i have been asked to become one of the 'special little group' at playgroup. basically, amelia, sue and i will have to sit at the end of the day and count the money, thats pretty much it. speaking of money, i cant remember if i paid today or not, oh well.

mmmm, watermelon

apparently its thanksgiving today, so, happy thanksgiving to all those who are giving thanks today and make sure you eat lots of turkey or whatever it is that you particularly enjoy eating on thanksgiving.

what is it with music these days. or at least, what people like to call music.
on saturday night on rage tehre is an oz music special. november is oz music month, and it rocks. heaps of gigs, good music on the radio and cool stuff on rage. just to give you an idea, here are the videos listed to be played on saturday night

11:30 amGet Free - THE VINES EMI
Run - PACIFIER Warner
No Reason - GRINSPOON Universal
American Shoes - MOTOR ACE Fest/Mush
Like A Dog - POWDERFINGER Universal
Monsters - SOMETHING FOR KATE Murmur
Something Borrowed, Something Blue - BEN LEE Modular

12:00am Liar - ESKIMO JOE Virgin
Emotion Sickness - SILVERCHAIR Murmur
Where The Wild Roses Grow - NICK CAVE & KYLIE MINOGUE Mushroom
Hasten The Blows - BLUEBOTTLE KISS Independent
Designed To Fade - SHANE NICHOLSON Warner
Special Ones - GEORGE Fest/Mush
The Captain - KASEY CHAMBERS EMI

12:30am You've Been So Good To Me So Far - TIM ROGERS BMG
The Honeymoon Is Over - THE CRUEL SEA Polydor
Stay Young - INXS Warner
Great Southern Land - ICEHOUSE Festival
Read About It - MIDNIGHT OIL Sony
Before Too Long - PAUL KELLY & THE COLOURED GIRLS Mushroom
Is There Anybody In There? - HUNTERS & COLLECTORS Mushroom
It's A Long Way To The Top - AC/DC EMI

1:00am You've Got Nothing I Want - COLD CHISEL Warner
The Loved One - THE LOVED ONES Mushroom
Shout - JOHNNY O'KEEFE Fest/Mush
Sick & Tired - BILLY THORPE & THE AZTECS Warner
Come Around - THE ANYONES Shock
The Charles Atlas Way - THE FAUVES Polydor
Purple Sneakers - YOU AM I BMG
Animal - JEBEDIAH Murmur

1:30am Blubber Boy - REGURGITATOR Warner
Feed It - BODYJAR EMI
Rip It Up - 28 DAYS Fest/Mush
Hardgroove 2001 - RESIN DOGS Virgin
Get Ready - RHIBOSOME Virgin
Fusion - KATALYST Independent
I'm A DJ - SONICANIMATION Fest/Mush
Heatseeking Pleasure Machine - PAULMAC featuring TEX PERKINS Virgin
The Girl Of My Dreams (Is Giving Me Nightmares) - MACHINE GUN FELLATIO Fest/Mush

2:00am Faith Healer - DAVID McCORMACK & THE POLAROIDS Independent
Burn In Hell - ROCKET SCIENCE Modular
Highly Evolved - THE VINES EMI
Aloha Steve & Danno - RADIO BIRDMAN Warner
Know Your Product - THE SAINTS Festival
Leilani - HOODOO GURUS BMG
Show Me Some Discipline - The SUNNYBOYS Mushroom
Don't Go Now - RATCAT Warner
What You Need - INXS Warner

2:30am Electric Lash - THE CHURCH Mushroom
Sounds Of Then - GANGGAJANG Warner
The Other Side Of You - THE LIME SPIDERS Virgin
Blush - THE HUMMINGBIRDS Polydor
Jennifer - THE FALLING JOYS BMG
Live Without It - KILLING HEIDI Roadshow
Downtown - ALEX LLOYD EMI
Cigarettes Will Kill You - BEN LEE Modular
Who Sold Her Out - ESKIMO JOE EMI

