Red studio
The Oz Soul Collective brings their showcasing platform to Red Bennies with a live monthly studio audience launching the Oz Soul TV show "The Red Studio" sessions on Friday July the 22nd. Some of the most prominent and progressive names in Oz Soul/Urban music will perform, to cement Melbourne as the capital of Oz Soul/Urban music in Australia.
We are so thrilled to have our Australian original soul legend, Renée Geyer show her support for our movement by being our very special guest in an exclusive intimate Q & A on the night. She will be talking about the state of our industry in regard to the presence/acknowledgement for our genres and artists in what will be a revolutionary lively Q & A.
To also help us launch our live TV/radio webcast the following Oz Soul Collective artists will also perform for our first Red Studio session they include Ngaiire (NSW) Hiatus Koyote, KKS, Axolotl, Candice Monique & the Optics, RUNFORYOURLIFE, DJ Mz Rizk, DJ Billy Hoyle and many more.
The Oz Soul Collective is a music industry development initiative representing and supporting a staggering number of independent/unsigned soul/urban artists in Australia. Australian soul/urban music has no definitive genre or artist presence nationally or internationally.
EVENT: OZ SOUL COLLECTIVE - THE RED STUDIO DATE: 22ND JULY 2011 TIME: 8pm onwards VENUE: RED BENNIES Level 1, 373 Chapel St, South Yarra
GBH is disgusting and its killing you
GHB is disgusting and its killing you. FACT.
Melbourne is fast becoming known for being the GBH captial of Austrlia. And it makes me sick in my stomache.
Why? GBH is extreamly dangeroius, extreamly addictive, and you can easily overdose on it. The difference of having a good time to overdosing and possibly killing yourself is a matter of a few ml. FACT.
GBH is made using photo developing chemicals and users drink this substance. I cant beleive so many young people in Melbourne are drawn to this drug. It makes me feel sick that I share the same city as you people.
Here is a link to a video which shows a young person oding on the side of the road in queen st Melbourne. It looks like the video is shot close to a popular nightclub called Tramp.
Keep off this poison guys, you really dont know what is in it, you dont know how close you are to oding , and its really not worth it!!
End rant 
-Exclusively Melbourne.
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I LOVE Melbourne
Being such a beautiful weekend and day today, it has filled me with love for this city once again, and I thought I would share why.
So here are 5 Reasons. why I LOVE Melbourne.
1# Coffee.
Melbourne has the best coffee. Hands down! Lygon st, Bridge Rd, Swan St to Keilor Rd. Its alllll good. My Fav is at Cheeky Monkey, Swan st Richmond. A cup of hot joe from this place just makes me feel good.
2# Beaches.
The Beaches around Melbourne are awesome. St Kilda, Porsea, Dromana. On a beatuiful day, nothing can be beat. Here is a photo taken at Dromana yesteray.
#3 Food.
Melbourne has some great places to eat. A few will try their best to rip you off. These places generally are around the Crown Casino/ Southbank area from my experence. But head to Lygon St, Swan st, Johnston st (Jims Tavern) and you'll get a awesome meal at a reasonable price
#4 Nightclubs / Bars
Melbourne has some awesome nightclubs. Sorry Grandma, 161, Deluxe, Calton Club, Cookie the list goes on for weeks. There seems that for ever person in Melbourne, there are 5 bars / clubs that want you to drink at them. So we seem a bit spoilt for choice. Love that.
#People
The people around town are awesome. Laid back, friendly, polite. There are of corse some that are not, but I find that people around Melbourne are nice pleasant people and will generally help you out.
So there you have it.
5 hot resons to like this place we call home.
-Exclusivly Melbourne blog.
FMF Melbourne set times
So here we go guys, here are the set times for Melbourne's Future Music Festival. As you can see there are massive clashing between the top artists.
Future Entertainment are notorious for pissing off fans for clashing the headline artists so as they are playing at the same time.
This is generally done so crowds are spread over the whole festival and not all in the one spot for the whole day.
This tends to annoy the patrons as set times are released AFTER they have bought their tickets, and will miss out on acts they have paid money to see due to clashing. Future Entertainment, PULL YOUR HEADS IN!
End Rant.
PS here is the set list.
Hope you guys have fun!
FMF Music melbourne set times
5 Reasons why i HATE iphones, and Apple.
OK so I HATE iphones. I hate them with a passion. I hate them so much I threw my Iphone4 out the window of my car after being frustrated with it. But here is my list of why I hate them sooooooo much.
1 - Why MUST I have Quicktime installed to run Itunes? Thats retarded. Apple clearly wants to push their crappy format onto us even though we dont want it. Absolute BS! No one uses .mov files, nor do they want to. And forcing everyone to have QuickTime on their computers before Itunes will run is in my eyes MALWARE. Quicktime is MALWARE Apple is forcing you to have. And not only that,
2- Quicktime, uses a lot of system resources to run. A LOT. And becuase Itunes needs to be updated, Itunes will FORCE you to update Qucktime also. thats BS.
