Klaus Nomi

Pre 1980 David Bowie hand picked Klaus as well as Joey Arias as his back up singers for a few gigs. Klaus totally pwns all the while looking like Charlie Chaplin if he somehow landed a role in Judge Dredd. Also he was one of the first high profile celebrities to die during the 80's at the hands of the AIDS virus which should answer all your questions re: his sexual preference after noting his wardrobe and haircut.

NOW WITH MP3'z!!

Klaus Nomi - Falling In Love Again


Klaus Nomi - Ding Dong! The Witch Is Dead

Ice Cold

So you think that we are stuck in the 20th century? Don't have any time to appreciate the new artists and tracks that the rest of the blog scene are frothing on? Here's a few less then readily obtainable ditties from the cream of NME's pop crop, out to prove that just like André Lauren Benjamin we're still cooler than cool, ice cold. Pretentiously yours, Staiii.

These New Puritans - Swords Of Truth

Tired Irie - IM Keller

Foals - Cassius

Zshare links available upon request.

Sorry

Stevie Wonder - Black Man (Z)

Staiii got staiiile, but don't fret it's just time to open up the windows, crank the fans to 11 and start breathing through your nose again. Stay tuned for some fresh tracks to send into aural orbit as well as videos hot enough to melt Mars' polar caps. Ring the bell schools back in!

Incantations In Quotations

Depeche Mode - Photographic (Z)




Depeche Mode - Photographic (Some Bizzare Version) (Z)

From Russia with Death

God doesn't exist.
Godfathers do.

If your a Sydney kid no doubt you've done your share of creeping around the cross.
The bright lights and disco jok(e)eys keep attention focused on the task at hand. But underlying the facade of nightlife flows a living river of toxic crime.
Yes, of course i'm serious.

I returned to a club the other Sunday morning to pick up my crate of records that were stashed in the office. As I walked down into the dark hazy room and across the sticky tiled floor, I could have sworn Juanita Neilsen's soul was stretched out under my feet - silently screaming from beneath the polished vinyl like a tortured T-1000. A broken strobe lay on the ground in the corner flickering randomly like a silent visual metaphor of the night prior. As I leant down to grab my shit, the dead scary silence of the place was interrupted sharply by loud voices and weighted footsteps coming down behind me. The dude in the office sternly looked up and signaled to me to go out the back door. I turned around to walk out and saw a group of four of the dodgiest guys walk in. No joke, all tall, with black trenchcoats, Romper Stomper haircuts and small mirrored sunnies talking in some gnarly Eastern european dialect. No need to say, i got the fuck out of there as soon as they looked at me. Opening the backdoors, the sunlight cut into my face and i walked out into 'reality'.


Logging numerous hours on grimey dancefloors, feeling at home wrapped in a marlboro-scented velvet curtain, watching Mad Max from dank faux fur couches and consequently knowing varied nightpatrons is about as far as most groveling scenesters get. But if you care to flake off the veneer you may find there are more ubliets than you'd care to stumble across in this concrete labyrinth.



New Order - Kiss of Death (Z)

Let It All Hang Out!

The Human League are just so ill. Philip's hair in the above video is so clean and conditioned.

Suss the above song plus the simple, epic track "Second's" off their critically acclaimed 1981 album, Dare. Produced 100% electronically, it's actually one of the best albums i've ever heard. Not many, if any, pop albums can match Dare's longevity.

The Human League - Seconds
(Z)




The Human League - Rock 'n' Roll/Nightclubbing (Gary Glitter and Iggy Pop/David Bowie) (Z)

That's a pointy

Pointer Sisters - Pinball Number Count (Z)



Pointer Sisters - Baby Come and Get It (Z)











Shit quality song

The breakdown in the following song represents Gamble and Huff's weirdest hour - this is one seriously fucked up vinyl rip, apologies. I've got a feeling that they used Hancock's gear for this track (as they did on other tracks from the Album).. you can hear the moog/echoplex combo unmistakably (or maybe not in this ultra shit qual version).



Pointer Sisters - Love in Them There Hills (Z)


Sample time (more than one degree of separation):


Jurassic Five - I am Somebody (Z)

the height of contrasts

Gregg and I were driving when this song came on. I almost crashed.
If this doesn't make you laugh then you're fucked up.




High Contrast - In da Gadda da Vida (Z)





Here's the original for added fake music knowledge humour.. like for instance when you are mentioning this blog to someone over a crisp Sauv Blanc you can say:
" ah ha ah hha ha, yes, oh god, yes did you listen to that High Contrast cover [key word to denote music wankery] of In da Gadda da Vida [try say it like you're talking about an old acquaintance] on Staiii? Absolutely hilarious."
Fellow conversationalist response:
" Oh, oh yes of course [they panic, and try to communicate calm body language {they might signal the waiter for top up of their champagne} because they have no idea what you are talking about and feel inadequate in their musical knowledge]."




Iron Butterfly - In da Gadda da Vida (Z)






P>S> bonusss

So its cool to flail your vag these days.

Get with the times.


Depeche Mode - Big Muff (Z)






P>S> Gore wrote this not Clarke.

BATTLES

Some heaps uncool guys in collared shirts abusing really expensive gear making pretty crude loops. So vogue.


Battles - Leyendecker

P.s. I think the single release is called 'Atlas', there is a video for it but the album edit is 7 minutes long so um see you later to me uploading that right now.

Lmaonnaise

P.s. Zlad's older ego played the weatherman who froths over Mike on Frontline. He possibly also wrote the castle. We rep that golden soil here on STAIII just wait for Psuedo Echo.

Daft Punk Update

Cut Copy and Van She now on the bill.

ooooo-ee




Edit:


Van She suck, Cut Copy don't. Just in case you wondered where we stood on that.

Yeah So

All you haters (benji) who didn't belive my Daft Punk post like back when this blog just began.

Read the Modular News yet?

Eat your heart out havefunclub, we may post twenty minute acid epics but we are still down by law with the scene snitchezzzzzzzz