Remembering Jimmy.

A great Australian artist has passed on,
Jimmy Little the first Indigenous Australian singer
to top the pop music charts back before I was born has

passed away in Dubbo this week, aged 75.

A pioneer with an incredible voice he will be sadly missed.

Adele and Glenn - I Dreamt I Was A Sparrow

This is going to be the must have album this year, can't wait!

Pop brilliance from 2 very talented people!

David Hudson - Rainbow Serpent

David Hudson is one of the leading masters of the didjeridu,

A Murri from the Tjapukai people in Kuranda, North Queensland,

he mastered the didjeridu and interpretive dances of his tribe at an

early age. He was co-founder of the Tjapukai Dance Company which,

over the past decade, has become one of Australia's premier tourist

attractions. Based outside of Cairns the group started offering short

performances, expanded into a purpose-built theatre and has

developed into Australia's first Aboriginal theme park.

Rainbow Serpent is his 1994 Celestial Harmonies release,

a masterpiece of ancient tradition fused with the digital under

the watchful eye of pioneering ambient electronic musician

Steve Roach.

Download Here

I Spit On Your Gravy - Fruit Loop City

Hailing from Melbourne’s St Kilda, I spit on your gravy
existed from 1983 to 1988.
They released a couple of singles (one here)
which came from this Lp and a limited ed give away
flexi disk
An ep, later re-released with bonus Eat Your Head
compilation tracks and 1 album Fruit Loop City in 1987.
This vinyl rip comes from anonymous donor
So a big thanks to our anonymous donor!

Tracklist

01 - Batman vs Godzilla

02 - What's Happening

03 - Please Don't Touch

04 - Last Tram

05 - Harassment

06 - Man's Not A Camel

07 - Loneliness

08 - Piranha

09 - Pickled Fish Lips

10 - Fishtank

11 - Billy the Kid

12 - In Not Out

13 - Burger Shop Slaughter

14 - Joke

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Ed Kuepper & Mark Dawson – Rearranged Melbourne Spiegeltent March 1, 2012

Steve from way down south in Melbourne has sent me

his very own recording of Ed and Mark from the 1st

of March in the wonderful Spiegeltent.

It sounds like the same thing that happened here in

Brissy happened in the Spiegeltent in Melbourne,

in that the tent was doing two shows a night and

the tent needed to be vacated for the next show

so no encore. Also Steve tells me he missed the

begining of Swing.

Advance copies of Ed and Marks new album

Second Winter have gone out and let me say,

as Molly would say, do yourself a favour and

get a copy. Its rather special!

Order it here

Many thanks to Steve!!

Track List

01 Swing For The Crime

02 What You Don't Know

03 Miracles

04 Pretty Mary

05 Rainy Night

06 All Of These Things

07 Car Headlights

08 Collapse Board

09 Always The Woman Pays

10 Eternally Yours

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Blackeyed Susans - All Souls Alive (1993)

The Blackeyed Susans 2nd album released

back in 1993 is a wonderful record for this

rainy weather we are having here in Brisbane.

Graham Lee said of the album,

"You couldn't describe it as a sunny record,

I don't think anyone would've been expecting that.

But there's a willingness to experiment."

10 tracks of beauty from this wonderful band

for a wet weekend.

Track list

01 - a curse on you

02 - we could've been someone

03 - every gentle soul

04 - memories

05 - sheets of rain

06 - reveal yourself

07 - i can see now

08 - apartment no 9

09 - dirty water

10 - this one eats souls

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Sirocco - Wetland Suite

A truly fitting piece of music for the weather

we are having at the moment here

mid February in Brisbane.

This masterpiece from the amazing Sirocco evokes both the

humidity and the rich soundscape of the wetlands.

This 1993 album was the result of an event in the endangered

Macquarie Marshes in NSW where they played the Suite.

A wonderful piece of music as is all of Siroccos work,

unfortunately it has been lost in time.

A previous Sirocco post that tells you all about the band can

be found here

I saw these guys many times back in the 90's and they once

put on a gig which is one of the most memorable I have ever seen.

You can read about that on the older Sirocco post!

So if your somewhere that hot and sweaty than this should

fit the mood, or if your in one of those places that are in

deep freeze at the moment this may warm you up!

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Kev Carmody - National Folk Festival 2005

Well its that time of the year again when some here

in Australia celebrate the day the first boat people

landed at Sydney Cove back in 1788 as some kind

of national day. To others its a day of mourning,

the beginning of an invasion, which is the camp I

fall into.

But here also on the SSS its the time we celebrate the

birth of the SSS blog. Yes back on this day in 2008

I posted the first post of this wonderful journey.

So we embark on the 5th year!

This fine recording is a rare Kev boot,

Kevin is an amazing performer, I've seen him many

times over the years, in many diverse places and he's

always very good. So do yourself a favour download

this and play it loud, a small token to counteract the

unfortunate displays of nationalism that is meant to

be a national day.

