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WHATS ON...
what’s on.Page 2
entertainment.Page 3
food.Page 6
music.Page 8
q&a
q&a.Page 5
gig guide.Page 8
3. Birds of Tokyo album giveaways
1. Melbourne cup next week
2. Howard and that shoe
4. New frankie has hit the streets
5. A lyttle homely street party in Bendigostreet party
inbrief.
in brief.Page 8
the arts.Page 4
Fairy partySinging, dancing and storytelling. 10am to 2pm. The Complete Garden, 53-55 Williamson Street, Bendigo. Details 5444 0277.
Bendigo Evening View club16th Birthday celebration 12:30pm Café Essence, Bull Street, $25. Bookings essential. Visitors welcome. Details: 5439 3892.
Mini-market and garage saleBridgewater play group from 9am to 3pm.
Kangaroo Flat Market Kangaroo Flat Uniting Church, High Street.8am to 2pm. Market Stalls and Car Boot sales plus a garage sale. Kim Ritchie (country singer) between 9am and 1pm. Details: 5443 1809.
Back-to-McIntyre and Rheola Districts10am in the Rheola Hall. Barbecue lunch. Details: 0409 709 197.
Open dayThe Atisha Centre Sandhurst Town Road Myers Flat. 10am to 4pm.
Redesdale Bush market 8:30am to 2pm held at Redesdale Hall in Agnes Mudford Reserve. Details: 5425 3142.
Mature Age Persons Meet and Greet at 2pm every Tuesday at the Newmarket Hotel. No cost. Details: 5446 2189.
Girton Grammar School TourStarts 9am. Meet the Headmaster and Head of Junior School while touring. To register: 5441 3114.
Spirituality in the PubThe Foundry Arms Complex, High Street Bendigo.Theme: Spiritual Journeys Understanding Difference – What is Our Capacity? Gerry Gill and Uncle Brien Nelson. Details: 5441 1050.
Once Upon A Future SymposiumA range of talks by La Trobe University Arts students.La Trobe Visual Arts Centre, 121 View St, Bendigo. 10am to 6pm. Doors open 9.30am. Entry: $2. Guest speaker is Michael Woods, webtv broadcast and video game specialist.
Trivia night Hosted by Cystic Fibrosis, Freemasons Victoria and Motorcycle association, 7:30pm at RSL, Havilah Road, $5. Details 5443 5375.
Looking Ahead
The Lions Club of Kangaroo Flat is the driving force behind the community orientated An Evening Out. This festival style expo will be held at Rotary Park in Kangaroo Flat from 4pm to 8pm. Entry is Free. The aim of this event is to showcase to Kangaroo Flat residents what is available in their own community.
This is shaping up to be a fantastic time for Kangaroo Flat residents, adults and children alike.
In excess of 20 local organisations, have pledged to be part of this event.
Sunday, October 31
Sunday, October 31
Tuesday, November 2
Wednesday, November 3
Thursday, November 4
Friday, November 12
give-aways
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Sun 31st Oct 1-4pmThe MockbellsSun 7th Nov 2-6pmZac from The BridgeSun 14th Nov 2-6pmMystery BettsSun 21st Nov 1-4pmThe MockbellsFri 26th Nov 9-12.30amThe Mystery Betts
Sun 28th Nov 2-6pm Lou and The Pick UpsSun 5th Dec 1-4pmThe Mockbells
49 BRIDGE STREET, BENDIGOPHONE 5443 7811
BRIAN BORUH O T E L
Come in and enjoy a great meal and pot and sit back and be entertained
MICK COATES AND THE ALLNITE
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Friday, November 5starting from 8.30pm
Friday Oct 29
Saturday Oct 30
Sunday Oct 31
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“I remember the presenter afterwards saying ‘I’ve just had this flood of calls about this song and this artist and I’ll tell you all about him’,” he said.
“I just remember welling up, I was down, and to hear that people had heard the song and called into the radio station, that was the release, the victory, I’ve connected.”
For Lior, the timing was pitch perfect.“I was ony my last legs, I didn’t think I could do it for
much longer, the passion was there, but I didn’t think I could do it.”
Autumn Flow, was soon all over the Triple J airways.But he had some financial friends to thank first, who
had bankrolled its success.“It was an amazing time for me,” he said.“I did Autumn Flow on a shoestring budget, I went
along the independent road out of necessity.“I had these songs and I wanted to capture them as
beautifully as I can and I wouldn’t be happy unless I can do that.
“I borrowed some money from friends and I thought ‘well people spend this much money on a holiday I’m going to do this and I’ll always be able to treasure it’.”
Once printed, his major motivation was to hit the road, hopefully sell a few CDs, and repay the favour to his be-nevolent buddies.
