[Out Of The Box]
[Kara Kidman]
[Thursdays 12 - 1pm]
Record Collections and Recollections
Each week we delve into someone's record collection and talk about the music they love, the life they lead and how the two interact. If you want to be on the show - email outofthebox@fbiradio.com
World Wildlife Fund JOnathan LARKIN stopped playing with Pandas long enough to bring in Billy Joel...
Ta Doluer Camille
Hunting for Witches Bloc Party
Making Plans For Nigel Nouvelle Vague
Disco buscuit Love Jezabels
Spiritualised Finley Quaye
Glory Box Portishead
You Maybe Right Billy Joel
Steal My Kisses Ben Harper (live)
The Revolution Will Not Be Telelvised Gill Scott Heron
John She Was Never Only Dancing Fergus Brown
Yoshimi Battle Pink Robots Flaming Lips
JULIA THOMAS who gave FBi all of her love - and mad Marketing Manager skills- for years and years left the station to become the Digital Marketing Grand Pooh-Bah of Sydney Festival and in honour of her services to keeping FBi alive and thrashing we dragged her into the studio to play the songs that mean something to her:
Candy Floss Wilco
Manilla Seelenluft
I've tried Red Riders
The Truth About Cats and Dogs (Are they Die) Pony Up!
Dublin Blues Guy Clark
Warm Heart of Africa The Very Best
Lutheran Hall Dan Kelly & The Alpha Males
21st Century Pop Song Hymies Basement
Run Run Run Phoenix
Pretty Bird Tree LJ Hill
Fake Palindromes Andrew Bird
Fabulous Sydney Actor JESS TOVEY escaped PANIC ISLAND ( a new telemovie), ceased recording her scenes for COPS L.A.C and stopped being recognised as a Police Woman in Underbelly: Golden Mile, to come into our lovely little studio and play the following songs that mean something to her...even if they're in Spanish.
Give Me Some Truth-John Lennon
It's Oh So Quiet-Bjork
Battlewon-Dappled Cities
Excuses-The Morning Benders
The Emperor's New Clothes-Sinead O'Conner
Mr November-The Nationals
Sea of Love-Cat Power
Fairytale of New york - The Pogues featuring Kirsty MacColl
Por La Quenta Que Nos Trae-Gentle Music Men
One Man Band-Washington
Falling Aeroplanes-Darren Hanlon
Journeyman CAMERON BRUCE stood away from the keyboards and the schnitzels long enough to play:
Don’t worry About the Government Talking Heads
Memories Leonard Cohen
Hercules Midnight Oil
Gin Soaked Boy The Divine Comedy
Sunday Morning The Velvet Underground
To Beat the Devil Kris Kristofferson
New Town Life Without Buildings
Lazy Line Painter Jane Belle & Sebastion
Tittie Bar Sneeze
Jeremy Somers from WE ARE HANDOME and PEOPLE LIKE US came and played:
Excuses The Morning Benders
High Road Broken Bells
Some Simplicity Paul Greene
May I Have this Dance Ashleigh Mannix
Cheeseburger in Paradise Jimmy Buffet
Moths Wings Passion Pit
1901 Phoenix
Tricka Technology DJ Krafty Kuts
Don’t Worry Be Perfect Bobby McFarrin vs CL Smooth & Skyzoo - DJ BC
Ukulele playing kids television producer CLARE GERBER brought in a lunchbox full of wonderful tunes including never-before-heard-on-grown-up-radio tracks by some of Australia's leading indie artists and their kids songs.
Allis Love Karen O and the Kids
Sweet Dreams Paul Kingston & Cain Horton
Your Feets Too Big Fats Waller
Hyperballad Bjork (Bronsky Quarter Version)
Fire Fire Fire Dappled Cities
Bedouin Song Lior
Boom Boom Johnnyu Lee Hooker
Last Winter Fergus Brown
Somewhere Over the Rainbow Israel
Them There Eyes Billie Holiday
Rainbow Connection Kermit the Frog
Music Writer DINO SCATENA put down his unathorised biography of Kylie Minogue and brought in the songs that mean the most to him in his 20 yeras in the music industry:
Tired of Being Alone Al Green
Panic in Detroit David Bowie
Atlantic Romantic Models
Baby You're AQ Rich Man The Beatles
Supernaturally Nick Cave& The Bad Seeds
Only Talking Sense The Finn Brothers
She Moves On Paul Simon
Reptile The Church
Some Velvet Morning Nancy Sinatra & Lee Hazelwood
A Thousnand Kisses Deep Leonard Cohen
Comedian, writer, thongs-in-the-middle-of-winter-wearer WIL ANDERSON took time out from his hugely successful 'Wilful Misconduct' show to sell us his favourite songs:
wake up - the arcade fire
midlife crisis - faith no more
gigantic - the pixies
for a short time - weddings, parties, anything
wolf like me - tv on the radio
hurt - johnny cash
dumb enough - hilltop hoods
the funeral - band of horses
this mess we're in- pj harvey
Reality survivor and Pizza Shop Owner Pete TIMBS came in and played hte following meaningful cock rock (OK so Paul Dempsey ain't quite cockrock - but the rest is...)
