Friday Tunes 24/10/2008

Ok, so before i go on again about some more Aussie music i have to share a link that came to my attention yesterday. I'm sure i'm about the ten millionth blogger to pick up the story but it was news to me...So According to BBC News:

"A potted plant at a cafe near Tokyo, Japan is entertaining customers by writing a regular blog about its feelings.

It is the work of a university engineer who has been studying how to communicate with plants. He devised a sensor which he attached to the plant named "Midori-san" that measures bio-electric signals. These are converted into data by a computer next the plant and then translated into Japanese in the form of a blog.

The plant's latest (21/12/2008)entry reads: "It was cloudy today. It was a cold day.""

I find myself somewhere between laughter and dismay...it doesn't actually tell you how on earth the 'language' is translated and to be honest i feel like the whole business smells kinda like off milk, but as far as a publicity stunt goes i've got to give it two thumbs up. Lets just hope the bastard doesn't get any more expressive anytime soon.

Onto music though, i thought i'd continue my last week's rant a bit with a few more contemporary examples of Australian music excellence, hopefully to cast out forever any unbelievers or possibly win over a few more skeptics.

To start with another Oz-Hop Group The Hilltop Hoods. This isn't one of their most popular tracks but it's a little different and one of my personal favorites so enjoy "Stopping All Stations":



And now to move on to something more Pop-ish, but i don't say that to discourage you just really to identify the wider audience that would be moved by this song. Unlike the song above i've chosen probably the best known track from Machine Gun Fellatio (RIP), but if you dig this then know that there's plenty more a quick search will yield. I've chosen this one because regardless of how many people love it and call it their own, it's still amazing on so many levels. Check out "Unsent Letter":



Cool well i'm off to Island Vibe festival out on Stradbroke Island, because there really is no better place to listen to reggae than the beach...so i'd love to make this post longer but...

Peace out from Brisbane.