Paul Youdell (Cannonball Bob)

The saxophone-playing busker in The Rocks
At Circular Quay near the MCA, there is this awesome bald, black sax player with gold headphones and backing tape. I got misty eyed when he played Careless Whisper on Wednesday. To date his crowning glory, hands down, has been his stirring rendition of Love, Thy Will Be Done. Yo.

Microcastle, Deerhunter
New Deerhunter album got leaked on the internet. It's actually out in September. It's "OK Computer good" and the best thing I have heard since My Bloody Valentine's Loveless. If you don't agree, we can't be friends. I like MBV a lot. See you in New York!

Tuff Turf
As in, the 80s film with James Spader and the drumstick-spinning Robert Downey Jr. Unintentionally hilarious is the standout scene: Spader and Co. crash a poncy preppy country club for a free lunch. What better way to seduce the rival gang leader's GF? Serenade her with some piano magic. He gets the girl. She had waist-long crimped hair. Entirely Justified. Word.

Goldfish
Just bought two. Their names change daily for my personal amusement. I enjoy changing their water and feeding them in a Betty Ford 12-step plan kinda way. They are my children. They are my friends. Currently titled Hall & Oates. Previous names have included Smith & Wesson/Riggs & Murtaugh.

Shane Skillz
He swears. He swears a lot. He's a rapper from Broadmeadows. I don't know if it's "for real" but it sure is funny. Remember when you'd go to the type of birthday parties where you'd watch Police Academy and laugh so hard Fanta would come out your nose? Shane Skillz is that good.

Paul Youdell (aka Cannonball Bob) plays groundshaking and window-rattling bass in Sydney trio Skullsquadron. If your feet aren't fuzzed out from floorboard pins-and-needles at their concerts, then he's not playing loud enough. They have an album coming out "sometime late 2008".