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