Fastest of Friends Paul Dempsey
Sliver Nirvana
Speck Front End Loader
Repeater Fugazi
Romeo & Juliette Dire Straits
Morning Glory Oasis
18 and Life Skid Row
Some Big Brother Song
What You Got Grinspoon
Liza and Louise No FX
Bolt NoFX
Amazing photographer NIRRIMI HAKANSON came in to play the following tunes. At 17 she has already done shoots in NY for major labels and is starting in on her film career. Check out her work at www.WELIVEYOUNG.blogspot.com :
Young Folks Peter Bjorn & John
Blood Middle East
Dance With Me Nouvelle Vague
Never Had Nobody Like You M Ward (feat. Zooey Deschaniel)
Train Song Vashti Bunyan
Raphael Cocorosie
Alice Pogo
Harold T Wilkins Fanfarlo
I still Believe In Us Papa vs Pretty
When I Grow Up Fever Ray
The Summer Josh Pyke
Nach Heart Honey Is Cool
THEA SLAYTER defender for the Matildas' Australia Women's football team - Australia's most successful football team ever- took time out from training, industrial abseiling and obtaining her commercial pilot's license to play the following:
Steamworks The Presets
Woke Up This Morning A3
Camel Walk Southern Culture on the Skids
Impressive Instant Peter Rauhauffer rmx Madonna
White Horse Goldfrappe
Dimestore Diamond The Gossip
Lousy Night Oliver Huntman
Ich Und Elaine 2Raum
Mystify INXS
In the Shadows Love Birds
WILFRED BRANDT, associate editor for iconic, sub-cultural Sydney blog 'Two Thousand' crafted us a glorious playlist of the following:
Now Lightflight
Interesting Results Aerial Pinks Haunted Grafitti
Strawberry Wine John Steele Singers
Bonnie and Clyde Serge Gainsbourg
Will My Lord Be Gardening? Lily
Trapdoor Salem
I'll Be Gone Spectrum
You Keep Me Hanging On Vanilla Fudge
The Free Design Stereolab
Jeremey Parker Swirlies
VIDETTE MOORE spent years as the Booker for MUM, has managed bands, promoted bands, and been the door bitch as iconic indie nights like Purple Sneakers - in a fabulously local list, she played the following tunes:
Psychotic Reaction Count Five
Rainbow Kraut The JohnSteel Singers
Into The Line Cloud Control
Waiting in Wisconsin We Say Bamboulee
Tourist Attraction Kiosk
High Horse Cutherbert and the Nightwalkers
Art School Girl The Laurels
The Oh Yeah Villains of Wilhelm
Musings Hearthrob Megastick Fanfare
Sunny in Splodges Kyu
Make It Chill Richard In Your Mind
We Are Underused Pavement
Iconic Australian singer-songwriter ROBERT FORSTER (The GO-BETWEENS) is in Sydney for the Sydney Writers' Festival and will take time out from being an award winning music critic and author to share his favourite songs:
Pasadena John Paul Young
Black and Blue Chain
Taxi Cab Vampire Weekend
Masochist The John Steel Singers
Mr Clean The Jam
10.15Saturday Night The Cure
We Won't Run Sarah Blasko
Gypsy Queen Greg Quill and Country Radio
New King Jack Sekret Sekret
US comedian, actor, and political activist JANEANE GAROFALO and her comedy buddy GREG BREHENDT (who accidentally wrote the worldwide hit 'He's Just Not That Into You') took over the studio and played the following songs (note: the Australian tracks were actually their favourite songs and not just put in to suck up to the Australian public):
Janeane -
Le Tigre- “Hot Topic”
Buffalo Tom- “Summer”
You Am I- “Soldiers”
Veruca Salt- “Seether”
Sebado- “Rebound”
Joe Jackson- “Different For Girls”
Greg -
Hugo Montenengro- “The Good The Bad and The Ugly”
Aerosmith- “Walkin the Dog”
Hoo Doo Gurus- “I Want You Back”
The Muffs- “Sad Tomorrow”
Reigning Monarchs - "Short Pants For Fatty
Phd Student ASH MORGAN had a break from her 150,000 word thesis on Sport Sponsorhip and came into the studio to defend sport managers and play the following songs :
Audience Coldwar kids
Fuck you Lily Allen
Sawdust Man Ben Kweller
Stuck In the Middle With You Steelers Wheel
Some Simplicity Paul Greene
Time to Pretend Paul Dempsey
Love Long Distance Gossip
Everlong Foo Fighter
Rehab Amy Winehouse
Remember Me Blue Boy
Last Night The Strokes
MEAGEN LOADER, the mother Loada, after seven years as Station Manager has decided to go where she is even more needed. So in tradition of fond farewells, we handed her the challenge of reducing her music filled life down to 10 songs. The winners are:
Too Young Phoenix
I know What I know Graceland
Passin' Time Beth Orton
Black Betty Nick Cave
All I ever Wanted Spy Arches of Loaf
Stand Up Sit Down Radiohead
Red Robin Heart Pip Branson Corporation
Let's Dance M Ward
Rid of Me PJ Harvey
Goose Drink Wine By the Band that Sing that Song
Rebellion Lies Arcade Fire
World Debating champion STEVE HIND put down the palm cards and came in and played these tracks:
Harpoon Jebediah
This Year Mountain Goats
! (The Song Formely Known As) Regurgitator
Retreat The Reels
Someday The Strokes
Kim& Jessie M83
All My Friends LCD Soundsystem
Knotty pine Dirty Projectors
The Bends Radiohead
Valerie Amy Winehouse
Lounge Act Nirvana
The saxiest man in Australian Rock History - KIRK PENGILLY from INXS - tried to distill over 30 years in the music industry into one hour of music. He narrowed it down to the following songs (* denotes songs we didn't get round to actually playing on air!)
