i write about music at mallsandwaterfalls.blogspot.com
I am a singer-songwriter. I have recorded seven albums since 2007, all of which are freely downloadable below. Three of them are part of an ongoing series, Fifty Malls, in which I write about Sydney shopping centres. A lot of people don't think I'm going to get to 50. I doubt myself sometimes, but so far it hasn't been hard. People live their entire lives in malls, so as long as I can write about people I don't think there'll be a shortage of ideas.
Are malls little societies, or is society a big mall? How much pollution is involved in everything seemingly innocent that goes on in these places? What makes a mall any more or less "natural" than a jungle or a bird's nest? Is this the only way it could have been? I think about these things a lot, but I prefer to think about the more emotional side of things; our innocent upbringing within malls, a myriad of teenage social encounters with varying degrees of awkwardness, first dates, last dates, all the action of peak hour in a food court, all the kinds of people you serve in an average day working at Hungry Jacks (and how they treat you), and the smiles on babies' faces cooled by air conditioning. These thoughts are where the songs will come from; I believe there's hope and beauty in the mosaic of human nature. I don't know what we're in for, but we've got to have hope if we're going to stay sane. I'm pretty sure there's a happy ending. Feel free to contact me if you want to share a thought or story. Some new albums, mall and non-mall, will be out soon. --art
albums
Primary School Disco (2007) 1. Weconic Jam Session 2. Penrith Chicks 3. Reboundman 4. DDR Song 5. Primary School Disco 6. Student Concession 7. Lisa's House 8. The Answer 9. Suzanne 10. This is Fun download -->here
Lunch 6 (2007)
1. Never Trust a Documentary 2. Taiwan 3. Alltheplastic (Something is Wrong) 4. Konya wa Sabishii 5. More Than U Can Know 6. Hyde Park Parasite 7. Stairs/I See Evil 8. Paranoid 9. Saliva 10. Chris Howlett 11. Rachael and the Sea download-->here
Boy on Fire (2007) 1. The Way You Breathe 2. She's a Busy Man 3. Boy on Fire 4. I Speak My Own Language 5. Let's Be Mates of State 6. Puzzles 7. Hey Sarah Jay 8. Slow Grind 9. Your Cat download-->here
Macquarie Centre (2008) fifty malls 1 1. First 2. Nachos 3. Ice Rink 4. Hi Boy/Cheated/Sorry Man 5. McChildhood (McHeart, McLove, McMother) 6. Theme from Air Conditioning 7. I Serve All Kindz 8. Minor Celebrities 9. Frog, Elephant, Crocodile 10. First (Reprise) download-->here
Castle Towers (2008) fifty malls 2
1. Coming back (Chloe's memories) 2. The Reasons I've Decided to Die (Michael's thoughts) 3. Chubby Blonde Boy (Chloe's thoughts) 4. Reflection of the Restaurants (Michael's thoughts) 5. Autopilot Boy (Tear Off the Roof) (Chloe sings to Michael) 6. She's like that to everyone (Michael's memories) 7. Coffee beans (Food Court Waltz) (Chloe sings to Michael) 8. Babies in the Library (A third-party observation) 9. Calling Card (Duet) 10. If you were different (Michael sings to Chloe) download-->here
Warringah Mall (2008) fifty malls 3
1. Reg's Story 2. Silver Corolla 3. Upskirt Teacher 4. The Life They Warned Me About 5. Warringah Mall 6. Peninsula Kids 7. Heaven 8. In Love with the Rain 9. Beautiful Friends 10. A Butterfly Lands (ft. Peter Rush) download-->here
Honeycomb (2009)
1. Intro 2. Vibrator 3. I Spin Bland Beats 4. The Magic Tongue 5. Through the Wife 6. Honeycomb 7. I Broke a Fifty 8. My Rabbit 9. In a perfect way 10. Stupid whores 11. Nightlife 12. Kiss Me, Baby (Beach Boys) 13. Keep you warm 14. Sweet download-->here
(p.s. I haven't forgotten about the malls. Top Ryde is next)
Good day, just letting you know there are 2 new tracks from my EP up on my page now! Head over and have a listen, leave some words if you feel that way inclined. See you at the launch. Sat 27th June @ Bar Me, Kings Cross -h.
Waringah Mall and Castle Towers. For something so on-the-cheap, it's done so well! Plus, that Chubby Blonde Boy song makes me think of Flight of the Conchords (in a good way, mind; just if you hate them)- and that line about part-time work? Magnifique!
I look forward to listening to more, and subsequently seeing you perform it at some stage.
Also, you wouldn't happen to know Albert Santos, would you?
Hola The FISH here, hope all is well in your world :) we have added a couple of New B-Sides and a load of old recordings to the site, some random joy in there somewhere :) hopefully we'll cross over soon peace love and oddness JFF, oh and we have a new website www.japanesefightingfish.co.uk xxxx
The Dark Shadows are very excited to announce that they will be supporting the legendary Marky Ramone and his band Blitzkrieg featuring ex-Misfit Michale Graves on vocals Thursday April 9th at Manning Bar, Sydney Uni. Dark Shadows onstage 8. 30pm
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