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1:15PM Jess McGuire | Dear “The Music Industry”,
Tonight I will be seeing Wolfgramm at The Retreat in Melbourne. Wolfgramm is musical ensemble featuring three ladies named Kelly, Talei, and Eliza Wolframm. They are sisters. They are EXTREMELY GOOD. More »
An Open Letter To The Music Industry
1:15PM Jess McGuire | Dear “The Music Industry”,
Tonight I will be seeing Wolfgramm at The Retreat in Melbourne. Wolfgramm is musical ensemble featuring three ladies named Kelly, Talei, and Eliza Wolframm. They are sisters. They are EXTREMELY GOOD. More » 
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4:48PM Jess McGuire | I thought you lot might find Patrick Donovan’s article in The Age about the Sound Relief concerts’ conception interesting, especially if you need something to occupy your time while you wait for the world’s most amazing collaboration ever to happen.
Gudinski’s phone hasn’t stopped ringing since he announced details of the concerts that will be held simultaneously at the MCG and SCG tomorrow on Channel 9’s Australia Unites telethon last month.
The first person Gudinski spoke to was his former Frontier Touring partner and sometime rival Michael Chugg, who was already planning a concert with ARIA Awards organiser Mark Pope. They decided to run the concerts simultaneously under the one banner in two cities.
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The Story Behind This Weekend’s Sound Relief Concerts
4:48PM Jess McGuire | I thought you lot might find Patrick Donovan’s article in The Age about the Sound Relief concerts’ conception interesting, especially if you need something to occupy your time while you wait for the world’s most amazing collaboration ever to happen.
Gudinski’s phone hasn’t stopped ringing since he announced details of the concerts that will be held simultaneously at the MCG and SCG tomorrow on Channel 9’s Australia Unites telethon last month.
The first person Gudinski spoke to was his former Frontier Touring partner and sometime rival Michael Chugg, who was already planning a concert with ARIA Awards organiser Mark Pope. They decided to run the concerts simultaneously under the one banner in two cities.
More » Did You Hear About The Time Michael Gudinski Gave Madonna A Controversial Didgeridoo?
10:36AM Jess McGuire | It’s a mistake we’ve all made. You go to greet a foreign guest at the airport and bring with you a didgeridoo as a welcome gift, only to discover later that there are male and female didgeridoos and you’ve given them an instrument of the wrong sex!
HAHAHAHAHA IF I HAD A DOLLAR, ETC!
Michael Gudinski, along with many other rock and roll types, has contributed a chapter to a new book called ROCK READER Underneath The Riffs and in it, he talks about the time he presented Madonna with a didgeridoo which was actually male.
I welcomed Madonna to Australia and told her we were going to make every effort to make the tour a very special one for her. I then got a quick photo – I never miss a photo opportunity – and presented her with the didgeridoo.
Hilarity, as you would expect, ensues.
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Gudinski’s Party Fails To Get Will.I.Am Retarded
9:25AM Clem Bastow | Our appreciation of Black Eyed Peas main man Will.I.Am has increased dramatically after we read today of his reaction to a VIP party thrown for the band (as well as pal and sometime collaborateur, Justin Timberlake) by Michael Gudinski: in short, he reckoned it sucked.
And for once, that is the actual opinion of the man in question, not some subeditor tomfoolery or word-massaging by the gossip columns! Gudinski’s Frontier Touring had brought BEP to Sydders for a one-off gig to promote Pepsi, and chucked a Harbourside bash with guests including – and this must’ve really impressed the million-selling R&B crew – Marcia Hines and Jimmy Barnes.
However, despite the world-class Harbour views, gourmet menu and A-list guest list, Black Eyed Peas frontman Will.I.Am couldn’t get it started, let alone “retarded” – yesterday, branding Gudinski’s no-expenses-spared bash a complete dud.
“Man that party sucked,” he told a media gathering yesterday.
“Justin’s a really good friend of ours and we thought that party was going to be wack but it totally sucked – I’m just being honest.”
…Fergie attempted to smooth over her bandmate’s harsh criticism of the event, saying “but the beef was really good and the mushroom risotto was amazing”.
HA HA! The vibe sucked and the party was non-existent, but the risotto was good! Well, that makes all the difference, and will now go into our vernacular as a shrugging “oh well” to be uttered after disastrous events.
For example: “The crash of the Hindenburg was awful, but the mushroom risotto was amazing.” More » 