Thought I might give this whole Playlist Meme thing a go. My disclaimer is that I only have the music I’ve managed to put onto my laptop (which is still a pretty good sample of my music collection). Here are the rules:

1. Open up the music player on your computer.
2. Set it to play your entire music collection.
3. Hit the “shuffle” command.
4. Tell us the title of the next ten songs that show up (with their musicians), no matter how embarrassing. That’s right, no skipping that Carpenters tune that will totally destroy your hip credibility. It’s time for total musical honesty. Write it up in your blog or journal and link back to at least a couple of the other sites where you saw this.
5. If you get the same artist twice, you may skip the second (or third, or etc.) occurences. You don’t have to, but since randomness could mean you end up with a list of ten song with five artists, you can if you�d like.

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Artist	Song	Album	Pat’s Misc Note
The Strokes	You Talk Way Too Much	Room On Fire	Bought this CD when I was in LA working for my last company in November last year
Starsailor	Music Was Saved	Silence Is Easy
Lamb	Merge	Lamb
Mylo	Drop The Pressure	MOS Clubber’s Guide to Summer 2004	A big dance anthem for 2004 for sure
Ant Miles and Red One	Bring It On	Kosheen Presents Bass ‘n’ Drum Reborn	My first drum & bass album
Linkin Park	Part Of Me	Under Attack (B-Sides)
Alicia Keys	Harlem’s Nocture	The Diary of Alicia Keys
Metro Area	Caught Up	Ian Pooley’s nite:life 06	My first Ian Pooley album
Sum 41	Nothing On My Back	All Killer No Killer	I remember hearing this song being covered when I went skiing for the first time during my exchange to NY in 2001
Xavier Rudd	A 4th World	Solace	Saw Xavier’s awesome solo performance at Splendour this year

via Sam

Just got back from another big DJ act courtesy of The Family. Matt Darey, has been one of the biggest influences to the Trance scene and deservedly so. He has remixed or produced with all of the biggest DJs (including Tiesto, Oakenfold, Sasha, Pete Tong, Ferry Corsten just to name a few) and has produced many hits including Delerium’s Heaven’s Earth (Matt Darey Remix), Liberation and Beautiful.

Yet another brilliant set (and only for just Family’s standard cover charge!) that went far too quickly. Perhaps it’s a Friday thing, but I’m completely exhausted.

Just got home from a big night at The Family watching DJ Sasha mix up a huge, almost four-hour set. This fantastic gig was part of a Global Underground tour promoting his latest album, Involver.

Sasha needs no introduction to most people, on par with people like John Digweed, whom he has collaborated with before in the Northern Exposure series of albums. His set, which began a little bit past midnight, was accompanied by a laser show that was truly spectacular. I was thankful that Family was not as crowded as I thought it might be and the crowd was pretty friendly as usual. A great night/morning that ends with some much needed sleep!

About two months ago, I saw that Groove Armada were coming to perform at The Arena. Having caught the two DJs at Summerfieldayze earlier this year, I was keen to see the entire ensemble perform but baulked at the hefty $75+ ticket. So I’m sure you can understand my unusually spontaneous behaviour when I found out that they announced a second show (the last one before leaving Australia) for a comparatively meagre (*cough*, *cough*) $50! I, of course, just had to go.

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After such a busy week at work (and somehow managing to operate on a minimal amount of sleep) I was fortunate enough to catch The Cat Empirelast night (Friday) at The Arena. A Melbourne based group, they have been critically acclaimed for their unique style that can only be described as a fusion of jazz, hip hop and latin music.

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Tonight the Rev hosted the musical talent of the Theivery Corporation. The night made way to a wonderfully eclectic mix of contemporary electronica in an upbeat, yet chilled environment.

The two DJs, Eric Hilton and Rob Garza, who make up the Thievery Corporation are probably not as well known as they deserve to be. Their tracks featured in numerous mainstream commercials, soundtracks and TV episodes. The music is best described as a fusion between many different genres including trip-hop, acid jazz, latin, reggae and lounge music, an ideal combination for what really should be a quiet week for me. Although not the best performance I’ve been to all year, it was definitely worth the late evening/early morning and the ticket price.

Last night I caught my first performance at The Tivoli Theatre, getting to hear and witness the excellent performance of Eskimo Joe with Ben, Sarah and Troy. Though we were unfortunate to be pushed slightly left of centre (causing slight ringing in my left ear today), the night was still excellent. Everything about the night just went perfectly as Eskimo Joe played all the songs from their latest album, A Song Is A City but also played many from their previously album, Girl, and topped off the night with a B-Side from one of their early EPs. The support act, Dogs Die In Hot Cars, also played a pretty decent set which seemed to get everyone ready for the main act. I even ran into Claire from my University days, who was standing just a few people behind me! To top the night off, Sarah noticed that the whole venue was smoke free making for an excellent time where the air was actually nice to breath (Suz, you might have been able to make it after all!) All in all an excellent event.

The last time Muse visited Australia was earlier this year for the Big Day Out. Unfortunately I did not get the chance to listen to their awesome act as I had spent my time at the Green Stage to watch the packed out crowd marvel over Jet. Thankfully they considered coming back to Australia. Muse were scheduled to play two shows (Saturday and Sunday) at the Arena but merged the two about a month before the gig. The change of venue to the Riverstage was not appreciated by all the people I know because a venue that holds 5 times as many people as the Arena was bound to change the atmosphere. In the end Muse’s excellent set made the night an awesome experience.

They came on pretty early (8:30pm) by other concert standards (perhaps it was the Sunday show as well as the fact that people under the age of 18 could attend) and they played continually for a little over a decent hour and a half. The one support act, who were pretty bad, played for far too long at the start. A definite indicator of this was when they annouced their last song and the crowd cheered for them (to get off).

For most of the night I managed to stay right in the middle of the frenzied crowd down the front (about 10 people deep away from the security barriers). The crowd ebbed and flowed back and forth as everyone was pushed about by everyone else. My feet were stomped on quite heavily, but I’m sure I dished out a bit as well. Everyone had an an awesome time as Muse pumped out songs from all three of their albums (Absolution, Showbiz and Origin Of Symmetry). They had a backdrop that mirrored their latest album cover and looked spectacular under the lights. I didn’t notice when it was drawn up but upon doing so, revealed three screens that projected fantastic visuals reminiscant of video clips from their songs. Their last song (before their encore) was accompanied with ten or fifteen giant white beach balls that bounced around in the crowd. Upon bursting the balls exploded with their payload of white confetti that made the crowd go wild. Definitely one of the best performances I’ve seen this year.