Remedy, Australia's #1 Fermented Beverage Brand, Launches In The US

Good point. I nicked the description from an indicative menu on their website as I forgot to note what it said on the menu when I went there. Clearly they altered it since then. Will edit title of ~~point~~ post. I definitely did eat it!

Jan 1992, p.28

the alternative music scene has grown to the point where it's no longer the alternative anymore; it has in fact become part of the mainstream.

Which is both good and bad. No, rock isn't dead--if it were, there wouldn't be much point in this magazine-but it is, as Paul Westerberg said in our Soul of Rock'n'Roll issue, going underground. True innovation is being pushed farther and farther from the mainstream, while the mainstream itself expands to encompass fringes it once scarcely noticed. Five years ago the thought of Sonic Youth being on a major label would have been as unthink. able as it would have been undesirable; today it would seem a gross injustice if they weren't. And hell, why not- seems like the majors these days are buying up anything that moves, or at least moves noisily, as long as the band in question has some sort of independent credibility and/ or following. This is good for the bands in the short run, and for some even in the long run, but the overall effect is hardly salutary, especially as it concerns the health of the independent system, which until now has developed and nurtured these bands.

Most likely, this mainstream bloat will deflate somewhat in the next couple of years as the majors realize that it's probably not a good idea to sign every half assed jangly guitar rock band that comes their way.

Seriously, there were so many ads.

Callistemon! Edit - Callistemon citrinus has been reclassified as Melaleuca citrina. AKA the common red bottlebrush, crimson bottlebrush or lemon bottlebrush. It's endemic to Eastern Australia. Therefore...

PS - not weird in the slightest

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3RRR (AKA Triple R), Melbourne, Australia

• Live stream at their home page
• List of programs that can be listened to, on demand.

Starting off as the station of RMIT (University) in Melbourne with an Educational licence in 1976, it became closely associated with the Melbourne post punk and new wave subcultures…e.g Nick Cave etc. It's now part of the Community Broadcasting Association of Australia and funded by community sponsorships and public subscribers (I am one). It's not just music and there's a lot of variety, with talk/educational shows on subjects ranging from marine biology, gardening, the arts, cooking, philosophy, science and lots in-between.

Here are some specific music shows that might suit this community that you can listen to on demand:

• Local And/Or General. Australian and NZ music
• Respect the Rock
• Teenage Hate. Punk, garage, hardcore, noise and psych with an emphasis on Australian releases and bands
• The Australian Mood. New and old Oz stuff
• The International Pop Underground
• The Distant Sky AU/NZ music
• The Golden Age of Piracy Eclectic stuff featuring influences of guests of the show
• Live Wire. Live music
• Far and Wide UK Indie

I used a poker machine once. Put in $5//10 came out on top by $5/10. Never touched one again. Drive them all into the desert and drop a bomb on them, IMO.

I liked the previous one 😢

I left Spotify for similar reasons. I chose Tidal because comparatively more is paid to artists (still tiny amounts per play). Just like switching from anything (Reddit to Lemmy, PC to Mac, Coke to Pepsi, underwear to commando, iPhone to Android), there are differences to get used to but it's not too bad. They do have curated playlists by editors, radio station based on your taste, "rising" track by genre etc. I think they have a free tier if you live in the US. but unfortunatley not yet available outwith.