New years eve, a night of disappointment and confusion for many and in the case of Katherine Fugate, a night of one too many alphabet spaghettis which resulted in a projectile mess of gelatinous letters in which the script for the cinematic representation was created.

Have you just got some money from $anta (mummah) and just don’t know what to do with it, beat the fire works celebration at South bank and come along to the powerhouse (a treat in itself) for a chilled night full of fun, music and just a tad of art. Dance along to the likes of TOURISM, DUM DUM GIRLS, THE HOLIDAYS, BALL PARK MUSIC, THE LAST DINOSAURS, THE JUNGLE GIANTS , CHARLIE MAYFAIR AND SO SO MUCH MORE.

Alternatively a paddock with one strobe light and $900 worth of antihistamines would be fun but I just don’t have that much cash.

But for now I will leave you with a few quick questions with Brock Smith from Triple J’s Unearthed artist of the year- Ball Park Music to push you over the fence (or should I say out of the ball park, (I’m sorry I have been with my family for too long this festive season) to come along and welcome 2012 with a bang, of music and who knows what else after the party starts.

What is the worst New Years Eve you have attended?

Well our worst New Years ever was actually spent as a band. I suppose new years eve itself wasn’t a terrible time but the morning after at about 5am Sam and I woke to a thumping on the window and eventually what we thought was a door opening, but as I limped to look (with a broken leg at the time) the house was empty (we thought). We went back to sleep but eventually found out a drunken man had made it into our bathroom and passed out on the toilet. 4 hours of trying to wake him up later, security finally came and got him out only to find he had left us a brown suprise in the bathtub…

On a scale of 1-10 how excited are you for no years?

10/10. As long as there are no more brown suprises involved.

What are your top 5 celebrity death predictions and how?

1. Hugh Heffner. From an overdose of a less conventional ‘party drug’ and a terminal case of priapism. 2. A member of Nickleback - Surely someone is willing to end their stream of musical diarrhoea. For further reading see www.worstbandintheworld.com, Serious do it. 3. Iggy pop, Pretty sure that guy is an (awesome) living performing zombie 4. Jack Black - I think he has spent too much time chasing the cake of destiny lately. 5. Is too many celebrities to condemn.

Write an acrostic poem for no years

N - Now

O - Our



Y – Year has

E – Ended.

A – Are you

R- Ready to get

S- Silly.

A zombie apocalypse has been predicted for 2012, where do you go, who and what do you take?

I’d Go as far away from a shopping centre as possible as that’s where everyone dies in the movies and take guns, chomps And Jack Black because after we’re out of chomps there’s plenty of him to go round or to offer to the zombies to keep them busy for a while.

2011 life regrets?

NOTHING LIVE LIFE TO THE FULLEST AND NEVER LOOK BACK ALWAYS.

Draw your ultimate New Years Eve



For more details on tickets and times please visit

Website- http://www.noyears.com/

Facebook-http://www.facebook.com/events/173317552752991/

Our friends at Oh Hello have given our readers an alternative to the awkward bus commute to a friend of a friends house party, only to get there at 10:30pm to find 5 people watching a dvd. Yuksek is playing on New Years Eve and we have a double pass to give away to see the French dj.



All you have to do to win is allow me to take pleasure in your sadness by uploaded a picture of the worst Christmas present you have received this year on our facebook.

Maybe it will beat my giant 3kg sparkly ceramic goldfish which now sits on the dinning room table out of sear spite.



Details on the event here- http://www.facebook.com/events/289994507685048/

Bats facebook on how to win- http://www.facebook.com/events/289994507685048/#!/batsmagazine

No longer will sporting binoculars in the sandy town of Byron bay be frowned upon, thanks to the launch of Sunday Safari (a new monthly club night).

Expect to see many a partygoer, music lover, good time seeker wearing their trusty binoculars in anticipation for the safari (I am of course referring to metaphoric binoculars which represent adventure and free spirit and if you are using real ones for anything other then whale watching upon the light house, shame on you, you cheeky scaly wag).

The first Sunday Safari will be held at Byron’s Buddha bar on the October 9th.

Expect a real block party that even David Attenborough him self would get down to with Bloc Party dj set, Sampology, Mitzi & Glass Towers.

We hope you have a good time and look forward to many more Sunday sessions from the event.

Details here- http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=175142282561658

Tickets-www.moshtix.com.au

On the 7 & 8th of October 2011, the Brisbane city council will be saying sorry for any traffic related inconvenience that occurred during the river fire by hosting The Valley Fiesta, Flooding the streets of fortitude vally for the 14th time with an eclectic collection of music, exhibitions, food and rooftop roller-discos. Unlike a 14 year old human child, The vally fiesta has developed into a much loved crucible of the city’s creative community and doesn’t post emotional outbursts on social networking medias.

Alloneword are proud to announce their involvement with the fiesta, extending the events vibrant grasp, with their own stage. The chilled venue will play host to, Sampology, 2 Dogs (Resin Dogs), Nikki C (current OLD DMC champion) and much more to evoke good vibes and a fun day in perfect compliments to the fiesta.





A creature of mystery, the free annual event hasn’t revealed many of its acts yet so stay tuned to find out more.

http://valleyfiesta.com/content/music/

With the sad and untimely departure of Peter Everit leaving the set of ‘Ready steady cook’, no longer must we ponder on what to watch after a daily session of Oprah. DZ have created a cooking video, baking a cake using the pure ingredients of Brisbane’s BIGSOUND; sugar based treats and musical equipment of all kinds.

BIGSOUND 2011 invites you to enjoy the sweet tunes that will echo through out Brisbane’s valley on the 7th-the 9th of September. Along side DZ, cooking up a storm, The Getaway Plan, Horror show, Papa Vs Pretty, Calling All Cars, The Vasco Era, Evil Eddie, Trial Kennedy, Big Scary, Floating Me, Eagle & The Worm, Emma Louise, Intercooler , The Jungle Giants and an actual shit load more. This annual holy grail of music will be graced by the presence of Seymor Stein and Alan Mcgee, so come along, set up a spot, banjo and all and who knows maybe you too could be signed.

We have 2 double passes to give away, to win, Microsoft paint yourself and DZ rocking out on whatever stage you please and post your creation here http://www.facebook.com/#!/batsmagazine



Big sound event details here http://www.qmusic.com.au/bigsound/2011/

Tickets http://bit.ly/n6w59F

(Source: bigsound2011)