PEARL Magazine (Issue 6 - June & July 2012)

360 is the biggest name in rap Australia has ever produced. From his origins as a member of Forthwrite to the collaboration with Pez on The Festival Song, 360 has turned Australia on its head with his positive messages aimed at today’s youth.

As the mum of two teenagers, it seems life in the current age moves faster than it did when I was growing up. When I was 15, I was wondering what Young Talent Time would be like that week. Now my daughter - at 15 - is confronted by the words to Boys Like You. Life for young teens is difficult, confusing and confronting. Meeting with the new godfather of Australian rap gave me the opportunity to say thank you as a parent of today.

Though he seems to have just come into our lives over the past couple of years, 360 has worked hard to turn his love into a career.

“I first started rapping when I was 14 or 15 and it took a fair while to start getting any good.

I would battle in underground Melbourne, slowly gaining a name for myself. Recognition has taken forever to come my way. F***n’ worth it though!”

360 has a unique style of writing. Everyday life spins into rhymes, sometimes in a metaphoric way that everyday people can relate to.

“Falling and Flying I didn’t really write with any rules. I wasn’t trying to make a hip-hop album and I wasn’t trying to make a pop album.

No specific direction - it’s the norm for me, I wanted it to just happen.”

Happen it has, with his songs now played hourly on mainstream radio. The collaborative approach he has adopted has made his ‘out of the square’ music more memorable, with Josh Pyke and Gossling giving the sound a new direction.

“I find I write my best stuff when I write from personal experience, just anything that I need to get off my chest. That’s what comes out the easiest and fastest.”

To say his life is busy is an understatement.

Working on his third album during his two-

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week trip to the UK, his tweeting has already revealed fantastic collaborations.

“When in London, at Camden’s Barfly, I played to a sold out crowd and now back home there’s 17 sold out shows (and counting) across Australia. Plus, sold out crowds at the Groovin’ the Moo festival. Life has changed, for the better.”

Ask your kids about rapper tag. In 2010, 360 created a YouTube phenomenon where one rapper records a portion of rap over a looped beat then tags another to join in. This caused a huge amount of controversy with Kerser, leading to an overwhelming Internet explosion of comments.

“I used to reply to people all the time on the Internet but it doesn’t bother me anymore, its almost laughable that people go out of their way to try and bring someone down. You never see a highly successful artist doing that to another artist.”

360 likes to keep himself very accessible.

A self-confessed social media junkie, fans can keep up to date with the everyday life of the prolific rapper on his Facebook page.

When visiting, it feels like you are a real friend (alongside the 311,591 ‘other’ friends) and within seconds any comment has thousands of ‘likes’.

His latest album Flying and Falling has gone platinum, with the anthem Boys Like You also having reached platinum. The words are a true insight to his life and we should all (young and old) take the time to listen to the lyrics. Precious few artists out there these days really care about their fans and their lives, 360 in his words, does this.

You will have a chance to see the man in action at Pier Live Frankston on Saturday, June 16. Also on the bill will be Hermitude and Bam Bam, as well as Gossling joining 360 for the whole tour to sing her part in Boys Like You. For more info, go to pierlive.com.au MELINDA RANSOM

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Publisher Lisa Walton Editor Simon Mills Music Editor Simon Imrei Arts Editor Andrea Louise Thomas Sales Director Mitch Lacy Design Natalie Smith, Stitch, Lisa Walton, Simon Imrei Feature Writers Matilda Heggie, Jessica Mills, ‘Doghouse’ Dave Philpots, Simon Imrei, John Kendall, Melinda Ransom, Eddie Wearne, Taylor McVean Music Writers Patrick Elliget, Lachlan Bryan, Ben Lopez, David Edtmaier, Neil Evans, Kog Ravindran, Dave Walker, John Kendall, Taylor McVean, Amy Dillon, Johny Boyd Reviewers Ray McGrotty, Jess Scudamore, Matt Rippon, Naomi Pattuwage, DJ Iceman, DJ Marky Mark, Scott Gardner, Ben Lopez, Ash Tomlin-Byrne, Gary Bradshaw Arts Writers Andrea Louise Thomas, Andrea Ebsworth, Merryn Tinkler Photographers Molly Mitchell, Natalie Smith, Stella Thurbon, RockOn Photography, Simon Mills, Shae Holmes.

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Bringing the bumper.. LOOKING DeBACK ON GOTYE IN PEARL Six months in and i’m having deja vu. Back when we started, we were putting a 2 x Month bumper double edition out onto the streets!

Plenty for the Arts, Entertainment, Culture connoisseur to tide your through your months of hybernation.

One of our new writers, Melinda, had the opportunity to sit down with rapper 360 in the lead up to his Pier Live shows, an exclusive to PEARL as it’s the only interview he’s done in recent times. We’ve also got the word on Dave Graney coming to Baha with his new band(name) The MistLY. Locals Holy Cow are off up the coast, and you’ll all about it, as well as the Sundays at Red Hill Bakery with a little look at jazz favourites Ray Johns & The Red Hill Baker Boys.

Speaking of PEARL writers doing great things, we have a little piece on Lachlan Bryan, former local releasing his debut album and coming to Hickinbotham in July! This in addition to some new venues to PEARL, like Maquay Restaurant in Hastings, Vesbar in Somerville and The Rocks/Mornington Yacht Club, starting up live music.

In Adrenalin sports, we’ve got some shots from the opening of the Mt Eliza Skate Park, as well as interviews with skater/tattooist Matty Taylor, surfer Caiden Fowler, the latest plans for opening weekend at the Snow with DJ Eddy, and more info on how you can get there.

Arts takes you into the world of Accessibilty, with the Frankston Arts Centre providing some versatile spaces, as well as another diverse array of performances and exhibitions.

Perhaps the most exciting is the ExUrban Screens event, the likes of which Frankston has never seen!

We’ve also got the latest info on the Derinya Art Show opening, and what’s happening at McClelland Gallery and the Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery.

Our burgeoning Theatre & Film section will be back, with the latest at Peninsula Cinemas (in Rosebud and Sorrento).

Reviews, columns, club snaps, full 2 MONTH GIG GUIDE and something in a pear tree... So, till August, enjoy and i’ll see you on Facebook. (insert broken record - ’Like’ us on Facebook to WIN stuff!) :-)

SIMON IMREI (Music Editor, PEARL)

In addition to being the music editor of PEARL, I’ve actually known Wally DeBacker (aka Gotye) for many years, having performed with him locally and on tour with his other band The Basics.

It’s a strange feeling – and one I know many musicians/people around the Peninsula feel - when your friend becomes such a massive success. Nevertheless, before all the international stardom, I sat down with him to do a story for our first edition of PEARL. When contemplating the interview and eventually speaking to him, it was as much a personal catch-up as it was a professional responsibility. At the time of the interview, Gotye had a bona fide No.1 single and No.1 album in Australia, had recently won six ARIA awards, had more than 55,000 views of the video for Somebody I Used To Know and had claimed small awards on radio and in publications all around the country. This was in addition to the successes of his previous records.

Who would’ve ever known that the steep incline into the proverbial stratosphere would continue? First was scoring the No.1 song in Triple J’s Hottest 100, then it was the heavy airplay in Europe and subsequent successful touring, then it was the steady and uncompromising climb up the charts in the UK and US, eventually reaching No.1 in both countries.

More recently, DeBacker has returned home and claimed three awards at the Australian Performing Rights Association’s 30th annual awards ceremony, topping a third of the categories and beating the likes of locals Matt Corby, Lanie Lane and Kimbra. His smash hit song is still on top of the Billboard Hot 100 – for its sixth week – and the video for Somebody is one of the most watched of all time, with more than two million views. It has even prompted parodies by some of the music industry’s biggest stars.

So as the Gotye roadshow takes a little time out before his recently announced huge US and Europe tour, I thought I’d take a second to reflect on how grateful I was for the opportunity to do the story, and how lucky we were here at PEARL to have Gotye as our very first cover before he became a worldwide smash!

Pretty cool for a new little mag on the little Mornington Peninsula.

SIMON IMREI

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Dave Graney might not be topping the charts and riding the wave of commercial success across the country, but there’s little argument among most circles he is, without a doubt, a true legend of the Oz music industry.

Alongside drummer, wife and creative partner Clare Moore, Graney has performed with The Moodists (1978-1986) and The White Buffaloes/Coral Snakes (1987-1997), as well as The Dave Graney Show, The Royal Dave Graney Show and Dave Graney & The Lurid Yellow Mist. With any more names to his face, Interpol might be on to him. The truth is, according to the man himself, every time a band member leaves, the name changes slightly. Now there’s a change without anybody having left as 2012 heralds the arrival of Dave Graney & The MistLY. Graney is nothing if not prolific, having released more than 25 albums with his various projects and enjoying critical acclaim for most. He received ARIA recognition between 1994 and 2003 when he won Best Male Artist twice for the 1996 album Soft N Sexy and the 1997 follow-up The Devil Drives. He has collaborated over the journey with Australian music icons Tex Perkins and ex-Models Andrew Duffield and Sean Kelly and has toured alongside Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds and countless others. In addition to his music career, Graney has also spent time as an author, with his second book, 1001 Australian Nights, released last year and concentrating on his life as an artist and performer.

The new album, You’ve Been In My Mind, will drop in June and, in support, Graney will venture down south to the Mornington Peninsula to perform at Baha in Rye. With him will be Moore, as well as the rest of The MistLY: Stuart Perera and Stu Thomas. For those unsure of what to expect, think 70s sound with post-punk sensibility. According to Graney, it’s “always well turned out, not very ‘indie’ or ‘rootsy’, but up-tempo. Mouthy in a sly way and occasionally sinister!”

Find out exactly what that means on July 28 at Baha. For more info, check out www.thedavegraneyshow.com SIMON IMREI

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LETTING OUT THE GHOST INSIDE The Ghost Inside are set to release their third studio album on June 22. Titled Get What You Give, it’s their first on Epitaph Records.

After touring Australia three times, playing with Parkway Drive, Carpathian, I Killed The Prom Queen and The Devil Wears Prada and performing at the Somerville Mechanics Hall in ’09, the band should be no strangers to passionate Mornington Peninsula lovers of all things hardcore.

The album is produced by Jeremy Mckinnon (A Day To Remember) and features The Ghost Inside’s powerful and affecting sound, merging insightful and introspective lyrics with charging drums, lightning-fast riffs and devastating breakdowns. It’s been touted as the band’s most dynamic and explosive material thus far; an album that embraces the authenticity, dedication, perseverance and most literal adherence to the core values behind their craft.

Grab your copy from June 22, out through Epitaph Records. For more info, head to www.theghostinside.com

Local favourites Holy Cow are heading up the east coast on a promotional tour for their latest CD/DVD release Don’t Get The Picture. They will roll out their mix of coastal, global, funky-folk, roots and reggae from Brisbane to Byron, and Bellingen to Newcastle before returning home to Melbourne.

The past eight months have been a swirl of tours and festivals for the band, with shows as far north as the Yungaburra Music Festival (near Cairns) and it seems they have a penchant for mixing music and fun with social activism.

They’ve been long-time supporters of the ‘Clean Ocean’ and ‘Thin Green Line’ foundations, and have performed benefits for environmental organisations and humanitarian groups such as the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society. The most notable and largest Melbourne fundraiser for Sea Shepherd was at the Gershwin Room, at St Kilda’s Esplanade Hotel, a week before another performance for SurfAid International, who help underprivileged communities in some of Indonesia’s remote surfing locations.

The Holy Cow line up consists of Ian Treloar (aka the ‘Bus Driver’) on vocals, 6-string, 9-string and synth guitars;

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Ree Liddell on vocals, acoustic and resonator guitars, as well as mandolin; Tim Gordon on bass; and Keith Samuels on drums/percussion. It’s a line up that has fluctuated from a duo to a 7-piece outfit, with the band having released four independent albums between 1998 and 2010.

The music, according to the band, consists of ‘bittersweet views of life, luck, rusted cars, space junk, environmental political activism, third world rip offs, surf-travelling, demons, love, money and survival in this age.’

The tour kicks off unofficially with a show booked as part of the Community Cancer Awareness Benefit on Saturday, June 9. The festival will feature an array of other contributing local artists and raise awareness and funds to go where they’re most needed.

From there, the tour heads to the Sorrento-Portsea RSL for its official launch on Saturday, June 16. The event, presented by MezRay Tours and the RSL, will be a rousing send off in true Peninsula style, also featuring a screening of Beyond The Line-Up, a surfing film by ex-local Paul Francis. Treloar provided the theme track for the movie.

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There have been rumours that the tour is just a glorified surf trip, with gigs and stop-overs planned for Crescent Head, Yamba and Byron Bay, however front man and ‘bus driver’ Ian Treloar has denied these allegations. There’s still some suspicions, with Treloar telling us, “if there are waves, well, we just gotta get out there!”

Either way, don’t miss your chance to see one of the Peninsula’s most loved bands before they share their music with those up the coast. You can also pick up a copy of their latest album, manufactured using recycled paper, at any of the four shows or online via CD Baby or iTunes.

For more info, head to facebook.com/ holycowband Also, Ree Liddell will be starting the promotion of her new album, Over The Moon, in the coming months. Liddell has been touring with Holy Cow for the last five years, as well as with other line ups, and will showcase some of the Over The Moon tracks during their tour. For all the info on her full launch later in the year, and to hear some pre-released music, go to reeliddell.bandcamp.com SIMON IMREI

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RAY JOHNS’ BAKER BOYS STILL SWINGIN’ Ray Johns’ Red Hill Baker Boys jazz band provides fantastic entertainment and roaring ‘20s music, as well as a touch of rock ‘n roll, each Sunday afternoon and for a very special event in late July.

The band features a great line-up of the country’s finest jazz musicians. Drummer Ron Sandilands’ professional career has included such highlights as the musical director of Hair when it first came to Melbourne. He was also the resident drummer on Channel 9’s Hey Hey It’s Saturday. Denis Ball, on clarinet, is well known in the New Orleans style, having played with the Yarra Yarra Jazz Band. Bassist Leon Heale has travelled widely with well-known cabaret band Gary Hyde Tradition. On the piano, John Adams started his musical career in the first TV variety show The Cool Katz and has continued playing in the best jazz bands in the country.

Ray Johns himself is in charge of trumpet and vocal duties, and has been playing on the Peninsula for 24 years with such greats as Bob Barnard and Roger Bell. Alongside his wife Jill and their daughter Jess, Johns is the proprietor of the Red Hill Bakery at Balnarring, where the band performs every Sunday afternoon from 1pm until 4pm. Many other great artists pop in during the course of the afternoon to perform with the boys, making it an afternoon not to be missed.

Ray Johns and his Red Hill Baker Boys swing and jazz band will be donating their time to play at this year’s Charity Mayoral Dinner on July 27. The line-up will be augmented by guitarist Don Stevenson and trombonist Don Santon, with the night raising money for local charities The Disabled Surfers Association and Foundation 59.

So if you’re after some amazing swing and jazz entertainment on a weekend, check out the boys at the Red Hill Bakery in Balnarring every Sunday from 1pm, or head to the Charity Mayoral Gala Dinner on July 27. The event will commence at 6.30pm, with tickets $110 a person and group bookings available, for music, exciting live and silent auctions, pre-dinner drinks and canapés followed by a superb three-course meal and drinks. It will be the roaring ‘20s at its best. Grab your seat or make a donation through the Mornington Peninsula Tourism Information Centre on 5987 3078.

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On Sunday June 3, the Bay Hotel (Mornington) featured one of Australia’s premier blues guitarists Shannon Bourne, who performed with his band as part of the Sunday blues sessions that continue to thrill and delight blues fans here on the Mornington Peninsula.

Bourne, now something of a veteran of the Australian live music scene at the age of 32, started to come into increased prominence some years ago when he partnered with another Aussie blues legend, Chris Wilson, to play an arduous and prodigious schedule of live gigs, studio session work, several tours overseas, TV appearances and many festivals around Australia including the Port Fairy Festival in 2009.

After producing two albums, Spiderman and King For A Day, with his partner in crime, Wilson, he released his first solo blues album Burn It Down in 2005 to considerable acclaim from music critics and blues fans alike. With this, he announced his arrival as a serious player in the Australian blues scene.

Bourne’s second solo album Dark Things saw a departure from the confines of mainstream blues to a brave and more personal interpretation of the genre. As his official bio notes Dark Things “attracted a new group of enthusiastic listeners, whilst managing to challenge the perspective of existing fans.”

Bourne, while widely regarded as a blues guitarist, has never been someone afraid to challenge the boundaries of the genre and

on this basis is regarded as something of an innovator within the scene.

Geoff Achison, a blues legend in his own right, gave his stamp of approval to Dark Things, once describing it as “impressive stuff; lyrically engaging and knitted together with very creative and original audio sounds ... amazing guitar work too.” To Bourne, he commented “You have certainly wrung the full gamut from your instrument; from beautiful to hideous, from gentle and inviting to violent and threatening and all points in between.”

Bourne is currently working the Melbourne and Peninsula live music circuit mainly as a soloist, but has plans to head back overseas to the US to continue his blues education. A new album is also in the wind for sometime soon.

The Bay Hotel is to be congratulated for providing musicians of Bourne’s calibre for their Sunday blues sessions and will continue the world class standard with an equally impressive line up in the coming weeks and months. To find out exactly who’s performing, and when, just check out PEARL Magazine’s gig guide.

Until next week remember that blues rules and in the words of the Dutchman “Keep the faith”.

If you missed Shannon Bourne, you can check him out at the ‘other’ Bay Hotel, in Mordialloc, on Sunday June 24, from 3pm.

For the latest on the Sunday blues sessions in Mornington, check out bayhotel.com.au or find them on Facebook.

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(Correction from Bob Valentine…)

In last month’s edition, I incorrectly stated that the Deloitte report on live music had only surveyed about 70% of the industry. I put this the wrong way round, they only surveyed about 30%, basing their findings strictly on the live original scene. This ignores the input of cover bands, duos, solos, corporate events, weddings, private functions and charity work, thus grossly underestimating the true value of live music to our state – but we still came in over the AFL! Maybe we should start taking some TV’s out of bars where we play!

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14 new, and smoking tracks. The first singles to look out for are the ‘poptastically punk’ True Romance and Timelines. So far these killer tunes have stirred and satisfied the loins of fans and reviewers across the globe.

On Timelines, online reviewer Cool Try goes so far as to say the song is by far, “Motion City Soundtrack’s strongest track to date.”

This reaffirmed ‘strength’ could be due to the albums organic, “stretched out” recording approach.

Not since the 2002 release of I Am The Movie had band members Justin, Josh, Matt, Jesse and Tony experienced such free artistic license. Having no record label to answer to meant they were free to experiment, reflect, and create something 100% MCS. Keen to have their new material heard, following the June 12 release MCS will embark on a series of 15 headlining US concerts. The boys wont be alone though having secured the company of Henry Clay People and The Front Bottoms as support acts. The tour will see the bands perform in cities across the

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states including St. Louis, Cleveland, Salt Lake City, L.A and Chicago.

No strangers to the road, since forming in 1999 MCS have racked up an impressive four Australian tours, countless American tours and played international festivals including Bamboozle, Slam Dunk, and Australia’s own Soundwave.

Just prior to entering the studio they also completed their 4 Albums, 2 Nights, 7 Cities Tour, which saw them perform their entire catalogue.

A truly exhausting feat.

With only days will the anticipated release of Go one man who couldn’t be more pleased with the new album is Epitaph CEO, Brett Gurewitz, whom the band affectionately refers to as family.

“It’s great to be working with the boys again, it seems they’ve finally made the album that they’ve always wanted to make. A really crowning achievement on an already stunning career,” said Brett.

For more info on the band, tour dates or to download, head to motioncitysoundtrack.com or check out Epitaph’s website epitaph.com.

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Motion City Soundtrack will return home to their longtime label Epitaph to release their fifth fulllength studio album, Go, in June.

The new album is the follow-up to the critically acclaimed My Dinosaur Life (Columbia, 2010) and was recorded over an extended period of time this past winter at Flowers Studio in their hometown of Minneapolis.

MCS are feeling positive about their return having worked with Epitaph on three previous releases. Long time industry players, the label is renowned as being one of the most highly respected independents proudly representing a diverse range of genres from punk to posthardcore, powerpop to hip hop.

“We are all extremely excited to be back...the company has truly been a second family to us over the years, both personally and career-wise.

We are beyond ecstatic about our new album and the fact that its new home is going to be Epitaph Records,” said band member Justin Pierre.

Co-produced alongside Ed Ackerson, Go features a total of

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Salutations mortal folk, metal acolytes and otherworldly guests who may have stumbled across this mag.

Welcome to another Heavy Side Of The Moon update. We had a bit of a lull last month, and it’s still a touch quiet now, but some awesome tickets are going on sale right now, so let’s see what’s happening.

To kick things off, on Sunday June 17 Thick As Blood will be at the Phoenix Youth Centre (Footscray) with Taken by Force and other guests. On Wednesday June 20, The Popes (with their Irish punky rock goodness) will be hitting the Corner Hotel. Tickets are available now from oztix. com and cornerhotel.com respectively.

At the end of June, we’ll be facing the High Voltage Festival featuring Macabre (USA), Blood Duster, Hobb’s Angel Of Death, Earth, Captain Cleanoff, Desecator, Mercyful Fated, Maniac, Depression and King Parrot as the headline acts at the Corner Hotel. It’s gonna be heavy, it’s gonna be crazy and it’s gonna cost $33 a ticket. Grab some. Now. On Saturday July 7, Goatwhore will be blasting the brains out of patrons at the Corner Hotel, supported by Singapore’s lead black/death band Impiety, Tasmania’s very own Ruins, Order of Orias and Destruktor.

Bear witness to the apocalyptic mayhem. Also at the Corner, on Saturday July 14, will be Terror, who’ve recently shared the

stage with the likes of Lamb of God and Trapped Under Ice. As above, cornerhotel.com is the place to go grab your place in the reveller’s mob.

On sale right now, are tickets to see Slash live! Oh mummy, yes, he’s coming to the Hisense Arena in August, but move quickly - I’ve no doubt the tickets will be gone in no time.

Get them at ticketek.com.au Any Smashing Pumpkins fans out there? They’ll also be at the Hisense Arena in August so be quick and zip on down to ticketek.com.au to secure your tickets.

Steel Panther’s coming for a balls-out, tongue in cheek performance in... October. Yes, I know, a long way off, but it’s important to know because it’s Steel Panther, so tickets being on sale now means, they aren’t likely to last until then. Come see them at The Palace Theatre.

Also a long way off, on sale now and likely to sell out quick is Cannibal Corpse. They’ll be performing at Billboard The Venue. Tickets are at ticketek. com.au.

Well, that’s the short and sweet of what’s incoming for now, and as Steel Panther like to say, Death To All But Metal!

Ben writes monthly for PEARL on everything metal, hard rock, punk and hardcore. If you’d like Ben to review your release or you know of something happening in the ‘heavy’ world, drop him a line at rock@ pearlmag.com.au BEN LOPEZ

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Formed in 1997, the first gigs played by The Detonators were as a residency at The Swan Hotel (Richmond). These gigs were eye openers and a great start to a band whose career just keeps on rising. Always based in Melbourne, the hard working Detonators have become Australia’s kings of roots rock n’ roll.

The band has produced five CDs since forming, and is currently working on their sixth, which will be out soon. The band is meticulous when creating their songs, ensuring each stays true to the much-loved Detonators’ style - “Keep it consistent,” they say.

Their collaborative original music can best be described as a lethal combination of rockabilly, blues and early rock n’ roll. The band has toured to all corners of Australia, done all major blues and roots festivals more than once

and have also ventured into Europe doing festivals with their high powered original show.