“Richard (Kingsmill, Triple J music director) added it, I was really surprised because he had asked which songs he should play and I had steered him away from it.
“I thought people would think it was oversentimental.“Eventually it became the track which resonated with
a lot of people.“It was a beautiful thing for me, I wasn’t on any bill-
boards, it was just people talking and connecting with the music.
“If the songs I write can resonate with people that’s my life’s purpose done.”
The man music lovers know on a first name basis, has no plans of releasing his surname however.
“I don’t use it,” he laughed. “I’m happy with Lior, if you’re happy with Lior.”
Yes, we’re very happy with Lior.Autumn Flow eventually garnered three ARIA Award
nominations in 2005, including best breakthrough artist, best male artist and best independent release. It was also nominated for the J Award.
Lior has come a long way from Rishon, a small town 30 kilometres south of Tel Aviv.
Although he left with his family for Australia at the age of 10, it was a happy decade.
“I have really good memories of living over there,” he said.
“It was a nice Mediteranean community with lots of kids around, playing football after school.
“It was a real communal thing, living on top of each other kind of vibe but a great place for a young kid to grow up.
“But they (his parents) were becoming pretty disillu-sioned with the political situation in Israel.”
It was not until Lior moved down under that his un-doubted musical talent began to emerge.
“I’m not one of those people who was given a cello at the age of four, I grew up in a pretty non-musical family,” he said.
“My first memory of music as a kid is hearing these Hebrew songs and feeling really moved by them.
“But once I started singing I was fascinated with what I could come out with, and then the guitar took an ac-companying role.”
While hailing from Israel and living in Australia, initial inspiration came from England.
“At the age of 14 somebody gave me a Led Zepplin tape (Led Zepplin 4),” he said.
“I’m a huge fan of Led Zepplin, Going To California just blew me away.
“It’s funny, when the album came out they were slammed for bringing an acoustic folk influence to rock, it was deemed as soft, which is funny as it’s one of the greatest albums of all time.
“I had a listen and my whole world opened up, I dis-covered there was so much more than what is on the radio.
“Then in my teens I progressed to stuff like Neil Young, Jodie Mitchell and James Taylor.
“I thought these guys are so brave to write these re-ally heartfelt songs and that reallly allowed me to explore and open up and see what I could achieve in songwriting terms.”
His latest release, Tumbling Into The Dawn, is expected to be the beginning of a new dawn, as Lior seeks out a broader musical territory.
Lior, meaning “My Life” in Israeli, has plans to return to his homeland next year.
“I haven’t been back for 10 years,” he said.“I’ve got it on my radar to go back next year and tour
my first ever tour there.”He feels strongly about the seemingly unattainable
quest for peace with Palestine, although this passion hasn’t seeped into his songwriting.
“It’s a funny one, I don’t try to bring my views into my music because for me music has always been a spiritual journey rather than a means for political activitism,” he said.
“Although I do realise I have a profile and so in the past I’ve gotten together with some Israeli and Palestin-ian people who share a unified view of coexistence and
greater understanding.“The least we can do is present a unified voice to the
media, we don’t think it’s cool what the minority extrem-ists are doing on both sides to sabotage the peace pro-cess.
“It’s a very sad thing and I find it very hard to maintain my optimism as I’m not a supporter of the current gov-
ernment but I have to do my little bit.”And he is, but fostering a different kind of peace pro-
cess – in the hearts and souls of listeners.
Lior plays tonight at The Palais in Hepburn Springs.
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DAVE Grohl had better watch his back. His long-held crown of Nicest Guy in Music is un-der serious threat of being stolen.
Multi award winning singer Lior is all about sweetness and light, whether on stage or off.
Which is lucky, because without the financial support of his mates, he wouldn’t be where he is today: a gift to the ears of music lovers both here and in his home country of Israel.
Six years ago however, Lior was just another insecure artist, before his career finally took flight, hours after another Melbourne gig in front of a paltry crowd.
“I remember it well, I had just done a series of shows and I didn’t think anything was going to happen,” he said.
“I had lost a whole lot of money on this tour and I was feeling so tired and dejected and I was driving back from the airport and then all of a sudden Triple J started playing This Old Love and I went ‘oh my god they’re playing my song’.”
The youth broadcaster had known of Lior through some of his guest vocalist work with a number of bands, and his recently completed EP, Autum Flow.
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FRANKIE Magazine is everywhere. A tall stand filled with Issue 38 greeted me at the newsagent.
The indie mag has become a phenomenon in an age where publications are groaning un-der the weight of the internet. Frankie’s circu-lation? Rising by the nanosecond…
How come? A few years back Frankie saw what was going on in the marketplace, recog-nising loudly and proudly that ‘the handmade’ – or ‘makers culture’ as it has become known - was back in Vogue (well… Frankie).
