It’s getting hot in here
Some Tinderbox news for you: We are very excited to report that the Ballarat Arts Foundation have chosen to support our creative segment Strange News From a Distant Star with a generous grant to help us with promotion. So look out for our funny faces posted around town!
Also don’t forget to send in any submissions of tunes, short fiction, poetry, plays and pictures to tinderboxradio@gmail.com. We’d love to hear from you and get you on the show to share your work.
Amy has also got her mug and musings in the recent Victorian Writers Centre mag with an article on writing for radio, and the importance of community radio stations. Word.
*Watch this space* for upcoming short film series: Tinderbox hits the street!
New records
Found a replacement of Louis Armstrong European Concert Recordings, left my last one in the sun and it got all warped! Will play for you soon!
Also check out his awesome collages
Thursday April 22nd
Playlist
Aint It Funky Now: Jimmy McGriff
Autumn: Joanna Newsom
Grinderman: I Don’t Nee You to Set me Free
Tindersticks: Factory Girls
Bonnie Prince Billy w Cairo: Sounds are always begging
STRANGE NEWS FROM A DISTANT STAR
Armilla: Judith Hamann on harp and vocals
Readings of Invisible Cities a’la Amy
No Stranger Than That: The Dirty Three
One Nation Under a Groove: Funkadelic
The Way to Nice: Mulatu Astatke
Dirty Old Town: The Pogues (for Noel)
Stand by me: Ben E King
The Weather with lauren and Joyride!
Love: Erykah Badu
Come Down to Earth my Angel: Fats Waller
Waltz for Aiden: Mogwai
It’s a Fire: Portishead
La Parade: Yann Tiersen
I’ll Kill Her: Soko
Where is My Mind: Death to the Pixies
Disco Love: Ian Pooley
On next weekend, May 1 & 2:
Back to Booktown in Clunes
Melbourne International Jazz Festival
Epic songs of love & heartache Part 1
We ended up thinking of ‘epic’ songs as containing an expansiveness- whether in length, quality or appeal…
Playlist
Love Will Tear us Apart: Joy Division
Unchained Melody: The Righteous Brothers (for Ian)
Buzzin Fly: Tim Buckley
Damn I Wish I Was Your Lover: Sophie B Hawkins (for Lauren’s memory of childhood sing-offs!)
Lovesong: The Cure (for Julian)
Are You the One That I’ve Been Waiting for: Nick Cave
Can’t Get Enough of Your Love, Babe: Barry White
To Her Door: Paul Kelly (for Clare)
I’ve Been Loving You a Little Too Long: Otis Redding
Where I End & You Begin: Radiohead
With you or Without You: U2
Romeo and Juliet: Dire Straights (for Kez)
Unison: Bjork
I’m Your Man: Leonard Cohen (for Helen)
A Place Called Home: PJ Harvey
Five String Serenade: Mazzy Star
Lover You Should’ve Come over: Jeff Buckley (for Naz)
The Wolves: Bon Iver (for Albie)
Angie: Rolling Stones
Blood on the Motorway: DJ Shadow
Part 2 will be on April 29th with Moody Blues, Marvin Gaye, Lamb etc. Send all reasonable requests (!) to amy.voicefm@gmail.com
Change of timeslot!
We’re moving from Saturday night 7-9 to Thursday night 10-12 so hope that suits people better for hanging aboot at the homestead or cruising in the mustang.
This Thursday night, tune in for epic songs of love and heartache!!
Our first successful phone interview tonight with the fabulous writer Simon McInerney, good fun- check out his writings and the intriguing performance Waterproof taking place at the City baths in Melbourne, opening this Friday 16th.
Playlists and artist readings coming soon!
