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xavier rudd & THE united nations PG. 33

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cOSMIC pSYCHOS

STEPHEN K. AMOS

BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE

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ALSO FEATURING: Charmaine Wilson, Paul Dempsey, Streetlife, the Jimi Hendrix Experience and heaps more!

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Geelong’s 1st Laneways Music Festival

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Residual ∙ Imogen Brough,∙ Levi Anderson Revolution ∙ Luke Biscan ∙ Jack Harman

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STREET FOOD and BBQ performers and street art

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ed's note Why hey there readers, but more importantly, hello spring! Now there's no excuse for not getting out and exercising or hanging the washing, so on and so forth.

But in the Forte world, where music is of the highest priority, now's the perfect chance to head out to your local pub and see a gig. Flick to page 21 if you'd like to see what's on offer.

This issue I was lucky enough to speak to both of our cover stars, Xavier Rudd and the boys of Holy Holy. All a pleasure to chat to and hopefully a great read for your coffee stop. Further inside the magazine is interviews with Bullet for My Valentine, The Cactus Channel, Cosmic Psychos, Mia Dyson and more. There's also lots happening

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in the Rockabilly world of Geelong and surrounds with the opening of the new Rockabilly Adventures store in Geelong and the ever lovely Lexi DeRock at Yankee Sweetheart.

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You may have noticed we bumped this issue up to a 63pager, we felt you deserved the extended lunch break read, and things are a little bit sleaker with our design. Most importantly we hope you're feeling inspired after reading these pages and feel prepared to take on the world. Who knows, maybe you'll take up being a Rockabilly rocker? I know after my makeover (see page 45) I'm feeling one step closer to the change.

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t h e l a t e s t n a t i o n a l a n d I NTERNAT I ONAL musi c & e n t e r t a i n m e n t n e w s

The Good Fry

A Mega Return Fresh from the studio, thrash metal rockers Megadeth will be back on Australian shores in October with Children of Bodom coming along for the ride. While Megadeth are seen as the godfathers of the thrash metal, Children of Bodom are a sign for the new wave of metal.

The two bands play Festival Hall on October 19 with tickets on sale August 24 via Ticketmaster.

Face the Music `

It’s in the name really, prepare yourself for two jam packed days where the music industry comes together in Melbourne for panel sessions, keynote presentations, meeting opportunities, practical music workshops and intimate master classes. Face the Music welcomes over 150 Australian and international speakers including; Ruth Daniel, JD Samson, producers Anna Laverty and Andrei Eremin, Frank Cotela (Onelove Music Group), Dan Rosen (ARIA), Nick O’Byrne (Look Out Kid), Paul Sloan (Billions Australia), Marc Sousley (Secret Sounds), Katie Rynne (Select Music), Music Writer, – Brodie Lancaster, Alex Zaccaria (Bolster Music), Patrick Donovan (Music Victoria) and many, many more.

Arts Centre, Melbourne – November 13 & 14.

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The one and only Stephen Fry will bring his penchant for frolic and frivolity to Australian shores this November.

The Emmy award-winning English actor, screenwriter, author, playwright, journalist, poet, comedian, television presenter and film director will be performing his latest show Telling Tales. Over the course of his career Fry has been the long-time host of the BBC television quiz show QI, starred in Blackadder, Kingdom and Bones, V for Vendetta and The Hobbit, presented several documentary series and has written four novels and three volumes of autobiography, just to name a few accolades.

Catch him at Hamer Hall on Monday November 9 & 10. Tickets via Ticketmaster.

Music That Lives On “I want my music to be timeless.” – Szymon.

And timeless it now is. Szymon Borzestowski lived and breathed music, and was heralded as a stunning emerging talent. Szymon sadly lost his life at just 23 years of age. Wanting to continue what he lived and breathed, Szymon’s family, friends and those in the industry continued to work on the release of Tigersapp.

Tigersapp is out now and is a beautiful peice of music that will have Szymon live on forever.

Crushed by Parkway Drive Parkway Drive have just released the single ‘Crushed’ from one of their most anticipated albums, Ire, out September 25. With ‘Crushed’ and the clip that comes with it, an altered sound also emerges from the band.

Check it out for yourself.

IN THE KNOW

AWME First Line Up Announced

Top Off the Cash Crop

The Australasian Worldwide Music Expo has officially clocked over to its eight year this year and the first line up shows just why they’re still around. The expo will deliver three days of some of the finest roots music to the Melbourne audience on November 12-14.

Playing this year will be; Mojo Juju, Henry Wagons & the Only Children, Emma Donovan & the Putbacks, Quarter Street, Mick Thomas, Ngaiire, Ruby Boots, OKA, Kingfisha, Archer and Thomas Oliver.

If Forbes is good for anything, it's making the rest of us feel as if we haven't accomplished a single thing. The feeling has been felt further with Forbes' highest paid actor list being released. Jim Parson (The Big Bang Theory) topped the list at $29 million ( Johnny Galecki, simon Helberg and Kunal Nayyar also of the Big Bang Theory made the top 5) and surprisingly Ray Romano (Everybody Loves Raymond) Is still in the top 10 with $15 million. Who knew?

Early bird passes are now available from the website.

Roll'd By the Foo Fighters

Leading Ladies

Let's be honest, there aren't too many fans out there for the Westboro Baptist church, but there sure are plenty for the Foo Fighters. In the ultimate Rick Roll, the Foo Fighters drove past the church members as they protested their concert. Enlisting good ol' Rick Astley to give them an extra nudge.

If there's two ladies leading the forefront for women it film, Jennifer Lawrence and Amy Schumer are certainly front runners for the title. In only our wildest dreams they'd work together on a film and, unless we're in a coma of sorts, that has become a firm reality according to the New York Times, as the duo are reportedly writing a screenplay in which they play sisters.

St Kilda Festival Open Call Australia’s largest free music festival have today opened up the call for entries for artists to get involved in their 2016 incarnation. Applications are now open for musicians, performers, traders, charities and community groups to take part in the 2016 St Kilda Festival. The 2016 St Kilda Festival will kick off from Saturday February 6 and culminate with the famous Festival Sunday on Sunday February 14.

Kiss and Tell If you're a regular the Bachelor watcher you would have seen the “highest, longest pash” record made on the show a few weeks back, but it's since been broken with a mammoth five minutes and 15 second attempt.

That's one serious case of pash rash...

Tame Yourself When news broke that Tame Impala were releasing a new album Currents, everyone went crazy of the prospect of a national tour to follow. Good news comes with the announcement of that very tour.

The tour begins at the Sidney Myer Music Bowl in Melbourne on November 7 with Mini Mansions and Koi Child also along for the ride.

Tickets are on sale 9am, Monday August 31.

Unearthed At School In case you missed it (though let's face it, there are few who don't listen to triple j), Mosquito Coast were the winners of this year's Unearthed High competition.

Let the career boom begin!

Get Chopped

Close Your Eyes, The Witch Is Coming Hands up who looks suspenseful creepy movies?

All those with hands down, please step aside. After winning the 'Best Director' award at Sundance Film festival this year The Witch has released the trailer and it's terrifyingly brilliant. This is all about the supernatural folklore with a bit of creepy goat action thrown in – check it out.

Over three massive days of hot rods, dirt drags, vintage speedway, customs and a healthy dose of tiki bars, Chopped will be bringing a heap of hand picked talent to supercharge the festival. Topping the event is blues maverick C.W Stoneking followed by Jackson Firebird, Steve Smyth, Mammoth Mammoth, The Fumes, The Rechords and Batpiss. Joining them on the mainstage come Double Black, Fireballs, The Pretty Littles, Los Tones, The Cherry Dolls, Shifting Sands, White Fang, The Yard Apes, Pheasant Pluckers, James Grim Woodcutters, The Mary Goldsmiths, The Persian Drugs, Mightiest Of Guns, No Class and more. Chopped 2015 will go down on Friday October 2 - Sunday October 4 at the Newstead Racecourse.

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T H E THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 3RD BARWON HEADS HOTEL: Trivia Night from 7:30pm BEAVS BAR: Levi Anderson, Open Mic Comedy BENDED: Happy Hour 4-6 BIRD ROCK: Mexican Night; Mi Casa Su Casa, Taqueria and Tequila EDGE GEELONG: Live Music and DJ ELEPHANT & CASTLE: $20 Asahi Seafood & Chips Night EUREKA HOTEL: Eureka Thursdays with local DJs GOLD DIGGERS: Happy hour 5-6 LORD OF THE ISLES: Trivia in the courtyard MARTIANS CAFE: $25 International Night including drink MAX HOTEL: Parmi night, Trivia Night PISTOL PETES: Nigel Wearne THE SPHINX HOTEL: Schnitzel Night from $13 ST JAMES: Live DJs SUTTONS HOUSE OF MUSIC (Ballarat): Sol Nation WORKERS CLUB: Holy Holy FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 4TH BABUSHKA BAR (Ballarat): Brodie Glen, Luke Symoup, Joe Guiton, David Grimson BARWON CLUB: Lost In Sight, Audemia, Altitude and more BARWON HEADS HOTEL: Happy Hour 5-7pm, Meat Raffle & Members Draw BEAVS BAR: Luke Biscan BELMONT HOTEL: Abe Anderson BENDED: Happy Hour 4-6 BIRD ROCK: It’s Friday B!tches BLACK HATT: Led Zeppelin Show Case CITY QUARTER BAR: Friday Unwind from 5pm. Live with live entertainment and DJ THE EASTERN: The Hunted Crows, Horris Green, 23rd of Elvis, Art Pope EDGE GEELONG: Live Music and DJ ELEPHANT AND CASTLE: Thank Guinness It’s Friday EUREKA HOTEL: Live DJs GOLD DIGGERS: Happy hour 5-6 THE GROVEDALE HOTEL: Trojan HOME HOUSE: Homehouse Fridays Party with DJs KAROVA LOUNGE (Ballarat): Holy Holy THE LORD NELSON: Happy Hour 5pm-7pm MAX HOTEL: 3 On The Tree ODYSSEYTAVERN AND BREWERY: Live Music OLD HEPBURN HOTEL: DJ Juzra PISTOL PETES: Bo Jenkins ST JAMES: Live DJs

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SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 5TH BABUSHKA BAR (Ballarat): Blistered Lips BARWON CLUB: Glittergang BEAVS BAR: Jeff Malapit BELMONT HOTEL: Dave Johns BENDED: Happy Hour 4-6 THE EASTERN: Fraudband, CRAK, The Blowouts EDGE: Live Music and DJ EUREKA: $5 Night THE GROVEDALE HOTEL: Thom HOME HOUSE: Zac Depetro, Tramp, Jungle HOWLER: Holy Holy KAROVA LOUNGE (Ballarat): Bootleg Rascal THE LOFT (Warrnambool): Witchgrinder MAX HOTEL: This Is For Abbey ODYSSEYTAVERN AND BREWERY: Live Music OLD HEPBURN HOTEL: DJ KRUSHH PISTOL PETE’S: Rattlin’ Bones Blackwood SAINTS & SAILORS (Portarlington): Live Music SPHINX HOTEL: American Classic ST JAMES: Live DJs: House, Hip Hop, RnB SUTTONS HOUSE OF MUSIC (Ballarat): Into the Black THEATRE ROYAL (Castlemaine): Sol Nation SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 6TH BARWON CLUB: Claim the Throne, Hybrid Nightmares, Metalstorm, stormtide BENDED: Happy Hour 4-6 BIRD ROCK: Sunday Sessions $9 Pizzas CITY QUARTER: Perfect Sunday Sesh Live music and DJ from 4pm EDGE GEELONG: Live Music and DJ ELEPHANT & CASTLE: Live Jazz from 3-6pm and Parmi Night GEELONG RSL: $13 Carvery lunch GROVEDALE HOTEL: Ben Dew ODYSSEYTAVERN AND BREWERY: Live Music SAINTS & SAILORS (Portarlington): Live Music ST JAMES: Live Music & DJs THE SPHINX HOTEL: Carvery from $17 SUTTONS HOUSE OF MUSIC (Ballarat): Harrison Dale MONDAY SEPTEMBER 7TH BENDED: Happy Hour 4-6 ELEPHANT & CASTLE: $20 Steak & Drink night CHERRY BAR: Cherry Jam Mondays GEELONG RSL: Members Draw, over $3000 in prizes to be won!

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rump steak night OLD HEPBURN HOTEL (Hepburn Springs): Parmi night THE SPHINX HOTEL: Meals for $11 TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 8TH BENDED: Two Choice Tuesdays BENDIGO DISTRICT RSL: Charmaine Wilson Australian Medium ELEPHANT & CASTLE: $20 Steak & Drink night DEAKIN UNIVERSITY (WATERFRONT): Home to Home Exhibition GEELONG RSL: Steak Night $13 GOLD DIGGERS: $14 parmi and rump steak night OLD HEPBURN HOTEL (Hepburn Springs): Parmi night WED SEPTEMBER 9Th BABUSHKA BAR (Ballarat): Karaoke THE BARWON HEADS HOTEL: Master of Dartness and Poker from 7pm BEAVS BAR: Open Mic, Karaoke, Dave Anderson BENDED: Parmi Paradise & pub Trivia BIRD ROCK: Drinks Specials, Ping Pong Challenge DEAKIN UNIVERSITY (WATERFRONT): Home to Home Exhibition ELEPHANT AND CASTLE: Trivia Night from 8pm.

GEELONG (52 Garden St): No Lights No Lycra GEELONG RSL: Pot and Parmi Night $13 GOLD DIGGERS ARMS: Trivia Night MAX HOTEL: Lukey’s Open Mic Night, $10 Burger night ODYSSEY TAVERN AND BREWERY: Live Music OLD HEPBURN HOTEL (Hepburn Springs): Roast night THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 10TH BEAVS BAR: Andy Forster BIRD ROCK: Mexican Night; Mi Casa Su Casa, Taqueria and Tequila DEAKIN UNIVERSITY (WATERFRONT): Home to Home Exhibition EDGE GEELONG: Live Music and DJ ELEPHANT & CASTLE: $20 Asahi Seafood & Chips Night EUREKA HOTEL: Eureka Thursdays with local DJs GOLD DIGGERS: Happy hour 5-6 GPAC: Lennon Through a Glass Onion KAROVA LOUNGE (Ballarat): The

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BLACK HATT: Tattoo Show, Hard Rock Night CHERRY BAR: Kiss Tribute DEAKIN UNIVERSITY (WATERFRONT): Home to Home Exhibition, Word for Word: National Non-Fiction Festival THE EASTERN: Harry Freak, No Idea, 23rd of Elvis EDGE: Live Music and DJ EUREKA: $5 Night GATEWAY HOTEL: Angry Anderson and James Southwell Band GPAC: Melbourne International Film Festival Tour: Neon, Song of the Sea & Putuparri and the Rainmakers THE GROVEDALE HOTEL: Abe Anderson HER MAJESTY’S (Melbourne): Elvis to the Max HOMEHOUSE: Apocalypto KAROVA LOUNGE (Ballarat): Cosmic Psychos MAX HOTEL: Hey Charger ODYSSEYTAVERN AND BREWERY: Live Music OLD HEPBURN HOTEL: Matt Gurry PISTOL PETE’S: Benny James & The Blues Flames (ft Ben Wicks) SAINTS & SAILORS (Portarlington): Live Music SPHINX HOTEL: Adventure Playground ST JAMES: Live DJs: House, Hip Hop, RnB SUTTONS HOUSE OF MUSIC (Ballarat): The Ivy Stone Assembly THEATRE ROYAL (Castlemaine): The Preatures YAH YAHS: Grindhouse Fundraiser: Sun God Replica, My Left Boot, Sheriff, The Dukes of Deliciosness, Swhat SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 13TH BARWON CLUB: In Hearts Wake BENDED: Happy Hour 4-6 BIRD ROCK: Sunday Sessions $9 Pizzas CITY QUARTER: Perfect Sunday Sesh Live music and DJ from 4pm DEAKIN UNIVERSITY (WATERFRONT): Home to Home Exhibition, Word for Word: National Non-Fiction Festival EDGE GEELONG: Live Music and DJ ELEPHANT & CASTLE: Live Jazz from 3-6pm and Parmi Night GEELONG RSL: $13 Carvery lunch GOLDEN VINE (Bendigo): Cosmic Psychos GPAC: Elvis to the Max THE GROVEDALE HOTEL: Ben Dew KAROVA LOUNGE (Ballarat): The Preatures THE LORD NELSON: Sunday

Funday Live Music ODYSSEYTAVERN AND BREWERY: Live Music SAINTS & SAILORS (Portarlington): Live Music THE SPHINX HOTEL: Carvery from $17 ULUMBARRA THEATRE (Bendigo): Lennon Through a Glass Onion St Pauls Cathedral: Matthew Fagan MONDAY SEPTEMBER 14TH BARWON CLUB: $10 Parmis BENDED: Happy Hour 4-6, Steak night CHERRY BAR: Cherry Jam Mondays DEAKIN UNIVERSITY (WATERFRONT): Home to Home Exhibition ELEPHANT & CASTLE: $20 Steak & Drink night GEELONG RSL: Members Draw, over $3000 in prizes to be won!

GOLD DIGGERS: $14 parmi and rump steak night OLD HEPBURN HOTEL (Hepburn Springs): Parmi night THE SPHINX HOTEL: Meals for $11 TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 15TH BENDED: Two Choice Tuesdays CAPITAL THEATRE (Bendigo): Xavier Rudd & the United Nations DEAKIN UNIVERSITY (WATERFRONT): Home to Home Exhibition ELEPHANT & CASTLE: $20 Steak & Drink night GEELONG RSL: Steak Night $13 GOLD DIGGERS: $14 parmi and rump steak night OLD HEPBURN HOTEL (Hepburn Springs): Parmi night WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER BABUSHKA BAR (Ballarat): Karaoke THE BARWON HEADS HOTEL: Master of Dartness and Poker from 7pm BEAVS BAR: Open Mic, Karaoke, Luke Biscan BENDED: Parmi Paradise & pub trivia BIRD ROCK: Drink Specials, Ping Pong Challenge ELEPHANT AND CASTLE: Trivia Night from 8pm. Have fun win prizes book a table GEELONG (52 Garden St): No Lights No Lycra GEELONG RSL: Pot and Parmi Night $13 GOLD DIGGERS ARMS: Trivia MAX HOTEL: Lukey’s Open Mic Night, $10 Burger night OLD HEPBURN HOTEL (Hepburn Springs): Roast night PISTOL PETES: Food and Blues

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Xavier Rudd & The United Nations

Written by Amanda Sherring

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Fast FIVE

What’s your favourite thing about being exposed to a new culture?

“Every human being on the planet comes from some form of struggle and from some form of domination and it’s nobodies fault.”

One of the biggest things for Xavier and the band, is the difference they can make through song. It’s something that has a great affect on Xavier’s life, and undeniably has had a massive affect on listeners worldwide.

“Music has been connecting people since the dawn of time, it’s as old as childbirth,” he says.

“Every human being on the planet comes from some form of struggle and from some form of domination and it’s nobodies fault. We can let that stuff go and talk about how that stuff happened and we can learn together to have a laugh and just walk together and learn from each other to try and change it.”

As a solo performer on stage, Xavier Rudd is a spectacle unlike any other; both for his musical talent and extreme ability to multi task. Surrounded by a set up constructed by hand, Xavier switches between playing one of the many didgeridoos, the drum kit, his guitar and singing, but it’s something he now shares in his most recent project the United Nations. “[Forming the United Nations] was an idea that I’d had for a long time,” he says.

Knowledge.

What do you love most about Byron bay?

The birds here.

Who’s someone in your life who really understands you and just gets you?

My fiancé.

What’s something that being a musician has taught you about yourself?

Ego. Ego often gets misconstrued as self-inflation, but our ego is to do with our emotions to our body; it can be anything. It doesn’t necessarily mean self-inflation – it can be insecurities, guilt, sorrow, shame and happiness. All those things can go under the hat of ego, so you learn so much about your emotional body as a musician because it’s what carrying spirit through.

When you’re at a gig/festival where do you like to be positioned in the crowd?

I don’t like to be stuck in the crowd as I’m a little claustrophobic. So I usually hang further back where I can have some space.

Though with all good things, there comes an end. Confessing that the band was put together by the spirit, he doesn’t know when it will all end – he even has a feeling this may be the only tour of Australia the band do – but regardless of what’s to come, he’s simply enjoying every moment of what they’ve all created.

“It’s been a really special time and a time that I’ll never forget, it’s definitely something that’s been really precious in a lot of Xavier Rudd and the United Nations is a band unlike many ways,” he says with a smile. others touring the world. Combining South African, Samoan, German, Papua New Guinean and Indigenous Australian sounds, they serve as a celebration of culture as well as doubling as a profound educational tool for listeners. sound.”

