Cami is finally home this morning! Now we are really going to get on with it!

From the time we dressed up at my house

From a book at the Bangkok Design Library

This too… was in a folder of some of our unused images.

Are you sick of these shoes yet?!

Young punk dude in Melbourne

From that same day, when we dressed up.

A wig shop near our old studio.

Galliano glitter boots from Eurotrash store in Chapel Street.

V.I.C.E.G.R.I.P.P.U.S.S.I.E.S!!!

At Route 66.

Cousin’s amazing Biba boots.

Mine & Christiana’s rings.

Me and Cami, ACDC Lane.

Testing new camera remote in the bathroom!

Also from a book found at the Bangkok Design Library. We were SO EXCITED TO FIND THIS LIBRARY! Melbourne has nothing like it!

Dyed my hands & hair purple the other day!

Library…

Pussies and Nate

Library

View from our the hotel we stayed at in Bangers before we found an apartment.

Dress up day!

ACDC Lane again.

Nat’s BBQ last summer, before everyone left Melbourne.

Victoria Night Market

Library again!!!

Hi Cami

Such a beautiful song. James Brown & Pavarotti – It’s a Man’s World.

I am soon to arrive once more on the cold and wintry shores of ol’ Melbourne town. The end of the endless Summer and Asian adventure. I love you Melbourne, but why so frosty? We have been rather absent as of late online, but will return with a vengeance real soon. DI$COUNT team reunited! Can’t wait! Worth a million bitter winds, numb toes and freezing bathroom tiles. In the mean time, how’s these shoes I saw in Candy? 70’s robotic porno dream? I tried them on, almost fell over and decided against it. Lovely to look at though.

I was in this 9 level palace of books the other week in Tokyo and came across this little gem. I think I probably missed the boat a bit here as it came out a little while ago, but I wanted to dedicate this to Nadzig, as I’m not sure she’s seen it. We spent hour upon hour looking at t-shirts in Thailand, and both of us prefer them old, worn and the bigger the better! Nadia has a particularly good eye for seeking out certain bands – it’s rather uncanny! I took the photos rather quickly as it obviously wasn’t permitted, so mind the colour and fuzz (I realize I could have purchased the book like a normal decent citizen, but when you are well aware you can buy it on Amazon for half the price AND you’re living out of a suitcase, this is not an option). These are some of the pages of RIPPED: T-shirts from the Underground by Cesar Padilla. He owns Cherry Boutique on Hollywood Boulevard. I don’t know fuck all about this guy, so excuse my ignorance… Padilla has an amazing collection of t-shirts, but he also has an unbelievable collection of other shit – check out other images here. There were so many in there worth photographing but I couldn’t loiter too long. The graphics, even on bands I don’t know/like, were soooo good back when these were made!

Amazing Motorhead tee!

HAHA! Awesome!

Familiar?

Grace Jones tee wins! But, I have to say, this one was an absolute favourite:

What is it about a scummy, torn, stained band t-shirt that is so alluring?! Even t-shirts with no print, that have that old, used feel to them are so seductive… why!!? Isn’t it kind of gross? Does everyone feel this attraction? T-shirts are an any-mans item, they speak volumes about the era we live in. Whilst they have a long history, beginning as undergarment and work wear, they have become a symbol of the quick and easy lifestyle we’ve become accustomed to. They can express so much about a person because they are a canvas. Especially in the case of band t-shirts where it is easy to make assumptions about a person and their lifestyle from the music they are into. In Hipster Runoff style, questions as follows:
Do you have a favourite t-shirt?
Do you wear your beliefs/lifestyle choices/sexual orientation on your t-shirts?
Do you miss Supre’s slut slogan t-shirts?
What’s the line between a good and a bad ’subculture’ t-shirt?
What is the appeal in wearing someone’s soiled, beat-up, ratty t-shirt?

If you’re in Melbourne, come down to Cherry Bar tonight (AC/DC Lane off Flinders Lane) around 9pm and watch the VICE GRIP PUSSIES. They are really a fucking great band!!! It’ll be an awesome night!

PUSSIES swap cards (best gig flyer idea ever.)

Excuse the bad photos and editing… still don’t have my computer so had to use a webcam and Microsoft Paint!

AC/DC Lane

Hug stolen from Alicia. Picture stolen from Hayley. Post also stolen from Alicia!!!

I don’t have access to my computer right now (it’s getting fixed) so I couldn’t resize any of these images.

I bloody love Chrissie Amphlett (one half of The Divinyls, and Australian Rock n Roll goddess!) and thought it was necessary to dedicate a post to her! She’s intelligent, beautiful and charismatic and has more fucking sex appeal and attitude than most current stars out there could ever hope to have (and that’s without being half naked, dressed as a nun with a crucifix on your vag, assimulating  gang rape by a group of gay guys in order to seem subversive and prove your ‘badassness’ ’cause you’re a free bitch baby.)

“I miss the old days, Chrissie grabbin some young chicks handbag off the tweed head seagulls stage n throwin all the items in it in the crowd, Aussie bands then really knew how to rock” – someone commenting on one of the Divinyl’s youtube videos.

I love this song! Pleasure and Pain – The Divinyls

“If one believes that being “pretty” is a requirement to delivering a song and being pretty =”sexy”, then it’s no wonder we’re stuck with so many talentless poptart products today. It’s a breath of fresh air to watch and listen to unique diverse artists who get on with it and don’t care if they have a hair out of place or an “ugly” expression. And if we have to look to the past to find them? So be it. She appeals because she’s raw, magnetic/charismatic, unique and talented.” – adamantics34 (another youtube commenter)

“The business was very male dominated then – and it still is. When I started out I was loud and scary and a real brat. I put up a wall and people were scared of me. I screamed. I wore a school uniform. People thought I pissed on stage – and I probably did. I may have been tough on the outside but I was a cream puff on the inside. At least it’s now cool for girls to play instruments in bands – and they play them well. ” – Chrissie Amphlett (Rolling Stone ‘97)

How do you feel about using sex as a marketing tool?
When I first started I rebelled against all that. I wouldn’t wear makeup and I’d wear clumsy shoes. I had holes in my stockings and I’d smear lipstick on my face. But everyone still saw me as a sexual object? Gradually, I felt comfortable with my sexuality and I embrace it. It will always be a part of rock & roll. (Rolling Stone ‘97)

“I remember a tour the Divinyls did with Simple Minds and Icehouse around Australia on a bus. I was the only girl. It was my first tour and I used to fall asleep and when I woke up there’d be road crew standing over me – peering at me. I’d travelled the world, done stuff on my own, been in jail in Spain, but none of it prepared me for being on the road with a rock & roll band.” -CA

FUNNY!!!

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I wish there was more interview footage of her on youtube…
“You know people say my life is a tragedy. I don’t feel that at all. I’ve had a lot of fun and I find it’s a small price to pay to follow your dreams, what I’ve gone through.” – CA

Chrissie Amphlett has been battling Multiple Sclerosis for years, and I’ve read that she needs assistance walking sometimes, and at times can’t get out of bed at all because of her symptoms. She’s still performing though and her commitment to her art is beyond admirable.