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of so much of what’s happening in our world today, from homelessness to war to climate change. His voice is still as open and honest as it was over 30 years ago, and his guitar finds chord combinations that are all his own. Passion, playfulness and pause for thought: a hearty combination in any gig. He performs at the Byron Theatre on Tuesday 5 March. Tickets at byroncentre.com.au.
WHO ART IN KEVIN THE BEASTS ARE STILL HERE
A NIGHT OF MUSIC, MAYHEM AND MIRTH ...
After an emotional final performance with the Beasts of Bourbon, Tex Perkins thought of getting the band’s members, past and present, into a recording studio just to celebrate the band and see what resulted. Sadly, bassist Brian Hooper died a week after the show. But weeks later former Beasts Charlie Owen, Boris Sujdovic, Tony Pola, Spencer Jones, Kim Salmon, and Tex Perkins assembled without a plan, save for the crazy MO employed back in 1983 when the Beasts first recorded The Axemans Jazz in that fateful 8-hour session. As back then, they went at it! Songs weren’t so much learned as ideas thrown together and recorded the moment they coalesced. The result is a collection of pieces with names like Pearls Before Swine, My Shit’s Fucked Up, Drunk on a Train and On My Back in a raucous celebration of their own Beastliness. Spencer was sadly only around long enough to make it onto one track. But what a track – witty observations from the hospital bed entitled At The Hospital. This isn’t The Beasts of Bourbon. It would need to have Jonesy on every track to be that! But loudly and proudly this is… The Beasts Are Still Here. Hotel Great Northern on Friday 1 March | Tickets at thenorthern.oztix.com.au.
Madman and Machine Gun Fellatio frontfella Pinky Beecroft joins last year’s RAW Comedy National Winner Bec Melrose for a Friday night performance as part of Mark Swivel’s Together Conference at the Mullum Ex-Services this Friday night. Remember Pinky? Much loved in the heyday of the mental Machine Gun Fellatio, Pinky is in town with Ryan Adamson to play tunes and spin tales. A regular on The Glasshouse with Wil Anderson, Pinky was too weird for TV, but he’s not too weird for Mullum. The rider is said to include a few grams of something or other, a top hat full of cottage cheese, and a box of Golden Gaytimes! A nice night’s entertainment. Mullum Ex-Services Club this Friday! Doors 7pm Show 8pm. $10 at the door. For the Together Conference.
IN FULL BLOOM The very embodiment of the folk singer, Irish troubadour Luka Bloom has that deep sense of social justice with an uncanny ability to distil contemporary life into the pithiest and most alluring combinations of lyrics and melody lines. His latest album Refuge put a finger on the fractured nature
After travelling the world, and singing and sharing his chants and heart songs from Bhutan and across the world to Europe, Bali, and Thailand, Kevin James returns to his home town Byron Bay to sing it up with our Mullumbimby community before marrying his sweetheart Susana Rodrigez later this month. This Saturday night join Kevin for a beautiful soulful night of chanting and song after curry, chai, and cakes under the poinciana trees at St Martin’s, Mullumbimby, from 7pm. It’s is a fundraiser for the refugee community for a local initiative #To Bali With Love (Facebook) Bali Rumah Detention Centre. Cakes and donations will assist in medical and daily emergencies. Kevinjamesheartsongs.com for tickets $25/ online $30 at the door. Tickets for family and concessions available with ID. Contact Rani Willis, zenshiatsu08 @gmail.com for more info.
GREAT SOUTHERN BAND COMING INTO 2019 RED HOT, THE SOUTHERN RIVER BAND HAVE ANNOUNCED A NATIONAL HEADLINE TOUR TAKING THEIR JAW-DROPPING LIVE SHOW ALL OVER AUSTRALIA – TOUCHING DOWN AT THE HOTEL GREAT NORTHERN ON THEIR GATHER NO MOSS TOUR THIS WEEK! THE ACTIVATION AND INTEGRATION OF LIFE-FORCE ENERGY. What’s the key to a kickarse live set for you guys? Aw, you know, the usual, the will to thrive, let alone survive, and the responsibility that comes with giving anyone in the crowd the greatest night of their lives. That and an open bar. What’s the most memorable gig of the last 12 months? Phwoar, it’s impossible to pick one! Everywhere we go the crowds are absolutely unreal, and we take it upon ourselves to make sure every gig’s as good as, if not better than, the last! How do you keep your energy at full tilt on stage? How does the audience change what kind of show you give? There’s nothing better in the world than looking out into the crowd and seeing people smiling, having a ripper time and not worrying about anything. That right there can keep ya running at full bore indefinitely! Who are the artists who have influenced you? Van Gogh and Da Vinci mostly, but anyone from the late Bronze Age will always have a place in our hearts, and on our walls. What is ahead for 2019? We’ve got our sophomore album coming out, and a shitload of shows to play all around the country! All incremental steps towards universal domination, really. What should we expect for your show at the Hotel Great Northern? An adrenaline rush the likes of which you haven’t felt since the first time you fell in love; in short, the greatest night of your life. Saturday at the Hotel Great Northern. 8pm. Free
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