Travel Watch: Detour, Taichung
The world’s biggest Guinness Book of Records Museum is a memorable–if peculiar–draw for visitors to Taichung, a gentle city of universities and bookstores about an hour’s flight from Taipei.
The Way You Used To Do
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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.
Spiderbait; Screamfeeder; Snout; The Fauves; Verona, UWA Refectory, November 30, 1996
Energised with a huge young fan base, their energy and machismo overflowing, the upper echelons of the Australian scene finally deserve a clap. Case in point: Spiderbait nestled amongst the Xmas ‘Best Of’ pap in the charts. Truly a reason to be thankful.
Air Ensemble; Squidfinger; Triggerfish, Fly By Night, July 19, 1996
i know it’s a bit long but there’s a lot of comment which has to be said here. the crowd were absolutely cuddly. With the recently thriving Fremantle community of musicians throttled by the closure of almost every venue in town, I have oft wondered what this huge and extremely loyal base of bands and … Continue reading “Air Ensemble; Squidfinger; Triggerfish, Fly By Night, July 19, 1996”
In The Pines, Somerville Auditorium, April 13, 1996
Summer tentatively chased away the onset of autumn for the cosiest festival of the year yet again, the third instalment of RTR-FM’s In The Pines. Armed with grandma’s rug and dressed in grandpa’s trousers, the who’s who of Warwick, Willeton and Waroona invaded the prized electoral seat of Nedlands in an indie-kid celebration of all … Continue reading “In The Pines, Somerville Auditorium, April 13, 1996”
interview | Polvo (1996) – Interview with Ash Bowie
“Whatever people say about our music, I would say that you can always hear a melody running through our songs, no matter how spastic the rhythm ideas may be!” I read this remark by Ash Bowie before confronting him myself. They seemed to be the words of someone clinging to hope, a faint hope that … Continue reading “interview | Polvo (1996) – Interview with Ash Bowie”
Dick Dale; Storytime, Planet, August 8, 1995
As selections for support bands go the Storytime election was the right choice on this Tuesday eve. Neither Storytime or Dale are particularly renown for their lyrical gymnastics, instead there remains their respective command of the six-stringed instrument, albeit several generations and board shapes apart.
