FEBRURY 16^TH - ELANORA BOWL, QLD.

 IT'S NOT EVERYDAY YOU GET ASKED TO COME DOWN TO A SKATE PARK AND THROW PAINT, FOOD, AND AN ASSORTMENT OF CRAFT SUPPLIES AT A PERSON IN THE NAME OF ART.

 BIG THANKS TO THE DIRECTOR BRANDON GARDINER FOR INVITING ME TO COME ALONG.

 CHECK OUT THE ACTION SHOTS BELOW, TO VIEW THE FINISHED PRODUCT CLICK  HERE.

FEBRURY 16^TH - TOKYO, JAPAN. 

THE HOME OF 13 MILLION JAPANESE PEOPLE.  AN ENDLESS CITY THAT SEEMS TO BE FILLED WITH CULTURE CLASHES AND BAD SMELLS.  I PROGRESS PAST THESE SMALL INDIFFERENCES AND REALISE THAT THIS IS A BEAUTIFUL AND UNIQUE PLACE UNLIKE ANY OTHER IN THE WORLD.  

I PRESENT TO YOU, MY PERSPECTIVE OF TOKYO.

FEBRUARY 9^TH - I GO DOWN TO THE STANDARD TO SEE SOME OF SYDNEYS BEST DJS BATTLE IT OUT USING ONLY THE TRACKS ON THEIR IPHONES. HOBOPHONICS COMES IN 2ND. CAN'T REALLY REMEMBER THE REST BUT I'M PRETTY SURE IT WAS FUN.

FEBRUARY 4^TH - J BOOG & MILLION STYLEZ @ METRO THEATRE.

I STEP OUT OF MY COMFORT ZONE AND GO SHOOT SOME POLYNESIAN REGGAE. 

SAEA BANYANA + MILLION STYLEZ + J BOOG.

JANUARY 26^TH - AUSTRALIA DAY, HOUSE PARTY, TAMARAMA.

WE GO FROM A CLEAN, BEAUTIFUL MANSION IN THE INNER-WEST ACROSS THE CITY TO THE BEACHES IN TAMARAMA, THE HOUSE IS IN FULL FLOW BY THE TIME WE APPEAR, WE GET ON THE 28 BLACK & SAILOR JERRY RUM, I'M VERY THANKFUL I HAVE MY CAMERA AS I HONESTLY DON'T REMEMBER MUCH.

THE TRIPLE J HOTTEST 100 IS APPROACHING THE FINAL FEW SONGS, MATT CORBY IS IN ATTENDANCE AND MANAGES TO GET #3 HOTTEST SONG OF 2011, EVERYONE CELEBRATES THEN THE KID AND I FIND SOME POOR BLOKE OUT THE FRONT HAVING A SPEW, WE SIT NEXT TO HIM AND HAVE A SYMPATHY-VOM, HE IS PRETTY STOKED.

JANUARY 26^TH - AUSTRALIA DAY, RANDOM HOUSE, LILYFIELD.

WE TAG ALONG TO AN AMAZING HOUSE JUST WEST OF SYDNEY CBD, THE DUDES HERE ARE EITHER LOADED OR MODELS, THE KID AND I ARE NEITHER, WE CAUSE A BIT OF MISCHIEF THEN SMOKE BOMB, THIS IS THE START OF OUR AUSTRALIA DAY.

JANUARY 24^TH - A WHILE AGO I SHOT SOME PORTRAITS OF FORMER LIGHT YEAR MEMBER JENSEN INTERCEPTOR . 

THE ORIGINAL SET WAS IN BLACK AND WHITE, I THOUGHT I'D GIVE THESE A "WARHOL" TWIST. 

I GIVE YOU JENSEN INTERCEPTOR, NOW IN TECHNICOLOR. 

JANUARY 25^TH -  ODD FUTURE @ THE ENMORE,  SYDNEY. 

DECKLAND AND I GET A LAST MINUTE TICKET TO GO CHECK OUT ODD FUTURE AT THE ENMORE.

