2Threads shindig

In the Christmas spirit every single business, company and brand threw Christmas/End of Year partaaaaays. In my anti-enjoyment Christmas head space (Christmas is stupid unless your pretty much fresh out of the womb, just another holiday to over-drink, over-spend, over-eat.Whatever), but my attendance to the 2Threads Christmas Party/End of Year/ Design Award Gala was inevitable.

Upon walking down to the The Loft, the 30m line was a smorgasbord of individuals from trendoids, teenyboppers, golden oldies, business suit clad men and then just people who seems to have no idea at all. Inside food was floating around and the bar was never dry, the more drinks consumed the buzz of chatter got louder. So loud that in true award giving nature a poor lady was standing on the stage attempting to excitably announce winners to awards no one cared about, bar the winner.

The music went on into the night, as did the drinks, as did the awesome dance moves displayed.

I also found a really awesome chandelier......

(Tight squeeze; Jen, Mitch and Wendy; that awesome chandelier; no one's listening; Gaia, Mitch, Jen; Mitch + giftbag dance moves)

On another note my male company for the night was stylist Mitch Steed. He's pretty much the bees knees. His site will be up soon, but in the mean time check anewmuse.com where he is the Fashion Editor.

My place or yours

With an undying love for personal space comes the obsession with different ideals and visualisations of said space. For this reason alone I love peaking into peoples bedrooms (in a non-creepy way) because similar to their iPod playlists and book selection, it says a lot about a person.

Below are images of random bedrooms that take interior decoration to a new high.

The last is a particular favourite as I've always wanted a personal library. Far out.

A recently purchased Holga 135BC constitutes a road trip. Well that was the thought patterns going through my mind when my lovely little package of joy arrived. My friend and I narrowed down possible destinations to Byron Bay purely for the three main drawcards; surf, sun and surfer boys (yes i realise how juvenile that sounds). Whatever. Ships ahoy, bags packed, time to blow this town!

Here are a few pics from the trip curtesy of the aforementioned Holga.

I love how the images came out quite grainy and ever so slightly out of focus (with the exclusion of 'Welcome to Nimbin').

All in all a stella trip.

Spinning yarn with Yacht Club DJ's

If you haven't heard of them you've obviously been living under a rock, or a nana, or a nana who lives under a rock. Under the alias Yacht Club DJ's, Guy and Gaz have been smashing the underground club scene with their, how do I put it, lively stage acts. They have been rapidly making a name for themselves not only in regards to their innovative dance remixes but also their ability to get the most mundane of club crawlers whipping out their smooth moves. The two fellas are not known to be the tamest of DJs, they have been known to ingest vodka then spit/spray it onto the psychotically over excited crowd, their shows usually involve near nudity (usually on their behalf), the occasional acrobatic light rigging manoeuvres etc etc. I got the chance to have a yarn with Guy about a bunch of stuff; club casualties, the peculiar process to tune selection and of course a word association test.

SO YOU FELLAS HAVE PLAYED A FAIR FEW FESTIVALS LATELY, DO YOU F+PREFER FESTIVALS OR CLUB GIGS?

They are both amazing for different reasons. Festivals are great because we are playing to a mostly new crowd and have to work as hard as possible to get people having a great time and feeling involved. And our club gigs / venue shows are like a huge cavalcade of family hi-jinx. People have paid to have as good a time as possible and it's humbling that they come to us to share the music.

BECAUSE OF THE WHOLE UNQUESTIONED ASSOCIATION OF DRUGS WITH FESTIVALS, DO YOU THINK YOUR TUNES SOUND BETTER WITH THE AID OF RECREATIONAL SUBSTANCES?
No, quite the opposite. I feel sorry for the people who take such things at our shows - there is so much going throughout the set it that must be terrifying.

YES WE'VE NOTICED YOUR SHOWS ARE QUITE FULL-ON IN REGARDS TO THEATRICS AND ACROBATICS. HAVE THERE BEEN ANY CASUALTIES?
Gareth seems to break things at every show, a broken rib came about after a one-man crowd surf attempt in Adelaide that ended with him doubled over a speaker.

WHEN YOU-TUBING YOU GUYS, WE FOUND A LOT OF FOOTAGE OF OVERLY EXCITED HORDES OF SWEATY FANS ON STAGE WITH YOU. WHAT'S YOUR SECRET TO GETTING EVERYONE SO GEARED UP?
The great thing about DJ-ing is you can play literally anything recorded. We use all sorts of stuff that you don't hear often and do it super quickly to keep the energy up. All we are shooting for is building fun and energy in any way possible.

AND WHAT WOULD BE YOUR TOP FIVE SONGS TO DANCE TO RIGHT NOW?
'Death At The Chapel' by The Horrors, 'I Get Around' by The Beach Boys, the theme from 'Rawhide', 'Spookshow Baby' by White Zombie, and 'Long Tall Sally' by Little Richard.

FINALLY, A QUICK WORD-ASSOCIATION TEST:
Vodka – Death
Sydney – Coathanger
Punk – Iggy
Lifestyle – Pies
Groupies – Dim sims
Rock'n'roll – Keith Moon
Ke$ha – Vacuous

I'm ready and rearing

Wow. So it's been over a year since i last posted anything up. And what a year that's been. Not that anyone cares but I solemly vowel to contribute at least two times a week! And not I'm not talking about a little quick 'oh i really like this handbag but woe is me i can't afford it' bullshit.
I've been writing for Sydney mag Cream Magazine for a couple of months and it has taught me about interesting topics, music reviews and interviews and other stuff of epic proportions.
Soooooo I will be cross referencing some of the stuff i get exposed to at the office.

So expect:
- Review of 'Love and Other Drugs'- the new Anne Hathaway and Jake Gyllenhal movie.
- Interview with 'The Klaxons'
- Recap and pictures from the Fashion Palette Christmas Party.

Happy camping!
K