DIY Wotz On Guide 21-APR-06

Mikelangelo and Konrad Lenz [and others @ the Merry Muse @ the Polish CLub this Sunday evening.

I’ve been looking forward to the prospect of these two playing together seriously and live for some years [or so it seems…time goes so slowly and so rapidly at the same time…not sure what to expect but always thought their voices would meld magnificently…not sure what time it starts…s’pose I’ll go early…grab a plate of Polish stodge, a decent seat and start early on those huge Polish beers so I won’t have to worry about cooking beyond breakfast that morning.

Other imminent things for the Merry Muse are Blair in two different incarnations [solo as support for King Curly] and with full band ie Randall-Blair and the Wedded Bliss on another date at the Merry Muse. Check their website for further info as to dates:
http://www.randall-blair.com

Some other dodgy Melburnian is coming to town…Maurice Frawley and the Yardhands…he’ll be playing Toast on Wednesday June 7th.

Maurice is quite a cult figure in the Melbourne alt.country scene and I thought he played some fine sets recently including the Harvest festival [see http://www.harvestfestival.com.au].

Maurice has been in many seminal bands in Melbourne going back to Paul Kelly in his early years, the Olympic Sideburns. The Working Class Ringos [Conway Savage was plucked from this band to become a Bad Seed…and kept involvement in it as a side project…Charlie Owens …yes he of Tex Don and Charlie was also in this band].

Maurice has a new CD, just released in recent weeks and there are two tracks from this on his website:
http://www.mauricefrawley.com

Dodge the Mekon

DEB

apparently another protest march in support of the ACT civil union legislation will be held Saturday afternoon at 1.30 in front of the Legislative Assembly followed by a march up to Parliament House (though I have it on good authority that some of the Canberra contingent won’t join in the march because it’s pointless because no one will be there).

Crusty Demons of Dirt East Coast Carnage Tour.

Sat night 5:00pm at Exhibition Park. Adults $60

http://www.crusty.com

hehe…aunty jack reruns used to freak me out when I was little fella

PotBelly
VeeBees
not to be missed: proper dinkum Aussie Yobbo rock
FRI 21 APR POTBELLY + LUMBER(Melb) + SPG (Syd)
9pm
http://www.veebees.com
Im not missing it.
heres their press release:
The VeeBees record #3 ‘Crack Us Anotha’ out
now on Ocker Records thru MGM.
This brand-spanka, and the third, from the VeeBees has been
a long time comin’, 5 years in fact. Some might say it’s in the
tradition of Def Leppard’s boast on the ‘5 Years in the making’ of
hair metal classic Hysteria, except the VeeBees only took 4 days
to make theirs (in Fyshwick), as opposed to 5 years, which makes
Def Leppard 456.25 times slower than the VeeBees. And who’s to
argue? Who cares? Who’s got ten legs, nine arms and sucks?
In a modern day world where ‘punk rock’ now means ‘safe
listening tv theme song rock’, and the term ‘rock’n’roll’ now a
metrosexual music marketing angle, nothing to do with outtatune
loud guitars, where does this leave the VeeBees? Out in the
gutter, in the pub dunny, face down in the trough suckin’ on a
lolly. Sittin’ at the bar, chokin’ on second hand ciggies, one hand
on a schooner and one ear in the PA down the local, that’s where.
Fair Dinkum Rock’n’Roll, Grog Rock, Bastard V8 Rock’n’Roll,
Pub Rock, call it what ever you want. One thing for sure is it’s
bloody good fun, and what ever happened to fun!? Neanderthal
music created for like minded individuals, who through massive
exposure to what the world has to offer music wise, have come
to the conclusion that: they don’t care about your inner feelings;
they don’t care about how well you play; they don’t care about
your hair style; they don’t care about the brand of jeans you wear
and they certainly couldn’t give a rat’s arse about which way you
lean politically.
If a band is honest to itself it usually attempts to create what it
wants to hear, right? For fuck’s sake this is a rock’n’roll record,
a recording of 4 dickheads playing loud rock’n’roll music in a
sweaty room in front a coupla mic’s some time a while back.
Coulda been better, coulda been worse, it just is what it is – and
isn’t what it isn’t. Could be the missing link between Ramones,
Motorhead and Rodney Rude. Could be the soundtrack to a back
yard barbie washed down with a coupla cold-golds. Could be the
national bloody anthem. One thing for sure they’re unmistakably
Australian. And how good’s Australia?
PKC
Ocker Records

where is auntie jack thumper?

Thumper, nice ad for Aunty Jack but the words “where” and “when” somehow occur to me…?

Blamemonkey its my birthday too!! Yay for old !

It’s my birthday on Saturday, hooray for turning old!!

Thanks for that Blewy – I would have been cranky to front up at 2pm to discover I’d missed half the game!