Mental Notes January 2023: All the Rest Are Strangers
BRISBANE—I haven’t done a music review for 23 years, literally, so I sipped a few Coopers on the balcony and did this for a friend. Or possibly enemy, as no-one likes a reviewer.
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Squadcar 96; Shagpile; Beige, Grosvenor Front Room, June 29, 1996
sorry it’s late, the vaccuum cleaner ate my parrot. When the faithful all congregate to hear the mighty words, sounds and thudding drumbeats of the mob, there is little one can do to escape its fearful spell.
Outstation; Butternut, MX and the Grosvenor Hotel, February 17, 1996
A two stage, single location gig like this is always a treat with loud riffsters Outstation in MX, followed soon after by the Frock (women in rock) supergroup Butternut in the Grosvenor frontroom.
Flashing Tablet; Panelbeater, Planet, November 24, 1995
In the spirit of dubbing certain days, weeks and even weekends as ‘awareness days’, I propose that Friday the 14th of November be called “World Drummers Day”. On this day, last Friday, the usual, scene-stealing guitar front instead gave way to the unsung and unsinging drummers in all their thumping glory at Planet.
