Humour, Humility & Damn Good Music: Lisa Miller and the Dead Salesmen at the Palais
If the musicianship of the Dead Salesmen duo isn’t enough, these guys are worth seeing just for Hap Haywood’s pre-song banter- like talking about an early review describing their song as “flat vocals, cliched lyrics and crap guitar.” Gotta love ‘em. Why they never made it big remains a mystery to us all but it does mean we get to enjoy their signature down-to-earth and moving music in these intimate venues. ‘Shoe’ and ‘Wendouree’ were crowd favourites…
Lisa Miller and band (the awesome Shane O’Mara on geetar, Ashley Davies on drums and niece Loretta on backup vocals -also a Bangin Rackette!) then graced the stage with an eclectic mix, complete with more gold on stage banter- including referring to her niece’s ‘front box’ and invoking the image of our friend Lee driving the whole audience home in an oversized bus!
They opened with Dylan’s ‘It Aint Me Babe’ and also treated us to a rocking ‘Maggie’s Farm’ that got the dancers up! A delight of originals and covers inbetween ranged from Neil Young to Curtis Mayfield and even a tribute to Amy Winehouse- all showcasing these top musicians, clearly born to entertain (& deserving of multiple Arias!) Thanks for a great night of humour, humility and music, in the lovely Palais surrounds : )
Listen in to some of our interview with Lisa here:
Thursday August 25th
Hey hey!
Sorry about the lack of last week’s playlist, Lauren took it away to magical Lauren land. She’s been hitting up the interviews though- tonight on the show you can catch her chatting with Aussie songstress Lisa Miller and next week getting the low down on the funky Hope St Recordings in Brunswick. Enjoy the show and big love to all the creative souls doing their things out there x
This is Paige Duggan singing her heart out for us last week. Don’t forget to get a copy of her debut album The Cellante Recordings!
More creative goodness tonight!
Tonight we’re chatting to the Ballarat International Foto Biennale peeps and being treated to a live performance from local musician Jeronimo Joe- shall be a good one. Don’t forget to tune in! 99.9fm in Ballarat, or stream online worldwide! Loz and Amy x 
Josephine Rowe (an old Strange News reading)
Josephine Rowe reads Maps on the Tinderbox (2010)
Josephine is a “Melbourne-based writer with a penchant for old typewriters, broken timepieces and bookshop smell. Other people tend to do a better job of describing my work, and the small interior moments of marginalised characters is probably the best summarisation I’ve heard.” She is amazing and we wish her well on her current adventures all the way in Iowa- for the 2011 International Writing Program, exciting! Check out her beautiful work here
August 11th
Hey ladies and gents,
Above is some edited audio from our chat with artist Linda Franklin about the Ballarat International Foto Biennale and South Street Art Studio- listen to the second file first! I can’t work out how to switch it, ah technology!)
PLAYLIST:
Razorblade: Brother Popcorn (playing at Babushka on Sep 3rd)
The Armada: Mikelangelo and the Tin Star
Somethings on Your Mind (Karen Dalton): Lisa Miller (playing at the Palais at the end of the month)
Swing Bop: Der Dritte Raum
The Way it Goes: Gillian Welsh (her beautiful new album bought in by Effie!)
Brave in Other Ways: Underminers (watch it)
This is All there is: JoJo Smith
In Colour: Hunting Grounds (new single from Ballarat band, formerly known as ‘Howl’)
Shooting from the Hip: Chicks on Speed
chatting with Linda Franklin about the brand new South Street Art Studio
1930′s Bollywood & from Istanbul- Feryal Oney- Bey Mail
Vector and Seeds: Paige Duggan (2 album launches coming up at Muzyka and Babushka, no excuse to miss out!)
Song for a Future Generation: B52s
Sevvel Sam: Muhabbet Bagina Girdim
Life’s Gone Down Low: The Lijadu Sisters
Jackson Curse: Mckisko (2nd album launch at Toff later in year, exciting!)
The Last Living Rose: PJ Harvey
Heirloom: Bjork (with our mini gig guide)-Don’t forget to check out The Ballarat Independent (a new local news alternative to the Courier! who will be posting our mini gig guide each week so you can listen/listen again. Sweet!
Putting on the Dog: Tom Waits
: ) Catch you next week for more Tinderbox goodness. & Keep those Tinderbox intros coming in!
August Adventures
Playlist
Free To Run: Gomez
Wandering Star: Portishead (Harvest Festival!)
Ballarat Writers visit with Melissa Watts and Bronwyn Blaiklock. Get involved
& Words in Winter festival is happening
Words of Love: The Beatles
Ribcage Door: Dishpan Fingers (one of the artists playing at the Ballarat Songwriters Night this sat!)
You Came Through: PJ Harvey
Never Stops To Wait: Sunwrae Orchestra (playing in Melbs)
Stella Savy letting us know about Freedom Rd this Sunday 7th. Sounds amazing!
Rise Up: Dani Fry
Bad News: Kanye West (for Tex)
Maggie Mae – C.W Stoneking (for Maggie)
Money (that’s what i want): Barrett Strong
Hell Is Around The Corner: Tricky and Portishead
Amy interviewing John Jacobs from the Handmade Music Festival OPENS ON THE 9TH
Groove is in the Heart: Deeelite (for Aaron)
Aaron Matthews live in the studio! (preview for Ballarat Songwriters Night)
Ghost & Safe For Now
Trouble Man: The Underminers feat. Freya Hollick
The River and The Sun: Matheson
Islands – The XX
Show us ya intro!
Hey folks! Think you can make a sweet ass introduction to the Tinderbox? Here’s your chance- we’re calling artists of all descriptions (with an aural bent!) to make a one minute intro and have the chance to be played on the show and win cool prizes.
The brief is fun, creative and capturing something of the spirit of the show (& Please note that for copyright reasons any use of existing music can not exceed 10 seconds)
Here’s a surfed up version of our current show intro to get the inspiration flowing:
Another tip is- our tagline is “to excite, ignite and delight!” if you want to use that.
Get in touch with any questions! and send your entries through to tinderboxradio@gmail.com
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Prizes up for the winning:
Voucher for Readings Books Music & Film (can be used in store or online)
Dinner/cd vouchers for L’espresso Cafe and CD sales Ballarat
Cheese platter and bottle of wine at The Bridge Hotel Ballarat