Nice day for it.

I just received a text message, the like of which I’ve never received before. It reads:

Need some1 4 xxx show in Redfern asap pl call if any1 wants it. Ta

It’s always nice to be needed, but I’m not sure how much help I can be, as my sweet dance moves are unlikely to leave the punters crying out for more. Just crying, more likely. With laughter.

Even if they wanted me on a seat, not the table, and even if that sort of thing was my bag baby, as I live over 1000kms from Redfern, I doubt my ‘ASAP’ would be S enough.

Still, I am flattered to be asked.

This band is boring.

Although I actually quite like Jet, I enjoyed reading this despairing cry from some anonymous critic, written directly onto a poster for Jet’s new album, Shine On.

This band is boring. If their music was an exam paper they’d fail on grounds of plagiarism. doesn’t anyone listen to the Stooges anymore? c’mon people!

I’m quite sure I couldn’t count the times I’ve whined something similar while sitting around watching Rage on a Saturday morning, bemoaning the state of contemporary popular music.

I particularly like the “C’mon people!”; as though he sees our potential and knows we can do better; knows we can find a world of passion, authenticity and originality just beyond this veil of carbon-copy mediocrity, if only we’d stretch out and try.

Well, I haven’t heard Jet’s new album, but if, as rumoured, their sound has been heavily influenced by their recent touring companions, Oasis (and speaking of plagiarism), then things can surely only be looking good! Hehe.

And notice how the first line is in texta, while the rest is in pen? I find that curious. A bold heading with some copy in a regular weight is not the sort of detail you’d expect for some hastily scrawled graffiti. I wonder what it says, if anything, about the person who penned it?