Author: David Prater
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Les Fauves: “Tying One On”
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10 min read
“This time next week, I’m going out.I want to break all my stitches.I want to burn all my bridges.I’m getting tired of being mild.I want my pants ripped off by someone wild.”— The Fauves, ‘Tying One On’, Future Spa (1996) “Yeah, Doctor and I got hired to play acoustically two songs at a wedding in…
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Les Fauves: “Skateboard World Record”
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6 min read
“Never skateboarded in my life.” -Andrew Cox, The Fauves My contribution to this episode of Fauves Are the Best People was recorded in late December 2024, when I was at my better half’s family’s for the Xmas obligatories. So, perversely, it was recorded almost two months after the episode that follows it in the podcast…
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Les Fauves: “Self Abuser”
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2 min read
Third album, third song: this is where a rock band has to crush it, or hang up the Rickenbackers for good.
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Les Fauves: “Don’t Get Death Threats Anymore”
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2 min read
Verse, chorus, verse, chorus, bridge, verse, chorus, bridge, chorus, chorus, bit where it stops for the riff, repeat song title, instrumental fade out.
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Les Fauves: “Big Brother Age”
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2 min read
My first reaction when I heard “Big Brother Age” in my Surry Hills sharehouse back in 1996 was relief.
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New poem published: “(OCCULUS) RIFTS”
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2 min read
“(OCCULUS) RIFTS” has been published online in Cordite Poetry Review.
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Lapkat (Lisa Greenaway): “Consciousness 1//Surface”
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1 min read
Love this, Lisa!

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