I'm livin' a lie because I can't tell the truth...

What is that?
That's Joan Collins!!

Our banana pancake recipe...
3 Cups Flour
1/2 L Milk
3/4 Cup Caster Sugar
2 Bananas (mashed but not too mashed)
1tsp honey (mashed into banana-mas)

mix it all up. fry it in butter.
Yes it's as simple as that kids.

Did too much shopping this arvo with Serena but we got some KEWL schtuff like reKKords and hats!! yeh for hats!
But the real intention initially was for thongs, but there were not any cool ones, so what what i supposed to do?? I bought a new outfit instead. Nyuk.

and to one person out there... I'm still sorry...
xx

FUSE is launched baby!

Yesterday at 11am saw the Launch of this years FUSE FESTIVAL (formerly known as Eat the Street and Music Business Adelaide)... great turn-out and lots of yummy snacks to be had.

I'm sure all of us at Fuse will be YO-YO pro's by the time the Festival starts on 20th November. Programs are available around the city now, or via the web-site. As I've already said, seminars are filling up quickly so get in quick kiddies.

Still somewhat sniffly but don't feel so bad, I just wish the weather would make up it's mind more than anything so that I can never be afraid of getting WET on my bicycle!!

As far as any former utterings go... well I am all for always being honest, but do you always have to tell everyone everything?? My current situation tells me... errrr.... NO WAY MAN! eek!

xJ

what have i done...??

today is going very slowly...

maybe it's that I'm feeling crook (first time in ages, so that's not so bad)...

maybe it's that i may have put my foot in it...

maybe it's cos the sky ain't blue no more, and that meant i couldn't ride this morning cos it was coming down in buckets and I thought i'd get drenched...

THIS FRIDAY @ JIVE: Red Monika, Subwoofer & Barcode. They're all good. Go see them, and if you haven't checked out Jive yet I highly recommend it!! I think it's $8 entry for this night...

Suggestions for 'the new me' are most welcomed... the main thing being I NEED A HAIRCUT and probably some 'product' pretty desperately. I'm not very creative with my hair, but I decided I should probably bother sometime soon. I think the last haircut I had I did myself!! before that Shaggy Shaz gave me a haircut up at Vairis place. It's all on camera too... that was more than 9 months ago cos I still smoked I reTchun... maybe I'm just lazy...

Sunday at the Exeter was lovely... Go Nash! Go Speed!
(that sounds wrong actually doesn't it... Perhaps that should be GO TRAV NASH! GO MR SPEED? how's that. better??)

things to remember: give people the benefit of the doubt until they really piss you off... directly, not indirectly!! so there!

Been spending my time at the Fuse Office... www.fusefestival.com... check it out!! from my understanding, some of the seminars etc are filling fast, so if you're interested, get in touch with Skye very soonly.

jump to the jam to the lord i am...
xJ

I still love the new Basement Jaxx album... and I haven't been a Basement Jaxx fan til about this last week...
rock on!

Last night I sat around watching "Sweet Home Alabama" on DVD... Yeh it was typical 'girl leaves boy at the alter for her lifelong love' kinda story.... DVD extra components are kind of cool you know.... i guess in particular it makes you realise all the work that goes on behind the scenes. I'm not sure how keen I am about listening to a whole movie with audio commentary.... 'cept maybe the Austin Powers one.... saw that one once, cack-laugh-riot... (eg. Mike Myers going "ooh, theres my butt" and such other silly things!!)

Yes so I'm afraid my night could have been interesting, however it wasn't really...

xJ

hmm, saw The News, Star 10 Hash and High Stakes last night at Jive as part of the Kandinsky Sessions (run through Carclew Youth Arts Centre)...

yeh go cock-rock! hehe.

Star 10 Hash were ace, haven't seen them in ages, but GO ANJ!