WE THOUGHT "WHY NOT" LET'S GO SEE WHAT ALL THE FUSS IS ABOUT AND TAKE A CAMERA. 

MEDIA PASS? FUCK A MEDIA PASS!  I GOTTA SAY, IT WAS GOOD TO SEE KIDS GO NUTS AND GET OFF THEIR TUMBLRS FOR ONE NIGHT. 

JANUARY 24^TH - OFWGKTA POP UP SHOP ON OXFORD ST, SYDNEY.

THE KID, JONNO THE JEWISH SWAG KING AND MYSELF CHECK OUT THE POP UP SHOP FOR A BIT OF A LAUGH, I TAKE SOME PORTRAITS OF THE YOUNGENS WAITING IN LINE AND I'M FAIRLY AMAZED AT HOW STARSTRUCK EVERYONE IS, MIND YOU, REWIND 10 YEARS AGO WHEN I WAS THEIR AGE I WAS FROTHING AT LIMP BIZKIT, HOW TIMES HAVE CHANGED.

CHECK OUT SOME OF THE KIDS SHOTS OVER AT OUR FACEBOOK PAGE.

 JANUARY 11^TH - VENGABOYS, THE HIFI,  BRISBANE.

A LAST MINUTE OPPORTUNITY AROSE FOR ME TO CATCH THE VENGABUS ON ITS' RETURN DOWN UNDER. IT FEELS LIKE  AN ETERNITY SINCE THE 90'S... YET SOMEHOW I STILL SEEM TO REMEMBER EVERY SINGLE WORD OF THEIR INFECTIOUS POP TUNES. WE LIKE TO PARTY.. OH YES WE LIKE TO PARTY.

JANUARY 4^TH - METRONOMY, THE ZOO,  BRISBANE.

WHEN THERE ISN'T A DESIGNATED PHOTO AREA IT CAN BE A LITTLE DIFFICULT TO WEAVE YOUR WAY TO THE FRONT OF THE EAGER FANS. 

I DECIDED TO GET  CREATIVE AND SHOOT THE BAND THROUGH WINDOWS CREATED BY THE AMPS, THE CROWD AND JUST ABOUT EVERYTHING ELSE THAT WAS IN THE WAY. 

JANUARY 14^TH - LOST IN DOGTOWN, MONSTER SKATE PARK, SYDNEY.

LOST INVITE THE KID AND MYSELF ALONG TO 'LOST IN DOGTOWN', WE PULL OUR CALF HIGH SOCKS UP AND GET AMONGST IT, A DANCEFLOOR SET IN A HALF PIPE IS A RECIPE FOR DISASTER.

JANUARY 14^TH - JOSH PYKE @ JAGERMEISTER HUNTING LODGE.

JANUARY 10^TH - TIM FINN @ JAGERMEISTER HUNTING LODGE.

THE JAGERMEISTER HUNTING LODGE IS IN TOWN FOR THE DURATION OF THE SYDNEY FESTIVAL.  FREE GIGS EVERYDAY SO CHECK OUT THEIR FACEBOOK PAGE FOR UPDATES... TIM FINN GOT THE HONOURS OF PLAYING THE OPENING NIGHT - AND DID IT JUSTICE.

JANUARY 1^ST - ICEBERGS AS ALWAYS THROWS THE BEST MOST EXCLUSIVE NYD PARTY AROUND. THE SET DESCENDS. JK POPS BY ALONG WITH A FEW OTHER FAMILIAR FACES. WHAT AN AMAZING WAY TO START THE NEW YEAR IN THE BEST CITY IN THE WORLD, AND JUST ANOTHER REASON TO START YOUR NEW YEARS RESOLUTIONS ON THE 2^ND.

JANUARY 1^ST - FIELD DAY 2012.

THE ZIPPER ON MY BAG GOES, STUFF GOES FLYING EVERYWHERE, LENSES GET SMASHED.  I STILL MANAGE TO GET A FEW SNAPS OF THE ARTISTS/PUNTERS AT FIELDDAY.  JUSTICE AND MODESTEP MAKE MY DAY.

