talking great gigs with...
cash savage
Tell us about the first time you performed.I’ve always been a
performer – I used to hold concerts for my family when I was a
kid. My first real band performance was on the back of a truck
at a Battle of the Bands in Kensington, Melbourne. We came
second. My mother said I didn’t sing loud enough.How does
your personality change when you’re on stage?I don’t think
it does. I know I look pretty serious, but I’m just concentrating.
My bandmates say when I look at them on stage, they’re not
sure whether it’s because they’re nailing it or making a mess.
What’s your trick to winning over a crowd?I think most people
are looking for connection. I like to look the crowd in the eyes.
A performance is a give and take – we’re all in it together and
can influence the experience for ourselves and for each other.
Have you ever stuffed anything up on stage?I’m not worried
about musical mistakes. We don’t rehearse for shows. Because
of this, the band are adept at moving together if someone does
something different. Sometimes I worry about falling over. I’m not
particularly dexterous and like to move around. I’m surprised it
hasn’t happened yet.Favourite post-gig snack?Finding decent
food late at night is often hard. In Europe, the venue brings out
a deli platter after the performance, which is just the best.What
advice would you give someone performing for the first time?
Enjoy yourself. At the end of the gig you will most likely look
back and wish you’d been more in the moment. Sometimes I find
myself counting down how many songs are left because I really
don’t want the show to end.
wiggle it,
just a
little bit
We’re flailing our
(non-inflatable)
limbs in excitement,
because, well, is
this not the greatest
enamel pin you’ve
ever seen? It’s
the tribute to our
favourite air-dancing
tube man thing that
the world’s been
missing; it costs
around $6.50; and,
despite coming from
the folks at No Fun
Press, it’s all kinds
of amusing. One for
each lapel, please!
nofunpress.comof mice
and molars
Get this: in French and
Hispanic cultures, when
little tots lose a tooth,
they’re not visited by
a winged sprite, but
a light-footed, gift-
bringing mouse. (We
thought rodents were
only interested in cheese
and rubbish bins, but
who are we to question a
fetish for juvenile fangs?)
The folks at Coral & Tusk
have created an itty-
bitty embroidered pillow
to help the Petit Souris
on his tooth-trading
way, complete with a
pocket for holding notes,
money, or other pint-
sized treasures. Which is
a bit sweet of them, eh?
coralandtusk.comlrnce
Even though LRNCE’s blankets are made
in collaboration with traditional weavers,
embroiderers and dyers of North Africa, inspired
by Morocco and its surrounds, you’re also allowed
to like them just because they’re pretty. Almost
too pretty to wrap yourself up and drool on, really.
Ideal for the fancy visitors-only, shoes-off, perch-
on-the-edge-of-the-couch room of your house.
The Marrakesh-based makers also sell bed linen,
accessories and striking things for your tootsies,
which we don’t recommend drooling on, either.
Drooling over them is OK, though: lrnce.comit's business time
Leicester-based maker Jen Pyrah? Present! Hand-painted
Flight of the Conchords badge set? Present! OK, let’s get
this meeting underway. Using the moniker Wren & Wilson,
English lass Jen turns her illustrations into wearable
niceties, and she’s been kind enough to offer us five sets
of Jemaine, Bret and Murray pins (around $36 each) to
give away. Just stop by frankie.com.au/win and cross your
fingers nice and tight. wrenandwilson.com
frank bits