On the radio, In the world... 16/8/12

ON THE RADIO

Some Johnny Cash on Sun and some Puta Madre Bros and some Heroin In Tahiti and some other stuff too. Possibly an appearance from The Zoobombs...

IN THE WORLD

Tonight me and my backing gals will be doing a number at the big Elvis tribute show at yahyahs!

https://www.facebook.com/events/441413112548193/

other people singing elvis songs are Alex Gow (Oh Mercy), Alison Ferrier, Courtney Barnett, Jen Cloher, Jess McGuire (RRR), Liz Stringer, Loretta Miller, Peter McManus (the Go Set), Quincy McLean, Richie 1250, Rob Snarski (Blackeyed Susans), Rusty Berther (Scared Weird Little Guys), Sarah Carroll, Spencer P. Jones, The Ukeladies, Van Walker and a few more special guests still to be announced.

Next thursday night i'll be DJ'ing at The Lounge, going record for record with Dj Johnny El Pajero, bringing the heat from the streets of Geetroit!

And next Saturday night (the 25th) me and The Brides Of christ are playing at a big gig at the Curtin bandroom on lygon st with Teenage Mothers, Seesaw, Flyying Colours, Scot Drakula & The Shards. Starts at 6, we on at 8:45. Dig it here...

https://www.facebook.com/events/124805814329418/

GIG GUIDE

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

Thurs August 16th
Elvis Tribute Night @ Yahyahs w/ heaps of guest vocalists including Alex Gow (Oh Mercy), Alison Ferrier, Courtney Barnett, Jen Cloher, Jess McGuire (RRR), Liz Stringer, Loretta Miller, Peter McManus (the Go Set), Quincy McLean, Richie 1250, Rob Snarski (Blackeyed Susans), Rusty Berther (Scared Weird Little Guys), Sarah Carroll, Spencer P. Jones, The Ukeladies, Van Walker and a few more special guests still to be announced.
Repairs + Tax @ Bar Open
Ben Sullivan "Digital Work" exhibition @ La niche gallery, smith st
Sierra Leonne orphanage fundraiser @ Old Bar ft. Plague Docotr + Wedgetail
Whipped Cream Chargers @ The Lounge w/ Mangelwurzel, The Shabbab
Fri 17th
Stella Angelico & The Switch live instore @ basement discs, 12:45 in the arvo
The Zoobombs @ The Tote w/ mesa cosa, baptism of uzi + batpiss
Bitch Prefect LP launch @ liberty social w/ uv race + asps
Sat 18th
The Hound Dogs Elvis tribute Show (ft garry 7) @ The Fitzroy Pinnacle, 3 sets (50's 60's & 70s), 4-7pm
The Slaughtermen @ Caravan Club
Swingin Nutsacks @ Yahyahs w/ Johnny Casino
Godzilla Bar @ Godzilla bar ft DJ Matt Chooks!
Sun 19th
Julitha Ryan @ yahyahs w/ trappist afterland
Taka Honda @ The Birmy

Tues 21st
Trivia hosted by THE KING every tuesday @ The Fitzroy Pinnacle 8pm
Clairy Brown & The Banging Rackettes residency revue ft Stella Angelico @ The Toff
Thurs 23rd
Dick Diver @ The Toff
Richie1250 + Johnny El Pajero DJ'ing @ The Lounge, swanston st
Next Friday 24th
Bob Log III + Puta Madre Bros @ the tote


COMING UP
Friday October 5th
JOE BATAAN! @ The hi fi bar

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lurve

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AIN'T IT GOOD TO YA?

