Movember

"A moustache is the international passport to pleasure and I can walk proud with one knowing that people perceive me as a man of considerable wealth and knowledge." And with this statement thousands of men around Australia and from around the Globe embark on a mission of raising awareness, and spreading the message that Movember stands for. The message that screams "Hey look, I have a moustache. It is disgusting and embarrassing, but not nearly as hard to confront as depression or prostate cancer, so I will wear this with pride hoping that it empowers people to deal with these issues."

I know that ever since its inception in 2003 it has grown exponentially into one of the most recognised charity events of the year and has in the 6 years of its existence raised AUD$62 Million globally. That is a lot of money and a lot of moustaches. If you are interested in checking it out or participating I suggest you hit up the website and register, or donate http://tiny.cc/2efsX

Who wants a song to listen too today? Is it you? Is it the guy next to you??? Well whoever it is who wants a song to listen too, just click here. http://tiny.cc/SJ1CU Mumford and Sons are all the talk at the moment and this song is pretty much the one getting played over and over, but for any of you have not heard it, have a listen and just enjoy its Folkie feel. Bit of a language warning, as I don't want any of you kiddles to hear some of the words, but I think that this is a song where the use of bad language is absolutely necessary.

Also for anyone who has heard his music before, Bob Evans has a very sweet unique style which I find irresistible. Anyone who purchased the covers album, No Mans Woman featuring Australian Male Artists covering well know Female songwriters songs, will be familiar with his soul and tone, and know he has a unique ability to bring out beauty in the track. This is a track he recorded in the My Space studio's in Melbourne but I suggest you get out and listen to some of his music, very interesting so che-che-check it out! http://tiny.cc/z76qD

DING DING DING DING, woops, that's the doorbell. Gotta run amigos, I hope you have enjoyed and if not, let me know. If any of you are interested in giving some feedback hit me up with a direct message on twitter http://twitter.com/_egg So for now, much love peeps. Take care.

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Quick like a ninja!

Hello lovely peeps, so first up here is a track to get you nice and chilled like an iceblock in summer, I hope you enjoy it, I love iceblocks, it inspired me to write to you actually http://tiny.cc/yyH2u

So today I have had one of those great moments when you do a music swap with someone and get to listen to some music you know you should have heard heaps before but for some reason never bought the album or made it to the gig or whatever. The Black Keys are on of those bands for me, and I have watched recorded live sets and all, just never actually gone out of my way to get the music... I am kicking myself. Love is what I have for them YEOW!

This same person, who partook in el'music swapp'o, has also pointed me in the direction of a very clean, awesome and just really cool photography website. http://tiny.cc/FlaKs The photographer is Andrew Zuckerman and this is a site dedicated to photos and films of birds and wowzers, the ways in which they have been captured are amazing. Beautiful shots and inspiring imagery. I actually spent about two hours collectively checking out the images on offer and just admiring the goodness i am tasting with my eyes.

Like I said quick like a ninja so next topic.

I just wanted to mention that today is the 20th Anniversary of the fall of the Berlin wall so I thought I would share the video the Sydney Morning Herald have compiled to reflect upon this http://tiny.cc/cRB5U I found it quite intriguing and insightful as it gives you a feel for some of the experiences of inhabitants from both sides of the wall. Also just seeing the faces of the people, it shows that all were effected by its presence. Such a giant historical event which effected and touched so many peoples lives. The photos really do capture the emotion beautifully.

Alright awesome peepety kiddle-whats, that is it from me today, like I said quick like a ninja. Slice, dice and everything you once thought was awesome. Have a top weekend kids, Jeni's out YEOW!

you know me, but who are you?

If you are reading this I want you to tell me. If you are not reading this I want you to read this. If someone else is smelly and you are too, just grab the broom and get sweeping. I know you can dance, dance dance dance like a chicken to your pants.
If you think this is going backwards you just haven't seen the backwards man yet, he also likes sausages with mustard and cheese. If you buy them, you own them and if you book them they will come. Seven times two is still thirty-six, you can't change that no matter how hard you try.

