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Catch TNB before new rekkid

This will be one of the last chances to catch The Nation Blue before they smash out a new album. Definitely see this show. If you haven't got tickets to see them with Sommerset and Coue Method this Friday night - bad luck - them shits is sold out!

SOMMERSET RETURN FOR ONE AUSTRALIAN SHOW ONLY!

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It has been almost 3 years since SOMMERSET played their now legendary final Australian and New Zealand shows. But as we all know, goodbye's aren't forever.

 

In their ten year career SOMMERSET released four full length recordings ‘More Songs’ (1998), ‘Fast Cars, Slow Guitars’ (2001), ‘More Songs From Last Century’ (2003), ‘Say What You Want’ (2004) as well as a number of collectable EP’s, splits and 7 inchs. A powerhouse of touring, the band toured New Zealand, Australia and the world continously for a decade.

 

The final line up of Jay Dougrey (drums/vocals), Ryan Thomas (vocals/guitar), Stefan Thompson (bass/vocals) and Milon Williams (guitar/vocals) are heading to Melbourne to play hard and party hard for one night only. A night not to be missed.

Joining SOMMERSET will be our very own The Nation Blue and Coue Method.

 

Thats right, SOMMERSET and THE NATION BLUE and COUE METHOD - We told you this was a night not to be missed!

 

Tickets only $15 ($20 at the door if there are any left) and on sale Wednesday 23rd April from the Tote Front Bar, Missing Link Records and the Corner Box Office on 9427 9198 or www.cornerhotel.com

 

My main man teaching dudes lessons!

My main man Andy T, teaching almost everyone how its done! Out of 450 dudes,

the lad bought home the silver in the Osaka Karate Tournament.

WE"RE SIGNING AGAIN!!!!!!!!

Luckily the boys returned ALIVE!

Exciting times!

The Whitley album, The Submarine, is released this weekend! We are so thrilled to have an actual copy in our hot little hands!

Possibly even more exciting is the arrival of our new best friend forever, Max James Ace Forman. Well done Aunty Jane and Aunt Gordy x

We all live in the Whitley Submarine

I am very proud of this album. I am proud that Mr Disco could "hear" the talents of the kid (as I used to call him!) and I am very proud of that kid, Whitley, for making such a stunning, heartfelt, dreamy album. I am also extrememly proud that this album is being released on Dew Process, who are just awesome and very understanding of our tendency to be a little over protective. To say that we are thrilled to have Beci Orpin do the artwork would be an understatement, we are all such huge fans of hers. This album is out on September 15. Everyone should buy it, and then buy it for someone they love. x

Never knew what they called it!

Using the Gaijin Smash!

In the latest post on GaijinSmash.net, a blog about the experiences of an American English teacher in Japan, blogger Azrael writes about a case in which he uses the gaijin smash. The gaijin smash, according to Urban Dictionary, is the following:

A technique used by foreigners, or gaijin, in Japan in order to impose their will on the japanese.

“he upgraded himself to a first-class seat by using the Gaijin Smash”

Most cases of gaijin smash involve foreigners breaking minor rules or social conventions and getting away with it because many Japanese are either a) too disoriented by the presence of a foreigner to realize what is going on, or b) not willing to confront or agrue with a foreigner. Today’s post involved using the smash to get out of paying a porn scam, and gaijin-smashing one’s way out of paying a train fare:

My girlfriend and I lined up at the gate. She explained our situation, and the JR station guy began to fill out a note for her while she paid the ticket price. While standing there, a light bulb went off in my head - you don’t have to pay the ticket price. Just Gaijin Smash this dude. I’m not sure why I came to this conclusion - perhaps it was the way he refused to look directly at me? And while you might argue that he was just focusing his energies on the current patron, the guy did manage to look everywhere else. The look in his eyes too resembled that of prey, hoping that if it didn’t make eye contact with the circling predator, maybe, just maybe, it would turn invisible.

So after my girlfriend paid for her ticket…I simply smiled at the guy, and walked through the gate. The guy returns my smile, and says nothing as I pass through. My girlfriend is shocked. “What the hell?! You didn’t pay! And he didn’t even care! What in the…?!”

I realized then that, in all our time together, while she’s been witness to a lot of the other Gaijin Super-Powers, this was her first time seeing a Gaijin Smash.

I repeated the Gaijin Smash at the next train station. Since I hadn’t paid at JR, I didn’t have the little note saying I’d settled the balance on my card. My girlfriend is freaking out - “You can’t do that, they’re going to arrest you!” She worries. Maybe, if I was Japanese. But not with the Gaijin Smash on my side! I handed the card to the guy, and in the clearest, most perfect English I could muster, said “Oh, I made a mistake on this card, can you erase it?” Of course, I could have said “I like pleasure spiked with pain and you can be my aeroplane” and it would have been all the same to this guy. He looks at me, blinks a few times, takes the card, and promptly erases the old charge.

The overwhelming majority of comments in response to the post treated the situation as something humorous or even praise worthy. However, a couple anonymous comments scolded him for his action:

Gaijin smash on shitty porno is all right,but don’t use Gaijin smash illegally, You are contributing negatively to a stereotype of gaijin.

Az I am a big fan of you, but I suggest you to delete this post. It is possible that the police will arrest
you. Cheating on your fare on the train is a crime in Japan.

While I’ve probably used what could be called a gaijin smash at times when dealing with costumer service people, I’ve never used it to cheat a train fare. I could probably get away with it if I tried, but it’s just not a very cool thing to do. As one comment noted, it could reflect negatively upon foreigners, and it could make a gaijin smashed JR employee resentful, causing strict behavior in a future situation when some confused foreigner who has genuinely lost his or her ticket needs sympathy.

From Japanprobe.com

I never actually knew what it was called - I definitely used the technique. I would like to take this opportunity to say sorry to gaijin currently living in Japan for overuse of the Gaijin Smash. I hope I didn't wear it out for you.

TNB reviews roll in from Brazil....

Live reviews from the Festival The Nation Blue played in Natal rolled in, so the boys inserted the text directly in the Babelfish Portuguese to English translation.

This is as it translates.

ROCK PRESS (RJ) - TERCEIRO DIA DO FESTIVAL

"THE NATION BLUE came of Australia for Christmas after several shows with the Jason Brazil measures. The band literally gave the blood in the presentation: soon in the beginning one saw a wound in the forehead of the vocalista and guitarist who, time for another one, left a red line to drain for the way it face. She swims uncommon since in a show the individual was removed of palco to the force after to break the leg. In contrast of the public of the Jason, in this performance the people was more to observe. The wheel of pogo continued active, even so lesser."

NWC Pool Party!

When Matt Weston gets home its almost going to be time for another Nunawading Man Club Pool Party! Seared meats, beers, ultimate fighting, Wii and 2000 best mates hanging out in the pool together. Good timez.

(This is a re-enactment only - at Tokyo's Summerland - 'an incubator for disease' to borrow a phrase from Sebbo)