Stone Love : Playlist for Friday 10 August 2012

WRECKX-N-EFFECT - RUMPSHAKER (TEDDY 2 MIX)
PRINCE RAKEEM - SEXCAPADES
KOOL G RAP - PLAY IT AGAIN POLO
GODFATHER DON - HAZARDOUS
ULTRAMAGNETIC MC'S - AIN'T IT GOOD TO YA
STEADY B - I GOTCHA
BO & THE METROS - BUTTERED OUT
ALBERT COLLINS - DO THE SISSY
Richard Seidou Traoré - Katougou
PIERRO ULMILIANI - MOTORE A IONI
GARY LEWIS & THE PLAYBOYS - HARD TO FIND
Los Wemblers De Iquitos - La Danza del Petrolero
TITO PUENTE & HIS CONCERT ORCHESTRA - BLACK BROTHERS
JOE BATAAN - SUBWAY JOE
BRUCE CLOUD - SOUL MAMBO
OTIS RUSH - ALL YOUR LOVE
HERB HARDESTY & THE RHYTHM ROLLERS - PERDIDO STREET
BERNA DEAN - ONE GAL IN TOWN, FIVE MEN HANGING AROUND
THE VENTURES - WINDY & WARM
ELVIS PRESLEY & ANN MARGARET - YOU'RE THE BOSS
ELVIS PRESLEY - GONNA GET BACK HOME SOMEHOW
ELVIS PRESLEY - MILK COW BLUES BOOGIE
CHARLES SENNS - DIG ME A CRAZY RECORD
PETE DRAKE & HIS TALKING STEEL GUITAR - THE SPOOK
BOB WILLIS & HIS TEXAS PLAYBOYS - BUBBLES IN MY BEER
SLIM WHITMAN - RHINESTONE COWBOY
JON WAYNE - APPLE SCHNAPPS
JON WAYNE - TEXAS STUDIO
ANDRE WILLIAMS - COUNTRY & WESTERN SONG
HENSON CARGILL - SKIP A ROPE
PAUL WIBIER - SATAN
JIM FORD - HARLAN COUNTY
HAMILTON WALKER - GRAVEYARD SHIFT
THE FENWAYS - WHIP AND JERK

THE GRAVE DIGGERS

Only realized the other day that our friend Jason Goodman who's in town from New Orleans at the moment used to front this great garage/rockabilly group called The Grave Diggers back when he lived in California in the late 80's. They had one album on Crypt and one rare as all hell EP on Bobbette Records. I've heard Crypt are gonna re-issue the LP soon. The Bobbette EP "Monsters At Play" still looks like costing you about $300, but you can stream it from their Myspace page...

http://www.myspace.com/monstersatplay

Head down to open studio in Northcote this friday night and you can see Jason guest singing/guitaring with Gator Queen...

on the radio, in the world... 9/8/12

ON THE RADIO

Got a great Albert Collins sorta hard blues funk thing on Imperial with a real wonky headnodding rhythm i'm right into, so probably i'll play that, and some other stuff too. Big Elvis tribute next thursday, so probably some Elvi... Hopefully we can drag Jason Goodman in to spin a few guest selections too, he was playing some wild spooky rockabilly swamp ballad type things when we was hanging out late at night after soul a go go...

IN THE WORLD

Thursday night i'll be DJ'ing at The Lounge (looks like i'll be playing every thursday for the next while) with our buddy Jason Goodman from New Orleans guest selecting with me, from 10pm till 2am. 

Friday at The Retreat me and The Brides Of Christ got our first gig in a while, with the mighty Ken Eavel filling in on bass. Us at 930 and then the Exotics at 11! 

Saturday night after having a month off for the frenchies to do their thing, we back at The Gem for SATURDAY NIGHT FISH FRY. Pork and pudding and Guinness and greeeeaaaasy records... Food from 6, Music from 8, and Jason Goodman gonna be spinning record for record with me until we finish at 12 or 1. Then he flies back to NOLA the next day!

And next thursday night me and my backing gals will be doing a number at the big Elvis tribute show at yahyahs...

