scraps

tonight http://www.messandnoise.com/events/2005771 free entry at Bar Open, first on (8:30) is Drunk Dial, which is myself (Ian Wadley) and Justin K. Fuller

in '84/5, I meant to mention..

a friend of mine from Kingaroy (so he was sortof inner-city, but sortof sarcastic in their direction too..) had a party trick which involved asking people 'just quietly' who, if they had to admit to secretly liking one, did they like - Cold Chisel or Dragon. Interestingly perhaps, everyone polled had a secret like of one or the other, but all assumed that everyone secretly liked the same as them, and no-one would like the other in a million years.

re: No (who I saw live, they were great) I think the LP by Ollie & Marie's previous band (and John Murphy, later of The Slub, was also in) Orchestra Of Skin And Bone is a much more awesome Aussie classic (than No). Better than both, in my opinion, is A Final Akt by (Ollie's previouser band) Hugo Klang. it's vocals, tapeloops of found sound and voxpops, and (pre-techno) 303s and 808s, recorded live in '83, and astounding. Up there with Chris Smith, say.

this is mine http://soundcloud.com/tblspn since last year sometime; 3 tracks so far

Harry Merry's first LP is amazing (as well as weird/creepy/obscure) click on ''First Contact + 7'' (2007)'' (below the cover art)

yeah the Feel comment says it well. And while a lot of their suggestions are not my cuppa (my suggestions above, btw, whilst tongue-in-cheek, would be in my all time Most Amazing Australian LPs list..) I have to agree that Severed Heads and the Laughing Clowns should be on the list. But having seen the list now, and how clogged it is with stuff that never mattered to anyone..

what, no Upside Down House? no Venom P. Stinger?

what, no No-V-Bleet? no Xero? no Machines That Walk?

correction: The Triffids and Midnight Oil, whilst still great live, were past their peak LP-wise, whereas Cold Chisel were still pumping out classic albums after '82. Re that Easybeats best-of, what nonsense: ''Vigil'', their best LP, came out the same year.