Tinderbox sparks

Hey everyone-

Check out Marc Eiden’s post about us:

http://open.abc.net.au/posts/6912/creative-sparks-fly-out-from-the-tinderbox and don’t forget to check out ABC Open and the Now & Then project while you’re there.

Tune in this Thursday for our special guest Freya Hollick (here she is on UBLive last year) and join us for the first ever Tinderbox streamed online! See you then! x

Getting Away on ze Airwaves

Heya, here’s the playlist from last night, plus the Jezabels were amazing (highly recommend!!) plus hello to new listener Fraser- always great to hear from you!

Nov 25th:

Cruise Control: J-Pop 60z

A Toda Cuba Le Gusta: Afro Cuban Allstars

All Aboard the Funky Soul Train: The JB’s

Trains: Kyu

Pilots: Goldfrapp

Have Love Will Travel: The Black Keys

The Mozdok’s Train: Anouar Brahem

Hear My Train a Comin’: Jimi Hendrix

text from Michel de Certeau

Mystery Train: Little Junior Parker

Road to Nowhere: Nouvelle Vague

Postcard Blues: Cowboy Junkies

Travelling Woman: Bat for Lashes

Road to Somewhere: Goldfrapp

We Came Along this Road: Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds

Stolen Car: Beth Orton

Wayfaring Stranger: Johnny Cash

A Wandering Song: Mikelangelo and the Black Sea Gentleman

Day Tripper: Otis Redding

Don’t Take me For a Ride: Founders 15

It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry: Bob Dylan

The Hollow Boat: McKisko

Sisters! Brothers! Small Boats of Fire are Falling from the Sky: A Silver Mount Zion

Holiday: Joan as Policewoman

Fly: Lamb

Get Up: Hot 8 Brass Band

We Float: PJ Harvey

Don’t forget to tune in next Thursday for our special Strange News guest Freya Hollick, very exciting! x

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Planes Trains and Cruises- summer is a here!

Hey groovsters,

This Thursday Lauren is going to be filling in on a cruise ship gig and I’m off to see the Jezabels in Geelong- exciting! so we’re going to put together a special travel theme show for y’all -enjoy!

Tinderbox Fun: November 18th

Thanks to our lovely guests Marc Eiden from ABC Open, chatting about current photography project Now & Then-anyone can get involved! and Melbourne writer Sean M Whelan sharing some of his wonderful words with us- will upload the reading soon.

And thanks to the tireless work of station manager Helen Bath and the team at Voice it looks like online streaming is in the- very nearby- wings. Stay tuned for launch details!

The tunes we played were:

Home: Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros (in town soon I hear…)

Seed: The Roots (will get my hands on the new album soon!)

Surrender to the Change: The Glorious (my Readings peeps)

Team Persecution: Dishpan Fingers (great Ballaratian, as picked by Marc)

Jack I’m Mellow: Trixie Smith

Don’t Think Twice It’s Alright: Bob Dylan

Magnetized: Buried Feather (Melbourne peeps, check them out!)

Friday I’m in Love: The Cure

I’m Your Man: Leonard Cohen (enjoy everyone going to see the man on Saturday!)

VCR: The XX

Strange News From a Distant Star with Sean M Whelen

We also heard some tracks from his debut cd with band The Interim Lovers, inspired by Lewis Caroll’s The Hunting of the Snark- Softly & Suddenly. Get it here.

Part Company: The Go-Betweens (Sean’s pic)

Please Be Angry: Francois Breut

First Light of Day: Speed Orange

The Lonely Stretch: Trifids

Get Out of My Life Woman: Allen Toussaint

Beat It

Playlist November 11th:

Handclapping Song: The Meters

Trophy: Bat For Lashes

Settle Down: Kimbra

Supernaturally: Nick Cave

Low Rider: War

Spain: Chick Corea (for JJ Coutel)

Mali Cuba: Afrocubism

Like a Ship: Pastor T L Barrett and the Youth for Christ Choir

Paradise Circus: Massive Attack feat. Hope Sandoval

You’re Gonna Miss your Candyman: Terry Callier

Hey Micky: Toni Basil (for the Curnows)

Andrew’s Break: AlgoRhythmik (White Mink Black Cotton)