GIG GUIDE

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

Thurs 9th
Get Carter + Point Blank screening @ the Astor
Richie1250 + Jason Goodman DJ'ing @ The Lounge
Next Friday 10th
The Exotics @ The Retreat w/ Richie1250 & The Brides Of Christ
Gator Queen w/ Jason Goodman + Eddie James & the prowl @ Open Studio
Orange Street vintage jamaican record party @ Luwow w/ djs Mohair Slim + Stryky D + Kilmanrock stev + Fez Puskas
Grouse Party @ the bendigo
The Spoils @ the Old Bar w/ The Slaughtermen
Kim Salmon & The Surrealists @ tagoMago
Saturday 11th
SATURDAY NIGHT FISH FRY @ The Gem w/ DJs Richie1250 & Jason Goodman (NOLA)
Mohair Slim late night DJ'ing @ YahYahs
Rocky Horror Picture Show screening @ the Astor
Chant Down More Fire! reggae dance @ deep 11
New War Lp launch @ NSC w/ may crumbs and standish/carlyon
Billy Millers Big Show (playing stuff from the who and small faces @ the caravan club oakleigh
The Hound Dogs Elvis tribute SHow (ft garry 7) @ The Fitzroy Pinnacle, 3 sets (50's 60's & 70s), 4-7pm
Sunday 12th August
Puta Madre Bros @ Cherry, last show for the year

Thurs August 16th
Elvis Tribute Night @ Yahyahs w/ heaps of guest vocalists including Alex Gow (Oh Mercy), Alison Ferrier, Courtney Barnett, Jen Cloher, Jess McGuire (RRR), Liz Stringer, Loretta Miller, Peter McManus (the Go Set), Quincy McLean, Richie 1250, Rob Snarski (Blackeyed Susans), Rusty Berther (Scared Weird Little Guys), Sarah Carroll, Spencer P. Jones, The Ukeladies, Van Walker and a few more special guests still to be announced.
Fri 16th
Stella Angelico & The Switch live instore @ basement discs, 12:45 in the arvo
Sat 17th
The Hound Dogs Elvis tribute Show (ft garry 7) @ The Fitzroy Pinnacle, 3 sets (50's 60's & 70s), 4-7pm

git on out there

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I GOT MY BRACELET BACK

Stone Love : Playlist for Friday 3 August 2012

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

THE EXECUTIONERS - THE GUILLOTINE
LEE ROSS - THE MUMMY'S BRACELET
CARL PERKINS - HER LOVE RUBBED OFF
ELVIS PRESLEY - I'LL NEVER LET YOU GO
EDDIE NOACK - PSYCHO
DALE HAWKINS - EVERGLADES
PUTA MADRE BROS - TOES FROM A DEAD MAN
THE GRAVEDIGGERS - COOL GHOUL
THE ANGIDS - C'MERE WOMAN
DOMINIONS - I NEED HER
THE WETBACKS - JOSE JIMENEZ PT 1
THE CHAMPS - EL RANCHO ROCK
PUTA MADRE BROS - DEAD GRASS
CLAIRY BROWN & THE BANGIN RACKETTES - LOVE LETTER
NINA SIMONE - COME ON BACK, JACK
NICK WATERHOUSE - IF YOU WANT TROUBLE
THE BLENDELLS - HUGGIES BUNNIES
L HOLLIS & THE MACKADOOS - BUI BUI
JAMES HUNTER - DON'T DO ME NO FAVOURS
LENNY MCDANIEL & THE NEW ERA - SOMETHING OUT OF NOTHING
FATS WALLER - LONESOME ROAD
ARCHER - TOGETHER WE'LL START ANEW
AXES OF KEN EAVEL - DEAD FRIENDS
JACKY WINTER - SHE'S NOT KIDDING ROUND
MOSCOW SCHOOLBOY - KILLERS HANDS (LIVE IN STUDIO 5)
STELLA ANGELICO - NO MAN
LIEUTENANT PIGEON - THE VILLAIN
CW STONEKING - I HEARD THE MARCHING OF THE DRUM
DUKE ELLINGTON - CARAVAN
MR SAD HEAD - HOT WEATHER BLUES
THE VISCOUNTS - HARLEM NOCTURNE
THE SHONDELLS - THUNDERBOLT
BILLY THORPE & THE AZTECS - POISON IVY
JOHNNY YOUNG & KOMPANY - CARA LYN
THE HONEYCOMBS - CAN'T GET THROUGH TO YOU
HERB HARDESTY & THE RHYTHM ROLLERS - PERDIDO STREET

TENDER YOUNG ELVIS

Nothing much to report this week, though I am currently listening to a record of the Sun sessions, and as much as I like the jumped up numbers, it's these weird tender ones with his quavering voice that really strike me as 'something'....

