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the Melbourne International Film Festival starts on 25th July

Ellen's first magazine has a "colouring in" theme and is available for $1 at the Sticky zine store, in the subway beside Flinders Street station

on 22 August at Roxanne Parlour (Level 3, 2 Coverlid Pl, Melbourne) .. Mistletone winter party featuring Beach House, Bachelorette , Love of Diagrams, Pikelet, Kes Band, Crayon Fields, Qua, Beaches, Panel of Judges, Actor/Model, Barrage, Talkshow Boy, Lost Animal

already happened in 2008 ...

Jul

Hi God People are part of the Liquid Architecture festival on July 17 at at the North Melbourne town hall.

Adam and Greg's mixed-reality live show When Worlds Collide will next be performed at the Afterdark bar, 565 High st, Northcote on Saturday 12th July. Also playing on the night are Lakes, Eye Off, Cicatrix, and Julian Williams' new band the Inevitable Orbit (featuring Francis Plagne and Dion of HGP). MMORPG news site Massively have published a review of the last WWC performance at Stutter.

on Sat 5th July at the Toff .. Dave Graney and the Lurid Yellow launch their new album "We Wuz Curious", with support by Barrage

on Tues July 1 @ Bar Open .. Make It Up Club presents the premiere of Marco Fusinato's 0_Synaesthesia Edition .. Marco Fusinato's 0_Synaesthesia Edition 4 turntable performance. Featuring:Jim Knox, Annalee Koernig, Patrick O'Brien, and Paul Wain (turntables)

Jun

Pat O'brien's new record and book store Sunshine and Grease is nearly open for business .. at Bus Gallery in Little Lonsdale st

on Sun 29th at Manchester Lane .. Pikelet and Laura Jean are joined by Tasmanian pianist Peter Escott, who to my knowledge hasn't played in Melbourne before but has been strongly recommended by some knowledgable Hobartians

on Sat 28th at Hells Kitchen .. IAN WADLEY + DEFAULT JAMERSON + BUM CREEK

on Fri 27th at the Gershwin Room .. Eddie Current Suppression Ring, St Helens, Cut Sick, The Twerps

on Thurs June 26 at Gertrudes .. Human six billion (three-piece version w/o fumiko) are supporting Martin Mackerras's new group Future Happiness

on Sat June 21st at 2pm at Craft Victoria, 31 Flinders Lane .. Dylan Martorell, Julie Burleigh, Nathan Grey, Francis Plagne perform "3 Speed Golden Ratios (Clockwise and Anti Clockwise)" and "Pentatonic Succulent Rounds"

on Sat 21st June at Collectors Set (11 Collins st) .. The Inevitable Orbit (JW new band) and On Mars (M 'n' M duo)

on Sunday 15th June from 11pm to 1230 .. Alison Bolger of 3CR's Two to the Valley has called in her helper announcers, David Nichols and I, to co-host a special radiothon edition of her long-running music show. Why should you listen? Because you'll hear the latest and greatest independent music you love. Why should you donate some money? Because the show (and station) supports your local music scene by interviewing musicians, playing their music, getting them to guest program etc - a service you only get on stations like this.

on Sat 14th June at Afterdark, Northcote .. Sabbatical Records presents Absoluten Calfeutrail, Blarke Bayer, Sean Baxter, Rod Cooper

on Sat 7th June at .. 1/158 Lygon (cnr Glenlyon) above Chemist .. Alberts Basement compilation benefit party .. all ages $5 entry .. acts include .. 11.30 actions of love, 10.45 panel of judges 10.00 module, 9.15 hand hell, 8.30 the psyche ensemble, 7.45 scott & charlene's wedding, 7.00 ian wadley, 6.15 sister brighid, 5.30 twerps, 4.00 record sharing session

on Wed 4th June at Stutter (at Horse Bazaar, Little Lonsdale st) .. Lakes, JK Fuller, Free Choice, Always

on Tuesday 3rd June at 730pm, on SBS tv .. Insight presents a panel of Australian musicians discussing the ethics of music downloading

on Sunday 1st June at the Tote .. Fab Diamonds, Crayon Fields, Bum Creek, Kes Trio, Paeces, DJ Jason Heller

