January 8, 2007 – 10:15 am
NEWS (Brought to you by Chad Mashups Waterslide Bowling – combining the summer fun of water sliding with the skill of ten pin bowling, simply bowl your ball and then follow it down the four story ‘super loop.’ Even if you don’t knock ‘em all down, you’re sure to get a spare when you come crashing through after! Now in five public liability challenging venues around Australia.)
• In Bed With My Doona and the Folkstar/I’m So Post Modern Maxi Single are both now up on iTunes. There’s a link to both on my Myspace and website Discography pages. So much easier than taping them!
• The JJJ Hottest 100 Acoustic Megamix, which proved popular at my Falls gigs, is …
October 23, 2006 – 9:58 am
Click Here To Immortalise Folkstar in JJJ’s Hot 100
Songs now available on iTunes! Yay Sticks!
NEWS (Brought to you by Burp Bacharach, the confounding new drinking game which encourages gassy renditions of classic show tunes. It’s Gastronomical!)
• I’ve completed my Melbourne Fringe Show season. It’s been dubbed a success by Bedroom Philosopher insiders. It’s been dubbed self-indulgent and lacking a theme by Bedroom Philosopher outsiders. Huge thanks to Saskia Moore, Anita at Flash In The Can, Tammy Nicholson, Tully and Nina and Anna Knight. Thanks also to everyone who witnessed. I was apparently nominated for best comedy in the Fringe awards, but this might have just been me talking into a mirror at the after party.
• I’ve …
September 10, 2006 – 6:41 pm
The limited edition maxi-single of Folkstar/I’m So Post Modern is available by mail order. Click HERE to put in an order. Details are now up in the DISCOGRAPHY SECTION
* I have changed management, parting with Laughing Stock Productions and teaming up with Vanilla Productions, run by the very lovely Saskia Moore. She has previously worked with performance oddity Sam Simmons, and produced the successful impro show ‘160 characters.’ (where performances are based on audience text messages.) She is also managing psychobilly gypsy jazz band Martin Martini & The Bone Palace Orchestra.
• Hock your cassettes! Burn your sheet music. Eat some tuna! A new album is coming! I’ve started pre-production already (ie tuned the guitar and made some awful …
July 26, 2006 – 6:26 pm
Support for Melbourne Flacco Tour plus Melbourne Fringe Fundraiser Aug 18! Check gigs!
NEWS (Brought to you by The Big Mermaid. Disney presents this animated action/thriller. After a Russian submarine explodes in the pacific ocean, the toxic fall-out causes our fabled heroine to increase to King Kong proportions! Kids will love this playfully violent musical romp as The Big Mermaid avenges the Russian army for her torturous state.)
• For what is a great honour, I have been asked to support comedic-poet cult-oddity Flacco for his upcoming Melbourne shows. Check the gigs section for dates!
• Last year I somehow appeared in an Australian independent feature film called ‘Rats & Cats.’ I played ‘Funky Young Man’ and had about six …
June 26, 2006 – 5:15 pm
• Pooglet is here! The I’m So Post Modern filmclip is finally up! You can see it at the Pooglet section of my website. The resolution is not perfect but should suffice. Again, thanks to everyone who submitted pictures, and please understand that I couldn’t use all of them, and that some of them do appear but only extremely briefly. I will personally email you all as soon as I can.
• Industry insiders (Nan and Pop) have labelled my debut Australian tour a ‘nice thing,’ with around 700 punters witnessing the ramshackle, prog-folk roadshow. Huge hugs and niceties to everyone who made it out. Especially in Melbourne, Canberra and Hobart where somewhat near-capacity crowds were on hand. Smithkins and …
May 12, 2006 – 12:21 pm
Check ‘Pooglet’ section for I’m So Post Modern filmclip!
www.myspace.com/thebedroomphilosopher to hear new Folkstar!
NEWS (Brought to you by the Inappropriate Miner Jokes Bureau. We are the only nationally recognised service for comedians attempting material about the Tasmanian miners. We’ve been in the business green lighting comedians and deciding how long is long enough since yesterday.)
• The Renegades of Folk have had their own ticket-tape parade (me tearing up all our posters and flyers and throwing them at Josh) to celebrate what insiders are calling a ‘successful 2006 campaign.’ We sold about 900 tickets, and for the first time in my four year history of the festival, actually made a little bit of money. Overall, we were pleased with …
April 11, 2006 – 12:13 am
Tour details:
Tue 23 May ADELAIDE – GRACE EMILY HOTEL plus The Beards
Thur 25 May MELBOURNE – EAST BRUNSWICK CLUB plus Martin Martini & The Bone Palace Orchestra + Sam Simmons (Barry award nominee 2006) + Josh Earl (Renegades of Folk)
Sat 27 May HOBART – THE VENUE – plus Matt Sertori + Sam Nicholson (Sam & Tully)
Tue 30 May CANBERRA – TOAST – plus Matt Kelly + The Dads
Wed 31 May SYDNEY – HOPETOUN HOTEL – plus Pomo Mofo’s (D.J. Set) + Like People + Richard In Your Mind
Fri 2 June NEWCASTLE – LASS O’GOWRIE HOTEL plus The Klaff Bros. + La La Land
Wed 7 June BRISBANE – THE TROUBADOR plus James O’Brian (The …
March 11, 2006 – 11:01 pm
Ahoy joymints! I took down the Acoustic Megamix MP3 cos I haven’t quite got the right permission to put it up there. But it shouldn’t take much longer. In the meantime – there’s other Bedroom Philosopher tracks availble for sampling in the ‘Discography’ section. Hooray sticks!
