a vinyl vendetta in australia: soundclash!!

you know the vinyl vendettas are an international collective of sisters in sound, right? well last friday, fi vee, who is back in australia, played the first of a regular monthly series of events, MUSIC vs MUSIC: A DJ SOUNDCLASH.her partner in crime is dashing rock'n'roll hairdresser & all-round debonair gentleman, john paul rosette.

man, there were girls dancing with girls who were taking photos of their breasts! there was war on the decks, sir mixalots "baby got back" fighting it out with queens "fat bottom girls"...it was friday night dj-ing heaven.

HIGHLIGHTS - TERRA FIRMA, FRIDAY 31st MARCH
just what i needed (the cars)
cum feel the noize (slade)
back in black (ac/dc)
common people (pulp)
burning down the house (talking heads)
under pressure (queen & david bowie)
i know what boys like (the slits)
baby got back (sir mixalot)
jet boy jet girl (the damned)
the model (kraftwerk)
rebel rebel (david bowie)
sweet child of mine (guns n roses)
rapture (blondie)
millkshake (kellis)
thriller (michael jackson)
wouldn't it be nice (the beach boys)
message (the grates)
mr pharmacist (the fall)
take me out (franz)
cherrybomb (the runaways)
cha cha twist (the detroit cobras)

vinyl vendettas: the collective

THE CARDIFF MASSIVE: SAT 25TH MARCH
CLWB IFOR BACH, CARDIFF

So you want the gossip then? Yes, Saturday night was a good 4-hour warm up for Vendetta deck action. New Vendettas Cat & Jem came armed with some gems of dancability weirdness, with Oliver the musical getting the strangest reaction of spontaneous singing ever seen in Clwb on a Saturday - actually no, rugby nights probably beat us hands down on that score. Just.

Huge thanks to Cat's 'New York via Swansea' possee that shimmied and strutted around the middle bar with enough style and elegance to make us proud! And we apparantly have our very own French boy groupie who said he doesn't get 'cool' music back home - yummie!

Here's select tracklisting highlights - til we couldn't be bothered to write any more down...

Holly Golightly - Walk a Mile
Piney Gir - Crying
Bonzo Dog Do Da Band - Canyons of your mind
Jeffreyson Airplane - White Rabbit
Frank Zappa - Wowie Zowie
Guided By Voices - As We Go Up We Go Down
Make Up - The Prophet
Deerhoof - Gigadance
Aztec Camera - Oblivious
The Kinks - Yes Sir, No Sir
Royal Trux - Waterpark
Sleater Kinney - Faraway
Fiery Furnaces - Single Again
Mary Jane Hooper - I Got Reason
Slits - Grapevine
Dr John - Jump Sturdy
Whirlwind Heat - Orange
Capt Beefheart - Zigzag Wanderer
Liar - Mr, Your On fire, Mr
Kitty, Daisy & Lewis - Honolula Rock n' Roll
Del Shannon - Runnaway
Stones - Street Fighting Man
Bow Wow Wow - C-90
Roxy Music - Virginia plain
William Shatner - Lucy In the Sky
Style Council - Shout to the Top
Squeeze - Cool for Cats
Bowie - Jean Jeanie
Martha & The Muffins - Echo Beach
Stones - Brown Sugar
Wire - Dot Dash Dot Dash
Sex Pistols - Holiday In the Sun
Suzie Quatro - Devil Gate Drive
Dion - Runaround Sue
Joy Division - She's Lost Control
....Oliver - Oomphpahpah