Was going to JB Hi-Fi a good idea?

Finally cruised into JB in Queen Street the other day.

Yes, it reminded me of many hours spent in JB Melbourne (Elizabeth Street, right across from Melbourne Central, for those not from the town… and hence right across from my old work place). Yes I went straight to the bargain bin and picked up a lot of cheap CDs. And Yes, I put all the cheap ones back again so that I could purchase Interpol, The Eagles of Death Metal, and Mr Bungle (finally).

So pretty much exactly like every other visit I’ve ever paid to a JB.

More expensive than it should have been, less expensive than it could have been…

x

CJ

New Playlist

I’ve been working on a new playlist. Called Evil Women.

It’s actually for my friend Claudine. She had this great idea to get her girlfriends together for a celebration of womanhood. Asked everyone to bring something essentially female with them to the party – what else would I bring but music? (Or a female comedian, but I had none easily to hand… none that wouldn’t struggle, that is.)

Anyhow, so the playlist includes the following performers…

• Amy Winehouse
• Ani Di Franco
• Aretha Franklin
• Bic Runga
• Bjork
• Blondie
• Bonnie Tyler
• Cerys Mathews
• CJ Bolland
• Cobra Killer
• The Detroit Cobras
• Diana Ah Naid
• Eartha Kitt
• Elastica
• Fur Patrol
• Garbage
• The Headless Chickens
• Heart
• Imani Coppola
• Kosheen
• Kate Bush
• Kim Wilde
• Kristin Hersh
• L7
• Lamb
• Luscious Jackson
• Machine Gun Fellatio
• Mazzy Star
• Missy Elliott
• Moloko
• Ms Dynamite
• Neneh Cherry
• No Doubt
• Pat Benatar
• PJ Harvey
• Portishead
• Republica
• Rickie Lee Jones
• Ruby
• Shakespears Sister
• Sharon O’Neill
• Shona Laing
• Sisters Underground
• Skunk Anansie
• The Spazzys
• Stellar*
• Stevie Nicks
• Strawpeople
• Tadpole
• Throwing Muses
• Tori Amos
• Transvision Vamp
• Veruca Salt
• and The Yeah Yeah Yeahs

I’m quite proud of the attitude of it. It’s good for Saturday night preparations…

x

CJ

Starting Up

Righto

Just wanted a place, apart from my normal blogspace, where I could talk about music. So here we are.

Intention is to cover CDs, gigs, blah blah...

Let's see how it goes.