OH! significant thing about today is that it's my 9 month anniversary of not smoking. rock to me! should i be having a nicotine baby by now???

xJ

how do you tell someone you think you might have loved them since the very first moment you saw them...

i dont think it's possible...

i think with me, it just does my head in... i bottle it up til I can't control it anymore, and then run in the other direction...

and if this has something to do with past experiences, which i think it does, thanks a lot to that particular person...

xJ

RUBYS GRACE at the Gov... if you weren't there, why the mashugana NOT?! they are truly bulk ace and improving every time I see them...

I can't believe Mark can lift me up but hell he did it anyway...!!!

and KUDOS to Luke Ashby for giving me a ride and having pizza for dinner with me. Rock the Gov pizza, seriously!! Up there with the Wood Oven Pizza place at Willunga...

new Basement Jaxx album Cish Cash is stonkin'!

LOVE SONG DEDICATION for TODAY.... for at least one mystery person if not two...
i hate crushes....

(Fiona Apple, First Taste)

"I lie in an early bed, thinking late thoughts
Waiting for the black to replace my blue
I do not struggle in your web because it was my aim to get caught
But daddy longlegs, I feel that I’m finally growing weary
Of waiting to be consumed by you

Give me the first taste, let it begin heaven cannot wait
Forever
Darling, just start the chase – I’ll let you win but you must
Make the endeavour

Oh, your love give me a heart confusion
Adagio breezes fill my skin with sudden red
Your hungry flirt borders intrusion
I’m building memories on things we have not said
Full is not heavy as empty, not nearly my love, not nearly my love, not nearly

Give me the first taste, let it begin heaven cannot wait
Forever
Darling, just start the chase – I’ll let you win, but you must
Make the endeavour"

The new LAMB album arrived at three d yesterday, me and Steven L'Enfant Terrible got very excited and both had a listen. It is exceedingly beautiful with nice soundscapes indeed....
we recommend you go get it for sure me heartys!!
xJ

for peeps reading this in the Aussie Music Industry...

Registrations are now OPEN for the Fuse Festival & Conference (November 20-22 in Adelaide). Visit www.fusefestival.com for information.

Things I don't understand...
1) MCDONALDS wiggidy wack "I'm lovin' it" advertising campaign... since when did they turn into a nightclub??
2) wanky American teevee taking over Aussie TV Stations... eg. Becker... I hate Becker....
3) The White Stripes on Rove?? 'nuff said

How cool is...
1) Enough Rope on ABC with Andrew Denton!! (cept it's finished the season)
2) Noise Festival - www.noise.net.au
3) the new BUCK 65 album "Talkin' Honky Blues" - www.buck65.com
4) the weather in Adelaide.... mmm Tasty....

Nothing is as good as everything....
o-u-t spells out... xJ

merry birthday party to PIPPA (go visit her at: battlecat.net)

thanks for a rockin' time. and it meant i got to ride my bike some more!! and Hi to all the nice people I met and/or caught up with too!! kisses to everyone... xxoo

All I have done today is ride in the sunshine and sit around and play at radio...

on my stereo today:
BUCK 65 - Talkin' Honky Blues (at least it will be as soon as I get home!!)
The Noise Fest Mag CD - Compilation of Aussie Noise Makers. Splendaro!!
Downsyde - Land of the Giants (still can't get enuf of shakin' my butt to El Questro!!)

"you leave no room, you leave no room for me, i wait paitiently for your smile... when I caught your eye..." KOSTARS: Never So Lonely

lovely,
xJ

I went to the Palais at Semaphore on Friday night for dinner with old work people... got there the loooong way... long story... hehe.

so yeh, that was my night, when i got home I watched Noise (on 11:25ish every Friday in October on ABC) which features Aussie film-makers and noise-makers. it's grouse! you should watch it...
I also hooked into some Rage, haven't done that in a while... but picked up a few new trax.... there was a totally wierd song by a rapper that was all about ass! pretty funny.

last night went to dinner at my friends bec & scotts... yay! thanks guys! yum.
then off to The Bird, New Poos, Beat Smuggly show at Fowlers Live with Molly, Leah, Sacha, Nicki etc etc etc. hi guys! rock out!
everybody got a bit sweaty but all in all, not a bad night. (not a great one for me either, but I think I just got tired and 'out of the mood')

and now i'm on radio... i rode my bike, it's such a bewtiful day!!!

