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Lineup Review: Summer 2012

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Ok so it’s a little hard to review the future…but it is possible to anticipate it with a little excitement. Although it’s hard to believe in this temperamental weather, summer is just around the corner. And with festival season kicking in the new years, it will be a hot summer at that. In recent weeks, numerous festival lineups for summer of 2012 have been drip-fed to us (ever so cruelly, mind you) and now there poses the question – which ones are worth it? Looking at 4 diverse Australian festivals let me pick at my own brain to give y’all my personal verdict.

Future Music Festival 2012

Future’s 2011 gave me feelings of love/hate. Which is always the case for festivals in general. It’s always - should I stay and pre-drink my wallet empty, or make it in time to watch Ke$ha vomit glitter? Should I wait in line for this ridiculously overpriced kebab, or try and sneak off and catch the whole MGMT set in all its glory? 2012’s Future Music Festival lineup may set you up with some more difficult questions as there are bound to be some heavy clashes. While I’m not particularly a dance music fan, there are some acts that definitely catch my eye – Jessie J, The Wombats, The Naked and Famous, Die Artwoord just to name a few.

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Soundwave Festival 2012

Ahh yes, every post-punk/heavy-metal/90’s rock fan’s dream. I’m always taken aback at the diversity of acts that Soundwave bring out every year, in particular the headliners. The 2012 lineup, however, will rope in a lot of fans, even those who swore to never return after the failed ‘Soundwave Revolution’. My picks: JACK’S MANNEQUIN, Cobra Starship, Dashboard Confessional, The Cab, Four Year Strong, Hole, etc etc. So it’s a pretty good lineup. Not to mention, Saves The Day are playing two sets – one being Weezer’s ‘Pinkerton’ album in full. Why don’t they just bring Weezer out instead…then I’ll be sold.

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Big Day Out 2012

NOW for the Big one. Big Day Out has been the biggest Australian festival ever, bringing a great array of artists from all different genres down under for some summer lovin’. While 2011’s Big Day Out was majorly spoilt for me by the Black Keys pulling out (still not forgiven, boys), I can guarantee 2012’s lineup will surely make up for it. From the headliners alone, it’s obvious to see how big this one will be. I for one will definitely be seeing: Kanye West, Foster the People, Best Coast, Odd Future, Boy and Bear, the Jezabels…please, stop me from naming the whole lineup announced so far.

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Laneway Festival 2012

Laneway Festival is the smallest festival of the four, but this doesn’t mean it’s any less giving. 2012’s lineup is jam-packed with amazing artists, with a lot of the bigger artists being of the female variety. With the artists they’re pulling, it’s only a matter of time before Laneway becomes more than just a blink-and-you’ll-miss-it festival to the untrained eye. My definite picks are: Feist, Laura Marling, Anna Calvi, Girls, The Panics, Portugal. The Man, Cults and you’re starting to see my point.

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Verdict

Big Day Out and Laneway are my personal picks for the summer. Both so different in style, audience, and general aesthetics, they’re offering the freshest acts of the year (and next year too) and are bound to create some buzz amongst festival and music fans alike!

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"Think Different"

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Innovator, Entrepreneur, Visionary, Genius, Apple, Dad;

These are just some of the words we can describe Steve Jobs, the modern day Tony Stark who created Apple and had gone off to achieve many historical feats, changing the way we view the world from a technological standpoint by introducing products that would not only benefit society as a whole but redefine our perceptions on the industry by removing its “geeky” stigma.

Starting off as a college dropout, Steve and his business partner, the “Woz” were able to turn a small hobby that had started off in the garage of his home into the 2nd largest company in the world in regards to market value. Not to mention “Pixar Animations”, another company owned by Steve, where his drive and determination had made them into the most profitable movie company in relation to movie revenue.

Steve was an inspiration to me and most probably to the whole world, not only based on the revolutionary number of his products such as the iPod, iPhone, and iPad, but through his charismatic personality who was always cheerful and motivational from his speeches and keynotes. Steve, Aged 56, had passed away from his long term battle with pancreatic cancer on the 5th October 2011. 

He will be greatly missed by all. Rest In Peace. 

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Music track review: Florence + the Machine's Shake It Out

Florence Welch is back with a brand new track that proves as haunting, ‘anthemic’ and scarily catchy as anything. The video ‘Shake It Out’ delivers what anyone fan would expect from Florence + the Machine– eccentric but appropriate dance moves, flowing frocks, forest scenes, references to death and all things eerie. But a MIDDLE PART? And…is that a LADY SUIT? Welch’s style aside, this is the coolest masquerade scene I’ve seen since that one time on Gossip Girl. The Venetian style masks and actors, almost Vaudeville style, work well with the theme of regret, mysterious evils of the night before…you get where I’m going with this. Lovely crafted video, slight girl crush on the dresses, keen for the new album. Nothing new though

  PS: if you likey this track, give the Weeknd remix a shot

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The beginning of everything

This site is going to be all about.. well… everything. This site is managed by a core group that is comprised of four widely different people with the same goal - to achieve the best possible grade in Isys100.  But let’s go back to the original idea. What exactly is “everything”? Too easy. “everything” is “all”, and “all” is “everything”. A very broad area that will slowly but surely pick on your minds. This site will explore different types of different things that will seem to pique the interests of some of you: Technology, Pop culture, Music, Cars, Girls, Pencils, Alcohol, Sex, Guitars, Synthesizers, Games, other blogs, you name it! We will try to review as much as we could in a ‘student in university’s’ point of view;as informational but as fun and sometimes wacky at the same time. Now that we know what this site will be about, it’s time to discuss what this will look like! Well. This is quite the tough bean. One member likes blue, but the other likes purple. But everybody has an eye for simplicity. That’s right. Simplicity. We will have the simplest layout possible to make information sharing as easy as possible. The idea is the salient object should always be the information that we share. No diversions, straight to the f*****g point.  Are you excited? ‘Cause we are. Who knows what these four people will share to you? We do. Lol. not really. Or don’t we? fffffffffffff! Toodaloo!