A whole new generation had reclaimed mak-ing things – food, fashion, furniture, art, jew-ellery – name your consumable.
Spurred on by the GFC and climate change, making stuff has become ‘de rigeur’. Our grandmothers must be very happy.
Of course country towns have always cham-pioned handmade.
At any community market, corner store or annual fair, chances are you’ll buy food, pre-serves and more made by someone’s grand-ma, aunty or mum. These are the women who started it all and handed it down. But there’s a new wind blowing a-blowing…
Bendigo’s Bob Boutique is hands-down one of Australia’s staunchest bastions of contem-porary handmade culture.
A store filled with unique, cute, sometimes strange but always exquisite gifts, jewellery, stationery, art, toys and clothes, everything is handmade by someone who lives either close
by, or close.Bob’s owner/operator Sonia Brit is a dedi-
cated woman. She’s been around makers her whole life – and is one herself.
“Craft has always just been there… Mum and Nana used to make toys and take them to the Sunday market in Kangaroo Flat for years... I grew up in velour off-cuts, glass eyes and 1970s braid. All our clothing was handmade.”
It’s not always easy to turn a lifestyle into a career, but Sonia stuck at it. “It wasn’t until my mid-20s that I thought there was any possibil-ity of making craft my living.
After finding a “cute little shop for rent in the Hotel Shamrock” six years ago, Sonia has become a champion of independent design, a shrewd businesswoman and one of the most supportive people you’re likely to meet.
The daughter of local artist Gail Taverner, clearly the creative gene was passed on to Sonia, who works Bob seven days a week.
Another local handmade heroine is Belinda Moon who’s just started working at Bob after supplying her beautiful Moonmum greeting cards for 18 months.
Belinda and two other local women founded The Square, Bendigo’s Hand-made Market, beginning December – “I just found it staggering that a town this size didn’t have a makers market.” “Daylesford and Woodend do, and on any given weekend you can travel to Melbourne to
join the throngs at high profile Finders Keep-ers and Rose Street Markets.”
“We know there are fantastic makers here that go elsewhere to do markets,” she adds.
The Square is all about claiming those lo-cal regional designers and makers as our own and giving them a great opportunity. Respect.
And if that hasn’t convinced you of how far ‘in’ Bendigo is with the handmade revolu-tion… The last Wednesday of each month, craft group Knotty Ladies gather in the mez-zanine floor of the GPO to make ‘all things string’.
Local artist Tamara Marwood says the point of difference for her group is that “it’s all about rethinking where the source mate-rials come from, so that they’re cheaper and sustainable”. The weirdest thing made? “One lady knits dishcloths,” she thinks. “They’re reusable which is fantastic! It creates less landfill - in a creative way. It’s exciting.” You won’thear me arguing…
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Bob Boutique – 17 Williamson Street, Bendigo. www.bob.net.auThe Square Bendigo’s Handmade Market – starts December 18, Bendigo Town Hall, then seasonal - www.thesquarebendigo.typepad.com Knotty Ladies – www.knotty-ladies.blogspot.com Next meeting November.
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Display of Historic Caravans & CollectablesClassic Motorcycle Display by Ulysses Motorcycle Club
Model Car Display and Sales this year will be our largest yet!
Show ‘n’ Shine on SaturdaySunday - Collector cars for sale in same area
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AUTHOR and illustrator Lane Smith is at a creative best this season – having crafted the star animated text, It’s a Book. Supported by its own You Tube mini-feature, the work celebrates the presence of books (the non-electronic type) in modern life. Smith opens his work with three memorable characters – Mouse, Monkey and Jackass. The somewhat cu-rious Jackass is fascinated by the item (a book) Monkey is holding . . . questions and intrigue fuel the imagination of Jack-ass – can it text? Can it Blog? Scroll?
Wi-Fi? Tweet? When the assertive, techno-savvy Jackass takes the book as his own, he discovers a new vehicle for imagination, and new ways of seeing the world. Frustrated, but not discouraged, Monkey and Mouse take leave – to find other stories, books (and some electronic media too) – can you guess where?
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AUSTRALIAN singer-songwriter and producer Ross Wilson has been a loyal servant of the Australian music scene for over 40 years.So much so, he’s even been inducted into the ARIA Hall of Fame twice – on his own terms in 1989, and as a member of Daddy Cool 17 years later.He shares his thoughts on a car accident that helped shape his music career and his love for Australian dance music...
You played Wedderburn for the Rhythms in the Valley Festival last week. What do you love about playing in regional areas?It’s just about giving people a good time, which is my whole reason for existing, to facilitate that (laughs).
