"The Child" by Andre Fazio

Merry Christmas From The Minpins

The Minpins - How Does It Feel? (Merry Christmas)

(from their sophomore release "Wake The Neighbours", out 2010)

(Song inspired by real events.)

The Minpins are Andre Fazio (YIS, Fazmo) and Tim Taliana (The Strange Attractions). They're playing their first gig on Saturday, January 10th at The Brunswick Hotel in, er, Brunswick. They need a support band, so, get in touch if you want to play.

Photo: Greatest drum-head of all time?

The answer is...

(Artwork by Andre Fazio.)

Andre Fazio : A True Testimonial

Many of you would be aware of the momentous occasion happening tomorrow; the 21st anniversary of one of Melbourne's... no... the world's greatest drum and bass combinations: Andre Fazio. Sure, he's not techinally a drum and bass combo in the way that Sly and Robbie are, or Levon Helm and Rick Danko... or Entwistle and Moon... or Lightning Bolt... but if you could clone him, you'd probably have a set of them in every recording studio and another one doing the artwork as well...

So, Happy Birthday to him. Even though his birthday is tomorrow, come and have a drink with him next Saturday at The Tote for his official birthday drinks. Truly the engine of all my musical projects, and I couldn't concieve of being in a band without him doing something... even if he is an argumentative prick who hates my singing and antics. And that time where he grew chops to take the piss out of me wasn't nice either. Or the time he slapped the peanut butter toast in my room out of my hand and it looked like I shit the bed. I could go on. But I won't. Cheers!

Old Song: "Los Angeles Police"

Thanks to the 202 viewers of "The Final Assembly" who made us (at the time of printing) the #22 most viewed "Australian Musician" on Youtube; sandwiched in between Queen of Shuffling XaznshufflerX and 13 year old Kenny Loggins cover artist MahReeAhhXRecordings. Strangely apt.

Those of you who enjoyed the 9-minute saga will probably enjoy this too.

The Minpins - Los Angeles Police (from Myspace)

Art: "Eddy Cuz"

Eddy Current Suppression Ring

Art: "The Scientist Sees The Light" by Andre Fazio

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Friends: The Strange Attractions

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Here's an illustration of our friends The Strange Attractions by the multi-talented Andre Fazio, full-time drummer and occasional bassist with YIS. They've been kicking around for a couple of years now and have been getting better every time I've seen them. Check out their stuff on Myspace.

Apart from our Live Mixtape gig at the Tote on Sat Oct. 31st, you can catch them at The Royal Derby on Thurs Oct. 8th.

The Strange Attractions - Light & Dark (.mp3)