"this world go crazy, it's an emergency..." Mr Bobby: MANU CHAO
mmm Manu Chao... xJ

flob a dob glib glob glib...
well y'know, another one bites the dust, and stuff and things... bugger!!

anyone got a secondhand/old computer they want me to babysit??

hrmm. oh, Dave Williams rocked at Rhino last night. As always!!

things you should go see in the next fortnight....

THURSDAY 9th OCT @ Jive (Hindley Street, Adelaide)
Adelaide Rock Ladies presents... Sumi, Kaleidoscope and Legless
from 8pm... $6...

SATURDAY 11th OCT @ Fowlers Live (formerly Music House, North Tce, Adelaide)
The Bird (launch), The New Pollutants, The Beat Smugglers...

THURSDAY 16th OCT @ The Gov (Port Road, Hindmarsh)
Ruby's Grace
8pm, $10.... we're probably gonna do an early drinks/pizza thing at the Gov before the gig so if you want to join us, send me an e-mail....

lovely.
o-u-t spells out, Xj

ho hum....
well since i picked up my bike on friday i've been on two rides, one just into town and just then here to radio.... and it only took half an hour and i took it really easy cos i'm so not used to road riding anymore.... but that's cool!! half an hour! yeh! rockin'...
who needs a car i say? honestly if all the people who drove down *insert the road i live on here* of a morning realised how much they were annoying me, perhaps they'd all get bikes and feel wicked too?! wishful thinking...
...and tomorrow for anyone who cares whilst i am going thru my existential crisis day of the year, i think i'll ride into the botanic gardens for some snacks and hackey if the weather is nice...
thanks to everyone who came over on friday and helped me warm my house/celebrate getting old with me.... i hope you enjoyed the food as much as i did! i love food! yum.
merry engagement to Eva and Darren.... see you guys later this arvo...
HURRAH for Yasmin who had a piece done on her for the noise fest and it was screened about 11:30pm friday night. we watched you girl (in black and white mind you... cos the ABC is nasty on my teevee)..... and well done.
the noise festival magazine is so prItty and nice, and has a decent CD with it too! i think you can get it at ABC shops and some nice newsagents too.
rock.

last night i went to PJ O'Briens cause I wanted beer and comedy, and I didn't have to work today....
but you know what, i've just about decided to stop drinking... apart from the fact it's expensive and i'm getting a beer gut.... i dont know. it's not that cool really, or maybe i'm concerned about the amount i've been consuming...
i think with all the changes of the last fortnight i've possibly needed the release, though when you realise you've been pissed three times in one week.... that's not cool.... bah!
so anyway, i met some more of my neighbours Lisa and Serena and they are very nice indeed. they also attended silly comedy with me and highly enjoyed it.
I don't know if the existential crisis is getting more existential or what... but i'll be 25 in a few days :(
TODAY I bought a bike... ooh it's a 2004 model and all... it's very spunky, and depending on how I go over summer... i might even sell the car... i mean having a car is neat, but it's damned expensive!!
and yeh, i mean i've used my car a few times in the last week (rug shopping, couch shopping, bike shopping, too much shopping... i'm sick of it) but only the bus to get to work... and even to go out on Friday I caught the bus.
Mmm, stuff.

yesterday i bought a rug... that was my day... how cool is that...??

oh i went looking for couches but there were no cool ones so i gave up and bought heaps of foody things instead and went home and sat in front of the PS2 for several hours... several indeed!!

kuffaw, kuffaw!!