JUSTICE + MODESTEP + BUSY P + METRONOMY + CLOUD CONTROL.

DECEMBER 31^ST - 11.12 NYE AT SYDNEY OPERA HOUSE.

YOU ONLY LIVE ONCE CURATES THE "11.12" NEW YEAR'S EVE PARTY.  I TAG ALONG FOR THE RIDE.  CAN'T THINK OF A BETTER WAY TO CHECK OUT THE FIREWORKS.

FRANKY KNUCKLES + RITON + DANGEROUS DAN + BENI + BLACK ANGUS.

JANUARY 1^ST - FIELD DAY 2012 @ THE DOMAIN, SYDNEY.

IT'S 2012 ALREADY? THAT MEANS ONE THING, TIME FOR FIELD DAY!

AS ALWAYS THE WEATHER IS PERFECT, THE LINE-UP IS STELLAR AND EVERYONE IS THERE BRIGHT AND EARLY TO HAVE AN AMAZING DAY.

I AM STATIONED ON THE 'LEFT FIELD' STAGE AND THE MAIN STAGE, I CAPTURE SOME AMAZING MOMENTS ALL THE WHILE ESCAPING SUN BURN, SLIP, SLOP, SLAP KIDS!

DECEMBER 15^TH - MUSEUM OF OLD AND NEW ART, HOBART.

 "I WONDER WHY 'THE BOGAN' HAS BEEN PROVOKED IN CONCERT WITH MONA AND ITS ART; AND I SPECIFICALLY WONDER IF IT'S SOMEHOW A MISPLACED ANXIETY OF BELONGING, REMINISCENT OF BROADER (NON-INDIGENOUS) AUSTRALIAN ANXIETIES"

I LOVE GALLERIES OR MUSEUMS OWNED BY PRIVATE INVESTORS/COLLECTORS.  IPOD NAVIGATION SYSTEMS, A COCKTAIL BAR INSIDE THE MUSEUM, AND FREE REIGN AKA NO CENSORSHIP OF ART ... CAN'T IMAGE ANY TRADITIONAL MUSEUM SHOWING "REMNANTS OF THE SUICIDE BOMBER CAST IN DARK CHOCOLATE, edn 2/5" ANY TIME SOON.  AND DID I MENTION THE POO-MAKING MACHINES?!?

DECEMBER 10^TH - FESTIVAL OF THE SUN, PORT MACQUARIE (DAY 2).

DECEMBER 10^TH - FESTIVAL OF THE SUN, PORT MACQUARIE (DAY 1).

JANUARY 1^ST- THANKS TO THE PREVIOUS NIGHT, I WOKE UP IN 2012 A SHELL OF A MAN. BUT I BRAVED THE HANGOVER  AND HEADED DOWN TO FIELD DAY. 

LIKE ALWAYS, IT'S A HELL OF A DAY TO START THE YEAR ON, EVEN IF YOU'RE IN A FRAGILE STATE. THESE WERE MY HIGHLIGHT PERFORMANCES. 

IN ORDER OF APPEARANCE - NEW NAVY, MOBY, SPANK ROCK, YOUNG MC, CLOUD CONTROL, TIGA, FLIGHT FACILITIES, METRONOMY, YUSEK, CRYSTAL CASTLES, BUSY P, MODESTEP, SKREAM & BENGA AND JUSTICE. 

HAPPY NEW YEAR! 

DECEMBER 22^ND - THE PASSAGE XMAS PARTY 2011.

THE PASSAGE XMAS PARTY HAS BECOME SOMEWHAT OF A SPECIAL DATE ON MY PERSONAL CALENDER, IT BASICALLY CONSISTS OF GETTING SHIT-FACED WITH ALL MY GOOD MATES AT A BAR WHERE ALL MY FRIENDS WORK. THINGS ALWAYS GET OUT OF CONTROL, THE KID MAY OR MAY NOT HAVE SPEWED IN THE GUTTER AND PASSED OUT IN MY LIVING ROOM.

NOVEMBER 26^TH - FORESHORE FESTIVAL, CANBERRA.