When & Where: The Palais Theatre, St Kilda – September 11 The Capital, Bendigo – September 15 Costa Hall, Geelong – September 18.

“I waited for ages and I wasn’t sure how I was going to do it so I really just wanted everything to line up and wait until the “It’s really quite powerful in that way and I have so much respect moment was right. This year it all just seemed to be the right for everyone,” he says. time.”

“That’s why we called the album Nanna, because we had so The biggest elements of all were the eight members to fill the much respect for everyone’s history, their ancestors and story, band, including; drummer Bobby Alu, Byron Bay’s Yeshe, so it became quite a celebration of everyone’s culture in the singer and bassist Alicia Mellor, vocalist Georgia Corowa, end.

Chris Lane (OKA), Pete Hunt (Kooii), Uncle Tio and Uncle “Because everyone’s influences were so different it created such Eddie (who has been unable to make the Australian tour). a unique style of reggae; it sounded a bit like Jamaican reggae While Xavier is well adept at multi-tasking on stage with instruments, finding the balance with a full band required a number of training sessions to make it work.

or African reggae but it had an Australian influence as well.”

The message of ‘oneness’ and acceptance rings true through all of their songs, and while Xavier has also been known for campaigning for numerous rights worldwide (Xavier recently spoke out via the song ‘Shame’ on the racism surrounding the Adam Goodes debacle) the message isn’t the basis for the song’s creation.

“I’ve never had a band that big; the biggest band I’ve had was a three piece last year. So I went from a three piece to a nine piece and, more than anything, it was about making sure my parts were a bit more minimal so there was more room in the real estate for everyone else,” Xavier says.

“The message is secondary to what I feel,” Xavier says. “I guess “I had to really thin out what I do because I’m so used to mak- my music has always been that way, I write about how I feel ing so much sound – as a solo, a duo and a trio – so that was and then out of that comes a message that can be sent to a new to me. I made sure we had lots of rehearsal so it didn’t broader community. A lot of people feel the way that I feel sound like a studio. and it’s nice to celebrate that in soul. Our shows definitely “We had a lot of time to jam so everyone could develop their feel more like a ceremony than a show.” parts and take what I’d written and really have their own slant on it. That way with all the different cultures, they all brought their own influence and we were able to create a really unique

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Mia Dyson Written by Alexander Lightfoot

It’s 6pm in Los Angeles and Mia Dyson places the call through to my office phone. The day for Mia is drawing a near when mine is just beginning, and it’s been a busy one for her.

“I’ve been writing a lot today and I was looking for a new place to live and we’d been looking for a while and it just got approved,” Mia beams.

It seems a lot of time lately for the musician has been spent in creating new music, both as a soloist and alongside Jen Cloher and Liz Stringer for the Dyson Stringer Cloher band.

“We just had three or four days together, it just worked amazingly well that Liz was touring America and Jen was over here visiting,” she says.

“Lately though I’m just getting ready to release a new EP, one track of which will be coming out ahead of the tour with the Waifs and also working on a clip for that. Also some clips for some covers I’m doing as well which is a thing for the fans.”

Over a musicians career, many of them find themselves living in America either through a permanent relocation or something a bit more temporary. In 2010 Mia made the move, but it wasn’t a conscious decision, more so a matter of things falling in the right place.

“I didn’t know what I was getting into really,” she adds with a laugh.

“It’s not like I’m specifically writing about geography or LA as a place, but it definitely gives me a lot of inspiration in terms of the energy here – I need to stop using that word,” Mia says.

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“There’s just so many people making art and encouraging each other, it’s just really vibrant and I feel so supported. I feel really driven to write and I’m writing more than I ever have. I’ve just been doing it every day and writing with other people – I never used to do that.”

While she’s loving her time in LA, Mia looks forward to returning to Australia where she is set to support the Waifs on their tour.

“I feel like this is the best way to come back to Australia.

The Waifs are quintessentially Australian, they’re friends of mind and we’ve known each other for a long time,” she says.

“They were super inspiring when I was coming up and just had that real independent spirit. They didn’t sign a distributor deal and Donna was taking orders online and getting a supermarket trolley, hundreds of mailers from the post office and she’d go back home and stuff them with CDs and send them to people.”

“I didn’t go, ‘Oh I want to move to LA!’ I just had the opportunity to work with some people and once I got here the west coast just really suited me, LA specifically. It gets such a bad rap but it’s got so much to offer.”

For Mia, the move to LA has been a reconnection with her creative side. Something in the city triggers her writing and she’s found that she’s writing more than she ever has before.

When & Where: Palais Theatre, Melbourne – October 24 & GPAC, Geelong – October 28

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record. I don’t mind taking the work on my shoulders because I have such a clear vision of what our sound should be like – I don’t like anyone else taking over.

“That was the reason why we wanted to go back with Colin [Richardson] as our co-producer. We had the luxury of picking anyone we wanted in the world, but worked with him on our first two albums,” Tuck explains.

Written by Natalie Rogers

These days it seems that the Welsh hardcore heavyweights have a lot to smile about.

Their fifth studio album Venom debuted at #1 on the ARIA charts; they were chosen as an early drawcard for Soundwave 2016; they’ve successfully introduced a new bass player into the mix; and they’re currently on a sold-out stadium tour of North American supporting Slipknot, alongside Lamb of God and Motionless In White. So it came as no big surprise that front man Matt Tuck was in high spirits backstage when he called in for a quick chat.

“Ah man, we literally just came off stage!” he beams. “Slipknot are about to go on, so now we’re just going to be hanging out,” he adds before apologising for the noise. Everything is buzzing around him – I can hear people laughing and joking in the background. I guess life is bitter sweet when your band has one of the biggest albums in the world right now. “Oh it’s amazing! Number one in Australia is not something we ever expected – we’re over the moon.”

East Brunswick All Girls Choir Q&A First lesson with East Brunswick All Girls Choir: don’t be fooled by the name. Second lesson: Respect that this is one damn cool band who are heading along to Kennedys Creek Music festival in October.

“We actually did a trip to LA in January and we sat down with five or six big-hitting celebrity producers who all wanted the gig – but we didn’t want anybody having an opinion on what we should be doing, you know? We knew what we should be doing, so we picked up the phone and called him and then we got Carl Brown on board and it was perfect. Actually when we first listened to the finished album from beginning to end there was a moment when everyone looked at each other and had a little giggle because I think that’s when we knew we’d done something special.”

With the addition of Jamie Mathias (formally of Revoker) on bass, Bullet for My Valentine will be at full force when they touch down in Australia this summer.

“I think the main reason that it’s been so seamless is that we managed to find a Welsh guy to do the job!” Tuck laughs.

Venom has broken all expectations. “Last time I checked we were top in eight countries! We listened to our fans and learned a lot – and it feels like now it’s paying off.”

From all accounts it’s been a tough few years for the band.

Coming off the massive success of their first three albums (The Poison 2005, Scream Aim Fire 2008 and Fever 2010), 2013’s Temper Temper received a lukewarm reception, so tensions that had been brewing within the four-piece reached boiling point and lead to the departure of long time bass player Jason James.

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“I’m a bit of a control freak really,” he smiles. Tuck says he threw himself into the work. “Whenever we make an album I like to be there from start ‘till finish. I write the lyrics and track all the rhythm guitars – and I played all the bass this

First things first, how did the name for the band come about?

When I was in primary school I auditioned for the Victorian youth school choir but didn’t cut the mustard. My school at the time didn’t have a program and my parents were really keen to see me follow up on singing. We found that there was an all girls school in Brunswick at the time and they allowed me to practice with them every week. I remember singing Rip Rip Woodchip quite a lot.

A little while ago you released your debut album Seven Drummers, which is aptly titled after your bad luck with actual drummers in the band. Can you tell us about how you went through so many?

Oh it wasn’t so much bad luck as we tended to pick drummers who were quite busy doing a lot of other things so it was mainly that. A few relocated overseas, a few just did one or two shows with us. It was just a whole lot of us playing with our friends where and when we could.

We’re guessing that things are all good in the drumming world now?

Arguably, Jen can’t leave her dogs alone for too long. She gets separation anxiety and starts foaming at the mouth.

Hi there, thanks for taking the time to chat with Forte magazine, how are you and what are you up to at the moment?

Hey there, right at this very second I’m looking out a window from a 7th storey office building at the drizzle. The guy sitting across from me has just returned from a three week cruise to Vanuatu. Now I’m not normally into the idea of going on a boat full of jerks but it’s looking pretty tempting right now.

Although this perceived setback couldn’t have come at a worse time, Tuck was determined to continue what he’d started, as early material from Venom had already been leaked on the internet. He’s known endearingly as ‘The General’ by his band mates, Michael ‘Padge’ Paget (guitars) and Michael ‘Moose’ Thomas (drums), because of his work ethic.

That album came to a whole lot of acclaim too, are you believers in everything happening for a reason?

Not really, sometimes things happen out of coincidence or pure luck across all facets of this world. I think we worked pretty hard before recording to make sure everything would be easier when we went in. It was good working with Casey who was really objective while we were in the studio. I don’t really know, you can’t just sit around and wait for things to come to you because they never will.

“Mainly because we had the same upbringing from the same area of town, so we sound the same and it works well for the backing vocals. He brings an exciting dynamic to the live show that people have picked up on straight away, and behind the scenes with the four of us it’s been great – as smooth as we could have hoped for. We know people are going to be anticipating something big, so we’ll definitely be bringing our A-game and giving everything we have and then some for these shows.”

When & Where: Soundwave, Melbourne – January 26

Do you have a preference over performing city gigs or country gigs? What’s the difference for you?

There’s not a preference really, it’s kind of cool to see country bands though. There’s always some diamonds in the rough.

Some kind of nutbag kids making something outrageous just because they aren’t surrounded by “city” bands. They think for themselves and have no pretense about it. The other thing you get in the country is hecklers. I wish there was more of this in the city shows. Maybe it’s a Melbourne thing to hide in the dark and not say too much.

You’ve been working with Milk! Records too, how have you found that experience?

It’s been really good, they’re really easy to work with and save me the hassle of having to go to the post office. They’re good communicators, transparent. It’s a pretty no bullshit kind of operation It’s interesting I suppose, they’re not really a label in the traditional sense so all the legwork and label “services” we still have to do ourselves which I like. They’re essentially an online store that has a big fan base.

You’ll be heading down to Kennedys Creek for the festival there in a few months, have you been there before? Any plans for the visit while you’re there?

I’ve made it as far as Skenes creek, that’s about the limit of my Great Ocean Road adventures. We had planned to head up earlier but we’re now off to Brisbane to play a new festival on the same weekend so our Kennedys Creek experience will probably be short and rushed which is a shame.

Thanks again for taking the time to chat with us, are there any last words of wisdom you’d like to share with our readers?

The day someone takes any advice from me should be the day that said person considers where their life might be headed.

When & Where: Kennedys Creek Music Festival, Kennedys Creek – October 24 & 25

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Don’t Change the Channel If the sounds of The Cactus Channel don’t get you going in the morning then perhaps you need a little more whiskey in your coffee. Playing what they call “Soul music for the afterhours”, The Cactus Channel may have members that were born in the ’90s but they play like they’re living in the seventies. We’re talking bass bumps, screaming organs and all the rest. Have you heard about their new 7” single ‘Cobaw/Fools Gold’? Its clip was shot on location in Cobaw and surrounds, with the end result being described as “Arid Australiana goes dark film funk goes schlock scream movie tone poem.” The band will get on down with their bad selves at The Barwon Club, Geelong on September 12.

Ta-Ku, Tkay Maidza, Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs (DJ set), Touch Sensitive, UV boi and Yung Lean. The second instalment is heading to regional Victoria again, hitting the Gippsland Parklands, Lardner, from December 29 through January 1, 2016.

Spare a Thought for Cooper Lower There will be very few among us who haven’t been found guilty of singing the wrong lyrics to a song at some point in our lives. This phenomenon, as some may know, is called a mondegreen, a term attributed to author Sylvia Wright (The Death of Lady Mondegreen). Usually when we hear a friend do it, we mock them mercilessly until we bathe in their tears. However, a little trip-up on lyrics has worked wonders for The Jungle Giants. When speaking to the triple j crew in the lead up to the release of (the now available) Speakerzoid, the band attributed the album’s title to a misheard lyric in the Sonic Youth song ‘Teenage Riot’. Sam Hales: “It came ’round because I was at a party with my girlfriend and she always sings the lyrics of songs wrong,” he told the crew, explaining the word kept buzzing around his head. “For me it feels like a little package, a little earworm... you put your headphones in and then a Speakerzoid crawls in your ears … It’s definitely an album that’s indie music meets some ’90s stuff plus a whole lot of South American percussion.

That’s the Speakerzoid for you.”

The Karova, Ballarat – September 11. Hold me closer Tony Danza.

Cruel to Be Kind

Warrnambool’s Cooper Lower is a young singer-songwriter you may want to keep an eye on. Influenced by the likes of John Butler, Ed Sheeran and Lewis Watson, the soulful acoustic muso began chipping away at the guitar when he was 12.

In 2014, he won the Warrnambool Battle of the Bands, going on to take out the runner’s-up prize at the Geelong regional finals. Last month he delivered his debut EP, Just a Thought.

Cooper: “My motivation is to produce original music that provokes both thought and perspective to listeners. Power and influential musical has played a pivotal role in my development as a person and as a musician.”

The Loft, Warrnambool – September 12.

Blues & Roots Fundraiser The Bendigo Blues & Roots Music Festival is holding a spring fundraiser/artist showcase at the Golden Vine on Sunday, September 20. Kicking off at midday, artists include Lily & King, JoJo Smith, John-Luke Shelley, Dave Diprose, Doc White, Messin’ ’Round, Swamp Monsters and Midweek Blues.

Tickets are $15 for adults and $5 for U18s (under-12s are free). While we’re on the subject, a reminder that the BB&RMF takes place from November 5 through 8 and is expected to welcome some 100 acts. You can become a ‘Friend of the Festival’ and enjoy all the benefits that come with that by hitting up bendigobluesandroots.com.au. Stay tuned for festival line-up details.

Hitch Your Lagwagon Remember early 2015? Suspenders were the ‘must-have’ fashion item, dancing was the new craze and Lagwagon toured Australia as part of Soundwave. Well now they’re coming back. Carrying the punk rock torch since 1990, the band released their debut album, Duh, in 1992 – an album considered to be among the most influential punk rock albums of the ’90s. Last year saw the release of Hang, their eighth studio album and first since 2005’s Resolve. In speaking about the album, Joey Cape has said it is the first album in the band’s career where all members agree they want to play every single song on the album live. Play it, learn it, so you can sing along.

The Barwon Club, Geelong – December 2.

With several dates crossed off on their current run, by the time The Preatures arrive in Forte territory they should be in mighty fine form. The Sydneysiders announced the tour as a way to celebrate new single ‘Cruel’, a track lifted from their lauded debut album Blue Planet Eyes. The accompanying video clip was filmed earlier this year following Sydney’s worst storms in over 100 years. The band had been on the road for two months at that point, returning to play a secret gig for friends and family. This is their final tour for the year, so head on down and show them the love.

Theatre Royal, Castlemaine – September 12 & The Karova, Ballarat – September 13.

An Evening with

Tim Flannery Mammalogist, palaeontologist, environmentalist and global warming activist Tim Flannery will take to the Castlemaine Town Hall on September 26 for a conversation on how Australia can prepare itself for a clean energy future in the light of the remarkable growth of renewables.

The 2007 Australian of the Year was the former Chief Commissioner of the Climate Commission, a Federal Government body that provided information to the public.

In September 2013, Flannery announced that he would be joining other sacked commissioners to form the independent Climate Council. Live music will also feature, while a light meal is optional.

Further information is available through TryBooking.

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Ya Dirty Bums Statistics show that three out of five people will suffer from bum grubs at some point in their life. It could be your dad, your mum, your sister or brother. It could be you. When was the last time you checked your bum for grubs? If you have a spare moment, do it now. Have a friend do it for you if needs be. There is probably even an app for it. Now, all this talk about bum grubs is due to those punk rock good blokes, the Cosmic Psychos. After rehydrating following their tour with the Dune Rats, the band is at it again, this time with new single – you guessed it, ‘Bum for Grubs’.

The Barwon Club, Geelong – September 11; The Karova, Ballarat – September 12; and The Vine, Bendigo – September 13.

Love in a Box Ah, the humble goon. It’s the choice of drink for when you have no choice of drink. Not too long ago, Keggin found a nice section of gutter, placed their head on an empty goon bag, and gazed into the night sky as they dreamt about how they could honour the wine of the gods. After all, no night in history has ever ended badly after a generous drop of boxed wine. Enter their very first music video, ‘Love in a Box’. You know the drink, so who is the band? They’re a three-piece from Melbourne who has earned a reputation for being one of the most hard-drinking, hard-rocking punk outfits to ever stumble out of Fitzroy. Music Man Megastore, Bendigo – September 4.

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Beyond the Valley You know those people who bang on about Game of Thrones? Whenever they see you they ask: ‘Have you watched it yet?’ and whenever you reply in the negative, saying something along the lines of ‘I just can’t get into it’, they frustratingly, though excitedly, tell you to watch the first few episodes and you’ll be hooked. And over time you learn to hate that person and their entire family by association? Well, that may well be us when it comes to Beyond the Valley, because we reckon it’s pretty cool and we reckon you may dig it – even if you know about it already.

So, get ready to cop the line-up again. Take a deep breath and breathe this in: Boys Noize, Crooked Colours, Dom Dolla, Doorly, Finnebassen, Flight Facilities, George Maple, Ivan Ooze, Jakubi , Jamie Xx, Joy., The Jungle Giants, The Kite String, Tangle, Last Dinosaurs, Lovebirds, Miami Horror, Northeast Party House, Odd Mob, Oscar Key Sung, Pusha T, Remi, RL Grime, The Rubens, San Cisco, Set Mo, Snakehips, and Spacey Space.

Tim Hulsman is a Dead Man

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There is always a bigger story behind the one we know. And when it comes to songman Tim Hulsman, it is an interesting one indeed. One of six children raised in a strict Jehovah’s Witness family, Tim’s father was a respected elder whose responsibilities included advising “the flock” and ex-communicating members who did not uphold values to acceptable standards. At the age of five, Tim heard the Gypsy jazz piece ‘Gypsy Carnival’; later, in his teen years, he battled with his parents about his musical desires. At 18, he was ex-communicated from the church. Fast-track a little, and earlier this year Forte got their hands on Tim’s debut album, Dead Man’s Garden. Wrote Tex Miller: “The most exciting local release this year to date is Tim Hulsman’s debut Dead Man’s Garden.

Throughout the twelve tracks, the folky acoustic lap steel and rootsy sound that we have all grown to love over the past couple of years is present … A great debut effort from one of Geelong’s acclaimed blues players.”

On September 18, 1970, the world lost Jimi Hendrix. While there will be readers who will know little of the man, most will know of the riffs – Purple Haze, Hey Joe, Little Wing, Foxy Lady and Voodoo Chile. Then there is his performance of The Star-Spangled Banner at Woodstock, widely regarded as one of the finest-ever live performances. To honour the 45th anniversary of his passing, RHR Music will host a couple of Jimi Hendrix extravaganzas, including one at Geelong’s Barwon Club on September 18. Taking on the challenge will be Hendrix devotee and guitarist extraordinaire Tim Henwood (The Androids, Superjesus, Rogue Traders), along with Dave Stevens and Michael Stangel.

Note that Tim will also be performing at Geelong’s Mane Event on October 17. (You can read the full story through timhulsman.com.)

Wow, That’s Heavy Man We at Forte like our metalheads to be happy, because when they’re happy we’re happy. So it looks as though everyone is going to be happy this Saturday night, September 5, with a nice little metal stack-up hitting Bendigo’s Music Man. Doors open at 6.30 p.m. before Daywaster hits the stage at 7.15 p.m.

Morth, At Seas End, Into Ruin, The Creptter Children, Evolution of Self and Crossbone Carnival round out the bill.

Formed out of the North West suburbs of Melbourne in 2012, Crossbone Carnival is a hard-rocking band with heavy riffs, rumbling tunes, big beats and loud screams. They like to think of it as “Rock N’ Metal Carnival”. Tickets are a cheap as chips $10.

