Megascene issue 4

. . . featuring music, food, fashion and lifestyle in Adelaide

Issue 4

January 2016

Interview with Levitika

by David Powell

Photos & Interview with The Screaming Jets 1

Interview with Orianthi

Photos of The Rock Vault

Photos of AMC SA Hall of Fame

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Photography

by Sue Hedley

Specialising in music industry photography, portraits and events

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Interview with Orianthi Interview with The Screaming Jets Photos of The Screaming Jets Photos of AMC SA Hall of Fame inductions Interview with Levitika Live gig photos of Rock Vault

GSM Allstars

Elektra City

Hollywood Gun Club Live Sound Advice Markets in Adelaide SA Paranormal Maria’s Column - 2015 Christmas Pageant

The Screaming Jets

Julie Anthony 3

Steve Williams Elektra City

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MEGAscene Editor: Sue Hedley Associate Editor: Carina Bonney Editor’s Assistant: Maria Szczerba Editorial Assistant David Powell Contributors this issue: Allen Tiller Maria Szczerba Frank Lang David Powell Carina Bonney

EDITOR’S NOTE Christmas has come and gone, and we have all celebrated New Years Eve. I hope that everyone gets what they want, need, and desire in 2016. MEGAscene had a short break and now we are back with Issue 4 of MEGAscene. Issue 5 and subsequent issues will resume as usual from the beginning of February. A website for MEGAscene is coming soon. Stay tuned.

Regards, The Editor

Sue

Photographer: Sue Hedley Additional Photography: Maria Szczerba David Powell Layout: Sue Hedley

David Powell and Levitika

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by Sue Hedley

Orianthi

It was really encouraging and the fact that he took the time to basically tell me which parts of the song I did really well and which parts I could do better.

Adelaide born and raised Orianthi Panagaris lives in Los Angeles and has been recording an album with boyfriend Richie Sambora (ex-Bon Jovi). In December 2014 she was inducted into the AMC SA Hall of Fame at a ceremony at St Pauls.

“The weather in LA is pretty consistent, apart from winter when it is really cold at night at about 4am in the morning it’s freezing. You know, it is where everyone is at - my agent, my manager - it’s a base, it’s kinda’ the place to be at and I’ve got all my friends here, apart from Australia - which is always on my mind.

I spoke to Orianthi by phone in Los Angeles Its always good to come out and go to New before she flew to Adelaide to spend Christmas York, Nashville or Hawaii. You know I wish I could come out there a lot more but it is such with her family. a long flight, 14 hours or something, kinda’ Are you looking forward to coming back to crazy.”

Adelaide?

Who would you say has been your greatest “Yeah definitely, definitely - for my family, my influence? friends, my animals, just everything, and the weather too. I don’t like the cold. It’s getting “Santana, definitely Santana. He has been such a huge influence in my music and also my really cold out here.” life. He is such a spiritual person and getting into his music and getting to know him, he is Do you miss Adelaide? such an enlightened person and I really follow “I do, I really do. Definitely my family. I am after him - and Steve Vai as well. They are so always skyping them to see how they’re doing dedicated to their music and their art, both of and I can’t wait to come back and hang out them, that’s who I am. I like listening to music, love playing and creating, and often spending for a few weeks.” time and good energy with your music and Are you planning on relaxing while you’re here people is important to me and I always try to or are you planning on doing some writing inspire other people with the music.” while you are here?

I read that Santana encouraged your music, “You know what, I am going to be collapsing a that you sent him a demo and he wrote back lot and playing a gig and that’s it, that’s the and encouraged you, as a 14 year old or 15 only work I will be doing, you know it’s not year old. only work, I shouldn’t say that. What gets me excited is I get to jam out and play for the “I supported him when I was like 14 years and people of Adelaide, for those that came out it was kinda’ crazy as I had read a couple of last time, you know, I had such a good time his articles in a guitar magazine and what not, heard a couple of his songs but hadn’t seen and I want to do it again.” him play live before. So when he got up on stage after I played I was nervous anyway but Is Richie coming with you this time? good lord there was no way I would have got “He will be coming out later on, yes for sure.” onto that stage by myself if I had seen him play beforehand.”

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Geffen Records or Interscope?

“It was both. I played the NAMM show with Santana and Corey and Geffen was in the audience. He contacted me after the show and then I got a call from Ron and they signed me pretty much straight away.”

Do you have a deal for an album with Richie and you? Will it be independent?