I RETURN TO THE CITY IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE FOR THE FORESHORE FESTIVAL.  WITH 22,000 PUNTERS, IT'S NOT QUITE AS BIG AS STEREOSONIC - BUT FOR CANBERRA THAT'S PRETTY BLOODY MASSIVE.

PNAU + GOTYE + BOY & BEAR + GYPSY & THE KAT + ARCHITECTURE IN HELSINKI + SALT-N-PEPA + LMFAO + RAW CITY RUKUS + FOX & FOWL.

NOVEMBER 23^RD - MY GOOD MATE HUGH FROM SAILOR JERRY INVITES ME DOWN TO SOME LIVE MUSIC HE'S HOSTING AT GOOD GOD.  AFTER SOME KILLER SURFER PUNK ROCK, WE TAKE THE DUNE RATS AND VELOCIRAPTORS OUT FOR A NIGHT ON THE TOWN, WHERE HUGH MIXES UP SOME DRINKS WHICH SET THE BAR ON FIRE.  LITERALLY. 

NOVEMBER 22^ND - RECORD & RELEASE, MELBOURNE MUSIC WEEK.

THE KID ARRIVES IN MELBOURNE AND TOGETHER WE BOUNCE BETWEEN THE RECORD & RELEASE EVENTS AT RACING LANE & BUFFALO CLUB RESPECTIVELY.  THE FREE KEG PROVIDED WORKS ITS MAGIC. WE END UP WANDERING THE STREETS AND KICK ON AT KUBIK WITH WAX TAILOR ON THE DECKS.

NOVEMBER 18^TH - I HEAD DOWN TO BACK ROOM TO SHOOT A CHARITY EVENT HOSTED BY THE LOVELY GIRLS OF LOVE UNIQUE & THE GUYS AT NEGATIVE THREADS. WHAT FOLLOWS IS ONE OF THE CRAZIEST PARTIES OF THE YEAR.

NOVEMBER 20^TH - DJ KRUSH, BIRRARUNG MARR, MELBOURNE.

DJ KRUSH GRACES THE STAGE AT YET ANOTHER SOLD-OUT KUBIK EVENT.  I DON'T NEED TO TELL YOU HOW WICKED THE NIGHT WAS, LOOK FOR YOURSELF...

NOVEMBER 19^TH - THE RAAH PROJECT, BIRRARUNG MARR, MELBOURNE.

A 17 PIECE ORCHESTRA PACKS OUT THE KUBIK STAGE FOR A SPECTACULAR CLASSICAL+RAP+SOMETHING-ISH PERFORMANCE - LUCKILY WITHOUT THE TORRENTIAL RAINS EXPERIENCED DURING THE SOUND CHECK.

ALSO, CHECK OUT DJ PREQUEL WHEN YOU GET A CHANCE.  MENTAL.

NOVEMBER 18^TH - KUBIK OPENING NIGHT, BIRRARUNG MARR, MELBOURNE.

THE KUBIK LIGHT INSTALLATION/VENUE MAKES IT DOWN TO THE SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER, COURTESY OF MELBOURNE MUSIC WEEK. 

CUT COPY, MIDNIGHT JUGGERNAUTS, WORLD'S END PRESS, AND MANY MORE ARE THERE TO MARK THE OCCASION.

NOVEMBER 15 ^TH - PADDINGTON TOWN HALL, SYDNEY.

KSUBI/KIRIN PRESENT BIG IN JAPAN 2011. A UNIQUE DISPLAY OF JAPANESE CULTURE AND ART. 

JUST LIKE LAST YEAR, I HAD THE CHANCE TO PORTRAY THE TALENT. 

IN ORDER OF APPEARANCE: YUKO KASEKI, ANNACODOMO, OVE-NAXX, KYOZIN YUENI DEKAI, FUYUKI YAMAKAWA AND MARIAN TUBBS. 

SEPTEMBER 21^ST - AFTER THE CRAZINESS THAT WAS THE SOFT LAUNCH OF 21. THE BOYS BACK IT UP WITH A CLASSY MEDIA LAUNCH. PRAISE BE TO SAILOR JERRY.

