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May 9, 2006
thee convicts
maybe the worst kept secret in melbourne at the moment is that you am i are playing a gig under the name thee convicts at the brunswick east wed 10.5.06.
i know because it's me local.
i love tim rogers. shot him in 96 or so for the hourly daily tour
then again in 2001 for the damage tour, when he was a little rougher around the edges, but still the quintessence of the rock frontman. choice anecdote of evening: (after full water bottle misses head by millimetres; tim continues tuning, unblinking, and simply leans into the microphone and chuckles quietly) - "you're gonna have to do better than that, cunt. i've been doing this too fuckin' long to give a shit about fuckwits who throw as badly as you."
he even brought this young punk
into the band to liven things up, a stalwart, youthful rock monster, who, slimmer and sexier now fronts his own vaunted melbourne rock behemoth, the pictures.
personally, i want a sniff of *this* tim ...
and for the crowd to embrace this stirling new band room (booked by the same lovelies who book the corner, the northcote social club, and the spanish club) by getting into a bit of this
i don't give a shit if he can't hit the top note on berlin chair anymore, this fucking wasted poet and his posse of who-meets-big-star-in-a-duel-with-the-kinks rock monsters are still one of the best rock acts this country has, or ever will, produce(d).
THIS applecross wing commander wil be there with bells on.
Posted by reuben at May 9, 2006 8:46 PM
Comments
First, the obvious: pity the new single's so shit. Second, the agreement: greatest Australian band of the 90s. Probably beyond that.
I don't think any band is so tightly tied into my idea of my teenagerdom than You Am I, particularly two amazing all ages gigs including one at Planet Basement that it seems in the ensuing years that everybody was at. The other was in the Old Boans before it was apartments, I was over 18 but not too far over to feel bad about going to all agers. Amongst those gigs I'll never forget. Rogers once complimented me on my purple sneakers, and my arm is in the video for Trike.
Words that got me through til the mid twenties: As long as we throw up, everything will be fine.
Posted by: patrick at May 10, 2006 7:44 PM
i was at that boans gig, too – utterly amazing; blew jebs and powderfinger off the freakin stage, not that there was any doubt they would... seemed a best of of hi-fi and the early efforts from hourly. amazing. i even remember seeing them at BDO 94 (yup!) where they obviously rocked hard enough for soundgarden to take them on the badmotorfinger tour. what a double bill!
as long as we're emaciated, taste's outdated... yeah, everything'll be fine... though my favourite rogers simile is still "sky so heavy that it hangs like a beergut".
he IS the australian ray davies, and as long as i gaze on this east brunswick sunset, (for now), i am in paradise ...
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Posted by: me at May 10, 2006 8:02 PM
Dig your site and your pics. Pardon the strange request..I am trying to get a line to Mr Tim Rogers somehow via email, snail mail or whatever...slim chance but if you can help with a contact somehow that doesn't upset anyone I'd be most greatful. I am not a fan, I'm a musician.
Regards, Sean.
Posted by: Sean Flynn at July 29, 2006 11:33 PM