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Jonsi Tour trailer.

Robert Fletcher — Sun, 25 Jul 2010 14:41:30 +0000

August 4. Melbourne. I’ll be there. Oh my!

Condor Carpark Exhibition

Robert Fletcher — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 07:07:04 +0000

Last night I popped in to the Condor Carpark Exhibition, which would have to be the largest permanent street art exhibition in the southern hemisphere. The Condor Tower is that lime-yellow building you may have noticed ‘pop’ up recently, garnishing Perth’s crane-ridden skyline. The carpark is mostly underground, with the ‘Core’ level actually being below the water level.

The 5 level car park has seen more than 60 artists add their artwork to the space, mostly locals with a handful from over east and a couple of internationals.

Over a year ago, the Design/Construction Manager of ‘Condor’ approached the ololo art production group and communicated his dislike for grey walls, especially in a car park environment. They took it upon themselves to transform the entire space into an enormous cavern of bold, bizarre and colourful artwork.

Stormie Mills, Reka, Creepy, Daek, DrewFunk, Grumpster, Pat Doherty, Rifs, Trevor6025, Kid Zoom, Timothy Rollin, Hurben, Showbiz, Shime, Jodee Knowles, THNK, RegID, Griv, Yo-Yo are just a small selection of the artists who have donated their time to the project.

This was an awesome way to add life to a dull building, and I really hope this acts as a catalyst for more projects like this. The big shame is that after last night, the only people that will see this amazing art will be the occupants of the Condor Tower. I really hope the City Of Perth get ololo to do some of their public carparks.

I took a rather large number of photos of the artworks, and a lot of these photos have small white dots over them, which I can only assume was from the large amount of dust in the air. You could also still smell the paint, so some of the artworks must have been very recent additions. See them by clicking here —–>

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Summadayze & Underworld

Robert Fletcher — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 14:15:18 +0000

Yesterday, I went to see Underworld play live at Summadayze 2009 on the Perth Esplanade. I last saw the band at the Big Day Out in Melbourne in 1999 – and was so impressed, I just had to see them again. The last time they came to Perth was 25 years ago when they were Underworld Mk I (remember Underneath The Radar?).

The band put on an awesome live show – with huge inflatable logs that were lit up inside and the highlight was during “Born Slippy” when they released huge white balloons into the crowd. Unfortunately, the Fremantle Doctor got hold of them and they ended up away from the Underworld punters in front of the stage – but they still loved it!

Below are some photos & a video that I shot with my trusty Nokia 6120C – they’re not the best quality – but it gives you an idea of what the show was like.

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And now the video – the audio quality is terrible, but you get to see the giant inflatable logs in action!

Open Closet fundraiser pics

Robert Fletcher — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 02:15:22 +0000

A gay ol’ time was had by all at the Open Closet fundraiser for RTR FM at Connections on Friday 11 July 2008. Woo!

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We walked out halfway through…

Robert Fletcher — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 14:54:08 +0000

Me: So do you wanna go back in?

Blair: Umm……

Me: Let’s have another cigarette.

Blair: Good idea.

Me: So shall we go back in?

Blair: Do you wanna go back in?

Me: Only if you wanna go back in.

Blair: I’m not fussed.

Me: …

Blair: We should go back in.

Me: Yeah, there’s beer in there.

Blair: …

Me: She’s still doing crapola from her new album.

Blair: Let’s go by the Queens on the way home.

Me: Now?

Blair: Yep.