PRINCE REVIEW

He is a god, yet he walks amongst us.

THE RUM DIARY (Bruce Robinson, 2011)

I had fun! It's a good old fashioned adventure movie where you laugh and hoot and have a great old time and then forget all about it. It certainly doesn't add up to much of anything in the end, but the characters were fun, the foxy bird was foxy, it looked nice and grainy and the the whole thing trucked along at a nice pace. Later Lou told me that it was the guy who directed "Withnail & I" and Johnny Depp begged him to come out of retirement, which made a lot of sense. It's that same kind of drunken ramble that's basically just a bunch of random amusing events. Much like life! If you're lucky...

On The Radio, In The World... 17/5/12

ON THE RADIO
Our PBS radio festival big yearly fundraiser is orrrrrrnnnnn! I will be spinning certified gold brick super boss jams one after another and Pierre will be there cracking wise and Woody McDonald will come in at some point to give you some extra convincing and you will call up or get on the website and pledge your credit card clams to support the station and keep my show in it's little friday night spot. That's THE PLAN!

http://www.pbsfm.org.au/node/16763

IN THE WORLD

2 Brides Of Christ shows this weekend. The first one is on Sat the 19th in The Tote Front Bar. We on at 5pm, then Bad Aches and then The Exotics. Sick!

https://www.facebook.com/events/160069677451961/

Then the next evening, Sun 20th, we playing in the cool little room upstairs at the Gasometer (reminds me of The Cobra Bar!) with Valley Girls, Midnight Bosom, and BJ Morrisonkle. Nice early one for a sunday, doors at 7, us at 9:30ish...

https://www.facebook.com/events/394237787287003/

Oh yeah, and next Thursday I'm gonna be playing at a new regular thursday night thing at The Lounge (which seems to be going through some kind of revitalization) on Swanston St called "The Black Pancake Club" from 12-2am. Luke Pocock from RRR is on before me from 10 till Midnight...

GIG GUIDE

(Double check these listings before going to the gig! Sometimes I screw up the details...)

Fri 18th
Vibraphonic Orchestra (SL PATRONS) @ 303 w/ Biscotti
Sat 19th
Bad Aches Tote Front Bar residency w/ The Exotics + Richie1250 & The Brides Of Christ + FREE BBQ from 4pm
Judge Pino & The Ruling Motions @ Bar Open
Lower Plenty LP launch @ the Empress
Gator Queen @ Old Bar

Mon 21st
Tek Tek Ensemble @ The Toff w/ The Bullettes
Palm Springs @ The Old Bar
Thurs 24th
Vibraphonic Orchestra (SL PATRONS) @ yahyahs w/ imprints
Richie1250 DJ'ing @ The Lounge, 12-2am

AND ALSO

Ray Mooney's great play about H-Block in the 70's, "Everynight, Everynight", is being performed at The Gasworks from Tuesday May 8 till Sunday May 27.

http://www.gasworks.org.au/events/everynight-everynight

git on out there

lurve

richie1250

To get off this list, reply saying: "I was working part time at the five and dime, my boss was Mr McGee. He told me several times that he didn't like my kind, cause I was a bit too leisurely. He said that I was always doing something close to nothing, but different from the day before..."

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BAD ACHES GUEST PLUS MORE PRINCE

Stone Love : Playlist for Friday 11 May 2012

Artist | Track/Song Name | Album Title | Label/Distibutor | Comments

JUST BROTHERS - SLICED TOMATOES
THE COASTERS - TEACH ME HOW TO SHIMMY
THE ISLEY BROTHERS WITH RAY ELLIS AND ORCHESTRA - TEACH ME HOW TO SHIMMY
PHIL CAMPOS - STREET FIGHT
THE CHAMPS - SUBWAY
THE FRANTICS - NO WEREWOLF
RALPH NEILSEN & THE CHANCELLORS - SCREAM
DEAN CARTER - I GOT A GIRL
ANDRE WILLIAMS - PUSSY STANK
THE ODDBALLS BAND - EAT THAT SHIT, PUNK ROCKER
GASOLINE - KILLER MAN
BAD ACHES - ZIG ZAG (LIVE IN STUDIO 5)
JOHNNY THUNDERS & PATTI PALADIN - ALLIGATOR WINE