3- Iphone 4, the problems are so vast, I'll never buy another Apple product again. I threw mine out the window of my moving car after dropping another call. I was so frustrated with the device, I hurled it. Was a great moment.
4- Updating the phone means you MUST update Itunes and Quicktime. Why??????? I know why, Apple want you to have their latest version of Itunes which has been optimised for you to buy more crap of them. They force you to have it, so they can make MORE money off you.
5- NON- Customisable. ZIP, ZERO, NUDDA. You can customise anything. I remember changing layout on my Nokia I had in 1995. Why is this "Breakthrough" device unable to be customised? Its soooo sily. Apple want you to walk, talk, and use the phone device in all the same way.
If your like me, and cant stand how this company tries to force your hand all the time, do what I did. Turn away from Apple, and get another device.
Me personally, I got an Android phone, and have never looked back. I love it. I can do what I want with it, no BS software I have to install and use, and it just works. AS all phones should be.
END RANT 
New Zealand Earth Quakes – Christchurch
Reports are coming in that an earchquake has effected the the city of Christchurch a short time ago.
Stories of falling debris and rubble have injured and in some cases killed. Our hopes and prayers are with thoes families affected by the quakes.
To all our New Zealand friends accross the pond, Exclusively Melbourne's hearts and prays are with you all, and hope for a swift recovery and reconstruction.
Melbourne flooding – The VIDEO
I found this while stubling around the internet and thought you guys might want to see what the floods around town looked like.
The Foals – last night – review
So I was lucky enough to go see Foals last night at the Palace, the old metro in Melbournes Bourke st.
And what a concert it was, the crowd was awesome, the band sounded great and the energy is the room was , well , electrifying.
Lets hope the rain leaves us for a sunny weekend for everyone to enjoy.
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Derby Day Weather
OK , I know, this will be the 3rd post in a row about the poor weather and the Spring Racing Carnival.
BUT, I thought that it was news worthy to let everyone know that;
On Saturday, it will rain a MONTH's worth of water.
Unfortunately for Derby Dat goers and the unfortunate "Trick or Treater's" out there, its going to be a wash out. It'll be raining the proverbial cats and dogs all day.
And the weather news keeps getting better with the indication that Melbourne Cup day will also be a wash out.
It just contributes to my idea of mother nature not liking the Melbourne Spring Racing Carnival.
Hope you all stay dry and win big this weekend.
If you have any good tips for Derby day and the Melbourne cup, be sure to let us know!!!!
- Exclusively Melbourne Blog
Big Day out Melbourne sells out
A lot of reports are coming in from all music fans today that the 1st release of tickets for this years festival have sold out.
The huge line up this year , including Tool and other huge American metal bands have seen tickets sell out in record time.
I personally was contemplating going, but it seems that if your not 100% dedicated on going , and doing what ever it takes to get a ticket, you will most likely miss out.
I hope the scalpers do not see this as an opportunity to capitalise on such a popular event, even though we all know there will be some tickets popping up on Ebay, for some exorbitant amount. Its a shame really.
Lets all hope that the 2nd round of ticket sales see's more fans to get a change to get their hands on a ticket to the up and coming Big Day Out festival.
If you were lucky enough to get a ticket, who were are you looking forward to seeing?
Add your comments below!
-Exclusively Melbourne Blog
Interview with a Collingwood supporter
So as an unexpected surprise, I had the displeasure of speaking to a hungover Collingwood supporter, and ask him if I could interview him for this blog.
Let me set the scene up for you. Hopping on the train this morning , I sat on the only seat available , and after sitting down , it was quite clear why that seat was vacant. "Barry" as we will call him had been on a 3 day bender , since Saturday. I was seeing him, in the morning after the 3rd day, un-showered, unchanged, reaking of beer and a smell that can only be described as "wrong".
Barry looks around 40 years old, huge handlebar moustache, weathered face, and wearing black and white from top to toe. This guy, to me is the stereotype Collingwood supporter.
Barry: The other boys are still going. *burp*
Me: How long have you been at it, how many beers have you done since you started?
Barry: Mate, started Saturday morrrrnin, and couldnt tell ya how many beers we 'ad. But a f*ckin lot.
Me: Have you slept yet chief? It doesn't look like it.
Barry: Yeah mate, I slept, it was either at Jhonnos or at the pub, cant remember.
Me: Wow, you must really love Collingwood.
Barry: Oh yeah mate, I was *burp* born a Pie, I'll die a Pie, f*ckin loves those c*&%'s. 2010 Premiers, ohhh yeah mate, go the pies!!!
At this stage, Barry yells, "HOT PIES, COLD SAINTS" , and the whole carriage has eyes on Barry and myself.
I really couldn't handle the smell or the attention any more so I thanked Barry for his time, and got off the train 5 stops before my destination , and opted to jump on the next train.
Good on you Barry, get some sleep, and shower a few times.
I am glad that Colllingwood only win a flag once or twice a lifetime. God help us if they were consistantly on the top, god help Melbourne.
= )
- Exclusively Melbourne Blog
Collingwood 2010 premiers, god help us all.