I shall call him squishy because he is my squishy

The old saying goes you don’t choose your pet, your pet chooses you. LadyFlash explains to Heads Will Roll how his pet chose him and what it means to be a pet owner in 2009.

Qantas Spirit of Youth Awards spreading the cash in 2009

As we rug up and hide away from the barrage of stormy weather that has finally descended, Heads Will Roll has something to warm the imaginations of our creative minded readers. The Qantas Spirit Of Youth Awards (SOYA) return for its sixth year to help emerging creative talent to reach their potential. SOYA provides practical support in the form of $10,000 in flights and cash, but if that’s not enough to get you to climb outside of your snuggie to find a pen to fill out an application form then the final incentive should be the opportunity to build a professional mentoring relationship with creative leaders like Marc Newson, Zimmermann, Vince Frost and Liz Ann Macgregor, helping young innovators expand their horizons, build up their business base, and learn the ropes from leading industry icons and some of the greatest creative minds in the world. Last year SOYA attracted over 10,000 entries submitted by over 1600 young artists, designers, filmmakers, photographers and musicians but don’t let those numbers put you off.

Looks like Michael Jackson won’t be playing those comeback concerts afterall

Both Michael Jackson and Farrah Fawcett have reportedly died over night.  I can imagine the fights in tabloid newsrooms right now over who gets the cover shot.  If you’re reading this then you probably haven’t died and you probably wondering what should I do this weekend. Well Heads Will Roll has that covered for you…

Ghostface Killah, from the Wu-Tang Clan, will be playing Metro’s on Friday night. Crazedly enough this show is not sold out so if you’re a fan of hip hop and have a spare $70 odd dollars you’ll be kicking your self if you miss this. Get your tickets here.

Saturday night is packed with Shape hosting their Mad Hatters Ball. The Mad Hatters Ball is an extravagant dress up party with this years theme being the Olympics. If you’re thinking hey I don’t happen to have a spare toga or sporting clothes laying around then you’re in luck as if you tell the kind folk as Memory Lane you are heading to the Mad Hatters Ball you’ll get a discount. Tickets for this show are $20 and you can read more information here

New local fashion label,  Faux Pas, is holding their launch at Sapphire. It will be a night of electro and man fashion. Click through here for our full write up.

Sexy are holding their Where the Wild Things Are theme party.  If you have the urge to unleash your wild thing it all happens from middnight at Republic. Click through here for our colourful write up.

Villa will be shaking and booming with the sounds of Kode 9, Steve Spacek and Harmonic 313. Click through here for futher information.  Earlier that night, at the Flying Scotsman,  Kode 9 will be involved in an information session for the Red Bull Music Academy.  Click through here for further information.

What’s On? Faux Pas launch party @ Sapphire (27/06/09)

Who’s playing? – Cam Duff, Nathan Francis, Richie G, Sketchism & Jackness, Jay V
Who’s idea was this? Filthy Gorgeous, they run Saturday nights at Sapphire
Where? – Sapphire
It all starts at… – doors 9pm
How much? – TBA
How do you get in on this? – door
Who’s going to be there? – Sapphire plays more commercial electro
You’d like it if you were… drunk, high

Heads Will Roll says…

V Raw: Employing the Unemployable, in 2009!

Trying to find work in a creative industry can be demoralising at the best of times. Many of us end up cursing the lives we have chosen. Thankfully others have noticed the extreme difficulty involved in trying to get a break into the music, fashion and design industries and they’ve decided to do something about it. Since 2007 the energy drink company, V, has been running V-Raw. In the time since V-Raw launched, over 80 young Australian’s have been set up with jobs in creative industries. One major change with V-Raw this year is, V, have dropped their partnership with the outdated social networking website, Myspace, as it will all be run via their own snazzy website. The other big change this year is they will be launching a new job a week, rather than posting bulk jobs every few months. Heads Will Roll recommends everyone to explore the new website and sign up for the job updates. A lot of the jobs will end up being based over east, but hey it’s not that far to move, and in the past there have been Perth opportunities. Also on the website are other interesting things like podcasts and interviews with people who make money doing what you’d like to be doing, such as people from Modular.