Mashed Potato – Billy Thorpe & the Aztecs
Groovin - The Rascals
Spicks And Specks - The Bee Gees*
Slipping Away – Max Merritt & the Meteors*
The Real Thing – Russell Morris*
I'll Be Gone – Spectrum*
The Day I Met Marie – Cliff Richard
I Feel The Earth Move – Carole King*
The Wind Cries Mary – Jimi Hendrix
Delta Lady – JoeCocker
Gonna See My Baby Tonight (live)- Kevin Borich Express
Who'll Stop The Rain – Creedence Clearwater Revival
Long Distance Runaround – Yes*
Josie – Steely Dan
Teen Town – Weather Report
Slang (Bass Solo) – Jaco Pastorius *
It's Easy To Remember – John Coltrane
Chattanooga Choo-Choo – Glenn Miller*
Melody – The Rolling Stones *
Ring-A-Ding Ding – Frank Sinatra
Quasimodo's Dream – The Reels
Try Me – James Brown*
The Magnificient Seven – The Clash
I'm The Only Woman – Mary J Bligh
You Kill Me – Babble *
Slap That Ass – Hughie
Mindcircus – Way Out West Feat. Imogen Heap *
Miss You Less, See You More – Faithless
GREG O'MAHONEY stopped lecturing universtiy students on how to commit white collar crime long enough to come and play his most meaningful songs:
Slow Show The National
Cut Here Cure
Thinking About You Radioheads
All My Friends LCD Soundsystem
Getting Away With It James
Don't Keep A Record Art of Fighting
See You Soon (live) Cold Play
On Bloc Party
Land Locked Blues Bright Eyes
Buy Now Pay Later Whitlams
Hysterics Yeah Yeah Yeahs
On the eve of a big gallery show in Brisbane, Sydney painter JULIAN MEAGHER brought some amazing mystery tracks into the studio:
Heartbreak Hotel Elvis Presley
Morgan Geist Ruthless City
Tripping Out Curtis Playfield
I want You Back Little Red
This Must Be the Place Talking Heads
Mystery track from Indian Hip Hop Album
Ethiopiques
mystery crooner remixed by Herbert
Mysterious Song Peter Andre
Mystery Track Hocus Pocus
How Many Mics Fugees
Roads Fat Freddy's Drop
House is not a home Reggae Disco Rockers
Composer and multi-instrumentalist BREE VAN REYK came into the studio fresh from the stage of King Lear and told tales of playing with some of Asutralia's indie darling musicians. Her tunes:
OUR Anniversary Smog
The Colours Heather Woods Broderick
Warm Jets Holly Throsby
Hung Up Dear Nora
I'm Going Away Elizabeth Cotton
If Ever I would Leave You Aretha Franklin
You Are Beautiful Nico
Deportation/ Iguazu Gustavo Santoaollla
Memory Games Sleeping States
11 March - Live, breathe, love music? As senior writer for Rolling Stones that's exactly what Barry Divola gets to do...
Last Train to Clarksville Monkees
I'm Not in Love 10cc
Watching the Detectives Elvis Costello
I get a Kick Out of You Frank Sinatra
What Difference Does it Make? The Smiths
Radio Free Europe REM
Bachelor Kisses The Go-Betweens
Sunday Morning Velvet Underground
Don’t You Think Its Time Bob Evans
4 March - The adorable Frisky & Mannish (otherwise known as Laura and Mathew) took time out from their sell out Edinburgh/ Mardi Gras/ Melbourne International Comedy Festival show to play some of their very special tunes. They were mostly pop music (apparently FBi listeners don't take too kindly to listening to The Pussycat Dolls) so we'll just list the cool tunes:
Pop NSYNC
Papa Don't Preach Madonna
Oonce in a Lifetime Sammy Davis Jr
Hello Earth Kate Bush
Telephone Lady Ga Ga
Amsterdam Camille Osullivan
Beep Pussycat Dolls
Nasty Girl Destiny's Child
Woman of the Ghetto Marlena Shaw
Britney's Leaving Home Britney Beatles Mash Up
25 Feb: Rebecca Lee Slade and Thomas Conroy from Spring Awakening, Sydney Theatre Company's controversial rockmusical, came in and played the following tracks but sadly nothing from the Glee soundtrack:
Rabbit Heart Florence and the Machine
Omaha Counting Crows
We're Good People But Why Don't We Show It Holly Thrrosby
Keep It Real Ash Grunwald
Failure Laura Marling
The Haircut The Waifs
Suspended in gaffa Ra Ra Riot
Australian Idol Kate Miller-Heideke
The Lighthouse Song Josh Pyke
Skinny Love Bon Iver
James McNew from iconic indie band Yo La Tengo came in and played the following track (we didn't get to AK47 The Badge Means You Suck, though)
More Stars Than There are in Heaven Yo La Tengo
Funhouse The Frogs
Daylight Aesop Rock
Tsumeetai Gift Yura Yura Teikoku
Geminii Why?
Of Raymond Lambchop
The Brain That Wouldn't Die Tall Dwarfs
Eternal Ice Yung Wu
Move To California Times New Viking
Soulful Strings Within You Without You
The Word 13th Floor Elevators
Sam Smith, sydney based actor came in to play a diverse mix of smooth tracks.