Orianthi with Richie Sambora and Lord Mayor of Adelaide Martin Haese at AMC SA Hall of Fame induction - December 2014

“No it won’t be Independent but with a label, where in talks with a couple right now and want to be sure it will be the right deal.”

What can people expect from the album?

“There are a lot of songs that are done together but some that Richie has done, like a double album. It’s really interesting and it was something that we really wanted to do. I am excited for people to hear the material as it is quite different.”

How many songs are you planning on the album?

“We have so many recorded so I can’t say how many exactly, there will be an acoustic version Orianthi with her family at AMC SA Hall of Fame and a live version, yeah pretty awesome right induction - December 2014 now. The album should be released in either he took the time to basically tell me which January or February.” parts of the song I did really well and which parts I could do better. I really appreciated How would you describe it? that a lot, that he showed encouragement to me at such a young age. That guidance made “Very top forty, but then Pop/Rock. We want me a better guitar player and song writer. It to create something really different but also meant a lot to me he stayed in contact with reflect on what you’ve done in the past and to grow as an artist as you work with other me when I was in America.” artists and your influenced by what they have What was it like when you worked with Dave done in their world. It’s been a long process.

It’s got to feel really right to us as artists.”

Stewart?

“David is a really good friend of mine. His family is like my English family, him and his wife are wonderful people, his daughter is an amazing singer and his son. He is a great person in my life and really encouraging. We made a record together “Heaven in this Hell” in Nashville with him and had a blast working with him and we all started hanging out. It was great.”

How did you get your first record deal with

Any tips for any budding guitarists out there?

“Keep on playing until you get cuts on your fingers and that’s how you build up your callouses, and just get into it. Play for a few hours and get past it, jam with people and just get out there and find your own voice.

Study the greats and go off and find your own voice. That is really important.”

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The Screaming Jets

By Sue Hedley I spoke with Jimi Hocking from The Screaming Jets backstage at The Gov after they played there. We talked about their forthcoming album.

“We’ve recorded an album titled Chrome. It’s an album we recorded with Steve James who did the first two Screaming Jets’ records.

Steve has had a long association with the band, and I’m happy to say when it come to picking a producer he had my vote. I said ‘We’ve got to get Steve back. He understands the band, he understands what we are trying to achieve and what the band sounds like’, and it was a great experience working with Steve again.”

“It is the longest lineup we have had, it’s been 6 or 7 years now. I’ve been back about that long. We all agree that it’s got to be one of the better Screaming Jets records. I know that you say that when you do a new project as you are excited because it’s new. It sounds like a Jets record but it’s got that kind of evolution as well, which is great songs.”

Did you and Dave write any songs?

“Yeah we did. There is a couple of songs on there. Tonight at the gig you would have heard “Razor” being played in the encore. We wrote that together. There was a couple of others.”

What will be the single?

“I have a couple of songs that I particularly like. One of them is a medium paced song called “No Place No Home” which I just think is an epic Paul Woseen classic. We played that tonight. I think that maybe a hard rock song will be the first thing we will do. We’ve got a couple to choose from. Even Razor, which Dave and I wrote, got to be a lead track last year on an EP and we talked about making that a single. It might still be the lead single, because then we can go somewhere from there.”

“Dave and I discussed who would write the songs. Dave and I have written a couple of things together over the years but we all agreed that Paul Woseen, who is the main songwriter of the band all these years, should write the songs. We sent him about the task of doing that. Paul is prolific, he is writing all Was the last album was released independently? the time.”

“Yes. The last album was just before I came back into the band. It was about 8 years ago.

“I often say that Paul’s written more songs This album will be the first one for awhile. I before I get out of bed than I’m going to write would suggest that February/March we might for the rest of the week. So he set about doing see the album and then we will tour May/ that and he wrote a bunch of great songs. We June.” worked them up in a really old school kind of way; we all got in with the acoustic guitar and “We were hoping to sell this album on this we played them through, we worked up parts, tour. The album is finished, it is mastered, the we recorded live in the studio, starting up we artwork is completely done. What actually did basic tracks. So we didn’t do it like a cut happened is that Steve James played the and paste recording experience, which is very album to a few record companies to tune much the modern way, we did it like an old some people into what we are doing. The fashioned rock n’ roll band and the result is so album sounded so good to everybody and great. I’m so excited about the album.” everybody got excited and insisted that we 8

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should have some negotiations with some songs there. I can’t wait for it to come out.” labels before we released it.”

What do you like most about playing in The “You only get one chance to release an album. Screaming Jets?

