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Got this flyer on the weekend, for those in the Brisbane area:

 

 

Northside Record Fair, Bray Hall, Cooke St, Petrie. 

 

Monday 10 June, 8:00am - 1:00pm.

 

--Geoff

 

 

There's a record fair at the Queensland Museum this Saturday May 4:

 

 

Shop up a storm at the biggest Vinyl Fair in Queensland, with over 50 record dealers filling the Whale Mall on Saturday 4 May.

 

To celebrate our new exhibition, Collectomania, we are hosting an all-day Vinyl Fair in the Whale Mall. Find rare, ridiculous and rad pieces from all over the world as well as Vinyl Kitsch demos, DJs, Old Vinyl displays and badge-making. 

 

Where: Whale Mall, Queensland Museum
When: Saturday 4 May, 9:00am – 3:30pm
Cost: Free admission

 

See http://www.southbank...ania Vinyl Fair for more details.

 

--Geoff

 

So Google bought Nik Software and now are offering the full Nik collection (HDR Efex, Silver Efex, Color Efex, etc) for $149 (less if you can find a 15% discount code).

 

I have Photoshop CS6 and Lightroom 4 so I'm not sure if these plugins are useful to me (apart from the HDR). I mean they could be but I just don't know enough about 'em. I know that I can download some B+W effects for LR, for example, so it may be that Silver Efex is not required.

 

I'm not tempted yet, but I could be with further persuading ...

 

--Geoff

I saw an unusual ebay listing for lots of stuff:

I am cleaning out my old library of Books - everything from hard SF to Fantasy to Non Fiction. You will be getting a bargain here. Most books are in extremely good condition. I have no idea how many there are - but there are Heaps!!!
The same goes for my CD collection as well. I am digitizing my Library, and this is the first Bulk lot to go - everything from obscure Metal, to Jazz to Classical. There is even a box of collectible Iron Maiden LPs containing Picture Discs and singles and albums and lord knows what else!!

I'm not really interested in the books, just the CDs and LPs, but I put in a very low bid and won, much to my astonishment.

But what I didn't notice is that this "stuff" is pick-up only and located in Baulkham Hills, Sydney, whereas I am in Brisbane.

Is there a kind-hearted and generous SNAer in the area who would be willing to collect this stuff from the seller, and forward it to me? I'll pay for postage costs, and I'm sure we can make an agreeable arrangement to compensate for your time.

--Geoff

Here's the list for the Triple J Hottest 100 for 2012.
 
I don't listen to JJJ anymore so I don't recognize more than half the stuff on this list, including the #1 (which on first listen is a load of tosh whose popularity must be due to the 'this is f**n awesome' line; a bit of profanity attracts the young 'uns to mediocre music like flies to a sh*t, it's totes adorbs). 
 
As Grampa Simpson would say: I used to be with it, then they changed what 'it' was. Now what I'm with isn't 'it', and what's 'it' seems weird and scary to me.
 
Anyway:
 

