Gav's Instinctive Travel Bloggage

The title doesn't connect these things together so shush.

Firstly...

Mantra...












Mantra: Middle of the shot...

Is part of the Oz hip hop outfit "Equills"...who put out a decent album last year called "The New Threat"... I actually gave the single off "You Get Down" off that album a bit of a thrashing on The Caffeine Show, actually.

Now, this guy has one of the most impressive "flows" in Australian Hip-Hop....he is an incredibly sharp MC. But he blew me away at the Evelyn Hotel on Monday Night, BUT as well an awesome flow you may add... incredible rhyme structure, pattern work, delivery and breathe control to his arsenal....this blew me the fuck away...(no homo).

This guy when drops something find it and buy it (if you like Australian Hip-Hop Music).

Equills LP "The New Threat" is still in good hip-hop and record stores around this country of ours.











Refereeing....who would thunk it?

Yep, one of my hidden talents is that i'm an okay Basketball referee...i'll never referee the Perth Wildcats but I can make a few bucks out of of it.

So for a few extra dollars in Melbourne....my job is to referee basketball games, but it's not all wearing a stripy shirt and getting screamed at by businessmen, who can't satisfy thier wives in bed anymore so they take out thier sexual frustration on me......................what?

It's a good way to get fit and earn some quick money. Besides these whinging, crygirl, fuckwit grown men will usually get a very short response from me...i.e "oi, buddy take that crybaby whinging shit and maybe use it to defend the player properly or help your team".

I Love My Job!

Regards

Gav

Well, Well.... after yet another LONG week...here I am writing another pointless bloggage...

My Best Friend in the entire world deviated her trip to Sydney and made her way down to Melbourne to see me and boost my spirits....this woman is Jasmin.

Now Jaz (for the sake of only having to scribe one syllable) is this woman....















"Very.... Myspace, Jazzy"

Jaz and I are close...which as far as I'll go with this because it mostly "none of ya fucking beez"... and when she told me, she was coming down... I was actually nervous...Melbourne has changed me...hardened me up and it's been a month of being drowned in this "Melburnian" Culture. She arrived and I didn't die (personal joke) and did the backpacker thing and stayed in St.Kilda for a week.

But I finally did some touristy things...like look at St Kilda Beach (and the junk sluts and pimps) and Luna Park (it was closed)...looked at all the wankers sipping soy tea in Southbank (Chapel Street ain't got nothin on these fuckers), she showed me where she studied dance (Jaz is a dance teacher by trade) and whole more boring-to-you shit.

So that pretty much sums up week 5 in Melbourne.

But... I will let you the reader know coming up in the next few weeks... there will be tales of basketball refereeing in Victoria, a possible Great Ocean Road trip and...Gav goes to the CBAA Conference in Adelaide (which I'm VERY fucking excited about)...plus if anything outrageous or stupid happens...i'll let ya know...

Til next time...

Gav

P.S FuckI love this photo.

Out of all the things i'd see myself doing....Karaoke...not one of them...

I normally HATE Karaoke (dumb-shit bogans singing shit songs BADLY!!!)....but a shit week and a bit coaxing = Gav does Xtreme Karaoke....

Note: I love the "Xtreme" thing...makes it sound different...and "indie cool".

Anyway...one thing I will hand out a compliment on....the selection of GOOD music...and the sexy ladies that attend this night.

When I saw Notorious BIG's "Mo Money, Mo Problems" and the Beastie Boys "Get It Together"...i was like....."fuck...alright....i'm up for it".

So on-stage I get for my Karkoke Debut...my comrade Pat along side..we squeezed out a SHITE rendition of that Biggie track (with no thanks to the DVD tell us the wrong lyrics n shit).

After watching many a drunk get up and do fine performences of classic tunes (at least there was no Jimmy Barnes)....I get up for a solo rendition of "Get it Together" by the Beastie Boys. For those that don't know...it's a done for 4 MC's (The Beatsies and Q-Tip from A Tribe Called Quest)....i'm not a pro rapper by ANY stretch of the imgaination, so it was sinful showing...but no one cared....they were all VERY drunk by this point...so my poor performance didn't matter too much....thank fuck!

But NEVER AGAIN!!! No more Karaoke for me...anyday soon.

Love and Lack of Breath Control

Gavin

Hi Kids,

These are some photos of the fun, games and heartbreak of the Grand Final Day at Punt Road Oval in Richmond, Victoria. Our Photographer is Carolyn....thanks very much for these photos.













"Cheer Cheer, MUTHA FUCKAAAA"

















"Those Tense Moments in the Final Quarter.."

















"another crowd shot"

















"The Pleasure...."
















"aaaaand the pain....this was post siren....Swans lost by 1 point..."

Finally I deliver on photos....about time....

Anyway enjoy your lives...

Gav

Wow, what a shit weekend....











A planned trip to Sydney has fallen through (which would have made the best of the blogs so far...)....The Swans Lost the Grand Final by 1 point...and yeah...there is more to this very shithouse story...but a lot of is personal...so ya know...fuck off.

"Step To The Flow"

On Thursday, i hopped into the studio with a new friend DJ Muel (thanks dude)...and recorded a new track....for those that didn't know...for a hobby...I write and occassionally record "Rap Songs". If you're interest how the hell a track by me sounds....hit up... www.myspace.com/mistacross and check out the track "Bad Apples" feat Wolverine.

"Bad Apples" is an older track...the new one will be out VERY SOON! I'll keep you guys in the loop.

For Now...

Gav

P.S I would love feedback on "Bad Apples"