It’s nice to know your role in life, Ross. But is there a difference between regional crowd and a city crowd? Or is it all pretty much the same?Regional crowds really like to let their hair down and I think you can break the ice a bit quicker with them.
Can I take you back to 1963? You were injured by a car, and in some way it helped put you on the path to your music career?(Laughs). I remember it all like it was yesterday. How did you � nd out about that?Wikipedia, where every good journalist does their research.Yeah, I was crossing the road down near what is now called Docklands. I was running across the road to position myself in a good hitchhiking spot and I didn’t look properly and the next thing I knew I saw this car coming towards me and bang I � ew up in the air and landed on my head. I was lucky to be alive really.
What happened after that?It was one of those things where something seems tragic but can have a good side to it. I got called up for national service but I got out of it because my leg didn’t work properly so I was very happy about that (laughs).
Didn’t you learn the harmonica while recuperating?Yeah I did, there was a lot of stuff on the radio at the time that was using harmonica, like the Beatles and The Rolling Stones, so I thought ‘I can do that’. I was already interested in music so I took that up and got very good at it so by the time I was back at school I was a pretty good player and that’s how my � rst band started.
Fast forwarding a bit to your biggest hit, Eagle Rock, how often do you play that each week and do you ever get tired of playing it?Nah I play it every night, every gig I do. The only time I wouldn’t enjoy it as much would be if I played with a different band, who might not play it the right way. It’s actually more complicated to play than it would seem because you listen to the Daddy Cool record, obviously we invented the groove and it sounds effortless, but for people who were not in the band it’s harder for them to play, to � nd that same groove, so I have to educate them a bit. When it’s played properly it’s always good fun and it never fails to get people up on their feet. I’m very lucky to have that foundation to build on, to have that song to draw upon.
Are there any other tunes you could compare it to from your back catalogue?I guess Come Said The Boy would be the equiva-lent of Eagle Rock, but for Mondo Rock. It’s a song that’s really stuck around.
There seems to something very Australian about those two songs.That’s funny because the Eagle Rock is an old dance from America in the 1920s and 30s, I don’t know how you do it though (laughs). I saw a photo of some black people dancing and it said they were doing the Eagle Rock and I already had the riff and something intuitively connected. The whole riff draws upon my in� uences from Mississipi blues music, and I thought ‘I think I’ll call the song Eagle Rock’, even though I had no idea how you actually did the Eagle Rock (laughs).
It’s one of the great questions of rock music I guess.Yeah it’s funny as it has become synonymous with Australia but it’s heavily in� uenced by blues music.
Is it the riff? Is that the secret to it’s enduring popularity?It has a lot of counter rhythms, but like I said before, it sounds simple but it’s actually not. But yeah, I’m really happy I wrote that one (laughs).
How was the experience of working and eventually launching 70s rock band Skyhooks?Yeah, I produced their � rst few albums and was kind of a mentor for them. I remember the � rst time I heard Shirley (Strachan) sing, I thought ‘wow that’s great’. The interest in them grew consider-ably in a quick time. A few labels came after them, one being Mushroom Records, who weren’t making much money at the time. I was worried EMI might get hold of them because I feared they might censor them, which was the last thing I wanted to see happen. The controversy linked to the band appealed to me greatly, they had a great sense of humour, and they would take the piss out of everything, and we wanted to retain that. So we signed with Michael Gudinski (Mushroom boss) and it was all good.
Was that album Living in the Seventies?Yep and I did the next two (Ego Is Not A Dirty Word and Straight in a Gay Gay World) after that. The album cost about $1400 and sold about a quarter of a million and totally made the company so Michael has never forgotten that.
What do you think of the Australian music scene at the moment?Yeah it’s pretty healthy, especially the last few years. I quite like Gyroscope and there is a great girl in dance music called Zoe Badwi and I also like Yolanda Be Cool.
Will we be seeing Ross Wilson at a dance festival soon?I haven’t been to one in quite some time but I quite like dance music. And I love funk, all kinds really.
Finally, is your Daddy Cool?(Laughs). Yeah Ron’s a really cool guy. He turned 90 recently and he’s sharp as a tack and mobile, he drives a car, still goes out and digs music.
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THERE is much to like about the film adaptation of Elizabeth Gilbert’s memoir Eat Pray Love, it is just that director and co-writer Ryan Murphy takes too long to tell the story.
By their very nature, film adaptations are an abridged version of the original written material, but in Murphy’s project he and fellow writer Jennifer Salt elongate the storyline, covering every nuance of the central character.
We get it; the character of Elizabeth Gilbert is having
a mid-life crisis and needs to re-discover her reason for being on the planet.
