1: If I don’t get to run six kilometres in the soft sand every morning, I get all strange in the head and can’t talk properly, and simple things freak me out. It’s something to do with the sunrise and the surfers and the sand and everything I think. Go and sign up to this brilliant newsletter to see what I see evry day. Awesome.

2: Much as I enjoy it though, it’s always hard to pour myself out of bed every morning at 6:30 am to get down to the beach for a run (poor me), but once I get out my front door, I’m fine. It is a challenge, however – so when I see the groups of three or four fifty something women walking their weeny woof woof dogs in FULL MAKE UP with TOWERING GOING OUT HAIR at 6:45am, I can only deduce that they’ve either been out all night and are walking off the extra ‘energy’ or have been up since 4am preening so that they may look more fabulous than their friends…

3: I found out that D’Angelo’s ‘Brown Sugar’ and ‘Voodoo’ back to back are top albums to get busy to. NERD’s ‘..In Search of’ the next morning served as a fine soundtrack to round two. What do you reckon? Do you prefer albums as a whole or specially constructed mix tapes as a lovin’ soundtrack?

3a: Special overnight stealth missions to achive such lovin’ are worth every moment/cent that you spend on them. Yay going on adventures.

4: It’s been too long since I’ve played on stage in a band. Tuesday night’s gig at the Annandale was the happiest I’ve felt in years, I think I surprised a few [v] people who showed up, they didn’t really realise that I played like that. I still have blisters on my fingers too. Woo..

5: The Melvins / Fantomas / Tomahawk gig is going to be the gig of the year. Oh my god, what a night.

6: When singing along to your old hair metal records like Gunners/Motley/Poison (we even dug out the Winger record), it’s much more satisfying to sing into the neck of an open Tequila bottle than a hairbrush.

What’s on Andrew’s iPod this week..

:: Mark B and Blade Uk Hip Hop is so the business..

:: Johnny Cash- American Recordings I, III and IV – Have you bought one of these yet? Get on the net now and do it I tell you..this shit is brilliant. :: Nathaniel Merriweather presents: Music to nake love to your old lady by…Mike Patton and Dan the Austomator have created one of the best shaggin albums of all time.

:: Nashville Pussy – Say Something Nasty..Hot chicks in bras and tight pants riffing like Angus Young while a fat bloke in a cowboy hat screams “I’m gunna hitchhike down to Cincinnatti and kick the shit outta your drunk Daddy”. Sheer rock n roll brilliance..

:: Jurassic 5 EP – Snapped it up in a record store the other day. This is hip hop. Not HIP POP. J5 mc’s are the shit. Can’t wait for Livid!

So, here’s a few things I have learned this past week..

1: No matter how much you grunt and scream, no girls at the gym care how much weight you are lifting, even if it’s the whole stack. The only people who care are other guys, and take that how you like..

2: Speaking of Gyms, if you’re a guy with revolting bitch tits, please for the love of god, don’t wear those ludicrous workout singlets that let your horrid flappy man boobs flop about all over the place. You’re only wearing it to check your boobies out in the mirror yuck. Put it away.

3: I’m really on about vanity this week. Here’s another. no matter how much you think no one will notice, every body in the universe can tell when you’re going for a swim in your jocks at the beach because you forgot your togs. And when they’re white and wet, everyone can tell what religion you are mate. Put it away, or walk across the street and buy a ten buck pair of budgie smugglers.

4: After watching Brian Molko rock it out on Saturday night, I’m considering wearing eye make up. Why should girls have all the fun?

5: The cutest girls are all still at the hip hop gigs.

6: Hijacking karaoke nights is brilliant fun. Find one at a pub near you today, and start writing your name down to do hair metal ballads. I nailed ‘Wnated Dead or Alive’ on Sunday night, gave it stacks I tell you. The pro-karaoke people at the pub didn’t like it very much however, and the Frank Sinatra songs sounded funny sandwiched in between all the rock posing.

7: Living alone again is brilliant, no matter how much I miss the nightly scrabble tournaments. Walking around your house naked is worth every cent of extra rent, as well as watching/listening/doing/cooking whatever you want to. Oh, and also the comfort that goes along with knowing that they could only ever be YOUR pubes in the shower plug..

8: One naughty text message from a girl can get you through a whole week of dealing with annoying people at the bank and things.

9: The spunkiest girls are also still at the rock ‘n roll gigs, and they have tattoos and stuff…cool..

10 – When Johnny Cash sings to you ‘You can stand me up at the gates of hell, and I WON’T back down’ you’d better believe that he means it.