On the radio, In the world... 2/8/12

ON THE RADIO

I got's a really stupid halloween-a-billy record i've wanted for ages. Can you guess whut it is?

IN THE WORLD

I shall be spinning a good whack of records at The Lounge tonight (thursday) from 10 till 2ish, and saturday night i'll be playing down at soul a go go with vince, goldie, manchild, zach and our special guest from New Orleans, Jason Goodman. He's on first up at 9pm, but hopefully he'll jump up during my set from 12-1am and spin some more. He got some gooooooooood records... 

And next friday at The Retreat me and The Brides Of Christ got our first gig in a while, with the mighty Ken Eavel filling in on bass. Us at 930 and then the Exotics at 11! 

GIG GUIDE

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

thursday august 2nd 
Richie1250 DJ'ing @ The Lounge (swanston st)
Fri August 3rd
Gator Queen with jason Goodman (new orleans) @ The Lomond
apocalypse now redux @ the astor
the uv race @ the empress

Sat August 4th
SOUL A GO GO @ Bella Union trades Hall ft Vince Peach, miss Goldie, DJ Manchild, Zach Rampage, Richie1250 & Special Guest DJ Jason goodman (New Orleans)
Godzilla Bar week 4 ft The Bonniwells & Ross De Chenes Hurricanes
Sun 5th august
 Lost Highway + Fire Walk with me screening @ The Astor
box hill record fair @ box hill town hall


tuesday 7th
clairy brown & the bangin rackettes residences @ the toff w/ ARCHER + Loretta and Tracy Miller
Next Friday 10th
The Exotics @ The Retreat w/ Richie1250 & The Brides Of Christ
COMING UP
Sunday 12th August
Puta Madre Bros @ Cherry, last show for the year
Thurs August 16th
Elvis Tribute Night @ Yahyahs w/ heaps of guest vocalists including Alex Gow (Oh Mercy), Alison Ferrier, Courtney Barnett, Jen Cloher, Jess McGuire (RRR), Liz Stringer, Loretta Miller, Peter McManus (the Go Set), Quincy McLean, Richie 1250, Rob Snarski (Blackeyed Susans), Rusty Berther (Scared Weird Little Guys), Sarah Carroll, Spencer P. Jones, The Ukeladies, Van Walker and a few more special guests still to be announced.


git on out there

lurve

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Stone Love : Playlist for Friday 27 July 2012

