marina Lewycka
The Riders - Tim Winton

Also, I don't recommend going into the shop at the Big Koala...it is best admired from the car at 100km/h.

I think he has always had pressers like that, but he was always really lovely when I would speak to him at Big Star, years ago. He's achieved some pretty amazing things since then.

From memory, there is nothing in Ki Ki...blink and you'll miss it.

The last line of this one is a personal favourite:

Since his earliest days, Ben Frost has been fascinated by the cinematic qualities of the guitar. His output to this point has hinted at this, but with Steelwound he makes a bold statement of intent.

Finding his way to a deserted stretch of Johanna Beach along the Great Ocean Road (Victoria, Australia) in early 2003 Frost set up a remote studio at a derelict cabin overlooking the icy waters of Bass Strait. With a constant wind flowing off the sea his only companion, Frost started work on a series of improvisations that would eventually become Steelwound. A few months go by and Frost has made his way back to civilization. He begins editing the masses of treated guitar from the Johanna Beach improvisations and before long a theme takes hold - one that very much reflects the isolation of the environment where the tracks were created.

Each of the pieces on Steelwound is a epic journey, coloured with a deep sense of filmic narrative and suggested dialogues. The textural quality of the works, laced with field recordings and lost vocal fragments, sketches out the emotional soundscapes Frost had unwittingly gathered during his time at Johanna Beach. Each piece is a splintered fragment in time - a forgotten memory beautifully rediscovered in a moment of introspection.

Oh...by the way, it's only open Wednesday to Sunday (so disappointed when we were driving back on a Tuesday...) and it's opposite the pub.

Nhill is also quite a nice town to stop in.