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B
eethoven once professed that in 1798, he flew into a
violent tantrum after he was interrupted in his work –
probably by some poor charwoman or the girl who emptied
his enfouled chamber pot – and fell over in a rage. When he
picked his pantaloons up, he couldn’t hear any more. Historians
have variously attributed his hearing loss to lead poisoning,
typhus, syphilis, and any of the now defunct diseases which
Jenny McCarthy wants to reintroduce to the population. “In
my profession it is a frightful state,” the composer wrote to a
friend in 1801.
When I touched down in Sydney to interview Dave
Le’aupepe, frontman for our cover band Gang Of Youths, I
discovered I couldn’t hear. Though I’ve since learned the cause
was two blocked Eustachian tubes hurried along by a latent
cold (so totally temporary), I lamented all the symphonies
I hadn’t written, all the time I hadn’t spent with Haydn, and
all the tantrums I hadn’t thrown. I hope our cover interview
(page 16) is an illuminating sojourn, worth my 24-hour panic
jag – Le’aupepe definitely made me forget I’d ever almost been
deaf, and the band’s new album
Go Farther In Lightness
might
make you feel as if you’ve had the cotton pulled from your
ears. Our Tim's album review is on page 23.
We also spoke to Dean Fertita of Queens Of The Stone Age
(their new album
Villains
is super stunning), Avey Tare, Jen
Cloher, Oh Wonder, The Preatures, and Matt Okine, who's the
2017 OXJAM Ambassador.
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Radas (Music Editor)
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Josh Homme of Queens of the Stone Age
SampaThe Great at The Zoo,
sketched by Cookie.
Flip to page 07 to see Cookie's
other live gig illustrations for
the month.
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