Earthcore 2006

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Earthcore again and this time we did it in style, having hired a 6-berth camper van. I don't thin kI can go back to camping after that little experience. There's something to be said for having a decent bed, for not having to do very much setup when you arrive, and for always having a cool shady spot to go and have a sit-down. It was also useful to be able to keep my batteries for the camera charged and ready to go, so I basically didn't have to worry about running out.
The event itself was fantastic. We had VIP access and also I had backstage access to shoot it (thanks Spiro!) so I managed to get a heap of really good shots, and just had a blast as per usual. It was also really cool to see so many people I knew up on stage. Big props go to Bubble and Squeak (Ehsan and Evan) who played the main stage and who absolutely blew it away. These guys have always been good, but that was the best performance i have seen from them, truly worthy of their international status.

inthemix.2006

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The launch of ITM's second annual magazine, inthemix.2006, which was held at Eurotrash. Not a bad little party, got to see the magazine early and got a little showbag of stuff. Got to meet some of the ITM staff from interstate and one of the ITM photogs from interstate too, and got to drink a whole lot of free Smirnoff Ice Black again. That's getting to be a habit :)

ITM meetup @ Push

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Sunday 19 November saw a combination ITM meetup and Push party at The George White Bar in St Kilda. Quite a good event it was too, with lots of ITMers showing up and ITM/Smirnoff providing a case or two of Smirnoff Ice Black, which is a damn good way to get hammered :)

Tezuka Osamu

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Kate and I went to see the Tezuka exhibition at the NGV. It was so good, the man was a master of the line drawing, using novel new ways to illustrate actions and thought and directions. Some of the images were extremely moving, and not something you would expect to see in a 1950's or 1960's comic.

Smashbang!

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The guys from Smashbang records launched their new night at Lounge. Now every Friday is a Smashbang friday :)
Finally got to hear Luke McD bang out some tunes on the trumpet, which Ehsan plied us with laptoppery and Davarj played the bass guitar. Fantastic, and definitely added to every Friday's list of options from now on.

Look who's coming to dinner

Teh Hotness
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Elli held a dinner party to get all of her friends together, and her and Jake cooked up a damn feast!
Elli then paraded her latest fashion look, yet more examples of her insane obsession with KFC :)
It was great to hang out with Elli, Jake and Kerryn, and we also took the time to surprise the hell out of Joe by having his friend Elle arrive back from the UK a few days earlier than he expected :)

Interview

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Another round of the Interview party. Another good time. Lots of good music, some good people, jager bongs galore, and Blinky's girl Bec getting a slight burn on her hand from a flaming drink of some kind :)

Happy Birthday Becy

Happy Birthday Becy
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Time for Becy's birthday, a party featuring lots of standing in the kitchen, lost bottle openers, crazy food, broken bottles, crazy shenanigans and silly stories. Pretty much like any good party :)

Sasha and John Digweed

the ghosts of parties past
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The traditional event for Cup Eve is a tour by Techno giant John Digweed. This year he was accompanied on tour by Sasha, so we were able to experience the first Sasha and John Digweed party in five years.
This was also the first party in a long time that I have not been taking photos for, didn't even have my camera along, so i was just there to party and have a good time. It was an awesome party, those guys are really the kings of this genre (techno) and were relentlessly pushing out tunes and sounds to drive us into a frenzy. Good times were had by all, although I got a bit more wasted than I had originally planned, it was all good in the hood. :)

Honkytonks

Kimberley
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Some of the Sydney ITM crew were in town for the weekend so we had a bit of a meetup at Honkytonks.

Obsession

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After Peppermint I headed on into Room to check out the Obsession party. This was also a pretty good party, run by the same crew that runs the Interview parties. Lots of good music, fancy lasers, and attractive people, all good :)

Peppermint

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Went to a pretty cool party on Friday night, called Peppermint, because it's a twist of different styles and DJs. The party is run by Piro and runs at The Apartment at the Inkerman Hotel, which is basically a spacious luxury apartment at the top of the hotel that is set up to be accommodation or to be a club-style venue. Not may clubs have a BBQ and a spa pool though :)
The party was pretty cool, has some good random music styles, and I met some cool new people and saw some awesome fire art (twirling, juggling, etc)