So if we had sold copies this tour the record company would have counted that as a self- “It’s what I do. It’s almost like I don’t even release. So unfortunately we had to hold off think about it. I know I would be lost without to discuss some possibilities. We may or may it. I am not defined by the band, I hope not, not go with a label but you’ve got to have but it gives me not a purpose, but I’m excited these discussions at least.”

‘Yeah we’re going on the road, we’ve got gigs, oohh oohh we’re the boys!’. That’s probably What do you like the most about being in The what I like the most.”

Screaming Jets?

“The free food! We get some fantastic riders backstage. What I do like about being in the band is of course that we’re a real band. We can just go and set up and play anywhere anytime because we are ready to go. You see a lot of modern artists who exist in tv land and they are not like a real act yet. If they had a concert to do next Friday they would have to do some heavy organising. We are a band.

So if we were offered a festival in Europe tomorrow we could go and play at it. It’s like being part of the real thing. And I think that is kind of obvious when you see us play as well.”

Paul Woseen comes in the room.

Paul: “Just to reiterate what Jim was saying.

I woke up tonight and had no idea I had a gig on. I got woken up by one of our crew guys.

I got up, packed my bags, checked out the hotel in under ten minutes ready to go, got to the car. Jim said ‘Do you need all that stuff for the gig?’

‘Gig?!’

So that’s what we can do in ten minutes.”

Are you happy with the songs for the album Paul?

“Yes. It’s the most enjoyable recording process that I’ve done. It was just easygoing.

There was nobody precious, there was no ego, everyone was open. You could say what you wanted to say without any fear what someone might think. Because that’s not the point. We just want honesty. I could see that everyone just enjoyed doing it.”

“I love all the songs. I’m biased. I sound like a wanker saying that I like all the songs because I wrote all of them. There’s a couple on there.

No Place No Home is great. Razor is another one of my favourites. There’s some good

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The Screaming Jets The Gov - 12/12/2015 Photos by Sue Hedley

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AMC SA HALL OF FAME INDUCTIONS

by Sue Hedley Inductions into the AMC SA Hall of Fame on November 13th was Bill Chambers, David Moyse (Air Supply), and Brian DeGruchy (Luthier).

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AMC SA Hall of Fame

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Bill Chambers @ AMC SA Hall of Fame

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David Moyse @ AMC SA Hall of Fame

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Induction of Julie Anthony @ AMC SA Hall of Fame

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LEVITIKA

Words by David Powell Cemetary Photos by David Powell Video clip photos supplied by Levitikia

“Everybody goes through hell sometimes and I think music can help take the edge off that burn.”

Greetings and welcome to my first interview for MEGAscene…

Levitika is fresh from recording her debut single, Zombie Barbie, in downtown Los Angeles. Her first ever music video clip for My virgin exposee is with none other than the the single has got a great deal of attention. real life, the enigmatic and the refreshingly The clip shows Levitika in full body UV paint awesome Levitika, aka, Miss Zombie Barbie! in a life-sized coffin-shaped Barbie box with golden painted skin under strobe lights in a So as to set the scene and keep it zombie creepy dungeon type underground setting. enough for Levitika, lover of all things a bit weird and wonderful, we headed out to Payneham Cemetery for a photo shoot and interview. We were accompanied by her Zombie sister, Natalie, who played the role of the innocent victim.

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Natalie and Levitika

Channel 7 TV reporter Paul Makin, interviewed the spooky songstress earlier this year. Brett Williamson from the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) also contacted Levitika for an online and radio interview followed by White Knight Music Group (BMI) and Pulse Records USA selecting Zombie Barbie for their “Mainstream Music Video Opportunity”, displaying the Music Video across the USA. Vydia has also selected Zombie Barbie for

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displaying the Music Video across the USA. Vydia has also selected Zombie Barbie for their fitness retail program and will be aired at over 2000 gyms across the US, including NYSC, Gold’s Gym, Bally’s Fitness, Powerhouse Gyms, LA Fitness, and many more. Gothic and Amazing Lifestyle Magazine have also done a write up on Adelaide’s Levitika and now it’s my turn to talk about this unusually captivating home-grown artist.

“I have always had the stronger, more full on personality out of my sister and though in saying that, she can get pretty feisty when she is pushed to that point”.

“Early on this year I went over to the US to record Zombie Barbie as well as four other song in LA with Jeff Blue, which was an amazing experience as I felt we really saw eye to eye with one another musically. Zombie Barbie and Black Rain were both recorded and produced at Dreza Productions with Jeff Blue and Steve Dresser (Songwriter, Producer, Mixer at BMG/Busbee), followed by the recording of Shadow Boxing and Piece of Me recorded and produced by Jeff Blue and Mike Gonsolin at Trend Def Studios. I feel very lucky with all the great connections I have been able to make in the short time I have been pursing music professionally. You know, I have only been seriously been getting into the music scene professionally for eight months or so, though I’ve always been a writer and composer.”