May

on 31st May at the Toff .. Guy Blackman launches his new album, with his new backing band, and supports by Laura Jean & The Eden Land Band and Always

on Sat May 31st at the Spanish Club, Fitzroy .. ROOT!

at Collectors Set (Recorded Music Salon, Collins st) on Sat 31st .. Jimmy Sing + Hana Shimada, aka GOODGOD

I have tried my hand at interviewing - the subject being DC, the singer of Melbourne band ROOT!. The interview is at Webcuts Magazine.

on Sunday 25th May at the Toff .. Justice Yeldham album launch with Hi God People and Curse ov Dialect

on 24 May at the Espy, St Kilda .. Dave Graney and the Lurid Yellow Mist, on their return from Europe supporting the Bad Seeds tour, play a killer lineup with Wagons and ROOT!

on Sat 24th at the Tote .. St Helens, Love of Diagrams, Lee Memorial

on Sat 24th May at Afterdark, 565 High st Northcote .. Aotomating album launch, with Popolice, Black Widow, Absoluten Calfeutrail, Jk Fuller

on Sat 24th at Collectors Set (Collins st) ..SVEN SIMULACRUM + MATTHEW BROWN

on Thurs 22nd .. Ian Wadley and Free Choice play at Thangs bar/cafe 502 Lygon st Brunswick .. launching Ian's recent album "Oslo Solo" out now on Blackest Rainbow

on Wed 21 May .. Adam Nash and Greg Wadley's Second-Life / real-life show When Worlds Collide returns to Horse Bazaar with Sasha Margolis + Casey Rice + Dj Dylan Martorell (part of the Stutter series)

on Tues 20th May at the Old Bar .. Ampere (USA), Cut Sick, Collapsed Toilet Vietnam, Pissbolt, Justice Yeldham .. from 8pm, $10

on Sat 17th at the Tote Upstairs (Cobra bar) .. Zond, the Anciencts, Julian Williams and Friends

on Sat 17th May at Collectors Set, 11 Collins St Melbourne .. KES and Henry Wagons, both solo .. free entry

on Sat 10th May at the Old Bar .. ROOT!

on Sat 10th May at Collectors Set (Collins st) .. Always + the Emergency do Krautrock

on Friday 9th May at Ding Dong .. the Kes Band launch new album with Love of Diagrams, Francis Plagne Band + DJ James Cecil

on Wed 7th May at the Toff .. the Motifs launch their new 12" with support from Sly Hat and Flying Scribble

on Wed 7th at Stutter (Horse Bazaar) .. Ai Yamamoto , Cougar Flashy & His Spooky Adventures, Errki Veltheim, Dave Brown/Rod Cooper/Sean Baxter

on Sat 3 May at the Toff .. Fabulous Diamonds album launch, with support from Super Stupid and Snawklor

on Sat 3rd May at Collectors Set .. Guy Blackman and Ian Wadley .. free admission, 11 Collins st, kicks off about 9pm

on Thursday 1st May, RRR "Australian Mood" show presents a special on Robert Forster

Apr

The Cannanes play a rare Melbourne show at the Brunswick Hotel on Saturday April 26th with the Zebras + Deadbeat Club (free entry) before going to the US in May

on Friday 25th at Pony .. Panel of Judges at 2am

on Fri 25th at the Tote .. Witch Hats, Kes Band, Beaches, Embers, The Ancients, The Sun Blindness

on 21-24 April the MakeItUp Club celebrate their 10th birthday with shows at Horse Bazaar, Bar Open, the Toff, and the Iwaki Auditorium

on Saturday 19th .. New Estate play at the Cobra bar, upstairs at the Tote hotel

on Sat 19th, Jason Heller's weekly night Collectors Set continues with Ai Yamamoto and experimental / country / minimalist musician Anomyneye .. remarkably, this show is free to get into .. at Recorded Music Salon - 11 Collins St Melbourne.