A Man and His Guitar Jimi Hocking is the lovechild of T-Bone Walker, B.B. King and Jimi Hendrix, a man who works the stage with guitar in hand. Or you may see him playing it behind his back. Or you may see him doing the duck walk. You may even see him doing the splits. As long as he has a guitar, he’s good to go. Like many, piano lessons featured in his childhood but after his old man discovered he preferred Chuck Berry, he scored an acoustic guitar as a Christmas present. He has been performing since the mid-’80s, with pubs his stomping ground. You can throw tours with the likes of Joe Satriani, Edgar Winter and George Thorogood in there also.

Ararat Hotel, Ararat – September 23. (Ararat Live showcase.)

Charmed is a word that is often tied to Stephen K. Amos, so we’re going with it here. We’re all for conformity. A regular visitor to our shores, the feel-good funnyman returns with his hit show from this year’s Melbourne Comedy Festival, Welcome to My World. And just what in the world is his world about? Well, my friends, I’m afraid I can’t enlighten you about that. You should ask him. I can tell you from a review that apparently his greatest fear is defecating in public.

There’s more to it than that, of course, as he takes the audience through his life in comedy. There was also plenty of friendly audience participation the last time around, so if you’re close to the front, smile, you’re gonna be famous.

GPAC – October 6

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Crafted at Abbey Road Studios, The Age of Entitlement is the new album from The Basics. It is their first in six years.

The title will be a familiar phrase to some readers, as bassist Kris Schroeder explains: “Yeah, we pulled the title from Joe Hockey’s infamous speech, but we’re definitely not drawing any sort of line to that. It’s a clever turn-of-phrase, though – it can mean so many different things to so many different people ... Tell me, what does it really mean to a 15-year-old in this so-called Age of Entitlement, as opposed to a 75-year-old who’s lived through so many?” For them, it seems more about finding greater peace with where they as a band – and individuals – are at.

Music, Mirth & Meredith Big Daddy Kane, Bully, Father John Misty, Floating Points, Fatback Band, GL, Goat, Harvey Sutherland, Jessica Pratt, Julia Holter, Levins and Lucy Cliché, The Peep Tempel, Master Khalil Gudaz, MC Jane Clifton, Mighty Duke & The Lords, Briggs, Moon Duo, Neon Indian, Optimo, Pearls, Power, Ratatat, Shellac, Steve Miller Band, The Thurston Moore Band, Tkay Maidza, Totally Mild, Uncle Acid and The Deadbeats and Unknown Mortal Orchestra. That is your Meredith Music Festival line-up, my friends, and it makes for some good reading. And if it makes for some good reading, can you imagine how good it is going to sound?

Meredith Supernatural Amphitheatre, Meredith – December 11-13.

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Martians Café, Deans Marsh – September 19 & Goldmines Hotel, Bendigo – September 27.

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Queenscliff’s International Flavour Ron Sexsmith, The California Honeydrops, Trinity Roots, Hollie Smith, Louis Baker, Estére and Thomas Oliver are the latest additions to the Queenscliff Music Festival. This nice little batch of international artists join the likes of Angus & Julia Stone, Kate Miller-Heidke, Hoodoo Gurus, Paul Dempsey, John Williamson, Kingfisha and Harts. Queenscliff – November 27 through November 29. Tickets are currently available.

Howdy, Pilgrim Songbird Lilith Lane recorded her latest album, Pilgrim, in Spain in 2012. The album was mixed by Mike Mariconda, the man responsible for the first Powder Monkeys record, who Lilith first worked with back in 2008. From her website: “Pilgrim steps into another realm. Leaving the piano behind on her travels, Lilith’s new album allows garage guitars and spacious meanderings to creep in.”

The Eastern in Ballarat has a few gigs to keep an eye on this month. Kicking off tomorrow night, September 4, you have The Hunted Crows. The band released a self-titled EP last year, which you can pick up via a ‘name your price’ deal through Bandcamp. Among their guests will be Art Pope playing their final show. On September 12, Aussie punk comes alive with Harry Freak, No Idea and 23rd of Elvis combining forces.

Harry Freak formed out of Ballarat in 1995 and will be serving up their new concept album, The Money, The Drugs and The Girl. It is their third album. On September 18, alt-country meets psych-rock with Melbourne’s The Riflebirds and their debut LP, Detours and Collisions.

Geelong-based alternative rockers Residual love nothing but a good time. And it won’t get better than this when the band takes in a date at Geelong’s Workers Club on September 9 with Revolution and Children of the Sun. Have you heard their mash-up of Taylor Swift’s ‘Shake It Off ’ and Chet Faker’s ‘Talk is Cheap’ yet? Hit it up now – work can always wait a few minutes.

And All That Jazz

The Blues Train

Come on, babe. Why don’t we paint the town? And all that jazz. Run annually prior to Melbourne Cup, the Mildura Jazz, Food & Wine Festival combines traditional jazz and swing with more contemporary sounds. Events will take place in various popular clubs, bars and cafés, restaurants and churches, as well as riverside venues that showcase the splendour of the Murray River.

The Blues Train has recovered from a cold winter to return to the rail next month. The experience is a beauty. You have four different themed carriages with different seating configurations. On every show you are treated to a solo act, a duo, a trio and then a full band, each offering an intimate concert for just 50 people at a time. Each event includes three intervals for rest and refreshment, plus a meal at the historic Queenscliff Railway Station. At the time of writing, limited seats were available for their October and November runs so you wouldn’t want to leave things too much longer. December is also looking good and would make for a unique way to celebrate a Christmas function.

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October 30 – November 2. artsmildura.com.au.

Let’s Eat, Let’s Drink

Pour Some Gigs On Me

Be sure to free up the weekend of Saturday, October 10 and Sunday, October 11 because DAFT (Drink Arts Food Torquay) has a couple of massive days planned for you. In its third year, the event is a showcase of the region’s finest. October 10 provides ‘The Torquay Celebration’, a mouth-watering lunch celebrating local produce. Later in the day and into the night, the Bells Beats Bus is a fun and exciting way to enjoy the town. On October 11, ‘Bell Street Fiesta’ will welcome a day of live entertainment, stalls, art, designers and producers.

There will also be plenty of activities for the little ones, so make it a family day out. Full details can be found through daftorquay.com.

Fraudband will take their debut LP, Many Ways In, One Way Out, to The Bridge, Castlemaine on September 4 & Ballarat’s Eastern Hotel on September 5. Bootleg Rascal will do their thing at The Karova, Ballarat on September 5. Witchgrinder hit The Loft, Warrnambool on September 5. Sydney’s Tigerlily hits Geelong’s Eureka Hotel on October 3. Brutal groove metal outfit The Arbiter hit The Karova, Ballarat on September 10. Ian Collard takes in The Main Bar, Ballarat on September 5. Kayla Dwyer will perform at City Memorial Bowls Club, Warrnambool on September 17 & Mickey Bourkes Hotel, Koroit on September 18.

Down by the River As you probably know, The Drones are in celebration mode.

It has been ten years since the group released Wait Long by the River and the Bodies of Your Enemies Will Float By, the band’s second album and the one that really got things going for the Melbourne via Perth outfit. While it lost out to Wolfmother for triple j’s inaugural J Award, it took the honours with the inaugural Australian Music Prize. In 2009, album single ‘Shark Fin Blues’ was voted ‘Greatest Australian Song’ through a triple j poll of contemporary Australian musicians.

Missy Higgins would release a version of the single on her 2014 covers album Oz. Theatre Royal, Castlemaine – September 6. Joining them will be the Steve Miller Band.

Nearing the End of the Road Come get your fix of Papa Pilko and the Binrats and their debut album, Till the End of the Road. The band has already given fans a nice little number of EPs, but with the main course now here you can finally drink down a big glass of voodoo soul and alt-country rock and roll. On frontman Cyrus Pilko, The AU Review’s Paul McBride said: “It’s hard totell how much of his face-contorting, hip-swinging, hand-flailing, and sweat-drenched boot-shuffling is part of a character he has created or if it’s genuinely how he is, but the singer is one of the most entertaining, charismatic, and brilliantly ridiculous Australian frontmen around right now.”

The Loft, Warrnambool – November 6 & Old Hepburn Hotel, Hepburn Springs – November 8.

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The Bendigo International Festival of Exploratory Music takes place this weekend, September 4 through September 6. Making its debut in 2013, the festival found a hugely appreciative audience as it explored the most innovative and virtuosic concert music from around the world. For those unfamiliar with the festival, it features resident ensemble Argonaut, a flexible roster of virtuosi from across Australia. A highlight of the festival is the debut of New York conductor Eric Dudley, who will be working alongside Argonaut. Another highlight is the Australasian debut of Finnish outfit defunenesmble, who will be performing two concerts featuring an array of composers.

More through bifem.com.au.

The Oasis Story In 1995, Oasis asked the question: What’s the Story Morning Glory? Since then, over 20 million people have bought the album in an attempt to find out the answer. Representing the peak of Britpop, (What’s the Story) Morning Glory? features a little ditty called ‘Wonderwall’, which will be known by every busker and cover band in the universe. Not to mention ‘Roll with It’, ‘Donk Look Back in Anger’ and ‘Morning Glory’.

To celebrate 20 years since its October release, Geelong’s Barwon Club has sweet-talked Michael Stangel, Dave Stevens and the Santospirito brothers, Paul and Adrian, to play the album in its entirety. Those wearing Blur t-shirts are not welcome.

Martians Café, Deans Marsh – September 4.

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From Murray, with Love Spring is here. Hoorah! Hoorah, spring is here. And now that songman Pete Murray’s fingers have thawed out, he is able to strip off a few layers and head out on the road for his bumper 30+ date ‘Yours Acoustically’ tour. Ol’ Pete goes pretty damn well with a guitar in his hand and will use the tour to deliver songs in a solo unplugged format, performing a healthy selection of his much-loved favourites as well as the odd teaser from his forthcoming new album, due for release in 2016. More than a few guitar string changes ago, Murray released his debut album, Feeler. Released in 2003, the album hit the #1 spot on the Australian charts and has since achieved 6x platinum sales. In 2011, he released his fourth album, Blue Sky Blue. Murray: “This is going to be a really fun tour and I’m looking forward to it … I’ve done quite a few solo acoustic tours internationally over the years but never in Australia so this will be a first – for me this feels like I’m giving back to the fans that have supported me over the years.”

The Capital, Bendigo – October 14; Regent Theatre, Ballarat – October 15; and Torquay Hotel, Torquay – October 17.

Life is Beautiful In the early ’90s, sisters Vikki Thorn and Donna Simpson, along with Josh Cunningham, formed The Waifs out of Albany, Western Australia. At the time of meeting, Vikki and Donna performed as the duo Colours and met Cunningham, who was also a touring muso, while in Broome. A ten-minute jam session followed, and the next few years the trio used a Kombi van to tour Australia before releasing their self-titled debut in 1996. Last month they released their seventh album, Beautiful You. Vikki: “It was all very exciting. We probably hadn’t sat together in a room like that for 15 years.

We got out pens and paper and guitars. It felt like it should be an easy thing … but it wasn’t. We tried in earnest to jam and shape songs. We tried going through ‘what’s the worst Waifs song you’ve ever written?’ Even that became awkward because we couldn’t all agree which were the worst ones. It was all very intimate and personal.” Adds Donna: “It’s still great to look across at each other and know where we are going to go with the music. That has never changed. And we get along better now than we ever have.”

GPAC – October 28.

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Chopped: The Fumes

Written by Alexander Lightfoot

Steve Merry has his head in the bonnet of his F-100 attending to a leak in the water pump, as we begin to chat about the imminent return of The Fumes. It’s been six long years since the release of their second album Sundancer, and with a newly expanded three piece line-up and third record Bloodless slated for release in November, Merry is excited to be back in the game. Stepping away from the public eye and working on different projects since 2009, there have been constant questions of when the follow up would be released. Now, The Fumes have an answer.

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Hands up who’s been to a pop culture or record event in the past 12 months? Whether you have or haven’t, you’ll want to be heading along to the Bendigo Record, Comic and Toy Fair, celebrating old and new in the world of music and pop culture on September 20.

The fair has been going for a number of years, most recently upgrading to the current location of the Bendigo Showground, and this year also sees a change in some new additions to the entertainment.

This time around the Bendigo and District Gamers Association will be on board for a table top demonstration, two Star Wars st fan clubs will be in attendance (Star Walking and 501 Legion, Southern Cross Garrison), local party event group Mascot Mates (runing a walk on water set up, blow up castle, face painting and more for kids) and perhaps the largest addition in the cosplay competition.

“We’ve got a couple of cosplay judges down here in Bendigo, the main judge and organiser is Vena Kara, and she’s cosplayed down in Melbourne and is very much into the whole cosplay community. Our second judge is another cosplayer from Bendigo, Elizabethmaree,” organiser Peter Pascoe says.

Entry to compete is $5 with all proceeds from the competition going directly to The Bendigo Radiotherapy Foundation who raise funds for the Peter MacCallum centre in Bendigo.

“They took me through the radiotherapy section in the hospital and showed me the computer simulators and all the different machines in use,” he says.

“And they showed me the things that their foundation purchased for the hospital. It’s incredible to see how much regional hospitals utilise funds donated from organisations like this.”

As well as the additions to the fair, there will still be hundreds of local, state and interstate record, comic and toy traders at the event. And while the venue recently upsized, the event still hasn’t lost its regional charm.

“The great thing about the regional events is that you’re able to leisurely walk around and catch everything at your own pace,” he says.

“You can take in the whole thing in a day and not feel rushed

or that you’ve missed out on anything and there’s a much more friendly vibe at the regional events.”

The regional aspect has been a main driver for Peter, and with pop culture events popping up regionally all across the state, he hopes to make people realise that there is a strong pop culture community in these areas.

“I’m wanting to get together local organisers and local people to put on show what regional towns have to offer in terms of pop culture,” Peter says.

“For the longest time we’ve had these isolated groups with their own interests and they’ve had to go to Melbourne to expand their interests. So I’m looking to provide an opportunity for these groups to get together under the one group.”

Peter hopes to grow the event for future, while still maintaining the event’s casual vibe, with guest speakers and presentations.

“What I’m aiming to do in future is getting this event on the map,” he says.

When & Where: Prince of Wale’s Showground, Bendigo – September 20

“We have been working on this thing for years mate,” says Merry, the band’s guitarist/vocalist. “Other shit seems to get in the way these days, but we are finally back with a new record and at the moment it’s just with Ryan [Hazell, bass player/ producer]. We have been working on it for a few years now and with a few false starts with release dates, we are pretty much there. We’ve been playing shows and we are pretty fucking excited to get rid of it and out there into the world.”

Having played a few East Coast shows in recent months, including a gig with The Beards, the new tunes have been getting a work out in the live set. The initial response from fans has been incredibly positive. The Fumes started out in the mid-2000s, and the music scene has changed quite a lot since then. Despite excitement to have a new record out, Merry is unsure about how much success to hope for.

“I have absolutely no idea how this is going to go,” he says.

“I’m not that involved in what’s happening right now in the Australian music scene and life is pretty darn busy that’s for sure. Things stick out now and then and I prick my ears up.

Where are we going to fit in with what’s coming out at the moment? I don’t know. I’m definitely older than kids playing out in the scene today. I know that much. How about I ring you when the record comes out and we see what you think of it [laughs].”

In the past, The Fumes have toured all around the world, and Merry actually lived in the US for a period of time working as a carpenter. Along the way, the band have encountered all sorts of craziness, both on and off the stage. One of the most bizarre experiences came about when Jim Diamond from The Dirtbombs produced their second record Sundancer.

“I mixed Sundancer with Jim over in Detroit in his ghetto studios. It’s right in the middle of the city and we had finished work for that day, and it just so happened The Black Crowes were playing at the venue next door. We were talking about Rodriguez and listening to Coming From Reality and next minute he asked if I wanted to meet him. We went down to the brewery and drank some beers and ate some pizza. To be sitting next to the sugarman himself and talking about music was quite a moment. It was like meeting Darth Vader.”

There are quite a few stories circulating that Merry learnt how to play blues guitar off the late, great legend Bob Brozman.

Although it was just a jam session, Merry says it was another a pinch yourself moment.

“I was hooked up to buy a resonator guitar through Brozman from some carpentry work I did in the states for a mate. I hung out with him and had a few jams. He’s an interesting dude and to watch him play was pretty amazing. He’s a lunatic on the guitar and it was like looking at an abstract artwork by Picasso or Dali.” when & where: THE FUMES are playing Chopped 2015, which goes down from Friday October 2 – Sunday October 4 at Newstead Racecourse. The lineup also includes C.W. Stoneking, Fireballs, Steve Smyth and more.

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When & Where: Workers Club, Geelong – September 3, Karova Lounge, Ballarat – September 4 Howler, Melbourne – September 5

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Written by Amanda Sherring

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Last night was nice, it was at a beautiful outdoor venue in Darwin at a venue called the Lighthouse,” Tim says.

“It was in an open air round theatre and it had high corrugated iron walls – it almost reminded me of a gladiator fighting arena. It was beautiful and warm up there, 30 degrees and reasonably dry. I’d never been to Darwin before but it was really nice.”

While this tour of Australia seems relatively relaxed on the road, the band have been playing word association games in the van, for their recent tour of Europe things were a little more stressful.

Despite a 5.40am wake up call, an early flight to Perth to quickly jump in the car for the drive to Bunbury, Tim Carroll and Oscar Dawson of Holy Holy are rather upbeat.

Most likely, the elation is due to the beginning of their Australian tour which started last night in Darwin.

“We were driving in the UK in this van and they’re the same side as Australia so it’s right hand of the car and left on the road, but we went across to Europe where it’s the opposite. So we were driving this car that was right hand drive on the opposite side of the road with cars that were left hand drive on the autobahn and oh man, it was fucking frightening,” Oscar reminisces.

“So all of us took in turns driving and tried the best not to kill each other. Normally people are happy to drive but this time when anyone asked ‘Who wants to drive?’ it was silent and no one would say anything. So we would basically have to play rock paper scissors as to who was going to drive next.”

The band made it through unscathed, and good thing they did as Australian fans would be quite disappointed to miss out on hearing the new album, When the Storms Would Come. Which with the addition of the band helped Tim and Oscar to create a new sound.

“Oscar and I probably have a similar taste, generally speaking, but I feel like what we naturally would do is a bit different and I think that’s why I like working in this band because Oscar and the guys pull the sound in different directions,” Tim says.

“I definitely sort of set out to try do something different with this project than with stuff I’d done before. It was a combination of the band and of my desire to do something different and push into new sonic spaces.

“The band have certainly helped me to feel comfortable making that kind of music and now it feels pretty natural and I’m kind of looking forward to continue writing with these guys.”

A notable thing about Holy Holy, aside from the evolution of their music in general, is the return to allowing time for the guitarist, aka Oscar, to have his fair time in the spotlight.

“Tim encourages me to play guitar solos which is great.

A lot of people don’t and they often say ‘Man, can you please stop doing that!’,” Oscar laughs.

“When we play live it’s very clear that some of those moments are the highlights for the audience. I don’t know if it’s because people miss guitar solos, because they don’t really happen that much any more. But it’s something that our band does a lot and I think people enjoy it,” Tim says.

While there’s an understanding in regards to guitar solos and general music happenings, there’s also an understanding when it comes to social media, as the different sites are split between Tim and Oscar.

Tim is the Facebook man and for most of his posts, you can tell that it’s Tim behind the keyboard, sharing his thoughts and musings on the world, occasionally even his thoughts on the current political climate in Australia.

“As for the political stuff I just get so, I dunno, I get a lot of rage over the many different things over many different policies that make me feel so ashamed and angry about the direction that we’re going in,” Tim says.

“I think it’s the opposite direction that we’re going in as a country. And I think it’s good to get that out there and get people realising that hopefully.”

There’s a definite passion and belief behind what Tim says, and those emotions are extended to the music they create, the gigs they perform and, we imagine, most other elements in their lives.

Fast FIVE

What do you think is the biggest recent blunder in politics?

I’ll go with the coalitions approach to gay marriage.

Favourite thing about winter?

Open fires. Actually not even open fires, I live in Tassie and we’ve got two sort of fire boxes. I’ve been pulling my work desk to right in front of the fire with my back to the fire all day and it’s been kind of nice.

Last thing that made you laugh?

We were playing a game in this van as we drove to Bunbury which is you choose a letter of the alphabet and then we all have to take turns in naming bands that start with that letter. If you can’t name one within five seconds or repeat a name then you’re out. So that’s been funny because we’ve had names like Peter Andre.

If you were forced to endure a natural disaster what would you pick?

I do have a desire to experience an earthquake before I die. Some of my friends were in an apartment in Japan while there was an Earthquake and they said that was pretty amazing, so that would be interesting.

When was a moment in your life where you felt content and happy?

When my son was born, I have a little one-year-old.

So it’s been pretty amazing being with him for the last year. It’s hard to describe and hard to imagine what it would feel like before he was there but there’s a special connection.