The band has recently had their music on the film Charlie And Boots, as well as the Australian TV series Underbelly and American TV series DeGrassi High. Cold Chisel have labelled The Detonators “one of their favourite bands” and have used them as support at their sold out Rod Laver arena gigs.

Dancing shoes, listening ears and drinking arms are compulsory for any good time Detonators show. Catch the band in action over the years by viewing their clips on YouTube, and through their Facebook page or website - detonators.com.au The Detonators play regularly at The Heritage Hotel Balnarring and at Davey’s Sunday Soul Train. Check our gig guides for next gigs.

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Frankston’s Black Dragon Tattooing was first established in 1992 and has since won over 300 awards both interstate and overseas. Owned and operated

by Tim Howden, with over 25 years experience in tattooing, Black Dragon is the longest running studio on the Peninsula, specialising in all aspects of the art from fine line intricate tattoos to full back pieces.

With an outstanding reputation and many loyal customers, Black Dragon welcomes new customers, with 100% satisfaction a firm focus.

Appointments are preferable, but walk-ins can be accommodated if time permits. In addition to tattooing, they also offer body, surface and intimate piercing, a huge range of commercial and industrial jewelry and laser removal.

Black Dragon is open six days a week and is located at 48 Beach Street, Frankston. Drop in for a look or consultation, or give them a call on ph: 9769 6339.

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IT’S ALL HAPPENING AT RYE WINE LOUNGE people, so get in quick and contact the venue for more information.

Queens Birthday weekend (Sunday June 10) sees Peninsula blues stalwart Rob Papp return, with his band Blues Head, to perform for the Rye crowd from 4pm. Later in the month on June 22nd, comedian Ross Daniels brings his show Punked to town. Telling the story of growing up in the stoic backwater of ‘70s Brisbane and beautifully balancing the quietness of his homelife with the rebellious and anarchic world of the punk, it’s a great new show sure to entertain.

Starting at 7:30pm, it’s only $30 as well. Finally, the hugely popular ‘ART the movement’ exhibition for June will be on the 29th, feature Benny Lopez from 6pm as well as DJ Mickey D at 8pm.

In addition to these events, the Rye Wine Lounge also offers relaxed and comfy décor, a tempting tapas style menu and an extensive range of local and revered wines to cap off your experience. So come in for a look, whether your passing This June and July, the eclectic and always through, looking for a night out or diverse Rye Wine Lounge leaves no stone unturned, bringing you a range of different art trying to find that perfect space for your next function. You’ll be and music for your cultural palette. pleasantly surprised.

Early in June, on the day we hit the streets Rye Wine Lounge is at 2253 Point (June 7), the Art House movie night returns.

Nepean Rd. For any information, The brainchild of local artist/musician Mick call 5985 8355.

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Hussy Hicks is a collaboration of music, ideas and experiences by Julz Parker and Leesa Gentz. Having spent time living and performing overseas, the girls have graced stages on almost every continent with their intimate and enthralling performances.

Describing their sound as passionate, spontaneous, exuberant, emotive, intricate, explosive and fun, Hussy Hicks weave threads of funk gypsy, folk/country and high-energy blues/ roots into their music, with their harmonies and intense rhythms at the forefront.

This diversity is a direct result of a wide variety of influences. Parker drew her approach to playing guitar initially from her dad’s extensive blues record collection, but was later driven by the music of Spanish streets, European gypsies and Arabic intricacies. It’s a love that has been celebrated by guitar enthusiasts all around the world.

On stage the pair feature an exotic collection of musical gems they have gathered on their travels. These include guitars, percussion instruments, mandolin, Turkish finger cymbals and more. Coupled with Gentz’s soaring vocals, endearing stage presence and her ability to express her deepest emotions in every song, it makes for a captivating show each night.

Hussy Hicks appear at God’s Kitchen in Mornington on Friday, June 22, and also at Baha in Rye on Sunday, June 24. Check out www.hussyhicks.com for more info on the band and other upcoming tour dates.

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iVi DUZEL FRONTS UP ON THE PENINSULA

I think by now regular readers will have cottoned onto my willingness to bend the rules with regard to what is and what isn’t country music. I consider it my prerogative to do so, especially as I like to consider this column a ‘progressive’ take on the genre. This month I’m going to take another liberty and steer your attention towards a gig that’s not actually on the Peninsula at all, but actually at The Melbourne Recital Centre in Southbank.

That’s not to say there isn’t any country music news down our way. The previously spruiked Quarry Mountain Dead Rats finally launched their record in style last month and have since been touring the country, whilst the also-plugged Weeping Willows have been in the studio recording their debut album.

Even I, your humble columnist, have a record-launch coming up this month – but it just ain’t my style to flog it here!

Instead I’d like to urge my country-lovin’ readers to open their hearts and ears to touring act, Punch Brothers. Keen ABC2 viewers might have caught them on Later with Jools Holland recently, whilst Triple R and PBS listeners might occasionally have heard them on the wireless. The New York based band are named after a Mark Twain line and are made up of banjo, guitar, fiddle, bass and mandolin pickers led by Nickel Creek’s Chril Thile. Their style gets called “progressive bluegrass” and takes in elements of alt-country, pop, jazz and, of course, bluegrass. Such is the esteem in which this young act is held that they find themselves performing at the sort of concert halls and theatres that are normally reserved for classical musicians.

Punch Brothers will be in Australia early August for the Adelaide Guitar Festival, but are performing in Melbourne on Monday August 6, at Elisabeth Murdoch Hall (part of the above-mentioned Recital Centre). I’m mentioning them now because this is the kind of show for which you’ll need to book in advance – think of it like the recent Prince concerts at Rod

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Laver Arena, except for bluegrass fans. I suggest you Google them, listen to them, read about them, then hit the ‘buy tickets’ button on their tour page.

Whilst we’re on the topic of bluegrass, I also recommend heading down to your local record store and grabbing a copy of Kristy Cox’s album, Miles & Timezones. It’ll be in the country section, but it’s undoubtedly a bluegrass record, recorded in Nashville with respected songwriter and producer Jerry Salley.

Kristy’s from country Victoria originally and can be seen at awards shows on the arm of Lachlan Davidson (one half of The Davidson Brothers – you might have seen them on Spicks and Specks). Her album is definitely worth a listen.

If you’re looking for country on the Peninsula this month you might need to jump in the car and drive to Oakleigh. Camille and Stuie, the nucleus of Sydney’s Feral Swingkatz, are on the road and stopping in at The Caravan Music Club on Saturday June 9. You’ll probably see me there.

Lachlan Bryan is primarily a singer/songwriter, with his debut album Shadow Of The Gun out now through Core/Sony. He also moonlights as a gifted observer and music journalist, writing monthly for PEARL Magazine on all things folk/ country/bluegrass. If you’ve got a new release, upcoming show or you’d like to get in touch with Lachlan, drop him a line at countryfolk@pearlmag.com.au LACHLAN BRYAN

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With over 25 years of experience in the music industry, iVi is embarking on a fresh start. As the man behind Dromana’s increasingly successful Mornington Peninsula Production House, he has recently moved to the Mornington Peninsula and is looking to establish a line-up of musicians to work with on both music and film projects. iVi’s music is challenging and thought provoking, but otherwise difficult to describe, falling between a mix of emotional brooding tones, darker melancholy and raw acoustic feels. That said, there’s a distinct accessibility to the material across a number of genres, with a vast landscape of sounds and ethereal moods over his six releases to date.

It promises to be a big year ahead for iVi and his music, as he seeks to find acoustic, string and accordion players to complete his sound and tour internationally alongside him.

Some of the music will be featured in an upcoming documentary called Front, to be partially filmed on the Mornington Peninsula.

The documentary digs deep into the psyche of music and its projection, pondering on artists’ intent, as well as both physical and spiritual outcomes and achievements as a result of getting into music and investing creatively in the art form.

With an astute list of interesting and creative individuals onboard so far, filmmakers are still on the hunt for people with an audio or video background who would like to be involved.

For more information about iVi’s music and for all enquiries head to ividuzel.com or myspace.com/ividuzel. If you’d like to be a part of Front, or just want to hear more, visit frontthefilm.com or email info@frontthefilm.com for more information.

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THE LIFE OF (LACHLAN) BRYAN

Deep in the heart of PEARL Magazine each month, you’ll find the Hip To Be Country column, written by musician, songwriter and subtle wordsmith Lachlan Bryan. From his writing, you get the impression of a knowledgable, passionate lover of music with a wry turn of phrase, but what you may not get the full impression of is the honesty, conviction and dedication behind Bryan’s writing and music career. It’s taken him a little while to find his place, but good things happen to those that wait. Just ask the winners of staring competitions, worldwide.

Bryan used to front the band Spargo (which later became The Wildes), touring extensively and releasing EPs and albums with each. Though the genres haven’t always aligned with where he’s at now, it’s been a development and maturing that has strangely lead him back to his roots.

His roots being in the work of Gram Parsons, Townes Van Zandt, Dylan and more recently Ryan Adams. The last Wildes album Ballad Of A Young Married Man received widespread praise from the public and industry alike, leading to Bryan signing with Core Music (Sony) and working with the well revered Rod McCormack on this album.

Since the official launch of the record at the Tamworth Country Music Festival, earlier this year, Bryan has performed at Bluesfest in Byron Bay, done shows in support of Steve Earle and John Hiatt and enjoyed some fleeting trips up and back from other areas of NSW and QLD, mostly solo acoustic. It’s an intimate and immediate approach that suits the new material; some tunes being deeply personal and all with the aforementioned wry spin on story-telling.

Before he heads back to the US, Bryan will be performing some more launch dates with the one and only Bill Chambers, as well as a host of other guest musicians from past and present incarnations of his music. Put simply, go and see the man play. Put even more simply... go.

Lachlan Bryan launches his debut album Shadow Of The Gun at The Workers Club, Fitzroy, on Thursday June 14, with The Weeping Willows and Bill Chambers, with the possible addition of (shameless self-promoter) Simon Imrei on guitar. If you cant catch that, head to Hickinbotham in Dromana on July 22, from 1pm. For more info on Lachlan, go to www.lachlanbryan.com SIMON IMREI

GRAB YOUR MATES AND CHECK OUT A MATON

It’s on again - Maton Guitars, Australia’s premier guitar maker, will be on show in all its glory at Nepean Music on Saturday August 4, with the annual Maton Guitar Roadshow. On display will be everything from their most popular models through to classic custom shop guitars, featuring both acoustic and solid body electrics. All in all, plenty of eye candy for the guitar-loving punter.

Since 1946, Maton have locally produced instruments and are proudly Australian owned. They’ve grown over the years to become a world-renowned brand, in the hands of some of the great guitarists the world over.

Factory staff will be on hand on the day to answer any questions you might have, and will be offering free re-strings on any Maton Guitar that you bring in.

So come on down grab a sausage, then (after a quick hand wash) check out the fantastic Maton Guitars on display.

Nepean Music is at 4/1-13 MorningtonTyabb Road, Mornington. For more info on Maton Day or any other products or events, phone them on ph: 5973 5079.

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THE GRAND OLD OPERA Rosebud Cinemas will be offering encores of the complete Ring Cycle, including a special presentation of Wagner’s Dream.

Joining our Theatre & Film section for this edition is Peninsula Cinemas, located on Rosebud Parade, Rosebud and Ocean Beach ROAd, Sorrento.

Here’s a little about what’s coming up...

WAGNER’S DREAM (DOCUMENTARY) Saturday June 2 at 11:30pm & Sunday June 3 at 1pm (Please note this is a new Documentary film)

NATIONAL THEATRE LIVE Due to popular demand, Rosebud Cinemas will present encore screenings of the plays...

FRANKENSTEIN (VERSION 1) Saturday June 9 & Sunday June 10 (1pm) FRANKENSTEIN (VERSION 2) Saturday June 23 & Sunday June 24 (1pm) ONE MAN TWO GUVNORS Saturday July 7 and Sunday July 8 (1pm) Ticket prices are $25.00 for Adults and $23.00 for Concession holders. Get yours now from the box office. (03) 5981 2555)

DAS RHEINGOLD Saturday June 30 at 11:30pm & Sunday July 1 at 1pm) DIE WALKURE Saturday July 14 at 11:30pm & Sunday July 15 at 1pm)

AUSTRALIAN BALLET INVIGORATES DON QUIXOTE Australian Ballet’s regional touring ensemble, The Dancers Company, breathe new life into the classic tale, Man of La Mancha by Spanish author, Miguel de Cervantes.

The story is of the journey of Don Quixote, an old knight, on a quest to find his lost love, Dulcinea driving him to near madness. His manservant, Pancho Sanza, adding a wealth of humour to the mix, accompanies Don Quixote.

Full of passion and pathos this very relatable drama resonates as much now as it did when it was written in the seventeenth century. Set in a Spanish seaside village full of colourful characters, with wonderful music, recreating the story as a ballet brings a physical vigour

to the tale that heightens the drama and captivates the audience.

This classic tale is a perfect showcase for the brilliant AB touring company. Performances at the Frankston Arts Centre on Friday, July 20 at 7:30pm and Saturday, July 21st at 1:30pm and 7:30pm.

SIEGFRIED Saturday July 28 at 11:30pm & Sunday July 29 at 1pm) GOTTERDAMMERUNG Saturday August 4 at 11:30pm & Sunday August 5 at 1pm) Ticket prices are $27.00 for Adults and $25.00 for Concession holders.

CARMEN TO CONQUER HEARTS AT FAC Beware, that sultry Spanish seductress, Carmen will be sweeping through Frankston.

Over 90 performers from the Melbourne Opera will bring Bizet’s most popular dramatic opera to life.

Carmen is the story of a flirtatious gypsy who has forsworn herself to remain ‘free’ leaving a trail of broken hearts in her wake. Mix in a bit of obsession and jealousy and it’s a tragically dangerous game.

While the story would have been downright scandalous when it was first performed in 1875 due to its risqué morality and palpable sensuality, that salacious story is also part of its enduring popularity. In fact, Carmen is one of the most popular operas of all time! This colourful, lively, musically rich opera infused with Spanish melody is a must see for opera lovers and novices alike.

Carmen is simply unforgettable. See her at the Frankston Arts Centre on Saturday, June 23 at 7:30pm.

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Movie Releases AN OFFICER AND A GENTLEMAN (JUNE 4TH) Richard Gere, Debra Winger, David Keith PROMETHEUS (JUNE 6TH) Noomi Rapace, Charlize Theron, Patrick Wilson ANTON CHEKHOV’S: THE DUEL (JUNE 7TH) Andrew Scott, Fiona Glascott, Tobias Menzies MEN IN BLACK 3 (JUNE 7TH) Will Smith, Tommy Lee Jones, Josh Brolin SNOW WHITE AND THE HUNTSMEN (JUNE 21ST) Kristen Stewart, Chalize Theron, Ian McShane, Chris Hemsworth BRAVE (JUNE 21ST) Kelly Macdonald, Billy Connolly, Emma Thompson ICE AGE: CONTINENTAL DRIFT (JUNE 28TH) Ray Romano, Denis Leary, John Leguizamo

ALMOST WITH YOU, BUT NOT QUITE The Little Theatre Company presents a new play

by Australian playwright, Elizabeth Coleman, Almost With You. Produced by Sally Baillieu, directed by Kaarin Fairfax, and set in the early 80s, it’s the story of Lisa Fitzgerald, who at forty-five, is fighting a yearning that threatens to rob her of Dan, the man she’s always loved most in the world. Another man, Tom, has broken through her defenses and wants to offer her a new chance at life before it’s too late.

But Lisa can’t (or won’t) tell Tom about Dan, and Tom finds himself in a competition that he can’t possibly understand. But with Tom’s frustration growing and her chance for a life with him slipping away, Lisa must finally find the courage to let Dan go. It’s the most terrifying - and liberating - decision she’s possibly ever going to make.

The play is a very human tale of a heart divided and the bravery it takes to make a life-altering decision.

Thought provoking and heart- rending, this is what real drama brings to an audience. See the play at Cube 37 at the Frankston Arts Centre from Thursday, August 8 to Saturday August 11 at 8pm or on Sunday, August 12 at 6pm.

JUNE 4 - FOOTNOTE (Shlomo Bar-Aba, Lior Ashkenazi and Aliza Rosen) Genre: Drama Language: Hebrew JUNE 11 - DEEP BLUE SEA (Rachel Weisz, Tom Hiddleston and Simon Russell Beale) Genre: Drama / Romance

KATY PERRY: PART OF ME (JULY 2ND) Katy Perry

JUNE 18 - THE LADY (Michelle Yeoh, David Thewlis and Jonathan Raggett) Genre: Biography / Drama

THE AMAZING SPIDERMAN (JULY 4TH) Andrew Garfield, Emma Stone

JUNE 25 - THIS MUST BE THE PLACE (Sean Penn, Frances McDormand and Judd Hirsch) Genre: Comedy / Drama

BOL BACHCHAN (JULY 5TH) Amitabh Bachchan, Ajay Devgn

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Shed Nine Cinema at Baha, screening the best of the old-school classics as well as the latest surf, skate, motocross, bodyboard and snowboard films.

It’s an awesome night of dinner, drinks and good times, watching great films and if you bring along your favourite film and the crowd votes to run it, you win a $50 drink card!

Shed Nine Cinema is on every fourth Wednesday. You’d be mad to miss out, so check the Shed Nine Facebook page for details and exact dates/times.

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ROCK OF AGES (JUNE 28TH) Julianne Hough, Diego Boneta, Tom Cruise

TED (JULY 12TH) Mark Wahlberg, Mila Kunis, Seth McFarlane

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JUNE 5 - BEL AMI (Robert Pattinson, Uma Thurman & Kristin Scott Thomas) Genre: Drama JUNE 12 - THE LADY (Michelle Yeoh, David Thewlis and Jonathan Raggett) Genre: Biography / Drama JUNE 19 - THIS MUST BE THE PLACE (Sean Penn, Frances McDormand and Judd Hirsch) Genre: Comedy / Drama JUNE 26 - WISH YOU WERE HERE (Felicity Price, Joel Edgerton and Teresa Palmer) Genre: Drama / Mystery

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with Andrea Louise Thomas In this double issue, the theme is ‘arts access for all’ looking at the widescoping issues of disability and accessibility. Disability may be cognitive, sensory, developmental, mental, physical, emotional, or a combination of all three, but the arts, it can be argued, enhance the lives of all regardless of impairment.

For every impairment, there is an adaptation. It’s just a matter of consideration. Few people would not be uplifted music, moved by art, inspired by dance, awed by opera, stirred by drama or brightened up with a jolly good laugh by comedy. The arts inspire the soul, heal the heart, spark the intellect and soothe the body.

There are arts organizations, such as, Arts Access Victoria, dedicated entirely to the accessibility of arts for all. There are venues, such as, The Frankston Arts Centre that have meticulously thought out how to make their productions and exhibitions available all people regardless of their circumstances. This is a real move forward.

We are living in a fast paced, sometimes overwhelming time for most people, but imagine how much more difficult it would be for someone who suffered from debilitating mental illness or physical impairment where just negotiating space mentally or physically was an exhaustive exercise.

Imagine never being able to afford to see a play or concert.

It is essential that everyone have access to aspects of society that create hope, elicit laughter and light up the soul.

So let’s look at the arts on our peninsula and see where we can go for inspiration.

Sincerely, Your Arts Editor, ANDREA LOUISE THOMAS

ACCESSIBILITY BEYOND EXPECTATION Accessibility is taken way beyond expectation at The Frankston Arts Centre.

A designated Arts Access Officer, Tim Dakin, makes it his business to insure everyone has access to the arts. “Just ask the question,” Dakin encourages, and they will find a way to oblige in almost all cases. The centre even managed to wheel an entire bed into the theatre so that a terminally ill patron could enjoy a play.

When most people think of access and disability, they think primarily of physical impairment, such as mobility challenges or the hearing impaired.

The theatre is well set up for both of those circumstances. There are rows of seating, in which the aisle seat opens out for easy transfer from wheelchair or walking frame. There are wheelchair spots within rows of regular seats. In fact, a whole row can be removed to accommodate an entire block of wheelchairs.

The FAC is one of only two venues in Australia to offer an iphone/iPad ap for live screen captioning to the hearing impaired which can be operated from an ap on the lap meaning patrons can sit anywhere in the theatre to access captioning, not just in the front stall seats close to the big screens. This service could also be used

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to provide captioning in another language.

Live captioning is graciously sponsored

by White Clelland Lawyers ensuring longterm access to this service. Additionally, Auslan Interpreted performances of most productions are available. In one performance, the box office facilitated two interpreters to enable a patron who was both blind and deaf to attend a show.

These are not their only adaptations and considerations, however. The FAC also caters to those with mental illness providing performances and programs tailored to the needs and considerations of people who suffer from a range of mental health issues. Uplifting patrons’ spirits, offering hope, opportunity and inspiration is the aim. One workshop taught mentally ill youth how to produce a film expressing the challenges they face in their every day lives. They toured this film around local schools to help similar kids in need and give insight into conditions many people would not understand otherwise. Programs raising awareness about youth depression and suicide run for kids by kids, build bridges to finding help and support.

The FAC offers specialized art and circus workshops, as well as, art therapy for people with disabilities across the entire spectrum of need inclusive of all ages.

Venue staff is highly trained and sensitive to the requirements of people of all abilities. The building is thoughtfully equipped for accessibly to all including lifts, disabled parking and disabled toilets. Work experience, traineeship and volunteer programs are offered for first hand insight into all the facility has to offer. Tours are also available free of charge.

A ticket subsidy scheme gives people struggling with financial disadvantage the option of purchasing tickets at a price they can manage. This is one of the many additional considerations that make this venue unique.

There really is no excuse to miss out on a production at the Frankston Arts Centre as they are at your service no matter who you may be. Enquiries can be directed to Tim Dakin on 9784 1890 or email: timdakin@frankston.vic.gov.au.

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The passion in compassion judgment is disability expectation sees only impairment no one is perfect inward outlook sees spirit over surface touch over sight vision beyond hearing the passion in compassion trumps the perfect in perfection gives direction the heart can follow instead of perception the eyes can’t master look for the person in personality not the dis in disabled and the heart will be whole again ©2012 Andrea Louise Thomas

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MPRG SHOWS CONTROVERSY: THE POWER OF ART Art has the power to transform our perceptions, shift our sensibilities, inform our awareness and challenge our beliefs. It raises questions about identity, sexuality, sense of place, beauty, ethnocentricity and tolerance testing our personal and psychological boundaries. This is the focus of the Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery’s latest exhibition, Controversy: The power of art.

Exhibiting over 100 paintings, sculptures, photographs, prints, videos and installations from both national and international artists of the late 19th century to present, this exhibition looks at what is considered controversial and why. What is art? Who makes that determination?

What is challenging or controversial to one person may not be to another. Why is this so? And when it comes to the public domain, what is appropriate for public viewing? For some it is a fine line between offensive and acceptable, for other the lines are blurred. The thrust of this exhibition is an examination of which artwork has been particularly controversial and thought provoking.

Which artwork has been the subject of heated debate?

Why? Controversy: The power of art is a particularly interesting

collection examining a number of thought provoking thematic topics beginning with the question of defining art itself. It also considers the power of politics and the controversy it cooks up. Body image is consistently redefined and never more so than with the advent of the computer age. How has this changed our perceptions of what is beautiful, suggestive or even acceptable? The issue of changes in identity, lifestyle and values are all looked into. Advances in biotechnology are also brought into focus as science and medicine have sometimes blurred the line between human and animal. States of being, icons, the power of beauty and the topic of injustice are also considered. It is fair to say that this is a truly provocative exhibition asking viewers to re-examine social and artistic perceptions. Parental guidance is recommended.