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

AL WILLIAMS - I AM NOTHING (INSTRUMENTAL)
MASTERS OF SOUL - SAD FACE
THE MASQUERADERS - THAT'S THE SAME THING
THE JEWELS - OPPORTUNITY
THE BOBBETTES - MR LEE
GAIL GIBSON - ADONIS
ANNETTE - LONELY GUITAR
JOHNNY IMPALA - MARY ANNE
THE SURFARIS - CHICAGO GREEN
LOS BRINCOS - FLAMENCO
LOS PEKENIKES - SUSPICION
ELVIS PRESLEY - LONG LEGGED GIRL WITH THE SHORT DRESS ON
ELVIS PRESLEY - OLD MCDONALD
MITCH RYDER & THE DETROIT WHEELS - YOU GET YOUR KICKS OUT OF HURTING ME
THE CHAMPS - TWENTY THOUSAND LEAGUES
THE VENTURES - WINDY & WARM
MAMIE PERRY & THE GUS JENKINS ORCHESTRA - I'M HURTED
ESKEW REEDER - UNDIVIDED LOVE
RONNIE LOVE - FRAGILE LOVE
DAVE HAMILTON & HIS PEPPERS - COOTER BUG
DANNY COBB - MY ISABELLA
DUKE JENKINS - SHAKE IT
EVELYN FREEMAN - WATER BOY
BILLY DEVROES DEVILLAIRES - GAMBLERS LAST SEVEN
THE EL TOROS - YELLOW HAND
SVEN LEIBEK - DARK WORLD
ODYSSEY - NO ONE ELSE PT 1
CEE LO GREEN - I AM SELLING SOUL
GIL SCOTT HERON - NEW YORK IS KILLING ME
AZEALIA BANKS - 1991
GRIMES - OBLIVION
ESG - MOODY
THE GREAT DISCO BOUZOUKI BAND - OUZO & RETSINA
THE ORIGINALS - DOWN TO LOVE TOWN
PARLIAMENT - FLASHLIGHT
DARONDO - DIDN'T I
LEE SHOT WILLAIMS - IT AIN'T ME
GENE WEST - IN THE GHETTO
MICHAEL LIGGINS & THE SUPERSOULS - LOADED TO THE GILLS

BRANDO: THE BIOGRAPHY (Peter Manso, 1994)

I bought this thing ten years ago, and have been putting off reading it for a decade due to the commitment of time and physical carryingaroundedness that comes with it's great girth (over a thousand chunky pages).

Having now finished it after some months, i'm not sure how i feel about the whole experience. As with many biographies of artists (though Brando would shudder at being called one), it's most enjoyable in the parts when they're going through their development and working their way up to their artistic peak, and then the last 30 or 40 years tends to be a bit of a slog. And in this case, reading about those youthful days of Brando in the broiling bohemian New York scene of the 1940's really does seem like a lifetime ago! But they was good days to read about...

It's an incredibly thorough biography, with over 700 people interviewed, and it starts with his grandparents and gives you a very good feel for what kind of people they and their children were before we get to Marlon being born. He comes across as being very "Brando-esque" from about the age of 6. Wounded, thoughtful, manipulative, sensual...

Some people would consider this biography something of a hatchet job, and though Manso does seem to have developed quite a distaste for the man over his seven years of research, it seems fairly evenhanded to me. Brando done just been a fucking jerk a whole lot of the time! At times you have to remind yourself that he had a certain magnetism and charm that kept people coming back to him even when he treated them so badly, because on face value it just doesn't seem plausible. You do start to get awful sick of the guy quite early on in the book, because he's so fucked up that he's never happy with anything even when he seems to have the world at his feet, but it's written in such a way that you have the background and you understand why he's that way and sympathize to a point. But it's still very frustrating...

In the end, i'm glad i read it. I'll never see Brando the same way again, but at the same time the deeper understanding I have of the guy lends an extra layer to watching his great performances, and I do like having a deeper understanding of things I love...

On The Radio, In The World... 26/7/12

ON THE RADIO

Lots of various records I has piled up! Got this beautiful vocal group one called 'sad face' i might start with...

IN THE WORLD

This week all my DJ dreams come true with THREE successive nights of DJ'ing down in The Grace Darling Dungeon! Thurs and Fri 26 and 27 i'll be down there for The frowning Clouds double 7" launch, and then Sat i'll be back again as a guest at Ready Steady GO. Then over to yahyahs till 5am sunday. 


Then I'll get up not much later on sunday and be a guest on the special live blue juice broadcast from The Lost and Found market. And i'll be having a stall selling some records there with Garry7 too. And then i'll be sleeping for a thousand years.