When & Where: Workers Club, Geelong – September 3, Karova Lounge, Ballarat – September 4 & Howler, Melbourne – September 5

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Introducing, Geelong’s very own laneway festival,

StreetLife!

If you haven’t heard by now, things are doing well in the Geelong music scene, so well that the city has gained itself a new festival on November 14. Through the partnership of Michael Ward and Keiran Blood, colleagues and business partners at the Great Australian Beer Festival, the festival has been made a reality.

“It’s in the heart of the CBD, easy to get to, great parking, the street party won’t negatively impact on any other traders in the area and the biggest laneway, being Downes Lane, offers an ideal streetscape for a massive undercover stage and great live entertainment.”

As well as having some of the hottest triple j bands (The Delta Riggs and Jinja Safari are just a few) the festival will have a selection of deliciously cold beers, ciders and wines.

Food will be supplied by local suppliers with a massive BBQ cooking up a variety of meats and seafood.

“The concept has been smoldering away for a few years now and takes inspiration from Melbourne’s home grown “StreetLife Festival is about sharing, celebrating and St Jerome’s Laneway Festival which originally sprang up discovery. What better way to do this than by getting out as a laneway bar a few years back and has now gone on to and about to soak up the sights, sounds and tastes within become a global event,” Michael says. this really happening part of the town?” Michael says.

“We’re seeing life returning to the streets of Geelong and As for the music, as mentioned The Delta Riggs and Jinja we’re going to transform the lane and alleyways around Lt Malop and James Streets into an outdoor music feast with Safari are to headline the event, two bands who have sparsely made the trip to Geelong – until now that is. some of the hottest triple j bands.”

The festival will be located in Downes Lane, Downes Place and John Street, a stones throw from the revitalised Little Malop Street and will run from 2pm to 10pm, plenty of opportunity to enjoy the surrounding nightlife afterwards.

“The whole vibe in and around Lt. Malop St lends itself to a street party and the lane and alleyways we’ve chosen are just perfect,” he says.

“The whole vibe around our city laneways lends itself to a dose of triple j magic,” Michael says before adding,

“The Delta Riggs with their high-energy garage rock/ urban groove are perfect for this gig. These guys were handpicked to support the Foo Fighters so that’s a great endorsement! While Jinja Safari, Sydney’s rising stars, are known for their eclectic and high-energy performances and an array of unusual instruments. We believe both bands will go off big time in the laneways.”

The rest of the line up is to be filled by local talents such as Imogen Brough, Residual Revolution and more.

THE LINE UP SO FAR...

To keep things intimate only 1500 tickets will be available for the inaugural StreetLife Festival.

The Delta Riggs

StreetLife runs from 2pm through to 10pm and is an 18+ event. To celebrate the launch of this hip new fest, organisers will be offering a strictly limited number of early bird tickets at the insane price of $29.95 regular tickets will cost $39.95.

Tickets go on sale soon

Sarah Howells DJ (triple j)

For more information visit: w w w.s t r e e t lif efe s tiva l . c om . a u

Jinja Safari Residual Imogen Brough Revolution Levi Anderson Jack Harman Luke Biscan and more to come...

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Oxygen Open DAY Last Saturday (August 29) the doors of Oxygen College swung wide open as hundreds of students and recent graduates made their way to Geelong for its open day. Each year the open day draws people from throughout Victoria and interstate and this year was no exception.

Oxygen College frequently has students that move to Geelong to study at the campus.

The open day serves as a chance to see the inner workings of the college, meet current students and staff and to generally experience the college to see if its the right fit for you. Throughout the day the college held facility tours, student demonstrations and course information sessions.

Current students offered their thoughts on the college and you’d be stretched to find something the open day didn’t cover.

In Geelong, Oxygen College is well known as specialists in music industry training, offering courses that cover such topics as music performance, photography, music business, electronic music and sound. The bonus is that the courses suit all ages with full and part time study options. The open day was a clear reflection of what’s available as those who attended were a broad mix – there simply isn’t a mould of what you have to be to study at Oxygen.

For those who missed out on the open day it’s not too late to enquire.

Get in touch by calling 1300 195 303 or visit the website. If you want to get a better feel for the college to see if it’s right for you, there’s plenty of time to organise a facility tour.

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summer foundation: Home to Home Q&A For some, as young members of our society, getting locked away from the world is a part of life. While it may sound like a terrible experience the stories they tell, via the Home to Home exhibition by the Summer Foundation, is an uplifting tale of their goals and achievements. We talked to Carolyn Finis from the Summer Foundation on what it’s all about.

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As they are quite impacting stories, what was your response to seeing the images and hearing their stories?

In many cases the digital stories are extremely positive.

While the trauma surrounding the onset of disability can be confronting, for most storytellers their stories are less about acquiring their disability, and more about the lives they are living and their current goals, achievements and priorities. Overwhelmingly the stories in the collection are uplifting. The digital stories do catch a moment in the storytellers life, and with 22 stories in the collection, not all storytellers were in a positive place at the time of making their story. I admire the bravery of these storytellers. It is a difficult and confronting thing to admit your circumstances are not as you would like them to be, but to make this admission publicly, and do so for the purpose of helping others, is an extremely generous gesture.

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With your work at Summer Foundation you’ve recently got involved with the Home to Home exhibition, how did you first come across that work?

The Summer Foundation has a long history of supporting people with disability to share their stories and experiences. We first began encouraging young people with disability and family members to capture their stories in digital formats in 2010. In almost all cases, when a young person or a family member creates a digital story, they do so with the motivation that their story and their experience will help bring about the changes necessary to prevent other young people having the experiences they’ve had. Essentially these stories are created to be shared.

The current collection of digital stories have all been made in regional settings which, in addition to Geelong, have included Newcastle and Cairns. The exhibition has already toured Newcastle and Cairns. There are 22 stories in the collection, and 7 of these stories feature story tellers from the Geelong region.

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And the exhibition doesn’t just share stories of those at risk or in retirement homes, it has their parents as well, do you think it was important to show the issue at many different angles?

The issue of young people in nursing homes doesn’t just impact the young people with disability themselves.

There are many layers of relationships which are affected, and each of these connections have a perspective and a story to tell. For some people viewing these stories, it may be the perspective of a mother that resonates most…for others, a story told from the point of view of a husband might be the story that strikes a chord. All these voices are relevant and show a different side to this issue.

But ultimately the stories are all about how they overcome the issues they faced and found hope. Has hearing these stories given you a new perspective on life at all?

I’ve been immersed in these stories for years, and one of the significant changes I have noticed early on was that I quickly lost focus on the circumstances surrounding someone’s injury or the incident that triggered to onset of their disability. What intrigues and inspires me is people’s capacity to redefine themselves and move forward.

People talk about ‘seeing the person rather than the disability - when you actually live this, you open yourself up to meeting some incredibly strong and motivated people. There is something powerful about surrounding yourself with a community who prioritise improving our society for those who will follow.

What’s the biggest thing attenders will take away from witnessing the stories/photos?

Many people are unaware of the issue of young people in nursing homes. This exhibition raises the profile of this issue, and provides a first hand glimpse into the reality of life in a nursing home for a young person with disability.

By viewing these stories, visitors to the exhibition will gain an understanding of why we as a community need to work harder to address this issue and create choice for young people with disability. As a young person, I expect to be able to choose where I live, who I live with and how I live. So many young people with disability are denied these basic choices.

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1. Portia De Rossi

4. Esther Anderson

Portia de Rossi was born and raised in Geelong and attended Belmont High School. She was born Mandy Rogers but she changed her name to Portia at 15, because if you want to make it big in Hollywood it’s better your name sounds like a sports car as opposed to Mandy.

Another Stunner from the Gunner, Esther Jackie Anderson – actress and model – was born and raised in Geelong. She is best known for her role as Charlie Buckton on the Australian soap opera Home and Away.

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2. Chrissy Amphlett Another Geelong Gal. Again Chrissy was a Belmont High attendee, wow.

Belmont is a breeding ground for fame!? Chrissy, who sadly left us in 2013 (RIP), travelled the world and rarely had the chance to return to Sunny G-town. However, she remained a Cats fan and would keep up with how her Cats were going from her home in New York.

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3. Daryl Somers Was born Daryl Schulz on 6 August 1951 in… yep you guessed it… Geelong. That’s right, without Geelong there is no ‘Hey Hey it’s Saturday!’ Daryl would go on to be a triple Gold Logie winner and to be one of the most recognisable faces in Australia.

5. Barry Crocker That’s right without Geelong there would be no saying ‘That was a Barry Crocker’, you would actually just have to say, ‘That was a shocker’. Barry Hugh Crocker is best known for his entertaining singing and theatre performance, and like every other Australian personality he was on Neighbours too. He also bought a Gold Logie back to Corio Bay! And – who could forget his song ‘Come on the Cats?’ which was widely described as a …. ‘Barry Crocker’.

Home to Home is actually free to attend, was it important for the Summer Foundation to make it accessible to everyone?

The exhibition aims to raise awareness of the issue of young people with disability amongst the general community. We would encourage and welcome people to come along to the exhibition and take the time to view these stories.

The storytellers have created these stories to be shared. I’ve seen the impact these stories have had on people in our previous exhibitions.

Home, and our sense of home is vital to our quality of life. We look forward to meeting and engaging with the Geelong community over the course of the exhibition.

When & Where: Deakin University, Waterfront Campus – Open daily (9am-6pm) from September 8-15.

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Tinder Diaries Tinder is a modern phenomenon and there is a whole virtual world of one night stands and romantic meet ups happening throughout the suburbs of Geelong and surrounding areas along with the rest of the world too, of coarse. If you don’t know how it works, you have a profile picture and people swipe right or left, based on your face: swiping left means ‘NO’ and swiping right mean ‘YES’ or that your’e “interested”.

Then you can chat and often this will lead to a meeting, and let’s face it, the primary objective is to partake in casual, consensual sex.

Hi Mr T, tell us about when your life on Tinder started?

It was pretty much a rebound after breaking up with my now ex-girlfriend

It’s a new era, something I doubt our grandparents could relate to or partake in - Forte Magazine caught up with a regular Tinder user who chose to remain anonymous.

So let’s go inside the world of Tinder and you can hear, unfiltered and first hand, how it all works and what life is like as a Tinder user.

Once you got involved in the world of Tinder were you surprised how many local woman were open to meeting up with random people?

At the start I thought the site was purely for sex with random people and I did get a lot of that no doubt, but as time went by I met more people who were interested in developing relationships. Yeah, I was surprised at how easy some girls would meet up without knowing anything about me, but after a while it sort of became normal, there’s no surprises anymore

The first time we were supposed to chat, the conversation was stopped short, and I kid you not, it was because a sudden meet up had just taken place. Mr Tinder put out a line and a female Tinder user had agreed to come over to his house - two questions into the interview. Mr Tinder suddenly said whilst laughing and seeming distracted, “I can’t do this now, something has just come up, I gotta go. Maybe tomorrow?”

So finally, with the decks cleared 48 hours later, we were able to chat with Mr Tinder about his new found favourite past time ...

How many times a week would you meet up with someone from Tinder?

It varies some weeks, it could be three or four. It would be about that per week on an average week I reckon.

Do you find that most of the girls you meet up with are up for a one night stand? Or do some want to be wined and dined?

It’s 50/50 really, the ones who want a one night stand still like to be wine and dined. I’m being boring aren’t I? Wined, dined and 69’d? Perhaps? (laughs)

Are there any awkward situations sometimes where you’re not feeling each other (literally) and you just decide to part ways without having sex?

There has been a few situations where I’ve met up with girls and they look nothing like their photos, or nothing what I expected from our chats, but nine times out of 10 the deed is still done (laughs).

Is your Tinder life something you keep private?

Or is it something you will casually bring up at a dinner at your folks house?

Definitely not private, I sit around having a few beers with mates exchanging stories and I am happy to have a laugh with my oldies about it.

Where is the meeting place usually; her house, your house? A motor inn?

Haha there have been heaps of different meeting spots like pubs, bars, restaurants, her house, my house, the back of my car, whereever is suitable at that time.

Do you ever see people you know on tinder?

Primary school friends? Ex teachers? Mates girlfriends? Do you swipe left in those instances?

Yep, I see people I know all the time. I’ve never seen a mate’s girlfriend but have seen heaps of people I know and always swipe right haha.

Has your activity on Tinder changed the way you go out? Do you still go out to meet girls often?

That’s a tough question. Tinder is almost like a virtual pub so I don’t feel the need to go out every weekend and meet girls anymore, happy to try my luck at home on the couch

If someone says, “I’m on Tinder but it’s not to hook up, it’s just like another Facebook” are they full of shit or not?

Absolutely full of it.

Ok Mr T thanks for taking the time to chat, we will leave you to swipe away, will you be meeting up with someone tonight?

No I had one Saturday, Sunday and last night so going to have a night off haha.

That’s for your insight mate, keep swiping right.

No problems, glad I could help.

When you do, is there something special about meeting a girl in the real world? Or you just don’t really care?

I must admit, It does feel like more of an accomplishment when you meet a girl in a real life situation.

Without going into gory details, would you like to share one of the stranger meet ups you have had?

(Laughs for a long time) I can’t, I’ll be found out by those who know my stories, though there have been a few interesting ones. You end up in some weird situations but narr I’ll keep them to myself for now.

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The Jimi Hendrix Experience Q&A The evolution of music wouldn’t quite be the same without the musicians that helped move it along. One legend who we unfortunately lost too soon was Jimi Hendrix, and as it’s the 45th anniversary of his passing, it’s time to celebrate everything he brought to our lives. We talked to Michael Stangel who has helped organise the celebration.

Hi Michael, thanks for taking the time out to chat with Forte Magazine, how are you and what are you up to at the moment?

Right at the moment myself, Dave Stevens and Tim Henwood are putting the final touches on our Jimi Hendrix show. It’s such a great body of work so whittling it down to a 70-80min set has been a challenge, but we think it’s going to be great on the night.

So the Jimi Hendrix 45th Anniversary of his passing is coming up, was holding the celebratory gig an obvious thing to do to celebrate the musician?

As we’re all lifelong Hendrix fans, it was something we really wanted to do. Every modern guitarist owes a debt to Jimi Hendrix so Tim was champing at the bit to get into it. Dave and I were also pretty excited about the project as Mitch Mitchell and Noel Redding are probably the most underrated rhythm section in rock and roll. Obviously with someone as amazing as Jimi out the front, it’s easy to see why they may fade into the background somewhat, but in the rehearsal process we were like, ‘Wow, how cool!’ We knew Jimi was good but it’s not until you deconstruct and try to play the parts that you understand what an amazing BAND The Jimi Hendrix Experience were. The 50th anniversary show would be the obvious anniversary to do the tribute, but we couldn’t wait the extra five years.

The Cactus Channel Q&A

A great interviewee makes all the difference in the world, and as it turns out Lewis Coleman from The Cactus Channel is one, and some seemingly great roadtrip company as well.

Hi Lewis, thanks for taking the time to chat with Forte Magazine, how are you and what are you up to at the moment?

Thanks for giving the time! I’m good. Right now right now? I’m drinking a cold coffee I forgot about, and am about to go and pick up a synthesizer I swear is still broken, but the shop says it should be fine so we’ll see.

In other less boring developments, and in relation to the band, we’re chugging along. Just started a lil’ tour, recording a bit, kicking the ‘pill’ (footy). It has stopped being bitterly cold every day, so we’re not so anal with each other about closing the door behind us.

So we saw you’re looking for a van for your Brisbane trip, how’s the hunt going?

Hahaha I think it’s still ongoing, one day we may be sponsored by stretch Hummers, but for now we need to mooch of our lovely friends around the place. I’m sure we’ll find something soon, even a big tandem bike may suffice.

Paul Dempsey Written by Amanda Sherring

In the midst of nursing his two-week old baby, Paul Dempsey managed to fit in some time for an interview. What’s almost as impressive as looking after a small human being, is that despite all his work touring for his debut solo album [Everything is True, 2009], writing a record for Something for Kate, then to release it and do an accompanying tour, Paul has still managed to work on his next release.

“I’m getting ready to record a new solo album in about five weeks. I’m pretty much there but I’m just working on some songs, tweaking things, panicking and generally freaking out. You know the usual stuff when I’m working on a record,” he adds with a laugh.

“It’s just like any looming deadline for anyone really, you know you just second guess yourself, begin to freak out about it and have dreams that you’re, you know, standing in a room full of people without your speech prepared, stuff like that.”

We can only assume the debut album of Paul’s followed a much similar thought process in the lead up, and despite all the stresses, it cemented Paul as an extremely talented solo musician: an Australian treasure if you will.

“The fact the first album did well is, first of all really nice, second of all it’s just, I don’t know why it did well,” he adds.

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And how much influence did Jimi have on your music as a musician?

Jimi influenced nearly all modern rock musicians whether they realise it or not. He expanded the possibilities of the electric guitar, ushering in hard rock and heavy metal but also embraced jazz rock and fusion. There is definitely a difference in music pre and post Hendrix.

Do you have any favourite Jimi Hendrix tracks or moments?

‘Manic Depression’ has been a fave of mine for so long I can’t remember. I always thought it was great to listen to but it’s also so much fun to play. When the three of us lock into that groove in the verse it’s an amazing feeling.

Dave loves ‘Crosstown Traffic’.

Do you think he will forever be someone who is so highly respected and used as inspiration for those in the music field or not?

I think so, but maybe we need to be reminded sometimes.

There’s a famous quote by Isaac Newton who when praised for his work replied, ‘If I have seen further it is because I am standing on the shoulders of giants.’ This is absolutely true in music when referring to Hendrix. Any modern guitarist when praised should acknowledge the work Jimi Hendrix did in the late ‘60s, without which modern electric guitar would not be anything like what it grew into.

Palace of the King are also supporting, what made them fit the bill to support such an incredible act?

Palace of The King is Tim Henwood’s original project.

They are a wild riff driven rock act and their debut album, which came out this year, is brilliant. They’re a perfect intro into the Hendrix set.

Also as a musical interpreter, he is amazing. He wrote some great songs but his cover versions are without peer. Who thinks of All Along The Watchtower and Hey Joe, for example, and Hendrix’ coved versions don’t immediately spring to mind?

Is this event something only Jimi Hendrix fans can appreciate or is it for all music lovers?

It’s definitely not just a show for Hendrix fans or “guitar heads”. The music is timeless and, most importantly, a lot of fun. Whether or not you’re paying attention to the notes we’re playing, the guitar techniques, etc, it doesn’t matter. You won’t be able to help yourself rocking out, dancing, whatever. Pure energy. It’s just plain old great music.

Honouring such a great musician is a tricky task, what’s lined up for the Barwon Club and Cherry Bar events?

There’s not going to be too much razzamatazz. The music stands on it’s own and we’re pretty much going to let it do the talking. We have a few guests coming along to get up and play guitar on a few songs. They’re going to be great celebrations of great music.

When & Where: The Barwon Club, Geelong – September 18 Cherry Bar, Melbourne – September 20

We’re guessing the whole tour is going to be an on the road affair, what kind of company are you on long road trips?

Yep mostly road. With the occasional travel by our good friend the air. On the road, half of us are trying to out joke each other at an amazing pace for the first hour and a half, then Al Green comes on and we have a break.

Thankfully, even though there’s a potential to have about seven back seat drivers, we are often lost in ridiculous hypothetical ‘would you rather’ questions, like would you rather have five children right now? Or never have children? Or would you rather have wheels for hands, or wheels for feet.

Do you have anything you do in particular to pass the time?

Besides the CD pile and the hypotheticals, we have successfully loaded Pokémon on to three or four laptops before, and argued on the best method to raise/battle them. No one has caught them all yet. We played an impressive amount of cards, namely 500 last week, It got really passionate. Daniel has fruit ninja on his phone.

You are in the midst of your ‘Cobaw Tour’, how’s it all been going so far?

Real good! Nice crowds, great bands, good friends.

We’ve done three shows plus a live to air with Henry’s dad Charles, but there’s much more to do. Phoenix bar in Canberra was warm and welcoming as always, the Blue Mountains were beautiful, Sydney had a great turn out!

There’s been some good lunch stops in the van. Holbrook had a good vanilla slice.

regularly in big moments. I wish we’d used it on the actual recording of Cobaw.

In terms of writing the new tracks, as there are 10 of you, how involved is that creative process, does everyone get a say?

It’s pretty collaborative for the most part. Though everyone’s welcome we tend to simplify it to about four or five of us at a time nutting an idea out, then when it’s ready we translate it to the full band. Everyone gets a creative say at some point; it’s a bit hard to massage them all into the tune but we try our best! In contrast, sometimes just one person has pretty much written out/ recorded a demo of a full piece of music to learn as well, so it varies.