What’s on Andrew’s iPod this week..

:: The Darkness – Permission to Land They’re on the shortlist for the mercury music prize in the UK along with Radiohead! And ‘Get your hands of my Woman’ is the second greatest song of the year.

:: Johnny Cash- American Recordings I, III and IV – Crikey. This guy has a gravity in his voice that’ll make you shit your pants. One man, almost blind in his twilight years, one guitar and songs that will floor you. It’s produced by Rick (Slayer/RHCP/SOAD/etc) buy it.

:: Underworld-Back To Mine..When you make the call ‘everybody back to mine’ when the pub clsoes, back at your house, you put some music on don’t you? This is what underworld would play you if they invited you in.

:: Fu Manchu – The Action is Go..Dig an old school board out of the garage, drain your mates pool and skate like it’s ’77. Furious riffage like you wouldn’t believe.

:: The Cryin’ Skies – Beautiful songs about boys and girls who love each other but can’t be together. It’s now a twelve piece country band I play double bass in. Furiously trying to learn all the new songs before our gig at the Annandale on the 5th of August. My fingers hurt, but if I work at it every day I’ll get there. Country music is easy to play double bass to because there’s only two notes in every bar….

So, here’s a few things I have learned this week..

1: A guy who can’t shut up about how much of a slut a girl is, and about �what she got up to how many times with that many guys at once last summer’ is just jealous that they weren’t involved in any of it. If the roles were reversed, and he was talking about a guy, he’d be claiming the fella was a hero. Get over it mate, every one is allowed to get as freaky as they like, guy or girl, it’s all good and there’s nothing wrong with it as long as everybody tarps up.

2: I want to play in a metal band called Logistical Nightmare, except we’ll spell it Logistikal Knightmare. It’s the greatest metal band name ever isn’t it? You won’t be able to buy a t-shirt at our shows because the merch van is still in Brisbane.. There will be three guys in outlandish PVC and make-up on stage and the guitar player in jeans and a skivvy as the his is still at the cleaners. The list goes on. I can’t wait.

3: The second greatest metal band name for my metal band will be called Residual Mucus. It’s that goo that hangs around in your chest a few days after you have a cold.. We’ll write songs that sound like the coughs you have when you feel like that..

4: You can take your swearin/gat wrangling/bullet proof vest wearin/lady hating rappers and have every one of them. Two turntables and two mics is all you need. Ugly Duckling rocked so hard on Saturday night, I had to sit down afterwards,

5: The cutest girls are all at the hip hop gigs.

6: Hair metal is coming back and there’s nothing you can do about it except buy a hairband, some lycra pants, a pointy guitar and learn to riff like a demon..

7: Real Estate agents could be a little happier about their lives. I’m trying to move house at the moment and the grumpy pants down at the agent think it’s the hardest thing in the world to talk to me on the phone. Who’s paying the rent again? Wasn’t it me??

8: The Bass player from Jet is a true gentleman. Took two hits in the face from a yob who was pulling down his friends top in a bar. He said kindly ‘mate, I don’t think that’s cool, she doesn’t want you to flash everyone her tits, why don’t you stop it’ and got two black eyes for his chivalry. He couldn’t punch back because he didn’t want to break a finger and miss the gig the next night. But the black eyes made you look cool mate, don’t worry.

8b: The spunkiest girls are also at the rock ‘n roll gigs..

What’s on Andrew’s iPod this week..

:: The Darkness – Permission to Land Superb ponce rock in lycra from the UK. ‘Get your hands of my Woman’ is the second greatest song of the year.

:: Faith no More – King For a Day Fool for a Lifetime – first album after Jim Martin (original guitar player) left the band. Dark, nasty and showcases Mike Patton as the greatest rock singer ever.

:: Jane’s Addiction – Strays The band that changed everything for me in high school blew me away at the big day out, and now have a new album. Listening to it now, tops..

:: Nashville Pussy – High as Hell (still) – Corey the original Bass Player left the band after they played 100 shows in a row with Motorhead. Pity, she’s the hottest bass player in the universe. Oh. Girls with tattoos who play bass and breathe fire. Do you think my Mum would like her? I think she would..

:: The Cryin’ Skies – an eleven piece country band I play double bass in. Furiously trying to learn all the new songs before our gig at the Annandale on the 5th of August. My fingers hurt, but if I work at it every day I’ll get there. Country music is easy to play double bass to because there’s only two notes in ever bar…. If you emailled me back in April, I still haven’t got to you. Email me again huh? I’ll write back now.. just able to keep on top of the fresh ones coming in actually.. click here -> g-lo