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So one of my summer records is the debut from Aussie band Empire of the Sun. It's got Luke Steele
from The Sleepy Jackson on vocals and it's like the antipodean MGMT. To call them extravagant,
art-damaged nerds is an understatement; their videos are like freaked-out fantasy movies that make
Fischerspooner's look like some high school drama student's class project.
Everybody thought I was high, tasteless disco-trash last year when I started going on and on about
Empire of the Sun. Now Jay-Z is tapping vocalist Luke Steele for the opening track for his new
album. It's a strange day when the only person who will listen to me is Jay Z; this is easily my
favorite track from him since "Excuse Me".
"We can add "anus" to just about anything and it becomes...magical".
That line alone is funny --and true-- enough for me, so I don't even have to see this movie. But I
will because on the scale of Kiwi freshness Jemaine Pennant sits second between Ladyhawke & Ryan
Nelson and anything that has The Shout Out Louds in the trailer is quality in my book.
I have had a long-standing love affair with many, but not all, things Australian for quite a bit.
They're kind of like the Texans of the Commonwealth; in my experience they're generally a happy lot
that possess something of a pioneer spirit, can run a mean ranch, they can BBQ and they've produced
some of the finest specimens of the female form ever to grace God's creation.
Miami Horror: doing New Order better than New Order has since Technique.
