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See Mandy live at www.echonetdaily.net.au WHO’S FOR A HUG? How affectionate are you? I have always considered myself to be an affectionate person, but lately I’ve been noticing that perhaps I’m not as emotionally demonstrative as I have previously thought. I hug my children fairly regularly. Maybe not every day. But at least once or even twice a week. In my mind I hug them every day, but in reality I don’t get to it much more than that. They get harder to hug when they are teenagers; you have to hunker down and get them in some sort of military grip. Kind of like a tackle without the release. Of course I hug my fouryear-old. A lot. She sleeps with us most nights so she’s using up most of my affection for the world quota. When I walk past my husband I’ll touch him. Not in a gropey way. More of a gentle running of the fingers across his back followed by a small push to get him out of the way so I can proceed with my course of action. I kiss them all goodnight. I always do that. It’s become such a ritual in our house that the brushing of lips against cheek is as practised as a handshake. ‘Night, Love you,’ uttered like a small oft-repeated prayer, but with the same sentiment as the girl at
pushed the idea of a song telling a unique story while being part of a visual story played out over an album. A journey from one side of the day to the other, as much as from one side of life to the end. Be part of the story at the Hotel Great Northern on Friday.
the Woolies checkout delivers: ‘How are you today’. Of course I love them. (My kids, not the girls at Woolies.) But do I show it enough? I’m starting to worry that I’m not quite the warm cuddly mumma bear that I like to see myself as. I was listening to a motivational speaker some time ago and she suggested that many of us are not ‘present’ when we are being affectionate with our kids. That we’re caught up thinking about the next thing we have to do and the thing after that and delivering affection is just another job we have to tick off the list before we get on with the shit we have to do. I am certainly guilty of that. The other day my husband was loitering in the kitchen making ready to leave for work, waiting for an opportunity to kiss me goodbye and I’m like ‘In a minute; I just have to wash out this bin’. Really? I have to wash out a bin before I show love to the people I hold dearest? Even to a hardened old cynic like me that seems a bit harsh. Although the bin did require my immediate attention. I made a note to self. ‘Always kiss husband before washing bin.’ The speaker made a suggestion when referring to hugging one’s children. ‘Be the last one to pull away,’ she said. I thought about my child hugs. Perhaps I was the one who broke first. I’d never thought about it. So I tried hanging in there. The first time I hugged my son I kept hanging on. It went forever. I thought he was enjoying the affection but as it turned out I was suffocating him with my ample bosom. He wasn’t overly impressed with my new ‘giving’. In fact his feedback wasn’t what I was expecting. ‘That’s really creepy, Mum.’ Maybe we’re not overly affectionate people. We hug. We
kiss. But it’s a brush past, it’s never been one of those trafficstopping hugathons that you sometimes witness around here. I’ve tried holding hands with my kids in public. They’re not that into it. They’re like ‘Mum, stop touching me’. I’ve seen people holding hands with their children and I’ve never quite been able to work out whether it’s incredibly touching, or a bit disturbing. There’s a fine line between a beautiful heart connection and suffocating overdependence. I’ve never been a big fan of over-the-top romantic affection in public. I’ll hold hands with my husband from time to time when we’re walking, or even give him the odd peck. But lining up one of those tonsil-ripping tongue jobs just seems a bit too porn for the street. I’ve seen people all over each other and I’m definitely on the ‘get a room’ side of the fence. It’s uncomfortable being in the presence of people who clearly want to rip each other’s clothes off and bonk their brains out. I’ve been sitting in a public park trying to eat my sausage sandwich while a couple rolled around on the grass grinding and writhing. It’s disgusting. And I’m very, very jealous.