Official opening on Saturday, June 23 from 4-6, but exhibition can be viewed from the 21st of June.

Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery Civic Reserve, Dunns Road, Mornington. Open Tues - Sun from 10-5.

5975 4395 or www.mprg.mornpen.vic.gov.au ANDREA LOUISE THOMAS

Derinya Art and Craft Exhibition, aka, DACE is in its 37th year at Derinya Primary School in Frankston making it the longest running primary school art show on the peninsula. It’s also the largest show. DACE attracts top quality artists from the Mornington Peninsula and all around the state.

Art committee coordinators look out for established and emerging artists, jewellers and craftspeople who bring a point of difference to their work.

More than 3500 individual pieces of jewellery and craftwork will be on display. This year 135 artists will exhibit their paintings, photography and sculpture. Patrons can also choose from blown glass, ceramics and textile art. There is something for every passion. All artwork is for sale. The show offers a rare opportunity for art lovers on a budget to own an original piece of art.

Each year features different guest artists and a fresh guest judge.

This year’s guest artists are: Cheryl Petersen and John Madsen in fine art, Jenny Stokes for craft and Georgina Cunningham with jewellery. Guest judge is Punk Milk Gallery’s founder, Justine Milburn who reported that

she was really excited and honoured to play this role.

This year’s show opens Friday, July 20th from 7:30pm-10pm.

Admission includes two drinks from, Hickinbotham Estate (wine), or Mornington Peninsula Brewery (beer), as well as, scrumptious canapés throughout the evening.

DACE continues on Saturday from 10-5 and Sunday from 10-4. Ruby Tarts Café is open all weekend serving up tasty treats with hot and cold drinks. Feast your eyes on children’s artwork while enjoying the refreshments.

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CONTROVERSY CAPTIONS: Left to right: Piccinini: ProteinLattice-RedPortrait, Courtesy of the artist and Tolarno Galleries; Heather Swann: Snow 1 2008, Reproduced with permission from the artist; Freda Robertshaw: Freda Standing Nude (Self-portrait) 1944, Cruthers Collection of Women’s Art at UWA, Reproduced with permission from Miss Norene Harding; Ashley Gilbertson: The captured fighter 2004.JPG, from the Whiskey Tango Foxtrot series 2004, NGV, Reproduced with permission from the artist

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PENINSULABlock POETS SOCIETY Writer’s Meet the first Saturday of every month 11amA friendly group of writers who meet regularly 12:30pm Mornington Peninsula Library meeting to support and discuss each other’s work on room, Vancouver St. Mornington.

Saturdays from 10am to 12:30pm. No booking PENINSULA POETS’ SLAM necessary.

Saturday, March 24, April 19.

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Bookings Each writer has five minutes to share their poetry, essential.

Please contact Elke on 9783 2899 short story, lyrics or excerpt from a larger work.

Aum Shanti 439 Nepean Frankston Thursday, August 2 5:30pmHighway, to 7:30 pm Rosebud Peninsula Library, Mc Dowell St. Free, but

Peninsula Poetry bookings essential so callslaM the library. 5950 1230 The Peninsula Poets Society will present its ARTS RADIO: first a monthly series PORT of poetry slams be ARTSinABOUT ON RADIO PHILLIP RPPto98.7 held every 4th Saturday of the month from (Peninsula) & 98.3 (Frankston) 6-8pm.

Poets Liz Beaton andofAndrea Diverse arts program inclusive poetry, Louise music, Thomas MCand theinterviews first event on all Saturday, what’s onwill locally with kinds of people in arts6-8pm. on Sundays 11am-12pm March 24the from Poetsfrom have three and Wednesdays from 12pm-1pm. minutes on the microphone for each poem.

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Applestick GalleryliBrary’s presents Sharon Love Mornington liveOakines ‘n’ local Letter,writer a printwill exhibition fromminutes Friday, June 8 totheir Each have five to read Friday, June 22. Applestick Gallery 3015 Frankstonpoetry, short story or excerpt from a novel, Flinders Rd. Balnarring. Open Thursday/Friday 10-5 memoir or other work. Songwriters are and Sat/Sun 11-3 orlarger by appointment. also welcome. Thursday, April 12 5:30-7:30 PUNK MILK GALLERY Rosebud Library McDowell Street 5950 1230 2nd Surreal Mystery Exhibition/Installation June 9Free, butPunk bookings June 14, Milk TVessential Volume One Street Art event Sat, June 16, Ex Urban Screens lighting up Punk

Peninsula societyexhibition July 8th Milk June 23 –Poets July 7, Lifescope Please there willpresents be no meeting April, by to 18th, note Katerine Pigott A World in Defined due to Easter.

Next meeting May 5 11-12:30 Dreams Sun July 8 – Wed July 18, Fifth Community Exhibition, July 28. Punk Library Milk Gallery 10 Young St Mornington Peninsula meeting room.

Frankston. punkmilk@live.com or facebook new on radio: STUDIO @ FLINDERS GALLERY WINTER WARMERS III EXHIBITION arts aBout!

An exhibition of all things that keep you warm from Radio Port Phillip RPP 98.7 has a new arts wearable art to tea services. Opens Sat, June 9, program! until No joke! fromhours: April Wed 1st 11continues Sun, Sundays July 1. Winter to 12am and Wednesdays from 12-1pm, Andrea Sun 10-5pm.

5989 0077 www.studioflinders.com Louise Thomas will host a diverse two hours CUBE 37 GALLERY AT FAC SEEKS ENTRIES FOR of programming with creative arts team Kaarin OPEN EXHIBITION INFINITE SPACE Fairfax,isSally Baillieu, Andrea Theme ‘infinite space’David and allReyne entriesand must include Ebsworth all rustling up anCollect interesting a 37 x 37 square in the entry. squarearray and of talent.

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Final days to see amazing Beyond the Self: Contemporary Portraiture From Asia. On until July 15.

NewMilk exhibition opens JulyPrograM 29: Clifford Last Punk radio arts and Vincas Jomantas: Awakening Forms Frankston and Casey’s SURF FM 87.6features is on two ground-breaking Australianpresenting abstract sculptors Wednesdays from 9-10pm an influential in founding the Centre Five groupabout in eclectic, inclusive panel of discussions the late 1950s . Also on display: Clive Stephen a everything in the arts lead by Justine Milburn Melbourne sculptor who was one of the pioneers of of Punk Milk modernist Gallery. Fun, funky and always the Australian art movement.

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OAK HILL April GALLERY Monday 2 & Tuesday, April 3 Digital TV The Travellers featuring the 11 work John Trebilco, 2 day Wednesday, April to of Friday, April 13 Owen Langford, Shane Dwight and the Freestone 10-3 Dreams and Nightmares 3 day workshop.

Printmakers. On until June 29. Annual Members For more info: 9784 1896 www.thefac.com.au Show featuring painting, printmaking, photography, drawing and sculpture. On from June 30 to July 31. douBle vision exhiBition Official opening on art Sunday, June 30 from 2-4. Oak Intriguing photography, sculpture and Hill Gallery painting, 100 Mornington-Tyabb Rd., Mornington digital imagery that will challenge your concept www.oakhillgallery.com.au or call 5973 4299 of what’s real, PENINSUAL or possibly REGIONAL too real. Until MORNINGTON GALLERY March 18. Mc Sculpture Controvery: The Clelland Power of Gallery Art. Thisand exhibition Park, Mchow Clelland Drive,society Langwarrin explores art impacts and culture www.mcclellandgallery.com by looking at thought proving and controversial artwork. On display from June 21 to August 12.

Russell Drysdale: The Drawings.

Featuring one Montalto sculPture Prize of 20th centuryin artists, this AnAustralia’s exhibitiongreatest of the 25 finalists this year’s exhibition features approximately forty drawings competition.

Until April 29. Montalto Vineyard ranging across his 33 career.

On exhibit June 26 and Olive Grove Shoreham Rd. from Red Hill to August 5. Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery South 5989 8412 or: www.montalto.com.au Civic Reserve, Dunns Rd. Mornington www.mprg.

Mornington Pen. regional gallery mornpen.vic.gov.au or 5975 4399 Until April 9: AtARTS first sight: Peninsula and bay DARTS (DIGITAL WORKSHOPS) photographs of JW for Twycross 1918-1925 Digitals arts program youth creating digital Michael Shannon: Australian scrapbooks, music videos, flash Romantic animation, Realist Dorothy Braund: Variations on a theme skateboard design and more. Saturdays June 9, 16 MPRG, Civic10-3.

Reserve, Mornington and 23 from PlacesDunns limited.Rd. RSVP 9784 1896 www.mprg.mornpen.vic.gov.au or 5975 4395 Create a Conversation with Art The Waiting room series at Manyung Gallery oak hill features thegallery work of over 40 artists. This exhibition Until March 21: Oakstarting Hill Gallery’s Inaugural features conversation collectable artwork.

Feature artists are: Robert Clinch,Karen Henryk Graduate Prize Featuring: Lisa Burrell, Szydlowski and David Hart, but over 40exhibitors different Lloyd-Jones and Prue Scott.

Other artists are on display in this special exhibition. are: Fiona Wood and Robbie Bischoff.

Entries Runs from June 1 toInaugural July 1. Manyung Gallery are invited for the Illustration Prize.

1408 Nepean Highway, Mt. Eliza 9787 2953 Entry forms available online. manyunggallery.com.au.

March 24th ‘Off the Walls Gala Event’ Landscape Travelers Show Fundraising 100 This exhibitionEvent. features ‘anMornington-Tyabb explosion of artwork Rd, Mornington For further info to:and www. from around the world’ for both art go lover oakhillgallery.com.au or call 5973 armchair traveler alike. Feature artist 4299 is young Indigenous artist, Melanie Hava, but many of Manyung’s mainstay artists will also be on Manyung gallery display offering diverse inspiring exhibition.

Abstract worksa of Donaland Molloy Drum, Runs fromMogg, July 6th to 29th. Manyung Gallery Brendon Conchita Carambano, Monica 1408 Nepean Highway, Mt. Nikki Eliza 9787 2953 Adams, Rhonda Davies, Perzuck, manyunggallery.com.au.

Nellie Zimmerman and Miertje Skidmore.

THEATRE: Exhibition runs until March 25. Manyung MELBOURNE Gallery, 1408 OPERA NepeanPRESENTS Highway,CARMEN Mt. Eliza www.

Bizet’s best know opera about a smouldering manyunggallery.com.au 9787 2953 Spanish seductress who cannot be possessed.

ManyungJune at Sorrento presents an Arts ever-Centre Saturday, 23 at 7:30 Frankston Bookings 9784 1060 www.thefac.com.au changingon and diverse collection of artists.

Ring toCLUB see who is currently on ACTING display or IMPRO IMPROVISATIONAL check the website.

113A Ocean Beach Rd., WORKSHOPS WITH CAROLE PATULO “Improvisation greatartworks for anyoneand interested in Sorrento Viewis2000 hours online: pursuing a career in writing, theatre, comedy; www.manyunggallery.com.au 9982 0622 or anyone wanting to spark their imagination and inspire others,” Carole Patulo Ma late Wednesdays until June 27 from 7:30 – 9:30 Fine (drop Winner of the 2011 Heartlands Refugee ins welcomed). Southern Peninsula Arts Centre Art Prize, presents her first solo exhibition at at Rosebud Secondary College. 5986 8204, 0447 the 859 Point National Park until Sunday, 586 orNepean book online www.rsc.vic.edu.au/ April 15. For more information, email: info@ SPACwhatson.html park.vic.gov.au or ring 13 19 63 HOUSOS FROM CENTURY ENTERTAINMENT AUSTRALIA syMBiosis Based on the controversial and hilarious cult A collective exhibition featuring the works comedy series on SBS. Sunday, July 1 at 7pm of: Artistic Bliss, Lorna Gerard, Maynard, Frankston Arts Centre BookingsApril on 9784 1060 www.

Daniel Trevarthen and Rosemary Williams. On thefac.com.au until April 13. THEATRE B’Artiste GROUP Bar andPRESENTS Lounge Rear CRANBOURNE THE of 2/12 Young WIZARD OF OZStreet (Enter upstairs via Ross Smith Lane) For info,July call69783 8883 Performances are more on Friday, at 7:30pm, Saturday, July 7th at 2pm and 7:30pm, Thursday, July 12 at 2pm and 7:30pm, Friday, 13 at 2pm Mornington Peninsula artJuly shoW and 7:30pm andisSaturday, July 14 at 2pm.

Opening night Wednesday, April 4 from 7pm. Show runs through to Monday, April 9. SPAC, Rosebud Secondary College 245 Eastbourne Rd Rosebud. See website for hours and further information www.rsc.vic. edu.au/SPPACwhatson.html.

art the MoveMent at rye Wine Bar New exhibitions the last Friday of every month.

Currently on exhibit is Meg Murray. Coming at the end of March will be Gidja Walker and Bob Kelly. Rye Wine Bar 2253 Point Nepean Road, Rye. 5985 8355. For more information contact Jess via artthemovement@live.com.au.

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ventana fiesta Events on until Saturday, March 17. Bookings on 9784 1060. For more info about the many events in this festival visit www.thefac.com.au

Cranbourne Community Theatre Brunt St. theatre: Bookings:0402 197 390 peoplesplayhouse.asn.au soMe enchanted evening GENE LIVE - ONYX PRODUCTIONS A lightPETERSEN operatic soiree featuring local opera Drumming, tap dancing with novelty singers, Michael Laity,spectacular Peter Smitheren, Lucy acts that, together, create a riveting theatre Nicholson and Monique le Bas plus a roaming experience. Tuesday, July 10 at 7:30pm Frankston a capella Perfect Day, andthefac.com.au the OzChild an Arts Centretrio, Bookings 9784 1060. all abilities choir. This event is an important FORECAST: FOG THEATRE fundraiser for a wonderful organization that Inclusive arts workshop for people of all abilities helps many children.

Friday,Thursday, March 16July and (including intellectual disability).

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5pm bus for 1060. a 6pmwww.thefac.com.au start. Tickets are Centre Bookings 9784 available directly from OzChild 5975 7644.

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Centre- $50 Friday, March 23 call at 8pm Saturday, dinner ticket.

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March 24 at 1pm Bookings 9784 1060 Wunderbar, 2409 Point Nepean Road, Rye Information at: www.thefac.com.au FRANKSTON THEATRE GROUP PRESENTS AGATHA CHRISTIE’S THE MOUSETRAP roMeo Play is on and FridayJuliet July 13 and Saturday, July 14 at Shakespeare in theJuly Park, 8pm and on Friday, 20 Saturday, at 8pm andMarch Saturday July 21 at4-6pm 2pm and 8pm. Pentland George Jenkins Theatre 31 from George Gardens, Mc Mahons Rd. FrankstonEntry 9904 via 4214 Williams St., Frankston Gate 5 Bring a picnic rug or cushionDANCERS to sit on. Information AUSTRALIAN BALLET’S THEATRE PRESENTS DON QUIXOTE 1300 322 322 Classic Spanish author Cervantes’ tale of Don Quixote’s quest forstePhen lost love. k.

Friday July 20 7:30, uk coMedian aMos Saturday, at 1:30 and 7:30.

Frankston Comes toJuly The21 Frankston Arts Centre on Arts Centre Bookings on at 9784 1060One www.thefac.com.au Thursday April 12 8pm. night only!

PLOS PRESENTS HAIRSPRAY Bookings on 9784 1060. For more information Big belting tunes, groovy dancing in 1960s visithair, www.thefac.com.au Baltimore. Friday, July 27 to Friday, August 3 at 8pm andgallaher:the Saturday, August 4great at 2pm.coMPosers Frankston siMon Arts Centre Bookings 9784 1060 thefac.com.au Musical Matinee presents a musical and CPD THEATRE PRODUCERS PRESENT theatrical tribute to Gershwin, Porter,BIDDIES Rodgers, Outrageous featuring fiveApril feisty13 older Friday, at in Bacharach comedy and others. their old infants school classroom. Tues, August 10:30am and 1:30pm at The Frankston Arts 7 at 8pm & Wed, August 8 at 1pm. Frankston Arts CentreBookings Bookings9784 on 9784 For more Centre 1060.1060. www.thefac.com.au information visit www.thefac.com.au THE LITTLE THEATRE COMPANY PRESENTS ALMOST WITH YOU liane keegan and friends, oPera gala Original play by Elizabeth Coleman on love, loss Friday Aprilgo.

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SCULPTURAL AWAKENINGS AT MCCLELLAND

I VALUE THE ARTS

Access to the arts is a well used statement; I’d like to talk about its origins. In 1992 the United Nations (UN) ratified the internationally accepted concept of Ecologically Sustainable Development (ESD) and its requirements for a new approach to public planning, governance and the delivery of services and evaluation processes in communities.

Underpinning ESD is the ‘Triple Bottom Line’ that ensures development is environmentally responsible, socially equitable and economically viable. Further, measurement indicators are applied to evaluate whether the goals are being achieved.

Sustainability requires a move away from top-down forms of governance to a bottoms-up approach, whereby what’s is going on in community is embraced by its people. The overall intention of sustainability is to establish the building blocks that lead to a community’s increased capacity for engagement and participation on a variety of local civic issues.

Since the 1990s and the advent of ESD there has been immense social and political pressure on arts advocates articulating why the arts should be publically funded. The response was an emphasis upon the arts as an instrument to achieve social improvement goals and therefore ascribed value only as a ‘tool’ for change.

Everyone deserves the right to value and be engaged in the arts not just the socially disadvantaged. The arts are proven to have transformative effects due to the inherent building of self confidence in people and the ability to encourage creative problem solving in a nurturing and supportive environment.

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By ANDREA EBSWORTH fourth pillar of sustainability”. The implication being that access to place-based arts and culture as a determinant of a community’s cultural vitality will gain momentum.

Access to arts and culture refers to providing all residents with opportunities to participate in creative self-expression; learning to write a script, novel or poem, learning an instrument, painting a mural, brightening a streetscape with yarn bombs, organising local music or celebratory events and also engaging with local history. The arts through its colour, inspiration and liveliness contribute greatly to nurturing local identity, strengthening social and emotional connections which in turn stimulate and generate vitality in communities.

A recent conference I attended highlighted the questionable information collated about arts participation in the 90s that produced ‘wow’ factors to appease the accountants and finance managers and did nothing to substantiate what was needed: that of raising the ‘value’ for the arts in communities. More convincing arguments about the intrinsic benefits in funding access to arts engagement and participation opportunities are now welcomed, as such it is safe for us to return to quote Plato “the arts as catharsis”. The arts bring community joy and celebration, improving people’s quality of life and enhancing the liveability of communities. Speak up if you value the arts!

What cultural impacts would there be if we didn’t provide and support access to the arts?

For further information contact arts@mornpen.vic. gov.au

McClelland Gallery and Sculpture Park opens its latest exhibition on Sunday, July 29 focusing on three groundbreaking Australian sculptors in two concurrent exhibitions.

Clifford Last and Vincas Jomantas: Awakening Forms explores the abstract work of two pioneers in contemporary and abstract Australian sculpture. The third artist featured in a separate exhibition is Clive Stephen who was at the forefront of the Australian modernist art movement.

Last and Jomantas played pivotal roles in the founding of Centre Five, a group of forward thinking Victorian sculptors, established in 1959, whose influence has had an enduring impact on Australian sculpture that still resonates today. Awakening Forms is a retrospective of the life and careers of these two immigrant sculptors and the influences their work carved into the architectural landscape of Australia.

British import Clifford Last practiced what was known as ‘direct carving’ into wood or stone, a method popular in the latter half of the 20th century. This modernist method was considered an authentic translation of artistic vision into object producing work organically and in close connection to the material itself. His work is thoroughly contemporary transporting his British aesthetic and transforming it into local materials to create a hybrid product influenced by both cultures.

Vincas Jomantas came to Australia from Lithuania on his own leaving all of his family connections behind.

Some think this loss of family connection informed his sculptural work as he translated the journey from the material into the spiritual in many of his sculptures. Jomantas brought his Lithuanian cultural sensibilities, superb craftsmanship and intellect to his sculpture fusing Lithuanian folklore with contemporary style. He is considered one of Australia’s leading abstract artists.

Clive Stephen is the native Melbournian in this collection of artists. He was actually a medical

doctor who also practiced art. He was quite prolific and because he did not depend on art as his soul income he could afford to be experimental.

He became one of the leaders in Australia’s modernist art movement.

Dedicated to the modernist ideal of ‘truth to materials’ the wood or stone he carved dictated the shape of the work itself. He primary carved small human and animal figures in simplified and stylized forms. He was very much influenced by European modernists, but also by the tribal art of Africa and the Pacific Islands.

This exhibition of innovative sculptors is on at from July 29 – October 28. If sculpture intrigues you, you won’t want to miss this exhibition. You can also take a break in the new expanded café and patio area. Mc Clelland Gallery and Sculpture Park 390 MC Clelland Drive, Langwarrin. Open Tuesday to Sunday from 10-5. 9789 1671 www. mcclellandgallery.com.

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ARTS DAY: PROJECTING ART and POETRY LANEWAYS Imagine buildings transformed into artwork and images projected out into the night. Imagine verse speaking to you from walls and laneways. That’s the combining of creative talents that will transform Frankston starting on June 23.

Local poets, Brigitte Lewis and Andrea Louise Thomas had a dream of pasting up poetry so that it was accessible to everyone. Admiring the paste up street art blossoming around Frankston, they thought it would be revolutionary to add some literary art to the mix so they dreamt up Poetry Bombing: Show Your Voice. This initiative dovetails with the opening of Frankston’s Ex Urban Screens projecting digital artwork onto the Frankston urban landscape. So, with the Frankston City Council’s blessing, on Saturday, June 23, the Peninsula Poets Society will join forces with Cube 37s Ex Urban Screens to bring a day of cutting edge arts and culture to Frankston.

The adventure will begin at the Frankston Library at 2pm. All poets are welcome to join together to create a poetry pathway from Frankston Library to B’Artiste Bar and Lounge in Ross Smith Lane. Keep an eye on Peninsula Poets social media for more information on making your paste and printing your poetry ‘bricks’ by checking the facebook page, twitter feed or YouTube channel for more information.

The poetry walk will culminate in the Peninsula Poets’ Slam at B’Artiste at 4pm when all poets will have a chance to rock the microphone with their spoken word poetry. Prizes will be awarded for the top three scorers. The slam usually consists of two rounds in which poets have up to three minutes to impress a random selection of judges chosen from the day’s audience. On this occasion we may have only one round depending on the number of participants.

After the slam, everyone will walk over to Cube 37 to participate in the very first walking tour of their phenomenal digital art project: The Peninsula Projection…an image beacon for Frankston. Frankston’s CBD will be transformed into an out of this world digital landscape. International digital artists from around the globe join world-renowned Melbourne artist, Ian de Gruchy in converting concrete surfaces into brilliant art facades.

The Peninsula building alone will have 30 different faces. Artwork will be projecting onto and from within buildings around the CBD. See Frankston in a whole new light with wonderful words to match. Don’t miss this transformative day in Frankston. Ex Urban Screens continues until July 7, with walking tours on selected Thursdays and Saturdays. Make bookings through the box office on 9784 1060.

For those further afield on the peninsula, Peninsula Poets will also be hosting Poetry Bombing: Show your Voice in Hastings with the kind support of Mornington Peninsula Shire Councilor Reade Smith on Saturday, July 28 from 11-2 featuring poetry paste ups and an on location poetry slam. For more information watch Peninsula Poets’ social media. Get involved and show your voice.