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their fitness retail program and will be aired at over 2000 gyms across the US, including NYSC, Gold’s Gym, Bally’s Fitness, Powerhouse Gyms, LA Fitness, and many more. Gothic and Amazing Lifestyle Magazine have also done a write up on Adelaide’s Levitika and now it’s my turn to talk about this unusually captivating home-grown artist.

album Hybrid Theory. I really loved Hybrid Theory!”

David: How did you get started with the whole music scene as Zombie Barbie?

Levitika: It was in the middle of nowhere at Halls Gap where I met my first producers Barb and Adie, from The SongStore. They have “I have always had the stronger, more full on produced and mixed hits for artists such as personality out of my sister and though in Vanessa Amorosi, Delta Goodrem, Taxiride saying that, she can get pretty feisty when and other greats. she is pushed to that point”.

It was totally hilarious as I was wearing my “Early on this year I went over to the US to crazy hair and makeup as we crossed paths record Zombie Barbie as well as four other song on the waterfall-walking trail, at the Halls Gap in LA with Jeff Blue, which was an amazing holiday park. When they saw me, they gave experience as I felt we really saw eye to eye me the whole awkward “I am looking at you with one another musically. Zombie Barbie and for way too long because I thought you were Black Rain were both recorded and produced someone I knew, not because of your look”! at Dreza Productions with Jeff Blue and From a distance they thought I was an artist Steve Dresser (Songwriter, Producer, Mixer that they had worked with. Barb said, “oh you at BMG/Busbee), followed by the recording of look like a client of mine, I thought you were Shadow Boxing and Piece of Me recorded and her”. This sparked a conversation between produced by Jeff Blue and Mike Gonsolin at us and they really liked my look and vibe so Trend Def Studios. I feel very lucky with all the they asked if I would send them a demo. So I great connections I have been able to make sent them a recording of something that I had in the short time I have been pursing music done before on Audacity Software, and they professionally. You know, I have only been really liked it. seriously been getting into the music scene professionally for eight months or so, though They decided that they would like to work with I’ve always been a writer and composer.“ me, so a few weeks later I flew to Melbourne and worked with them in their studio.

“I started writing music and lyrics together when I was like thirteen after my first Earlier this year Jeff Blue from the US really heartbreak, for therapeutic reasons. I didn’t liked my video “Spider” acoustic version, so intentionally set out to get ‘into music’ or sit we ended up working together also. down one day and think to myself ‘you know what, one day I want to be a singer’, I have Knowing that he produced Linkin Park, Korn, just always loved music and love writing lyrics Limp Bizkit and Macy Gray, I was like whoaa! and music. Though in saying that, now that I really love those acts. They totally rock! Oh life seems to have directed me into music and fantastic, I get to work with this producer I have decided to work in music, I do work that has worked with a lot of the bands whose my ass off! As much as music is my absolute music I really love. life passion, it is still a business and warrants being treated accordingly, a strong work ethic David: Where do you see yourself in 5 years? is very important for any serious musician.

I actually won a special music scholarship in Levitika: I see myself as just really focusing the UK when I was eleven, when I started high on touring and writing new music for the next school. My first instrument was clarinet, which few years of my life, really hoping to reach out I learned during this scholarship and very much to a lot of people. For me music is all about enjoyed as well as singing and playing piano. I communicating with people, it’s about having think what really inspired me was a lot of early a message in the music, it is about people music such as Linkin Park, especially their relating to what I’m saying. The music and 22

lyrics I write come from my heart and soul, leaving me very vulnerable and exposed to my audience. Hoping that it will also reach their souls and touch their life in some way, just as other artists’ music has moved me. I guess I aspire to help them in some form, when they going though hell. Everybody goes through hell sometimes and I think music can help take the edge off that burn. Music keeps me going in life. Music has always been my therapy, whether it be writing music or listening to other music.

David: So, Levitika you have a very personal LA story to share here with your fans, who, incidentally are really well established both in Brazil and the US. Levitika: The first two songs were done in Santa Monica and the other two songs were done in West Hollywood. This is my first time in LA and I was in the studio all day every day just working, which was amazing.