GIG GUIDE

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

Thurs 26th
Frowning Clouds @ Grace Darling Dungeon w/ The Living Eyes & DJ Richie1250
Fri 27th
Frowning Clouds @ Grace Darling Dungeon w/ The Murlocs & DJ Richie1250
Judge Pino & the Ruling Motions @ Bar Open
Tek tek Ensemble @ Open Studio
Ari roze late night DJ'ing @ yahyahs
Wrong Turn + Chris Russells Chicken Walk @ Retreat
Sat 28th
Ready Steady Go! Mod record party @ grace Darling Dungeon w/ DJs Emma Peel, Buddy Love and Richie1250
Richie1250 late night DJ'ing @ Yahyahs
Wet lips @ idgaff w/ messed up and cholesterollers
Sun 29th
One Man Band Bang @ Bar open ft.  MADE FOR CHICKENS BY ROBOTS / BJ MORRIZONKLE / BUM FACE (ACT) / BACON CAKES (ACT)
Live PBS Broadcast From Lost And Found Brunswick Record and Vintage Fair from 11am

Wed August 1st
Justin Cusack LP launch @ Old Bar w/ nathan hollywood & roller one
Fri August 3rd
Gator Queen with jason Goodman (new orleans) @ The Lomond
Sat August 4th
SOUL A GO GO @ Bella Union trades Hall ft Vince Peach, miss Goldie, DJ Manchild, Zach Rampage, Richie1250 & Special Guest DJ Jason goodman (New Orleans)

COMING UP
Sunday 12th August
Puta Madre Bros @ Cherry, last show for the year
Thurs August 16th
Elvis Tribute Night @ Yahyahs w/ heaps of guest vocalists including Alex Gow (Oh Mercy), Alison Ferrier, Courtney Barnett, Jen Cloher, Jess McGuire (RRR), Liz Stringer, Loretta Miller, Peter McManus (the Go Set), Quincy McLean, Richie 1250, Rob Snarski (Blackeyed Susans), Rusty Berther (Scared Weird Little Guys), Sarah Carroll, Spencer P. Jones, The Ukeladies, Van Walker and a few more special guests still to be announced.


git on out there

lurve

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Stone Love : Playlist for Friday 20 July 2012

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

MARTIN DENNY - QUIET VILLAGE
SAMMY DAVIS JR - IN A PERSIAN MARKET
CATERINA VALENTE - SIMILAU
RAY MCKINLEY - SIMILAU
LITTLE ANTHONY & THE IMPERIALS - SHIMMY SHIMMY KOKO BOP
DONALD & THE DELIGHTERS - ELEPHANT WALK
ARTHUR LYMAN - WAIKIKI SERENADE
THE WILDTONES - SHUTUPS
COMPAY QUINTO - EL DIABLO
LOS ROBINS - COPAN GALEL
THE CHAMPS - SOMBRERO
BIG BO & THE ARROWS - CANTINA
LANI KAI - MYSTIC MOON
CHARLIE FEATHERS - JUNGLE FEVER
MADMAN JONES - SNAKECHARMER
THE GLADIOLAS - LITTLE DARLING
THE MARINERS - ZINDY LOU
THE TERRIFICS - LOCO
THE PUNJABS - SITAR BLUES
SANTO & JOHNNY - CARAVAN
CHAMP BUTLER - KAWLIGA

JAMES PIANTA GUEST SELECTIONS:
EDEN AHBEZ - THE WANDERER
FRANCESCO DI MASI - INDIA
ARDI BERMAN - TIZRA MANZEL ?????
GIULIANO SORGINI - PERCUSSIONI IN CRESCENDO
SWAMP SALAD - THE BALLAD OF CREEPY CREEK
SVEN LEIBEK - INNER SPACE

ARTHUR LYMAN - MOON OVER A RUINED CASTLE
TINO CONTRERAS - ORBITA
ALICE COLTRANE - JOURNEY INTO SATCHIDANANDA
ART BLAKEY - MESSAGE FROM KENYA
OSCAR BROWN JR - AFRO BLUE
STANLEY BLACK AND HIS ORCHESTRA - BABALU
RAY STEVENS - AHAB THE ARAB
MARTIN DENNY - QUIET VILLAGE