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Status: Single
City: Sydney
State: New South Wales
Country: AU
Signup Date: 5/30/2005

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Tuesday, June 23, 2009 

Current mood:  awake
Category: Religion and Philosophy
Now i know that i lot of people out there have heard me say this before , infact so many times that most of my friends might think I'm a boring old prick , maybe not just my friends think this ?

all that aside , i picked up Sydneys music paper on my travels around this town today to peruse it and see whats goin on and i found a few things that interest me , BUT the MINDLESS , SOULESS , FACELESS , FASHION DRIVEN SHIT that appears from FRONT to BACK of this paper is so dissapointing it crazy .

Everyone is different [thank god] and everyone has an opinion [just like everyone has an arsehole right?] [or is that most people ARE arseholes ??] . Music that excites me is music that i hear that is honest , it doesn't need to sound new or fresh , it just needs to sounds soulful and honest , ya see lil' JC is a simple man with simple pleasures , and i love lots of simple things .

I have just got home from spending a wonderful three weeks with a very beautiful woman in the interesting country called America . On this trip we visited New Orleans , this city seems to be on it knees after what has happened to it , BUT this town has some sort electricity in the air , and a love for REAL music ! , i picked up this city's music paper and it excited me from FRONT to BACK !! I dont believe some of the crap that is forced upon the good people in Sydney would last five seconds in New Orleans.

I love Sydney and have lived in other places only ot come home and be happy to do so , but i believe the music industry in this city has a LOT to answer for . It seems ALL thay are looking for is the next bunch of "cool" looking kids , MUSIC is not important , it simply cant be because the SHIT i hear on the radio and the FASHION MODELS they palm off as bands that appear in press wouldn't be able to reconize something soulful and real if it jumped up and fuckin smashed them in the fuckin FACE !

if ya know me ya surely have heard this before , just another opinion from big bad Johnny Casino .

All the best
JC
Currently listening:
The Felice Brothers
By The Felice Brothers
Release date: 2008-03-04
joel

 
mate, i couldn't agree more. but, i think it's always been this way. the dunny paper this city ( and others ) pass off as street press is a fucken joke. pick up any one of the numerous fanzines in this city ( and others ) for a more realistic update of what the heck is going down.

 
Posted by joel on Tuesday, June 23, 2009 - 10:25 AM
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MATTY FEVER
Matty michalak

 
if you think its bad Sydneyside....come over to Philly.....

 
Posted by MATTY FEVER on Tuesday, June 23, 2009 - 5:18 PM
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Vicki

 
Hey JC good to hear you had a awesome time in the states.. From Kate and Myself not only from personal level but also a music level do not ever leave Sydney.  One who would we have to do our Tatts and who would we have to go listen to in Syd and Rock It Out with..... We both love you heaps and think you are an amazing artist and the best tattooist ... ROCK ON JC

 
Posted by Vicki on Wednesday, June 24, 2009 - 1:26 AM
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Rodney Todd

 
You're right, Johnny!

 
Posted by Rodney Todd on Wednesday, June 24, 2009 - 2:02 AM
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Mike

 
Right on Johnny.

 
Posted by Mike on Thursday, June 25, 2009 - 1:31 AM
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smauge

 
yeah yeah yeah....blah blah blah...but really who gives a shit?  Just listen and watch the music you dig and ignore the rest - is it really that complicated?
 
Posted by smauge on Thursday, June 25, 2009 - 2:14 AM
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Johnny Casino

 
Yeah Smauge , i hear ya .

"who gives a shit ?" well i do otherwise i wouldn't have written anything !
I guess what i got was very excited by what heard, seen and read about while i was in New Orleans , and i really liked there respect for great timeles music , and respect for the past and how it shapes a lot of music that is in that town RIGHT NOW !

I do feel the way you expressed sometimes , but only for a second , and then i realize i'm into finding out about new music and turning people on to things they may not get a chance to hear .
I never said it was complicated , just fraustrating .

I try hard [ and it is very hard sometimes ] not to "ignore" any music , because a lot of the time the more i hear makes me appreciate the stuff i love even more .

Hope ya doing well

all the best
Johnny




 
Posted by Johnny Casino on Thursday, June 25, 2009 - 3:45 PM
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smauge

 
I guess I feel more amused by it all rather than frustrated - but then I've never been to N'orleans!  I did like how Adam Hills started Spicks and Specks the other week though "The show that's sick of seeing people wear Ramones Tshirts when they clearly have no idea who the Ramones are" hear hear
 
Posted by smauge on Thursday, June 25, 2009 - 9:07 PM
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Mireille

 
It's always been "FUCK FASHION THIS IS ROCK'N'ROLL"..Go back to the 50's with the likes of Little Richard, Jerry Lee, to name a few, or take it back even further to the bluesmen who stood at the crossroad and sold their soul to play the devil's music.....It's NEVER been about fashion or the masses it always been abouth being TRUE to yourself...

It's the WAR AGAINST THE JIVE remember Johnny, the glossy plastic bands you so despise don't mean shit!!!!

If you want to get all philosophical about Sydney and why now it lacks so much soul is because it all comes down to $$$$, which is never going to change.  I say pack your bags Jack and take your music to wherever you can in the world, while you still can, but don't forget about the few misfits still left who call Ye Old Sydney town home. 

Hope your well...



 
Posted by Mireille on Thursday, June 25, 2009 - 12:31 PM
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Buzzy Mash
Buzzy Mash

 
haha that was funny.But you never said what was on the paper when you were in new orleans. I got right into but you never told. Is it a secert????
 
Posted by Buzzy Mash on Friday, June 26, 2009 - 12:54 AM
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Mayra

 
it was a big pleasure to be that woman... it was a mystic trip and I'm very happy with all that great and honest music you show me every day... I wouldn't like to see you in that front page :)
 
Posted by Mayra on Saturday, June 27, 2009 - 12:57 PM
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Bill the Filmmaker

 
Fuck Yeah brother. Couldnt agree more.

 
Posted by Bill the Filmmaker on Wednesday, July 01, 2009 - 7:29 AM
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mo
Mu'ammar Majam

 
fuck mate you nailed my feelings when we were in Austin...

 
Posted by mo on Monday, July 06, 2009 - 2:28 AM
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Big Wheels Little Wheels

 
It aint just you Johnny. Perth is full of bullshit too. This Bill Hicks video sums it up for me, thought you may like it also. Shayne
 
Posted by Big Wheels Little Wheels on Sunday, July 19, 2009 - 2:02 AM
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