I thought I should be a tourist for at least one day. So, I went out for a cup of coffee and met a girl there from the Gold Coast, Jenny, and she said that we should go out one night and she offered to show me around LA. So the night before I had to record my last song and fly out to Australia I went out with Jenny to a bar in the middle of Hollywood for just a few hours and two drinks.

By the time I got home I was passing out and threw up up everywhere, and yes I really did look like a Zombie, big time! I assumed that obviously my drink had been spiked as who gets that sick off two drinks! I should have been more careful.

David: Life imitating art imitating life!

Levitika: So anyway, I passed out a few times in my hotel that night and the next morning too. I have a really distorted memory of anything after getting back to my hotel. I was going in and out of consciousness all morning.

Though, this is music, and life goes on. It was my last day in LA and I still had one more song to record, so go hard or go home. I literally, as in no jokes, crawled into the front door of that West Hollywood studio. Not a good look!

First thing Jeff said to me was “I told you not

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to drink”. All I could do was apologise and say honestly anyone who knows me well, knows I am not a big drinker. I don’t smoke and I don’t do drugs. Damn, I am really killing that whole sex, drugs and rock n’roll line right now but seriously I don’t have time for that stuff.

I told Jeff how I had only two drinks, that I must have been drugged, and that I am here in LA to work and not to stuff around as my music always comes first!

So, yeah I really was coming off something when I recorded ‘Piece of Me’, I had to ask to sit down while recording the track, just in case I passed out while singing. Mike Gonsolin was lovely enough to walk down the road and get me a bottle of ginger ale, which helped a bit but I was still well and truly zombified at this point in time. Plus, I also had my thrilling 16 hour flight back to Australia to look forward too that evening, Hell yeah! So yeah, I definitely gave LA a piece of me and will always remember that experience and the craziness of it all but hey what is music without a bit of crazy in the mix!

David: So the next time you go to LA you just might need a lawyer to protect your self and your musical interests?

Levitika: Yes I do in fact have one! his name by the way is, Mr Stephen King.

Ha ha, only in LA …

Website: www.levitika.com Facebook: www.facebook.com/officiallevitika Twitter: https://twitter.com/Levitika YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/ UCdVaxPvk2yoXi14IQsN8_8Q Zombie Barbie Music Video: https://www. youtube.com/watch?v=QDmD4bXm-RY Also Zombie Barbie has been collaborating with my mates from the UniBar hailing from the band, Sealed Our Fate who are currently touring a six date gig in Indonesia.

Happy 25th Birthday my Zombie friend, Levitika and thanks for the interview.

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GSM Allstars @ The Rock Vault

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Elektra City @ The Rock Vault

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Hollywood Gun Club @ The Rock Vault Boom Boom Room 19/12/2015 Photos by Sue Hedley

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LIVE SOUND ADVICE

By Frank Lang

Early History

Pro systems and a mix trick By the late 70’s the classic JBL 4 WAY speaker stacks “were the go”. Power amps included: Buggs amps, (local guy,) Jands amps or the workhorse Crown or even the not so roadworthy Phase Linear, (mostly rated at 200 watts RMS), teamed with a Jands or locally made Revolver mixing desk.

The old Jands JX4 crossover, was a 4 way of sorts. Low, mid, treble and tweeter. The crossover points were selectable via buttons 250, 500, 800Hz 1.2KHz, low to mid, 800Hz 1.2KHz 6KHz for mid’s 6-8KHz open for tops.

I usually found turning up the mid’s till I got a good honky sound, and then dialing in lows below, the highs above and then going back to the med’s for a tweak a good way to start, and you guessed it, no graphics.

So if the sound got a bit middy during the night, a slight adjust to the mid’s on the crossover and back to work on the desk.

topped with either bullet or slot tweeters. The drawback of these high frequency devices being the noise factor. They sat there hissing away, sometimes not so gently, showing up some weaknesses in early amp designs.

Touring bands often had a double 4 way and a bass boat (a rather large bass box with 2 x 15” JBL’s), requiring 4 guys to lug them from truck to venue. Over enthusiastic bands often brought their double system into smaller venues resulting in walls of black boxes … with a little space left for the band in between.

The excitement for me always started as we approached the venue, any less than a 4 tone truck and three crew and we knew the production was sub standard.

Mixes were almost always very good, and these systems more than “got the job done”.