SEPTEMBER 17^TH - THE BACKROOM THROWS A LIL' 60'S INSPIRED PARTY. THEY ASK US DOWN TO DOCUMENT SOME OF THE ACTION. THESE WERE SOME OF MY FAVOURITE SHOTS.

SEPTEMBER 4^TH - I'D NEVER REALLY PLANNED ON TRAVELLING TO BALI, BUT WHEN THE PROFESSOR HEADED OVER TO GET HITCHED I FIGURED THE OPPORTUNITY WAS TOO GOOD TO PASS UP. I FOUND AN AMAZING OPEN CULTURE. HERE ARE SOME OF THE MOMENTS THAT EXCITED MY CAMERA.

SEPTEMBER 2011 - ONE OF THE REASONS I BOUGHT MY LIL' FX100 WAS TO CAPTURE ALL THE CRAZINESS THAT HAPPENS WHEN I DON'T HAVE MY MASSIVE BEAST ON ME.  HERE'S SOME OF THE RESULTS.

AUGUST 25^TH - ONE OF THE GREATEST AND WORST THINGS ABOUT THE FLINDERS IS ITS ABILITY TO TURN A QUIET DINNER INTO A RIOTOUS CACAPHONY OF CHAOS. I ALWAYS WONDER HOW MANY PUNTERS HAVE WANDERED IN SAYING "I'LL JUST HAVE ONE PICKLEBACK" AND THEN HAVE NEVER BEEN HEARD FROM AGAIN.

AUGUST 25^TH - GALLERY A.S.

PUTTING UP THE LISTER GALLERY EARLIER TODAY, I REMEMBERED ANOTHER AMAZING SHOW PUT ON BY GALLERY A.S.   

GONNA TRY AND PULL A BUNCH OF OLD GALLERIES FROM THE ARCHIVES THAT NEVER SAW THE LIGHT OF DAY. HOPE THIS ONE SPARKS YOUR IMAGINATION.

NOVEMBER 4^TH - GALLERY A.S. ALWAYS PUTS ON AN AMAZING SHOW. THIS INSTALLATION OF ANTHONY LISTER AT 777 GEORGE ST IS PARTICULARLY PHENOMENAL.

NOVEMBER 4^TH - OFFICIAL OUTPOST LAUNCH PARTY, COCKATOO ISLAND, SYDNEY.

OUTPOST HAD TO BE ONE OF THE MOST AMAZING DIPLAYS OF URBAN ART I HAVE SEEN TO DATE, I MEAN, KID ZOOM BUILT A HOUSE FOR A PIECE! RESPECT. 

IF YOU LOVE ALL THINGS STREET ART, THEN A DAY ON COCKATOO COULD BE JUST WHAT THE DOCTOR ORDERED. CHECK IT OUT! 4^TH NOV - 11^TH DEC.

OCTOBER 31^ST - PRE TRIP OR TREAT, HOTEL ROOM, MELBOURNE.

I AM ACCOMPANIED BY THE BEAUTIFUL CHRISSIE, ANNIE, CAT & OLYMPIA IN MY HOTEL FOR PRE-DRINKS BEFORE TRIP OR TREAT, IT IS MANDATORY THAT I HAVE A HAREM IN EACH STATE.

OCTOBER 28^TH - IVY CHANGEROOM + HOUSE PARTY.

HALLOWEEN IS NORMALLY MY FAVOURITE NON DENOMINATIONAL HOLIDAY. I WAS PRETTY BUSY THIS YEAR BUT I STILL MADE TIME FOR THE CREEPY CLOWN TO MAKE IT OUT FOR A NIGHT OF DEBAUCHERY. 

OCTOBER 31^ST - HALLOWEEN @ THE BOTTOM END, MELBOURNE.

TRIP OR TREAT: I TRAVEL ALL THE WAY TO MELBOURNE JUST TO SHOOT THIS PARTY, IN THE AWESOME NEW RESTAURANT/CLUB 'THE BOTTOM END".