Tracklist

Set 1: (Budawang Hall)

01. Intro - Dirty Dollar Intro

02. Dirty Dollar - Moonstruck Intro

03. Moonstruck

04. Just A Little Fingerpick (instrumental)

- Comin' Home Intro

05. Comin' Home - Midnight Special

06. "Bitchin' Song" - Didgeridoo Intro

07. Didgeridoo Solo (instrumental)

- Slide Guitar Intro

08. Slide Guitar Solo (instrumental)

- Images Of London Intro

09. Images Of London

- From Little Things Intro

10. From Little Things Big Things Grow

(with kids from the audience)

Set 2: (Trocadero Tent)

11. Intro to Thou Shalt Not Steal

12. Thou Shalt Not Steal

13. Droving Woman

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The Triffids and Friends - Alternate recording, 2011 11 24 Powerhouse, Brisbane

We now have a SSS blog exclusive,

a second source recording of the Brisbane Powerhouse gig.

A big thanks to the mysterious Mr S for this recording which

according to him fell of the back of a truck.

A big thanks to Mr S who have been a long time contributor

and friend of the SSS blog.

A thanks to the local paper from whom I stole that nice photo.

Its an excellent recording by the way!

I won't say its better than Chucks just different!

Download Here

the Church - O.K.- I get it now!!

I finally got to see the Church live on xmas eve...
O.K. I GET IT NOW!!...
yeah yeah.. I know.. "You've never seen the Church live b4 ????"
well... no I haven't...a fact I'm not proud of... It's just how things happen sometimes.
I'm a fan - don't get me wrong! I've grown up listening to em from the fantastic early paisley pop records to the darker mood pieces...I've just never pulled my finger out and bothered to see em b4....until that fateful day.. a day etched into chucks memory forever.. DECEMBER 24 2011.
I really wanted to see em last time they played Brisbane at the Jude...but couldnt get tickets.. apparently from all reports it was a fantastic gig..I saw em get the ARIA award and thought - "hell or high water I'm gunna see these ppl next time they tour here!"


 ARIA hall of Fame package with intro from George (is brisbane) Negus.
 Kilbey was on fire for the ARIA speech and I was hoping to get some of this "aloof no more" rapport with the audience.. but he informs us early into the first set he has been told to keep "his 'charisma' under control " for the evening.. dang!.. not to worry - the sounds were what this night was about.


 Church speech @ ARIA holl of fame lifetime award.
The gig was at the Powerhouse and the room is a great size with a fantastic sound system.
I get there just as the band walk on stage and shuffle to my seat as they are playing the first number..The ticket says 7:30 and that's when they started..bang on.. It's xmas eve and they have 3 classic albums to perform as part of their "Future - Past - Perfect" tour..
They start with -
Untitled #23.  (link soon)
A CD I'm still struggling with. It's fine music but not the Church stuff that jumps out and smacks you in the face. Seeing it live has brought me back to giving it more listens and I can appreciate it more now. I woke up one day last week hung over like a mutha fugger and totally spent and it made more sense than it has before.. or since..I will continue that journey and no doubt one day It will click.
They take a 15 min break and return with -

PRIEST=AURA     FPP TOUR 24-12-2011..

Now this is a CD I've owned for a long time and live it gels well. If you don't have this grab it at all costs. It's not the total pop Church.. but it is "the Church".. great songs with soundscapes..The performance has stepped up a notch and a joy to watch them do their thang. It hits me- of all the hundreds of people I must have talked about this band to over the last 30 years..the ones that were totally dedicated to the 'cult' of the Church were regular gig goers and even tho you can enjoy the music by itself..to see the band is where the shits at..People tell me they are in fine form..well I've never seen em in bad form but I can testify that live...I'm sold..back again any and every chance I can get.
It's still not over..
they take another 15 minute break and return with -

STARFISH       FPP TOUR 24-12-2011.

This is the money shot for most casual Church fans..It has the hit "Milky Way" and one of my all time favourites - Reptile.



small Reptile clip from powerhouse 24-12-2011
Koppes has a bit of something going on with his geetar or amp during the end of the first song and he and his tech spend a moment trying to chase it down as the song finishes...he then starts his guitar intro for Blood Money and after a few bars realises he has blown it..Kilbey just rolls his eyes but doesnt turn around.. MWP laffs a bit and Tim makes a comment that Peter has his cd on shuffle.. to break the tension..and it does..There is an air at the powerhouse of behaving yourself that sometimes stiffles the crowd for showing its enthusiasm.. This little fluff clears the room of that stiffness and the band breaks into Milky Way.
A few minutes later Koppes has trouble again.. the ebow for the first solo is fuked and the notes clunk out instead of wailing.. him and the tech do the concerned look thing again and solo over, a new ebow is produced for a sailing outro solo..Koppes quips for the Blood Money intro "deja vu anyone" and continues to rock the room for the rest of the night..
After just shy of 3 hours of magical musical moments its all over..
MWP tells everyone to go out and buy a geetar for xmas..with masters like these as teachers of style I'm tempted to buy another one!!



Hotel Womb clip from Powerhouse 24-12-2011

some reviews of the recent seagulls gig and this gig can be found here..with some nice video of the recent american FPP tour.
and ffs - join the Church facebook page as it has lots of links for videos and updates of new solo projects..Cant wait for the Opera House DVD!
For a walk down memory lane read this great piece by the master of rock critique- Ian Macfarlane.

The Church article from magazine- From the Vault. vol1 no.3 -1987