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Wednesday 11 7.00pm
HIT THAT HIT MUSICAL BINGO Free entry, great prizes Thursday 12 8.30pm
UNCLE JED
$4 Schooners of Coopers Pale Ale, more drink specials and nibblies Drink responsibly
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SCOTT DAY_VEE DUO 9.30pm
THE PIGS Saturday 14 9.00pm
DJ LONGTIME Sunday 15 4.30pm
JAFFER 7.00pm
SUNDAY SAFARI Monday 16 7.00pm
NRL LIVE ON THE BIG SCREEN Tuesday 17 7.30pm
OPEN MIC NIGHT Wednesday 18 7.30pm
HIT THAT HIT MUSICAL BINGO Free entry, great prizes
COMING UP... Thursday 19
JAY HOAD Friday 20
LEIGH JAMES, PIGEON & THE BELIGERENTS Saturday 21
RHYTHM & CUTLOOSE Sunday 22
AFRO MOSES & DJ MANIE
Lil’ Fi is one of Australia’s most original roots music blues divas in the festival circuit. She is a brassy entertainer with a unique songwriting style. It has been said that Lil’ Fi has an unswerving belief in the healing power of music… a diva divine… exceptionally compelling, she exudes an electrifying stage presence… DYNAMIC and INTELLIGENT…’. BB King
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BEACHY FRIDAYS
Dubmarine have hit the next level with their simply extraordinary new CAVO AND PIGEON longplayer Laser Sound BOY Beam. Capturing the Cavo and the Pigeon Boy legendary energy of a is a duo consisting of Dave Dubmarine live show, this (Cavo) Cavanagh and Michael collection of tracks finds (Pigeon Boy) Farmer. Cavo's compared Lil’ Fi to a very good friend of them moving away from their roots in reggae, dub and talents lie in acoustic guitar and his: Bonnie Raitt! She supports The Well dancehall and finding a whole new sound that is truly harmonica. An award-winning Swung Daddies, a 10-piece dance band their own. They gather forces with creative colleagues songwriter in New York and comprising lead singer, four-piece rhythm CC the Cat for a double album launch. Drum- and Australia, Dave has written his own original music for section and five frontline horns performing jump-jive, bass-heavy, brass-blowing, booty-shaking, eye-popping soundtracks on movies and has supported acts such latin and neo-swing. The band concentrates on material reggae-funk-soul explosion fronted by sexy soul diva as Bob Geldof, Tommy Emmanuel, Kevin Borich, Blues from the modern swing masters such as The Cherry Claire Cottone (aka CC), whose powerful soul voice Legends USA, Billy Thorpe and Cold Chisel to name a Poppin Daddies, Matt Dusk, Big Bad Voodoo Daddy, ranges from gutsy depths to soaring heights, and whose few. Cavo’s journey has come full circle as early on in Royal Crown Revue and the Brian Setzer Orchestra. addictive songs push genre boundaries from reggae, his music career he met Pigeon Boy and they played The Well Swung Daddies use arrangements inspired venues in and around Sydney together. Pigeon Boy and arranged from original recordings and selected for ska and dancehall to funk and soul, acoustic rock and a twist of jazz. Hotel Great Northern on Friday, $18 at learnt his drumming skills from his talented father who their modern interpretation of swing, jive, rock ’n’ roll, door or $13 presale at www.thenorthern.com.au. was a drummer in the big band era. Friday at the Ocean lindy hop etc. Saturday 21 September at the Byron Shores Country Club and Sunday at the Riverview Community Centre. MAGICAL MOZART AND MORE Hotel in Murwillumbah from 2pm. Doors 6.30pm; show 7-10.30pm. Tix $30 + bf at the Byron Australian Chamber Orchestra’s precocious little sister, Community Centre www.byroncommunitycentre.com. AcO2 – is performing in Bangalow as part of its tour POWER BLUES AT THE RAILS au or venue. The cool and dynamic power blues of the Soren of regional Queensland and NSW. This enthralling Carlbergg Trio can be experienced at the Rails this concert will feature string music favourites and more, CC THE DUBMARINE and will be followed by a string workshop for students Saturday. Soren (Soz) Carlbergg has been a performer It was only ever a matter of time. Having spent the past at Broken Head on Tuesday. The concert promises a on the local scene for quite a while (Mal & The few years building a reputation as one of this country’s rollercoaster of emotion, from the South American-style Longboarders, Pacific Blue, Moral Support, to name a finest live bands, Brisbane eight-piece tour de force tango of Roger Smalley’s Birthday Tango to the haunting few) and has assembled the ‘Trio’ with Mal ‘Fuzzy Pots’ Walker on bass and Leroy (Roy) Stevens on drums with the plain aim of delivering a ‘new’ look at the blues. The local trio have been busy building a reputation as the tightest outfit around with their own take on the blues, featuring up-beat arrangements and open-ended improvisation of songs by greats such as Muddy Waters, Willie Dixon and Lowell Fulson. The Trio has a whole bunch of new original songs that are planned for recording later in the year. This Saturday gives locals a chance to see and hear something quite different – highly recommended if you like the blues (with a twist).
LIL FI SWINGING WITH THE DADDIES
Tuesday 10 7.30pm
Friday 13 5.00pm
CC THE CAT, AT THE HOTEL GREAT NORTHERN WITH DUBMARINE WITH A DOUBLE ALBUM LAUNCH ON FRIDAY 20 SEPTEMBER
SARA TINDLEY AT A HOUSE CONCERT ON SATURDAY NIGHT WITH SUSSANA CARMEN AND LISA RICHARDS
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