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Andy Hazel (boy reporter)

...notes from when seeing is believing

About Me

I live in Melbourne and like music alot. I like writing too. When these two interests meet things turn up here. Sometimes they get published in local rag Inpress or the Uni of Tasmania's magazine Togatus.Perhaps later I'll get personal, but for now I don't spend much time here, or 'friend' people I don't know. Visit my live journal or last.fm account if you want to get to know me online. Ta vurry mooch.ModMySpace Profile Customizer

My Interests

on live journal I'm andy_yayus

I'd like to meet:

everyone. But not at once.

Music:

cut and paste this: http://www.last.fm/user/baltasound/

Movies:

1. Goodfellas (Scorcese, 1990)
2. Brief Encounter (Lean, 1939)
3. Night Of The Hunter (Laughton, 1952)
4. Don't Look Now (Roeg, 1971)
5. Spirited Away (Miyazaki, 2001)

Television:

1. Twin Peaks
2. Press Gang
3. Father Ted
4. At The Movies
5. The Mysterious Cities Of Gold

Books:

NON-FICTION:1. The Prophet - Kahlil Gibram
2. 45 - Bill Drummond
3. Psychotic Reactions And Carboretter Dung - Lester Bangs
4. Collected Poems - Philip Larkin
5. Healing With Wholefoods - Paul Pitchford

FICTION
1. Winnie The Pooh - AA Milne
2. Lord Of The Rings - JRR Tolkein
3. The History Of Danish Dreams - Peter Hoeg
4.Possession - AS Byatt
5.Miss Smillas Feeling For Snow - Peter Hoeg

Heroes:

John Peel
Mark Kermode
Laika

My Blog

1990s, THE DARDANELLES, YOUNG LOVERS

Hi-Fi Bar Short, sweet, to the point and maximum satisfaction guaranteed. Could be a chocolate bar, a Joe Pesci performance or a well-worn proverb, but tonight, it's a 1990s gig. And with a buck- toot...
Posted by Andy Hazel (boy reporter) on Mon, 01 Oct 2007 07:16:00 PST

MISO - SPREADING THAT FLAVOUR

Over the last few years Miso have been turning up on venue chalkboards and in street press advertisements with a regularity that suggests they're making a second home of the stage. With a Bristol-via-...
Posted by Andy Hazel (boy reporter) on Mon, 01 Oct 2007 07:14:00 PST

ERAN JAMES - THE BIG APPLE, BIG TIME

With his sophomore release Ten Songs About Love Melbourne-based pop-soul singer Eran James is feeling on top of the world. As well he might, with debut album Reviewing The Situation winding up in the ...
Posted by Andy Hazel (boy reporter) on Tue, 25 Sep 2007 06:53:00 PST

KAT FRANKIE, AMAYA LAUCIRICA, DONNIE DUREAU

The Rob Roy'This is an Australian folk tale, a true story' says Donnie Dureau as he begins his song Harry Baker. He could have been talking about most of the songs he plays tonight, so easily does he ...
Posted by Andy Hazel (boy reporter) on Mon, 17 Sep 2007 07:11:00 PST

SKIPPING GIRL VINEGAR - BITTER SEASONS, SWEET HARVEST

You may have seen the posters, confused the band with a handbag brand or sign in Richmond. It's been a pretty steep ascent into the gig-goers eye for Skipping Girl Vinegar and judging by the quality o...
Posted by Andy Hazel (boy reporter) on Mon, 17 Sep 2007 07:10:00 PST

ELECTRIC JELLYFISH, THE BLACK HUNDRED

The ToteA sizable turnout are in place by the time Black Hundred take to the stage. A band that have been regularly playing to a middling crowd around various venues, buttonight's is likely to be a bi...
Posted by Andy Hazel (boy reporter) on Mon, 17 Sep 2007 07:09:00 PST

KID CONFUCIUS - WORDS OF WISDOM

KC are on a mission. A mission to singlehandedly bring some soul to traditional rock venues. Doing the hard yards and using Aretha Franklin's classic 'Live at the Fillmore West' as a blueprint, this h...
Posted by Andy Hazel (boy reporter) on Mon, 17 Sep 2007 07:08:00 PST

FUNERAL FOR A FRIEND - THEIR FUNERAL, HIS TRIAL mark II

Matt Davies is a friendly guy. Though capable of summoning up a howl of anger within seconds of a soundcheck, and responsible for penning and emoting words that are seeing his band Funeral For A Frien...
Posted by Andy Hazel (boy reporter) on Fri, 07 Sep 2007 02:44:00 PST

PETER COMBE, THE BEDROOM PHILOSOPHER AND HIS AWKWARDSTRA

The EspyA proliferation of newspaper hats (and the occasional toffee apple) borne by excited and intoxicated Espy-goers gives away the fervent loyalty which Peter Combe can ignite in people; making fo...
Posted by Andy Hazel (boy reporter) on Mon, 03 Sep 2007 11:53:00 PST

747s - INTERNATIONAL ARRIVALS

British seems to be full of new bands at the moment. Whatever beans it is that they're on, 747s give the impression they're jellybeans rather than the flatulent baked beans of their NME/Carling-sponso...
Posted by Andy Hazel (boy reporter) on Wed, 29 Aug 2007 12:46:00 PST