So who here remembers Bob the Kelpie?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_9SFabSY68A
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I love this campaign - more investment into our music industry powers an entire ecosystem of people across a range of skillsets. I don't know the kind of person I'd be without having access to live music.
I've reached out to my local MP encouraging them to support the campaign.
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“#Keating was still the prime minister, #Kennett was premier of #Victoria. The highest selling song of the year in this country was Gangsta's Paradise by Coolio. Blood Sugar Sex Magik by the Red Hot Chili Peppers had been out for four years but still held sway over the entire universe.
There was a band in #Sydney called Def FX who were winning awards and telling us in song titles and lyrics – with a metal/hiphop backbeat – about "ritual", "magik" and "psychoactives".
This was what was in the wind. It was commercial music, the #TripleJ staple of the day, and #Cranky came and went so very quickly within all of this with 2 Bugs and a song called Australia Don't Become America, otherwise known as "Straya Don Come Merica". It was influenced by the above – the sound and the fury – and in particular by Rage Against The Machine, Disposible Heroes of Hiphroprisy, Public Enemy, Pop Will Eat Itself and EMF”
#AusMusic / #HipRock / #hip / #band <https://archive.md/kOQ7X> / <https://smh.com.au/entertainment/music/the-crate-cranky-2-bugs-ep-1995-20150618-ghqx0p.html>
Hey! It's #FortnightFridayMusic 
Hosts: @MarkIngs @bborn
Subject: #terror
Song: Love and Terror
By: Frente!
Link: https://youtu.be/8PrpzaTrgsU
Love & terror in 120 chord changes
Love is a terrorist thing
for people with a problem & a theory & a gun
who's holding hands with the hostages?
everyone everyone
When you're dying pretty, sweat, regret, you're deperate
It was like we never met
Who wants to be human?
Caught by the killer & the talk talk talk
All that noise fat little boys
Why are Festivals Being Cancelled? | The Soundcheck
Hey! It's nearly midnight on #AlternateFridayMusic
Hosted By: @MarkIngs @bborn
Subject: #Elevate
Submission: Fruit Bix
By: Tijuana Cartel
Song Link: https://tijuanacartel.bandcamp.com/track/fruit-bix
I saw them play in the new year at Woodford Folk Festival in 2022. This track was the banger of the night.
Their sets are rich in flamenco guitar, middle eastern sounds and driving trance rhythms. Hard to categorise, infectious to listen to & too irresistible to not dance too.
They will elevate your soul
Hey! It's #AlternateFridayMusic
Hosted By: @MarkIngs @bborn
Subject: #Elevate
Submission: Are U Being Served?
By: Regurgitator
Song Link: https://youtu.be/hmgs6sTVqsk
An amazing remix of the iconic "Are You Being Served" theme song that features the elevator sounds and voices from inside the elevator featured in the show.
The elevator was almost a character itself..
Original: https://youtu.be/HwWI6EZr3Vg
If your Friday night music is looking for a bit of Australian-Indian cross over, can I suggest Glass Beams. Heard a few bits and pieces recently but had a good listen to this now and it is such a chill vibe. I also want to know where they're getting their instruments from. The bass is cool, but that guitar I must have.
Hey! It really is still #FortnightFridayMusic
Hosts: @MarkIngs @bborn
Subject: #west
Song: Great Western Highway
By: The Snowdroppers
Link: https://thesnowdroppers.bandcamp.com/track/great-western-highway
It's not great and it's barely a highway but here's an uncharacteristically slow number about it:
Packing my bags and I'm heading out west of town
This city woman she aint going to let me leave
This shitty job is going to be the death of me
'cos the only place I can afford to be is 6 foot under
new onefour with a little valentine luv ( ੭ ˘ ³˘)੭°｡⋆♡‧₊˚
ONEFOUR & Mabel - PHONE CALL (Official Music Video)
https://michaelwest.com.au/algorithms-major-labels-bad-for-australian-music/
This article paints a sad picture for Australian music but I've never really paid a lot of attention to the national charts. To me, the heart & soul of Australian music lives in its local venues where you get to live & breathe the great music that people pour their heart into.
Michael West · Algos and major labels make life tough for Australian musos - Michael WestStreaming algorithms, the power of major labels, and foreign-owned radio stations are drowning out homegrown music talent.
I'm guessing (hoping!) it's #BandcampFriday local time here, so just picked this up, by Masto's own @kentparkstreet1 and it's an absolute treat. 
Hey! It's #FortnightFridayMusic
Hosted By: @MarkIngs @bborn
Subject: #Xeno-
Submission: Clarity of Mind
By: V.Spy V.Spy
Song Link: https://youtu.be/iM2YaO3I1N0
From the album Xenophobia[Why?], a song that's been a personal anthem for more decades than I care to think about.
Been years gone by
I've just abused my mind
My body's paid the price
Come to a fork
I can go up and down
Or use my mouth too much
Oh lord, protect my words
Reality's a matter of a clarity of mind
![The cover of the V.Spy V.Spy album "Xenophobia[Why?]" which features the corner of a very grey room that has two slender but tall windows on the left side and a single tall window on the right.
In the corner a presumably male person is kneeling, cowering in an almost foetal position with their head tucked in.