NEWS (Brought to you by complications. The tasty new biscuit snack from Arnotts. Layers of sundried cheesecake trapped in Neapolitan wafer pieces and sealed with a strawberry liqueur and smothered in rich old gold chocolate and encrusted with corn nuggets and hidden pockets of Cointreau/Gingernut fusion. Complications. There’s a party in your mouth but it’s at that early stage where everyone’s awkward!)
* I now have a Myspace.com account. The address is www.myspace.com/thebedroomphilosopher If …
February 8, 2006 – 8:17 am
Ahoy joymints! There’s been a lot of demand for the Hottest 100 acoustic megamix. Good. We’re currently in negotiation with the station and an MP3 will be appearing on JJJ and/or this website soon.
NEWS (brought to you Frazer Follix’s Personality Beam! Every been sitting next to a stranger at the bus-stop wishing you could insert the personality of a close friend into them and have a decent chat? Now you can. The personality beam stores the DNA make-up of up to three friends. Simply point and shoot, and you will have up to 15 minutes of a familiar persona to talk to, in a strangers body! Now your unconventional sense of humour being appreciated is only a beam away!)…
February 8, 2006 – 8:11 am
Aloha Lovelyface! Please enjoy my websitery.
NEWS (brought to you Frazer Follix’s Personality Beam! Every been sitting next to a stranger at the bus-stop wishing you could insert the personality of a close friend into them and have a decent chat? Now you can. The personality beam stores the DNA make-up of up to three friends. Simply point and shoot, and you will have up to 15 minutes of a familiar persona to talk to, in a strangers body! Now your unconventional sense of humour being appreciated is only a beam away!)
• Shane Porteous, the actor who played Dr Terence Elliot in long-running Australian medical drama ‘A Country Practice,’ who features in the last line of “I’m So Post …
January 10, 2006 – 8:07 pm
I’M SO POST MODERN FILM CLIP CALLOUT CLOSING SOON!
Aloha Moogwagon! Basically, if you’d like to potentially be in the ‘I’m So Post Modern’ filmclip – email me your pictures by this Friday!
Preferably outlandish interesting photos of anything really. Nan’s and cats and headshots are popular. Or why not try and recreate a line from the song? Artwork is loved also.
Don’t worry if you’re going to miss out! I’m about to put a callout for photos and artwork of Team Pooglet members (you) trying to recreate lines from the song, for a gallery on the website. Sound satisfying?
THANKYOU FROM THE BOTTOM OF ALL MY HEARTS TO THOSE WHO VOTED FOR BERNARD FANNING. It’s great to have some …
December 15, 2005 – 9:25 pm
Aloha Tiggerfolk!
Play the new game:
ROCK STAR!
BAND NAME!
HIT SINGLE!
How to play:
A) Work out your rock star name. FIRST NAME: This is your nan or pop’s first name hyphenated with your SECOND pet’s name. SURNAME: Your second ever street name. For example, my Pop’s name is Leonard. My second ever pet was a cat called Snowy. My second ever street name was Totterdell. Therefore, my rock star name is Leonard-Snowy Totterdell.
(NOTE: If you’ve only ever had one pet, or street name, take that. If you’ve never had a pet or street, contact administration for further counselling)
B) Work out your band name. To do this, you need to find an anagram of your full name …
November 22, 2005 – 11:09 pm
Welcome Pixel Cutey! Play my new game ROCK STAR NAME! BAND NAME! HIT SINGLE!
How to play:
A) Work out your rock star name. FIRST NAME: This is your nan or pop’s first name hyphenated with your SECOND pet’s name. SURNAME: Your second ever street name. For example, my Pop’s name is Leonard. My second ever pet was a cat called Snowy. My second ever street name was Totterdell. Therefore, my rock star name is Leonard-Snowy Totterdell.
(NOTE: If you’ve only ever had one pet, or street name, take that. If you’ve never had a pet or street, contact administration for further counselling)
B) Work out your band name. To do this, you need to find an anagram of your …
November 10, 2005 – 9:37 pm
Welcome pixel cutey! Here is some news that is fairly bloody recent! Cruskit Disco!!
1* – I’ve moved to Sydney for a couple of months to write for a new sketch show on Channel 10 called:
THE RONNIE JOHNS HALF HOUR
It is going to be on this Wednesday at 10:05pm.
I wrote all the bits you liked.
* If show is axed please disregard naive optimism.
2 – www.bedroomphilosopher.com, “under construction since 2002″ is alive! Special thanks to Tammy Nicholson and Paul Kilmurray for pixel tricks and spritely sprites! Some bits are not quite finished but the majority of written material is there. Pictures and MP3′s to come.
3 – I’m growing a writing beard! I last did …
September 14, 2005 – 10:44 pm
Welcome Pooglet! bedroomphilosopher.com is here! It’s pixelfest ’05! Thanks to Kilbot and Tamicita!
(brought to you by Dr Sludsy’s ‘Haiku Wipes.’ Now you can enjoy our handi-pak of lemony towelettes artfully etched with a variety of early 19th century Japanese poetry)
• The Tripod tour of regional W.A. was a success! The Tripod boys were gracious and inspirational. Units were shifted, miner’s bemused – x-box played! Full report next issue.
* ‘No Petrol Day’ is on September 22. If you normally buy petrol, don’t – and the oil companies will go mental. If you don’t normally buy petrol, and you see a service station attendant – kick them in the shins.
* The Breast Cancer site is having trouble getting …
