SIMON DAY @ THE RETREAT, AUGUST 29th, 2010

Tonight I headed to the Retreat to see Ratcat frontman, Simon Day, play a solo show with Suzie Stapleton. Arriving just 5 minutes before Simon took to the stage, it was indeed good timing. Truth be told, I have never been a huge fan of the Retreat though because I don’t like the way the [...]

THE DEVIL DOGS – Bilbao, Spain, 1991

Hunting through all my video tapes, I came across this little gem of a video of the almighty Devil Dogs. I remember the day I discovered the Devil Dogs, I ordered some records by the New Bomb Turks and also a 7″ called “Radio Beat” by the Devil Dogs all cos the review that was in [...]

Episode 115 – Today My Podcast, Tomorrow The World

This week’s show is full of great songs and rants. I am in a damn good mood for scoring a job that I actually want and I think it shows. Granted, the week had a bit of a downer to it but still, I am staying positive and optimistic. It’s all good, right? Yeah, thought [...]

THE DOMNICKS – The Spanish Club, Melbourne, August 27th, 2010

So tonight I saw The Domnicks. For those not in the know, The Domnicks combine the guitar twangin’ talents of Dom Mariani (The Stems / DM3 / Someloves) and Nick Sheppard (The Cortinas / The Clash) and together with Howard Shawcross (The Elks / The Jackals) on bass and Marz Frisina (DM3 / The Calhoons) on drums, they make [...]

THE MACHINE GIRL (2007)

For anyone who has been following the life and times of Long Gone Loser (aka Me), you’re no doubt familiar with a few things that have become a staple part of my life: 1) I listen to a lot of music. 2) I love Japan. 3) I have far too much time on my hands and therefore [...]

OFF THE HIP RECORDS 100th RELEASE BBQ

For any small time label to get past release one is a feat in itself but when you have 100 releases under your belt and a shitload to follow, that’s commendable. Melbourne label Off The Hip Records has done just that. They have stuck with their product, stood by it through thick and thin, rejected [...]

RAMONES – Performing a Medley for the MTV Awards, 1995.

Back in 1995, the MTV Movie Awards was not something I would usually sit down and watch, mainly because I knew the likes of John Waters, Russ Meyer and Herschell Gordon Lewis weren’t going to be receiving any awards for anything anyway but before the program started, there was a comercial break. During this commercial break, [...]

Episode 114 – My Podcast’s Awesome But I Look Like Shit

This week’s show is to celebrate OFF THE HIP Records’ 100th release. Yeah! Heaps exciting for a cool independent label to release 100 releases and there is plenty more to come, I’m sure. So what I did this week was just play bands from the Off The Hip label and you’re gonna love it cos all the bands [...]

HEAVY METAL GROUPIES

I found this on another video. This must be from the late 80′s. Here in Australia, this show, Hard Copy, was shown on our TV’s on Friday nights. It was kind of like an entertainment meets current affairs type show and would always have some kind of sleazy segment on the show. Whether it’s a [...]

HEAVY METAL SUICIDES

So back in the day, around 1989 I think, this was shown on TV here in Australia. Page One was a current affairs type program that played on late night television on Channel 10. I remember the night clearly: I was in the lounge room laying on the floor, my mate was sitting on the [...]

The 5.6.7.8′s and Japanese Culture

I love Japan, it’s as simple as that. I have been there a number of times and you really can’t beat the awesomeness of the place. It’s like one giant amusement park with lots of bright lights, nice people and great music. This video below was a segment from a TV show on Japanese culture that was [...]

FACTOTUM BOOKS

Sometime in the mid to late 90′s, there was this awesome record store in Adelaide called Thrash Grind & Grunge. It was also home to Dominator Records; a label that was home to such bands as The Mark Of Cain, Bloodsucking Freaks, Grunter, and Truth Corroded, just to name a few. Each week I’d go there [...]

MAN OR ASTRO-MAN?

I remember the day I discovered Man Or Astro-man? The singer of Undertone, Grover, and myself were record shopping in Adelaide sometime in the mid 90′s and he purchased a 7″ record called “Inside The Head Of Mr Atom” (Estrus, 1995). Grover always had mixed tapes playing in his car and one time Man Or Astro-man were playing [...]

THE HELLACOPTERS ON THE “HEAVY SHIFT” ON CHANNEL V

I was going through my old video tapes and stumbled across this. After re-watching this I knew I had to upload it for all to see. Right here we have a classic interview with Nicke and Boba from Sweden’s greatest rock n roll band, The Hellacopters, being interview by Australian Idol host, Andy G. Why [...]

Episode 113 – The Tiredest Podcast Awake

This show I talk etched records. You know the ones, those records that have drawings on one side of them. Yeah, of course you do. Anyway, I spin one of those. I talk about my current unemployment status and my continued search for work, failing job interviews and other such stuff. I also talk about Iron Maiden’s [...]

Episode 112 – Super Wild Podcasts!

On this show, I gotta say, I was fired up. So much great new tunes to play and so many cool things to tell… like seeing both Ash and Testament in the same week. Awesome! In news I talk tours of Iron Maiden and Super Wild Horses, there’s a bunch of Soundwave news, Big Day Out and festival [...]

Episode 111 – Don’t Blame Your Troubles On Me

Following on from what I wrote on this blog last week with the review of the new Paul Collins album, this episode I go through the album, play tunes from it and talk about it and give you my biased review of his new power pop opus. Just click here and you will be able to [...]

ASH – Billboards The Venue, August 4th, 2010

Arriving early to the venue, I was greeted with an aftershow pass much to my surprise, which is good because I took along a piece of history just in case I had the chance to bump into Tim and Co. while at the show; a poster from their very first Australian tour in 1995. I [...]

Reviews for the 1st of August, 2010

Heaps of reviews today. Some of these were written at the time the album arrived and some of them were written over this last week. Still, here we go with another batch of music that was sent in for review. Songs from these releases can be heard on the Long Gone Loser Rock Show. Enjoy! [...]