TELAFONICA

"Dear Mr Elmer From 1 July 2008 it is no longer an offence for a minor to be in a bar area of a hotel or club if he/she is there to perform in a show or other live entertainment as long as they are in the company of a responsible adult (parent or guardian). Section 123 (3) of the new Liquor Act. Andrew Bennett Senior Development Officer Communications Branch P +61 2 9995 0417· F +61 2 9995 0669 323 Castlereagh Street · Haymarket NSW 2000 www.olgr.nsw.gov.au" this is med. this is real med.

"Dear Mr Elmer From 1 July 2008 it is no longer an offence for a minor to be in a bar area of a hotel or club if he/she is there to perform in a show or other live entertainment as long as they are in the company of a responsible adult (parent or guardian). Section 123 (3) of the new Liquor Act. Andrew Bennett Senior Development Officer Communications Branch P +61 2 9995 0417· F +61 2 9995 0669 323 Castlereagh Street · Haymarket NSW 2000 www.olgr.nsw.gov.au" woohoo!!

thought i'd stick up some photos of the live setup at the moment. it doesn't include blake's stuff though, because our next gig will just be with bec, ellie and i. we got some music stands on ebay so can set things up a bit more modularly than with the old ironing boards. bec's got a bunch of gear to hide behind - a glockenspiel and a stand of percussion and cymbals. on a different note, if you type in telafonica.com now, you will be directed to this page. i'm happy to transfer all the content across to my server, david, but i don't actually know how - any advice?

i think we should consider getting a keyboard or two... or some more midi control things so we can get more live keyboarding going on. how hard the typical stages would find it to cater for the extra things i don't really know.. thoughts? the more objects/machines we can make noise with, the better i think... but balance.. hmm. yes. but a nice little keyboard or something yes? 

i have to say - i've become slightly obsessed with this band in recent weeks. i discovered them on a movie which jean michel basquiat was in which is called downtown 81. this band features in it - the plan was they were going to be huge in new york. the film never got completed until 2000 and they never really were big, except for a little bit in japan, though a few of them have gone on to bigger and better things. but this is lo-fi new wave at its best, i think.

don't desert me once again. yeah, it's possibly slightly in-jokey, but i think it's broad and evocative enough to work as a starting point. and it's original meaning in this is the new thing had no humourous implications. so, a two week turnaround for submitting work?

i've been wandering around the new tomato site, in awe, of course. one of the links is back to the underworldlive.com website. i joined it a few years ago to download those download only releases but haven't had a look around in quite a while. one of the newer features is the book of jam series - a set of downloadable pdf magazines. if you're not already subscribed, i recommend doing so just for these. i think the idea is wonderful and i think we should do it. david, you talked about having art energy flying around but 97% never getting out. i think mostly it's because you're a perfectionist in this area and won't let anything out unless it's perfectly formed. that is, when it will be recognised as your own work, not client work. what if you had a go at just putting something together that, because it's not a definitive thing (album artwork etc) could possibly come out a little less preciously? we've talked about making a zine, lets do a pd...

since there are many fans among our ranks - http://www.ableton.com/hot-chip?i=nl absolutely no equipment envy on my part. :)

i rang the folks at the hutch - the warehouse we played at a few weeks ago - last thursday. we had organised the week before that i'd go in and meet them all and talk about organising some shows there. so i rang just to check the meeting was still on, and the girl said that, unfortunately, they'd had some trouble with the council and they wouldn't be putting things on for a while. so that door has closed. the warehouse scene is aesthetically great but like chasing bubbles - they come and go so quickly it's mostly just by accident that you get to do anything in one. however, one of the shows i was hoping to set up there has been organised at another venue. all india radio are coming up from melbourne at the end of september. all india radio are one of the bands that remixed tape noise for the punches or the lies. they've got a night at our new stomping ground - the excelsior. so they've asked us to play, they will also be on the bill. the third act will ...

i wonder if he's ever been to one of our gigs?

to download the 'MAN WITH THE GOLDEN SICKLE' single visit 4-4-2 music's netlabel page _______________________ released december 30, 2006 4-4-2 music's netlabel arm has an e-single of the month club where a different artists releases a virtual 7" single every month and december 2006 sees telafonica release two tracks. both tracks are technically outtakes from the morpheme album, tracks that ended up not quite fitting in or being not quite complete. however, they have been polished up and made available for free here. they are exclusive and not available on any other release. ___XXX___XXX___XXX___XX A. The Man With The Golden Sickle (mp3) B. Side One (mp3)