666

The Number of the Beast goes back to Revelations :

[16]Also it causes all, both small and great, both rich and poor, both free and slave, to be marked on the right hand or the forehead, [17] so that no one can buy or sell who does not have the mark, that is, the name of the beast or the number of its name. [18] This calls for wisdom: let anyone with understanding calculate the number of the beast, for it is the number of a person. Its number is six hundred sixty-six.

and has been brought to the fore by such pop-culture creations as Richard Donner's screen adaptation of David Seltzer's The Omen, Monkey Gone to Heaven from The Pixies and, in the Metal World, Iron Maiden's Number of the Beast.

Now there is one aspect of this myth to which I can't find a link, and that's the association with this number that arose at about the same time as Salmon Hater's 6.66 that featured in the Hottest 100 for 2002. That association includes: 

The Neighbour of the Beast - 

- 664, 668 (next door to the beast); 

- 665, 667 (across the road from The Beast);

The Beast at Retail - 

- $665.98 at KMart

- $663.94 at ALDI, etc.......and so on. 

Hence Unveil 616 are closer to town than The Beast, especially if the road on which The Beast lives starts its numbering from the centre of town. 

Hemy- 2013-2020

HemyAndMarshall Rise & Fall EP on TripleJ Unearthed

• World I Live sounding for all the world like The Whitlams c.Pokies and Trophy Wives “In It For The Money” c.2004
• Sanctify rocks it up along Elton John’s lines on Yellow Brick Road, including a flautist Jethro Tull-style but lacking the pace of a drum kit (TMBG sing that a song sounds like it has stopped without drums- while that isn’t true here, drums would help greatly)
• Rise & Fall returns to the Whitlams muse with some harmonies in the chorus. 

The downloads and other stats from the page suggest some follow-up through TripleJ / Double J up to and immediately after the release of this record; and Hemy’s solo effort early last month suggests little more came from it. It is always disappointing to hear one release and then no more. 

Hemy Brave through iTunes A week short of 6yr later and Hemy is out on his own with Brave through iTunes. As the blurb on the HemyAndMarshall page suggests, this collection is slower and more soulful than the earlier-collective outing. 

Suitcase Heart, the standout of this offering, brings a jazzier version of “Rise & Fall” to our ears with vocals akin to Pinky Beecroft of Machine Gun Fellatio fame. 

Hemy: available through iTunes for those times when you need a break from headbashing, doov, or pop-cheese.