3:00am Alien Invasion - ARCHIE ROACH Fest/Mush
Melbourne - THE WHITLAMS MDS
Asleep In Perfection - AUGIE MARCH BMG
Without You - SILVERCHAIR Virgin
This Day - THE SLEEPY JACKSON EMI
Lucky - WAIKIKI Liberation
You Make Me Wanna Kill - DAN BRODIE & THE BROKEN ARROWS EMI

3:30am All Torn Down - THE LIVING END EMI
We're Going Out Tonight - FRENZAL RHOMB Shock
Pam & Sam - THE DRUGS Rubber
A Dignified Rage - SUPERHEIST Shock
Crave - THE BUTTERFLY EFFECT Roadshow
Disintegrating - JERK Independent
Pace It - MAGIC DIRT Warner
Hej - SKULKER - Live Independent
New York - RHUBARB Independent

4:00am Look To The Sun - GERSEY Fest/Mush
Wishing Your Life Away - SPEEDSTAR EMI
Four Seasons - ANTISKEPTIC Independent
Metal Detector - GELBISON Virgin
Ether - DECODER RING Virgin
Confide In Me - KYLIE MINOGUE Mushroom
Need Your Lovin' Baby - PNAU Warner
Enter, Space Capsule (U.K. version) - GERLING Fest/Mush

4:30am Church Of Al Green - WICKED BEAT SOUND SYSTEM Fest/Mush
Karma - 1200 TECHNIQUES Sony
Since I Left You - THE AVALANCHES EMI
The Sound Of Breaking Up - PAULMAC featuring PETA MORRIS Virgin
Sunshine On A Rainy Day - CHRISTINE ANU Fest/Mush
I Ain't Playin' - ROCKMELONS featuring ROXANE Fest/Mush

i made the songs that are particularly good listening, bold, but, i think that you would agree that the majority of those songs are fucking excellent.
now comes the aria top 50 (from number 25 onwards cos oz music ran over time...oh, sorry, heehee)

ARIA Top 50
25. Game Of Love - SANTANA featuring MICHELLE BRANCH BMG
24. Nessaja - SCOOTER Shock

5:00am 23. Stop N Think - HANNAH Independent
22. Hey Sexy Lady (Spanish Fly remix) - SHAGGY Universal
21. Round Round - SUGABABES Universal
20. My Neck, My Back (Lick It) - KHIA Sony what the fuck kind of name is that for a song?
19. Come Into My World - KYLIE MINOGUE Fest/Mush
18. I'm Gonna Getcha Good! - SHANIA TWAIN Universal
17. Inside Outside - SOPHIE MONK Warner
15. Gangsta Lovin' - EVE featuring ALICIA KEYS Universal

5:30am 14. All Seats Taken - BEC CARTWRIGHT Warner
13. Cleaning Out My Closet - EMINEM Universal
12. Do It With Madonna - THE ANDROIDS Fest/Mush
11. What's Your Flava? - CRAIG DAVID Warner it's spelt flavour, craig
10. Boys Of Summer - DJ SAMMY Central Station
9. Like I Love You - JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE Jive/Zomba
8. Jenny From The Block - JENNIFER LOPEZ Sony i havent heard this song, but, jenny from the block? pffffffffft

6:00am 7. Life Goes On - LEANN RIMES Sony
6. The Tide Is High (Get The Feeling) - ATOMIC KITTEN Virgin
5. Sk8er Boi - AVRIL LAVIGNE BMG avril and craig must go to the same skool of lernin
4. Dirrty - CHRISTINA AGUILERA featuring REDMAN BMG as does christina, one r in dirty, chrissy
3. Dilemma - NELLY featuring KELLY ROWLAND Universal nelly is the guy with the bandaid on his face? puhlease
2. Born To Try - DELTA GOODREM Sony
1. The Ketchup Song (Aserje) - LAS KETCHUP Sony

ok, i just went back and counted and i found 0, thats right, big fat ZERO songs on that list that i can bear listening to. the ketchup song? what the fuck is that?

oh, sean and holly especially should check out the avalanches, specifically frontier phsychiatry. i think there's something in it they may find familiar