For anyone who agonises over those pathetic things known as 'beauty magazines'.... skin deep my friends, skin deep....

http://homepage.mac.com/gapodaca/digital/bikini/index.html

oh my god! get me off this rollercoaster!!

seriously, working 2 days a week is the best thing I could have ever asked for / come up with in my brain!

this week i've seen Justin Hamilton, Red Monika, MKB and the New Pollutants as well as some fine acoustic work by Kierans little bro (hey i forget what their group is called, will find out but they were sweet)... i also have just about finished setting up my new place, apart from a couch it's pretty damned fine if you ask me. SPACE, SPACE, SPACE!! *swoon*

...and MERRY OLE ENGAGEMENT to HEIDI and WARWICK... evidently the NICEST people in Adelaide!! We love youse guys!! xxoo (about fekkin' time too i sez... and there's more peppermint slice where that came from)

and *licks* to the most FAMOUS person in Adelaide for introducing me to Chili Coffee. rock. ;)

*waving to helen over at http://queenofswords.blogspot.com*

i barely watched television all week... cept last night when i cranked some south park before going out... maybe it's cos i dont have a couch... maybe it's cos i prefer music, maybe it's because i've been cleaning... maybe it's because unless it's Andrew Denton's "Enough Rope" it's not worth watching....

what else?? errr, samosas are really tasty, and i need new slippers... yes... forgot how cold the old wooden floor can be in the morning.

MY HOUSE RRRRRRRROOOOOOOOOOXXXXXXXXXXXXXX!!!!!!!!!
arrrrrrrggggggghhhhhhhhhh!

*smiling from head to toe*
joolie xo

ugh! moving house HURTS me!! owwwwwwwwwwwwwwww my freakin' pancreas!

anyhoo, yes am all moved in, now just have to unpack and "feng shui" myself into a more sane living environment....!! now whether or not i believe in such things as this i do not know, however there is some comfort in liking your surroundings... blah blah blah....
cept my hot water taps in the shower and bath dont seem to produce hot water, yes that IS a problem... oh well, that's what landlords are for... fixing stuff!

tomorrow is my last day of work before i go back to part time and become a bum... yes, but all is not lost my friends, i vow to still take over the world and become president of it or something... then Nate can rip down the constitution of mine... ooh err, check you out!

i am so very very weary... but all is happy and well and peachy keen.....

check out CINEMA RECORDED MUSIC LIBRARY from Glasgow... very nice indeedily....

DJ TR!P's album launch at the crown and scepty... king william st, saturday sept 27th... DO NOT FORGET or WE WILL FIND YOU AND hurt YOU, or maybe we'll give you a consellation prize and leave the building to elvis or something....

woo!
ok, i think i've lost it!

hi kids ...and a big HOI HOI to Nate who I'm sure is reading my banter all the way from Washington.... i just met him yesterday, anyways...

today i quit my job, because I hate it and isn't that a good enough reason??! In fact, my senior also quit, so it was kind of a funny day...
I haven't put it in writing, but that's actually what I'm doing on the computer right now!!

For anyone who cares, I'm going back to two days a week at my old animation job and will be doing lots of volunteering, bike riding, cooking, reading and poetry in the next three months, basically doing a little 'soul searching' and finding out what I think I'm capable of in the next 20 years of my life...

hmm. interesting.
see, according to shaggy shaz i was due for an existential crisis this year because I'm turning 25...
yeh ta shaz, now i think i AM having one and you gave me a complex! bah!

ex·is·ten·tial ( P ) Pronunciation Key (gz-stnshl, ks-)
adj.
1)Of, relating to, or dealing with existence.
2)Based on experience; empirical.
3)Of or as conceived by existentialism or existentialists: an existential moment of choice.
4)Linguistics. Of or relating to a construction or part of a construction that indicates existence, as the words there is in the sentence There is a cat on the mat.

hmmm, end rant. xJ
ps. nigel, where is my video camera?
pps. nic, where were YOU when i wanted a cigarette? huh? punk?!