Totally feeling the vibe of the 2009 High Vibes festival.

Of course i must kick off with the very wonderful Flying Scribble, my favourite band in the whole world. Mal Webb at 303 was hilarious, doing mad things with his beat-boxing, a loop pedal and several trombones.

Then i bumped into some extremely glamorous and funky dancers from the first chorus band of singers, who’d created an impromptu dance floor outside Subterrain. Good venue!

Extraordinary moments.

For the Melbourne hall of fame 2009, i would nominate the Flying Scribble percussion artist gray taylor for her one-armed drumming set at the Wesley Anne, sunday 28th June.

Not only did she valiantly play with her left arm out of action, she played one song blindfolded. Go gray! You are a star and a legend. We love you.

Oh and Louise was good too. You both rock.

PS

Ooh look here’s Lou and gray again playing at Anytime Place in July, filmed by the Qua on his mobile phone. Video is lame.. get closer man, but it sounds good. This was a really good set. Many people dancing.

And guess what! Update! They’re having a CD launch (single) next Thursday evening 10th September at Wesley Anne.

Woo hoo. Can’t wait.

PPS:

yes Flying Scribble was magnificent:

• • Fab to see gray double-armed again.
  • And Louise’s new fully electric hot red mini-organ sounds just as good as the 6-ton-slider.
  • The Bon Scotts were fun too.

Here’s a review of the single already over at Mess and Noise where you can listen to the song.. in one piece if your bandwidth will do it. Oh and read the comments as well as the review.. you’ll find a funny NZ story and Ben Butcher’s shoot of the ladies gettin glamorous on a Northcote monkey bar.

Fly scribble fly.

How much delight can a melbourne music goer bear?

On a night when the rest of the world was huddled around the s/MCG watching everyone from Kylie to Wolfmother and Split Enz, Annie and i headed for Northcote’s Wesley Anne to see the ethereally magnificent Flying Scribble with Pikelet playing solo.

Louise and gray are in very fine form; their new magic shines wonderfully just like the old numbers. gray’s drumming always astonishes and Louisie somehow manages to play 15 instruments at once, pumping out eg bass, organ, accordion and macbook samples.

Yes i was transported again by their beautiful rhythmic genius.

Here they are caught on video back in ’07:

Great News: they’ve finished recording the new album!
Bad news: Shame the wesley still shuts down sound at 11pm.

Who’s Flying Scribble?

Lou and gray are one amazing melbourne duo. Find out more:

• on myspace
• on last.fm
• the gig on last.fm

Sat 27 Oct — Mountains In The Sky, Qua, Flying Scribble

Lou and gray were utterly astounding, although they won’t admit it.

This was a pearler of a night, with Flying Scribble, Qua and the Mountains In The Sky. Gray’s (FS) Drums stood out as really superlative, with inventive and original rhythms. They couldn’t see the crowd, because of the lights, but the crowd totally appreciated them. There were many cries for more.

Qua and MitS hit the straps with the crowd, but hey FS just booted their wicked beats into the stratosphere.

i’m glad i saw this gig. What a joy.

Drums and versus amazing sound systems.