on Friday 18th at Forepaw .. Lost Animal, Das Butcher and Barrage

on Monday 14th April at the Toff .. the 2008 What Is Music festival.

on Saturday 12th Jason Heller's night at Collectors Set continues with FOUNDATION STEPPER and ATTACK+RELEASE playing DJ sets after 11pm and Jason on until that time. As always it's free to get in and held upstairs at 11 Collins St Melbourne

on Saturday 12th at Forepaw .. Fatti Frances, Beaches, Default Jamerson

in late March / early April .. a new festival of improvised music .. MIBEM

Mar

on Saturday nights at The Recorded Music Salon, Collectors' Set presents a weekly variety showcase evening, hosted and curated by Lucreccia Quintanilla and Jason Heller, rounding up an eclectic selection of local musicians and DJs.

on 30 March at the Bar Open .. Jane Dust launches her new album A Spray Of Red From The Deep with guests including luluc, Kim Salmon, Clare Moore and Leon Stackpole

here's a step in the right direction .. on Saturday 29th March from 2pm at the Brunswick Velodrome, VeloRock, a human/bike-powered indie pop show featuring the Lucksmiths, Crayon Fields et al .. all gear transported by bike and powered by green energy, and free to get in .. they're looking for volunteer cyclists to tow gear on the day - see website

on Friday 28th at the Old Bar .. Handhell, The Losers, Go Genre Everything, New Estate .. compilation cd of songs by these four bands available on the night

on Tuesday 25th March at Horse Bazaar .. When Worlds Collide .. Adam Nash and Greg Wadley play "virtual-world" music in a "real-world" bar

the Felt Hammer Festival at the Toff is wrapping up with .. SAT 22nd: SOPHIE BROUS with 8-piece band featuring PAUL GRABOWSKY + DJ Viva L'amour .. SUN 23rd: LULLATONE (Japan) + Crayon Fields .. MON 24th: National Living Treasures (album launch) --

on Fri 21st March at the Public Bar .. Beaches, Scott and Charlene's Wedding, Darren Sylvester

on Thursday 20 March at the East Brunswick Club .. Root (band rumoured to contain traces ot TISM) with Keri Simpson and the Prodigal Sons

on Sunday 16th at the Old Bar .. Canyons (milo), Northatlantic Audio, Chris Smith .. early start 730 pm

at the Toff on Tues 11th March ..Francis Plagne Band + Poleto Pra (Pateras/Fusinato noise duo) + The Ancients + Christina Tester

from 7-9 March at the IMA, Brisbane .. a series of concerts called The Brisbane Sound explores the cross-pollination of indie and experimental musicians and artists in the early 80s in Brisbane

on Sat 8th March 8 at Northcote Social Club .. The Sea and Cake, with Aleks & The Ramps and Human Six Billion

on Tues 4th March at Bar Open .. the Make It Club features Boy Brightlulb: AKA Josh Santospirito (avant-guitar) (NT), Tom Fryer (guitar), Adam Simmons (various saxophones), Joe Talia (various drumkit devices), LCD_ci (unexplained phenomena explained through slide show and repetitive motions)

on Sunday 2nd March .. Hi God People and Damo Suzuki together on stage at the Northcote Social Club .. tickets $13 in advance

on Sat 1st March at 730pm, at a rooftop location in Rathdowne st .. Panel of Judges' first show of the year, with the classic format New Season

Feb

on Friday 29th at 8pm .. the Darling Downs play live in-store at Readings book shop, Lygon st Carlton

each Saturday in Feb .. Pateras/Baxter/Brown play a residency at the Empress Hotel .. with an international guest collaborating each week

Rolling Stone have an article on the damage being done to music by mastering cds too loud

during Feb 08 .. the Hi God People universe opens for a residency at the Tote Hotel in Collingwood. Every Wednesday in February they will reveal their underside in a four part performance arc, a rhapsody of harmonious dissonance. They will be joined by many musicians from the northern chimes for an energy dance of various difficult colour schemes.