Through the three tall windows a bright blue sky can be seen over a field of sunflowers.](https://social.mcwhirter.io/system/media_attachments/files/113/961/019/733/858/098/original/ddbf6b90d4bc83cc.jpeg "The cover of the V.Spy V.Spy album \"Xenophobia[Why?]\" which features the corner of a very grey room that has two slender but tall windows on the left side and a single tall window on the right.
In the corner a presumably male person is kneeling, cowering in an almost foetal position with their head tucked in.
Through the three tall windows a bright blue sky can be seen over a field of sunflowers.")
Underworld at Sydney Opera House
Electronic music legends Underworld returned to the Concert Hall for a euphoric series of sold-out shows during Vivid LIVE 2024. Shot over three nights in the Concert Hall, and directed by Dave May and Pat Rohl of Tall Story Films, this new concert film captures one of the most talked-about shows of the season.
Watch for free:
https://stream.sydneyoperahouse.com/videos/underworld-at-sydney-opera-house
#Music #ConcertFilm #SydneyOperaHouse #Underworld #Australia #AusMusic #BritMusic
Died Pretty – Free Dirt (1986, Australia)
As randomly chosen by survey[1] on Mastodon, our next spotlight is on number 203 on The List, submitted by joostverweij.
Feeling pretty basic (/low on spoons), so here’s some bare bones facts about this one:
The band was originally named “Final Solution” after the 1976 single by Pere Ubu, which was itself named after the Sherlock Holmes’ book The Final Problem.
Free Dirt is Died Pretty’s debut album. It has a great cover. It’s 40 minutes and 10 tracks long. It’s lovely. It’s only been reissued on vinyl once, in 2022.
The band would go on to release 7 more studio albums, the last in 2000. Their 4th, Doughboy Hollow (1991), is considered by some to be their best.
They have a (now possibly defunct) blog run by guitarist/backing vocalist Brett Myers with some cool archive videos and whatnot.
Ron S. Peno, the lead singer, left us, in 2023 (RIP).
Hope you’re hanging in there, all.
- The survey choices that initially led to this spotlight were “You, I would die 4 U, yeah”, “Darling, if you want me to”, and “You, I would die 4 U”, following a survey that had “I’m not a woman, I’m not a man”/“I am something that you’ll never understand”/“I’ll never beat you, I never lie”/“And if you’re evil I’ll forgive you by and by cuz”. The third option was the winning selection, and so the survey result was translated as picking the third album in The List that contained a word in the phrase – in this case, “die”. ↩︎
Hey! It's #AlternateFridayMusic
Hosted By: @MarkIngs @bborn
Subject: #colour #color
Submission: Black Boy
By: Coloured Stone
Song Link: https://youtu.be/nqpqPIjiQIk
A shy Black boy, you came to the city
To learn about life and now his people lost their lives
His parents died when he was just a child
And now his life is mystified
The colour of your skin is your pride & joy
He didn't go to school, 'cause they called him Black boy
He hardly talked to the girls and boys
![The 1984 single for "Black Boy" by Coloured Stone which is pressed on black vinyl with a red label that fades into a yellow centre with black text that reads:
"Coloured Stone
Black Boy
[Buna Lawrie]"
The colours used are the colours used by indigenous Australians to represent their sovereign identities.](https://social.mcwhirter.io/system/media_attachments/files/113/920/992/546/530/146/original/197ec11e9fb20fac.png "The 1984 single for \"Black Boy\" by Coloured Stone which is pressed on black vinyl with a red label that fades into a yellow centre with black text that reads:
\"Coloured Stone
Black Boy
[Buna Lawrie]\"
The colours used are the colours used by indigenous Australians to represent their sovereign identities.")
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@james “#Aussie #artists aren’t making the cut?”
Lol, show your Artists not making the cut 
Tracy McNeil <https://www.flickr.com/photos/bootload/albums/72157719357889857>
Olympia <https://www.flickr.com/photos/bootload/albums/72157711618083882>
CableTies <https://www.flickr.com/photos/bootload/albums/72177720297459229>
SFK <https://www.flickr.com/photos/bootload/albums/72177720307998121/>
MidnightOil <https://www.flickr.com/photos/bootload/albums/72177720297700215>
Julia Jacklin <https://www.flickr.com/photos/bootload/albums/72177720306710324>
RVG <https://www.flickr.com/photos/bootload/albums/72177720311910901>
… thats just the tip of 
Aus talent that plays in Melb/Overseas
#AusMusic / #Melbourne / #Rock
@james No
“What we really wanted to do was give attention to bands who might not have made a single, who might not be played by commercial radio, they weren't successful, but they were writing successful songs," says founding presenter Chris Winter. "It's hard to believe now but Mental As Anything and Midnight Oil were two such bands. Many bands weren't ever gonna get heard on commercial radio if they weren't mimicking the sounds of overseas, they weren't particularly capable of fitting into a format," — #MidnightOil, #PeterGarrett
Australian acts front and centre, everyone else in “overseas slop” slots. Whats the point of a national #broadcaster highlighting ForeignContent before our own #homegrown? In an interconnected world you can tune into foreign music. Where do you tune in for Australian acts?
#AusMusic / #radio / #music <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G55rb-Gg6vE>