I was still mixing on my 4 box Yamaha system at the Arkaba for funk band, “Full House” and doing an all right job, when a guitar player The Jands JX4 Speaker wise, if you were lucky you had a mate asked me to let him mix a set. Things double fold bass or the high tech. triple folded were well set up, so okay off you a go. bass bins, or just fired the lows into a JBL 4560 design. They were surprisingly good for He did a good job but when the band had a lows and fired out a respectable 50Hz if you break the guitarist from the band fronted me with: “Who mixed that bracket?” I thought were lucky.

I was in for it until he said “sounded great, In the days before sub’s 60Hz was respectable every time I took a solo I could hear it in the for lows and multiple boxes and amps at room”. bigger concerts could gently flap your shirt against your chest, mid’s were handled by the My guitarist mate had given him a slight boost above 4560 design, and did a great job of in the mix at every lead break and the guitarist efficiently pushing the sound of the 200 watt had heard the resultant couple of Db boost in amps of the time into the crowd, the horn the room. This is a technique I adopted and use to this day, a technique not to every mixers loading helping here. liking, but no bands I mix seem to mind.

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I might use these fader boosts for keyboard, sax drum solos, and it keeps me focused on the music.

On the other hand there is a lot to be said for the set and forget method of mixing but … I just can’t help myself.

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by Carina Bonney

MARKETS

Here are some of the markets on in Adelaide.

Adelaide Night Market

Ebenezer Night Markets

When: Fri 5th Feb, Fri 12th Feb, Fri 19th Feb, Fri 26th Feb, Sat 27th Feb, Fri 4th Mar, Fri When: Last Sunday of the month from October 11th Mar, Fri 18th Mar. Location: Ebenezer Place, Adelaide – March. 4pm - 8pm About: These markets are conducted on Next market is January 31st Location: North Terrace, Adelaide (between selected dates during the summer King William Rd and Kintore Ave)

Fisherman’s Wharf Market

Adelaide Central Market

When: Every Sunday from 9am - 5pm When: Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Monday Public Holidays Location: Lighthouse Square, Port Adelaide and Saturday 9am - 5pm www.fishermenswharfmarkets.com.au Location: Grote Street, Adelaide Shop at the Market with free parking after 3pm & before 6pm every Tuesday & Thursday during Spring!

About: A huge range of fresh food, all under one roof - fruit and vegetables, meat and poultry, seafood, gourmet cheeses, bakery products, sweets, nuts and health foods. www.adelaidecentralmarket.com.au/

Adelaide Market

Showground

Farmers

Gawler Lions Station Market

When: Every Sunday 8am - 12pm Location: Gawler Railway Station About: Arts and crafts, fresh local produce, bric-a-brac, tools and more.

Gepps Cross Treasure Market When: Sundays 7am - 1pm Location: Mainline Drive In @ 588 Main North Road, Gepps Cross

When: Every Sunday 9am -1pm Location: Adelaide Showground Leader Street Farmers markets are the best place to find Gilles Street Market healthy food direct from the source. You will be supporting local industry, growers When: October to May the market is open on and farmers as well as getting the freshest the 1st and 3rd Sunday of the month from produce.

Location: Gilles Street Primary School 91 Gilles Street, Adelaide 10am – 4pm About: a focused Fashion & Accessories Blackwood Craft Market market only When: 1st Sunday of the month 10am - 4pm Location: Memorial Hall Cormandel Parade, Blackwood About: handmade craft items

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Glenelg Markets When: Every Saturday & Sunday 9am - 4pm Location: Moseley Square, Glenelg

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Stirling Laneways and Market Organic and Sustainable Market When: Every Saturday from 9am – 1pm Location: Henley Beach Primary School Military Road, Henley Beach

Round She Goes Market Adelaide Held in Adelaide 3 times a year Next market: check dates on website http://roundshegoes.com.au/whenwhere/ adelaide-dates/ Location: German Club Hall, Adelaide 223 Flinders Street, Adelaide, SA 5000 Entry: $2, 10am-3pm About: Pre-loved Designer & vintage clothing, and handmade jewellery. Also in Melbourne and Sydney. http://roundshegoes.com.au

Semaphore Community Market Gilles Street Markets

Market Shed on Holland

When: 1st Sunday of the month from 9am - 2pm Location: St Bedes Anglican Church 200 Military Rd, Semaphore When: Sunday January 24th, February 28, April 24th - 10am - 4pm Location: Druid Ave, Stirling Free entry

When: Sunday, 9am-3pm every week Where: 1 Holland Street, Adelaide (behind the Gilbert St IGA) Wild At Hart Fresh Food Market, Contact: marilyn@themarketshed.com.au About: One big bustling shed is filled to the Port Adelaide brim with local food producers selling their wares. The market focuses strongly on When Open Sundays 9am - 1pm or 2pm organically and locally produced food.