Clementine, oh Clementine, how I heart thee Clementine. I just want to listen to you for hours, then learn to tame lions and mix cement http://tiny.cc/1HNGN

Washington, I thought you were a place I once visited and enjoyed like a kid enjoys cake or a snow leopard enjoys food . But I now know you are more than that and you are music which makes my hairs stand to attention like a battalion on the march or a dog awaiting a treat for being 'such a good boyyyyyy'. The beat and simplicity of How to tame lions is awesome and the inclusion of the 6/8 feel, pushing the track along, it's just a really nice touch. My dog is even kicking along to this one when we sit and listen together.... I didn't know that was possible but he is loving it! Maybe cause he thinks he is a Lion... I don't know...

You know what else is nice? Other than free things and things that make you go mmm... I would say something else that is nice is that sense of happiness you can get just by chillin. My current favourite thing to do to make me feel awesomely relax-od, is just when I get home from ye-old-office-o, just sittin on the veranda, playin some guit guit and just feeling the day whind up. You spend so much time in doors while working (or I do anyway) that it is only on the weekend you feel the day in all its glory, but after work you can feel it breathe its last energetic breaths before it allows night to put it to bed. It is put to rest ahead of another day of allowing us to live. I love it! Coming up with a couple of originals and covering every song I have ever loved (if I can figure it out) and just chillin. Best feeling.

Now another band needing needing needing to be mentioned tonight is Metronomy. These guys. Mate if you haven't heard of them yet or heard one of their gems like heartbreaker or radio ladio, get to this page _ http://tiny.cc/NdYCY I have just changed your musical journey, like Doc did in Back to the Future. It's ok, don't thank me now, just wait until you see them live, then thank me. The show these guys put on is one in a million. Lights on their shirts. Sweet sweet dance moves, the likes seen only in Napolean Dynamite... They have got it all. Check this live footage and tell me you are not impressed http://tiny.cc/wtpE2 the first track in this is called Holiday and is so ridiculously awesome I actually cried twice, like just now writing this to you.

Anyways, enjoy my awesome lovely peeps. I hope you enjoy and if you didn't or don't or doin it like a punk or just bippin and boppin like you is popin and lockin it like a fresh b'biggety from way out west in the big bad city or just blam blam SUCKA BLAM! Have a lovely morning/afternoon/evening/morning/steven/crab_walk/afternoon/choco_pie/evening.... whatever, just whatever, I'm out

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Funky like a duck

Good afternoon/evening/morning/afternoon again, dependent on when you are reading this. I hope all is well in your respective worlds and you are ready for yet another installment of Mind Music and Me, YEOW!

Jelly legs and throat of a sick bird. Thudding head and echoes of "my shout" still going around and around in my head. Monday's have become something more like a bad dream than reality as the sun is not welcome on my face and the sound of speech seems almost too much to bare. Rargh Rargh the bear grumbles and is ready for the meal so far avoided. Inspired by kitchen dude.

Can I just start by congratulating Boy and Bear (See first Blog) on their recent news, winning the Triple J unearthed competition to play with the likes of Powderfinger and SIA at the upcoming Homebake festival! Nice one lads. I am sure this opportunity as well as the upcoming Slightly Mexican tour http://tiny.cc/Uj9GP will be the ripe reward for all the hard work. YEOW!

Also, sorry all for the delay in producing this post. The weekend may have been filled to the absolute brim so very little time was spent on el-computer-io. However I have some sweet as tunes and some even sweeter candy to share with you all so listen up and get your musical taste-buds tingling cause this is about to get tasty.