ANDREA LOUISE THOMAS

INFINITE SPACE UP FOR GRABS Cube 37 and the Frankston Arts Centre are calling out to the creative and artistic community to enter their open exhibition, Infinite Space. Each piece must incorporate a 37 x 37 cm. square that can be picked up at Cube 37 along with an application form for a chance to win a solo exhibition at Cube 37! Contact: belinda.cook@frankston.vic.gov.au or 9784 1896.

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HOW DO WE KNOW WHAT THEY WANT?

I just had an interesting conversation with a local artist who is organising an arts event. We were talking about whether or not people ‘wanted’ different kinds of artistic happenings in our community and how did we know.

Over the years as a creator of many arts programs, I have asked myself this time and time again. What is it that the community is wanting, and are they prepared to experience something different and new if it’s offered? How do we know as artists or arts programmers what the audience want?

For instance, young people resonate with the circus, and the Hip Cat Circus has gone from strength to strength over the past nine years.

On the back of that I have attempted to offer other kinds of theatre experiences for young people, none have equalled the success of the circus, and quite frankly most have down-right failed. Circus has that You just never know what you’ll find at The ‘je ne sais quoi’ that young people Factory Antique Market in Dromana! in particular are looking for. It is Recently two rare Russian antique crucifixes were accessible, fun and ever so slightly risky. brought in! They are available for sale through proprietor George Amanatidis. To keep abreast So many times I have been caught in of the latest finds, check out The Factory Antique the trap of thinking ‘I know’ what will Market’s facebook page. You’ll find all of the latest attract an audience or participants treasures there and don’t forget to click ‘like’. just because I did something similar in the past and it was a resounding Then hop in the car and head on down to see success. I’m not sure why, but the world of other treasures to be found at The this just never seems to work. For Factory Antique Market 2 Collins Rd, Dromana open 7 days from 9:30am to 4:45pm. 5981 4141. example, we could have an actor

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doing a show that was so successful we could’ve sold it out four times over, then the same actor comes back with a different show – or even brings the same show back at another time – and we can struggle to sell even one show….go figure!

The times that I have spent asking the community what they want, and then programming that, still has had mixed results – as often the person who talks the loudest is not necessarily speaking on behalf of everyone. When it comes down to it we are all just speaking on behalf of ourselves.

I guess as an arts programmer, or artist in a community, all we can do is make offerings. If some of these offerings are taken up and are seen by an audience, or participated in, then we take that as a positive. If it’s new and different to anything that has been on offer before it might take a community a bit of time to ‘get it’ and that has got to be OK. Ultimately for either the artist or for the programmer, if we believe in the art, can communicate that passion and the reason for it, then the community can make up their own minds, and we can learn from that.

If you would like to join in the conversation or let me know what you want to see in your community, join me on my blog tinkeringinart. blogspot.com.au MERRYN TINKLER

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CONTINENTAL ART PRIZE

The 13th annual Continental Hotel Art Prize has been held at Sorrento’s Continental Hotel and again was a huge success. The prize has become an institution on the Mornington Peninsula, attracting Australia-wide attention and always judged by wellknown and respected artists.

This year, Manyung Gallery Group director David Wemyss-Smith was the main judge but was unable to be present on May 27, so John Baird made the announcement on his behalf. Baird’s speech was both amusing and of course filled with his learned opinions as a highly regarded critic.

Taking out the award and the first prize of $1500 was Bridgit Thomas (pictured) with her piece Pilots Workshop – Queenscliff, with the Linda Gebar Encouragement Award going to Yorick Williams for his work Eyes Long Gone. The award of $500 helps inspire new artists to continue their passion, a goal for The Continental Hotel’s art curator Stahle Spencer. “Our hanging space is more relaxed than a formal gallery and we don’t charge any fees, making it accessible to more artists,” Spencer said. “By supporting our local artists, we are encouraging new and emerging artists as well as helping to promote artists who cannot afford to show their works in galleries.”

An estimated 110 people attended the prize, enjoying wine, nibbles and the fantastic 113 works on display. Both winners were well received and were ecstatic with their wins. Discover The Continental Hotel for yourself at 1-21 Ocean Beach Rd, Sorrento.

Pictured: Top: Winner of The Continental Hotel 13th Annual Art Competition Bridgit Thomas with her piece ‘Pilots Workshop - Queenscliff’.

Left - Yorick Williams, Winner of the Linda Gebar Encouragement Award pictured with Susie Gebar

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HIGH TEA AND EMPATHY AT AUM SHANTI Aum Shanti is a cultural, spiritual and gastronomic oasis in the Frankston CBD. It’s a place to eat, meet and retreat from the hustle and bustle of life in a peaceful environment over delicious food and delectable drinks.

While Aum Shanti is a vegetarian/ vegan café, it also caters to a wide range of nutritional and allergenic considerations, such as gluten free, dairy free and egg free items. Proprietor, Elke Newall chooses the purest, finest and most ethically sourced ingredients for everything she makes and serves. Many items are organically grown or dished up in their ‘rawest’ form for optimal nutrition. Newall is passionate about the benefits of a healthy diet. New items are always being introduced to keep tempting the taste buds.

More than a café, Aum Shanti is also a gallery selling inspiring new local artwork and a shop stocking ethical gifts and spiritual items from around the world. Supporting artisans from third world countries is with a mission with the motto ‘give a gift that gives twice’. A portion of all local art exhibitions sales goes toward supporting local charities.

Aum Shanti hosts a variety of the after hours cultural events, such as, poetry and music

nights, yoga and meditation workshops, mandala making classes, book launches, private parties and, as of late, even bi-monthly high teas! To enjoy this latest offering ,book up for the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee High Tea on Sunday the 10th of June. Fair notice…you’ll be expected to frock up and wear a tiara!

For daily inspiration between visits, follow Aum Shanti on facebook for an uplifting “thought for the day” and delicious recipe or an update on what’s coming next.

So much more than a café, Aum Shanti is sure to capture your heart and all five senses too. Discover why this place continues to lure customers and keeps them coming back time and again. Aum Shanti 439 Nepean Highway, Frankston 9783 2899.

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Well it’s that time of year again. The board shorts and wife beater singlet have been packed away with the novelty-oversized sombrero. Winter is here and old man Frost is opening a can of whoop-ass on us.

I received my electricity bill this week, and just like Tracy keeps telling me on A Current Affair, bills ARE going up. She also tells me that fast food, smoking, and jumping off cliffs can kill you, but what would she know. Anyway, I have come up with some cost effective ways to stay warm this winter, and save your hip pocket from taking the beating of a lifetime.

The easiest way to stay warm I have found is to get a significant other in your life. Even if

it’s just for the winter, a hot bod will help take the edge off the bitter cold. Body heat is really the MOST untapped source of energy on the planet. I was demonstrating this on the train the other night and even the police thought they should tackle me to the ground for a hug!

Another cheap but innovative way to stay warm is to go around and visit a relative in the nursing home. They serve coffee and tea in the rec room and it’s fully heated, has table tennis tables, knitting groups, and assorted malt biscuits. Even if you DON’T have kin there, the oldies would love to see you and talk about the war. The added bonus is you get your buns toasted for free.

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The final tip for you chilled cats is an old hobo technique I picked up years ago from riding the carriages with the bums on the Stony Point line. Fill your clothing with newspaper, or better still stuff it full of PEARL Magazine! Get it down into the shirt, the pants, and sleeves; every nook and cranny you can find. We certainly like the free advertising and you will enjoy the warmth and the fact that you are not crippled with pneumonia. Plus, while kicking back on the park bench or beach foreshore, you will have a great page-turner of a mag to keep you amused and informed.

So there are a few bits of information the energy companies didn’t want you to know.

Now you’ll surely see out the worst cold that Mother Nature can throw at you. Remember summer is only eight months away, or roughly 240 days, or 5760 hours, or 345,600 minutes, or 2,073,600 seconds. So it’s practically around the corner.

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4 Will Gweneth follow this this major tour just announced 5 Surf comp recently postponed for this club? (10,9,12) 7 Our ‘Classic Cuts’ writer owns this store (6,4,12) 10 Suburb recently approved for new Skate Park?

11 Band playing at The General Hotel, Mt Hotham, Queens Birthday weekend? (9,5) 13 360 collaboration with Pez (3,8,4) 14 Frankston’s January Festival (10,8) 15 Monthly Beaches DJ, Lis, is part of which Wednesday night duo at the same venue? (7,4) 16 Rhys Crimmin’s new band? (4,7,3,3,4) 19 Winter Blues Festival is held here (6,5) 20 Detonators member who writes for PEARL (8,4) 22 McClelland Gallery exhibition featuring sculptors Last and Jomantas (9,5) 24 Motion City Soundtrack have returned to which record label? (7,7) 26 Next Pearl due which month?

27 Weekly breakfast show host presenting PEARL gig guide Thursday mornings (4,7) 29 Born this way and touring soon (4,4) 31 Guitar brand to be featured at Nepean Music in early Aug?

6 Moonlit Bar previously known as (4,1,5) 8 Which artist’s concerts were reviewed in this edition??

9 Prince played how many Melbourne concerts 12 Winner of the Continental Art Prize? (7,6) 17 Past Peninsula festival and popular Aussie feast (3,8) 18 12 Bar musical progression and popular duo of brothers 21 Name of the new Shenanigans DJ, Flanagans on Sat? (2,4) 23 Dromana recording/film studio? (10,9,10,5) 25 Sorrento Cinema advertising in PEARL this edition (9,7) 28 Vegetarian and Vegan Café in Frankston (3,6) 30 July art show on Peninsula? (7,3,4) 32 Ray Johns fronts this jazz band, each Sunday? (3,4,5,4) 33 Venue hosting Live & Local showcase every Sunday? (8,8,3) 34 World renowned Melbourne artist with ExUrban Screens event in Frankston (3,2,6) 35 Band featured this edition, playing Heritage Fundraiser Festival? (4,3) 36 Kyle Gas plays guitar for which band (9,1) 37 Sultry brass horn

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1 A fishy point in Mornington 2 Annoying roadworks continue for this new thoroughfare (9,4) 3 Raffles is the funky cocktail bar of which local hotel (10,2,5)

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THURSDAY JUNE 7TH B’artiste (Frankston), Geoff Whitehead (DJ on Vinyl). 8pm Bay Hotel (Mornington), ‘Plugged In’ Showcase. 8pm Beaches (Mornington), Momentum. 9pm Flanagans (Frankston), DJs & Bedrock. 8pm Maquay Restaurant (Hastings), Frankie Stevens. 7pm Mentone Hotel (Mentone), Milan. 7pm Sands Hotel (Carrum Downs), Fudge. 8pm Rye RSL (Rye), Tru Tones. 8pm

FRIDAY JUNE 8TH Atrium (Safety Beach), The Original Mustangs. 8pm Backyard Bar (Mornington), James Gowans. 9pm Bay Hotel (Mordialloc), 2AM Duo. 9pm Bay Hotel (Mornington), FriBays presents the Best DJs each week (Upstairs) & Cornerpocket (Downstairs). 9pm Beaches (Mornington), Two Phase. 9pm Berettas Hotel (Langwarrin), Rob & Tarquin. 9pm Daveys (Frankston), Bayside Over 28s. 9pm Frankston Arts Centre (Frankston), Puttin’ On The Ritz.

10:30am & 1:30pm Glacier Nightclub (Frankston), Q Fridays (RnB vs House – Q Fridays vs Push Saturdays). 9pm God’s Kitchen (Mornington), T-Dub. 9pm Grand Hotel (Frankston), Chris Griffiths. 6pm Harba (Mornington), Joel Wheeler & Bosley. 8pm Maquay Restaurant (Hastings), Felicia Parisi. 7pm Mentone Hotel (Mentone), David Huxable (5pm-7pm) & Baby Johns (from 7pm) Pier Live (Frankston), Closure In Moscow (Pelly Bar). 7pm Portsea Hotel (Portsea), Van Morrison Tribute. 6pm Raffles Boutique Beer & Cider Bar @Mornington On Tanti (Mornington), Simon Imrei. 8pm Rosebud Hotel (Rosebud), Fudge. 10pm RoseGPO (Rosebud), Rob Amato & Lorenzo. 8pm Rye RSL (Rye), Morning Melodies. 10am Social (Mornington), Friday 5’s with Simon Imrei (5-7pm) & DJ Matt Horner from 9:30pm Somerville Hotel (Somerville), The Australian Queen Tribute Show. 8:30pm Trims (McCrae), Simon Trist. 6:30pm Westernport Hotel (Hastings), Karaoke & PK DJ. 9pm SATURDAY JUNE 9TH Baha (Rye), Death Rattles. 9:30pm Bay Hotel (Mordialloc), Grip. 9:30pm Bay Hotel (Mornington), DC Saturdays (w DJ Chris P) and Rob & Tarquin live (Downstairs). 9:30pm Beaches (Mornington), DJ Liz. 9pm

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Continental Hotel (Sorrento), DJ Lowkiss, DJ Adam V, DJ Phill Isa & DJs Pete & Niki D. 9pm Cruze Club @The Grand Hotel (Mornington), Weekly headliner & local DJs (check Facebook for details). 9pm Daveys (Frankston), Superfly DJs, Sam Dred & Piero. 9pm Flanagans (Frankston), Saturday Shenanigans with Fudge (Downstairs) & DJ Clay (Upstairs). 9pm Frankston Arts Centre (Frankston), The Class Of ‘59. 8pm Frankston RSL (Frankston), Yellow. 7:30pm Glacier Nightclub (Frankston), Push Saturdays (Name Tag Party feat. Guest DJ Reece Low & Residents). 9pm God’s Kitchen (Mornington), Austin Busch. 9pm Hapenny Bridge (Frankston), ‘Snow Saturdays’ (w DJ Scotty Van Rune & the Party People Crew). 9pm Hickinbotham of Dromana (Dromana), Nick Charles. 1pm Lazy Joes (Rosebud), Jay McLean. 7:30pm Maquay Restaurant (Hastings), Crescendo. 7pm Mentone Hotel (Mentone), Live Acoustic Music (Downstairs from 8pm) & 23 Past & DJ (from 10pm) Red Hill Showgrounds (Red Hills), Winter Wine Fest.11am Riviera Hotel (Seaford), Chris Doheny. 9:30pm Rosebud Hotel (Rosebud), Joe Laf. 7pm Rosebud Italian Club (Rosebud), Flashback. 7:30pm RoseGPO (Rosebud), Marty Williams & Steve Romig (8pm) Rye RSL (Rye), Munster Terrace. 8pm Social (Mornington), Old School DJs (feat. Clint Wood, Scott Gardner & Guests). 9:30pm T’Gallant Winery (Main Ridge), Christo & Andy. 12:30pm Westernport Hotel (Hastings), Cover Zone (Formula Lounge from 8:30pm) & Colin Dodds (Bistro from 6pm) SUNDAY JUNE 10TH – QUEENS B’DAY EVE Baha (Rye), Nick Barker. 3pm B’artiste (Frankston), ‘Play Like A Girl’ Showcase. 4pm Bay Hotel (Mordialloc), Matt Katsis (4pm) & Rav Thomas & The Machine (7:30) Bay Hotel (Mornington), Jimi Hocking (3pm) & ‘Sgt Slick & Slice n Dice’ (upstairs)(9pm) Box Stallion (Merricks North), Sim, Martin & Paul. 1pm Cafe One One Five (Mornington), James Marris. 1pm Carrum Bowling Club (Carrum), ‘Cool Sundays’. 1pm Chelsea Heights Hotel (Chelsea Heights), Hump Day Project Vs Wah Wah. 8pm Continental Hotel (Sorrento), Party Squad. 9pm Cove Hotel (Patterson Lakes), Simon Imrei. 2pm Daveys (Frankston), Rod Paine (Soultrain from 2pm) & Superfly DJs, Sammy Dred, Piero & Guests from 9pm Elgee Park Winery (Merricks North), 40th Anniversary Open Day feat. Live Jazz (Winter Wine Weekend). 11am

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Frogspond Vineyard (Red Hill), Live music from pianist ‘Tamara’ (Winter Wine Weekend). 11am God’s Kitchen (Mornington), Austin Busch. 4pm Harba (Mornington), Sarah Gardner. 5pm Heritage Tavern (Balnarring), Matt Dwyer. 3pm Hickinbotham (Dromana), Marty Williams. 1pm Longbeach Hotel (Chelsea), Dylan Boyd. 2pm Maquay Restaurant (Hastings), Paul Mercieca. 1pm Mentone Hotel (Mentone), Pearly Shells. 3pm M-Pen Brewery (Mornington), Blues Mountain Trio. 2pm Paringa Estate (Red Hill South), Peter Sullivan Band.11am Pier 10 (Shoreham), James Vincent. 12:30pm Pier Live (Frankston), Silverstein (in Pelly Bar). 7pm Portsea Hotel (Portsea), Traffic Light Snow Party. 7pm Red Hill Bakery (Balnarring), Red Hill Bakery Boys. 1pm Ranelagh Club (Mt Eliza), Live Music. 4pm Rye Wine Lounge (Rye), Rob Papp. 4pm Sorrento-Portsea RSL (Sorrento), Mojo Pearls. 4pm Stumpy Gully Vineyard (Moorooduc), Live Music. 11am T’Gallant Winery (Main Ridge), Chris F. 12:30pm Westernport Hotel (Hastings), Colin Dodds (Bistro). 12pm Willow Creek Vineyard (Merricks North), Live Music.11am MONDAY JUNE 11TH – QUEEN’S B’DAY Box Stallion (Merricks), RobPapp & DonnaMcConville.1pm Coast (Blairgowrie), Lisa Bade & Tony Byrne. 3pm Harba (Mornington), Muso Night (upstairs). 8pm WEDNESDAY JUNE 13TH Balnarring Hall (Balnarring), Muso Night. 9pm Beaches (Mornington), Karaoke Kool. 9pm Chelsea Heights Hotel (Chelsea Heights), The Hump Day Project (w Resident DJs). 9pm THURSDAY JUNE 14TH Bay Hotel (Mornington), ‘Plugged In’ Showcase. 8pm Beaches (Mornington), Momentum. 9pm Chelsea Heights Hotel (Chelsea Heights), Wendy Matthews. 8pm Flanagans (Frankston), DJs & Bedrock. 8pm Frankston Arts Centre (Frankston), David Campbell. 7pm Maquay Restaurant (Hastings), Frankie Stevens. 7pm Mentone Hotel (Mentone), Milan. 7pm Rye RSL (Rye), Silhouettes. 8pm Sands Hotel (Carrum Downs), Fudge. 8pm Westernport Hotel (Hastings), Jenny (Formula Bar). 9pm FRIDAY JUNE 15TH Backyard Bar (Mornington), James Gowans. 9pm

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Baha (Rye), Ganga Giri. 9:30pm Bay Hotel (Mordialloc), 2AM Duo. 9pm Bay Hotel (Mornington), FriBays presents the Best DJs each week (Upstairs) & Cornerpocket (Downstairs). 9pm Beaches (Mornington), $ingle Income. 9pm Berettas Hotel (Langwarrin), Rob & Tarquin. 9pm Daveys (Frankston), Bayside Over 28s. 9pm Frankston Arts Centre (F’ston), Van Morrison Tribute. 8pm Frankston RSL (Frankston), Man In The Mirror (MJ). 7pm Glacier (Frankston), Q Fridays (2-Pac B’day Tribute). 9pm God’s Kitchen (Mornington), Rhys Crimmin. 9pm Grand Hotel (Frankston), Chris Griffiths. 6pm Harba (Mornington), Joel Wheeler & Bosley. 8pm Maquay Restaurant (Hastings), Felicia Parisi. 7pm Mentone Hotel (Mentone), David Huxable (5pm-7pm) & Baby Johns (from 7pm) Portsea Hotel (Portsea), Live Music. 7pm Raffles Boutique Beer & Cider Bar @Mornington On Tanti (Mornington), Liz Bradley. 8pm Rosebud Hotel (Rosebud), Fudge. 10pm Social (Mornington), Friday 5’s with Simon Imrei (5-7pm) & DJ Matt Horner from 9:30pm Trims (McCrae), Rob Papp. 6:30pm Westernport Hotel (Hastings), Karaoke & PK DJ. 9pm

SATURDAY JUNE 16TH B’artiste (Frankston), Wild Crazy Music Party Night. 9pm Baha (Rye), Claude Hay. 9:30pm Bay Hotel (Mordialloc), Infusion. 9:30pm Bay Hotel (Mornington), DC Saturdays (w DJ Chris P) and Rob & Tarquin live (Downstairs). 9:30pm Beaches (Mornington), Shazam. 9pm Continental Hotel (Sorrento), DJ Lowkiss, DJ Adam V, DJ Phill Isa & DJs Pete & Niki D. 9pm Cruze Club @The Grand Hotel (Mornington), Weekly headliner & local DJs (check Facebook for details). 9pm Daveys (Frankston), Superfly DJs, Sam Dred & Piero. 9pm Flanagans (Frankston), Saturday Shenanigans with Fudge (Downstairs) & DJ Clay (Upstairs). 9pm Frankston RSL (Frankston), Cover To Cover. 7:30pm Glacier Nightclub (Frankston), Push Saturdays. 9pm God’s Kitchen (Mornington), T-Dub. 9pm Hapenny Bridge (Frankston), ‘Snow Saturdays’ (w DJ Scotty Van Rune & the Party People Crew). 9pm Lazy Joes (Rosebud), The McCraes. 7:30pm Maquay Restaurant (Hastings), Crescendo. 7pm Mentone Hotel (Mentone), Live Acoustic Music (Downstairs from 8pm) & 23 Past & DJ (from 10pm) Pier Live (Frankston), 360 (Underage 1pm & 18+ 8:30pm)

Riviera Hotel (Seaford), Chris Doheny. 9:30pm Rosebud Hotel (Rosebud), Joe Laf. 7pm Rye RSL (Rye), Vincents. 8pm Social (Mornington), DJ Scott Gardner. 9:30pm Sorrento-Portsea RSL (Sorrento), Holy Cow. 7pm T’Gallant Winery (Main Ridge), Austin Brady. 12:30pm Westernport Hotel (Hastings), Mark Hughes (Formula Lounge from 9pm) & Colin Dodds (Bistro from 6pm) West Rosebud Bowls Club (West Rosebud), Fender Benders @Rosebud Rockers. 7pm

SUNDAY JUNE 17TH B’artiste (Frankston), Emerging Artist Showcase. 5pm Bay Hotel (Mordialloc), Phil Para (4pm) & Rav Thomas & The Machine (7:30) Bay Hotel (Mornington), Bo Jenkins. 3pm Box Stallion Winery (Merricks North), Steve Warner. 1pm Coast (Blairgowrie), Pete Miller & Rob Kirk. 3pm Cove Hotel (Patterson Lakes), Simon Imrei. 2pm Daveys (Frankston), Hanks Jalopy Demons (Soultrain).2pm Frankston RSL (Frankston), Captain Spalding. 2:30pm God’s Kitchen (Mornington), Rhys Crimmin. 4pm Harba (Mornington), Sarah Gardner. 5pm Heritage Tavern (Balnarring), Holy Cow. 3pm Hickinbotham of Dromana (Dromana), The McCraes. 1pm Longbeach Hotel (Chelsea), Dylan Boyd. 2pm Maquay Restaurant (Hastings), Paul Mercieca. 1pm Mentone Hotel (Mentone), Jimi Hocking. 3pm Morn Pen Brewery (Mornington), Danny Burton. 2pm Pier 10 (Shoreham), Shani. 12:30pm Ranelagh Club (Mt Eliza), Live Music. 4pm Red Hill Bakery (Balnarring), Red Hill Bakery Boys. 1pm Sorrento-Portsea RSL (Sorrento), Dave Walker ’52 Songs’ Showcase. 4pm T’Gallant Winery (Main Ridge), Romajanco. 12:30pm Westernport Hotel (Hastings), Colin Dodds (Bistro). 12pm MONDAY JUNE 18TH Harba (Mornington), Muso Night (upstairs). 8pm WEDNESDAY JUNE 20TH Baha (Rye), Peninsula Songriders Club (Muso Night). 9pm Beaches (Mornington), Karaoke Kool. 9pm Chelsea Heights Hotel (Chelsea Heights), The Hump Day Project (w Resident DJs). 9pm THURSDAY JUNE 21ST Bay Hotel (Mornington), ‘Plugged In’ Showcase. 8pm Beaches (Mornington), Dirty Boogie Band. 9pm

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musicians or venues email your FREE listing to gigguide@pearlmag.com.au by JULY 18 for inclusion in next issue Flanagans (Frankston), DJs & Bedrock. 8pm Maquay Restaurant (Hastings), Frankie Stevens. 7pm Mentone Hotel (Mentone), Milan. 7pm Rye RSL (Rye), Chordettes. 8pm Sands Hotel (Carrum Downs), Fudge. 8pm FRIDAY JUNE 22ND Backyard Bar (Mornington), James Gowans. 9pm Baha (Rye), Max Savage. 9:30pm B’artiste (Frankston), Brad Kennedy’s Variety Night. 7pm Bay Hotel (Mordialloc), 2AM Duo. 9pm Bay Hotel (Mornington), FriBays presents the Best DJs each week (Upstairs) & Cornerpocket (Downstairs). 9pm Beaches (Mornington), Copyrite. 9pm Berettas Hotel (Langwarrin), Rob & Tarquin. 9pm Daveys (Frankston), Bayside Over 28s. 9pm Frankston RSL (Frankston), Thunder Road (Bruce Springsteen Tribute). 7pm Glacier Nightclub (Frankston), Q Fridays. 9pm God’s Kitchen (Mornington), Hussy Hicks. 9pm Grand Hotel (Frankston), Chris Griffiths. 6pm Harba (Mornington), Joel Wheeler & Bosley. 8pm Maquay Restaurant (Hastings), Felicia Parisi. 7pm Mentone Hotel (Mentone), Live Music from 5pm Pier Live (Frankston), British India (in Pelly Bar). 8pm Portsea Hotel (Portsea), Live Music. 7pm Raffles Boutique Beer & Cider Bar @Mornington On Tanti (Mornington), Simon Imrei. 8pm Rosebud Hotel (Rosebud), Fudge. 10pm RoseGPO (Rosebud), Steve Romig ‘James Taylor’ Tribute.