BAD ACHES GUEST SELECTIONS:
CHEATER SLICKS - THIS LIFE OF MINE
LOOSE GRIP - CEREAL
THE GORIES - YOU LITTLE NOTHING
THE OOGA BOOGAS - OGGA BOOGA #2
BITS OF SHIT - GALE FORCE
THE GUINEA WORMS - BTK
BIG RICHARD INSECT - ANATOMY

VAN HALEN - ATOMIC PUNK
PRINCE - BAMBI
PRINCE - TEMPTATION
PRINCE - COMPUTER BLUE
PRINCE - THE BALLAD OF DOROTHY PARKER
7 HURTZ & PEACHES - SEXY DANCER
PRINCE - BOB GUY
KODE 9 & THE SPACE APE - SINE OF THE DUB
NEW POWER GENERATION - COUNT THE DAYS
STINA NORDENSTRAM - PURPLE RAIN

Ray Mooney's "Everynight, Everynight"

There's a new production of my old writing school teacher (and total legend) Ray Mooney's great play about his time in H-Block during the 70's, where he shared a cell with a young Christopher Dale "Renta-A-Kill" Flannery (you might remember Gary Sweet playing him in "Blue Murder").

It's brutal stuff but really good and I suggest you get along! I'm gonna go, and i hate going to the fucking theatre, so that says something...

Here's Ray's spiel about it...

 Forthcoming Production of my play, Everynight Everynight.

Frank Theatre Company has put together a sensational cast and production team under the tutelage of director Stuart Grant for their production of Everynight Everynight at Gasworks Theatre (http://www.gasworks.org.au/) Tues 8 – Sunday 27 May (Tues – Sat 8pm, Sun 5pm). Tickets $35/27.

The cast are: John Brumpton, Steve Bastoni, Damian Hill, Paul Ireland, Adrian Mulraney, Tony Richards, Stuart Grant  and Kaitlyn Clare.

Two years ago my good friend Darren Hassan directed this play to full houses in The Old Adelaide Jail as part of the Adelaide Festival. That production was designed to accommodate the jail and was the culmination of years of planning by Darren.

Now Dame Hill has revised the original script, brought together the perfect cast and director, financed it himself and created a terrific word-of-mouth buzz.

  

If you’re interested in some advance publicity then open the following:

The Hard Cell themusic.com.au “Do you know much about why this play was written?” Theatre director Stuart Grant is very passionate...

Everynight, Everynight - Gasworks - Theatre - Time Out Melbourne

www.au.timeout.com

FRESH "KORE" HYDRANT PIECE c.1989

Finally got my hands on a copy of the great photo-book "KINGS WAY - The Beginnings Of Australian Graffiti: Melbourne 1983-93".

Of course the whole thing's bursting with eye popping freshness, but this dope "KORE" with the classic 'disobaying my mother' tag line really pumped my gonads this morning...

Check out the book here...

http://kingswaybook.blogspot.com.au/

On The Radio, In The World... 10/5/12

ON THE RADIO

The guys from BAD ACHES gonna come in and a do a guest DJ spot at about 5:30, and in the second hour I think it essential we have at LEAST a few more Prince records. And some other stuff too...

And don't forget our PBS RADIO FESTIVAL big yearly fundraiser starts next week. Get some bones or clams or whatever you like to do business with together and pledge 'em toward keeping the old girl going for another year...

http://www.pbsfm.org.au/node/16763

IN THE WORLD

Saturday i'll be back at The Gem for SATURDAY NIGHT FISH FRY. Bruce had to drop out of this month, but in his place we have the fabulous two headed DJ monster Tony & Sue Shaw of The Exotics. These two have years and years worth of obscure greasy vinyl squirreled away in their bungalow that rarely gets a public airing, so don't miss out! Dripping good creole cuisine, Guinness on tap, twangy guitars and broiling saxaphones in my ear, nice comfortable bar stools, sounds o'right to me...

https://www.facebook.com/events/386479454730716/

Then next weekend we got 2 Brides Of Christ shows. The first one is on Sat the 19th in The Tote Front Bar. We on at 5pm, then Bad Aches and then The Exotics. Sick!

https://www.facebook.com/events/160069677451961/

Then the next evening, Sun 20th, we playing in the cool little room upstairs at the Gasometer (reminds me of The Cobra Bar!) with Valley Girls, Midnight Bosom, and BJ Morrisonkle. Nice early one for a sunday, doors at 7, us at 9:30ish...

https://www.facebook.com/events/394237787287003/

GIG GUIDE

(Double check these listings before going to the gig! Sometimes I screw up the details...)