How have fans been enjoying the new tracks?

We’ve had a good response to them! There’s about three or four new tunes since we went around last December I think, and Callum got a new Casio keyboard that has a cosmic-space-sound-effect button, which he busts out

And what does an average day in the studio look like for you guys?

A plunger coffee, maybe some Tim Tams, a lot of stepping over leads, and moving my clothes off the mixing desk.

We’ve started recording from a house that three of us share, so an average day has changed because it’s kind of whenever we want to record something we can. Due to

“I’m not going to pretend how I know that happened.

You can’t predict some things but my attitude is just that I need to make stuff that pleases me and hope for the best and that it’s pleasing to other people as well.

that they’re giving a shot. Then they have some more established acts so it can really have all age groups there and I guess it falls more into a festival that has more of that local community feel to it.”

“You just can’t possibly predict the things that make for a successful release. If I hold up on my end of the deal that’s the best thing that I can do in just making a good record.”

What really strikes you upon chatting to Paul is despite all his awards and accolades (The Age EG Music Award ‘Best Male’, Triple J Best Album in 2009, three ARIA Award nominations in 2009 and more) he’s one of the most honest and humble people I’ve spoken to.

There’s no silver gloss coating when he talks about life as a musician (something he also spoke of in documentary Just Passing Through, 2013), but with every negative it can’t possibly outweigh his love for being a musician.

“I’m always interested in trying to break down some of the romantic preconceptions that are sometimes associated with our work,” he says.

“I’ve certainly got no complaints, I love what I do. But, you know, it’s not all beer and skittles so it was just good to sit down and talk about the reality of it and I think they did a good job of it too.”

Something Paul is also honest about is his appreciation of local music festival, Queenscliff Music Festival, which he is set to perform at later this year.

“I think it’s a great festival and it’s grown on from such small beginnings; it’s gone from strength to strength,” he says.

“There are many festivals that are right in the city that have 50,000 people going and Queenscliff is not that.

They have pretty relaxed vibes and it’s a nice diverse line up that I think caters for relatively new young bands

When & Where: Queenscliff Music Festival, Queenscliff – November 27-29

space we tend to record the rhythm section first on a day, then do the horns the weekend later. Then I throw my clothes off my bed and back to the mixing desk and go to sleep.

Good luck with the van hunt and thanks again for chatting with us, are there any last words of wisdom you’d like to share with our readers?

Thanks for having me! Looking forward to getting around to the Cattery! Come have a boogie and say hey, our new single has a sophisticated black cardboard sleeve, so you should grab one if you like that kinda junk!

When & Where: Shebeen, Melbourne – September 11 Barwon Club, Geelong – September 12

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FROCK IT ONE OF THOSE GIRLS Written by Jessica Alves | @jessicazalves Written by Katherine Reynolds www.katthewanderer.com | facebook/katthewanderer | @katthewanderer

You know the type; the one with the personalised number plate that reads ‘TAY10RX0’. The one who orders the iced, half-caff, ristretto, venti, 4-pump, sugar free, cinnamon, dolce soy skinny latte — and yes, that is a real thing. The ones who walk around carrying designer bags with designer sunnies, their nails and makeup pristine, fully decked out in the most expensive gym gear you can imagine, topped off with a pair of two-hundred-dollar sneakers…

SNEAKERS PEOPLE! And you sure as hell know that they’re not going to or coming from the gym.

I have always had a personal grievance against these kinds of people. Now, please don’t get me wrong, I am all for spending copious amounts of money that I don’t have on clothes that I don’t need, but gym gear? I mean, really? You’re spending that much money on something you’re meant to sweat in, and then wear it like a normal piece of clothing? Call me crazy, but I just do not understand. Or should I say I didn’t understand.

That was until I woke up one morning for uni, feeling particularly uninspired by my existing wardrobe. Next thing I knew I was walking out of the house in my full gym gear, a face of minimal makeup and a cross body over my shoulder.

Maybe it was the stress of having three looming assignment due dates all within the week, or maybe it was one of my four jobs putting the pressure on, but something broke inside of me that morning. Against my better judgement, I walked out of the house in gym gear, without any intention of going to the gym at all — even now I’m still quite shocked that I let myself do that.

Luckily, I was at university all day, and at my university that kind of behaviour is widely accepted and often encouraged. For the first

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time in almost three years of my attendance, I felt completely normal. For one day, I ditched the perfect makeup and hair, heeled boots and carefully selected outfit, and traded them in with a matching and — dare I say cute — gym ensemble, minimal makeup and for the first time in my life outside of the gym, runners. It was a relief to know that I would look acceptable in public, and also to be the most comfortable I’d been in an outfit in years.

Finally, I understood… not the part about the obnoxious coffee orders or the personalised numberplate, but I got the whole ‘wearing gym clothes as regular clothes’ thing. Needless to say, I was so ashamed that I’d actually committed the unthinkable deed, that I ended up going to the gym and doing a yoga class just so that could lie to myself a little longer.

So I’m still not 100 per cent there, but I have to face it, gym clothes are great - particularly fantastic for errand running. Even if they weren’t the most comfortable clothes ever, they’re also effortlessly cute and you actually look semi puttogether with the least effort imaginable.

years I haven’t stopped. I worked constantly, I tried to squeeze in as much travel as I could (and even then I barely even scratched the surface!), and I was awfully homesick. Combine all of those factors together, equals me being extremely tired and worn out, and that’s perfectly all right. I knew coming home was what I needed to do.

Knowing When to Come Home Travelling is one of those amazing, surreal things that we are incredibly lucky to experience throughout our lives. It’s eye opening, challenging, exciting, and encourages you to discover a whole tonne about yourself. However travelling can also be tiring, straining, and a teensy bit expensive. So it’s important to be able to judge and decide when it’s time to come home.

I want to take this time being home to recharge the batteries, refocus, and spend some much needed time with my family. Three years is a long time to be apart!

It will give me time to plan where in the world I want to go next, allow me to be in a more positive mindset, and feel refreshed. It will also give me the chance to do a little travelling around Geelong, Melbourne and Victoria. Being able to explore your hometown is a seriously enjoyable thing to do.

There are a variety of reasons how you’d know when is the time to come home after time away travelling.

Maybe you’ve run out of money, maybe you’re sick, or homesick, or maybe you’ve even felt like you’ve seen all you possibly can and you’re ready to come home.

You’ll feel it in your gut, and possibly see it in your bank balance!

Coming home after travelling or living abroad doesn’t necessarily mean it’s forever, that the travelling is over, or that you won’t ever step foot on a plane again. You might just need to rest up, save up and start again before you plan your next action-packed trip.

It’s a strange feeling, wanting to come home. As travellers, I think we like to believe that we’re on top of the world and going home is the last thing we’d ever want to do, and when we realise we need to go home, it’s almost deflating. We feel defeated. I get that. I’d encourage you to think more openly and positively about home. Don’t be afraid of it like I was!

I’ve just come back home to Geelong after three years of living abroad in England. Why, you may ask? Well, there are many reasons to be honest. I’ll firstly say that England has totally stolen my heart and I have a serious, deep love for it, however, for the past three

I was very worried I wasn’t going to enjoy being home.

I love the independence of travelling, and fending for myself, and having a particular routine or the way I live, but it’s so, so lovely to I know I’m exactly where I need to be.

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too heavy to hug Written by Paul S. Taylor

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The Soundwave 2016 line up is coming out in dribs and drabs, and so far, no punk rock to speak of.

Who doesn’t love Thor? Seriously, who doesn’t? If you don’t, I suggest you go away for a while and rethink your life choices.

Next week ABC viewers could be forgiven for thinking they’d somehow accidentally invented time travel, and no, this isn’t leading to the usual lame joke about how the National Broadcaster is pumping out ye olde mystery series like they’re going out of style (which, of course, they never will).

Proudly presented by the Sleepy Hollow Blues Club

Welcome to THTH, Forte’s premier source of all things heavy, hard, fast and metal.

If you listen to heavy metal and use social media to look at awesome things like cat pics or articles on parrot fronted metal bands or that hilarious Okily Dokily Ned Flanders inspired “nedal” band, then while wading through the shit for the above mentioned gold, chances are you've seen the lamest attempts at “internet humour” ever.

Having said that, it appears the Corey Taylor Corporation (probably found under “CTC” on the stock market) has decided to emulate meme culture to sell Corey Taylor's latest book You're Making Me Hate You. You see, there are “memes” floating about out there which use a pretty flashy and professional press / promo type picture of Corey sucking on a cigar in his singlet and suspenders and across the top and bottom of the amazingly high quality picture are words­—rather— quotes, from Corey about how much he hates everything. The words though, are quotes, from his "You're Making Me Hate You" book.

This blatant advertising through meme should really be no surprise but for someone who made a name for himself through heavy metal music fan support, support and adoration mainly from teens and young adults, this sales via meme approach feels rather disrespectful. Sure, get your current pop stars, like, I dunno, Britney Spears or Celine Dion to sell their latest album or perfume or loaf of bread through web memes that's fine, people expect to see an ad featuring Paula Abdul selling incontinence products, but the sacred metal community doesn't like to be sold to, yet Corey seems to not give a shit.

You know what's making me hate you, Corey Taylor? It's not the fact you're a complete sell out, it's not the fact both bands you front have been scientifically proven to actually suck, it's not the fact you try to do the spoken word thing and 'An evening with Corey Taylor' (eugh, who'd want that?), no, what's really making me hate you Corey Taylor is your total disregard for the culture that consumed you and your band's stupid, ridiculous gimmicks to make you and your shitty, derivative pop band what it is today.

This disregard is completely, literally “selling out” in every way possible. Hey, Corey Taylor, when's your perfume coming out?

In other news: Grave Pleasures (ex Beastmilk) will release their new album Dreamcrash on Friday September 4.

Atreyu will release their new album Long Live on Friday September 18.

Tony MacAlpine has postponed his October tour of Australia.

Whoretopsy will be at the Bendigo Hotel at Melbourne's Next on Thursday October 1.

Silent Knight will play Melbourne's Bendigo Hotel on Thursday October 8.

Gods Of Eden will release their new album From The End Of Heaven on Friday October 9.

TesseracT will play Max Watts in Melbourne on Friday October 16.

Abbath will be at Max Watt's on Saturday October 17.

Devin Townsend Project and Periphery have sold out their Sunday October 25 show at 170 Russell. Second and final show added is Monday October 26 at 170 Russell.

Teramaze will release their fifth album Her Halo on Friday October 30.

Nightwish will play only one show per capital city on their Endless Forms Most Beautiful Tour 2016 and the Melbourne show will be at The Forum Theatre on Monday January 11.

Soundwave 2016 will be held on Thursday January 26. The first band to be announced is Bullet For My Valentine.

If you have any news about local metal bands, shows or albums, let THTH know by emailing to tooheavytohug@hotmail.com or get in touch via Twitter at @TooHeavyToHug

September is upon us and the festivals are beginning again! Yes, I know we have the Winter Blues Festival at Echuca (and a very good festival it is too), but it’s really a one off compared to what’s coming.

I mentioned the Wangaratta Jazz and Blues Festival back in July, and if you haven’t booked yet…

Port Fairy Folk Festival tickets go on sale in September, and next year will be the 40th Port Fairy! This time, PFFF is running the Port Fairy Tales project in honour of its anniversary.

This is your opportunity to dig out the old photo albums all the way back to 1977 (yes kiddies there were photographs before the iPhone) and upload them with a suitable explanation to the PFFF*40 blog at their website (scan the code below). They are after photos, videos, and snapshot stories!

Whatever memories that best capture your experience of the spirit and energy of the festival.

At those 40 festivals there have been around 3,500 acts including over 500 international acts and over 12,000 musicians performing before an audience of beyond 240,000 ticket holders and 1,000,000 attendances – so someone must have some excellent embarrassing material to contribute!

The Bendigo Blues and Roots Music Festival will return once again to fill the streets of Bendigo with music on the 5th, 6th, 7th & 8th November 2015. Bendigo Blues & Roots Music Festival is a four day event of Blues and Roots performances and workshops throughout Bendigo and surrounding towns.

The line up for Falls Festival this New Year period has been announced, and while I'm sure it's quite a solid bill, there is, again, a serious lack of punk rock to speak of.

Instead, we're offered a bunch of indie pop, alterna-crap and Aussie hip hop, all apparently dressed by Cotton On. Foals, Birds of Tokyo (the new Powderfinger?!), Bloc Party, Courtney Barnett, Hilltop Hoods, zzzzzz... Whole lotta nope for me. The days of seeing the likes of the Hard Ons, Guttermouth or the Living End on the bill are long gone.

The Bennies are set to embark on a huuuge run of dates around the country with super special guests The Hard Aches and Wet Pensioner. Forte territory gets a serious look in, so check their Facebook page for specific dates and venues near you.

The punkest chick in pop since Cyndi Lauper, Lady Gaga, is back at work on new material and slaying on social media.

Something tells me her next record could be her biggest yet...

They do such a good job up there, we’ll even forgive their attempt to catch up to the Blues Train by running a Blues Tram!

They are a bit focused on the tram at present, but I’ll keep an eye on when they are releasing their line up, should be soon.

The full line up for the Nevermind The Warp'd Tour show at the Brunswick Hotel on the 5th of December is expected to be announced any day now, but Beerfridge (WA) and The Flangipanis (QLD) are very strongly rumoured to be taking part!

Queenscliff Music Festival, on the other hand, is not until the end of November, but they have started talking about their line up.

There's nothing more punk rock than conspiracy theories; we all know that "The Man" is out to get us, but do we know why?

Or how? I urge every reader to think for themselves, do their research, know what's really going on. Knowledge is power.

Authors like David Icke are routinely dismissed as crackpots by the mainstream media, but are they really? Don't let the wool be pulled over your eyes.

Some acts they have announced include; The California Honeydrops from, well, California, Trinity Roots from NZ, Blue Eyes Cry, All Our Exes Live in Texas (yes, not really blues, but damn good!), Hollie Smith (NZ) and Morgan Bain, which includes some very unfamiliar names and that’s all to the good.

Anyhow, it’s definitely time to drag out the tent and associated gear and start getting ready. If you have been paying attention, you might have noticed that the shop next to Pistol Pete’s Food and Blues has that layer of newspapers over the window, which usually indicates that tradesmen are at work.

Indeed, that is the case, and the best news of all is that one of the major alterations is to open up the existing Pistol Pete’s into the other place.

Yes, Pete is effectively doubling his premises and an excellent change it will be. The new area will become the dining area, and the existing area will be dedicated to the music and the imbibing!

All in all a change for the better, and I’m looking forward to trying out both sides!

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Bullet For My Valentine are set to headline, alongside a slew of local (Australian) bands: Metalcore upstarts Northlane, grunge peddlers Violent Soho and alternative rockers Dead Letter Circus. Ho hum. Thankfully the festival is back to it's original one day format next year, as the Australian summer is just too extreme for two days out in the open with little shade. Dying to see the full line up, but it's going to take a LOT to convince me to go.

Blind Man Death Stare and the mighty K-Mart Warriors are teaming up for a relentless assault on Geelong audiences next month. Saturday September 26. Black Hatt.

Be there.

Don't forget, Pennywise and Anti Flag tear up 170 Russell next month! The show on the 28th has officially sold out, but there are still tickets left for the second show on the 29th. Do not miss out! Double bills this good are few and far between!

More next time, kids!

The Thor of Norse mythology is a complete badass, and the Thor of the Marvel universe is just as awesome. By now, you’re probably wondering why I’m carrying on about Thor again. The main reason is because I picked up a copy of Thor: For Asgard, written by Robert Rodi (Codename: Knockout, Rogue) and drawn by Simone Blanchi (Original Sin, Thanos Rising). The other reason? Thor’s a badass, duh. We’ve been over this.

Thor: For Asgard is, for all intents and purposes, a very grim book.

It starts out grim, it stays grim and finishes grim. It’s so goddamn grim that it might as well be an extract from Warhammer 40,000.

Basically, everything’s going to Hel. Possibly literally. The book opens with Thor leading the charge against the rebelling hordes of Jotunheim; the Ice Giants are rebelling again, and Thor is determined to see them brought back under the control of Asgard.

Naturally, things don’t go quite as planned and a bunch of civilians end up dead. Oh, and Odin’s disappeared, making Thor regent.

Plus Balder was murdered (not that anyone knows how, mostly just muttering about Loki). Like I said, things aren’t going well.

Asgard is locked in the grip of a biting winter – which has lasted an impressive 26 years – and the disappearance of Odin has only made things worse; Asgard itself is crumbling, and dissent is growing, both among the denizens of the Asgardian empire and the gods of Asgard itself. Thor’s not convinced that it’s sheer bad luck, though; more and more clues are pointing towards the machinations of a mysterious and malevolent enemy bent on tearing Asgard apart. With omens of Ragnarok beginning to appear and Thor unable to lift his hammer, Thor must either let the wheel turn, or destroy the corruption eating away at Asgard’s foundations.

Now, I know that’s a rather long summary of the plot, but that’s the best picture I can paint of it without leaving parts out; there’s a lot going on, and the vast majority of it isn’t good. Considering that it’s a miniseries — usually the domain of contained, complete stories — you’re actually told very little; no reason is given for Odin’s disappearance, or what the hell he’s actually doing wandering around on Midgard, Balder’s murder is never really explained, and worst of all, there’s no real movement in the plot. Bad stuff happens, Thor says “Oh, not MORE bad stuff !” and the plot moves on. Considering there’s no apparent sequel to the series, the tease of an enemy at the end (literally one of the last panels) has absolutely no payoff and is really, really dissatisfying. Unless I’ve missed something very obvious, it feels like a volume from the middle of an ongoing series, but I haven’t been able to find any record of any previous or continuing stories. While it’s a cool concept, it’s ultimately incomplete and really quite disappointing; you’re expecting a payoff when there is none. I really hope Rodi is given the chance to finish the story off some day, if he hasn’t already; the whole doom-and-gloom/looming apocalypse scenario really works for the world of Thor, and Blanchi’s art is the perfect complement. The final verdict? Ultimately disappointing, but still worth a read if you like your stories nice and grimdark.

Instead it’s looking more like old home week for comedy fans with the return of two of Auntie’s biggest stars of recent years in the form of The Gruen Transfer – now just known as Gruen – and The Chaser’s Media Circus. Of the two, The Chaser’s the more regular fixture on our screens, especially when you add in their spin-off The Checkout; there hasn’t been a year without a Chaser product on our screens since what, a decade ago? Okay, actually it was 2008 – but there have only been two Chaser-free years on the ABC since 2001 (the other being 2005) so it’s not exactly like we’ve been given much of a chance to miss them. And sadly, it’s not like Media Circus provides anyone with much of an opportunity to say things like 'They’re still going strong!' As a news-based panel quiz show, it looked tired from day one and never really took off as anything more than a chance for a lot of media types to show us exactly why it is that their jobs involve reading things other people write for them.

The shift of focus to the Chaser’s next generation didn’t help matters much either. It’s fine to give your protégés a go, but there’s a big difference between guys who got on television because they were so good they got themselves a show, and guys who got on television because they were behindthe-scenes writers for a team that doesn’t seem all that interested in appearing on camera any more. Still, the ABC does love their panel shows, so if The Chaser want to keep punching this one out that next Chaser-free year could be a long time off.

As for Gruen, the recent break there made sense after a period where it seemed like the ABC was slapping the Gruen name on everything they could find (remember the time they did a Gruen about the Olympics?). But as the last remnant of the ABC’s Golden Age of panel shows, after they trashed Spicks and Specks, hopes must be high for a ratings surge once the boys are back together to… well, sit around and talk about advertising.

Aside from over-exposure (and having Russel Howcroft become Executive General Manager of Network Ten), the other big reason for resting Gruen was most likely that they’d run out of things to say: there’s only so many ways you can claim that the solution to the problems of advertising is taking out more advertising. So while Media Circus seems firmly set to be more of the same, there’s a reasonable chance Gruen might be worth a look. If only to see if the smugness and smarm that defined the show in previous years continues. And let’s be honest: with a press release that talks about “Australia’s favourite advertising execs” with a straight face, that smarm isn’t going anywhere.

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rainbow serpent Rainbow Serpent Festival has long been one of the favourites on the calendar, and with the weather warming, the countdown is on.

We had a chat with organiser Tim Harvey on the ins and outs of what it’s all about.

First things first, what sets Rainbow Serpent apart from other festivals?

Since its inception, Rainbow has given all her passengers the opportunity to combine their energy towards a central pivotal focus of community and connection.

