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.
Effigy somehow explode then return often for new recordings and gigs over the years. Here Pete Hardman, Melbourne-based after his Perth-upbringing, speaks of the (usual?) rash of problems of their 1998 album Century Collapsing (July 1998; 14 mins)
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Note that the RTRFM web address is now rtrfm.com.au and that this is about how precise my user documentation ever gets.
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PERTH–More a placeholder for one great artifact rather than a post, here’s the departing party flyer for one or two of the Goats of Joy in May 1998.
Boston’s very un-Boston-sounding Morphine took the combination of drums, bass and baritone sax and made insanely great swamp music. One of the three, Billy Conway, speaks to Adam about how their music slides right in anywhere. RIP frontman Mark Sandman who died onstage in 1999 (April 1998; 12 mins)
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Adelita’s vox are among the most caustic in rock, she croons and screams with unrelenting fire as the frontperson of Magic Dirt. On the release of Young And Full Of The Devil, Adelita speaks to, and tries to hit-on, your quaking interviewer (April 1998; 12 mins)
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The best bassplayer I’ve ever seen and a psycho-being and lyricist of the first order, Mr Les Claypool, here divulges his timewarped 70s home, his many projects – Primus, Holy Mackerel, Prawnsong Design – and, egad, his fear of the Chapman Stick (April 7 1998; 13 mins)
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back 1998: Old friends, especially from Perth, were always the most fun to entertain. Anne Marie dropped by to visit her brother Howard, also in Hong Kong, and we indulged in a few sangrias at one of my fave haunts, Feather Boa. Credit: Unknown.
back 1998: My wonderful, wonderful flat on Lamma overlooking the harbour, some jungle and the incoming ferries. While the view would keep me gobsmacked for hours, opening the sliding doors and stepping onto the balcony was usually to be met with a wall of blast-furnace-like heat and humidity. Ai was my fave housemate here. Credit: Adam.
back 1998: Two of my fave partners in crime at the big schmoozy events, Anne and Stephen, here joined by Japan’s Time Inc honcho Yoko. Credit: Unknown.
back 1998: The job led to many an overseas trip, this being an excursion to Bangkok with the marketing team. Jane and I sample the local headgear. Credit: Unknown.