Where: The Harts Mill precinct About: A famers market with fresh food and produce Moonlight Markets http://www.wildathart.com.au When: Friday 5 February 2016 Friday 4 March 2016 Time: 6pm - 10pm Location: Thorndon Park, Hamilton Terrace, Paradise About: Food stalls Reminder - Thorndon Park is a bird sanctuary therefore, no pets, including dogs, are allowed in the park, even if on a leash. Thorndon park is not a dry zone. Alcohol is able to be brought into the reserve.

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SA PARANORMAL

Words and Photos by Allen Tiller A visit to the Clare valley with our good friends John & Deb from Drifter Paranormal (who are travelling the country investigating haunting phenomena) led us to Mintaro’s exceptional Georgian styled manor “Martindale Hall”.

The mansion was constructed in 1879 and took two years to finish. It is built out of sandstone and has 32 rooms, including a large basement which contains seven rooms.

The house was used as Mr Bowman’s own recreation home, and featured a boating lake, racecourse, cricket pitch (which saw the English 11 play on its pitch on one occasion), and a polo ground. It was also used for fox hunting and other hunting exhibitions.

Its’ roof was designed to allow for the lady visitors of the house to sit upon and view the goings on of the sporting achievements of the men folk.

Martindale Hall

was purchased by Mr Bowman for 75 pounds.

The house is now a museum owned by the people of South Australia, and within its walls you can find all its original fittings and grandeur. In the billiard room stands a full It is said that Mr Bowman’s wealth was sized English Billiard table (12 ft x 6 ft). It extraordinary, and that he spared no expense is said the 1.5 tonne pool table was placed in building the house, which cost somewhere in position, then the north facing wall of the around 72 thousand pounds. The extravagance building was finished. is quite evident when visiting the mansion and its extraordinary coach house (which is In 1885, drought overtook Australia, and larger than a lot of people’s entire homes). Edmund Bowman’s finances suffered. This There are long held local legends that back was compounded further in following years in Bowman’s day, when only he and his two with a depression which lowered the price of brothers lived in the home, and later just wool, causing Mr Bowman’s finances further Edmund and his wife Annie, that Bowman had losses. These losses eventually led to the sale fourteen servants, four of which lived on site.

Much like TV shows like “Downtown Abbey” or “Upstairs Downstairs” the home had areas purely for the use and movement of servants.

This was a man so wealthy, he installed fully flushing toilets for his servant’s use, but insisted on using commodes for himself and his guests, which the servant’s would have to empty after each use.

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of Martindale Estate to another notable South Australian, Mr William Mortlock in 1891.

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The Mortlocks brought their own touch to the home, and the majority of the fittings and furniture that we see today was theirs. In the smoking room, one can see some of the treasures that John Mortlock returned with from his expeditions across Australia, New Guinea and Africa, including a majestic 16th century Samurai suit, Sri Lankan devil masks, and carved elephant tusks. Other pieces of Mr Mortlocks collection can be found in the Adelaide Museum and Mortlock Library on North Terrace in Adelaide.

John Mortlock, who inherited the house from his parents, died in 1950, only 15 months after marrying his wife, Dorothy. After John’s death, Dorothy walked out the house, leaving everything the way it sat, other than a few personal possessions. She locked the door, and then donated the entire building and contents to the University of Adelaide, which in turn gave the entire site to the people of South Australia.

Unfortunately the State Government is currently trying to usurp the public and sell the site to a private consortium to start a “wellness clinic”, taking away the public’s right to visit a site that was bequeathed to them.

Away from the politics, beauty and history, Martindale has long been deemed a significant haunted historic location in the Clare Valley region.

Many of the staff, and some of the visitors and overnight staying guests, have reported strange goings on, and sightings of mysterious people in the grounds, and inside the home itself.

A man has been seen, in period clothing, possibly early 1900’s, sitting on the back stairs of the home. The clothing worn, and the site where he has been seen, would indicate the possibility of a servant, perhaps one who loved his masters, and the house far too much to move on after his death.

Overnight staying guests have reported

waking up and finding a child lying in bed with them, when no children have been reported to be in the home.

Other people have reported seeing children, in “olden-times” clothing playing on the front steps of the mansion, running around, not noticing the adults staring at them in bewilderment, before the children fade into the surroundings …

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though, is thought to be the spirit of Valentine Mortlock. Valentine was born on Valentine’s Day, thus his name. He was born with “cretinism” which is described on Wikipedia as “is a condition of severely stunted physical and mental growth due to untreated congenital deficiency of thyroid hormones”.