The film labours the point and could have been told just as effectively in a much shorter time frame.To find her ‘new’ self, the character has to eat her way through Italy, discover spiritualism in India and fall in love in Bali – three perfect locations for such activities and like all good travelogues, it is the people she meets along the way that end up being the reward for her efforts.Her new friends are played well by supporting actors including Tuva Novotny as Gilbert’s best friend Sofi in Italy; Richard Jenkins as a fellow US traveller in India; Rushita Singh as Tulsi her “bf” in an Indian ashram; Christine Hakim as the “bf” in Bali and finally Javier Bardem as Gilbert’s final love interest Felipe.
The premise for Eat Pray Love is valid and includes issues many are currently facing.
However, the film’s realisation is slightly tedious but well crafted by its actors and crew. Good on you if you can last the full 140 minutes without wanting to look at your watch.
AFTER 20 years, August 2009 saw Pennywise front man and founda-tion member Jim Lindburg call it a day. For fans of this legendary punk band, this was seen as a massive loss to the genre. But thankfully, just a touch over 12 months later we welcome him back bringing his signature voice and guitar to front his new outfit called The Black Pacific. This is by no means a radical change in sound as BP tunes are Pennywise-esque and typically urgent and punchy. TBP are noticeably heavier and chunkier, but not necessarily any faster than Pennywise. They are of course a completely new band and if anything, a little bit slower, which
would set it at break neck speed. In their short life, TBP has already experienced a line up change in the form of welcoming ex Dropkick Murphy Mark “The Kid” Orrell as second guitarist, and Gavin Caswell as bassist. Signed to fine punk label SideOneDummy records this album is more polished than a Pennywise release and if I was to compare the two I would likely take a Pennywise album every time. At about three minutes a piece and 10 tracks in total. Here we have a solid album with nothing too special but fans of Jim Lindburg will likely be pleased anyways. Seven out of 10 for a fan but less for the uninitiated.
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Café au Lait is now opened for evening meals Thursday to Saturday. We have given it the Fossicker’s tick, and were impressed by the very reasonable prices and glorious food.
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I HAVE been craving things all week, probably be-cause my shoulder has packed it in and I can’t cook. Have therefore been eating non-nutrient rich foods (read rubbish) and have put on weight. I’m letting the team down, but am suspicious that I’m not the only one.
no more cravingsWHEN the body needs nutrients it will often make you want to eat by giving you cravings. That’s when most people will munch on non-nu-trient snacks such as chips and sweets to fill up.Make food your medicine. The answer is to change your habits and start eating nutrient–filled foods. When the body’s nutritional needs are met, it has sati-ety and is not constantly making you hungry.Extract from Cyndi O’Meara’s latest book Healthy Habits Healthy Life; creating a life of health and vitality one habit at a time. For more information go to www.changinghabits.com.au
So many things seemed to be happening in Bendigo’s foodie scene that we decided to make a special of the nibbles section:
IT’S here again, after a successful inaugural event last year, the Lyttle Homely street party is back on this Sat-urday, kicking off at 10am.There will be roving musos and street entertainers, and of course it will be a foodies paradise.As Lyttleton Terrace is foodie central, there will be a plethora of taste sensations.T’hooft will be taking its café out onto the street, Erin-dale farm will be doing tastings of all their new smoke-house goods (smoked chicken, kabana and bacon etc). Then there’s the Vibrant Garden, Dhosa Hut and Ma Petite Cuisine with their glorious home made biscuits, muffins and fantastic coffee. Bendigo Wholefoods has free vegie seedling planting for kids, and will be the local producer hot spot. You can meet the producers and taste the new gold medal winning cheese from Locheilan, olives from Salute and divine Istra smallgoods. Chai tea and Hepburn sparkling drinks will also be on tasting, along with Kapai Puku the superfood cereal everyone seems to be talking about. Head on down, bring your basket and your appetite.
Congratulations to Peter and Marlies of Salute Oliva from Boort who won gold and the Champion’s Trophy at the Royal Melbourne Show for their semi–dried olives. Gob–smackingly beautiful.
Bouchon has opened on High Street, by the chef formerly of Borchelli Ristorante. We haven’t tested it yet, however, the menu and cheeses look promising.
Dispensary Enoteca had their brush with fame this week, with Jet, the super band, eating and drinking with them. It was almost as exciting as Justine Clarke sam-pling the pancakes at the Bendigo Community Farmers’ Market and raving about them at her concert.
Apologies to Fotis, from the Marong Road Fish Shop for spelling his name wrong in last week’s edition. You can make our incredible crispy minimum chips half the size next time.
Wish we hadn’t forgotten it was the Bendigo Show last week. We were hoping for a real rosette moment – at least we get to wear them big time next Saturday at the Camp Oven Cook Off in Redesdale in our judging capacity. Yes, it has come around again, with better weather expected than the last time. Competitors have had more time to perfect their camp oven dishes. If you’ve put off getting your team together, try to give them a call on 5425 3111 and get yourself in there. Remember, we ‘celebrity’ judges can be bribed.