Thurs 10th
Keggin @ The Old Bar
Fri 11th
Bad Aches 7" Launch @ Gasometer w/ Big Richard Insect (SA) + Guy and Marcus Blackman Experience
Checkerboard Lounge @ The Lomond Hotel
Orange Street Vintage Jamaican Record Showdown @ LuWow w/ DJs Mohair Slim, Jessie I and StrykerD
Prince Warmup Party @ yahyahs upstairs
Brown Sugar @ The lounge w/ DJ's Zack Rampage, Ennio Styles, Manchild and Guy Geezy
Sat 12th
Bad Aches Tote Front Bar Reso w/ Late Arvo Sons + Big Richard Insect from 5pm
SATURDAY NIGHT FISH FRY @ The Gem w/ Dj's richie1250 + Tony & Sue (The exotics)
Chant Down more Fire @ deep11
Jazz Party @ Bar Open
Sun 13th
Humphrey Bogart Double @ The Astor
Mon 14th
Palm Springs 7" launch @ Old Bar

AND ALSO

Ray Mooney's great play about H-Block in the 70's, "Everynight, Everynight", is being performed at The Gasworks from Tuesday May 8 till Sunday May 27.

http://www.gasworks.org.au/events/everynight-everynight

git on out there

lurve

richie1250

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Stone Love : Playlist for Friday 4 May 2012

ARTIST | TRACK/SONG NAME | ALBUM TITLE | LABEL/DISTIBUTOR | COMMENTS

MOON MARTIN - PAID KILLER
MOON MARTIN - BAD NEWS
MOON MARTIN - CADILLAC WALK
DAVID RUBIN - EUROPEAN PSYCHO
CODY CHESTNUTT - I LOOK GOOD IN LEATHER
ARIEL PINKS HAUNTED GRAFFITTI - JULES LOST HIS JEWELS
THE REAL KIDS - IT'S BEEN REAL
ROYAL HEADACHE - GIRLS
THE BOWERS - ANGEL OF SORROW
MAJOR TOM & THE ATOMS - THE HOUSE THAT LOVE BUILT
STELLA ANGELICO & THE SWITCH - MISTER
STORMY GAYLE - FLIPSVILLE
ELVIS PRESLEY - GONNA GET BACK HOME SOMEHOW
THE TEMPTATIONS - NOBODY BUT YOU
GINO PARKS - SAME THING WILL HAPPEN TO YOU
THE PIRATES - MIND OVER MATTER
PRINCE - SHE'S ALWAYS IN MY HAIR
PRINCE - EROTIC CITY
PRINCE - 17 DAYS
PRINCE - ANNIE CHRISTIAN
PRINCE - SOMETHING IN THE WATER
PRINCE - TAMBOURINE
PRINCE - SOMETIMES IT SNOWS IN APRIL
PRINCE - CONDITION OF THE HEART
PRINCE - MONEY DON'T MATTER 2NITE
PRINCE - WHEN YOU WERE MINE

PHANTOM OF THE PARADISE (Brian De Palma, 1974)

Had the pleasure of re-watching this masterful spectacular during the week, and it only gets better with age! It's a 70's rock melodrama horror comedy musical in the rocky horror vein (though Phantom pre-dates it) that mixes bits of The Phantom Of The Opera, Faust and The Portrait of Dorian Gray with classic evil music biz svengali type lore, Troma-esque celluloid psychosis, campy doo-wop revivalism, suprisingly good 70's piano balladry and a fabulous character named BEEF to marvellously entertaining affect.

It was largely a flop at the time (although it was massively and enduringly popular in Winnipeg, Canada) but has since gone on to become a cult classic among those of us with the particular mental condition of loving this sort of shit.

99 out of 10!

And once you've watched the film go deeeeeeeeep down into the Phantom hole at THE SWAN ARCHIVES!


http://www.swanarchives.org/