Valentine lived much of his life confined to his room, perhaps this was because of his disability, but more likely it is because his well to do family saw his disability as a blight upon their name.

Valentine had long blonde hair, which was common for young boys of the period, and very often, when he was seen, he would be mistaken for a little girl. This could explain the sightings of a long haired blonde spirit girl inside the hall - mistaken identity!

The most notable recent sighting of Valentine, was recorded by the caretakers of Martindale Hall, and is displayed in his room for all to read. It tells of a 3 year old boy, visiting the house with his family. The boy’s Mother went to take the boy out of the room, but he did not want to leave his new friend, who he described as having long golden hair, and “looking like an angel”.

To help save Martindale Hall from being sold you can sign the petition at this site: Change.Org Or – visit the Martindale Hall website to plan your visit: - http://www.martindalehallmintaro.com.au/

Allen Tiller is the Australian star of international hit television show “Haunting: Australia” and author of “The Haunts of Adelaide – History, Mystery and the Paranormal” as well as being a historian, lecturer, poet, musician, Tour Guide, blogger and podcaster. Allen is also a White Ribbon Ambassador and volunteer for many different associations and groups.

You can find Allen online at: www.twitter.com/Allen_Tiller www.facebook.com/AllenHauntingAustralia

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MARIA’S COLUMN

by Maria Szczerba

2015 CHRISTMAS PAGEANT Well as we approach the silly season and Santa makes his way to Adelaide, it is time to relive the magic of the Christmas Pageant.

From Jolly and Jingles which were so entertaining to Scottish Highlanders band, the Police Band, The Marching Girls, The Christmas Star, The List Keeper, The Get Well Christmas is well and truly here now that the Soon, Lilly-Rose Doll which opened her eyes Christmas Pageant has been on. Santa has and closed them and a smile on her face, along made his way to the Magic Cave and marked with the ever popular Christmas Puppy. And the start of the festive season. of course the ever popular floats still bought joy to each and everyone that attended the Everybody loves the pageant and the magic it pageant as well. The ever popular Star Wars brings and the joy to everybody who attends thrilled every boy and girl and everyone who this magical event! attended also, along with the Magic of the Around the World float and who could go past Who could not go past the wonderful new the Monsters Inc Family float. floats such as Christmas Puppy, Lilly-Rose doll, Jolly and Jingles (Australian Drill Dance Team), No-one could take away the magic of the The List Keeper, and The New Christmas Star. Stardust Castle, the Christmas snowball, and This pageant was supported by the following the clowns. The boys and girls that got to ride sponsors People’s Choice Credit Union, on Nipper and Nimble were so happy, there Beyond Bank Australia, Police Credit Union, was just so much joy on the day, it just made Credit Union SA, South Australian Tourism you smile.

Commission, and Channel 9.

After the Pageant, I went to the Magic Cave Before the Christmas Pageant was presented and watched Father Christmas make his way to everyone through the streets of Adelaide, to his castle along with the Prince and Princess I had the pleasure of attending the Pageant of the Pageant as well as many other people launch, in which Brian Gilbertson, Director of involved in the pageant such as the clowns, the Christmas Pageant, was in attendance and their helpers also. along with Hitaf Rasheed, SA Tourism Director, and Channel 9 Presenters Brenton Ragless and Virginia Landenberg.

The day was full of fun for everyone at this launch and from this the Christmas Pageant was held through the streets of Adelaide on 14th November 2015.

People of all ages enjoyed what this magical day brought to each and everyone at the Pageant. It was full of colour, variety of people and floats. The inclusion of the new floats really had the children wishing it was Christmas everyday.

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While at the Magic Cave, you were able to get your Christmas photo or have a snow photo of yourself with Santa with video computer generated imaging. along with families visiting the magic cave. You could have rides on Nipper and Nimble. You could also you could enjoy a magical ride on the merry-go-round that was there and get yourself some popcorn, drinks and candy cane, and Christmas balloons too to enjoy.

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I hope all girls and boys have been good and that Santa brings a very magical gift to everyone, including the adults and those less fortunate. I hope everyone thinks of this day and those who are less fortunate and Never take your family for granted, and whatever you receive just remember that it doesn’t matter how big or small it is! It’s the thought and being remembered in this festive season that counts. I hope that everyone enjoys their day with family and friends this Christmas.

MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HAVE A SAFE AND BLESSED ONE AND A HAPPY SAFE NEW YEAR!!

Maria

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