Social (Mornington), Friday 5’s with Simon Imrei (5-7pm) & DJ Matt Horner from 9:30pm Somerville Hotel (Somerville), The Australian Robbie Williams Show ‘The Ego Has Landed’. 8:30pm Trims (McCrae), The Warrains. 6:30pm Westernport Hotel (Hastings), Karaoke & PK DJ. 9pm SATURDAY JUNE 23RD Baha (Rye), Marshal & The Fro. 9:30pm Bay Hotel (Mordialloc), Grip. 9:30pm Bay Hotel (Mornington), DC Saturdays (w DJ Chris P) and Rob & Tarquin live (Downstairs). 9:30pm Beaches (Mornington), Hard Cover. 9pm Chelsea Heights Hotel (Chelsea Heights), Brian Cadd & Russell Morris. 8pm Continental Hotel (Sorrento), DJ Lowkiss, DJ Adam V, DJ Phill Isa & DJs Pete & Niki D. 9pm Cruze Club @The Grand Hotel (Mornington), Weekly headliner & local DJs (check Facebook for details). 9pm

Daveys (Frankston), Superfly DJs, Sam Dred & Piero. 9pm Flanagans (Frankston), Saturday Shenanigans with Fudge (Downstairs) & DJ Clay (Upstairs). 9pm Frankston RSL (Frankston), Craig Dare. 7:30pm Glacier Nightclub (Frankston), Push Saturdays (CD Giveaway – Mixed by Apocalypto, and Residents). 9pm God’s Kitchen (Mornington), T-Dub. 9pm Hapenny Bridge (Frankston), ‘Snow Saturdays’ (w DJ Scotty Van Rune & the Party People Crew). 9pm Lazy Joes (Rosebud), Jay McLean. 7:30pm Maquay Restaurant (Hastings), Crescendo. 7pm Mentone Hotel (Mentone), Live Acoustic Music (Downstairs from 8pm) & 23 Past & DJ (from 10pm) Riviera Hotel (Seaford), Chris Doheny. 9:30pm Rosebud Hotel (Rosebud), Joe Laf. 7pm RoseGPO (Rosebud), Rob Amato & Lorenzo. 8pm Rye RSL (Rye), Legend. 8pm Social (Mornington), DJ Scott Gardner. 9:30pm T’Gallant Winery (Main Ridge), Calmer Miles. 12:30pm Westernport Hotel (Hastings), Andy Wallace (Formula Lounge from 9pm) & Colin Dodds (Bistro from 6pm) SUNDAY JUNE 24TH Baha (Rye), Hussy Hicks. 3pm B’artiste (Frankston), Emerging Artist Showcase. 5pm Bay Hotel (Mordialloc), Shannon Bourne (4pm) & The Machine (7:30pm) Bay Hotel (Mornington), Shanakee. 3pm Box Stallion Winery (Merricks North), The Hornets. 1pm Cafe One One Five (Mornington), James Marris. 1pm Coast (Blairgowrie), Wilbur Wilde & TroubleMakers. 3pm Cove Hotel (Patterson Lakes), Simon Imrei. 2pm Daveys (Frankston), Phil Para (Sunday Soultrain). 2pm Frankston RSL (Frankston), Joe Galea Band. 2:30pm God’s Kitchen (Mornington), Kurt Gentle. 4pm Harba (Mornington), Bill & Eddie. 4pm Heritage Tavern (Balnarring), Mamma Sass. 3pm Hickinbotham of Dromana (Dromana), The Warrains. 1pm Longbeach Hotel (Chelsea), Dylan Boyd. 2pm Maquay Restaurant (Hastings), Paul Mercieca. 1pm Mentone Hotel (Mentone), Phil Manning. 3pm Morn Pen Brewery (Mornington), Pierce Brothers. 2pm Pier 10 (Shoreham), Jay McLean. 12:30pm Ranelagh Club (Mt Eliza), Live Music. 4pm Red Hill Bakery (Balnarring), Red Hill Bakery Boys. 1pm Sorrento-Portsea RSL (Sorrento), ‘Live & Local’. 4pm T’Gallant Winery (Main Ridge), Weeping Willows. 12:30pm Trims (McCrae), The Usual Suspects. 1pm Westernport Hotel (Hastings), Colin Dodds (Bistro). 12pm

MONDAY JUNE 25TH Harba (Mornington), Muso Night (upstairs). 8pm WEDNESDAY JUNE 27TH Balnarring Hall (Balnarring), Muso Night. 9pm Beaches (Mornington), Karaoke Kool. 9pm Chelsea Heights Hotel (Chelsea Heights), The Hump Day Project (w Resident DJs). 9pm THURSDAY JUNE 28TH Bay Hotel (Mornington), ‘Plugged In’ Showcase. 8pm Beaches (Mornington), Momentum. 9pm Flanagans (Frankston), DJs & Bedrock. 8pm Frankston Arts Centre (Frankston), Celtic Divas. 8pm Maquay Restaurant (Hastings), Frankie Stevens. 7pm Mentone Hotel (Mentone), Milan. 7pm Morn Pen Brewery (Mornington), Open Vinyl Night. 7pm Rye RSL (Rye), Silhouettes. 8pm Sands Hotel (Carrum Downs), Fudge. 8pm Westernport Hotel (Hastings), Jenny (Formula Bar). 9pm FRIDAY JUNE 29TH Atrium (Safety Beach), Club Creole. 8pm Backyard Bar (Mornington), James Gowans. 9pm B’artiste (Frankston), Merci Trio. 8pm Baha (Rye), Brow Horn Orchestra. 9:30pm Bay Hotel (Mordialloc), 2AM Duo. 9pm Bay Hotel (Mornington), FriBays presents the Best DJs each week (Upstairs) & Cornerpocket (Downstairs). 9pm Beaches (Mornington), Tres Hombres. 9pm Berettas Hotel (Langwarrin), Rob & Tarquin. 9pm Daveys (Frankston), Bayside Over 28s. 9pm Glacier Nightclub (Frankston), Q Fridays (DJ SEF). 9pm God’s Kitchen (Mornington), Rhys Crimmin. 9pm Grand Hotel (Frankston), Chris Griffiths. 6pm Harba (Mornington), Joel Wheeler & Bosley. 8pm Maquay Restaurant (Hastings), Felicia Parisi. 7pm Mentone Hotel (Mentone), Live Music. From 5pm) Portsea Hotel (Portsea), Live Music. 7pm Raffles Boutique Beer & Cider Bar @Mornington On Tanti (Mornington), Simon Imrei. 8pm Rosebud Hotel (Rosebud), Fudge. 10pm Social (Mornington), Friday 5’s with Simon Imrei (5-7pm) & DJ Matt Horner from 9:30pm Trims (McCrae), Nowra. 6:30pm Westernport Hotel (Hastings), Karaoke & PK DJ. 9pm SATURDAY JUNE 30TH Baha (Rye), Peace Pai & Celphysh. 9:30pm

Bay Hotel (Mordialloc), The Requestadors. 9:30pm Bay Hotel (Mornington), DC Saturdays (w DJ Chris P) and Rob & Tarquin live (Downstairs). 9:30pm Beaches (Mornington), $ingle Income. 9pm Continental Hotel (Sorrento), DJ Lowkiss, DJ Adam V, DJ Phill Isa & DJs Pete & Niki D. 9pm Cranbourne Public Hall (Cranbourne), Rock n Roll Fundraiser (feat. Frankie Stevens). 8pm Cruze Club @The Grand Hotel (Mornington), Weekly headliner & local DJs (check Facebook for details). 9pm Daveys (Frankston), Superfly DJs, Sam Dred & Piero. 9pm Flanagans (Frankston), Saturday Shenanigans with Fudge (Downstairs) & DJ Clay (Upstairs). 9pm Frankston RSL (Frankston), Dance Fever. 7:30pm Glacier Nightclub (Frankston), Push Saturdays (feat. Guest DJs SLICE n DICE & Residents). 9pm God’s Kitchen (Mornington), T-Dub. 9pm Hapenny Bridge (Frankston), ‘Snow Saturdays’ (w DJ Scotty Van Rune & the Party People Crew). 9pm Lazy Joes (Rosebud), Elvis Tribute Show Maquay Restaurant (Hastings), Crescendo. 7pm Mentone Hotel (Mentone), Live Acoustic Music (Downstairs from 8pm) & 23 Past & DJ (from 10pm) Riviera Hotel (Seaford), Chris Doheny. 9:30pm Rosebud Hotel (Rosebud), Joe Laf. 7pm RoseGPO (Rosebud), James Vincent Trio. 8pm Rye RSL (Rye), Replica. 8pm Social (Mornington), DJ Scott Gardner. 9:30pm T’Gallant Winery (Main Ridge), Christo & Andy. 12:30pm Westernport Hotel (Hastings), Andy Wallace (Formula Lounge from 9pm) & Colin Dodds (Bistro from 6pm) SUNDAY JULY 1ST B’artiste (Frankston), Emerging Artist Showcase. 5pm Bay Hotel (Mordialloc), Jimi Hocking (4pm) & Rav Thomas & The Machine (7:30pm) Bay Hotel (Mornington), Michael Spiby. 3pm Coast (Blairgowrie), Kathy, Steve & Leigh. 3pm Cove Hotel (Patterson Lakes), Simon Imrei. 2pm Daveys (Frankston), Geoff Achison & The Souldiggers.2pm God’s Kitchen (Mornington), Zevon. 4pm Harba (Mornington), Sarah Gardner. 5pm Heritage Tavern (Balnarring), Paul Barry. 3pm Hickinbotham of Dromana (Dromana), Tom Rule. 1pm Longbeach Hotel (Chelsea), Dylan Boyd. 2pm Maquay Restaurant (Hastings), Paul Mercieca. 1pm Mentone Hotel (Mentone), Live Blues Music. 3pm Morn Pen Brewery (Mornington), The McCraes. 2pm Pier 10 (Shoreham), James Vincent. 12:30pm

Red Hill Bakery (Balnarring), Red Hill Bakery Boys. 1pm Sorrento-Portsea RSL (Sorrento), ‘Live & Local’. 4pm T’Gallant Winery (Main Ridge), Lindsay Fields. 12:30pm Westernport Hotel (Hastings), Colin Dodds (Bistro). 12pm MONDAY JULY 2ND Harba (Mornington), Muso Night (upstairs). 8pm WEDNESDAY JULY 4TH Baha (Rye), Peninsula Songriders Club (Muso Night). 9pm Beaches (Mornington), Karaoke Kool. 9pm Chelsea Heights Hotel (Chelsea Heights), The Hump Day Project (w Resident DJs). 9pm THURSDAY JULY 5TH Bay Hotel (Mornington), ‘Plugged In’ Showcase. 8pm Beaches (Mornington), Dirty Boogie Band. 9pm Flanagans (Frankston), DJs & Bedrock. 8pm Maquay Restaurant (Hastings), Frankie Stevens. 7pm Mentone Hotel (Mentone), Milan. 7pm Rye RSL (Rye), Tru Tones. 8pm Sands Hotel (Carrum Downs), Fudge. 8pm FRIDAY JULY 6TH Backyard Bar (Mornington), James Gowans. 9pm Baha (Rye), Bearded Gypsy Band & Dan Champagne.9pm Bay Hotel (Mordialloc), 2AM Duo. 9pm Bay Hotel (Mornington), FriBays presents the Best DJs each week (Upstairs) & Cornerpocket (Downstairs). 9pm Beaches (Mornington), Two Phase. 9pm Berettas Hotel (Langwarrin), Rob & Tarquin. 9pm Daveys (Frankston), Bayside Over 28s. 9pm Glacier Nightclub (Frankston), Q Fridays. 9pm God’s Kitchen (Mornington), Live Music. 9pm Grand Hotel (Frankston), Chris Griffiths. 6pm Harba (Mornington), Joel Wheeler & Bosley. 8pm Lazy Joes (Rosebud), Paul Barry. 7:30pm Maquay Restaurant (Hastings), Felicia Parisi. 7pm Mentone Hotel (Mentone), Live Music from 5pm.

Pier Live (Frankston), Sydonia (in Pelly Bar). 7pm Portsea Hotel (Portsea), Live Music. 7pm Raffles Boutique Beer & Cider Bar @Mornington On Tanti (Mornington), Simon Imrei. 8pm Rosebud Hotel (Rosebud), Fudge. 10pm Rye RSL (Rye), Funhouse Pink Tribute (7pm) Trims (McCrae), Ikarii. 6:30pm Social (Mornington), Friday 5’s with Simon Imrei (5-7pm) & DJ Matt Horner from 9:30pm Westernport Hotel (Hastings), Karaoke & PK DJ. 9pm

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GIGS • DJ’S • MUSIC june 7 - August 2 SATURDAY JULY 7TH Bay Hotel (Mordialloc), Local Live Music. 9:30pm Bay Hotel (Mornington), DC Saturdays (w DJ Chris P) and Rob & Tarquin live (Downstairs). 9:30pm Beaches (Mornington), DJ Lis. 9pm Continental Hotel (Sorrento), DJ Lowkiss, DJ Adam V, DJ Phill Isa & DJs Pete & Niki D. 9pm Cruze Club @The Grand Hotel (Mornington), Weekly headliner & local DJs (check Facebook for details). 9pm Daveys (Frankston), Superfly DJs, Sam Dred & Piero.9pm Flanagans (Frankston), Saturday Shenanigans with Fudge (Downstairs) & DJ Clay (Upstairs). 9pm Frankston RSL (Frankston), Frankie Stevens. 7:30pm Glacier Nightclub (Frankston), Fresh Saturdays LAUNCH (feat. 2 rooms of DJs & party chaos!). 9pm God’s Kitchen (Mornington), T-Dub. 9pm Hapenny Bridge (Frankston), ‘Snow Saturdays’ (w DJ Scotty Van Rune & the Party People Crew). 9pm Lazy Joes (Rosebud), Jay McLean. 7:30pm Maquay Restaurant (Hastings), Crescendo. 7pm Mentone Hotel (Mentone), Live Acoustic Music (Downstairs from 8pm) & 23 Past & DJ (from 10pm) Riviera Hotel (Seaford), Chris Doheny. 9:30pm Rosebud Hotel (Rosebud), Joe Laf. 7pm Rye RSL (Rye), Cover Up. 8pm Social (Mornington), DJ Scott Gardner. 9:30pm Sorrento-Portsea RSL (Sorrento), Shanakee. 8:30pm T’Gallant Winery (Main Ridge), Calmer Miles. 12:30pm Westernport Hotel (Hastings), Andy Wallace (Formula Lounge from 9pm) & Colin Dodds (Bistro from 6pm) SUNDAY JULY 8TH Bay Hotel (Mordialloc), Marissa Quigley (4pm) & Rav Thomas & The Machine (7:30pm) Bay Hotel (Mornington), Jimi Hocking. 3pm Cafe One One Five (Mornington), James Marris. 1pm Carrum Bowling Club (Carrum), ‘Cool Sundays’. 1pm Coast (Blairgowrie), Lisa Bade & Tony Byrne. 3pm Cove Hotel (Patterson Lakes), Simon Imrei. 2pm Daveys (Frankston), Spoonful (Sunday Soultrain). 2pm God’s Kitchen (Mornington), Kurt Gentle. 4pm Harba (Mornington), Sarah Gardner. 5pm Heritage Tavern (Balnarring), Bag a Nails. 3pm Hickinbotham of Dromana (Dromana), Live Music. 1pm Longbeach Hotel (Chelsea), Dylan Boyd. 2pm Maquay Restaurant (Hastings), Paul Mercieca. 1pm Mentone Hotel (Mentone), Live Blues Music. 3pm M-Pen Brewery (Mornington), Blues Mountain Trio. 2pm Pier 10 (Shoreham), Shani. 12:30pm Red Hill Bakery (Balnarring), Red Hill Bakery Boys. 1pm Sorrento-Portsea RSL (Sorrento), ‘Live & Local’. 4pm T’Gallant Winery (Main Ridge), Austin Brady. 12:30pm Westernport Hotel (Hastings), Colin Dodds (Bistro). 12pm MONDAY JULY 9TH Harba (Mornington), Muso Night (upstairs). 8pm TUESDAY JULY 10TH Chelsea Heights Hotel (Chelsea Heights), Man In The Mirror (Tribute). 10am Frankston Arts Centre (Frankston), Gene Peterson. 7pm WEDNESDAY JULY 11TH Balnarring Hall (Balnarring), Muso Night. 9pm Chelsea Heights Hotel (Chelsea Heights), The Hump Day Project (w Resident DJs). 9pm Somerville Hotel (Somerville), ‘The Beat Goes On’ with Darryl Cotton, Wendy Stapleton & Paul Norton. 11:30am THURSDAY JULY 12TH Bay Hotel (Mornington), ‘Plugged In’ Showcase. 8pm Beaches (Mornington), Momentum. 9pm Flanagans (Frankston), DJs & Bedrock. 8pm Maquay Restaurant (Hastings), Frankie Stevens. 7pm

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Mentone Hotel (Mentone), Milan. 7pm Rye RSL (Rye), Silhouettes. 8pm Sands Hotel (Carrum Downs), Fudge. 8pm FRIDAY JULY 13TH Atrium (Safety Beach), The Original Mustangs. 8pm Backyard Bar (Mornington), James Gowans. 9pm Baha (Rye), Kira Piru. 9:30pm Bay Hotel (Mordialloc), 2AM Duo. 9pm Bay Hotel (Mornington), FriBays presents the Best DJs each week (Upstairs) & Cornerpocket (Downstairs). 9pm Beaches (Mornington), $ingle Income. 9pm Berettas Hotel (Langwarrin), Rob & Tarquin. 9pm Daveys (Frankston), Bayside Over 28s. 9pm Glacier Nightclub (Frankston), Q Fridays (RnB). 9pm God’s Kitchen (Mornington), El Moth. 9pm Grand Hotel (Frankston), Chris Griffiths. 6pm Harba (Mornington), Joel Wheeler & Bosley. 8pm Maquay Restaurant (Hastings), Felicia Parisi. 7pm Mentone Hotel (Mentone), Live Music from 5pm Portsea Hotel (Portsea), Live Music. 7pm Raffles Boutique Beer & Cider Bar @Mornington On Tanti (Mornington), Maddison Wilson. 8pm Rosebud Hotel (Rosebud), Fudge. 10pm Trims (McCrae), Paul Barry. 6:30pm Social (Mornington), Friday 5’s with Simon Imrei (5-7pm) & DJ Matt Horner from 9:30pm Westernport Hotel (Hastings), Karaoke & PK DJ. 9pm SATURDAY JULY 14TH Baha (Rye), El Moth. 9:30pm Bay Hotel (Mordialloc), Local Live Music. 9:30pm Bay Hotel (Mornington), DC Saturdays (w DJ Chris P) and Rob & Tarquin live (Downstairs). 9:30pm Beaches (Mornington), Size Matters. 9pm Continental Hotel (Sorrento), DJ Lowkiss, DJ Adam V, DJ Phill Isa & DJs Pete & Niki D. 9pm Cruze Club @The Grand Hotel (Mornington), Weekly headliner & local DJs (check Facebook for details). 9pm Daveys (Frankston), Superfly DJs, Sam Dred & Piero.9pm Flanagans (Frankston), Saturday Shenanigans with Fudge (Downstairs) & DJ Clay (Upstairs). 9pm Frankston Arts Centre (Frankston), ‘Roy O’ Tribute. 8pm Frankston RSL (Frankston), Yellow. 7:30pm Glacier Nightclub (Frankston), Fresh Saturdays. 9pm God’s Kitchen (Mornington), T-Dub. 9pm Hapenny Bridge (Frankston), ‘Snow Saturdays’ (w DJ Scotty Van Rune & the Party People Crew). 9pm Lazy Joes (Rosebud), Blues Brothers Tribute Show Maquay Restaurant (Hastings), Crescendo. 7pm Mentone Hotel (Mentone), Live Acoustic Music (Downstairs from 8pm) & 23 Past & DJ (from 10pm) Riviera Hotel (Seaford), Chris Doheny. 9:30pm Rosebud Hotel (Rosebud), Maddison Wilson. 7pm Rye RSL (Rye), Mister Meaner. 8pm Social (Mornington), DJ Scott Gardner. 9:30pm T’Gallant Winery (Main Ridge), Romajanco. 12:30pm Westernport Hotel (Hastings), Cover Zone (Formula Lounge from 8:30pm) & Colin Dodds (Bistro from 6pm) SUNDAY JULY 15TH Bay Hotel (Mordialloc), Phil Para (4pm) & Rav Thomas & The Machine (7:30pm) Bay Hotel (Mornington), Geoff Achison. 3pm Box Stallion Winery (Merricks North), The McCraes. 1pm Coast (Blairgowrie), Wendy Stapleton, Paul Norton & Michael Cristiano. 3pm Cove Hotel (Patterson Lakes), Simon Imrei. 2pm Daveys (Frankston), Dirty Boogie Band (Soultrain). 2pm God’s Kitchen (Mornington), Austin Busch. 4pm Harba (Mornington), Sarah Gardner. 5pm Heritage Tavern (Balnarring), Marky D & Mates. 3pm Hickinbotham of Dromana (Dromana), Lucie Thorne & Jo Jo Smith. 1pm