I Don’t Need This Trouble: Alice Russell

Sunny in Splodges: Kyu

You Can Have Him: Lisa Miller

I Told you I WAs Freaky: Flight of the Conchords

Amy: Yann Tiersen

Window Seat: Erykah Badu

Blues For Jungster: Way out West

Eagle Rock: Daddy Cool

Theme Time this Thurs

First things first: Congratulations and best boaty wishes to Ballarat band Tessa & the Typecast (who were kind enough to send me one of their cds but it got lost in the ether somewhere, boo! : ( ) heading off to New York to record their debut EP! Catch them play on Thursday:

“The buzz surrounding Melbourne via Ballarat band Tessa & The Typecast is only just beginning. After selling out the launch of their single “Painter” last week; due to overwhelming industry demand they’ve squeezed in an encore performance before Tessa leaves for New York City three days later to put the finishing touches to their highly anticipated EP. The ‘encore’ single launch has been slotted in at The Grace Darling Hotel on Thursday 11th November, with Tessa and the Typecast delivering on their promise to take epic pop to a higher plane…With unique handmade covers for the release, CD copies are only available at what is definitely the band’s last show for the year.”

Doors – 9PM

You can listen to the show before you head into town, as we’ll be hitting ya’ll with a special theme of FUNKY AND OTHERWISE UNIQUE PERCUSSION (we’ll play some Tessa too for good measure). Plenty of new music, old classics and giveaways to boot so tune on in- 6-8 this Thursday night! You can hear the likes of this: Pastor T.L Barrett, handpicked by Ms Lauren Daly and in her words, “Hey, that *@#*! would get me to church!”

See you then! A couple of other things for the diary:

Catch Ballarat writer (and all round good guy) Nathan Curnow’s play reading this Sunday, and head on down to the Grace Darling afterward to catch a pal of mine Sophia Brous, kicking off  a residency, also at the Grace Darling.

xo

Setting the Blaze

After a night of great music and chat, I have just been totally blown away by watching New Zealand born, Melbourne based singer Kimbra cover Nina Simone’s Plain Gold Ring- this is a must-see! Also, catch her doing her thing live at syn fm. I am also incredibly excited by The Jezabels, so much so that I just booked tickets to one of the last remaining non sold-out gigs, in Gee-long, come join me! Go ladies!

Here’s the playlist from this evening:

She’s So Hard: The Jezabels

Joanna Newsom: Does Not Suffice (performing at Golden Plains)

Here Comes the Sun: The Beatles

Summertime: Billie Holiday

My Baby Just Cares for Me: Nina Simone

Ublive- University of Ballarat Production Students recording live Australian music with Live on Lydiard. Some tasters:

Down by the Riverside: Sweet Monas Choir feat Paige Duggan

Skylines: Time To Get Down

Oh me: Mikelangelo and St Clare

Two Sides of the Truth & How Long it Go Take: Public Opinion Afro Orchestra (and cd giveaway)

Cruise Control: J-Pop 60z

Shine Like Stars: Primal Scream

Chat with Erin from YUM productions about the connecting possibilities of online media, the cbloggers experience and various other things…

Tarantella di vita oscura & Potbelly Strut: Croque Monsieur (apparently amazing live at the Ballarat Acoustic Music Festival)

A Distinctive Sound: Gotye (mashing it up)

I’m Gonna Haunt You: Fabienne Delsol

Hello to fab new Voice FM groovester Jonah

Sets the Blaze: Hope Sandoval and the Warm Inventions

One Too Many Mornings- Bob Dylan and Johnny Cash

Hope you all enjoyed the show and Lauren will be back next week fresh from her performance engagements! Maybe she’ll even give us a few lines. Now to sleep and dreams of singing…

PS- Voice Fm bumper stickers and magnets now available…ye-ha!

PPS- Feel free to join us on Facebook &/or twitter: AmyTinderbox. Any feedback on the show and associated creative ideas would be much appreciated! I’ll organise a prize, and promise it won’t be Voice FM magnets

Creativity Galore

Howdy peeps- Tune in this Thursday night for great Tinderbox tunes, a feature on the great work coming out of Live on Lydiard, University of Ballarat Arts Academy Live Production course, and cd giveaway: new album from awesome Melbourne crew The Public Opinion Afro Orchestra. See ya then!