down in mexico the coasters
jersey girl tom waites
do it again steely dan
I asked for water howlin wolf
I only have eyes for you flamingos
smooth operator sade
low down boz scaggs
diamond in the back, sunroof top… curtis mayfield
LA Woman the doors
14 Jan: DAVE REGOS, filmmaker and visual artist came in before he fled to chilly New York and played:
Down About It Smudge
Talkin Bear Mountain Picni Blues Bob Dylan
Get It Together Beastie Boys
A to G Blackalicious
Retreat From the Sun That Dog
Slow Education Silver Jews
Million Miles Mirah
After the After Party Lucksmiths
Foolish Love Rufus Wainwright
Stockholm Syndrome Yo La Tengo
Cleo Built to Spll
Luckiest Guy On the Lower East Side Magnetic Fields
JAN 2010: Choerographer, director and singer, SHAUN PARKER came in before the World Premiere of his new show Happy as Larry. His tracks:
Walking on A Dream Empire of the Sun
Glitch Tutting Nick Wales & Bree Van Reyk
Broken Leg Bluejuice
Forces Coda
Polegnala Cast of This Show About People
Buttons Sia
God Knows EL Perro Del Mar
Times of Love Nick Wales & Bree Van Reyk
River Wide Jarni Birmingham
Life Desiree
Shooting Stars Bagraiders
24 DEC: Astronomer and adventurer DAVE STEWART braved the summer studio heat:
Astronomy Dominae Pink Floyd
Aloha Steve and Danno Radio Birdman
Anarchy In the UK Sex Pistols
Jacques Your Body Les Rhythm Digitales
Praise You Fatboy Slim
When I First Met Your Ma Paul Kelly
Smoke On The Water Deep Purple
Save the World and Get the Girl The King Blues
The Schemers, The Scroungers and the Rats The King Blues
Oi to the World No Doubt
17 DEC: Iconic composer and artist ELLIOT WHEELER struggled to define himself in just ten songs so he did it in 11 and they were:
Woods Bon Iver
Fantino Sebastian Tellier
Amphibian (Mark Bell Mix) Bjork
Donnie Disco Thearte of Disco
Bend In the River Grand Salvo
In the Pines Smog
No One Does It Like You Department of Eagles
Nothing But A Heartache The Flirtations
Silos The Maladies
Wraith Pinned to the Mist and Other… Of Montreal
Who is Going to Save My Soul Gnarls Barkley
10 Dec: The SMAC award winning Collective RED RATTLER sent in their very own Patsy Black to represent on the show. Her tracks were as follows:
Carnivale - Bikin Kill
Stab- Bratmobile
I Desire Wings - Rose Turtle Erterler
Vanishing - Ninety Nine
HSC - Crouching 80s Hiden Acronym
Favourite Sweater - Holy Balm
TKO - Le Tigre
Dear Darlin' - Mojo Juju & the Snake Oil Merchants
What R Youze Doin? - Sista She
Airport - Belters
3 Dec: CLAIRE PORTEK, project coordinator of the Big Shiny Sydney Opera House is coming into play...and play she did
Ziggy Stardust David Bowie
Cool Ice Cream Eddie Current Suppression Ring
Race: In Battles
Disaster Died Pretty
Eloise Royal Headache
Gabrielle Ween
Take Care Sine
Everyone's A V.I.P to Someone The Go! Team
Because The Night Patti Smith
You And I Silver Apples
The Yeah Yeah Yeah Song The Flaming Lips
SARAH and BROOKE co-founders of the awesome finders keepers markets came in and intended to play the following (some of them got eaten by the nasty music machine so the playlist may vary a little from what was aired):
1. In the pines - Smog
2. Wake Up - Arcade Fire
3. Worn Weary - The Firekites
4. Army of Me - Bjork
5. Death to Everyone - Bonny 'Prince' Billy
6. Karma Police - Radiohead
7. Feeling Good - Nina Simone
8. The Air-Conditioned Nightmare - Mr Bungle
9. In Ear Park - Department of Eagles
10. The Widow - Red Ghost (cover of Mars Volta)
Amanda McKenzie and Anna Rose from the Australian Youth Climate Coalition headed into the studio before they headed off to Copenhagen to play these all Australia, all green songs:
Take It in - The Waifs
Water - Blue King Brown
Hello - Cat Empire
Space They Cannot Touch - Kate Miller-Heideke
No Turning Back - Sarah Blasko
Only 19 - The Herd
Good Morning - You Am I
More Than Life - Whitely
16 Nov : Matt Townsely - digital artist, creative retoucher - came into the studio and touched us all with his following tunes:
Hell is Around - Tricky
Army of Me - Bjork
Finished Sympathy Hybrid
Unfinished Symphony Massive Attack
When Your Minds Made Up Swell Season
Broke Unkle
Ooh La The Kooks
Carve your name The Grates
Vibrate Mr Scruff
Pride of Lions Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra
5 Nov - One half of art collective Greedy Hen - Katherine Brickman - flew in and played:
Old World Modern Lovers
Run On Home To Your Mama Evie Sands
Blood Middle East
John Brown Papercuts
Bros Panda Bear
Gold Canary Cloud Control
Dance Alone The Twerps
Sugar Baby Crystal Stilts
While You Wait For the Others (live) Grizzly Bear
Once IN A Lifetime Jack Ladder
Holly Austin and Adriano Cappelletta, stars of CuBByHouSe, and the future of Australian theatre ventured in together with the following:
Like Cars and Planes Lauren Horton
Timmo Maas Woow woow
Single File Major Chord
John She Was Never Only Dancing Fergus Brown
Arms Around You Jens Lekman
Old Camera Ruby & Jude
Somebody Bigger Paul Capsis
Scarlet Roses Steve Smyth
Just Choose Ado
Locked Out Crowded House
Sculptor and designer Michael Lewarne came into the studio, armed with a stack of beautiful, building instrumentals - and a few other tracks too...
Everythings Fucked- Dirty Three
Son of Sam- Elliot Smith
Tonto -Battles
Lament -Jacasek
Japan -Cocorosie
So Long Lonesome-Explosions in the Sky
For Today I Am A Boy- Antony & The Johnsons
Untitled 6- Sigur Ros
Colossus- Decoder Ring
Teacher and traveler Robbie Dwyer unpacked her suitcase and school bag from Ghana and Argentina to play these tunes:
Crosses (remix by Trans Balear) Jose Gonzalez
Song For a Traveller Underlights
Triumphant Royksopp
The Golden Path Chemical Brothers
Heartbeats (live) The Knife
Lessons Learned Matt and Kim
A Hundred Birds Jaguar
My Friend Dario Vitalic
Straight Lines Silverchair
One Day Like This Elbow
October 1 Olympic swimmer ANDREW LAUTERSTEIN is diving off the blocks and into Out of the Box to play the music that psyches him up for his epic duels with swimming legend Michael Phelps and to discuss standing around in his undies with Lara Bingle.
Dirt Off Your Shoulder Jay Z
Mbody Language Mandy vs Boka Shade
Shake That Nate Dog & Eminem
Ras Woman Vida Sunshine & Mr Savona
Summertime Nick& Dan Band
Cry All Night Daniel Steinberg
If I ruled the World vs Something About Us Daft Punk vs Nas
The Places Rockin' Pascqual feat. Mr Day
Mumma's Boy Chromeo
Thin Line Jurassic 5
24 September with Ross Eldridge filling in for Kara Kidman. This week we had MARIE McPARTLIN. She's been hanging out in Sydney helping with the Sydney Festival planning, taking a break from dreary London where she helps coordinate music at monumentous The Barbican, & also works with the London Word Festival.