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Longbeach Hotel (Chelsea), Dylan Boyd. 2pm Maquay Restaurant (Hastings), Paul Mercieca. 1pm Mentone Hotel (Mentone), Live Blues Music. 3pm Morn Pen Brewery (Mornington), Danny Burton. 2pm Pier 10 (Shoreham), James Vincent. 12:30pm Red Hill Bakery (Balnarring), Red Hill Bakery Boys. 1pm Sorrento-Portsea RSL (Sorrento), ‘Live & Local’. 4pm T’Gallant Winery (Main Ridge), Lindsay Fields. 12:30pm Westernport Hotel (Hastings), Colin Dodds (Bistro). 12pm MONDAY JULY 16TH Harba (Mornington), Muso Night (upstairs). 8pm WEDNESDAY JULY 18TH Baha (Rye), Peninsula Songriders Club (Muso Night). 9pm Chelsea Heights Hotel (Chelsea Heights), The Hump Day Project (w Resident DJs). 9pm

THURSDAY JULY 19TH Bay Hotel (Mornington), ‘Plugged In’ Showcase. 8pm Beaches (Mornington), Dirty Boogie Band. 9pm Flanagans (Frankston), DJs & Bedrock. 8pm Maquay Restaurant (Hastings), Frankie Stevens. 7pm Mentone Hotel (Mentone), Milan. 7pm Rye RSL (Rye), Chordettes. 8pm Sands Hotel (Carrum Downs), Fudge. 8pm FRIDAY JULY 20TH Backyard Bar (Mornington), James Gowans. 9pm Baha (Rye), Howlin Steamtrain. 9:30pm Bay Hotel (Mordialloc), 2AM Duo. 9pm Bay Hotel (Mornington), FriBays presents Australia’s Best DJs on rotation every week (Upstairs) & Cornerpocket (Downstairs). 9pm Beaches (Mornington), Two Phase. 9pm Berettas Hotel (Langwarrin), Rob & Tarquin. 9pm Daveys (Frankston), Bayside Over 28s. 9pm Frankston RSL (Frankston), Babba (ABBA Tribute). 7pm Glacier Nightclub (Frankston), Q Fridays (feat. DJs Benny Watt, DeCruze & Juzzy). 9pm God’s Kitchen (Mornington), Live Music. 9pm Grand Hotel (Frankston), Chris Griffiths. 6pm Harba (Mornington), Joel Wheeler & Bosley. 8pm Maquay Restaurant (Hastings), Felicia Parisi. 7pm Mentone Hotel (Mentone), Live Music from 5pm Portsea Hotel (Portsea), Live Music. 7pm Raffles Boutique Beer & Cider Bar @Mornington On Tanti (Mornington), Maddison Wilson. 8pm Rosebud Hotel (Rosebud), Fudge. 10pm Somerville Hotel (Somerville), Oz Bon Jovi Show. 8pm Trims (McCrae), Rob Papp. 6:30pm Social (Mornington), Friday 5’s with Simon Imrei (57pm) & DJ Matt Horner from 9:30pm Westernport Hotel (Hastings), Karaoke & PK DJ. 9pm SATURDAY JULY 21ST Bay Hotel (Mordialloc), Local Live Music. 9:30pm Bay Hotel (Mornington), DC Saturdays (w DJ Chris P) and Rob & Tarquin live (Downstairs). 9:30pm Beaches (Mornington), Shazam. 9pm Continental Hotel (Sorrento), DJ Lowkiss, DJ Adam V, DJ Phill Isa & DJs Pete & Niki D. 9pm Cruze Club @The Grand Hotel (Mornington), Weekly headliner & local DJs (check Facebook for details). 9pm Daveys (Frankston), Superfly DJs, Sam Dred & Piero.9pm Flanagans (Frankston), Saturday Shenanigans with Fudge (Downstairs) & DJ Clay (Upstairs). 9pm Frankston RSL (Frankston), Club Tequila. 7:30pm Glacier Nightclub (Frankston), Fresh Saturdays. 9pm God’s Kitchen (Mornington), T-Dub. 9pm Hapenny Bridge (Frankston), ‘Snow Saturdays’ (w DJ Scotty Van Rune & the Party People Crew). 9pm

Lazy Joes (Rosebud), Jay McLean. 7:30pm Maquay Restaurant (Hastings), Crescendo. 7pm Mentone Hotel (Mentone), Live Acoustic Music (Downstairs from 8pm) & 23 Past & DJ (from 10pm) Riviera Hotel (Seaford), Chris Doheny. 9:30pm Rosebud Hotel (Rosebud), Maddison Wilson. 7pm Rye RSL (Rye), Dalton Gang. 8pm Social (Mornington), DJ Scott Gardner. 9:30pm T’Gallant (Main Ridge), Weeping Willows. 12:30pm Westernport Hotel (Hastings), Andy Wallace (Formula Lounge from 8:30pm) & Colin Dodds (Bistro from 6pm) SUNDAY JULY 22ND Bay Hotel (Mordialloc), Geoff Achison (4pm) & Rav Thomas & The Machine (7:30pm) Bay Hotel (Mornington), Shanakee. 3pm Cafe One One Five (Mornington), James Marris. 1pm Coast (Blairgowrie), Lisa Bade & Tony Byrne. 3pm Cove Hotel (Patterson Lakes), Simon Imrei. 2pm Daveys (Frankston), Jimi Hocking (Sun Soultrain). 2pm Frankston RSL (Frankston), Captain Spalding. 7:30pm God’s Kitchen (Mornington), Rhys Crimmin & The Toms (Album Launch - Full Band). 4pm Harba (Mornington), Live Music. 5pm Hickinbotham (Dromana), Lachlan Bryan. 1pm Longbeach Hotel (Chelsea), Dylan Boyd. 2pm Maquay Restaurant (Hastings), Paul Mercieca. 1pm Mentone Hotel (Mentone), Live Blues Music. 3pm Morn Pen Brewery (Mornington), Ron Vincent. 2pm Pier 10 (Shoreham), Jay McLean. 12:30pm Red Hill Bakery (Balnarring), Red Hill Bakery Boys. 1pm Sorrento-Portsea RSL (Sorrento), ‘Live & Local’. 4pm T’Gallant (Main Ridge), Christo & Andy. 12:30pm Westernport Hotel (Hastings), Colin Dodds. 12pm MONDAY JULY 23RD Harba (Mornington), Muso Night (upstairs). 8pm TUESDAY JULY 24TH Frankston RSL (Frankston), Three Tenors Tribute. 10am WEDNESDAY JULY 25TH Balnarring Hall (Balnarring), Muso Night. 9pm Chelsea Heights Hotel (Chelsea Heights), The Hump Day Project (w Resident DJs). 9pm THURSDAY JULY 26TH Bay Hotel (Mornington), ‘Plugged In’ Showcase. 8pm Beaches (Mornington), Momentum. 9pm Flanagans (Frankston), DJs & Bedrock. 8pm Maquay Restaurant (Hastings), Frankie Stevens. 7pm Mentone Hotel (Mentone), Milan. 7pm Rye RSL (Rye), Tru Tones. 8pm Sands Hotel (Carrum Downs), Fudge. 8pm FRIDAY JULY 27TH Atrium (Safety Beach), Club Creole. 8pm Backyard Bar (Mornington), James Gowans. 9pm Baha (Rye), Dallas Frasca. 9:30pm Bay Hotel (Mordialloc), 2AM Duo. 9pm Bay Hotel (Mornington), FriBays presents Australia’s Best DJs on rotation every week (Upstairs) & Cornerpocket (Downstairs). 9pm Beaches (Mornington), $ingle Income. 9pm Berettas Hotel (Langwarrin), Rob & Tarquin. 9pm Daveys (Frankston), Bayside Over 28s. 9pm Glacier Nightclub (Frankston), Q Fridays. 9pm Grand Hotel (Frankston), Chris Griffiths. 6pm Harba (Mornington), Joel Wheeler & Bosley. 8pm Lazy Joes (Rosebud), Paul Barry. 7:30pm Maquay Restaurant (Hastings), Felicia Parisi. 7pm Mentone Hotel (Mentone), David Huxable (5pm-7pm) &

Baby Johns (from 7pm) Portsea Hotel (Portsea), Live Music. 7pm Raffles Boutique Beer & Cider Bar @Mornington On Tanti (Mornington), Maddison Wilson. 8pm Rosebud Hotel (Rosebud), Fudge. 10pm Social (Mornington), Friday 5’s with Simon Imrei (57pm) & DJ Matt Horner from 9:30pm Trims (McCrae), Mojo Pearls. 6:30pm Westernport Hotel (Hastings), Karaoke & PK DJ. 9pm SATURDAY JULY 28TH Bay Hotel (Mordialloc), Local Live Music. 9:30pm Bay Hotel (Mornington), DC Saturdays (w DJ Chris P) and Rob & Tarquin live (Downstairs). 9:30pm Beaches (Mornington), Two Can Do. 9pm Continental Hotel (Sorrento), DJ Lowkiss, DJ Adam V, DJ Phill Isa & DJs Pete & Niki D. 9pm Cruze Club @The Grand Hotel (Mornington), Weekly headliner & local DJs (check Facebook for details). 9pm Daveys (F’ston), Superfly DJs, Sam Dred & Piero. 9pm Flanagans (Frankston), Saturday Shenanigans with Fudge (Downstairs) & DJ Clay (Upstairs). 9pm Frankston RSL (Frankston), Cover To Cover. 7:30pm Glacier Nightclub (Frankston), Fresh Saturdays. 9pm God’s Kitchen (Mornington), T-Dub. 9pm Hapenny Bridge (Frankston), ‘Snow Saturdays’ (w DJ Scotty Van Rune & the Party People Crew). 9pm Lazy Joes (Rosebud), The Warrains (Full Band). 8pm Maquay Restaurant (Hastings), Crescendo. 7pm Mentone Hotel (Mentone), Live Acoustic Music (Downstairs from 8pm) & 23 Past & DJ (from 10pm) Riviera Hotel (Seaford), Chris Doheny. 9:30pm Rosebud Hotel (Rosebud), Maddison Wilson. 7pm Rye RSL (Rye), Sinatra & Minelli. 8pm Social (Mornington), DJ Scott Gardner. 9:30pm T’Gallant Winery (Main Ridge), Hetty Kate. 12:30pm Westernport Hotel (Hastings), Andy Wallace (Formula Lounge from 8:30pm) & Colin Dodds (Bistro from 6pm) SUNDAY JULY 29TH Bay Hotel (Mordialloc), Jarrah Thompson (4pm) & The Machine (7:30pm) Bay Hotel (Mornington), Phil Para. 3pm Box Stallion Winery (Merricks), Lindsay Field. 1pm Coast (Blairgowrie), Kathy, Steve & Leigh. 3pm Cove Hotel (Patterson Lakes), Simon Imrei. 2pm Daveys (Frankston), Matt Dwyer & The Little Big Band (Sunday Soultrain). 2pm God’s Kitchen (Mornington), Austin Busch. 4pm Harba (Mornington), Bill & Eddie. 5pm Hickinbotham of Dromana (Dromana), Live Music. 1pm Longbeach Hotel (Chelsea), Dylan Boyd. 2pm Maquay Restaurant (Hastings), Paul Mercieca. 1pm Mentone Hotel (Mentone), Live Blues Music. 3pm Morn Pen Brewery (Mornington), King Catfish. 2pm Pier 10 (Shoreham), Mojo Pearls. 12:30pm Red Hill Bakery (Balnarring), Red Hill Bakery Boys. 1pm Sorrento-Portsea RSL (Sorrento), ‘Live & Local’. 4pm T’Gallant Winery (Main Ridge), Chris F. 12:30pm Trims (McCrae), The Usual Suspects. 1pm Westernport Hotel (Hastings), Colin Dodds. 12pm MONDAY JULY 30TH Harba (Mornington), Muso Night (upstairs). 8pm WEDNESDAY AUGUST 1ST Baha (Rye), Peninsula Songriders Muso Night. 9pm Chelsea Heights Hotel (Chelsea Heights), The Hump Day Project (w Resident DJs). 9pm

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all over again in switch stance. The level has definitely stepped up and the grommies are killing it these days.

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SURF SKATE FMX SNOW

SURF, SKATE & INK

Interview Matty Taylor

Matty Taylor was born and raised on the Mornington Peninsula and spent his youth honing his skateboarding skills at the old Frankston skate park. Matty also found he had a natural flair for drawing and painting. These days Matty is one of the lucky people who are able to draw an income from their talents. Matty is a full-time tattooist and sponsored skater who does not mind getting his shred on in the surf too.

NAME: Matty Taylor AGE: 28 SPONSORS: Shednine, SRH Clothing, Hemley Skateboards.

YEARS SKATING: 14 YEARS SURFING: 20 YEARS TATTOOING: 6 LIVES: Melbourne WORKS: Expressive Designs Tattoo Studio PEARL: Your artwork oozes flair and a natural style. What types of art interest you and are there any artists that you admire, are inspired by or look up to?

TAYLOR: Growing up, I always loved my cartoons and comics.

Sketching characters on anything in front of me eventually led me to a scholarship to high school. So many artists that I look up to, don’t know where to start, but standouts would have to be the illustrations of MC Escher and the original style of street

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PEARL: How did you get your break and move into tattooing?

TAYLOR: I was lucky. I didn’t have a clue what to do for a crust. I never saw myself tattooing and I had no idea about the industry until a family friend and tattoo artist (Jeff A.) saw some of my artwork and was impressed. He basically took me on as his apprentice, having me watch over his shoulder, drawing custom designs, and eventually letting me have a go for myself.

PEARL: How does your surfing background influence your skating style?

TAYLOR: Tried skating as a kid; sucked hard! Used my board as a luge on hills. After a few years of surfing, my mates were all getting into skating. Having no licence I wasn’t able to get down the beach as much as I needed. I decided to try skating again.

Having the balance and side stance already dialled, I picked it up easily the next time. They both helped in my style; surfing helped me with the speed of bombing hills and carving around bowls and pools, and the skating led to me taking vertical drops or popping the fins out of the water.

PEARL: You’re one of the leading local skaters on the Peninsula. Who were your favourite skaters growing up?

TAYLOR: Being brought up on the beach watching my dad and uncle surf, I had no idea there was a world of skating out there.

On flat days we’d go to the Mornington Shed, or one of the many backyard ramps my dad’s mates had. I used to slide down the ramps while getting in their way, but they would have to be my heroes.

PEARL: Who are your favourite skaters now?

TAYLOR: Christian Hosoi, Lance Mountain, and Daewon Song.

PEARL: What do you think of the standard of the next generation of Peninsula skaters coming up? Are there any super talented skaters we should be looking out for?

TAYLOR: Skating is progressing more and more every day.

When I started, it was a big deal being able to do a kicky or olley up a few stairs. These days kids as young as 12 are flipping into grinds, flipping out, 10-trick combos - what the fark! And once they’ve mastered every trick in the book they start doing it

PEARL: Where can someone find you if they want a Matty Taylor tattoo?

TAYLOR: Expressive Design Tattoo Studio, Mentone, Victoria or find me on Facebook.

PEARL: Any final words?

TAYLOR: If I had my time again, I would do it all the same.

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GOOD SNOW, GOOD TUNES & GOOD VIBES IN GENERAL

UNDERAGE

SUCCESS OVERALL

The inaugural Underage Small Bowl Event has been held at Frankston Skate Park, with perfect weather and skating conditions contributing to a hugely successful day. More than 300 boys and girls from right across the Peninsula attended the May 20 event to see 30 competitors across their three respective age groups.

Some had traveled from the city and one from abroad, a Brazilian exchange student not only attending but competing in and winning the under-16 section. Other winners on the day were Jai McCoy in the under-12 section and Sam Owbridge in the 17-plus section. Sam Bishop picked up the Longest Grind Award and Matt Taylor the Biggest Air Award.

A profit of $600 from the event was donated to local YMCA skater James Moore, to be used to offset the travel costs of his trip to

Cambodia, where he will be teaching English to children and assisting on some building projects. The event organiser, Max FosterSwan, sincerely thanked the sponsors, which included Peninsula Sports Medicine Group, Trigger Bros, Fyve Skateboards, Hunter & Minx and Hoyts Cinemas Frankston, among others.

Without their support, Foster-Swan said, the event would not have been possible.

Keep an eye on the PEARL Facebook for any and all news on future events coming up in underage skating.

Ahoy snow freaks, and a cold phat welcome to the first days of winter! My name is DJ Eddy. Some of you I know real well and have shared a spa or ridden a lonely chairlift with, or you may have funked down to my tunes at Tracks parties at Bells or Quiksilver Pro Gala parties on the Goldy.

Or maybe you have spun out on the d-floor at Hotham General Store at one of my shows. Maybe you don’t know me at all and this hot winter poetry will be our first ride together. But no matter; I’ve got a rucksack full of tips for you snow fruitcakes to munch on, on ya way to Hotham or any other mountain you might slide down!

Queen’s Birthday is comin’ up – it’s not her birthday, just a cuppla dayz off to party hard - and in snow world it’s when the season starts. There is snow on the ground right now, so you can go for a slide rather than just getting crazy in the lodge. My style has always been “Ski All Day, Party All Night!”, which is like getting ya head into the crispy cold air after a mega night at a DJ Eddy Show or like havin’ a surf after a wet session at God’s Kitchen in the summer. It’s the best head treatment after a party.

I know I’ll rub against you snow freaks this winter, in the hills or on the funk floor, and I’m looking forward to it. I love new friends, & ones that will rock a spa party in the snow are my kinda ski freaks. Here are a cuppla tips for you nuts to get ya through the cold slap of winter.

1. Hot wine with spice and citrus is called gluewein. It’s good and will make you ski rad!

2. Monday nights at the General (at Hotham) is the DJ Eddy Show. All are welcome, as I’ve got a fresh deep dancehall and blipping beats, with a 240-volt massager to sooth ya parts for the next day in the pow.

3. See ya in the white faceshot that is SNOW!

Just arrived in store the New Kalision scooter bars from Kal Chandler

Love, DJ Eddy

The new range of Envy, Grit, Crisp, Madd Gear and custom Scooters, District decks and bars and the Vulture range of Scooter accessories, Penny Boards, Penny trucks and wheels.

Hoodies, T-shirts Snap Back Caps and Beanies scooters & skateboards

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reach something much richer, forceful and potent. Banjos, dobros and their untraditional hammer and chain have carried the intensity of their notorious live shows through the US, Canada, UK, Europe and of course all over Australia. Graveyard Train are not a country band; they are not a folk band; they are not punk band; they are not a vocal harmony band; they are not a psychedelic band. They are all of these and more - genuinely a band like no other you’ve seen. Make sure you’re up at Hotham to see them play as part of the launch tour for their new album Hollow.

Check out www.thegeneral.com.au to keep up to date with what’s on in entertainment, what’s on the menu and everything else happening over the 2012 snow season. For more info on Graveyard Train, head to www. facebook.com/graveyardtrain

IN THE SPA, WITH DJ EDDY

Drop In Scooter and Skateboards suppliers of all your Scooting and Skateboard needs now stock Winter Skate Clothing and Footwear.

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If you’re heading up to Mt Hotham this snow season and you’re wondering what to get up to when you’re off the slopes, you cannot go past The General for a complete dining, entertainment, accommodation and shopping experience.

Conveniently located next to the Big D, ‘The Genny’ is open for breakfast, lunch and dinner, with an extensive children’s menu. Its luxury accommodation includes self-contained twobedroom apartments boasting one of alpine Australia’s best views and giving you a little haven on top of the world during your stay.

Apartments are two-bedroom, two-level and sleep five people.

Perhaps the most enticing part of the package is The Genny’s two floors of winter entertainment. Bursting at the seams with happy and excited guests thrilling to live music, DJs and comedians, The General has something to keep everyone smiling on any night you feel like coming down. And it’s always free entry.

The catalogue of musical guests over June and July includes Benny Williams, Chris Cavill, Rhys Crimmin, Mike Elrington and El Moth, with some soul/funk nights in the mix alongside resident larrikin DJ Eddy. Also coming up a couple of days after we hit the streets are Cool Summer Festival headliners The Graveyard Train. Performing on the opening weekend (June 9), this six-piece horror country collective are storytellers who revel in the dark and macabre, but onstage

Just weeks ago, the Balnarring/Bittern Skate and BMX report was adopted by the Mornington Peninsula Shire Council, meaning the Balnarring Civic Precinct will be the location of a brand new skate park on the Peninsula!

After the decision, the next steps are being taken with designs being drawn up on layouts and facilities and the community and stakeholders able to have their say as well. Final costs will be determined once detailed design work has been completed, and construction is expected to start next financial year.

Stay tuned via the Mornington Shire website or by reading PEARL to hear all the latest on this much-needed facility for skaters, BMX and scooter riders in the Balnarring and broader area!

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GET ON YOUR BUS

Interview Caiden Fowler AGE: 22 LIVES: Blairgowrie SPONSORS: Billabong, Balin, Future Fins and Ozmosis DRIVES: Nissan Navara SOUNDS: Hip-hop, reggae, basically anything on Nick Davo’s computer DAY JOB: Working for my old man’s roofing company. I just became a desk muppet.

PEARL: Where was the first place you can remember surfing and how old were you?

FOWLER: That’s tough. I think probably ‘Gunna, and I was super young. I didn’t surf properly until maybe 12 PEARL: Who were your favourite surfers growing up and who are your favourites now?

FOWLER: Rob Machado and Kalani Robb were my favourites growing up. I still love those guys, but it’s hard to beat Andy Irons. RIP

PEARL: Where is your future dream surf trip, and why?

FOWLER: I’d love to get to Nias some time soon. That place looks insane.

PEARL: You towed into this wave with a jet ski earlier in the year. How long have you been towing in the surf, and who is your tow partner?

FOWLER: I really haven’t been towing for all that long, but it’s so much fun being out there on a ski. Good vibes! Lately I’ve been towing with Josh (Plans) Hallam, which has been good

times.

PEARL: What type of ski do you use?

FOWLER: Yamaha two-stroke.

PEARL: How long is your towrope?

FOWLER: I have no idea! I guess just your stock-standard towrope length, ha ha!

PEARL: Do you skate or snowboard?

FOWLER: I love having the odd roll every now and then. Snowboarding’s so fun, but I never get the chance.

PEARL: Any words of wisdom?

FOWLER: What was the best thing before sliced bread?

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PEARL: What do you prefer: a big barrel or a big air?

FOWLER: Airs are pretty rad, but nothing beats a good tube.

PEARL: Where was your best surf trip & why?

FOWLER: Mentawais boat trip for sure. We had pumping waves most days, everything from barrels to the most rippable waves ever!

Shed Nine will be offering the services of its bus for many snow bus trips throughout the 2012 snow season, some heading to Mt Buller and some to Mt Hotham.

The regular Mt Buller snow bus will be ready to go most weekends during the season, although trips are weather and snow-dependent. The 12seat express mini-bus is a bargain at $75, which is Melbourne’s best price on a shuttle to and from the snow. The price also includes the $15 mountain entry fee. Departing from the Shed Nine store at 4.30am, there will be pick-ups along the Nepean Highway to Frankston before its express route to Mt Buller.

Catering for all ages, the Shed Nine Buller Express Snow Bus aims to travel up the mountain for the best snow and weather conditions, so if conditions are less than suitable the fee will be postponed/refunded to make sure you get bang for your buck.

In addition, this season Shed Nine will be running a couple of overnight trips and a threeday mid-week trip to Mt Hotham, in association with the kind folks at The General Hotel. The General has offered VIP treatment and solid discounts on accommodation, dinner and drinks for all passengers, so grab your mates and cruise up the mountain in comfort and relax all the way home!

