After work tonight (Wednesday May 9th) I’ll be heading into Rics Bar in the Brunswick St Mall in Fortitude Valley (Click here to see a Google Map) to hear Suckafish P Jones play for free - it’s the launch of the ‘Orinoko Flow’ tour to Melbourne, 1800 km away.

According to the myspace link above, Suckafish P Jones sounds like:

Spit-heavy beautiful nonsense yelping from a blender of scizophrenic sampledelica and slap-dash-boom-bap.

But you can head over to the Suckafish P Jones Myspace page to check for yourself - the track “Teutonic Riddims” and two others are there for you to listen to.

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The Labour Day public holiday was yesterday and thousands of working people marched through Fortitude Valley to the Ekka showgrounds for a family day of food, speeches and a funfair.

The march had a record turnout this year, because many working people dislike the new industrial relations laws brought in by the Prime Minister, Mr John Howard.

Keep reading for ten pictures from the day, or if you want more you can click here to see 88 of my pictures on flickr, the photo-sharing website. 

There’s also a video I made of a speech by Mr Rudd, leader of the Opposition and the Federal Parliamentary Labor Party here, and photos I sent to this blog live via mobile phone are here and here. (more…)

Photos from the march and the rally will be appearing tomorrow.

May Day at Brisbane’s Ekka showgrounds

Originally uploaded by Brisbane Is Home.

This is the scene at the Showgrounds…About 20 000 people are talking politics and life with their workmates. There are rides for children and a powerful smell of sizzling sausages. The federal Opposition Leader, Mr Kevin Rudd of the Australian Labor Party, spoke briefly and I took a video of that which should be ready tomorrow.

If you are not here, I hope you are having a well-earned Labour Day holiday, and if you are working I hope you are on double time.

Labour Day march in Brisbane

Originally uploaded by Brisbane Is Home.

Right now the Labour Day march is heading through Fortitude Valley to the Ekka showgrounds. There will be food, family fun and lots of discussion going on there all day so if you work for a living you should head on down to meet thousands like you.