Anyone who’s experienced what is considered one of the world’s premier alternative festivals before will tell you, Rainbow is Rainbow because of the people who attend.

Such an inclusive and tolerant gathering is rare and if anything it’s getting rarer. We live in squeezed mental silos, relying more and more on digital connections, and less and less on real ones. As the world evolves and does its thing, events like Rainbow become more important, not just as cultural landmarks around which to define ourselves, but as opportunities to experience organic human connection.So while we enjoy an unparalleled (in Australia at least) exotic sensory mix of music, art and lifestyle activities spread over four days it’s really the combined energy and love from our patrons that set us apart from other festivals.

We have heard there is this “family” vibe at the festival, have you felt this over the years?

Absolutely, Rainbow has always been an inclusive and family orientated event. As we have grown over the years we have worked hard to develop content and spaces for the younger members of our community to play and interact. These days our Kids Space continues to grow into a buzzing hive of activity where children learn, create and make new friends. Focusing on the magic of play and performance, relaxation and rest, education and awareness. We love to encourage the whimsical and joyous creativity of each child. Awe approaching our 19thRainbow Serpent Festival we also have the joy in seeing the children of our long term patrons grown and develop in to young adults.

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Do you have a favourite RS memory from past festivals?

Every year there are stand out moments of music and art which take your breath away, so it’s hard to elevate one above all the others. Last year however I had the pleasure of showing my 80-year-old father and 71-year-old mother around for the first time. Like most people who haven’t been to Rainbow they never fully grasped how culturally significant and unique our gathering is. It was wonderful to see them experience not only the amazing art and sculptures but also the warmth of our patrons with multiple hugs from strangers completely blowing them away.

How much research goes into selecting the performers and musicians?

A phenomenal amount. Between us we have around 50 years of combined experience programming and running events. Nearly all of us started out as DJs and producers and have lived the last 20 years of our lives playing and working in the music industry. We enjoy an incredible dynamic and our tastes and styles complement each other perfectly. It’s the sort of team you can’t manufacture and we’re exceptionally fortunate to enjoy such a positive and productive working relationship and friendship. I think uniqueness of that dynamic shines through with both our bookings and programming each year.

What’s your biggest advice for first time RS goers?

To make the most out of Rainbow you need to become a part of our beautiful community and that can begin months in advance and last as long as you want. Get involved on our social media and forums in the months leading up to the festival. We have a wonderful bunch of long term attendees who are always ready and willing with great advice and assistance to Rainbow virgins. The one piece of advice that I’d give people attending for their first time is to treat our gathering as a marathon and not a sprint, otherwise you’re doing to miss so so much.

Is there any “typical” RS goer or are they all different?

Our patrons transcend all stereotypes and demographics.

People fly from all over the planet to attend our festival each year and I have personally met brain surgeons, nuclear physicists, truck drivers, lawyers, doctors, police, engineers, students and even the odd politician. The love of music, art and human connection is something that is valued and enjoyed by almost everyone on our planet and Rainbow Serpent Festival is a wonderful opportunity to experience what the rest of the world can hopefully one day be like.

For more information and to purchase tickets visit www. rainbowserpent.net.

When & Where: Lexton, Victoria – January 22-25

Elvis in 1972. Elvis To The Max production “The King In Concert” will be presented in three stages: “The King of Rock ‘n’ Roll” - The ‘50s Masters; the ‘68 Comeback Television Special that was regarded as a forerunner of the so-called “Unplugged” concept; and the music concert that was called “Aloha From Hawaii”.

Max Pellicano was born in Monte Carlo, of French and Italian parents. He spent most of his childhood in New York before moving to San Francisco at the age of 14. Today, he is based in Detroit. He has been a professional actor and entertainer since 1974 when he graduated from the California State University with a degree in Dramatic Arts. Max Pellicano first brought Elvis (as an actor) to life on stage in a production of Bye Bye Birdie.

“I was doing musicals and theatre and had to study Jailhouse Rock for my role as the Elvis-type character, Conrad Birdie.

I studied the way he walked, the way he talked and the way he moved for months. I guess you could say I got into impersonating Elvis in a kind of round-about way” he said.

Elvis to the Max A cultural icon, widely known by the single name Elvis, who is often referred to as the “King of Rock and Roll” or simply “The King”. But now the memory and legend lives on in the guise of the world’s first and most-successful Elvis impersonator Max Pellicano, whose uncanny resemblance and equally chilling performance has mesmerised Australians over the last two decades. Is it any wonder some people still refuse to believe that Elvis Presley is dead!

Max Pellicano’s tribute Elvis To The Max goes beyond mere impersonation. His recreation of “The King” looks, moves, vocal style, impressions and humour is so accurate, it’s aweinspiring. You need to sound like the real thing and Max Pellicano has worked hard at that. Not only is the voice important, it’s also knowing how to become the man himself on stage. The attitude shy, but confident, Max Pellicano mimics, in a rich Mississippi drawl that is typically Elvis.

There are lots of Elvis impersonators around, but Max Pellicano is considered as the best. Critics have described him as ‘Elvis ‘resurrected” and ‘reincarnated’. People just “Can’t help falling in love” with Elvis to the Max. In addition, the costumes worn

by Max Pellicano are exact replicas made by Elvis’ personal tailor Bill Bellow. The shimmering encrusted “White Eagle” costume is a $10,000 recreation, identical the one worn by

His performance led to an Elvis tribute show and the rest is history. “I learnt long ago that the fans don’t want the legend to die. They want to keep the memory going”, Max said. He still spends many hours in front of the television listening to records.

“I watch a lot of old live concerts and it’s actually kind of easy to study Elvis because I really enjoy watching his shows” says Max. Max stresses that he is an actor recreating a character and it is an illusion. Some see it differently though - one of Max’s strangest requests was when a couple in Los Angeles asked him to bless their child.

It should be noted there are more than 6,000 professional Elvis impersonators in the world and countless amateurs. “It’s hard to copy the original, but what we try and do is recreate the Elvis concert and give people a chance to see what it might have been like to see Elvis perform live”. Max Pellicano has appeared in feature films, notably “De Vinci’s War”, “The Gangster Chronicles” and “Sharon The Portrait Of A Mistress”.

He has performed with The Jordanaires, JD Sumner & The Stamps, the late George Burns, Dion , Helen Reddy, Little Anthony & The Imperials, Dolly Parton, The Coasters, Del Shannon, The Shirelles, Don Rickles and the late Davy Jones (The Monkees fame).

When & Where: Capital Theatre, Bendigo – September 11, Her Majesty’s Theatre, Melbourne – September 12 GPAC, Geelong – September 13

Vintage Makeover at Yankee Sweetheart

Written by Amanda Sherring

I wouldn’t be the first to admit that I really don’t know a thing or two about hair and make up, and my friends can back me up on that claim. The extent of my skills pretty much stops at straightening, even curling is something that warrants many frustrated groans from me. So getting the chance for someone else to make me look good is something I’d jump at, no questions asked.

Last issue I interviewed the lovely Lexi DeRock at her salon, through the time we spoke of her clients, and as of last week I became one. It’s hard to fully appreciate the effort and skill that goes into creating a vintage do until you’ve either done it, or witnessed someone do it to you.

The banter was flowing as Lexi worked her way around my head curling and pinning for my ‘pin-curl waves’. Before long, I had a head of little ringlets delicately pinned to my skull.

What followed next was a quick move to the opposite side of the room where the make up was to take place. Lexi picked up bottle after bottle, tube after tube and carefully applied each one to my face. She even had a pain-free technique of applying mascara (something that is hard on another person, trust me on that). If she hadn’t already told me, which she was good about updating me on each application, out of curiosity I’d ask what the item she was using was and she’d happily explain. What was meant to be a makeover soon doubled as a little bit of an education in make up for me. Who knew.

There’s a definite love and precision for everything Lexi does, as before moving me back to the, what I’m going to call, “hair chair” she stepped back and ensured everything was perfect.

She even ensured my not-so-visible beauty spot became a dark blemish worthy of standing up against Miss Monroe herself.

Once that was done we quickly moved back to the “hair chair” and Lexi begun on the real sculpting work of my hair. Speedily removing the clips she quickly brushed the curls out to loose waves. Then she pinned, propped and hair-sprayed to create a wave to shape my face that my hair had never experienced before. Lexi had certainly learned a lot in those years studying vintage hair-dos.

Once all was done, and without sounding terribly cliché, I felt like a different person. Like I should be an actress in some great vintage era movie. The hair-do lasted me two days, the compliments will stick with me forever. All I’ve got to say is, if you haven’t experienced a vintage makeover, let Lexi do her thing and make you feel all brand new, or from the ‘50s, either way you’ll love it.

Where: 17 Church Street, Geelong West When: Tues-Weds 10am-6pm; Thu-Fri 11am-7pm; Sat 10am-4pm Website: www.yankeesweetheart.com Contact: 0407137699

FREEBIES!

Win a double pass to see Results starring Guy Pearce and Cobie Smulders (How I Met Your Mother) at GPAC on September 11 at 7.30pm.

To enter email your name, number and code word ‘RESULTS’ to amanda@fortemag.com

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Melbourne International

Film Festival:

Written by Amanda Sherring

Putuparri and the Rainmakers

rockabilly adventures

Written by Amanda Sherring

PICTURED: Putaparri and the rainmakers

“The last trip that we did there was very profound because I sat on the land and I felt that I had a relationship with it,” filmmaker Nicole Ma says.

“I’d been there and seen it in so many different forms. This time it was dry, like the first time we went out there. I just sat there and meditated and it was an amazing feeling to feel connected to a place like that.”

As Putuparri and the Rainmakers screens, the striking image of the red dirt, stripped back landscape and gradient sunset fill the screen. This is the land that Nicole built a relationship and one that Tom Lawford (Putuparri) and the Walmajarri Wangkajunga tribe have had for a lifetime.

The resultant film wasn’t what she first thought it would be, and after a failed pitch to the elders of the community her first filming venture arose from meeting with Tom’s grandfather Spider Snell.

The film trip of course was a visit to Spider and Tom’s country, the sacred watering hole of Kurtal near where Spider and his people had lived a nomadic life for many years until Europeans arrived and forced the Aboriginal people off their land.

When times were hard the tribe would always return to Kurtal, one of the most important waterholes in the Great Sandy Desert, where underground artisan water ‘jila’ (living water) comes to the surface and where their people return to when they die.

This trip served as the cultural awakening for Tom, but Nicole didn’t realise the significance of the trip or location until later on.

“The first time we went I just thought I was going into the desert, I was very naïve about what was going,” she says.

“I thought it was wonderful that it was a great experience and not many people are invited in to see a sacred waterhole, I understood that that was unusual and very special.”

Website: putuparriandtherainmakers.com When & Where: Melbourne International Film Festival Screening at GPAC, Geelong – September 11-12 Regent Theatres, Ballarat – September 18-20

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Over the years, Nicole soon became a “piece of furniture” and was able to witness many dances (in particular the “raindance”), ceremonies and intimate moments all that she captured on film.

“I’m a filmmaker so I just really enjoy observing,” Nicole says.

“Once they thought I was okay I could get right in there with them. I was right there and I felt more, if I hadn’t had a camera I think I would have been like the audience and not involved.

“Because they wanted me to film the ceremony or the dance I’d sit right in the middle of the singers and film. So I felt more part of it if I was actually in the audience.”

One such dance Nicole was lucky to witness several times, was the dance of the rainmaker, something Spider and the tribe were hoping to pass on to the younger generations of Tom and others.

As well as being welcomed into the traditional cultural practices, Nicole was welcomed into Tom’s life. He shared the tale of his darker times with alcohol, abuse and the struggle he experienced with his heritage and the modern day.

As Tom puts it early on in the film: “Depending on how I’m feeling it’s either a shit hole or the best place in the world.”

Though these thoughts are early on, and it’s certain that his feelings change as the years pass and his connection to his ancestors and culture strengthens.

“People who live the way that Tom does trying to access traditional law and culture while trying to live in the modern world is complicated,” she says.

“My main goal was to be able to have the audience emphasize with the character, and the community and symphasize with what they have to go through and what they have gone through to get where they are today.”

For those who want to ask Nicole questions about the film, she will be at the screening at GPAC at 7.30pm, September 12 for a Q&A, otherwise please visit the website for more information, and of course, head along to the screening.

For Ryan and Beckey Dew rockabilly is much more than just the theme of their new shop Rockabilly Adventures in North Geelong, it’s a way of life for the couple. After years of attending car shows and festivals, and with three boys of their own, they soon found that the events didn’t cater to everyone.

“We started to go to more and more car shows and we just felt like we were with our people, we really loved it. We could see what the stalls were missing and we just tried to fill the gaps” Beckey says.

“There was nothing for little boys. Where we cater for boy and girls, guys and dolls.” Ryan says.

The Rockabilly Adventures stall quickly developed and before long, the couple were getting requests to open a store.

“We’d get a phone call every week saying, ‘Where’s your shop, where’s your shop?”Beckey says.

After months of looking around a place inside the Geelong Motoring Museum arose, and Ryan with a love for cars and given the close link to the Rockabilly culture, it seemed like the perfect spot.

“With the store we wanted for people to be able to walk into the shop and be able to deck out the whole family in one shop,” Beckey quickly adds.

The store is still in its early days, but there’s instantly a ‘50/60s vibe as soon as you step foot on the black and white chequered flooring. A custom made desk from half of an old land rover made by Ryan instantly hints to this not being your average store.

“A lot of men are excited by the shirts because you don’t find many of the hot rod, car, custom shirts around and there’s not a lot around for men. Women like it either way because you can always do with another pretty dress – it really caters for everyone. Sometimes we have people come in and say ‘Well I just can’t wear that style’ and within half an hour we’ve got them an outift they love and they’re feeling fantastic,” she says.

While Beckey and Ryan mightn’t have retail training, their personable nature is honest and you are welcomed into the store and sent off with a smile, regardless of whether you even buy anything.

“Although we’re not retail trained hopefully they can see that we have a passion for what we do and they want to be in the store with us,” she says.

“I’ll often talk about what cars customers drive and what their projects are rather than actually sell anything,” he laughs.

Beyond the standard store front, the couple are also involved in hosting car meet ups once a month on a Friday night.

The first Meet & Greet Fridays ran on August 21 and the meetup had over 200 cars, a sure sign of bigger and better meet ups in future.

Beckey is well known in the pin-up competition scene and has hosted, entered and won events. Her most recent work is with Pin-Ups Against Bullying, a group that looks at raising awareness against bullying.

Rockabilly Adventures will still make pop-ups at various events, but for the full experience, and to meet the lovely Ryan and Beckey, head into the store.

“We just wanted something that stood out and gained interest. I’ve also got some vintage indian motorcycle frames that I want to hang up around the place,” Ryan says.

Further in dresses, men’s shirts, shoes and kids items hang throughout the store on the custom made spark plug racks (another clever addition from the couple). International brands such as Hell Bunny, Sourpuss and Rumble59 are stocked at the store, saving shoppers the worry of ordering online. Locals are also well represented with Lenny’s Custom Clothing (a tailor in Geelong), Sweet Cherry designs for hair accessories and Black Cherry kids clothing.

Where: 13-35 Mackey Street, North Geelong 3214 When: Thu-Sun 10an-5pm Contact: Ph-0455 147 170

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Word for Word National Non Fiction Festival

Get Printy The Geelong acquisitive print awards exhibition is now on with 42 works by 44 leading and emerging Australian artists on show and short-listed for the prize. The awards exhibition will be on show until November 22 including Sophie Cape’s piece, who was the recipient of the award. Head to the Geelong Gallery to see what you think of the entrants.

Laneway Sessions How many times do we have to say that anything is a laneway is damn cool? Well count this as another time as Blackman’s Brewery in Torquay (26 Bell St) are having another laneway session. Set for September 5 and 12, celebrate the return of spring with live music, pop up stalls, and how could we forget, the mobile bar serving you some bevvies!

PICTURED: dave mason

The countdown is on for the second annual, and largest national event showcasing nonfiction writing, Word for Word Festival in Geelong. Held on September 11-13 the festival will be a weekend filled with ideas, discussion and debate on various subjects from sex to biographies. Creative producer Maryanne Vagg said this year’s “gutsy” program is all about exploring the big issues and tough topics.

Helping deliver the diverse subject matter, and no doubt thought-provoking discussion, will be more than 70 intriguing guest speakers, including playwright Hannie Rayson, award-winning journalist Latika Bourke, archaeologist Adam Ford, model Nicky Buckley, television legend Mal Leyland and many more.

A highlight for the festival comes in the opening night celebrations on September 10 with a keynote address by Professor Tim Flannery as he talks about his latest book Atmosphere of Hope. A chance to meet your favourite author or presenter will come with the special, intimate ‘BackStory’ Salon Event on September 12 where you’ll discuss the finer details of life over some gourmet finger food and a glass of wine. Talk about indulging your stomach and mind at the same time.

For those who are aspiring to a career in non-fiction writing, various workshops will be held on September 11 covering such topics as the non-fiction essentials, blending fiction and fact, finding your narrative voice and the art of the biography. This could be the knowledge and inspiration in your career you’ve been waiting for.

Two free forums will also run at the festival, the first ‘Home to Home’ a discussion with the Summer Foundation’s Tom Worsnop on young people in nursing homes. The second ‘Finding a Voice Through the Arts’.

‘Finding a Voice Through the Arts’ is dedicated to the memory of Ralph McLean, a man who lived and breathed the arts, politics and equality. He was known for creating opportunities for others and for pushing the boundaries.

He was a man of action in the arts and the forum discusses just that. Panellists helping fuel the discussion will be musician Dave Mason (The Reels), comedian and author Sue-Ann Post, musician and producer, Brendan Gallagher and author/politician, Phil Cleary. The event is free and will be hosted by broadcaster Derek Guille.

For more information and to purchase tickets visit www. wordforwordfestival.com.au.

When & Where: Deakin University, Geelong Waterfront – September 11-13

Peachy Keen Here at Forte we love ourselves a nice smelling candle (or a nice smelling anything for that matter) and Peach Boutique in Geelong has its own sweet smelling fruity peach scent thanks to local candle maker Love Ludie.

Make sure you pick yours up!

Get Your Frock On October means more than just a few months until Christmas, it’s also a month where donning your finest dress for Frocktober (a not-for-profit organisation raising funds and awareness for ovarian cancer research) is common-place. Adding to the usual events, the Australian International Tea Expo are throwing a Frocktober Morning Tea on October 17 with all proceeds going to the Ovarian Cancer Research Foundation.

Visit australianteaexpo.com.au for more information.

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Stephen K. Amos

When & Where: Lithuania Club, Melbourne – September 24October 3, Arts Centre, Frankston – October 4 & GPAC, Geelong – October 6

Written by Amanda Sherring

Naturally, as a comedian, laughter is always going to be a big part of the job.

While this is still true for Stephen K Amos, any reaction is gold in his eyes.

“I often think as well, ‘Now, am I conforming to someone’s agenda?’ so I want to be well informed when I speak out about anything. Because we live in a world where knowledge is acceptable I think it’s almost our job to go against the status quo, to upset the system and make a point about something.”

“The jokes I make are for a laugh, a reaction or just generally to get something out of the audience,” he says.

There’s no guesses given our current political state in Australia just what Stephen will come up with, most notably something he believes to be quite important is giving climate change and global warming the attention it deserves.

Gaining a laugh is a skill that many comedians possess, but a bigger talent is the ability to work the crowd. To predict their next move well before they even know what it’s going to be.

“You’ve got to be in the moment so if anything happens in the room you’ve got to embrace that and run with it,” he says.

“That’s why for me my show changes on a daily basis; with the views of the audience and what they laugh at and I’m willing to challenge the audience. If we can meet halfway that’s excellent.”

That may seem like a simple task, but when topics like religion are brought up (something that divides many) it’s not always an easy feat. Stephen welcomes the chances to discuss these issues, in particular he loves the opportunities where he can deliver a message through one of his jokes.

“For me, if I have a captive audience I think it’s really important to to get some sort of message across or your point of view and then open it up to debate,” Stephen says.

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“To mention that in an arena where people may have voted for that Government and to give them another point of view is quite important,” Stephen says.

credit: james penlides

“People that go to my shows know that it’s all about laughter and laughing, but if we can take something away from that by learning from each other or things that happen in the room, then that’s a bonus.”

It’s well known that comedians base a lot of their shows around current affairs or daily happenings in their life, what you mightn’t realise is how much time goes in to sourcing content and ensuring what you’re saying is

right.

While there’s an element of bending the truth for a joke, Stephen makes sure he watches the news to see what’s going on, and as we talk on current affairs his knowledge on the Australian political scene is unquestionable.

