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Rarrie

Running my fingers through the air, like it was mother nature's hair

About Me

I edited my profile with Thomas' Myspace Editor V4.4 * Singer/Songwriter (But I'll Never Share)
* Accidental Artist
* Word Junkie. I write the 'Locality', local music column for BMA magazine *cough* Canberra's one and only street press. I have also done several interviews (I must be up to 100 by now) with artists like John Butler (see BMA issue 273, www.bmamag.com for my JBT cover story and that one's my most recent) but I've also spoken to Missy Higgins, Tim Rogers, Little Birdy, the Polyphonic Spree, Ben Lee, Katie Noonan, Grinspoon, Adam Freeland, the Butterfly Effect, Josh Kelley, Josh Pyke and many many more
* Music is my thing
* I'm a chronic 'maker-of-mixed-CDs'
* Suffers Massive Wanderlust
* ...and migraines
* Hates Flying
* Loves Music
* Fears the un-fear-a-ble
* Get pierced, on occassion
* In line to be a fairy godmother
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If you have a gig you need put in the mag, email me at [email protected], and I'll throw it in Locality, the finest local music column in the west (and let's face it, the east too.)I edited my profile with Thomas' Myspace Editor V4.4

My Interests

Music, Writing. Writing about music, writing music... art, photography, graphic design, paint, sleeping, daydreaming, wishing,

I'd like to meet:

You, baby baby.

Music:

(How Much Room Do I Have? - In No Particular Order - and Can I just point out that I do not claim to be an expert on any of these bands, I simply may enjoy listening to them so before anyone gets on their musical superiority high horse, I'm no expert.Powderfinger, (+ Bernard Fanning), Clare Bowditch and the Feeding Set, Joy Division, Cat Power, Art of Fighting, The Beatles, Air, Jeff Buckley, Bob Marley, Jimi Hendrix, The Panics, Foo Fighters, Queens of the Stone Age, Josh Kelley, The Living End, The Who, Bloc Party, Sarah Blasko, Jen Cloher, Martha Motherf**king Wainwright, Cold War Kings, Kaiser Chiefs, Arctic Monkeys, Emiliana Torrini, Ben Harper (though his recent JJJ interview is cringe worthy), JBT, Leonardo's Bride (+ Abby Dobson Solo), My friend the Chocolate , george, PJ Harvey, Athlete, Aqualung, Youth Group, Mandy Kane, The Beautiful Girls, Jewel, Paul Kelly, Josh Kelley, Franz Ferdinand, Cary Brothers, Iron and Wine, Fleetwood Mac, Tegan and Sara, Blondie, Cyndi Lauper, Xavier Rudd, Bernard Fanning, Dusty Springfield, The Grates, The Howling Belles, Bob Evans, Josh Pyke, Little Birdy, The Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Belle and Sebastian, Architecture in Helsinki, The Dirty Three, The Butterfly Effect, Tracy Chapman, The Strokes, Comet Cupid, Ween, Mia Dyson, The Sex Pistols, Tori Amos, The Doors, Elixir, Silverchair, Jebediah, Pony Up!, Joan as Policewoman, Portishead, Royksopp, Utada Hikaru (woooo!), Grinspoon, Sia, Ben Folds, Decoder Ring, Gomez, Sigur Ros, The Hives, The Bees, Modest Mouse... (there are so many more I can't think of right now... TBC)

Movies:

Garden State, Little Miss Sunshine, Spinal Tap

Television:

Rage, Spicks and Specks, Rockwiz, One Tree Hill, Gray's Anatomy, All Saints

Books:

Several

Heroes:

Napoleon Dynamite

My Blog

Even the stars yelled at me...

"According to some New Age-ologists, if you want someone to get in touch with you, you can just think about them non-stop and eventually you will either run into them or they will contact you. Anyone ...
Posted by Rarrie on Wed, 16 May 2007 08:10:00 PST

Music Survey that I stole!

Choose ten bands you listen to regularly:  1. Clare Bowditch and the Feeding Set2. Powderfinger3. Death Cab for Cutie4. Xavier Rudd5. Sarah Blasko6. Bloc Party7.&nb...
Posted by Rarrie on Thu, 03 May 2007 09:13:00 PST

Oh my god, has it really come to this?

I have resorted to calling up a late night game show.I am bored. This is what happens when I have nothing to do with myself (this is rare, I'm usually running around like a headless chook)I cursed tho...
Posted by Rarrie on Fri, 16 Feb 2007 07:17:00 PST

What the hell does kudos do?

No, really?
Posted by Rarrie on Wed, 20 Dec 2006 05:17:00 PST

sometimes

... a girl just needs her mumma.
Posted by Rarrie on Fri, 17 Nov 2006 01:54:00 PST

Who you fooling?

Hmm.end of uni in T minus 4 days.Thank the lord above.*I kind of feel like I'm not getting anywhere. The fact that the end of my degree is so close is making me feel a little afraid.* You know it's so...
Posted by Rarrie on Sat, 04 Nov 2006 05:12:00 PST

I put a spell on you...

Have I ever told you how much I love Aqualung?They make my sad heart happy.*Things are hard at the moment. I don't suppose 'things' are ever meant to be easy. But right now, they are hard.That's all I...
Posted by Rarrie on Wed, 18 Oct 2006 06:11:00 PST

The magic bullet.

I'm pretty sure not many read this blog. But that's okay. I have another one anyway and I'm not telling you where.If anyone has gigs on, please let me know. I'm getting fresh out when I'm writing colu...
Posted by Rarrie on Mon, 24 Jul 2006 07:48:00 PST

Quiche

I'm dining on quiche. It's quite delish. I look like a frickin slob but sue me, it's quiche.Which one is your favourite?I'm partial to spinach.Can I just point out, and no offence to any police office...
Posted by Rarrie on Tue, 27 Jun 2006 02:58:00 PST

Nothing to see here

Not much to say. Pretty bored really. I'm home on a saturday night, I'm exhausted... Saw X-Men 3 last night with Allie. Fun times. Am strangely attracted to mutants. Looking like the trivia night on F...
Posted by Rarrie on Sat, 27 May 2006 06:24:00 PST