Natalie, Larni and Debra Walduck are the new proprie-tors of the Goldmines Hotel. They are planning on bringing the grand old lady of Bendigo back to its former glory. Hoping to be open by the New Year, if not earlier. Good luck in your venture. Can’t wait to see the best beer garden in Bendigo back in fi ne form.
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ways. THE Stage is set at the Music Man Megastore for to-night, where Bendigo’s favourite hardcore act; Change Your Ways will be tearing it up for the last time ever.
After spending two years as one of Bendigo’s most prominent young bands, Change Your Ways have decided to call it quits. “We made this band for fun, and we’re very happy with what we have achieved in the past two years Having to juggle work and school with the band has been difficult” said vocalist Corey Boulton. “Some of our band members also have com-mitments with other bands so we’ve decided to fin-ish up.” The members in question are Travis Johnson and Matt Pickering, who play respectively with two of Melbourne’s fastest moving bands, I Explode Like and City Escape. The music journey doesn’t end for the other guys though, with Corey already actively seeking a start in a pop-punk project.
Since their formation, Change Your Ways have been through several lineup changes - but have something very special in store for tonight. “We will be playing our final show with our full original lineup, with our original guitarist playing a third guitar” revealed bass guitarist Sam Harvey. “We’re also very excited to be playing with Vanity, an awesome hardcore band who are coming all the way from Perth.” The rest of the support will come from a further trio of hardcore acts including Never Content (Wollongong), Face Tomor-row and Outlive. Change Your Ways are a band that grow with every performance, and it has been a plea-sure watching them play regularly over the last few years. It will be sad to see them go, but help make sure that their send-off is as special as possible. Show your support by coming along to the show, If you need any more convincing, Sam has promised that there will be watermelons.
Who could say no to Watermelons? See you at the show.
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THE delicate, uplifting opening passage of the lead single Plans comes synonymous with the knowledge that Birds of Tokyo’s third, self-titled LP is a whole new beast compared to their pre-vious releases. Gone are the hard-hitting tracks such as Wayside, Silhouettic and Wild Eyed Boy, replaced by a more reserved, mature energy.
Back on Plans, did you know that it had dis-torted guitar in the chorus? When listening for it, it becomes obvious, but so beautifully rounded is the overall tone that the grungy distortion seems to only add to the clarity of the melody – such is the nature of the whole record. Drummer Adam Weston attributes the album’s sound to the hordes of time the band had to produce it as opposed to Universes and Day One. The recording and pro-ducing of this album was much more chilled, and that evidently translates into the music.
The Saddest Thing I Know is my favourite track on the record . The lyrics are stellar and how better put to use than through the mouth of Australia’s best singer? My love for Ian Kenny aside, the vocal melody is gorgeous, but the thick grungy bass line in the intro is the song’s most addictive quality. The tremolo guitar breaks in between vocal pas-sages, and the song’s growing intensity have me consistently starting this album at track two.
The Dark Side of Love continues with the uplift-ing mood established in Plans, but in a very differ-ent feel. This track is actually one of the fastest on the record and Adam Weston and bassist Anthony Jackson want the listener to know, working hard to maintain solidarity and drive underneath a soaring melody.
The breathtaking orchestral intro of In The Veins of Death Valley is up there with one of the best moments in Australian music – unfortunately the rest of the piece isn’t quite as interesting. While I like it a lot, the intro sets it up to be spectacular and it just doesn’t quite hit the mark – overuse of repetition stops this piece from being one of the Birdies’ finest releases.
Circles is very intricate display of Kenny’s vocal
ability, melding beautiful with reflective atmospheric guitar work. I would love to see this one get some airtime, as it is one of the best showcases of the Birds’ mu-sicality. My only gripe with this song is that towards the end, the intensity builds to a climax that isn’t quite reached, rather replaced by a stripped back, soothing outro. While it’s nice, a second guitar solo would have been more welcome. The first is one of Sparkies best in my opinion.
Wild At Heart is another incredible ballad, but is also stylistically very similar to Circles. I think it seems strange to pair the two together, but I don’t really mind. The chorus is massive and lyrics are very well written- and catchy. This has become my shower song, as soon as I learn to sing like Kenny I’ll be set. This is set to be the band’s next radio release – I hope it gets as much airplay as Plans!