“I do try and watch the global news on a regular basis as knowledge is power,” he says.

“The same sex marriage bill around the world is seen as something that is very important and your prime minister is publicly very against that. For me that’s very weird because his sister is a lesbian and so you’d think he’d have a vested interest in that. The fact he isn’t is very mind boggling.”

While there will be some politics thrown in here and there, it’s by no means a serious discussion. As there was a time he involved Julia Gillard and Kevin Rudd in a below the pants joke (Google it). First and foremost, Stephen is here to make you laugh and he seeks great joy in that and there truly isn’t an experience like seeing him in the flesh and experiencing the uproar of laughter all around you.

Refining the Palette

Charmaine Wilson:

“I think what’s important in this life, is what are you going to leave for your family to remember you by?”

The Australian Medium

Written by Amanda Sherring

Charmaine Wilson’s experience with grief was no easy one, but her loss helped her discover her skill as a medium. In a number of a years, Charmaine lost her brother, her four-year-old daughter, her father and her grandfather and it was enough to send her off the rails. She became addicted to alcohol and drugs, but through that process her first experience with a spirit (named Peter) arose.

“I think that I was really in a bad way and my first thoughts were that they always came to me to stop me from destroying myself,” Charmaine says.

“It was like talking to a counsellor – it was a strange sensation. At the time when I was still intoxicated I thought he was still alive somewhere, that’s how crazy I was. He kept saying to me, ‘Why do you do this to yourself ? What is it you can do to change your life?’”

Once Charmaine picked herself up, then 2002, she came to realise that she was in fact a medium and a whole new path was set for the rest of her life.

“Once I was a medium I was a medium. I think the gift was always there but I think I had to go through life and experience it before the doors would open – so to speak,” she says.

“What [the spirits] actually told me a long long time ago is that you don’t have a choice, you are a medium. My guide (Peter) said to me, ‘We are partners in life and we always will be and we’ll work towards the greater good’.”

Charmaine has since dedicated her life to developing her listening skills – so to speak, delivering the message that is delivered to her and touring Australia helping those who are at various stages of grief.

It’s something Charmaine had to come to grips with herself, and if she could turn back the clock, help from a spirit medium as she was undergoing her grief would have helped her experience immensely.

Naturally, over the years Charmaine has developed a series of phrases when dealing with grief that she lives by and that she shares with her audience.

“I have this little saying and a lot of people don’t like it, but ‘It is what it is, and you can do it sad or you can do it happy. Either way you’re going to have to do it’,” she says.

“I think what’s important in this life, is what are you going to leave for your family to remember you by? Will they be inspired by you? What type of memory are you going to leave? I think that’s my big message.”

While it’s only been since 2002 that Charmaine has been living as a spirit medium, the skill was hidden within her (and as it seems her mother) for all her life.

In the loss of her brother and daughter, there was something in the universe telling both her mother and herself that it was their time to leave this world.

“A week before my brother died my mum came to me and said, ‘Someone in our family is going to die’. I was only 17 at the time, so I said to mum, ‘Get out of here, bugger off !’ A week to the day my brother died and so she was right in that sense,” she says.

“Two nights before my daughter died I had a dream she was missing and it absolutely filled me with fear; I was petrified. Strangely enough our puppy had gone missing the next day so I reconciled myself that it was the puppy.

And then she died. Knowing that her time was written did actually help me.”

Whether you believe it or not, it’s something to be seen to believe. If Charmaine asks anything of her audience it’s to come with an open mind and an open heart. Chances are you’ll leave feeling enlightened whether you’re read or not.

When & Where: GV Hotel, Shepparton – September 4, Moama RSL, Moama – September 6, Bendigo District RSL, Bendigo – September 8, Buckley’s, Geelong – September 17 Lighthouse Theatre, Warrnambool – September 19

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W eir d and W ond erful Band R id er R equests of Geelong Weird and Wonderful Band Rider Requests of Geelong

It’s the one rite of passage you have as a musician. Travelling in the back of an old van, eating dodgy servo pies and playing to empty rooms all falls into the background in one moment – the moment you get to put in your rider request.

Local Spinning Half band booker Steven Nichols has seen it all over the years, and was kind enough to share some of the more noteworthy rider requests he has seen in his time booking shows.

Over to you Steven..

“Well the weirdest riders are always the longest riders and I’ve packed riders at festivals too. There are some funny and fucked up ones out there no doubt… here’s a few I can remember off the top of my head..”

“28 Days requested… many alcoholic beverages and two bikini clad ladies (over 18) to serve them.”

“Placebo, with a softer touch, requested fresh seasonal flowers to be set up throughout the green room.”

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“Drapht wanted a bucket of fried chicken one time.”

“D12 requested shower caps for Bizaar, funnily enough.. he didn’t even rock up.”

“Xzibit did his back and requested a Physio who rocked up at 10pm to administer acupuncture therapy and asked for a bottle of 15-year-old Hennessy.”

“Charles Jenkins and the Zhivagos wanted a Boeing 747 flight manual, a Hyperbaric Combustion chamber, three chickens – 1 roasted, 1 rubber and 1 live – a banana Lounge, an inflatable T-Rex, and a bunch of other weird shit, with some food and booze thrown in there.”

So there you have it people, next time your band has a show at The Workers Club, Geelong, be sure to bombard Steven with a long list of weird requests, he bloody loves it, and you may even make it into our next list of weird and wonderful riders.

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cosmic psychos Written by natalie rogers

Ross Knight, John ‘Onya’ McKeering and Dean Muller have been busy of late. In the last 12 months the legendary larrikins of Australian punk rock have released their longawaited ninth studio album, Cum the Raw Prawn; toured the country with generation X’s answer to the Psychos, the Dune Rats; starred in a Wolf Creek-inspired video clip for their cracking single ‘Better, Not Bitter’; and to top it all off, Geelong’s beloved Barwon Club named a burger after them.

With a beef patty, beer battered potato cake, beetroot, cheese, lettuce, onion, tomato and lots of sauce, the Cosmic Psychos burger is quintessentially Australian and bound to leave you feeling satisfied (albeit a bit messy) just like the Psychos themselves – and Knight can’t wait to give it a go when they play the Barwon on Friday, September 11. “So far I’ve only heard about it! But I’m looking forward to giving it a whirl! I’m sure it’s going to put a good lining on the tummy for a big night.”

Their Check Your Bum for Grubs Tour kicked off last weekend and will see the Psychos wreak their unique brand of havoc down the East Coast with some good friends in tow. While Knight chose to maintain an air of mystery when asked what bands are locked in to play the regional Victorian shows, Melbourne rockers The Peep Tempel, WOD and High Tension have all confirmed they’ll be playing support slots at upcoming shows.

“We love High Tension. They’re a great band – they play some cracking shows and they’re good people too,” Knight smiles. “They seem to be going great guns at the moment. Their bass player [Matt Weston] is a buddy of ours.”

Weston directed the Cosmic Psychos’ 2013 documentary Blokes You Can Trust and the ‘Better, Not Bitter’ videoclip. “Anything that Weso’s got his hand in works – he certainly knows how to steer something in the right direction, that’s for sure. If he can steer us when we’ve got no wheels or tyres and a blown up engine – and he’s managed to help us still chug along – he’s a top bloke.”

Killerbirds may be reuniting and joining the Psychos on the road.

“I think the Killerbirds may re-form to play a few shows with us, which is great because they’re a band I love watching. I helped produce their first record [a self-titled EP], which was a bit of fun. I probably made it sound like mud but what can you do?” he laughs.

With over 30 years experience in the music industry and countless fans worldwide, including Eddie Vedder, Buzz Osbourne and Butch Vig, the Psychos must be doing something right. I wondered if they offered the Dune Rats any advice while on tour with them recently.

“The only thing we can teach people is to basically act like twits! We’re just little kids trapped in old men’s bodies.

But we took to the Dunies straight away – they’re good blokes. It was an incredible month we had with them. We missed them when the tour ended – there was a fair bit of man love going on there,” he jokes.

“I did see a lot of us in them. I’m not saying now though – they’re all good looking roosters and we’re a bunch of cranky old bastards!”

When & Where: Barwon Club, Geelong – September 11, Karova Lounge, Ballarat – September 12, Golden Vine, Bendigo – September 13 170 Russell, Melbourne – September 18

Although he was trying not to give too much away, Knight hinted that the now defunct all-girl trio

collarts workshops

Collarts are well known as one of the go-to spots to gain music knowledge and education in the Melbourne area, but it’s not limited to Melbourne residents. Aside from offering a variety of courses, Collarts have just announced a range of free, exclusive music and audio workshops for students in year 12 or higher.

The workshops could see you working alongside Ella Hooper, recording your music, learning how to release your own music or an intro on “making beats” with Ableton Live. These are invaluable skills and at the cost of nothing, you’d be silly not to take Collarts up on the offer!

Songwriting with Ella Hooper

How to Release Your Own Music

Intro to Ableton Live (Making Beats)

When: Saturday 19th September, 10am till 3pm Saturday 3rd October, 10am till 3pm

When: Saturday 12th September, 11am till 3pm

When: Saturday 5th September, 10am till 3pm Saturday 26th September, 10am till 3pm

Learn and develop performance techniques, sharpen skills in lyric writing, song structure and artist development. This workshop will be taken by four-time ARIA Award winner Ella Hooper who has also been awarded APRA Songwriter of the Year Award.

Explore ways to release music, gain an understanding of key advertising and publicity streams and learn how to promote music and events to a target audience. This workshop is suitable for musicians and those interested in artist management and music promotion (perfect for those interested in the business side of the music and entertainment industries).

Lennon: Through a Glass Onion Q&A A fan of creating an intimate setting with his audience on stage, John Waters, is doing just that in his show Lennon: Through a Glass Onion set to hit Geelong and Bendigo later this month.

Hi John, thanks for taking the time to chat with Forte, how are you and what are you up to at the moment?

I’m finishing off a great season at the Edinburgh Festival, then coming back for some gigs in Australia.

It’s well known that you’ve got a highly impressive back catalogue of work you’ve achieved, how does Lennon: Through a Glass Onion compare to the rest?

To have come up with a show that affects people emotionally as well as entertaining them, and to have the copyright for everything in that show, has been a great journey, and has truly highlighted my career. I’m glad Stewart and I started it.

You’ve done the role for a little while now, what do you love about the show?

I really love a close, intimate feeling in a theatre. And I’m at my happiest as a performer when I’m singing and playing great songs, and imparting something extra with the spoken word. It’s a Perfect formula.

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Did it take much research on your behalf, to really understand and get into the mind of John Lennon?

What I do is fairly interpretive; it’s my take on John Lennon. I try to get into his mind through opening up my own. It isn’t really an exercise in exact duplication.

What kind of influence did John Lennon have in your life (musically or otherwise)?

All the Brit-rock movement of the ‘60s influenced me greatly, and still does.

Who would be another musical icon you’d love to represent?

Not really sure if I want to do more similar things. I already do a set of Jacques Brel songs in French, which has toured for a while. If I could just get Aussie audiences to open up to something ‘foreign’, I’d do it again.

Learn the basics of producing electronic music using Ableton Live.

You will learn basic editing functions, programming drums, sequencing virtual instruments, composition, arrangement and mixing. This is an introductory workshop, suitable for beginner-level participants who are new to Ableton.

When & Where: GPAC, Geelong – September 10 & Ulumbarra Theatre, Bendigo – September 13

In the show you work alongside Stewart D’Arrietta, are you able to do the show with your eyes closed now?

I probably could, but it wouldn’t be great to watch!

What’s it been like working with Stewart?

Like hanging onto the box-car of a runaway train and going along for the ride.

Thanks again for taking the time to chat with us, do you have any words of wisdom you’d like to share with our readers?

I wouldn’t claim to be wise, but I know one thing: if you don’t do something, you’ll never know what it’s like. A full life is impossible without a degree of risk-taking.

How to Record Music When: Saturday 5th September, 10am till 3pm Saturday 26th September, 10am till 3pm

This workshop is suitable for those interested in live sound and recording – for either prospective audio engineers or for musicians. You will learn how to mike up various instruments, will cover microphone choices, microphone techniques and preamp implementation.

Visit collarts.edu.au of call (03) 9281 8888 for more information.

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1. Unlikeable and/or unnecessary characters (Amy’s Boss. Everybody at the magazine.)

HOW ‘TRAINWRECK’ HIGHLIGHTS WHAT’S WRONG WITH COMEDIES NOWADAYS Written by Mitch Grinter.

I went along on a date-night to see Trainwreck with the full intention of simply reviewing it for this site. Oh, and having a romantic time, of course. Don’t worry, I shouted a bag of Maltesers and held hands with my wife when she wasn’t busy wiping tears of laughter from her eyes.

As for me? Well, I didn’t hate the movie, but I hated an awful lot about the movie. For such a hotly talked up script, I really expected something with a lot, so was I very disappointed to sit through 120 minutes of every character talking exactly like every other character. Some of what those characters said to the other characters was funny, some of it wasn’t, and then they went someplace else and said more things to each other. That is literally the level of investment and care that this movie was able to bring out in me.

When I started thinking about the troubles with this movie, I started to realise that they were the same troubles I have with most comedies that have come out in recent years. So, bearing in mind the principle rule of “comedy comes in threes”, I present the three biggest problems with Trainwreck, and modern comedy as a whole.

For no real reason, almost everybody in Trainwreck is an asshole. The magazine that Amy works for is filled with shallow, self-centered dicks (and dickettes) who exist solely to squeeze in some jokes that don’t relate to the story. Amy’s boss is so pointlessly mean that there’s no believability whatsoever that anybody would work for her. Every co-worker (aside from the one mandatory ditzy one who talks like a 12-year-old) is indistinguishable from the next. If you have five characters in a film and they all say the same thing, it’s time to drop at least four of them. Worse still, the point of Trainwreck isn’t to satirise magazine culture, so why show these people to us at all?

It doesn’t succeed in fleshing out the main character’s life, and simply comes across as a bunch of empty, pointless jokes.

However it’s not just at work that characters are terrible in this film. Even random strangers are trying to sling zingers to innocent questions on the subway. A good comedy generally needs to have some heart and for at least some characters to be likeable, if not most characters to be likeable. It’s like using performance enhancing drugs in cycling. If everybody is doing it, then it no longer has an edge. It doesn’t help that comedies these days keep nudging to the two hour mark – due to the now obligatory and often misguided “sad moment of reflection” – and two hours is a long time to spend with people you don’t like.

2. Everybody is trying to be funny.

This may seem like an odd criticism – it’s a comedy, of course people are trying to be funny! What I mean, though, is that too many characters are trying to be funny. In the best comedies, the actors are being funny, but the characters are almost never aware of the fact that they are being funny. The script for Trainwreck is filled with one-liners and characters trying to put one another down. Comedies these days are essentially like a 14-yearold who has discovered sarcasm for the first time, and is determined to communicate with nothing else. Aside

15 USELESS FACTS ABOUT ROCKO’S MODERN LIFE

1. Show creator Joe Murray got the idea to make Rocko a wallaby after a trip to the zoo. He saw a wallaby who “was oblivious to the chaos around him”.

2. Bev & Ed Bighead were both voiced by the same person, Charlie Adler.

3. Rocko’s feet are actually the same size as his head cut in half.

4. Rocko’s Modern Life was one of three shows included in the PC game Nickelodeon 3D Movie Maker.

5. Although Rocko’s family name is never revealed on the show, his was once named Rocko Rama in a concept drawing.

6. Rocko was originally going to have a sister named Magdalane, who would have two kids.

7. He was also originally intended to be yellow.

8. Some of the show’s animators had previously worked on The Simpsons and Who Framed Roger Rabbit?

9. The reason the creators gave Dr. Hutchinson a hook for a hand, was because they were told by the network to introduce “a positive female character with a strong hook.”

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10. Rocko and Heffer make a cameo appearance in a loading screen in the game, Nicktoons MLB. 11. As part of the production process, Murray needed to teach 200 people in Korea and 50 people in the United States how to draw each character.

12. The Bigheads were made to be cane toads, due to Australia’s problem with them at the time of the show’s production.

13. Rocko first appeared in an unreleased comic, however his name was Travis.

14. The voice of Rocko, Carlos Alazraqui, was also the voice of Spyro in the first game of the Spyro The Dragon video game series.

15. When Murray was five years old, a television fell on his head. Whilst he suffered no serious damage, perhaps the scene of the TV falling onto the characters in the show’s intro is a throwback to this event?

Everyone remembers this as the game that was built into the console, and in a time when copyrighting games wasn’t really a thing, getting a game for FREE was amazing! I honestly still remember the first time I discovered it. I was about to play Sonic and after forgetting to do the standard “blow dust from the cartridge” routine, I was surprised when suddenly this new game appeared on my screen. Initially I remember being quite distraught, thinking somebody had “taped over” my copy of Sonic (taping over was the pre-2000 version of wiping a hard drive). However then it happened.

The music. The simplicity. The rockpaper-scissor battles. Amazing.

2. TRANSBOT A very underrated game. Honestly, most of my friends nowadays had never even heard of it before I showed them. It may seem repetitive at times, but Transbot is the textbook definition of addictive. Start playing it now, before you know it, it’ll be tomorrow.

3. THE LUCKY DIME CAPER STARRING DONALD DUCK The amount of hours I spent playing this is both impressive and kind of sad at the same time. It’s understandable though, since this game starring the cast of Ducktales

of times. Do you know why we really wanted Robin Williams to get back with his family? Because we saw how much it crushed him to lose his kids. Great comedy needs light and shade, but the shade needs to be felt, not just assumed.

As a chick-flick, Trainwreck probably works. A lot of women I know certainly enjoyed it. By extension, it works as a date movie. It works, but will quickly be forgotten.

If you’re a lover of comedy, don’t go. I implore you. Stay at home, have a couch-date instead, pop Ghostbusters into the DVD player, or Planes, Trains & Automobiles, or Midnight Run, or Dumb & Dumber, or Ace Ventura, or Father of the Bride, or American Pie, or Best in Show, or The Naked Gun, or Good Morning Vietnam, or…you get my point.

3. No depth.

Typically, a great comedy sets up a desired goal with risks and a potential negative outcome. Dustin Hoffman dresses up as a woman to get an acting gig, but risks losing the acting gig if found out. Robin Williams dresses up as a woman to see his kids, but risks never being allowed to see them again if found out. (Hey, I never said comedy had to be original). The trap comedies fall into today is presenting us with characters that already have a good life, who are trying to get a slightly better life. It’s incredibly low stakes. Picking on Trainwreck again, Amy has a fulltime job as a writer for a magazine, she is told she’s up for a promotion in the opening five minutes. Her vice is that she drinks and sleeps with random men, but it doesn’t ever impact her. She doesn’t even start dating Bill Hader’s character out of loneliness, she just finds out that she happens to like him a bit more than the other guys, so you never feel like she’s clinging on to the relationship or needs it to work. Hell, even after things go south and she loses her job (spoilers) she walks straight into a much better one at VANITY FUCKING FAIR! She doesn’t even need to send in a resume. She just walks up to the counter and a few minutes later is being given a coverstory by the editor of one of the biggest magazines in the world. You know why we cared about Dustin Hoffman’s success in Tootsie? Because we saw him fail a bunch

5 SEGA MASTER SYSTEM GAMES THAT DEFINED MY CHILDHOOD 1. ALEX KIDD IN MIRACLE WORLD

Written by Brendan Dando.

from making me hate with unparalleled fury, it ruins the grounding of the movie. It starts to feel less like there was a script, and more like six different writers sat in a room throwing lines at a wall, as six different actors clamoured over each other to grab them, and whoever grabbed the most in 30 seconds is how we decide who gets to go on the poster. There’s no teamwork and almost no chemistry.

It’s like editing alternating jokes from Stephen Wright and Demetri Martin and calling it conversation. The best comedies set up the characters as the joke, but very rarely as the ones telling the joke. There are people that can do it. Bill Murray, Rodney Dangerfield, Seth Rogen are a few examples, but there’s a reason those guys are household names – it’s a very difficult skill to master, and even then, those guys stood as the only ones doing it.

is pure fun. The TV show was a favourite of mine as a kid (the theme song still holds up today), so getting the opportunity to play as Donald as you try and rescue your nephews from Magica De Spell, was always an exciting experience. I do remember the game having a disappointing end credits sequence though, not as in the gameplay, just the storytelling. Regardless, check this game out if you haven’t already.

4. WONDERBOY If you’ve owned a Sega, you’ve played this game. Besides the next entry on this list (have one guess what it is) Wonderboy was a quintessential for your collection. I’d ask you to try and remember the music, but I’m afraid you’d be left humming it for the next three days. I guess that’s not a bad thing though. There’s nothing all too groundbreaking about the gameplay; you collect fruit for health whilst using a hammer to kill a random mix of villains (including some strange looking “natives”) If you plan on playing it tonight, just remember one thing; hold down 1+2 to double-jump. Don’t worry it’ll make sense when trying to reach those bananas.