Hyperballad BJORK
Ruby, Don't Take Your Love to Town KENNY ROGERS
My Heart WILDBIRDS & PEACEDRUMS
Don't Go Dancing CW STONEKING
Tom Justice. Choirboy Robber CASIOTONE FOR THE PAINFULLY ALONE
The Darkest Side THE MIDDLE EAST
London Girl THE INVISIBLE
List of Demands SAUL WILLIAMS
Song to the Siren TIM BUCKLEY
If you Shoot the Head, you kill the ghoul JEFF LEWIS
17 September sees FREYA PATTERSON pouring Out of the Box. Fresh back from the jungles of Papua New Guinea, Freya is saving the world working with international aid agency WaterAid and dancing whilst she does it...
Fix Up Look Sharp Dizzee Rascal
Love Long Distance The Gossip
Sensuality (DJ Kicks) Viktar Duplaix
Konichiwa Bitches Robyn
What's Going On Marvin Gaye
Obvious Child Paul Simon
Heartbeats The Knife
Breathe Me (For Tet Remix) Sia
Jealousy Sparkadia
We Get On Kate Nash
Tom Royce-Hampton from TaikOz played:
The Haunt of Roulette Dares Mars Volta
Pyramid Song Radiohead
Everything in it's Right Place Brad Mehldau
All that You Give Cinematic Orchestra
Cataloupe Us3
Roads Portishead
We three Kings Roger Lock
There's No Fire Chris Griffin
Writer, fighter, blogger, Chaser - DOM KNIGHT is coming in and playing tunes to swoon...
Got Control Again Pinky Beecroft & The White Russians
Hieronymous Clouds
Coincidence Todd Sparrow
Watch It, Coach The Woods Themselves
Landing Prop
Cookie The Presets
Blue Ridge Mountains Fleet Foxes
Molasses Radiohead
Redfern Company B - Keating!
First World Blues The Fantastic Leslie
Colour Dappled Cities Fly
Gamin ON Ya People Under the Stairs
National champion, third in the world, DYLAN PARKER is one of Australia's most successful athletes. His Sport? Paper plane throwing. Having overcome a brain tumour 2 weeks before winning nationals, his story is pretty amazing. His tunes were:
To Be Alone With You Sufjan Stevens
Blue Veins The Raconteurs
Lotion Greenskeepers
Gobildigook Sigur Ros
I won't wait Dr Parker and Code Blue
Bastard Ben Folds
Lonely Mia Dyson
Jenny Don't Be Hasty Paolo Natini
Grace Jeff Buckley
BENJI KRAMER, taxi driver to the stars - well, at least Sydney came in and played the following:
Paranoid Blacksabbath
Pum Pum Lee Scrath Perry
Fantasies Are Nice Rogers Sisters
13 Cats Unknown
Posed to Death The Faint
Can't You See Ken Booth
Taxi Harry Chapin
Marijuana (Pon De Corner) Richie Spice
Pot Head Daniel Johnson
I felt like smashing my face in a clear glass window Yoko Ono
The Devil The Rapture
The 6th August saw the star of Cedar Boys, actor LES CHANTRY come in and play his top tunes and tell us what it was like hanging out with Al Pacino, Robert De Niro and the stinky-breathe 50 cent.
Tracy Chapman- Fast Car
The Cure- Lullaby
Immortal Technique- The Cause of Death
Amos Lee- Colours
Mark Wilkinson- The Best Thing
Simple Minds – Don’t You Forget About Me
Fergus Brown- Nerds in Love
Matuse- It’s Matuse
Sigur Ros- Fljotavik
Ben E. King- Stand by Me
On Thursday 30th July, one of Australia's hottest playwrights TOMMY MURPHY (Holding the Man, Saturn's Return) put down his pen and played us his chosen tunes.
I like You So Much Better When You're Naked Ida Maria
If You Want To Sing Out Sing Out Cat Stevens
Sydney Boys Lament Andy Clockwise
Venus As a Boy Bjork
Frontier Psychaitry The Avalanches
Into The Galaxy Midnight Juggernaughts
Nosebleed Section Hilltop Hoods
Rainbow Connection The Muppets
Here Comes The Sun Nina Simone
Reflections of a Sound Silvershair
Timothy Constable - percussionist, electronica producer and Synergy Artistic Director came in and played the following eclectic tunes:
Djvorjack - Slovanic Dance in G minor
Radiohead - Sit Down Stand Up
Steve Reich - Telhilim
I Xenakis - Peaux
Jbootie Doudou N'Diaye Rose - Unknown
Ronnie Size - Snapshot
Moth - Eyes Like Crystalised
Trent Molller - Snowflake
Noxious Aquatic (Timothy Constable)- Journey of a Single Star
Wayne Krantz - Track
The Gaelic Theatre's SARAH TONER came in to share the joys of working gigs and festivals. She's also setting up the first ever Australian Metal Awards. Having been told not to scare Kara, she played the following tracks:
Kick It – Peaces and Iggy Pop
Across the Universe – Beatles
Berlin Chair – You Am I
Ain’t No Easy Way – Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
Whole Lotta Sabath – Wax Audio
Epic – Faith no More
Shake Your Blood – Probot
Bang – Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Whose Your Daddy – Gerling
Sexy Boy – AIR
Don’t you ever – Sarah Blasko
Bizarre Love Triangle – New Order
July 9 Michael Hutchings, music manager of Gadigal Records came in and gave us the following tracks:
Garbage Man - The Cramps
Back In The USSR - The Dead Kennedys (live)
Shake Your Booty - Public Enemy
Midnight - Cajmere
The Jaguar - Underground Resistance
Some Velevet Morning - Primal Scream
Take a Ride - 60 Foot Robot (live)
I can - The Last Kinection
Your Love is Like a Song - Dan Sultan
All My Friends - LCD Soundsystem
July 2 - Join professional poetry-pusher Johanna Featherstone from the Red Room as she plays tunes, races pigeons and endures Kara's attempts to rhyme all the time.
