THE DAILY MOJO by Adam Daniel

From Canada’s wonder twins Tegan and Sara, the title track from their excellent 2007 album ‘The Con’. Love the vocal harmonies and the keyboard riff. Almost every song on this album is a first-listen winner.
And Tegan is sporting the best mullet I’ve seen since Survivor’s Denise The Lunch Lady. Business in the front, party in [...]

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‘Field Manual’ is indie-rock uber-producer and Death Cab For Cutie member Chris Walla’s second solo album (according to Wikipedia the first is a bootleg that is near impossible to find). As a major fan of DCFC, I was looking forward to hearing how near or far his solo work is to the Death Cab sound. [...]

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If I had predicted five years ago that in 2008 Eminem would be a Elvis-style overweight semi-recluse, most people would have thought I was crazy. The guy sold 70 million albums in 6 years, making him one of the most successful artists of the 2000s. And then, after the critical and commercial success of ‘The [...]

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Cloud Control are a band originally from the Blue Mountains whose song ‘Vintage Books’ has received quite a lot of airplay recently on Triple J. They have a real sixties sound, with great folky harmonies and a pop lyrical sensibility. I love this clip and the inspired use of stock footage, not to mention the [...]

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It’s that time of year again! The annual Oscars diary, coming to you live from the Real Topeka Mansion (well, actually we’re on fourteen hour delay - I decided against blogging it live mainly because I feared it might get a bit sloppy as the wine kept flowing). Anyway, let’s get into the hoopla…
8:31 p.m. [...]

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Check out what Jimmy Kimmel had in mind for his revenge on girlfriend Sarah Silverman for her torrid affair with Matt Damon….

The bit where they go all ‘We Are The World’ is priceless. Even Harrison Ford chipped in!
Gotta love Affleck’s dedication though. I hope he didn’t go all method for this video.
Now, where does [...]

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Warning: Catchy chorus alert!
Melbourne boys British India exploded onto the national music scene last year with their ‘Guillotine’ album. This is the probably the poppiest song off an album that is probably more appropriately labelled rock with a dash of punk. Lead singer Declan Melia’s voice has a raw howl to his voice that [...]

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Here’s a relic of the late 70s that I’m sure George Lucas has tried to destroy but couldn’t, thanks to the wonders of bootlegging and Youtube! It’s a cut down version of the 2 hour Star Wars Christmas Special that went to air in November 1978 and has never been seen on television again. It’s [...]

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Red Riders were back in blistering form on Saturday night, firing up a pretty stoked crowd at the Annandale Hotel. My memories of the gig are a little bit hazier than normal, given that I drank myself silly in honour of my just passed birthday. But despite my ‘Mel Gibson-esque’ boozing, I was in no [...]

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Just in the nick of time, my predictions for today’s 2008 Academy Awards - I’m thinking about doing another running diary on it tonight - let’s just see how much wine I consume whilst watching it…
BEST FILM
Should win:
There Will Be Blood
Will win:
No Country For Old Men
BEST DIRECTOR
Should win:
Paul Thomas Anderson - There Will Be Blood
Will [...]

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