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Hall-E’s musical rumour mill and trash dump

It’s been a while but our very own music mole Hall-E has returned from a relaxing weekend away and supplied me with a few musical bits and pieces. It may be old, maybe even new? It’s probably most likely to be true but hey, that’s for you to decide. Read on to find out more…

“Folsom Prison”, “Ya-Yas” revisited…

It’s hardly a new concept, but recreating famous albums could be the new black. Tex Perkins is replicating Johnny Cash’s two 1968 sets at Folsom State Prison at Folsom, California, which led to the “Live At Folsom” album. Perkins is doing it at Laverton’s Port Phillip Prison tonight. If you are living the sensible life outside the bars of justice then you can catch Tex and his show from 1st till the 12th September at the Athenaeum Theatre.

Tex Perkins all moody and stuff

Meantime, inspired by his recent involvement in the star-studded tour doing the Beatles’ 1968 White Album, Tim Rogers is putting together another star-studded bill to recreate the Rolling Stones’ “Get Yer Ya-Yas Out” live album on November 27 at Melbourne’s Corner Hotel.

Jay-Z rap for Empire Of The Sun’s Luke Steele

EMI Music is thanking the heavens for an unexpected marketing boost for Empire of the Sun in America. The band’s Luke Steele has recorded a track “What We Talkin’ About” which opens Jay-Z’s “Blueprint 3” album. Seems the rap superstar was watching one of his fave TV shows “Entourage” when he heard Empire of the Sun’s single “Standing On The Shore” come on. He loved the sound of the voice on it so much he got people to chase up whoever recorded it. Now Steele is on a high-profile album release alongside guests Rihanna, Kanye West, Pharrell, Alicia Keys, and MGMT. Already people like MTV in America are asking “who is Luke Steele” and running profiles on him. This is certain to boost the sales of Empire of the Sun, especially in America.

Luke Steele gets his paparazzo on

Meantime the album’s sales in Europe have exceeded gold status (100,000+) with global album sales now surpassing 300,000. Its chart success includes Belgium (30 peak), Italy (27), Switzerland (15), Ireland (17) and UK (19). On top of this, 570,000 single Empire Of The Sun tracks have been officially downloaded worldwide.

Rolex sic their lawyer on DJ Rolex

Rolex Watches has sent a “cease and desist” lawyers’ letter to Adelaide drum & bass DJ, DJ Rolex. Boo big corporations! Boo!

We could've shown a picture of DJ Rolex but couldn't risk getting sued...

The letter scolded,

“Given that Rolex is a made up word with no inherent meaning, our client considers that the only reason you have adopted the Rolex trade mark in the name of your business is to appropriate the fame of our client’s Rolex trademark and the reputation it has established for the provision of high quality goods and services.”

So the DJ is back to her birth name of Ebony Guy-Villon before deciding on a new name. Nothing wrong with that name personally, kinda rad actually. Look at it, it’s got hyphens and sounds Frenchy…