Ashleigh Dollin

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The Sydney Underground Film Festival

September 11th 2008 11:26
Ever wondered what it is like to experience smell-o-vision? Stop wondering and pop over to the factory in Enmore, Sydney.

It's back again, The Sydney Underground Film Festival (SUFF), and it's bound to be entertaining.

Opening night dive into the mountain caves where Bin Laden is reportedly hiding with The Miscreants. Think it's pretty risky exploring that sort of area? Try doing it with a film crew.

There's a film titled Sex Gallery and Recycled Shorts.. the title alone is reason to see this 'green' flick.

And don't think I've forgotten about the promises smell-o-vision.

John Waters twisted humour hits the screens once more with his 1980s feature Polyester.

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Every person who views Polyester will be issued with an 'Odorama Card' with built in 1980s scratch and sniff technology. Ever remember those scratch and sniff stickers your teacher used to give you in primary school? I sure do. Teacher used to stick one of a gorilla holding a banana onto my colour and I scratched and sniffed artificial banana goodness all day.

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scratch and sniff goodness


During the film you will be instructed to scratch and voila you will be able to effectively smell the film. Pretty special hey?

The film sounds pretty interesting too. It follows a family with the following characters:
- a messed up housewife
- cheating pornographer
- a pregnant teenager
- and a foot fetishist

The festival started today so grab your pennies, get down to enmore and buy yourself a large bucket of pop corn extra butter and enjoy.

Price - $25 - $70 (festival pass) from HERE
Sept 11 - Sept 14
The Factory, 105 Victoria Rd, Enmore

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Empire of the Sun album art.

September 10th 2008 13:51
Another reason to get excited about the release of Empire of the Sun's album is the art. On September 8th EMI music unleashed the album art on Empire of the Sun's home page HERE.

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Empire of the Sun album art


As you can see it is a beautiful painting featuring Nick Littlemore (shaggy, brunette) and Luke Steele (face paint).

It is based on the movie posters of Indiana Jones and Star Wars. If that's anything to go by it does conjure up images of grand, epic and break through musical landscapes.

I can almost feel the nervous tension rise as EMI pump out excited press releases and blog after blog post their scribblings about it.

I do not know who painted it if anyone knows please let me know? It would be awesome to check out their other work.

I hope this is released in 12" vinyl....

updates to come ^_^
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Empire of the Sun

September 7th 2008 10:26
What do you think you'd get if you took Pnau and mixed it with the Sleepy Jackson? If you haven't already heard Luke Steele has snatched up Nick Littlemore from Pnau and together they have created Empire of the Sun.

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oriental dress and face paint the future of Australia's music scene?


If you haven't heard Empire of the Sun yet definitely check out their video clip on youtube. clicky. It has been uploaded in High Definition because it is such a feast of colours it'd be a pity to see it in any other format. It shines out, spliced with glowing orbs and face paint, making all the other posts look somewhat monochromatic. It was shot on location at Shanghaii which is where the famous novel and movie that the band take their name from is set.

Personally I believe that both Nick and Luke are inspirational musical figures and the gelling of these two has made this little blogger very very excited. Just quietly I have a bit of a crush on Nick and stumbled across these guys after a late night google mission. Thank god for google.

Nick's smooth voice balances out Luke's jolty singing. It definitely feels like a summer anthem in the making, light and fluffy I can't wait to hear what the rest of the album sounds like. But beware it is highly addictive as it is soo catchy!

There is not very much info on the band available yet, their website includes the song, lyrics and a free download of a remix done by Nick's brother Sam La More. Oh to be in a family with musical genius'.

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tear jerker

September 1st 2008 13:14
Do you have a certain movie you love to cuddle up too with a bar of chocolate after a long frightful day? When something bad has happened especially if my heart has been broken. (Being an emotional nit wit this happens often) I love nothing more than to invest in some chocolates, a bottle of red wine and to play Amelie.

Amelie is my favourite movie. Secretly I want to be Amelie. French, beautiful, cute, adorable personality and ending up with a cute lover called Nino. I just want a guy called Nino


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perfume Patrick Suskind

September 1st 2008 13:03
Perfume - Patrick Suskind

I just finished reading Perfume for the first time. It is an amazing novel. It is such an abstract tale and it is one of those books that you pick up and are immediately transported and you don't want to put it down


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My Colombian Death

September 1st 2008 10:54
My Colombian Death By Matthew Thompson

I picked up this book at Dymocks because Matt happened to be my tutor at uni last semester. Matt is a journalist and author. Let me give you a little bit of a gist of the story


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heartbreak

September 1st 2008 10:37
Blindfolded I trip on raised roots and kick my foot against rocks. I fall flat on my face forcing mud up my nose. My eyes sting and Jeff Buckley coos from a tree in the distance.

I have recently had my heartbroken. I have gone through many stages


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Ashleigh Dollin

Recent events have sent tremors through the music industry. Radiohead released their album In Rainbows without the aid of a major record label and allowed consumers to pay whatever they want for the download. Madonna, Prince and Nine Inch Nails are some other artists moving away from major record labels. What does this mean for the music industry


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Q&A with Tony Jones

June 19th 2008 01:06

Tony Jones host of Lateline and now Q&A was once described as the #1 sexy man for the intelligent woman. There seemed to be many admirers in the audience of Q&A on the 12th. The lady in front of me proclaiming "I do admire Tony Jones"

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Hors De Prix - Priceless

June 19th 2008 00:51

The other day my friend and I were romanticising about French men and the movie Amelie. We both have a mutual love for Audrey Tautou and want to meet our very own Nino.

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on Vacuum The Carpets With Your Feet!

September 3rd 2008 13:39
OOO I love these. Which country will they be sold in? This reminds me of Pippy Long Stockings.

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