I'M NOT SURE WHY I BOOKED AN EARLY FLIGHT THE NEXT MORNING, BUT I CAN ASSURE YOU I REGRET IT, WHAT A PARTY!

OCTOBER 27TH TO 29TH - HALLOWEEN HOUSE PARTY + PROM NIGHT & MASSACRE-ADE BALL @ ELSEWHERE, QLD.

I ATTENDED NOT ONE, NOT TWO, BUT THREE HALLOWEEN CELEBRATIONS... MAKING FOR ONE HELL OF A HALLOWEEN WEEKEND. THE FESTIVITIES BEGIN WITH A PROM NIGHT HALLOWEEN SPECIAL TO WARM UP THE PROCEEDINGS. THEN I HIT A SPOOOOOOKY HOUSE PARTY, COSTUMES COMPULSORY. FINALLY, TO END A MASSIVE WEEKEND OF HALLOWEEN CELEBRATIONS, I HEAD ON OVER TO ELSEWHERE FOR THE  MASSACRE-ADE BALL... WHERE ALL HALLOWS RUN AMOK AND FAKE BLOOD IS A PLENTY.

HAPPY HALLO-WEEKEND INDEED. 

OCTOBER 29^TH - HALLOWEEN AT BACKROOM.

THE NIGHT AT BACKROOM CONTINUES.  I DRINK MORE SHOTS AS ADVISED, PICK UP OLD (BAD?) HABBITS, FALL OVER, HAVE FUN.

OCTOBER 29^TH - HALLOWEEN AT BACKROOM.

BACKROOM THROWS A HALLOWEEN PARTY, I POP AROUND TO SNAP THE VARIOUS CREATURES OF THE NIGHT.

OCTOBER 29^TH - CROWN ST HALLOWEEN SHINDIG, SYDNEY.

I'M INVITED TO A FRIENDS HOUSE PARTY IN SURRY HILLS, THE NIGHT STARTS FAIRLY SOMBRE BUT THIS ALL CHANGES AFTER A FEW BEERS. WE SWIPE ALL THE TOILET PAPER AND PROCEED TO BOMB CABS AS THEY PASS OUTSIDE. LET'S BE CLEAR, MY FRIEND WONT BE INVITING ME TO ANOTHER HOUSE PARTY ANYTIME SOON.

OCTOBER 28^TH - UPPER EAST SIDE HALLOWEEN HOUSE PARTY, SYDNEY.

THIS HOUSE HAS PLAYED HOST TO MANY AWESOME PARTIES, TONIGHT IS NO DIFFERENT, GOOD CREW, HOT BABES, HEAPS OF ALCOHOL, WHAT MORE DO I WANT?

SEPTEMBER 24^TH TO OCTOBER 3^RD - PARKLIFE 2011, POLAROID COLLECTION.

ALONG WITH MY BIG FAT NIKON, I BRING HIS YOUNGER MORE SIMPLER COUSIN, THE FUJI INSTAX MINI POLAROID CAMERA.

PORTRAITS OF ALL THE ARTISTS WHICH HAVE BEEN SIGNED BY THEM PERSONALLY.

OCTOBER 22^ND - BEARD PROFILE, MUSICA /TUMBALONG FESTIVAL, SYDNEY.

THERE'S A LOT OF BROS HERE WITH BRO-BEARDS.  I WISH I COULD GROW A BEARD BUT UNFORTUNATELY IT'S JUST NOT IN MY BLOOD.

I ROAM AROUND THE FESTIVAL AND DOCUMENT ALL THE FELLAS' LOVELY FACIAL HAIR.

OCTOBER 22^ND - MUSICA/TUMBALONG FESTIVAL.

THE INAUGRAL MUSICA FESTIVAL TOOK PLACE LAST SATURDAY AT DARLING HARBOUR'S TUMBALONG PARK. 

ONE STAGE WITH SMALLER BUT NEW/AMAZING ARTISTS MADE FOR THE PERFECT, SUNNY, EASY-GOING AND DICKHEAD-FREE DAY.

ELECTRIC WIRE HUSTLE + GHOSTPOET + LUNICE + SBTRKT.