5. SONIC THE HEDGEHOG Dare I call it THE game for the Sega Master System?

I’m sure that’ll outrage some people, but when I was growing up this was the epitome for me. Combining the ability to speed through the air collecting coins (special mentions to the bonus levels), rescuing baby animals from Dr Robotnik, along with the heart-in-mouth Castle levels, this game had it all. Oh and how could I forget the incredible Jungle music!?

My best memories of Sonic are watching my late Uncle Peter actually clock the game. I saw him as a gaming god.

If I couldn’t pass something; pause and get Uncle Peter to do it.

Written by Dando.

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Film Reviews

Films reviewed

the wrap

by Anthony Morris Fantastic Four:

A superhero dud just about everyone already wishes never happened, this isn’t a complete wreck – it just fails at just about everything people watch superhero movies for.

The Man From U.N.C.L.E.:

Lightweight flashy spy antics never really go out of style, so while this has its flaws – it’s a handsome cast, but where’s the charisma?

A Walk in the Woods Every now and again Hollywood coughs up a movie where a bunch of old guys set out to have a good time and prove they’ve still “got it”. Considering prime examples of this genre are films like Wild Hogs and Last Vegas, it’s hardly surprising it doesn’t get a whole lot of respect.

The Gift Robyn (Rebecca Hall) and Simon ( Jason Bateman) are a young couple who’ve just moved back to LA for a range of reasons, some good (Simon’s up for a big promotion at work), some not so good (Robyn had a miscarriage).

They’re barely settled in when they run into Gordo ( Joel Edgerton, who also writes and directs), an old school buddy of Simon’s – or at least, he’s acting like a buddy, while Simon is a bit more wary.

With no friends in town Robyn soon finds herself getting to know him better, and while he seems nice enough at first, there’s something about him that’s just a little bit… off. What separates Edgerton’s directorial debut from any number of other similar thrillers (where a crazy person gets in close then goes nuts) is the way this refuses to let things resolve into black and white.

Gordo is the kind of guy you might not want to get too close to, but it turns out he has his reasons; Simon is the one pushing him away, but it doesn’t take long to realise that he might not be pure as the driven snow himself.

Those moments where this kind of film could go either way – that maybe the good guy is really the bad guy and vice versa - are almost always the best part, and this lets them play out for as long as possible in ways that keep your loyalties switching back and forth, and your concern for how this is going to affect Robyn building.

The cast is excellent too: Edgerton keeps Gordo from slipping into a stereotype, and Bateman’s natural disdain here curdles into an edge that’s unpleasant without turning cruel. This is a film that’s constantly just that little bit smarter than you expect it to be, and a smart thriller is always a very enjoyable one.

A Walk in the Woods has one big advantage over those other films: it’s based on a book by noted travel writer Bill Bryson. Unfortunately, that advantage is largely squandered in a film that’s mostly content to have its leads wander around enjoying each other’s company and occasionally info-dumping a lecture about the death of the American Chestnut Tree.

Feeling disconnected from and disheartened by America upon his return after two decades living in the UK, Bill Bryson (Robert Redford) decides to walk the Appalachian Trail to rekindle his love of travel and nature. He asks pretty much everyone he knows to join him; they all refuse. Someone he didn’t ask is his old buddy turned unsettling nutter Stephen Katz (Nick Nolte), but when Katz finds out he says he’d be happy to come along.

Now the two out-of-shape and ill-prepared hikers are hitting the trail, and the trail is ready to hit back. There are plenty of mildly funny moments here, and both Redford and Nolte give likeable performances – Nolte, having more to work with as a shambling but optimistic wreck, makes more of an impression than the constantly befuddled Redford. But there’s no urgency or drive here, let alone the kind of big laughs that would make it work as a comedy, and as a character piece it lacks all but the barest insight. It’s just two guys wandering around: you can see that pretty much anywhere you care to look.

Southpaw:

Not so much a movie as a plea for awards and plenty of them, this boxing movie is so by-thenumbers you already know every detail of the plot without being told.

Hitman: Agent 47:

This second stab at adapting the Hitman video games to the big screen wisely shifts the focus onto a couple fleeing his lethal antics, resulting in a silly but occasionally effective action riff.

Vacation:

A sequel rather than a remake of the original (better known as National Lampoon’s Vacation), this still manages to repeat many of the original film’s jokes without managing to improve on them in any way.

Mission: Impossible: Rogue Nation:

Ricki and the Flash

Tom Cruise does what he does best – smile and run around in a suit – in this extremely entertaining series of highconcept action set-pieces (let’s steal a computer disc… underwater!) loosely held together by the usual spy stuff.

Last Cab to Darwin:

Me and Earl and the Dying Girl The trick with teen tear-jerkers is that, unlike with the grown-up variety, is to make it seem like the point of the exercise isn’t to make the audience bawl their eyes out.

Adults don’t really care: they come to tear-jerkers to cry and so long as the film does that they’re happy. But teens want insight into the harsh realities of life and if that happens to make them cry, so much the better. The tricky thing about this trick is that it usually involves balancing a fairly smart-arse tone with subject matter that is pretty much the least suited to a smart-arse tone. Sure, it’s easy to have the smart-arse façade fall away when confronted with the realities of a handsome teenager dead before their time, but drop it too soon and it’ll seem fake while dropping it too late means the tears won’t flow and your lead will look like a dick. Which is one of the many problems with Me and Earl and the Dying Girl.

When the story is this straight-forward – introverted teen Greg (Thomas Mann), who spends his spare time

making movie parodies with his “co-worker” (because Greg doesn’t have friends) Earl (R J Cyler), is pushed by his mum into reaching out to acquaintance and newly diagnosed cancer sufferer Rachel (Olivia Cooke) – it’s the little things that give it life.

Unfortunately, because the film is built around Greg and Greg is literally the most boring person in this film (Earl is from a rough neighbourhood yet is still an arthouse film buff; Rachel has cancer), those little things are pushed to the side in favour of focusing on Greg like he’s someone we might actually be interested in. Worse, while his bland nature would be fine if he was our guide to a lot of interesting stuff, the interesting stuff is often sidelined so we can spend more time with Greg - it’s more than a little telling that the big climax of the film ends up focusing on Greg rather than the person actually dying in this film. It turns out the harsh reality this film is all about is that unless you’re a nerdy white guy, your story doesn’t matter.

If you remember screenwriter Diablo Cody’s film Young Adult, then you have a good idea what to expect here: a woman who has failed to conform to society’s expectations is drawn back to the world where her failure seems most acute, there to find a way to get the respect of the past she’s never quite been able to shake.

Where Young Adult was a black comedy with a lead we could at best pity, here our star is Meryl Streep’s aging rocker Ricki, and while she’s not exactly living the high life – she makes a living bagging groceries, with her bar band ‘Ricki and the Flash’ more of a fun hobby than a serious concern – she’s living her life her way. Which is a problem, because it means the drama when she’s called back to the fancy mansion of her ex (Kevin Kline) after her daughter (Mamie Gummer, Streep’s real-life daughter) attempts suicide after her husband leaves her is minimal at best.

Yes, everyone hates her because she abandoned her family for her rock 'n' roll dreams, but they’re all uptight stuffed shirts and Ricki is Meryl Streep having a good time; there are occasional moments of vulnerability on her part, but audiences are coming to see her rock out and that’s pretty much what she delivers. So if you want to hear a bar band play a bunch of songs while Streep sings, congratulations, this is the film for you. If you’re after a family drama with some depth, or a comedy with some laughs, this occasionally comes close – but never quite hits the right note.

The Transporter Refueled Frank Martin (Ed Skrein) is The Transporter, a man who’ll drive anything anywhere: for a price. So being hired as a getaway driver for a group of sex workers looking to get out of the prostitution racket by robbing their enslavers blind (and maybe killing them in the process) is all part of the job. Only this time, they’ve kidnapped his dad (Ray Stevenson) to keep him in line, and Frank doesn’t like that one bit.

To get the bad news out of the way first, a Transporter movie without former star Jason Statham is blasphemy and Skrein (previously seen briefly in Game of Thrones) is merely okay in this franchise reboot. Fortunately, everything else is perfect: the eurotrash baddies are extra-sleazy, Stevenson is loads of fun as the up-for-anything dad, the car chases are ridiculous (at one stage a car jumps up into an airport boarding gate then races through the building) and the fight scenes are more about martial arts showboating than blood and gore: Frank ends one fight by leaping off a speeding jet ski and kicking a bad guy in the head – while he’s driving a car. If you like your action hilariously over-the-top, this is the best film of the year.

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Michael Caton is a Broken Hill taxi driver dying of cancer who decides to drive to Darwin so he can legally kill himself. This is slightly less gloomy than it sounds.

Trainwreck:

TV comedian Amy Schumer’s big screen debut has a bunch of good moments, but director Judd Apatow’s obsession with bland relationship material and personal growth too-often plot stifles the laughs.

Mr Holmes:

Sherlock Holmes’ crimesolving days are well behind him – it’s 1947 and he’s a beekeeper in Suffolk – but that doesn’t mean his past doesn’t have a few mysteries lying in wait for him in this revisionist take on the Great Detective (Ian McKellen).

Inside Out:

Pixar returns to their tearjerking best in this often very funny look at what happens inside a little girl’s head – basically there’s feelings, and those feelings have feelings, and a lot of those feelings can be pretty sad.

Music Reviews

Beirut

STALKHER

Szymon

Thirsty Merc

NO NO NO

Official Motion Picture Soundtrack

TIGERSAPP

SHIFTING GEARS

Eloper Music Reviewed by Alexander Lightfoot

MGM Music Reviewed by Alexander Lightfoot

Light, hopeful and dreamlike are the first words that come to mind as ‘Golden’ begins. A distinct sound that’s set to be mimicked by anyone who’s wise on making it in the industry.

The main shame comes with the knowledge that the musician can no longer evolve his style, as unfortunately Szymon Borzestowski’s life had a sudden end. Music was his main love, his method of living and it showed through in each guitar strum, synth addition and quaking vocals.

It’s been a little while since we’ve heard from Thirsty Merc (2010’s Mousetrap Heart was the last release) and it’s hard to believe that last year was the 10-year anniversary of their selftitled, debut release. But good news as the band are back, and while there have been some minor changes in sound, they’ve stayed relatively true to the double platinum sound they launched in with back in 2004.

4AD Reviewed by Amanda Sherring

A huge sigh of relief leaves my body at the same as any worries of this being ‘yet-another’ formulaic indie-pop release. Beirut’s album is fresh, different yet somehow so comforting. The album is started off with ‘Gibraltar’ a track heavy on the keys and, what I’m guessing, is a bongo drum.

Zach Condon’s vocals are Irish cream smooth (‘No No No’ is a fine example) and while singing along is the natural instinct, you’d never match his pitch. ‘At Once’ is a sexy trombone/ trumpet infused number, ‘As Needed’ is a delicate instrumental number and ‘Perth’ is a track that teeters on the edge of ‘80s synth pop.

If there’s anything to fault it’s the track ‘August Holland’ which has me having flashbacks of all those cheesy rom-coms where after all the fighting and problems, love still finds a way, always.

Perhaps my favourite on the album is one that I wouldn’t have expected myself. ‘So Allowed’ closes the album and it comes across as a slightly odd love song. There’s some beautiful instrumental pieces in the track but there’s always an element where they’re played slightly off kilter. It’s almost like the odd aunt of the family. I like it.

Remote Control Records Reviewed by Alexander Lightfoot

As far as Australian movies go, the creepier the better, and STALKHER does a fine job. Though when it comes to the actual soundtrack, things get a lot trickier. Despite throwing in some well-loved (perhaps over-used) classic Australian tracks in the Skyhooks’ ‘Horror Movie’ and the Split Enz’ ‘I See Red’ there’s actually a lot of quality and surprising choices.

Starting off with ‘Red Right Hand’ by Nick Cave has got to be a given. What other song do you initially think of when you want to create an unsettling vibe? Even though it’s been used a lot, particularly in that ad, you know the one, it’s still a great decision none the less. Another great choice is in Sarah Blasko’s ‘My Man’. Using the track keeps things Australian, she’s damn talented and the gentleness of her voice mixed with the not-quite-right lyrics fit the film to a tee. It reeks of the sentiment, everything is not as you would seem.

What’s a fun addition to the mix is when one of the characters themselves sings two songs, of course I’m speaking of John Jarratt with ‘Killer in Me’ and ‘She’s A Lady’. Though don’t spook, as there’s none of that “musical” vibe in these tracks.

Instead they offer a musical interpretation of the film itself.

In ‘Killer In Me’ John is menacing, and the film clip of him recording the song is almost as entertaining as the track itself.

The biggest joy comes with the knowledge that his family and friends wanted the world to hear what gave him so much happiness by releasing his music. ‘Medusa’ is an edgy track that sees a different tone in vocals coming from Szymon.

Things are sped up, to the point where you’re constantly chasing after it to keep up.

‘Katyusha’ shows Szymon’s versatility through a rather edgy, electronic, instrumental number. It strikes a fine balance between being a dance track and a melodic number.

While there won’t be a follow up, this is one album you need to own. Simply to cherish the legacy he has left behind, and the hope in what could have been.

‘The Good Life’ tips its hat to good ol’ Australian rock tunes (more so the kind we heard in the late ‘90s, early noughties).

‘Sweet Talker’ is much the same, but there’s a sexy twang in singer Rai Thistlethwayte’s vocals. It’s a well put together track and I’d be close to saying my favourite on the album.

One thing that the band are loved for are their slow burning, heart felt rock tunes and this album isn’t lacking in them.

‘Mirror to Your Heart’ is a fine example, though it’s lacking that little something that we’ve loved in the past. Only thing I can pin it down to is the instrumentals, it’s a little bit too same, same.

The greatest thing I’ve taken away from this release (aside from Thirsty Merc back at it) is the skill in the lyrics behind each track. Each one is well thought out, avoids the cheesy rhymes and all tell a vivid story. Welcome back Thirsty Merc, the Australian rock scene hasn’t been quite the same without you.

The Chemical Brothers

The Paper Kites

The Waifs

Warren Haynes

BORN IN THE ECHOES

TWELVEFOUR

BEAUTIFUL YOU

ASHES & DUST

EMI Music Australia Reviewed by Alexander Lightfoot

Wonderlick/Sony Music Australia Reviewed by Amanda Sherring

Jarrah Records Reviewed by Tex Miller

Provogue Reviewed by Chris Lambie

You know those times when you really really like someone, but you just can’t find the words to express it? They’re from a different group, it’d never work, but you still can’t help your feelings? Those feelings are a little bit like the ones I have for The Paper Kites new album twelvefour, but there’s no Romeo and Juliet scenario here, as things are definitely going to work out.

In January this year, The Waifs headed into 301 Studios in Byron Bay to record with Nick DiDia who has worked with Bruce Springsteen, Rage Against The Machine and Powderfinger. The resulting album Beautiful You is raw and emotionally charged at the core and showcases the stunning song writing of the Simpson sisters. Having spent the early formative years of the band travelling around Australia in the mid 1990s playing shows, these days the band splits time living in the US and WA.

You may not recognise the name but chances are you’ve heard plenty of Warren Haynes’ work. His 35-year career includes 20 some years with the Allman Brothers Band, as an on occasional member of The Dead and playing as co-founder of blues rockers Gov’t Mule.

Listening to The Chemical Brothers at 8am in the morning was the worst idea, or possibly, the best I’ve ever had? It’s hard not to get pumped up with the heavy synth, rhythmic beats and smooth soulful vocals from the Chemical Brothers.

‘Sometimes I Feel So Deserted’ was the song to wake me up and ‘Go’ was the track to get me dancing in my seat.

It’s not surprising that by now, most of the songs on this album have already had significant airplay, as they’re all executed very well. They offer original beats that don’t have you thinking of something you’ve heard before, and as an electronic band, they tap into the ability to make you want to dance no matter where you are; bus stop, in the car, at the supermarket, you name it.

‘I’ll See You There’ is manic, unpredictable and just the kind of brain-altering tunes we’ve come to love from The Chemical Brothers. It’s a highlight for me, and set to be a classic for the hard party goers wanting to completely lose themselves. Mid way through, just when you think its reached the peak, things slow down, the vocals kick in and you relive the same experience over (and what feels like over and over again). Title track ‘Born in the Echoes’ deserves a huge mention as a standout too.

Further working towards messing with your mind, ‘Taste of Money’ factors in “bee sounds” to the track and is a slow, staggered, erratic release. Overall the Chemical Brothers have stayed true to wanting to fuck with your mind all while creating some solid danceable beats. Pick this one up if you’re a fun or enjoy in what I’ve just mentioned.

‘Electric Indigo’ is the track you’ve already heard on the radio, and if that hasn’t enticed you to hear the rest of the album, I don’t even know why you’re reading this review. ‘Bleed Confusion’ is a beautifully emotive track – keys just seem to have that effect – and Sam Bentley’s vocals match the slow, sombre mood perfectly. If a song could give you a hug, this would be the one to do it.

‘Neon Crimson’ follows on where ‘Bleed Confusion’ left off, but the gentle guitar strumming, breathy vocals and well-timed pauses, make it that little bit better and as a result it’s a highlight on the album for me.

Given that this is a concept album surrounding the idea that a writer’s peak is between midnight and 4am (Sam Bentley actually wrote this album in that time frame) it explains the sombre, serenity of most of the tunes. This is the kind of record that would be ideal for a slow Sunday, to calm you before hitting the pillow of to wake you up for a big day ahead.

‘6000 Miles’, talks about the distance between Vikki’s home in Utah, Colorado and Western Australia and there is a somewhat sadness to the track and longing to be back home. It’s a slow reflective number on the album and is filled with pretty little reverb drenched, electric guitar fills. The middle eight refrain in which Vikki sings ‘Not even oceans can keep us apart’ is quite an emotional moment and something that listeners will be able to relate with if they have spent lengthy periods abroad.

The penultimate track on this album is a rollicking number called ‘Born To Love’ and featuring Cunningham on the vocals, it eludes a bad arse vibe to it and is sure to be a highlight of the new live show set to tour around the country in October and November. If you are a fan of The Waifs, then you will dig this record. It’s delicate and honest song writing at the centre and is sure to keep your feet tapping and your heart warm long after its conclusion.

His own 2011 album, the soul/jazz infused Man In Motion was well-received but this project reveals yet another side to Haynes’ talents backed by buddies from New Jersey, Americana band Railroad Earth. Allmans bandmates ‘Spots of Time’ bassist Oteil Burbridge and percussionist Marc Quinones feature on ‘Spots Of Time’. From folky acoustic to slick slide and jazz influenced guitar, Haynes shows lesser players - and some better known - how it’s done.

New songs sit between some he’s stored away waiting to be placed appropriately. Grace Potter joins Haynes for a fine duet on Stevie Nicks’ ‘Gold Dust Woman’. Eloquent violin and mandolin chime in as added voices to accompany Haynes’ guitars. Shawn Colvin and Mickey Raphael (harmonica) feature on ‘Wanderlust’. Highlight’s include ‘Company Man’ and Billy Edd Wheeler’s folk tale ‘Coal Tattoo’ - formerly covered by The Kingston Trio. Stories told with bluegrassy banjo, ethereal guitar solos at just the right length and a warming country heart combine to deliver a timeless pleasure.

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Breaking Bad Trivia 1 - What is the medical ailment that Walt Suffers throughout the series?

2 - Before Jesse is enlisted to help Walter build his drug empire, what funny nickname did Jesse go by?

3 - During season two, Jesse develops a relationship with Jane, what is the occupation of her father?

4 - What is the catch phrase that Skyler and her workers say to people at the car wash after they pay?

5 - What South American country did drug king pin Gustavo Fring originate from?

6 - Walt was once the founding member of a company that went on to be very successful without him what was the name of the company?

7 - Saul has a ‘Guy’ he uses to make people ‘go away.. forever’. What business is the front for the service?

8 - Walt develops a corporate connection with a lady named Lydia, who sources his chemicals, what item does she always ask for when ordering her tea?

9 - In what state of America does the show take place?

10 - What was the name of the first drug distributor that accuses Walt of being a DEA agent?

Answers:1 - Lung Cancer. 2 - Cap’n Cook. 3 - Air traffic controller. 4 - Have an A1 day. 5 - Chile. 6 - Grey Matter. Technology. 7 - Vacuum Shop. 8 - Stevia. 9 - New Mexico. 10 - Krazy 8.

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