Lover Lover Leonard Cohen
XTABAY Yma Sumac
I'm a loner Daniel Johnsp
Lady Weeping at the Cross Road Carla Bruni
Some song Broadside Push
Venetian Song Dame Nellie Melba
Wicked and Weird Buck 65
La la la Unknown
Hello Walls Farran Young
Two Trains Gareth Dixon
Was My Time Grand Salvo
June 25 - Australia's premiere comedy nerd, DOM ROMEO, is coming into play his favourite tunes and tell us what be funny, and what be dead.
Between Devil and Deep Blue Sea George Harrison
My Guitar Wants To Kill Your Mother Frank Zappa
Rhubarb Tart Song John Cleese
Lady Grinning Soul David Bowie
From Beginning to End Beatles Mash Up by Dom Romeo
Favourite Pack of Lies Steve Kilby
No Wuken Furries Dom Romeo
Broad Lick Nick D.A.A.S
Suicide Bomber Tripod
My Name is Nobody Ennio Morricone
Somewhere Over the Rainbow Kamakawiwo'ole
June 18 - Henry Playfair, Sydney Swan came into play his tunes and let us know what it's like being a professional AFL player and to have a mum who picked up Bon Scott and members from AC/DC when they were hitch hiking.
If you got the money – Jamie T
Jimmy Ricard – Drapht
Naïve – Lilly Allen
Long Train Running – Doobie Brothers
Drugs Don’t Work – The Verve
Coin Laundry – Lisa Mitchell
Thunderstruck – AC/DC
Minnie The Moocher – Cab Calloway
Forever Young - Bob Dylan
June 11 - Andrew Farrell, a producer, journo, surfer and guy who knows way too much about female serial killers.
TRACK - ARTIST
Le Responsible - Jaques Dutronc
Chico And The Man - Jose Feliciano
Superstar - Jesus Christ Superstar
Free Nelson Mandela - Special AKA
Turquoise Castle - The Dentists
Tears Me In Two - The Stems
Pleasant Valley Sunday - The Monkees
Watching The Detectives - Elvis Costello
Can't Find My Way Home - Ellen McIllWane
Scarred For Life - Rose Tattoo
Foreign Room - Telekinesis
June 4 - Sydney director Josh Whiteman came into to chat about his doco Shadow Play premiering at the Sydney Film Festival. He played hese awesome tunes:
Hearts Filthy Lesson David Bowie
Save Me Amy Mann
I Threw a Brick Through A Window U2
Burn Hollywood Burn Public Enemy
Classic Girl Jane's Addiction
The Real Thing Russell Morris
Dear God Tricky
Wake Up Arcade Fire
Build A Fire KLF
Sweet Disposition Temper Trap
May 28 Video killed the radio star, but what the hell has TV done? TV producer Jess Cohen took us on a rollicking romp through life behind the scenes on some of our little nation's biggest TV shows. As well as sharing a dissin' of Paris Hilton. Her songs were:
Beck – Sexx Laws
Jamie Lidell – A Little Bit More
Adem – Launch Yourself
Leonard Cohen – Bird on a Wire
Nikka Costa – Funkier than a mosquitos Tweeter
Sam Roberts – Uprising Downunder
Liamm Finn – Second Chance
Lykke Li – Dance Dance Dance
Yen – Between Sleeping and Waking
May 21 - Maybe not the voice of reason, but certainly the voice of culture. Author Craig Schuftan crafted an intricate and diverse playlist when he came into play...and he also explained how to throw a party in an elevator. Bing!
Dangerdoom – Mincemeat
Raymond Scott – Limbo: The Organised Mind
Beck – Cellphone’s Dead
Weezer – Dope Nose
Little Feat – It’s so easy to slip
Elvis Presley – Good Rockin’ Tonight
The Durutti Column – Otis
Soft Pink Truth – Promofunk
Yello – Bostich
ABC – The Look of Love
May 14 meet someone who just loves a good epidemic like swine flu - epidemiologist Allison Salmon is coming in to play her tunes and share her germs.
May 7
Awesome Sydney painter Jasper Knight came in and played his tunes and discussed what playing cricket with Sting was like and getting drunk with Flea's girlfriend from the Red Hot Chilli Peppers
Let's Get Serious - Jermaine Jackson
God Only Knows - His Uncle Paul Knight's version
What more Can I say - DJ Danger Mouse
Graceland - Paul Simon
Bury Me - An Empty Flight
Cars - gary Neuman
You Got It - Roy Orbison
Bounce - Timbaland
Give it to me - Rick James
April 30
Writer and author of Pinstripe Prisoner, Lisa Pryor shared the alcoholic love, joy and tears of the following artists:
Rufus Wainwright - Slideshow
Johnny Cash - I see a darkness
Dolly Parton - Joelene
Hilltop Hoods - Circuit Breaker
Jay Z - Public Service Announcement
Sufjan Stevens - Seven Swans
The Mountain Goats - No Children
Ma - Sonar Message
Curtis Mayfield - Move on Up
April 23
We had CRAIG TYSON an event manager at Sydney's Hordern Pavillion in the studio. He told us Oxygen tanks are the must-have thing for rockstars' riders and where to stand for the optimum Hordern gig experience. He played these tunes...
Smiths - Charming Man
Pixies - Debaser
Janes Addiction - Jane Says
Beastie Boys - Shadrach
Friendly Fires -
Alan Berry - Morning Sun
Dub Dentist - Stalag
Kruder&Dorfmeister - Heroes
Metronomy - Heart breaker
Jose Gonzalez - Hand on Your Heart
April 16
Is entrepreneur just a French sounding word for wanker?
