one fellow's political coverage, music ramblings and general hijinks across decades under a range of guises at several locations often in a state of awe.
A compilation of reviews for a bigger coverage assembled from several writers. For several thousand music fans, ravers and simple masochists, the first belly laughs of this final Big Day Out were to be had before reaching the ground. Note the frantic screams of the woman station guard as hundreds of kids tried to pile … Continue reading “Big Day Out 1997, Bassendean Oval, February 2, 1997”
Peso Playlist, Friday October 15, 2002
The Regal Theatre, Subiaco Ably assisted by the most astute Mr Rex Horan, Bmus., and Cinema Prague bassplayer virtuoso. It has long been the tradition of jazz artists to take popular tunes and adapt them into “standards”. Herbie Hancock’s latest album, The New Standard, has the prodigious pianist/composer lending his deft hand to numbers by … Continue reading “Herbie Hancock, Tuesday November 12, 1996”
The ‘Fly exists for gigs like this – punters armed with bottles of red, various cheeses and old whiskey barrels for the paddock-worn Blundstones to rest upon. Ah, and both kinds of music: country and western.
Metropolis Concert Club, Fremantle Let us take a fleeting glance back to those high-rolling mid-1980s, a time of teen magazines like Countdown and Smash Hits, lime green shirts and a paisley power-pop outfit from Perth called The Stems. Their simple yet unassailable songsmithery endeared them to a huge European music public, propelled them on to … Continue reading “The Stems, Friday February 28, 1997”
Moore Park Sydney For iZine, 20 January 1997 The event had already been described weeks earlier as “the must-have ticket in Australia today”; the venue: a peculiar tent and paddock arena where the Circus Oz gymnasts set each other alight each night; the cost of it all: the gross national product of several African states.
With a pocket full of change and a little taste for the bizarre, the Harbourside’s last gig for 1995 promised eleven hours of music from eleven bands and no pass-outs, so you were indeed trapped for the long haul. After making the venue my home for the evening there was certainly nothing to do but … Continue reading “The Big Bubble, Harbourside Hotel, December 31, 1995”
Revline – Rawkus seconded by bridesmaid I packed my flannelette skivvy and leather earplugs for this, the return gig by the ex-‘loudest pub band in the world’, Rawkus. With a new lead singer, bass player and a rumoured ‘more melodic sound’, the crowd were primed for what was to eventually become pretty unspectacular.