I’ve fought with many, and I’ve won for someWe stared at ourselves ‘til our breaking pointWe wear our bruises like watermarksThe life and the death of the wild at heart
This is one of this year’s best lyrical passages. A heavy industrial grind introduces the listener
to The Gap, slowly fading to make way for a very anthemic vocal chorus filled with lyrics of self-discontent. This song is perhaps the heaviest on the album, both musically and lyrically. That said, it isn’t the raw/energetic Silhouettic – it’s still very indicative of the album’s style.
Murmurs is the first song for me that sounds like an album track that couldn’t possibly be re-leased as a single. It’s not a bad song, but doesn’t bring anything overly new to the album. It’s just a stripped back ballad that’s not quite as good as Circles or Wild At Heart.
The Unspeakable Scene is one of the album highlights – the band knows it too, it has been
their staple opener since the album was released. Some great orchestral passages and some incredible unity between the lines help make this one a great showcase of the band’s musicality.
The album’s penultimate track, Waiting For The Wolves is like murmurs. Again, quite good but the album wouldn’t be any worse-off without it. One thing I will say is that at this stage I am quite sick of the final chord fade-out that seems to end every sec-ond track on the record – a minor annoyance, but still a noticeable one when listening to the album the whole way through.
The album ends in a way that all albums should, with an eight minute epic! My interpretation of If This Ship Sinks (I Give In) is that it’s about ‘go-ing through the motions’ when breaking up with someone, but the song itself was definitely not written by a band that were going through the mo-tions. They constantly innovate with style chang-es, and give us the best of all the elements of the preceding songs. The perfect album finale.
I’m the sort of person who rarely listens to an album the whole way through, but Birds of To-kyo’s release is an album I have been playing on a regular basis. In the same way that I’ll always be a Frogstomp bogan (Frogstomp was Silverchair’s first album, back when they were good), I prefer the rawness of Universes to the maturity of Birds Of Tokyo – but I don’t think an Ian Kenny fan could ever be disappointed with a release that features him on vocals. Birds Of Tokyo are the best band on mainstream radio at the moment, and this album is to thank.
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LIKE the sound of the new CD from Birds of Tokyo? We have four to give away. To be in with a chance to win, send an email to [email protected] before noon on Monday, Novem-ber 1. Write “tokyo” as the subject and include your name, address and contact details. Winners will be notifi ed by email.
FANCY two CDs from the original rocker Ross Wilson? To be in with a chance to win, send an email to [email protected] before noon on Monday, Novem-ber 1. Write “Ross” as the subject and include your name, address and contact details. The winner will be contacted by email.
STAY in touch with one of four Nokia 2730 Classics phones from Optus. What’s more, each phone comes with a $30 prepaid card to get you started. To be in with a chance to win, send an email to [email protected] before noon on Monday, November 1. Write “phone” as the subject and include your name, address and contact details.
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Newmarket Hotel Monolith w/Evilution (Metal)| 9pm | $5
Pugg Mahones Pure Logic (Pop/Rock Covers) | 11pm
The Hibernian Steve Saxon (Acoustic Covers/Original) |8-11pm | Free
Daylesford Inn Venessa Craven (Acoustic Folk) | 7pm | Free
Old Hepburn Hotel Bad Hair Day (5pce Hair Metal Covers) | 9pm | Free
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Sunday 31 Basement Bar Open Mic with Deano | 5pm |Free
The Hibernian Live Music (see venue for details) | 1 to 4pm | Free
The Mildcats (Acoustic Covers) See story below.
Marong Family Hotel Leigh Turner (Acoustic Covers) |12.30 -4pm | Free
Tyson’s Reef Hotel Malibu and Friends Jam Session | 3pm | Free
Old Hepburn Hotel Wax Lyrical – Open songwriters stage | 4pm | Free
Jay Factory (Rock/Pop Duo) | From 8.30pm | Free
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1 FREEFALLIN’ Zoe Badwi 2 PLANS Birds Of Tokyo 3 PLANETS Short Stack 4 GET ‘EM GIRLS Jessica Mauboy Feat. Snoop Dogg 5 ROCK IT Little Red 6 FREAK TONIGHT Scarlett Belle 7 ADDICTED Bliss N Eso 8 BIG JET PLANE Angus & Julia Stone 9 CHOOSE YOU Stan Walker 10 HELLO The Potbelleez
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Newmarket Hotel Stevenson’s Rocket with Salvador| 9pm | $5 Basement Bar Joel and Bel|9pm | Free The Palais Loir | $38 show | $73 dinner and show Pugg Mahones Top Jimmy (Pop/Rock Covers) | 11pm The Hibernian Regular Joes (Pop/Rock Covers) |8 to 11pm | Free Old Hepburn Hotel Hayden Evans | 9pm | Free
Friday 29
CRIME doesn’t pay, but it certainly provides inspira-tion.
Bendigo jazz, rhythm and blues band, The Mockbells took their moniker from former Melbourne crime boss, Tony Mokbel.
