MOPI

MOPI IS A BAND FROM POLAND. SINCE I'VE BEEN INVOLVED WITH SELLABAND, I AM CONTINUALLY AMAZED AND SURPRISED BY THE FANTASTIC VARIETY AND HIGH STANDARD OF MUSIC THERE IS AROUND. OF COURSE THE GREAT THING ABOUT SELLABAND TO ME IS THAT IT IS EUROCENTRIC, AND I HAVE FOUND SO MANY WONDERFUL ACTS FROM NON ENGLISH SPEAKING COUNTRIES. SO, THIS WEEK I'M GOING TO INTRODUCE SOME ACTS FROM POLAND, STARTING WITH MOPI.
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DRUMMERS ARE ELITE ATHLETES!?

UNIVERSITY RESEARCHERS IN ENGLAND HAVE JUST ANNOUNCED THAT DRUMMERS ARE ON A PAR WITH OLYMPIC ATHLETES. HERE ARE PICS OF SOME DRUMMERS I KNOW, SO WHO COULD ARGUE?DRUMMER WAYNE THOMAS, LEFT OF PHOTO.
THE LATE STEWIE SPEER, WAS AN ATHLETIC FREAK. AND THERE IS KEITH SLINGERLAND, BUT YOU ALL KNOW WHAT HE LOOK LIKE FROM HIS EXPLOITS IN BALI.

IT'S A SLOW NEWS WEEKEND

WITH THE POPE IN TOWN, SPREADING PEACE AND LOVE, OH AND APOLOGIES FOR HIS SEXUALLY DEPRAVED PRIESTS, I REMEMBERED SOME PICS FROM BALI THAT HAVE BEEN LINGERING.
THE PIC BELOW OF THE BALI BONKERS BASS PLAYER, SHE HAS A BASS IN HER HANDS TO PROVE SHE REALLY IS A BASS PLAYER.


THE HERBERTS REGULAR BASS PLAYER, "H" WAS LAID UP WITH A SERIOUS FUNGUS INFECTION BETWEEN HER TOES.

THERE ARE SOME UNUSUAL RESTAURANTS IN BALI, AND HERE IS ONE WITH A VEGETARIAN CUISINE.

OUR ECONOMY IS TO GET A BOOST.

IT HAS BEEN ANNOUNCED THAT THE SYDNEY ECONOMY WILL GET A BOOST OF $230 MILLION FROM EXTRA BUSINESS THE CATHOLIC HAPPY CLAPPERS WILL BRING. THAT'S A BLOODY BIG LOAD OF CHINESE SNOW DOMES, KOALAS AND DIDGERIDOOS!

CHRISTIANITY IN ACTION

I WAS INTERESTED TO READ THAT ABOUT 100 HOMELESS PEOPLE WHO NORMALLY SLEEP IN HYDE PARK HAVE BEEN MOVED ON TO MAKE WAY FOR THE WORLD YOUTH DAY FESTIVITIES. I'M SURE THEY WOULD HAVE BEEN VERY ANNOYING TO PILGRIMS.
IMAGINE PILGRIMS FROM 3RD WORLD AND DEVELOPING COUNTRIES HAVING TO SHARE A PARK WITH OUR AFFLUENT DEVELOPED WORLD HOMELESS. IT WOULD HAVE BEEN AN OUTRAGE.

GEOFFRY GURRUMUL UNUPINGU

GURRUMUL IS DOING A SERIES OF CONCERTS IN SYDNEY. IF YOU EVER GET THE CHANCE TO HEAR HIM, DO.

BLIND CONCERT GOERS

IT'S NOT UNUSUAL TO HEAR OF RUSSIANS GETTING BLIND, BUT THIS TIME IT'S A BIT MORE PERMANENT. 30 PEOPLE AT THE AQUAMARINE MUSIC FESTIVAL NEAR MOSCOW LAST WEEK, WERE BLINDED BY A LASER LIGHT SHOW THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE POINTED INTO THE SKY, BUT WAS INSTEAD POINTED AT THE AUDIENCE.