Find out when Ken Wallace joins us to go through his record collection, explain how he ended up writing animation for kids & to discuss what it's like being an "ideas man" who makes money. He played
Cut Chemist Strike Ozomatli
Mad Love Belles Will Ring
Thought Forms Lush
Everybody Knows Leonard Cohen
Up Up and Away Glorious Fourth 1
Communication Breakdown Led Zepplin
Angry Inch Hedwig
Morning Train Religion
Wolves Act 1 & 2 Bon Iver
5 piece chicken Dinner Beastie Boys
Borderline Blood Poets
April 9
We spoke to visual artist Tim Silver about his life, his work, and his music collection. His work is on show now in an exhibition at the MCA 'Walk The Line' until 24th of May.
www.mca.com.au
We took a listen to the following tracks:
I Can't Touch You Anymore - THE MAGNETIC FIELDS
The Devil - PJ HARVEY
Esc Hatch - MOUNT SIMS
The Riddle - NIK KERSHAW
Grandma's Sitting In The Corner - THE FROGS
Woo! Alright - Yeah...Uh-huh - THE RAPTURE
The Bargain Store - DOLLY PARTON
Careless Whisper - THE GOSSIP (Prince Cover)
April 2
We met Callie Wheitenberg, the President of the UTS Journalism Society, hardcore baker & duck lover, who brought in the following:
Pyramid Song - Radio Head
Hey - Pixies
Alphabet Town - Elliot Smith
Grass - Animal Collective
SoSays I - Shins
Song 2 - Blur
New York New York - Ryan Adams
Glory Box - Portishead
Love Will Tear Us Apart - Joy Divison
19.03.09
Tony & Ray, who put on MY FILTHY RIOT came in & played:
REGULAR JOHN - WHO WE ARE
RADIOHEAD - HAIL TO THE THIEF
KISS - I WAS MADE FOR LOVING YOU BABY
BEASTIE BOYS - BENNIE AND THE JETS
ZEAHORSE - WRONG
GOONS OF DOOM - TWIST OF LIME
CARLA WERNER - ENOUGH
FAIT ACCOMPLI - BE MINE
5.03.09
BIG thanks to Matt Taylor & Mark Simpson, co-founders and rulers of Sixty40, for bringing in these whack tunes:
my dick - mickey avalon
911's a joke - public enemy
I ran so far away - flock of seagulls
I ran so far away - gnemsis
mickey mouse march - mickey mouse band
chicago falcon - budos band
manumana - muppet band
unicorn - the vavoons
golden cage - the whitest boy alive
time to pretend - mgmt
touch me I'm sick - mudhoney
jesus loves me and lcd - adult rodeo
duck people - mega puss
house of mirrors - david axelrod
battlestar - harmonic 313
26.02.09
Ben Edwards was our guest, who just graduated with a PHd in Philosophy, after leaving school in year 10, doing his mechanics apprenticeship, making peanut butter in a peanut factory then throwing it in all in to head overseas and find himself. He's Mr Gay Australia for 2008 & he brought in some awesome tunes:
FREAK - SILVERCHAIR
TIME IS RUNNING OUT - MUSE
BLACKSTAR - RADIOHEAD
JUDTIH - A PERFECT CIRCLE
STARSHIP TROOPERS - THE HERD
BEAUTIFUL MINE - THE BUTTERFLY EFFECT
WE USED TO BE FRIENDS - DANDY WARHOLS
NEW PEOPLE - HERMITUDE
16.02.09
Thanks to 19 year old guerilla knitter, Bec New for the following tunes:
I WAS BORN A UNICORN - THE UNICORNS
ADVENTURERS - BE YOUR OWN PET
SEVEN NATION ARMY - THE WHITE STRIPES
DANIEL - LIOR
LE E TRACK NUMBER 2 - JANS TEARSON
SKINNY DIP - POLYPHONIC SPREE
anthems of a 17 yr old girl - broken social scene
thirteen - elliot smith
up - m83
hummingbird - born ruffians
05.02.09) MEL LAKE came in, who, in her time in the music industry, has worked in several different roles, with artists as diverse as The White Stripes, Dizzee Rascal, Cat Power and Peaches, Scott Walker and Dizzee Rascal. She has also worked on a host of local bands, the list including Wolf & Cub, Snowman, Tucker B's, Charge Group, Deloris & el Mopa.
Here's what Mel played:
sam cook - change is going to come
you am I - embarrased
built to spill - I would hurt a fly
snowman - we are the plague
tv on the radio - staring at the sun
white stripes - dead leaves and the dirty ground
tucker b's - brown dog
new buffalo - misery and mountains, arrows and bows
inez and charlie fox - mockingbird
22.1.09 - Chris Taylor
Writer, performer and ex-journo Chris took us on a journey of stories from Jesus Christ Superstar fandom as a kid to record store browsing as a court reporter and the diverse characters behind The Chaser Team.
Get On Down - The Hummingbirds
Taste - Ride
Just - Radiohead
Tuesday - You Am I
car - built to spill
martha - tom waits
Hot kettle black - wilco
fake palindromes - andrew bird
who could win a rabbit - animal collective
15.1.09 - Amelia Tovey
Filmmaker, screenwriter and traveller Amelia chatted about her obsession with film and music which has led to making live acoustic music videos around Sydney, and her newly found love for gardening! check out www.shoottheplayer.com
Morning light - Clara Luzia
This is the dream of wyn and regine - Final Fantasy
A real time here - Lloyd and Michael
Wait for the Summer - Yaesayer
Baby we'll be fine - The National
Used to be - Beach House
The cal it love?...Wow - Pikelet
Someone else in Mind - Meagan Washington
Speak for me - Cat Power
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Record Collections and Recollections
Each week we delve into someone's record collection and talk about the music they love, the life they lead and how the two interact. If you want to be on the show - email outofthebox@fbiradio.com
World Wildlife Fund JOnathan LARKIN stopped playing with Pandas long enough to bring in Billy Joel...