“A friend of mine was putting together an art exhibi-tion and needed some ambient music, so the band was formed,” member Tony Spizzica said.
“We also needed a name real quick so I stumbled across it in a newspaper article.”
The Mockbells, who went from a four piece to a five with the addition of Michael Pimcke on sax, will play The Bridge hotel this Sunday from 1pm,
Go to www.youtube.com/user/tonyspizz for a taste of Louisiana Jump Blues done Mockbells style before the weekend arrives.
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THE ball is well and truly rolling for Bendigo’s in-naugural Blues and Roots Festival next year.
Thanks to the support of local music lovers across the region, a festival fundraiser at The Newmarket Ho-tel on October was a rip roaring success.
Festival director Colin Thompson said the event raised $2410 for the coffers, through door takings and raffles.
“It was a pretty good effort I reckon,” he said.“The most heart-warming thing for me was the
amount of great people coming out to support this ini-tiative by donating their own time and/or talent without any immediate financial benefit.
“The fact that we had a healthy attendance all day and evening was testimony to the fact that this project is gaining momentum.
“I’m confident we can build substantially on this early success at the next couple of Fundraiser events (to be held in February and July respectively).
“Don’t forget, this festival is going to belong to all of us. We are building this thing together and it’ll be
Bendigo’s own festival for many years to come.”The next fundraiser is scheduled for February 5 at
the Golden Vine Hotel with a line up to be announced in coming weeks.
The festival is scheduled for November next year.
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THERE is only one pub in Torrumbarry and it’ll be rocking all weekend long by the might Murray River.
The three day Rivers Open Festival kicks off from to-morrow at the Torrumbarry Hotel Motel.
A solid music lineup will be headed by Jimmy Barnes’ brother, Alan, who played The Pub in Bendigo recently.
Music will be blended with outdoor fun, including free camping, wakeboarding, free Octoberfest beer tasting and a stack of entertainment for the kids.
The whole show finishes with a bang on the Monday with a Cup Eve party.
Call 0448 058 025 or 5487 7250 for more info.
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ARTISTS from all over the Australia will descend on Maldon from today for the 37th annual Maldon Folk Festival.
Playing until Monday, the festival will feature a wide variety of music including traditional folk, bluegrass, Celtic, blues and roots, country folk, contemporary and world.
More than 20 venues will host the cavalcade of musi-cians, including pubs, churches, cafes and halls, along with the Wine Tent and now legendary Guiness Tent at Tarrangower Reserve.
There will also be instrument, song and dance work-shops, Bush Poetry events, theatrical presentations, a Bollywood Dance Party plus a dedicated kids venue.
For more information and ticket sales visit www.mal-donfolkfestival.com.
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ENTHUSIASTS of smoky jazz inflected folk blues and wild story telling should rock on down to Chewton next Saturday.
Sassy singer in the troubador tradition, Kristina Olsen, will bring her renowned vocal and instrumental skills to the Chewton Community Centre.
A powerful songwriter armed with a big bluesy voice, Olsen has just returned from touring her native US, and is currently white hot on the international folk circuit.
Providing more than capable support is Sydney Con-servatorium graduate Liz Frencham, who will then team up with guitarist and songwriter, Myles White, in an en-tirely new setting, Red Juliet, described as exquisitively fragile and spacious.
Frencham, pictured above, described smoky jazz as es-sentially feminine.
“It’s kind of a more womanly, sensual blues, a lot more sensual than the typical male testosterone charged stuff,” she said.
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coming up next month:
DUNOLLY BLUES & ROOTS FESTIVALActs include: Geoff Achison, Chicken House, Bo Jenkins, TH3 & more!-Royal Hotel & town hall- 5th, 6th & 7th NOV
BO JENKINSHibernian Hotel - Sat 6th NOV
BOBBY FLYNNPalais - Sat 6th NOV
HORNETSOld Hepburn Hotel - Sun 7th NOV
ABREACTNewmarket Hotel - Fri 12th NOV
THE AUDREYSTheatre Royal - Sat 13th NOV
GEOFF ACHISONOld Hepburn Hotel - Sun 14th NOV
MICK THOMASOld Hepburn Hotel - Fri 19th NOV
TELEMUCHUS BROWNW/ AARON WALES & MICHELLE MEEHANHibernian Hotel - Sat 27th NOV
NEWPORT FIDDLE & FOLK CLUB BANDDrovers Arms - Sun 21st NOV
SMOKIEBenidgo Stadium - Fri 26th NOV
BLACK SORROWSTheatre Royal - Sat 27th NOV
ASH FRENCH, JACOB McGUFFIE & ROWAN BLACKMOREHibernian Hotel - Sat 27th NOV