Make sure you like and check the Shed Nine Facebook page regularly to keep up to date with the bus schedules and book in advance to guarantee your spot.

COMP#3 COMING-BETTER CHECK FIRST Following a perfect second leg on the Mornington Peninsula Bodyboarders’ calendar, Comp 3 had to be postponed due to weather and surf conditions. The rescheduled comp is set for Queen’s Birthday weekend (June 9-10), so for all who want to get down and participate, details are as per the scheduled event.

Registration is at 6.45am for a 7am start, and the event will feature a barbecue, drinks and a raffle as well. So head down because Comp 3 marks the middle of the calendar season and provides a good chance to hang with the crew before the winter hibernation. However, make sure you check the Facebook page first.

The Mornington Peninsula Bodyboarders Club is a not-for-profit organisation in conjunction with IBA Australasia and Surfing Victoria. Its goal is to actively develop the sport of bodyboarding at a local level and encourage the youth of eastern Victoria into joining and representing!

For all the latest info on the comp or anything to do with the club, check the MPBC Facebook page.

ROCKON took pics at opening of Mt Eliza Skate Park on Sunday June 3, more next issue

TIME FOR A SERVICE? Get your boards and skis serviced at Wayne Ritchies Frankston with the new Wintersteiger stone grinder.

The full service costs just $80 and includes wax, P-tex base repair, edge sharpening and stone base grind.

Wayne Ritchies Skiers Edge is at 417 Nepean Highway, Frankston. Phone 9781 4733.

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revolUTION ORCHE. STRATOS. PHERIC

bands lighter side with cheerful retro synth undertones.

Striking a balance between the old familiar and the new, The Temper Trap proves their musical evolution by producing an accomplished and solid album that is sure to please.

3.5/5 JESS SCUDAMORE

THE ‘Ol RAZZLE DAZZLE Missy Higgins

The Exploders The Exploders are a mix of country, psychedelic, rock and roll peppered with a bit of everything else, just for good measure. Their latest creation Orche . Stratos . Pheric is interesting, to say the least. The music is a blend of different styles and expressions that intrigue the psyche. Embedded in the album is a narrative about the life of Brave. It’s a curious tale that adds depth and character to the songs.

Have A Smile is a killer opening, which sets the tone for the rest of the album. It’s a top-notch track that has a get-up-anddance quality to it. An appealing and sometimes quirky collection of ideas, narrative and genres.

3/5 HAYDN LEVETT

THE TEMPER TRAP The Temper Trap

Following on from their hugely successful debut album, The Temper Trap is the second studio album by the Melbourne based band of the same name.

The indie/rock outfit returns with an unexpected maturity and revised sound that is less catchy but full passion.

The first single from the album is the emotionally charged Rabbit Hole. Treading familiar ground, the track has an anthem like quality that slowly builds and is released in an imposing chorus. London’s Burning is a surprising poignant political track that dramatically recounts the London Riots where as, Need Your Love and Where Do We Go From Here highlight the

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beats, it blends and separates the styles he loves - blues, roots and funk - with some cool production.

The Demon In Me sets the scene for the album, with its deep blues atmosphere. Shake That Thing is going to be a favourite with its infectious chorus; it’ll have everyone stomping their feet. Longtime is the first single and shows off some nice guitar work, while the video features some of Grunwald’s famous music pals going for a surf.

The cover of Hank Williams’ Ramblin’ Man is a standout. You can just see Grunwald in black and white strumming an old busted-up guitar. The change up from one track to the next is distinct, but because none of the songs is weak it works well, and definitely keeps the album interesting.

4/5 MATT RIPPONt

SOVEREIGNTY Missy’s back with her third studio album, and it’s certainly veering left of its predecessors. The Ol’ Razzle Dazzle encompasses a variety of styles and musical genres that seem to shake off much of her piano-playing singer-songwriter image as they delve further into production, instrumentation and arrangement.

The Ol’ Razzle Dazzle has its pace set relatively slow, with the exception of the poprock Unashamed Desire and Hidden Ones, and the jazz/ swing vibe of Hello Hello, while Temporary Love could potentially be a sweeping dance track – reminiscent of Metric’s Fantasies album. After contemplating quitting her run in the music business, Higgins has produced something quite beautiful and new for herself.

Definitely something to check out regardless of your prior perspective.

3.5/5 NAYOMI PATTUWAGE

TROUBLE’S DOOR Ash Grunwald

Resist The Thought

The Beastie Boys

up with Sydney’s own masters of mess, The Starf*cker DJs, for this pumping remix of her 2012 club anthem Satisfied.

Penned by LA based Australian songwriter Naomi Bradley (Cash Money Records), the track is as fun as it is filthy, delivering the perfect 3am club smasher for any savvy DJ. Ralphy’s sultry Madonnaesque tone demands attention and thanks to an injection of Starf*cker’s sweaty club heat, the result is something quite spectacular. For all the pop haters out there beware…

Ralphy may just become your guilty pleasure.

4/5 TAYLOR McVEAN

ALRIGHT (ORIGINAL MIX) Mark Knight

If I only had three words to describe hardcore metal band Resist The Thought’s new record, Sovereignty, I’d say it’s hard, fast and relentless.

Everything in it hammers away like an angry musical machinegun, definitely less sweet and symphonic and more blasting and raging.

Ordinarily, the shorter or lacking solos would leave one wanting, but these guys get away with it. Mostly, I dare say, because the idea of this style is less to wow one with showy ‘diddly widdly’ and more to relentlessly blast into one’s skull at full force. Anything that would take from that would be counterproductive.

I think fans of Parkway Drive would like this one, as with anyone who’s into the “F*ck the prissy compositions and give me something to kill, break and burn things to” sort of music.

4/5 BEN LOPEZ

SATISFIED (STARF*CKER REMIX) A local favourite (especially for his live shows), Ash Grunwald has released his sixth studio album, Trouble’s Door. Packed with emotion, fat guitar and

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Bursting onto the electronic music scene in 2010, Balnarring’s own electro pop goddess Ralphy is now teaming

Alright is the latest release from English DJ, Producer and Toolroom Records head honcho, Mark Knight, and let me tell you this tune is more than alright.

Released on the Bullets Volume 2 EP, production on this record is flawless, and the vibe is HUGE.

With the passing of Adam ‘MCA’ Yauch last month, I couldn’t resist looking back to one of my favourite albums, one which I use to chuck in the walkman while doing my morning paper round (I’m showing my age now!).

Released in 1986, Licensed To Ill became one of the most important and influential hiphop releases in history. Filled with clear parodies and absurd lyrics, it’s a truly great album.

With raps about drinking,

robbing, rhyming, busting open your locker and breaking your glasses, Licensed To Ill could still be the soundtrack for any teen, even in 2012.

No Sleep Till Brooklyn is easily my favourite track on the album, and it’s fitting that MCA has the best verse as he spits, “Born and bred Brooklyn U.S.A. / They call me Adam Yauch but I’m M.C.A. / Like a lemon to a lime a lime to a lemon / I sip the def ale with all the fly women.”

R.I.P. MCA. 5/5 SCOTT GARDNER

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A classic house beat constructed with a light kick drum, subtle percussion and white noise, builds up to the vocal “It’s Alright” at the oneminute mark. From here on in it’s all about the groove. The highly hypnotic vocal is looped throughout the chorus, whilst underneath epic notes from a sax bring this groove to life.

Add to that a catchy bass line and you have one record that fits in at either peak time or as a warm up tune.

This is by far and away my favourite record of 2012… so far.

5/5 DJ MARKY MARK

Having released his first solo album in 1970 - simply titled McCartney - the ex-Beatle set out to record a more polished album for his second solo outing. Ram was released the following year in May 1971.

The album went to number 1 in England, number 2 in the US and charted well in most other parts of the world.

The opening track is the rocker, Too Many People, which has a couple of subtle digs at his former band mate John Lennon – “Too many people preaching practices… you had your lucky break and broke it in two.”

Lennon would return the favour in a savage reply later that year on his Imagine album with the track How Do You Sleep.

The funny and bluesy track Legs is followed by Ram On, a short ukulele song, before the dirge piano titled Dear Boy. The record then swings into full production mode with Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey, followed by the quirky Smile Away.

Side two (on the original vinyl format) opens with the homely Heart Of The Country, followed by one of the greatest McCartney grunge vocals of all time on Monkberry Moon Delight. Eat At Home, which was released as a single, follows before the album takes on a different direction with the epic love song Long Haired Lady.

A reprise of Ram On leads into the grand finale and brilliance of Backseat Of My Car, which actually began as a tribute to the Beach Boys and almost ended up on the Beatles’ Abbey Road album.

The press, still upset at McCartney for supposedly breaking up the Beatles, was reluctant to give the album the praise it deserved, but album sales spoke louder.

The Ram album was rereleased last month (May 2012) to commemorate the 40th anniversary of its original release, albeit a year late.

Ram seems to have gained momentum over the years with many claiming it to be McCartney’s best solo album.

That said, Band On The Run would be hard to beat, but that’s for another time.

Ray McGrotty is the owner/ manager of Record City Collectables, 433 Nepean Highway, Frankston. Record City stocks a vast array of retro memorabilia, cassettes and vinyl, rare and unseen releases as well as current favourites. If you’d like to suggest a ‘Classic Cut’, drop him a line at classiccuts@ pearlmag.com.au

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CHILL FACTOR TRACKS DJ Iceman 1. NO BEEF - Afrojack & Steve Aoki (feat. Miss Palmer) A massive main room track with loads of punch and great bottom end to get the club rocking, combined with Miss Palmer’s smooth vocals throughout. I am playing the Rolvario remix with great response on the floor - loads of room to drop samples and make it your own. 4 / 5 2. BOYS JUST WANT TO HAVE S*% - Army of DJs Vs Exude Back in 1994, Exude made a parody of Girls Just Want To Have Fun. The boys from Bombs Away have taken this cheeky track and remade it to be an electro dub bomb that is sure to be dropped in many electro sets. The club mix is more commercial with the Exude vocals and great electro punch.

4/5 3. BLAH - I Am Sam Chris Arnott has delivered a great remix of this, keeping the electro bass lines while dropping in some nice mellow drops to keep things smooth and flowing, letting you cool down before he drops you hard again. One for mid-set and should gain club momentum. 4 / 5 4. LOVE ME (NEVER LET ME GO) - L.A. White A friend in the UK has released this fantastic vocal track, available on iTunes. Great vocals backed by Spanish guitars and a solid bass line.

Good chill track with a DJ/club remix package in the works. Well worth a look. 4 / 5 5. PRAY WITH WOLVES - Flash Brothers A pumping house track with a remix by Australian producer Matthew Macinante, which has an awesome dub step drop in it without being inyour-face ear-piercing. The Muzikjunki mix offers a trancy house feel to your set with some big pianos and chants throughout it. 3.5 / 5 DJ Iceman plays all the latest & greatest dance, RnB & party tunes at Playhouse Bar in Mordialloc and at MIND KANDY events.

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James Morrison (“Fifi & Jules” Live Radio Cover) TAGS: Gangsta’s, Paradise, James, Morrison, Fifi, Jules, radio, acoustic, cover

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ARTIST Flo Rida Carly Rae Jepsen Maroon 5 (feat. Wiz Khalifa) Ed Sheeran Pitbull Nicki Minaj Brittany Cairns Florence & The Machine Rihanna Delta Goodrem ARTIST One Direction Slash (feat. Myles Kennedy & The Conspirators) Adele Keith Urban One Direction Tenacious D The McClymonts Florence & The Machine Ed Sheeran Adam Lambert ARTIST Flo Rida Pitbull Nicki Minaj Rihanna Usher Labrinth (feat. Tinie Tempah) B.o.B Timomatic T-Pain (feat. Ne-Yo) Far East Movement (feat. Justin Bieber) ARTIST Ricki Lee Skrillex & Damien Marley Skrillex Knife Party Calvin Harris (feat. Ne-Yo) Ivan Gough & Feenixpawl (feat. Georgi Kay) David Guetta (feat. Chris Brown & Lil Wayne) Ian Carey (feat. Rosette, Timbaland & Brasco) David Guetta (feat. Usher) LMFAO

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Q&A with David Edtmaier Audio engineer and music producer @ Miscreant Recordings

Q: Do you have any advice for someone who wants to get into music production?

A: There is no one road to take, there are many different music production courses available which assist you in learning the ropes, but I believe the only way to truly learn and get what you want out of something is by doing it, some of the best musicians out there are self-taught.

A good understanding of many styles of music and general music theory helps a lot, and learn as much as you can from others because the best training you can have doesn’t come from a course, it comes from real life scenarios and getting out there. Metaphorically you can read a book on how to build a house, but if you can’t even bang in a nail, then please don’t try and build a house! In time you will learn what feels most natural and you will develop your own style of working and preferred genres.

There are many websites around nowadays who are looking for people in all kinds of musical genres to collaborate with, it’s a lot of fun and one way to feel out the different genres. kompoz.com is an open collaboration community where you can upload your own tracks and other people around the world can add their own tracks and vice-versa in various genres. There are other websites like that one, so I recommend you see what is out there. I also recommend you take the time to meet other people and jam/colab in real life because the internet has made it too easy to forget there is a big world out there, and you can’t beat live music. If you’re a musician there are some open mic nights around the peninsula such as Harba upstairs in Mornington on a Monday night.

So don’t be afraid to have a go, if you already know a bit and have your own home studio setup, no matter how budget it is, offer to work with friends or people you know for free, the more you do the better and when you’re good enough in time you can upgrade and even start charging for your services.

Who knows you may even start getting phone calls from people wanting to work with you.

David has been involved in music and audio engineering for 15 years and operates a local recording studio providing a high quality multi-track recording, mixing and mastering all genres of music. You can find out more about his services at miscreantrecordings.com. If you’d like Dave to answer any of your questions on the ins and outs of the recording studio or music production in general, drop him a line at studioqanda@pearlmag. com.au. You could win some FREE Mastering, just for sending your question in.

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BEHIND THE GIG As part of an ongoing series looking at the people behind the music scene, Dave Walker catches up with Peninsula sound engineers Ken Ferguson and Adam Dahl.

Without sound engineers and their gear, the show would simply not go on. Chances are if you’ve been to a festival or live gig on the Peninsula over the last 20 years, you would have seen one or both of these blokes hard at work.

Ken Ferguson started out in the music industry in 1965 as a drummer, before spending 13 years in the police force. An opportunity to transfer across to the Police AV section during the 1981 Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting, led to an RMIT course and from there it was all about the music.

“I saw that there was a life outside the force,” said Ferguson. “I opened a studio in Bayview Road, Rosebud, in the mid 80s. I was playing in bands, doing recordings out of the studio and I started putting PA systems together for the bands I was playing in. We started off with a vocal PA and the next thing you know you’ve got an eight tonne truck full of gear.”

Ferguson and fellow sound engineer Adam Dahl say they still get a real buzz out of what they do.

“The thing that keeps me coming back is the love of music; we love the industry and music is an addiction for us. I can’t say

it’s because of the money!” Dahl exclaimed.

“That feeling you get just before the show starts is still great. It’s a real adrenalin rush, you’ve done all you can to make it right, but it all still needs to work.”

Both engineers say the greatest thrill they get is when an artist comes off stage and is happy with the sound. Bad sound can make or break a live show and musicians know it.

“I get a real buzz when the band appreciates what’s happened on stage with the sound. Getting that feedback from the performers is where it’s at,” said Ferguson.

“Probably the most memorable gig for me was The Basics. We did them at the Mornington Street Festival in 2010 and they announced that it was one of their last gigs before they took a break to allow Wally (Gotye) to concentrate on his solo career.

There was a real synergy between those guys that was brilliant. They didn’t play at high volume and their vocals were a perfect blend.”

Next time you’re at a gig or a festival, spare a thought for the men and women who have been there for many hours before you turned up and will be there for many hours after you leave. If it sounds great, let them know and if there’s something about the sound you’re not happy with, just keep walking. They’ve had a big day.

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MUSIC... BETWEEN THE LINES A left of centre look at all the right things, with Kog Ravindran...

Whether or not musicians are willing to admit it, the moment they record and share a song with the world, they secretly reveal their need to be praised and loved. As Bono once put it, “You don’t become an ‘artist’ unless you’ve got something missing somewhere.” I know what you’re thinking… “But Bono’s a wanker!” Sure, but he’s got a point.

When you listen back to the childhood stories of some of rock ‘n roll’s greatest artists you’ll find tales of abandonment, loss and loneliness are everywhere. Elvis was a teenage kid who was teased at school for carrying a guitar around on his back. Marvin Gaye was a rebel whose father disowned him for playing the ‘devil’s music’ instead of the gospel songs he once sang as a boy in church, while John Lennon famously lost his mother twice. Once when she left him as a toddler and then again as a teenager when she was run over by a drunken police officer just as Lennon reconnected with her. He later sang, “mother you had me, but I never had you.’’

All of this makes for great mythology, but how much of their stories defined the art they created and how much of it defined how the public perceived them? When new artists are signed to a big label, A&R reps are instantly digging around for a back-story they can sell to the world. James Blunt was a soulful singersongwriter hoping to set himself free from the rigidness of military life. Unfortunately for us, he was successful in his bid to escape the army. Kings of Leon were home-schooled sons of a travelling Pentecostal Church preacher.

However, there is a major difference between the older examples I’ve mentioned as opposed to the newer ones. While modern artists need a story to help kick start their careers, the painful backgrounds of some of rock’s pioneers were only things the public found out once they had the time to age into the legends they are today.

Does great pain often mean great art?

Maybe, but ideas of loss and loneliness aren’t exclusive to those who can hold a tune. It’s just that we like to know when we hear music we truly connect with, there’s a part of the artist’s story that connects with our own.

Kog Ravindran is a writer, but also occasionally sings for Melbourne band, The Scarecrows. Find out all about them at facebook.com/thescarecrows2010 or check them out on Triple J Unearthed.

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FESTIVALS & TOURING CURE FOR THE WINTER BLUES

Over the weekend of July 27-29, EchucaMoama will be the place for heart-starting blues and roots music with their annual Winter Blues Festival. In its 13th year, the festival showcases over 30 of Australia’s most dazzling blues and roots performers attracting more than 15,000 visitors.

Situated in the historic port of Echuca’s heritage precinct, the Winter Blues Festival is billed as one of the major ticket items on the Echuca-Moama event calendar.

Headlining this year’s event is Australia’s answer to Janice Joplin, Dallas Frasca.

Touted as inhabiting all the sass and irreverence of Chrissie Amphlett and Suze Demarchi, Dallas won the 2010 Artist of the Year at the MusicOz Awards and her album was voted in the top ten best roots releases on TripleJ in 2009.

Frasca’s Winter Blues performance will include songs from her latest album, Sound Painter, and promises slabs of guitar riffage, slamming drums and heavy, soulful vocals.

Both newcomers and annual visitors can again expect the cream of Australia’s blues artists including the Lloyd Spiegel Duo, Claude Hay, Anni Piper, Qynn Beardman, Chris Wilson and the Blues Mountain Trio.

Organisers also expect big things from festival newcomers, Japanese blues cowboy George Kamikawa with Noriko Tadano.

With FREE live music and plenty to do for the kids there really is no better way to beat the winter blues. For accommodation tips and up to the minute festival details visit http://winterblues.net.au TAYLOR MCVEAN

FESTIVALS 2012-2013

Melbourne International Jazz Festival (Various Venues). From Friday June 1st. Line-up includes; Dr Lonnie Smith, George Garzone, Motif, Renaud Garcia-Fons Arcoluz Trio, Hiromi, Katie Noonan, Allan Browne Sextet, Luca Ciarla Quartet, Murphy’s Law, Eli Degibri Quartet, Bernie McGann Quartet, Robert Hurst with The Jamie Oehlers Trio, The Fringe, Jordan Murray’s North East Collective, Samuel Yirga Quartet, Tarbaby featuring Oliver Lake, Chris Potter & The Jazzgroove Mothership Orchestra, Future Now, Saskwatch, Terence Blanchard, Patti Austin, Albare iTD, Three Lanes, Fish Boast Of Fishing, McCoy Tyner Trio featuring Chris Potter & José James, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Antonio Sanchez, Robert Glasper Experiment, Nick Martyn Trio, The Cactus Channel, The Doug De Vries Trio, Evans/Swanton/Hall, Hue Blanes Trio, WAAPA, Monash University World Music Orchestra, Monash University Big Band, Monash University World Music Ensemble, Yil Lull Ensemble, Melbourne Youth Jazz Orchestra, Michael Griffin Quartet.

Rap City 2012 (Forum Theatre). Saturday June 9th. Line-up includes; Ghostface Killah, Doom, Chino XL

TOURING 2012

Mr. Righteousman (Dallas Brooks Centre).

Friday June 8th.

Train (Palais). Saturday June 9th.

Wendy Mathews (Chelsea Heights Hotel).

Thursday June 14th.

The Tea Party (Palais). Thursday June 14th.

Guy Sebastian (Palais). Saturday June 16th.

Missy Higgins (Her Majesty’s Theatre).

Saturday June 16th.

360 (Pier Live). Saturday June 16th.

Brian Cadd & Russell Morris (Chelsea Heights Hotel). Saturday June 23rd.

Sunidhi Chauhan (Palais). Saturday June 23rd.

Experience Jimi Hendrix (Forum). Saturday June 23rd.

Carrie Underwood (Palais). Tue June 26th.

Lady Gaga (Rod Laver). From Wed June 27th.

Bob Dylan Night (Palais). Friday July 6th.

Say Anything (Billboard). Friday July 13th.

Richard Durand (Room680). Saturday July 14th.

Dave Evans (Chelsea Height Hotel). Saturday July 14th.

Flight of the Concords (Rod Laver). Sunday July 15th.

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Parklife Melbourne (Sidney Myer Music Bowl and Kings Domain) Saturday October 6th.

Angelsea Music Festival Friday October 12th to Sunday October 14th.

Line-up to be announced.

Cuban Jazz Festival (Rochford Winery). Sunday October 28th.

Queenscliff Festival (dates just announced). From Friday November 23rd - Sunday November 25th. Line-up, venues and ticket details are to be announced in July.

Stereosonic Festival (dates just announced). Saturday December 1st.

Line-up, venues and ticket details are to be announced in early July.

Pyramid Rock Festival (Phillip Island). From Saturday December 29th, 2012 - Tuesday January 1st, 2013. Line-up to be announced.

Sommadayze (Sidney Myer Music Bowl). Tuesday January 1st, 2013.

Line-up to be announced.

Coolart Jazz Festival (Coolart Homestead, Somers). Friday January 11th - Sunday January 13th, 2013. Line-up to be announced.

Future Music Festival (Flemington Racecourse). Labour Day Long Weekend – Sunday March 10th, 2013. Line-up to be announced.

Melissa Etheridge (The Plenary) Sun July 15th.

Ladyhawke (Billboard). Tuesday July 17th.

Jack White (Festival Hall). Wed July 25th.

Tina Arena (Arts Centre Melbourne). Saturday July 28th.

Mike Snow (Palace Theatre). Tuesday July 31st.

The Smashing Pumpkins (Hisense). Thursday August 2nd.

Ed Sheeran (Palais). Friday August 3rd.

Mark Gardener (Corner Hotel). Sunday August 5th.

Children Collide (Corner Hotel) Fri August 10th.

Tommy Emmanuel (Arts Centre Melb, Hamer Hall). Saturday August 11th.

David Helfgott (Arts Centre Melb, Hamer Hall). Wednesday August 15th.

Kenny Rogers & Glen Campbell (Palais).

Thursday August 23rd.