from 19-23 Feb .. Bus Gallery hosts its annual fashion and costume show .. weird and wonderful works from local designers .. with Jason and Lucreccia in the sound gallery

at Forepaw this weekend .. Fri 22nd Pikelet cd launch with Paeces and Bum Creek .. Sat 23rd 6majik9 , Blank Realm and No Guru ( all from NSW) with Lakes

from noon on Sat 23rd in Pender St Thornbury .. the AppleCore backyard festival features .. Ooga Boogas, Look Who's Toxic, Grand Salvo, Flying Scribble, The Cannanes, Deadbeat Club, Digger and the Pussycats, Box Freezer Romance, Disasteradio, Actor Slash Model

on Friday 22nd Feb at Loophole, 834 High Street Thornbury .. the Go Genre Everything subscriber drive .. with GGE cinema and a jam with Elise and Mat B. from Bad Cop Bad Cop, Ms Daisy Buchanan, and Tash Sun Moon Star

on 20 and 21 Feb at the Metro .. Dont Look Back Melbourne features Sonic Youth (doing Daydream Nation) and the Scientists (doing Blood Red River)

on Sunday 17 Feb .. United Artists play at the Palais

on Sat 16th Feb at the Cobra bar (upstairs at the Tote) .. Into The Void (NZ), The Renderers (NZ), Chris Smith

on Sunday 10th Feb at The Toff .. YASUNAO TONE (Japan) + NATASHA ANDERSON

Jan

on 30th Jan .. Snawklor launch their new album at the Toff

currently at Fed Square .. Glass Percussion Intermezzo by Myles Mumford .. a site-specific project open free to the public between Jan 10 and Feb 2 .. Live performances every Thursday, Friday and Saturday at 9:15pm - 10pm. These include 2 percussionists playing the Glass live

on Wed 30th Jan at the Tote .. the final performance of Human Six Billion

the new, cubist Darling Downs video is rather good (YouTube)

I'll be programming Two to the Valley on 3cr this Sunday 27th 11pm-1230

on Sun Jan 27 at the Toff .. CHRIS CORSANO (USA), + PSYCHEDELIC DESERT (Japan) + DUKE MISERABLES

on Sat 26 .. the Summer Winds outdoor music festival is at Merri Creek near St Georges road

on Fri 25 Jan at the Tote .. Naked On The Vague (Syd) Album Launch + Circle Pit (Syd) + Zond + Scott & Charlene's Wedding

on Sat 19 Jan at Hells Kitchen .. Yuko Kono (My Pal Foot Foot - Japan .. with Karl Scullin and Guy Blackman .. $5

on Fri 18th Jan at ForePaw (High st Northcote opposite Wesley Anne) .. Francis Plagne, Dworzec, Marco Fusinato, Julian Williams .. JW playing his new songs including some he wrote in China

on Sunday 13th Jan 2008 the Hi God People and Zond launch their new split 12" at Maximum Arousal, at the Toff, Level 2, 252 Swanston St Melbourne .. lineup is HGP, Zond, Mutual Loathing (Adelaide) and Kynan Lawler (Adelaide) .. $10 entry, doors at 8pm

on Sunday 13th at the Empress .. Pateras/Baxter/Brown + Xavier Charles (France) .. 4-6pm .. $5/7

on Sat 12th at Forepaw .. Zond, Snawklor, Lost Animal .. 8pm start

Hi God People are doing a couple of radio interviews this week: Monday 7th on 3PBS Left of the Dial, and Wed 10th on RRR Dance Cadaverous

sorry for being off the air for a few days .. we've just finished moving the Spill site to a new server .. DNS was out for a bit .. most things working now but I'll iron out a few glitches over the next few days

on Radio National on 3rd jan at 7.35pm .. Robyn Williams and Oliver Sacks .. The Musical Brain .. Dr. Oliver Sacks plays Chopin mazurkas on his piano in New York. Sometimes he hears them in his head, note perfect, without the piano. How can we 'imagine' music so powerfully and why does it make such an impact emotionally?

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from Greg Wadley in Melbourne, Australia