Art Sparks!
Hey folks! So much going on…. Thanks to Mick for filling in for us on Thursday- I have no idea what he played but I hear it was ‘eclectic.’ Cheers big ears! I’ve been away in Melbourne presenting my Masters research and attending a Radio Symposium at the ABC, very exciting! Lauren is busy with essays and doing some great work with refugee minors in Melbourne, Jade is busy exploring the delights of Ballarat (including being door-bitch at our new sponsors Babushka!) and Effie has been away this weekend taking part in the Nati Frinj with Kat Pengelly’s ‘conceptual fashion performance’ Feeling the Ceiling. Wow, Jade and I were also lucky enough to get along to The Jezabels at Karova on Wednesday- what a band!
Tonight is another fabulous Ballarat Observatory gig featuring the Dead Salesman Duo, Freya Hollick, Stella Savy and more so get along.
& exciting news from the Tinderbox- we’ve been busy organising the first Art Sparks Creative Gathering for November 15th, downstairs at Portico. More details here.
Great fun at the Vintage Affair last weekend too- check out the threads! (computer being crap, will put up soon!)
Next week we’ll be chatting to Clairy Browne and the Bangin Rackettes and having a live performance from the awesome Indian Skies. Catch you then!
October 20th, Wonderful Women!
Through the Clover: Stonefield
What Am I Supposed to Do: Sietta
Hurt Me: The Jezabels
I’m Your Woman: Ainslie Wills
Lily Parker live in the studio!:
Stitches
Float Away
Re-born
The Water: Feist
You Can Have Him: Lisa Miller
My Baby Caught the Bus: Clairy Browne and the Bangin Rackettes (debut album out!)
Reasons: Minnie Ripperton (Jade’s love)
Jungle: Emma Louise (for Lauren)
Streamers: Brous
Find Your Groove: Randa and the Soul Kingdom
Blood River: Abbe May
Prisoner: The Jezabels (playing Karova next Wednesday night!)
interview with Heather Shannon
Reprise: The Jezabels
Sweet Water: Tehachapi
Hyperballad: Bjork
mini gig guide (re-listen here on Friday)
Ballarat: Freya Hollick
Tiger Mountain Peasant Song: First Aid Kit (for Rex)
Save Me: Aimee Man
Lovin’ the Ladies!
Special show this week featuring contemporary female vocalist/musicians! We’ll have Lily Parker live in the studio ahead of a great gig happening Friday 21st at the Bridge Hotel, don’t miss it! plus interview with Heather Shannon from the Jezabels and a feast of other female delights! See you then x
Tinderbox chat and tunes & live Paige Duggan!
The Reason: Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings
Off the Hook: Rolling Stones
Caravan: The Mills Brothers
Honey Honey: Feist (new album out soon)
Chat with Ernest Ellis (playing with the Panamas this Saturday night at the Toff in Town & We still have a double pass to give away to the gig so first email to tinderboxradio@gmail.com!)
Save me: Ernest Ellis and the Panamas (from new album Kings Canyon)
Try Colour: Jezabels (chatting with them next week ahead of sold out karova gig!)
Oceans: Ernest Ellis and the Panamas
Dangerous Heart (live): Kate Vigo
Tea for Two: Georgia Fields
Chat with Captain Frodo, don’t miss his show The Way of the Showman at Lyonville Hall on Thursday 13th!
That’s a Plenty: Benny Goodman
You Can Call Me Al: Paul Simon
Eryka Badu: On and On
Paige Duggan live in the studio, don’t miss her exhibition Truth and Tales at Red Brick and pick up a copy of her debut album The Cellante Recordings while you’re at it.
Feeling Like a Man (Looking like a woman): Abbe May (playing the Nick Cave Tribute coming up at at Her Maj)
mini gig guide- (re-listen here)
Popcorn: Brother Popcorn
Midnight in a Perfect World: Portishead (DJ Shadow remix) (HARVEST FESTIVAL, WOO!!)
Have a great week, catch you on the flip flop x
This week’s Entertainment Odyssey
After collecting our British friend Jade from the airport last weekend we’ve taken her on an odyssey of music and entertainment!
It was bookended with two Melbourne Fringe Festival Shows- a live radio experience of weekly comedy show Lime Champions in the RRR performance space on Monday and the operatically awesome Artists for Artist Proof at The Workers Club in Fitzroy on Sunday.
In between we showed off Ballarat’s delights, from Mick Trembath’s music trivia to the Bridge Hotel’s Open Jam, and two great gigs at Portico over the weekend- Victoriana Gaye on Friday and the Funky Turtles on Saturday. Wow!
She wondered if this was a typical week for us and I said Usually!
So, lets work back from last night and the unique and hugely enjoyable Artists for Artists Proof. I love this idea, of combining visual art with projection and live music, and it was pulled off with style, set in the atmospheric back room of the Workers Club, to match the “ethereal, dramatic and romantic” sounds of Artist Proof (duo Chis Pattendon and Drew Schapper, joined by guitar, synth and trumpet for the gig). Visual art from exciting Melbourne artists hung on the walls as the songs that inspired the images spun their spell for the audience, performing a strange and wonderful dance with one another. There’s another show on next Sunday, same place same time- don’t miss it! Book here and check out the fringe program while you’re at it!
And for something completely different- the Funky Turtles played to a packed out Portico on Saturday where Jade and I had the pleasure of sharing a pot of tea and a chocolate brownie whilst hearing them rock out on themes as varied as kazoos and beach cafes. We were so inspired, we’ve asked to join the band! Great energy, and fun had by all.
Friday night also combined the fabulous Victoriana Gaye (Vicki Gaye and Jeff Raglis) with a screening of To Kill a Mockingbird (I love you Atticus Finch!) and teaching the non-Australians how to ‘nutbush.’ (Photographic evidence of this has been suppressed…)
Jade also got her first taste of The Tinderbox on Thursday, helping with a range of interviews and spinning some tunes, and we’re now dreaming of turning one of her stories into a radio play so stay tuned!
What wonders will we encounter next week?
Thanks to all who have contributed to this week’s entertainment odyssey!