Hilltop Hoods (Festival Hall). Sat August 25th.

Slash (Hisense). Sunday August 26th.

Pennywise (Palace Theatre). Sun August 26th.

Pitbull (Rod Laver). Monday August 27th.

Bruce Springsteen (Rod Laver). From Friday August 31st.

Jose Feliciano (Palais). Friday August 31st.

Julia Stone (Forum Theatre). Friday Sept 7th.

Patrick Wolf (Forum II). Tuesday Sept 11th.

Hanson (Palace Theatre). Fri September 14th.

Xavier Rudd (Pier Live). Sat September 15th.

Rufus Wainwright (Hamer Hall, Arts Centre).

Saturday September 15th.

Wheatus (Corner Hotel). Wednesday September 19th.

Eiffel 65 & N-Trance (Palace Theatre).

Thursday September 20th.

Yellowcard (The Hi-Fi). Friday September 21st.

Steel Panther (Palace Theatre). Sunday October 7th.

The Black Keys (Arts Centre Melbourne, Sidney Myer Music Bowl). From Wednesday October 31st.

George Michael (Rod Laver). Wednesday November 21st.

Radiohead (Rod Laver) From Fri November 16th.

Coldplay (Etihad). Tuesday November 13th.

One Direction (Rod Laver). From Tuesday September 19th, 2013!!

Rumoured concerts; Red Hot Chili Peppers, Van Halen, Nickelback, Stone Roses, Rolling Stones, Black Sabbath, The Offspring, Metallica, Linkin Park, Madonna, Lil Wayne (Postponed).

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ESPERANTO AT SORRENTO Mornington Peninsula musician Dave Walker, is set to launch an album of new tracks, which have come about from his unique 52 Songs, 52 Weeks project.

The project sees Walker recording and releasing a new original song every week throughout 2012, and the album Esperanto Dollars features 10 of those tunes. Joining him on stage for the show at the Sorrento-Portsea RSL will be Greg Hunt on violin and mandolin, and drummer/ percussionist Simon Dewar.

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DIVERSITY OF ENTERTAINMENT AT SORRENTO-PORTSEA RSL Sorrento-Portsea RSL is reaching out to people young and old with a new line up of entertainment to suit all tastes, as part of Live & Local Music at your RSL. Diversity is one of the main aims in developing and presenting Live & Local, as well as a desire to provide cost effective and well-timed showcases.

Through this program, the RSL will be supporting Peninsula musicians, some with enormous experience and others who are just starting out. The venue will provide them with a paid gig, a great audience that actually listen, and lovely surroundings. Many of the musicians have commented on the perform live music,” Walker says. “The folks involved with organising the bands have a real commitment to original music, which is great. And there’s no pokies, which is even better.”

Catch Dave Walker at the Sorrento-Portsea RSL, 1-3 Hurley St, Sorrento on Sunday June 17, for an afternoon featuring two sets of music. Visit davewalker. com.au for more information on the gig and the 52 Songs, 52 Weeks project.

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performer-audience involvement, as they are accustomed to performing as a backdrop to noise, chatter and clanking of glassware.

Lovers of live music will enjoy the Sunday afternoon sessions from 4pm (in winter) for a free weekend wind down, or those that want to party can wind it right up on a Saturday night for just $10.

If you choose to pay $20, then you’ll get a copy of the performer’s latest CD. The RSL will be hosting the big SendOff Party for local band Holy Cow on Saturday, June 16. Kicking off their east coast tour, the night will be in support of

the band’s latest CD/DVD release Don’t Get The Picture, with a screening of surf film Beyond The Line-Up also featured on the night. Created by ex-local Paul Francis, the movie has been dubbed ‘the thinking man’s surf film’ about the changing nature of surfing and the industry in general. Excerpts from the film are featured in the music video for Sea Song, which appears on the DVD from Holy Cow’s release.

Join the movement, support the club and its Live & Local initiative and have a great outing. For bookings, contact Merryn from MezRay Tours on ph: 0438 270 059.

GET AROUND ROUNDHOUSE

RoundHouse is a group of 13 and 14-year-old musos from the Mornington Peninsula. Tom, Darcy, Hamish and Felix conceived the idea of the band at a parent’s party and started out playing covers at school functions.

They’ve since moved on to writing and performing their own tunes, having played gigs at Baha in Rye and for the Crossy’s Gig fundraiser earlier this year at The Briars in Mornington, alongside Stonefield.

The boys were recently invited to compete in the Battle of the Bands at the Espy in St Kilda, winning their heat

and earning a spot in the semi-finals on June 24 in the Gershwin Room. Head to www.facebook.com/FansOfRoundHouse to check out the band and get the latest info on the semi-final and other upcoming gigs.

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AWESOME LINEUP AT HERITAGE FESTIVAL Saturday, June 9, will see a red-hot lineup of local acts perform at a fundraising music festival right here on the Mornington Peninsula. Raising money for friends and musicians recently diagnosed with cancer, the festival will take place at The Heritage Tavern and run all day from 3pm until after 10pm.

The line-up will feature Aaron Roberts, Boys From The Shed, Brad Kennedy, Holy Cow, Jam Roots, Ron Vincent, President Roots, Tash Parker, Tony Byrne and

MINDS IN THE WATER

Sunday May 6 (Baha, Rye) As a locally renowned live music venue, Baha has hosted a lot of rockin’ shows. But on Sunday May 6, it hosted a very different kind of show - the screening of Minds In The Water, a feature length documentary about coast and ocean conservation and protection.

Five years in the making, the film follows Dave “Rasta” Rastovich from Australia to the Galapagos, Tonga, California, Alaska and Japan as he fights for the end of commercial whaling and dolphin killing and the protection of our oceans and coastal environments.

My first thought was to snag a front row seat because the turnout was impressive. Minds

Brooklyn’s Finest (pictured). What’s more, all of these supremely talented artists will perform free of charge, only asking an entry fee of a donation to the cause.

So get along to this local music festival and support our friends (and the cause) on Saturday, June 9, at The Heritage, 3059 Frankston-Flinders Rd, Balnarring (opposite the Balnarring shopping complex). For more information, phone The Heritage on 5983 2597 or follow it on Facebook.

In The Water couldn’t take all the credit though - Baha’s Sunday special of delicious tapas and sangria added an extra incentive.

The space usually reserved for live music shows converted nicely into a cosy makeshift cinema with couches moved into the dining area and a large projector screen set up on the stage.

Director of the film Justin Krumb was in attendance with one of the film’s stars, Howie Cooke, a prominent artist and activist since the 70s. Following the screening, both answered questions from the curious audience about the film and themselves, and gave away prizes from the Surfers for Cetaceans charity raffle. One lucky lady won the ultimate prize, going home with a ukulele hand painted by Cooke.

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for people to get their hands on some Minds In The Water and Greenpeace Sea Sheppard merchandise on the night with respective stalls set up and manned by Krumb, Cooke and co.

In many ways, Baha was a surprising but fitting venue for the screening of such a film. It is situated directly across from the ocean, it attracts friendly and laid back clientele, many of whom are ocean lovers themselves and, well, they make darn fine sangria which is good for any occasion I say.

All in all, it was an entertaining, educational, and delectable way to end a weekend.

For more information about Minds In The Water go to mindsinthewater.com AMY DILLON

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NEW FLANNIES THURSDAYS & SATURDAYS Keen Facebook users and Frankston regulars would have heard the news about Flanagans Frankston’s Thursday night entertainment changes. After 10 years at the helm, Olly & Scuzzi have finished up and although it’s the end of an era, things are only getting better.

DJ Chris P is still on the decks in Flannies, giving you all the party tunes for your big night out, alongside Freddy Webber & Ontime upstairs in the Pelly.

Taking the live music reins is former Australian Idol runner-up and local rocker Lee Harding and his band Bedrock. Having forged a formidable reputation performing around the Peninsula with Bedrock and Acoustic Jam recently, Harding is set to put his stamp on the most massive multi-room Thursday night in town.

Also enjoying a reshuffle is the Saturday Shenanigans, with new resident DJ Clay in the main room from 9pm before Saturday stalwarts Fudge, then in the Pelly Bar from 11pm. Clay will be playing all your favourite tracks from the ‘90s and ‘00s as well as the chart-toppers of today, with requests welcome all night.

So even if you’ve had a big Thursday checking out the new format, be there on the dance floor every Saturday night to see what shenanigans the Flannies party crowd get up to!

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PAUL BARRY, READY TO LAUNCH Every Wednesday night for the past seven years, Steve and Lis (aka Karaoke Kool) have been hosting karaoke at Beaches in Mornington, giving partygoers and music lovers the opportunity to follow their dreams - as well as that bouncing ball - and get up on stage. One a month, however, the karaoke hat is put away and DJ Lis brings her ‘80s, ‘90s and Top 40 classics to the packed dance floor.

Having been in the music industry for some 18 years, the Karaoke Kool pair are well experienced in entertainment, but it wasn’t until one night when the karaoke line-up boasted only a few average singers and Lis was asked to play a request on her DJ console that the notion of DJing was ever considered.

As the host, Lis happily played the song and before long many of the people in the room were up and dancing. With a variety of ages in the crowd, Lis decided to throw in some of her favourite dance hits and soon the entire room was on its feet.

After the success of that night, and with her passion for music, Lis began this new project, setting her sights on playing pure dance and party hits people will remember, sing and dance to because they’re the songs she has

fun playing and the ones the crowd loves.

Steering clear of (as she puts it) “doof doof with little or no rhythm or beat”, DJ Lis now does a couple of weddings a month, as well as regular monthly disco dance nights at Beaches and other venues around town. “It’s all about getting the crowd to participate on the dance floor,” she says.

The Saturday disco nights at Beaches are perfect for a girls’ night out or hens’ party, with a podium set-up and plenty of amazing food to enjoy before the party gets started. Everything you need is there, so there’s no need to change venues and walk through the cold!

Check out DJ Lis on Saturday, June 9, and again on Saturday, July 7, as well every Wednesday for Karaoke Kool!

Having won several songwriting and local ‘battle of the bands’ competitions, released a successful EP with his band Nowra, and played gigs alongside Colin Hay, Juke Kartel, Bobby Flynn and the Black Seeds, Peninsula songwriter Paul Barry will finally be releasing his debut solo EP Truth, Behind The Lies, on June 16.

More subdued and acoustic in contrast to his rock/pop band material, the record will be launched at the Chandelier Room in Moorabbin on Saturday June 16, kicking off from 8pm and costing just $10 entry. On the bill will be Peninsula band Rise Over Run, and 15-year-old Check PEARL’s gig guide for shows and head to prodigy guitarist Jamie Pye, from paulbarry.net or facebook.com/paulbarryfans for more Geelong. info.

WHO SAID HICKINBOTHAM ONLY MADE GREAT WINE…??

Who says that Hickinbotham of Dromana just produced great premium quality wine? At the Australian International Beer Awards in May in Melbourne, Hickinbotham’s beer Hix again received the accolades.

Competing against many comers from many countries, Hix beers were awarded silver and bronze medals from only three beer entries.

Head brewer Cameron Turner says: “It’s the ‘drinkability’ factor that sets Hix beers aside from many commercial styles.” By this he means the urge to return for seconds after drinking one of his delicious beers. In fact, it’s not uncommon to see people working their way through the entire range at the winery/ brewery, via the Hix tasting paddle; a unique way to taste all the beers in miniature.

Part of the participation in the beer awards was brewing a beer specifically for the event.

Hix did this in style with their Farmhouse Ale, now available on tap at the winery after being embargoed for many weeks before and during the event. Brewed to a secret Belgian recipe that was handed to Cameron on the deathbed of his great aunt’s father’s sister in Belgium, Cameron has managed to translate the ancient runes to extract the secret ingredients.

What ingredients? Why not go and see for yourself? While you’re there, taste the many different beers and wine available at Hickinbotham of Dromana, at 194 Nepean Highway, Dromana. For more info on these, as well as the great live music on offer, head to www.hickinbotham.biz

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Set sail for lazy Sundays

How does this sound: it’s a lazy Sunday afternoon and you’re relaxing in the warmth, enjoying the best views in Mornington over a glass of your favourite drink, listening to excellent live music from local bands and being served tapas from the awardwinning Rocks Restaurant. What a fantastic way to finish off your weekend!

Kicking off in late July, live music will come to the Mornington Yacht Club. The McCraes will start the ball rolling on July 22, performing a blend of acoustic adult contemporary, blues, soul and folk – perfectly suited to a mellow afternoon.

Next up on the calendar will be The Warrains, playing their great blend of harmonies, elements of folk, reggae and country on August 19. For more than seven years The Warrains have been playing in and around the Mornington Peninsula, and their latest CD continues their upbeat take on themes relating to family, love and whatnot.

On September 23 it’s the turn of Hurricane Duo. Although this one is a while off, put it in your diary if you’re into the hits of the past six decades performed with enthusiasm and exuberance.

Hurricane Duo inject a fresh energy into each song and capture the essence of a full live band, performing hits from Elvis and Abba to Buble and the Black Eyed Peas. Stylish and versatile, they will cap off a calendar of three must-see events.

This is the first time the Mornington Yacht Club has opened its doors to the public. Along with the Rocks Restaurant, the club is hosting these three Sunday afternoons through the winter from 2-5pm, with entry just $5 for nonmembers. There’s no need to book, just tell your friends and family and come along!

Paint It Pink is a fundraising event that will showcase both well-established and upand-coming local DJs, all for a great cause and all happening in our backyard. The line up will include DJs Nordean, Silversix, Chivy Chiv, Youneak, Dan Stone and Ollie Wilkins, with all proceeds going to the National Breast Cancer Foundation.

Event organiser Billy Smith selected the line up as a means of both including some well known artists, but also helping out some new faces. “I decided to put a few unknown DJs on the bill to give them some of the spotlight and the chance to be on the big stage.”

The cause is also something close to Smith. “I chose the NBCF as I know it has a connection to so many people, and it’s something I’ve supported in the past with school events and busking.”

Such is the good will all staff, including the DJs, are volunteering their time, meaning the focus of the event can remain on raising much needed dollars.

“The goal is ambitious, but we’re hoping to raise upwards of $7,000 after expenses and extras,” said Smith.

Support Smith, HS Sounds and the organisers of Paint It Pink by getting down to The Chelsea Heights Hotel (Springvale Road, Chelsea Heights) on Saturday, July 21. Tickets are $12 with all proceeds going to the NBCF. The event will be 18+ yrs. For more information or to get tickets, ph: 9773 4453 or find the event on Facebook.

CRIMMIN, COMING WITH A FULL BAND LAUNCH Rhys Crimmin & the Toms are a product of Terang-born Rhys Crimmin and his travelling one-man-band multi-instrumentalist show - an ever-growing mix of guitars, didgeridoos, harmonicas, kazoos, foot percussion and anything else he can get his hands on. Crimmin has been amazing crowds around Australia every night with his unique style that he’s dubbed “Aussie roots reggae & dirty foot-stompin’ blues”.

Mornington music-lovers would recognise Crimmin as a regular solo performer at God’s Kitchen, but on Sunday, July 22, he’ll be back with full band the Toms to launch their new live album, which includes the new studio-recorded single The Aussie Song.

The Toms features Meagan Thomson on fiddle, Tom Collins on upright bass and Tom Jones on drums. Catch them at God’s Kitchen before they head over to Germany in August to tour and represent Australia in the Emergenza World Band final.

God’s Kitchen is at 53 Barkly St, Mornington. For more information on Rhys Crimmin, head to www.rhyscrimmin.com or search for the band on Facebook.

TRIVIA ROCKS THE VESBAR

Vesbar Wine Lounge, Somerville’s little secret, has been drawing a crowd from Thursday to Sunday with some great entertainment.

Try Thursday night trivia - free to play and laidback, with Chris Brogan ruling as the trivia master. The night kicks off at 8pm sharp and finishes at 9.30pm.

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A BAND WITH A VAN Back due to popular demand, Melbourne’s own Van Morrison Tribute band ‘VM’ will take the stage at two venues on the Peninsula, playing music from the artist loved the world over by audiences young and old.

About three years ago, VM rose from the ashes of a cover band called During the Week. Having covered a few Van Morrison classics, the band were constantly called upon to perform more, leading to a decision to specialise purely in the artist’s music to see where the road would take them.

Fronted by supremely talented lead vocalist David McCall, the band began as a five piece, but has since developed into a tight, seven piece outfit with collectively over 200 years of musical experience between them. The show now comprises more than just the songs, with three sets performed over three hours, telling the story of Morrison’s life and his motivations through his music. The array of featured songs include Brown Eyed Girl, Moondance, Jackie Wilson Said (I’m in Heaven When You Smile), Domino, Bright Side Of The Road and Wild Night.

VM will be appearing first at The Portsea Hotel on Friday June 8 for an 8pm show (doors open at 6pm). Tickets are on sale through the Portsea Hotel reception on ph: 5984 2213 or online. If you can’t make this, on Friday June 15 VM will appear at Cube37 (Frankston Arts Centre) for the fourth time. These performances have usually sold out and Van Morrison fans are recommended to book early through the box office on ph: 9784 1060 or via the website.

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Over the past few months, the Somerville Hotel has established itself as a provider of the best tribute act shows on the Mornington Peninsula.

Following the success of tributes to Michael Jackson and The Rolling Stones, June and July will see the likes of Richie Sambora, Brian May, Robbie Williams, Freddie Mercury and Jon Bon Jovi grace the stage!

On Friday, June 8, catch The Australian Queen Tribute Show, the most exciting Queen act to come out of Australia yet.

Having already stunned audiences with its incredible replication of what was the greatest live act in history, the band has the style and musical accuracy that will amaze even the most die-hard Queen fan. With Gareth Hill as Freddie

Mercury, the inimitable Scotty Hotpants as Brian May, Darryn Schultz as John Deacon and Brad Hodge as Roger Taylor, nothing but the best will do and that’s exactly what Queen fans will be treated to.

Later in the month, on June 22, The Australian Robbie Williams Show The Ego Has Landed will be in town. Widely regarded as the best Robbie Williams tribute show in Australia, the band has performed well over 450 shows in four years, touring right around Australia.

Now with Paul Hogan (no, not that Paul Hogan) as the eccentric and talented former Take That member, The Ego Has Landed is the ultimate Robbie Williams experience.

As July rocks around, so does The

Australian Bon Jovi Show, bringing you an authentic ‘80s Bon Jovi experience that is second to none, right down to the costumes originally worn by Bon Jovi at the peak of their career. With unrivalled vocals and musicianship, this show will leave you in no doubt why Bon Jovi are one of the world’s biggest rock bands. Catch them at the Sommie on Friday, July 20.

Keep checking www.somervillehotel. com.au for all the latest upcoming events, including The Beat Goes On, the Christmas in July event featuring Darryl Cotton, Wendy Stapleton and Paul Norton on Wednesday, July 11. Tickets for all these events are available from the venue at 84 Station St, Somerville.

GREAT DJs JUST THE TIP OF THE GLACIER Glacier Bar brings the Melbourne clubbing experience to the suburbs, with weekly events and themes catering to the young and vibrant clubbers of Frankston and surrounding areas. Spectacular decor and friendly atmosphere are key traits of Glacier, as patrons can enjoy a quiet drink or party the night away to the best lighting and sound system in the southeast.

Resident DJs and weekly guests including Slice n Dice, Shameless, Reece Low, DJ Peril and Joel Fletcher ensure that the party music is pumping and the patrons are always rocking.

With a brand new room set to open in July, the party is set to get even bigger. For private functions or birthday guest lists, please contact djbenwatt@bigpond.com.

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During his show, Gene Peterson Live, Peterson combines with four artists in astounding drumming with blistering tap-dancing and hilarious novelty acts to present a funfilled show not to be missed. The talented rhythmists also make music from children’s toys, office equipment, junk, kitchen utensils and household items, taking audiences of all ages on a rhythmic journey exploring ‘found sound’.

With virtuosic drumming, voracious tapdancing and a splash of comedy, this exhilarating performance promises to be a wonderfully entertaining celebration of rhythm and dance. It’s fun, ingenious and like nothing you have seen before… a unique musical event for the whole family.

Gene Peterson Live is coming to the Frankston Arts Centre as part of a national tour on Tuesday, July 10. Kicking off at 7:30pm, tickets are available through the box office on ph: 9784 1060.

The death of a friend and the impact of cyberspace have provided the inspiration for Mornington author A.T.H. Webber’s first novel.

Erasure explores love, loss and the concept that privacy is little more than an illusion.

Webber and his wife Karma Auden moved to Abu Dhabi three years ago to work, and that’s where Webber came up with the idea for Erasure.

“Being away from home has probably provided a lot of background information for Erasure because we are living a ‘virtual’ life much of the time – keeping in touch with the folks back in Oz, and friends we have made since we moved here,” he said.

“But the main inspiration came after a friend of mine died of a heart attack last year. She is still on Facebook, and regularly gets tagged in other people’s photos.

“So while, from an online point of view, our relationship hasn’t changed, in real life I will never see her again.

It really got me wondering if we are supposed to be remembered like that.”

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After winning both the Australia’s Up & Coming Drummer Of The Year competition and the Billy Hyde’s National Drum Play-Offs in 2006, Peterson was invited to be the opening act at the prestigious Australia’s Ultimate Drummers Weekend, where he launched his live DVD. As a session musician Peterson was selected to perform with Australian pop artist Cassie Davis, and featured on nationally televised programs, So You Think You Can Dance and The Astra Awards, and also works frequently with Yamaha Drums Australia, to promote their products. Aside from his successes as a performing artist, Gene is also a prolific composer (having had his composition Raindance performed by the Darwin Symphony Orchestra when he was only 15, and having also won a national film score competition).

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With brand new owners, revamped menus and a unique and compelling lineup of weekly entertainment, Maquay Restaurant is something special worth discovering. Situated on the Hastings foreshore, Maquay pairs its ambient setting with a diverse menu including market fresh seafood, local cuts of beef, gourmet pizza, pasta and more. They are also open for breakfast on the weekends.

The roster of entertainment includes the 50s, 60s and 70s music of Frankie Stevens on Thursday nights, Felicia Parisi’s classical and popular renditions on Fridays, string duo Crescendo on Saturdays and vocalist Paul Mercieca performing 70s and 80s classics on Sunday afternoons. All entertainment kicks off at 7pm, with the exception of Sunday afternoons, which run from approximately 1-3pm.

So, whether it’s a family function, a special occasion or a romantic outing, be treated to great food, a relaxed and inviting atmosphere and entertainment all weekend at Maquay Restaurant. Find them at 2/27 Marine Parade, Hastings. For bookings or more information, call ph: 5979 4828.

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So this place isn’t for the faint hearted. These people party hard and put us young ones to shame.

I was 100% impressed with the wicked live band complementing the people and Beaches vibe, and its beautifully designed square bar positioned in the middle of the main room so you aren’t waiting too long for a drink to refuel yourself after killing it on the dance floor.

Mostly, I enjoyed the impressive outside area with couches, outdoor heaters and gorgeous small gardens, making it an enjoyable place to escape the party inside. The 23 year-old city goers in suits who make Beaches the ‘entrée’ of their Saturday night were fantastic company too.

The only downfall? It closes at 1am, BUT you can head on down to one of the other clubs afterwards, maybe Cruze to check out the brand new dance floor. Stay tuned coz that’s exactly what I’ll be doing. I wonder if I can convince the gentlemen in suits to test it out with me? I’ll keep you posted :) You only live once so live it loud and on the dance floor.

Till next weekend... GET ON IT! Ash xx Each month, our ‘night owl’ Ash checks out the biggest parties and coolest nightspots on the Peninsula. If you know of a big night happening and think Ash should head down and check it out, email us at nightclub@pearlmag.com.au

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