So a good friend of mine from Norway introduced me to a musician a couple of years back called Erlend Oye and I remember straight away saying this is awesome, however for a little while I totally forgot about him. That was until I heard the new project, The Whitest Boy Alive. As soon as I heard a track of the new album Rules, I had to get back on the wagon and listen to as much as I could! So so so good. Totally love the singers style and the electronic feel is nice and relaxing but not put-you-to-sleep-style. Check it http://tiny.cc/KyU9X

Also, while I was listening to some of their stuff, Youtube suggested I listen to this track http://tiny.cc/XIQYB it is only short but for some reason I listened to it probably five or six times, love it! I don't know anymore about this song other than I enjoyed it so I hope you do too.

Now, an artist that has somehow not had a mention throughout my posts to this date but has been on constant rotation on my walkman/discman/ipod since I got my first in 1999, is Mos Def. No idea how he has not been mentioned as of yet as he is one of my absolute favourites. Black on Both Sides released in 1999 is still one of my most played albums and his singing ability during choruses is something I have come to love. Something you do not hear every MC touching on, and just another element he adds to his tracks. His latest single to hit the aussie charts is is a collaboration with Slick Rick, and as my brother will attest I have been absolutely obsessed with this track for months now! http://tiny.cc/hV4nG Madlib's presence is notable as soon as the track kicks off and no one need question either Mos or Slicks MC-ability. The three collaborate so smoothly and Slick Rick's unique style is just as fresh as the first time I heard his voice. Love it.

If you need any more persuading or just want to hear a couple of little snippets of Mos and his abilities check out these videos of him freestylin against close friend Kanye West http://tiny.cc/pSURM http://tiny.cc/ZEPYw

Okelie so that is another super awesome blog diggety done, and I hope you all appreciated it. If not I am sorry but the only way I know to fix it is if you tell me,so access my twitter account as above if need be. Always happy to hear feedback, tips, opinions or even suggestions for topics. But, for now, I'LL GET YOU NEXT TIME CAPTAIN PLANET! Jeni's out.

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What is white, wears a dress and rides a sweet bike?

A girl wearing a white rabbit mask, wearing a dress who is riding a sweet bike...

Anyways wassup? My name Is Jenis Ice Creams and I’m here to tell you the three essentials of Halloween. They could save your house, and your heart... or maybe just your house, I can't protect you from yourself when it comes to heart related problems.. i think someone else probably has a blog for that...

Alright here goes. One - buy a thousand little fake spiders and drop them off the roof of your building onto people walking past. Hours of fun and years of funny stories to tell the kids at Halloween in a ghoulish ghoulish voice. Two - wear a skeleton suit, like that seen in Daft Punks Around The world clip http://tiny.cc/CxKtA everybody loves a skeleton! And Three - Make sure you have plenty of treats for all the awesomely dressed little kiddley-winks. They wait for this day each year and to be disappointed by a poorly organised candy stash... well let's just say it is not a nice feeling...

If you ensure, as a grown-up you have prepared this year I know for a fact that your house will not be egg’d, poop-decked, el-calibried (very complicated... you don’t want it) and you will definitely not be stinky stank bombed. Treat = Treat, Trash = Trick... don’t give trash, we have enough of a rubbish problem as it is, no need to give it to the kids...

Now for some music. I just had the lovely pleasure of being passed a song I have been hunting since last Tuesday. It is a track called Animal and it is by a small Swedish band named Miike Snow. I totally heart this track, and the only thing that is better, is there film clip http://tiny.cc/ZnDGy the animal heads are an awesome little dress up to the band and perhaps this is what inspired my earlier joke. One can not be sure though. I don't know too much about the band itself other than what I am being told by Wikipedia so I will not explain, however they shall receive another mention once I have heard more and follow my nose to the goodness and sweet delight, known as awesome music.

Another track I can't leave you without throwing toward you like a frisbee, whistling with pleasant melodies, is this amazing track by The Middle East, Blood http://tiny.cc/Vv8xC once again the film clip has me gasping. The technique used for the landscapes in this animated piece are awesome and now I just want to be an animated giant... seriously I do, why do you look at me like that? It's true!

So remember Halloween, all about scaring but making the kids happy, and listen to these songs. They made me smile so hopefully they make you smile too. Have an awesome day awesome ones!

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