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Shiny Jade 2007-2010

Jade — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 02:03:38 +0000

Wow, I can’t believe it’s been over three years… In the beginning Mum and Dad were relieved that anyone was game to hire their peculiar middle daughter who moved interstate with a suitcase of clothes, a suitcase of CDs and no idea what she’d do when she reached her destination. I don’t seem to have any 2006 photos on file but this is what my niece Charli looked like that year (it’s my work desktop photo). Charli’s pretty much a mini-me and this is pretty much how I look after eating Oreos too.

(2006)

Once Mum & Dad got over their initial shock that I landed my dream job so soon after moving to Melbourne, they began to worry that hanging out with rock stars would be a bad influence. Little did they know my bands had much more sense than me. When I took up rollerskating around my [ware]house they said, ‘Wear a helmet!’ ‘Don’t break limbs!’ ‘Don’t skate drunk!’ ‘Wear more than undies!’ All good, solid advice. None of which I took on board.

(2007)

It never occured to my parents that my work colleagues were the ones to worry about. I finally met a kindred free spirit in Shiny’s Matt Kulesza, bless his fun-loving soul. There are so many good fond party memories that I have no recollection of but from the photographs that randomly appear on websites and Facebook we seem to have an absolute bast!

(2008)

Then came the partial head shave, perm, colours and head tattoo (designed by Josh Garden of Grafton Primary). All I can say is it seemed like a good idea at the time. Mother’s still a bit traumatised by the ordeal though believe it or not it was the hair shave that freaked her out, not the permanent ink on my skull. Father, on the other hand, loved it all except for the copper hair month, he preferred my hair bright red.

(2009)

In case y’all haven’t heard, I’m leaving Shiny. It’s been over three years since I first started telling people, ‘Hey, look at me! I’m Shiny Jade!’ and alas I’ve reached a point where I don’t know how to get any Shinier. And so I’ve come to the sad conclusion that I need to move on and find a new way and place to Shine. I’ll miss everyone dearly but let’s save the soppy sincere crap for another day. Love youse all.

(2010: ultimate Shiny)

his has been my desktop photo for most of my Shiny life. It’s fun shutting down Neo, Outlook, Mozilla, Excel, Word and Explorer to this face every evening.

Circle Pit give Sydney a Bruising

Jade — Tue, 11 May 2010 07:34:00 +0000

Sydneysiders, are you cruising for a bruising? Shiny’s favourite elegant wastoids CIRCLE PIT have just confirmed their hometown launch for their painfully magnificent debut album Bruise Constellation at the Oxford Arts Factory on Wednesday 26^th May with some killer support from Songs, Lost Animal and Dead Farmers.

Go, see, play, have fun, be safe, and most importantly PARTY!!!

Top 10 ARIA Chart debut for British India

Jade — Mon, 10 May 2010 05:05:49 +0000

Go you good thing! Congratulations to British India on their Top 10 debut in the National ARIA Album Charts despite Mother’s Day madness. Though just quietly, I think a lot of mothers would have been pretty damn disappointed to open their presents and find Susan Boyle, Mark Vincent, Andre Rieu or Michael Buble CDs instead of British India’s kickass Avalanche.

Seriously, nothing says “I love you, Mum” like a fiercely independent rock record by four nice, polite, young boys. Especially if you tell her it’s a must-have for all CD collections and widely acclaimed by people whose opinions matter way more than hers:

ALBUM OF THE WEEK in The Daily Telegraph, Herald Sun, Courier Mail, Adelaide Advertiser, Sunday Herald Sun, Canberra Times and more!

“Avalanche is a force to be reckoned with.”
Matthew Heath, The Canberra Times

“A great way to spend half an hour.”
Cameron Adams, Herald Sun

“This release affirms British India’s position as one of the most solid rock bands in Australia.”
Patrick Donovan, The Age

“Avalanche is on track to be one of the best rock albums of 2010″
Paul Capaloupo, The Music network

“Avalanche confirms that British India are one of the best bands of the modern era”
Jeff Jenkins, Inpress

“Bloody freakin’ awesome!”
Jade Pham, Shiny Entertainment

Congrats to Sugar Army – 8 WAMi nominations!

Jade — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 02:45:51 +0000

Congratulations to SUGAR ARMY on their whopping 8 West Australia Music Industry (WAMi) Awards nominations! That’s three more nominations than the likes of Karnivool and Kill Devil Hills! Birds of Tokyo, Felicity Groom and the Black Black Smoke got four and Eskimo Joe scored three. Meanwhile, John Butler Trio, triple j Unearthed artist Tim and Jean and Gyroscope got two nominations each.

Four of the categories are public voted so if you can, please take the time to vote for Sugar Army at PERTH NOW.

The PUBLIC VOTED nominations are:
* Most Popular Act
* Most Popular Live Act
* Most Popular Album
* Most Popular Video (Tongues In Cheeks)

The WA INDUSTRY VOTED nominations are:
* Best Rock Act
* Best Male Vocalist
* Best Bassist
* Best Drummer

And the band’s kickass manager Steph Edwardes has been nominated for a Management Award.

Good luck, guys!

British India – Coming Like An Avalanche!

Jade — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 07:50:22 +0000

Some one, possibly God, once said that ’sex sells’. Here’s hoping they were right ’cause some one else just pointed out the headline for BRITISH INDIA’s new Avalanche Tour is mighty raunchy. That’s right Australia, British India are coming like an Avalanche!

The band’s new album hits stores April 30th, though, if you’re smart, you’ll pre-order it online through JB Hi-Fi to get the album + a special bonus Bootleg CD! If you’re even smarter, you’ll catch the band live on their national tour kicking off with Groovin’ The Moo festival in May and rolling ’round the country ’til June. See you at a gig soon!