A TRIP TO PLANET PLUTO ON SELLABAND

MY CURRENT MUSIC PROJECT IS CALLED PLANET PLUTO, A MUSICAL JOURNEY FROM EARTH TO PLUTO, WITH VARIOUS STOPOVERS ALONG THE WAY. IT IS A JOURNEY IN A SHIP RIDING THE SOLAR WINDS. I HAVE SET THE SCENE ALREADY, WITH THREE TRACKS CONTEMPLATING THE VOYAGE, WITH ME AS THE JOURNEY AGENT. THE TERM "JOURNEY AGENT" WAS PENNED IN A ROLAND KIRK TUNE, "THEME FOR THE EULIPIONS". SO, IT IS A HUMBLE TRIBUTE ON MY PART TO HIM.
THE FIRST LEG OF THIS VOYAGE IS A MODEST ONE, WHERE WE DROP ANCHOR IN THE SEA OF TRANQUILITY.
THE STORY WILL BE CONTINUED.

THE TRUTH IS OUT

KEITH SLINGERLAND AND THE HERBERTS, PLAYING IN BALI, BUT BELOW HE IS WITH HIS ALL GIRL BAND, THE BALI BONKERS. IT'S LITTLE WONDER HE IS SO KEEN ON THE PLACE, PLAYING IN TWO BANDS AT THE SAME TIME. WHAT A DRUMMER!

I MADE THE CHARTS!

LORI GRECO AND NATALIA SAFRAN JUST EMAILED ME TO TELL ME I MADE THE SELLABAND CHARTS FOR MOST PLAYED ARTIST YESTERDAY. ALL 3 TRACKS CHARTED, AT 7, 17 AND 25. ON THE AMBIENT CHARTS, I MADE 1,2,3! ON THE JAZZ CHART, 1,2,4 ON THE ELECTRONIC CHART, 2,3,6 AND IN THE WORLD MUSIC GENRE, 2,4,8! I AM AMAZED, TO SAY THE LEAST, NOW I JUST HOPE IT CONVERTS TO INVESTORS.

AH...SUMMER IN ENGLAND

YES, IT'S GLASTONBURY FESTIVAL TIME AGAIN, AND ENGLISH MUSIC FANS ONCE AGAIN GET TO PLAY IN THE MUD.

THE PETE BEST OF ACCA DACCA

THIS IS DAVE EVANS, THE ORIGINAL AC-DC SINGER. HE LIVES IN TEXAS THESE DAYS, AND HEADS A BAND CALLED THE "BADASSES". THEY SOUND VERY BAD.-ASSED. HE DESCRIBES HIMSELF AS THE KING BADASS.

ALSO, FROM 1974

ON OUR WEDDING DAY, NOTE THE WIDTH OF LAPELS, THE WIDTH OF THE RED TIE, THE TROUSERS, NATURALLY WERE FLAIRED, AND THE SHOES WERE PATENT DARK BLUE LEATHER WITH RED STRIPES. MY BEAUTIFUL BRIDE HAD THE GOOD SENSE TO DRESS TIMELESSLY.

GLAM ROCKERS ACCA DACCA

I'M CONSTANTLY AMAZED WHEN REMINDED OF THE 70'S, JUST WHAT WE ALL LOOKED LIKE. THIS IS AC-DC FROM 1974, AND I JUST DON'T REMEMBER THEM LIKE THIS. AT LEAST ANGUS HAS STAYED CONSTANT. THANK GOD THE OTHERS DIDN'T.

AMY IS REALLY IN STRIFE

AMY WHITEHOUSE REALLY IS IN TROUBLE, AND IT'S JUST HEADLINE AFTER BYLINE. SAD THING IS, THIS GIRL CAN SING, AND SHE'S GOT SOUL. SHE'S ONLY 24, ON DRUGS, ON THE PISS, AND A MESS. WHY CAN'T HER PARENTS, FAMILY, MANAGER, RECORD COMPANY, FRIENDS HELP? WHAT'S WRONG WITH THIS BLOODY WORLD?