• #100: Everything Everything - Cough Cough
• #99: M.I.A. - Bad Girls
• #98: Kimbra - Warrior {Ft. Mark Foster & A-Trak}
• #97: Jack White - I'm Shakin'
• #96: Kanye West, JAY Z & Big Sean - Clique
• #95: Last Dinosaurs - Andy
• #94: The Gaslight Anthem - 45
• #93: Snakadaktal - Dance Bear
• #92: Lisa Mitchell - Spiritus
• #91: Allday x C1 - So Good
• #90: Two Door Cinema Club - Sleep Alone
• #89: Chance Waters - Maybe Tomorrow {Ft. Lilian Blue}
• #88: C2C - Down The Road
• #87: The Bloody Beetroots & Greta Svabo Bech - Chronicles Of A Fallen Love
• #86: Lana Del Rey - Summertime Sadness
• #85: Purity Ring - Fineshrine
• #84: Hilltop Hoods - Rattling The Keys To The Kingdom
• #83: The Jungle Giants - She's A Riot
• #82: Santigold - Disparate Youth
• #81: alt-J - Something Good
• #80: Frank Ocean - Super Rich Kids {Ft. Earl Sweatshirt}
• #79: The Black Keys - Little Black Submarines
• #78: Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs - Household Goods
• #77: Feed Me & Crystal Fighters - Love Is All I Got
• #76: Illy - Heard It All
• #75: Muse - Madness
• #74: The Shins - Simple Song
• #73: Ben Folds Five - Draw A Crowd
• #72: Regina Spektor - All The Rowboats
• #71: Kendrick Lamar - Swimming Pools (Drank)
• #70: The Presets - Promises
• #69: Matt Corby - Lonely Boy {Like A Version}
• #68: Avicii - Silhouettes
• #67: Flume - On Top {Ft. T-Shirt}
• #66: The Rubens - The Best We Got
• #65: Grimes - Genesis
• #64: alt-J - Tessellate
• #63: First Aid Kit - Wolf
• #62: Kid Cudi - Just What I Am {Ft. King Chip}
• #61: Sticky Fingers - Caress Your Soul
• #60: Jack White - Love Interruption
• #59: Cosmo Jarvis - Love This
• #58: Mumford & Sons - Babel
• #57: Seth Sentry - Float Away
• #56: Frank Ocean - Thinkin Bout You
• #55: Knife Party - Internet Friends
• #54: The Bamboos - I Got Burned {Ft. Tim Rogers}
• #53: San Cisco - Wild Things
• #52: The Presets - Ghosts
• #51: Birds Of Tokyo - This Fire
• #50: Asta - My Heart Is On Fire
• #49: Thundamentals - Brother {Like A Version}
• #48: San Cisco - Fred Astaire
• #47: Of Monsters And Men - Mountain Sound
• #46: Passion Pit - Take A Walk
• #45: Chance Waters - Young & Dumb {Ft. Bertie Blackman}
• #44: Xavier Rudd - Follow The Sun
• #43: The Lumineers - Ho Hey
• #42: MS MR - Hurricane
• #41: British India - I Can Make You Love Me
• #40: Arctic Monkeys - R U Mine?
• #39: Alabama Shakes - Hold On
• #38: Grimes - Oblivion
• #37: Two Door Cinema Club - Sun
• #36: Miike Snow - Paddling Out
• #35: 360 - Run Alone
• #34: Lana Del Rey - Born To Die
• #33: Parachute Youth - Can't Get Better Than This
• #32: Florence + The Machine - Spectrum (Say My Name) {Calvin Harris Remix}
• #31: Alpine - Gasoline
• #30: Bat For Lashes - Laura
• #29: Loon Lake - Cherry Lips
• #28: Django Django - Default
• #27: Ball Park Music - Surrender
• #26: Seth Sentry - Dear Science
• #25: Skrillex - Bangarang {Ft. Sirah}
• #24: Chet Faker - I'm Into You
• #23: Ball Park Music - Coming Down
• #22: The Temper Trap - Trembling Hands
• #21: Disclosure - Latch {Ft. Sam Smith}
• #20: Rudimental - Feel The Love {Ft. John Newman}
• #19: The xx - Angels
• #18: Hermitude - HyperParadise {Flume Remix}
• #17: Flight Facilities - Clair De Lune {Ft. Christine Hoberg}
• #16: Rudimental - Not Giving In {Ft. John Newman & Alex Clare}
• #15: Macklemore & Ryan Lewis - Same Love {Ft. Mary Lambert}
• #14: Icona Pop - I Love It {Ft. Charli XCX}
• #13: The Black Keys - Gold On The Ceiling
• #12: Flume - Sleepless {Ft. Jezzabell Doran}
• #11: Calvin Harris - Sweet Nothing {Ft. Florence Welch}
• #10: The Rubens - My Gun
• #9: Tame Impala - Feels Like We Only Go Backwards
• #8: Frank Ocean - Lost
• #7: Tame Impala - Elephant
• #6: Major Lazer - Get Free {Ft. Amber Coffman}
• #5: Mumford & Sons - I Will Wait
• #4: Flume - Holdin On
• #3: alt-J - Breezeblocks
• #2: Of Monsters And Men - Little Talks
• #1: Macklemore & Ryan Lewis - Thrift Shop {Ft. Wanz}

http://www.abc.net.a...12/fulllist.htm


--Geoff