Everyone is entitled to my opinion...

 

Is Melbourne better than Sydney?

Depends…

The recent proposed changes to Melbourne’s licensing laws that make it harder for late opening venues to have musical acts playing there certainly brought out the best in that city. New industry bodies were created, the local media went into a frenzy and 10,000 people protested in the streets to have the laws changed.

Too late to save the iconic Tote venue in Collingwood, but an excellent example of the differences between the two cities.

When the Hopetoun Hotel in Surry Hills, Sydney was threatening to close last year, we all joined the “Save The Hopetoun” Facebook page.

It closed.

(Dear Melbourne readers… I know that the protest happened AFTER the state government agreed to review the laws… but the sentence reads better that way… never let the truth etc etc…)

 

Punk is Dead: Official

I am probably the least cool person in the Australian music industry.

 

I never got punk and I didn’t like the Clash. That last bit of information alone is enough to have me kicked out of the building… but quite frankly I didn’t really get what the hell they were talking about (I was in primary school when they first came out). Still, a lot of people love them and believe in what they stood for.

 

So it must come as quite a shock to their punk sensibilities to see these latest Converse runners with Clash branding.

 

Insert lame Clash puns here… Sandshoe-dinista, Rock The Footpath…etc etc..