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Brad

Always has a song inside his head. (http://artbaretta.blogspot.com)

About Me

A freelance journalist for Playmusic PICKUP, Rock Sound, Artrocker, Notion, www.subba-cultcha.com Former Deputy Editor of Playmusic Magazine/Playmusic PICKUP.

A passionate writer, a frustrated musician, an amateur photographer and a whole lot more.
A temporary music criticism blog for my own amusement - and yours too if you're bored. http://artbaretta.blogspot.com/



My Interests

Recent many.

Australia

I'd like to meet:

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Guitar genius incarnate. Cannot be argued with.

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Music:

Recent aural pleasure.

Smalltown America all-dayers

Movies:

Recent optical and auditory sensations.

Joy Division documentary

The Lives of Others

Not Everything Is Significant

Television:

Recent sensory distraction.

Books:

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Recent intellectual stimulation.

The Illiad - Homer

Heart of Darkness - Joseph Conrad

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Heroes:

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Current object of my adoration:

In my friends list

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My Blog

Puritan

So after cleansing myself of the sordid delights of myspace, facebook and MSN for a whole 40 days (not including Sundays, so actually it’s like 44) I decided to write about it. You can find this...
Posted by Brad on Sat, 29 Mar 2008 09:12:00 PST

Am I Bitter In 2008?

http://artbaretta.blogspot.comBands To Avoid In 2008 Part One. It's not totally negative, there are recommendations too. It's not particularly eloquent - I'm sick of wasting said eloquence on bad musi...
Posted by Brad on Mon, 07 Jan 2008 01:25:00 PST

Shameless Self Promotion (While Considerately Promoting The Work Of Others, Through Promoting)

Hey peepsGo look at www.subba-cultcha.com and read it all. All of it. ...Okay, let's narrow that down.....read my pieces on Liars and Minus The Bear. They are possibly two of my favourite pieces I've ...
Posted by Brad on Thu, 23 Aug 2007 02:22:00 PST

Lets Stop Them Before It Gets Out Of Control

May I be bolshy and opinionated for a second? No?? Fuck you. Get out! We don't want you here....Right, now he's gone listen up people. I'm only going to say this once because, unlike a lot of people y...
Posted by Brad on Mon, 13 Aug 2007 12:37:00 PST

Media Player Musings and Work Update

I wish there was a program that could tell me exactly how much of the music on my media player I've actually listened to. I've a scary feeling that I've probably heard about 75 percent of it. Occasion...
Posted by Brad on Sat, 21 Jul 2007 08:23:00 PST

I Like To Know What You're Reading

Agitation. It grows like a pulsing seedling, prepared to filter its furious poison further into it's hosts unsuspecting, and highly vulnerable, brain. An uncontrollable twitch of the eye. A muscle spa...
Posted by Brad on Thu, 12 Jul 2007 01:17:00 PST

Goodwill

So I just saw on one of the music site message boards that someone was badly hurt at Blood Brothers' ULU gig last night. This isn't really big news as people get seriously injured at gigs of this natu...
Posted by Brad on Wed, 04 Jul 2007 11:20:00 PST

Tear-Worthy

Bit of a sappy one this - but it interests me all the same. It does require participation (so hopefully some people read this). Don't be shy. What songs are likely to make you cry? Which songs have yo...
Posted by Brad on Mon, 02 Jul 2007 03:22:00 PST

Multiple choice

So reading an AA Essential guide to Andalucia (accent over the i if you please), I flicked to the back to find a survey form about how the guide book helped you, if it was a good read etc. Now under t...
Posted by Brad on Wed, 27 Jun 2007 05:51:00 PST

The "Next Album" Dilemma

More and more this question keeps popping up: I have Daydream Nation by Sonic Youth. What do I buy next?You could apply this to any artist with huge kudos and critical acclaim with a massive back cata...
Posted by Brad on Tue, 26 Jun 2007 03:12:00 PST