Ta Doluer Camille
Hunting for Witches Bloc Party
Making Plans For Nigel Nouvelle Vague
Disco buscuit Love Jezabels
Spiritualised Finley Quaye
Glory Box Portishead
You Maybe Right Billy Joel
Steal My Kisses Ben Harper (live)
The Revolution Will Not Be Telelvised Gill Scott Heron
John She Was Never Only Dancing Fergus Brown
Yoshimi Battle Pink Robots Flaming Lips
JULIA THOMAS who gave FBi all of her love - and mad Marketing Manager skills- for years and years left the station to become the Digital Marketing Grand Pooh-Bah of Sydney Festival and in honour of her services to keeping FBi alive and thrashing we dragged her into the studio to play the songs that mean something to her:
Candy Floss Wilco
Manilla Seelenluft
I've tried Red Riders
The Truth About Cats and Dogs (Are they Die) Pony Up!
Dublin Blues Guy Clark
Warm Heart of Africa The Very Best
Lutheran Hall Dan Kelly & The Alpha Males
21st Century Pop Song Hymies Basement
Run Run Run Phoenix
Pretty Bird Tree LJ Hill
Fake Palindromes Andrew Bird
Fabulous Sydney Actor JESS TOVEY escaped PANIC ISLAND ( a new telemovie), ceased recording her scenes for COPS L.A.C and stopped being recognised as a Police Woman in Underbelly: Golden Mile, to come into our lovely little studio and play the following songs that mean something to her...even if they're in Spanish.
Give Me Some Truth-John Lennon
It's Oh So Quiet-Bjork
Battlewon-Dappled Cities
Excuses-The Morning Benders
The Emperor's New Clothes-Sinead O'Conner
Mr November-The Nationals
Sea of Love-Cat Power
Fairytale of New york - The Pogues featuring Kirsty MacColl
Por La Quenta Que Nos Trae-Gentle Music Men
One Man Band-Washington
Falling Aeroplanes-Darren Hanlon
Journeyman CAMERON BRUCE stood away from the keyboards and the schnitzels long enough to play:
Don’t worry About the Government Talking Heads
Memories Leonard Cohen
Hercules Midnight Oil
Gin Soaked Boy The Divine Comedy
Sunday Morning The Velvet Underground
To Beat the Devil Kris Kristofferson
New Town Life Without Buildings
Lazy Line Painter Jane Belle & Sebastion
Tittie Bar Sneeze
Jeremy Somers from WE ARE HANDOME and PEOPLE LIKE US came and played:
Excuses The Morning Benders
High Road Broken Bells
Some Simplicity Paul Greene
May I Have this Dance Ashleigh Mannix
Cheeseburger in Paradise Jimmy Buffet
Moths Wings Passion Pit
1901 Phoenix
Tricka Technology DJ Krafty Kuts
Don’t Worry Be Perfect Bobby McFarrin vs CL Smooth & Skyzoo - DJ BC
Ukulele playing kids television producer CLARE GERBER brought in a lunchbox full of wonderful tunes including never-before-heard-on-grown-up-radio tracks by some of Australia's leading indie artists and their kids songs.
Allis Love Karen O and the Kids
Sweet Dreams Paul Kingston & Cain Horton
Your Feets Too Big Fats Waller
Hyperballad Bjork (Bronsky Quarter Version)
Fire Fire Fire Dappled Cities
Bedouin Song Lior
Boom Boom Johnnyu Lee Hooker
Last Winter Fergus Brown
Somewhere Over the Rainbow Israel
Them There Eyes Billie Holiday
Rainbow Connection Kermit the Frog
Music Writer DINO SCATENA put down his unathorised biography of Kylie Minogue and brought in the songs that mean the most to him in his 20 yeras in the music industry:
Tired of Being Alone Al Green
Panic in Detroit David Bowie
Atlantic Romantic Models
Baby You're AQ Rich Man The Beatles
Supernaturally Nick Cave& The Bad Seeds
Only Talking Sense The Finn Brothers
She Moves On Paul Simon
Reptile The Church
Some Velvet Morning Nancy Sinatra & Lee Hazelwood
A Thousnand Kisses Deep Leonard Cohen
Comedian, writer, thongs-in-the-middle-of-winter-wearer WIL ANDERSON took time out from his hugely successful 'Wilful Misconduct' show to sell us his favourite songs:
wake up - the arcade fire
midlife crisis - faith no more
gigantic - the pixies
for a short time - weddings, parties, anything
wolf like me - tv on the radio
hurt - johnny cash
dumb enough - hilltop hoods
the funeral - band of horses
this mess we're in- pj harvey
Reality survivor and Pizza Shop Owner Pete TIMBS came in and played hte following meaningful cock rock (OK so Paul Dempsey ain't quite cockrock - but the rest is...)
Fastest of Friends Paul Dempsey
Sliver Nirvana
Speck Front End Loader
Repeater Fugazi
Romeo & Juliette Dire Straits
Morning Glory Oasis
18 and Life Skid Row
Some Big Brother Song
What You Got Grinspoon
Liza and Louise No FX
Bolt NoFX
Amazing photographer NIRRIMI HAKANSON came in to play the following tunes. At 17 she has already done shoots in NY for major labels and is starting in on her film career. Check out her work at www.WELIVEYOUNG.blogspot.com :
Young Folks Peter Bjorn & John
Blood Middle East
Dance With Me Nouvelle Vague
Never Had Nobody Like You M Ward (feat. Zooey Deschaniel)
Train Song Vashti Bunyan
Raphael Cocorosie
Alice Pogo
Harold T Wilkins Fanfarlo
I still Believe In Us Papa vs Pretty
When I Grow Up Fever Ray
The Summer Josh Pyke
Nach Heart Honey Is Cool
THEA SLAYTER defender for the Matildas' Australia Women's football team - Australia's most successful football team ever- took time out from training, industrial abseiling and obtaining her commercial pilot's license to play the following:
Steamworks The Presets
Woke Up This Morning A3
Camel Walk Southern Culture on the Skids
Impressive Instant Peter Rauhauffer rmx Madonna
White Horse Goldfrappe
Dimestore Diamond The Gossip
Lousy Night Oliver Huntman
Ich Und Elaine 2Raum
Mystify INXS
In the Shadows Love Birds
WILFRED BRANDT, associate editor for iconic, sub-cultural Sydney blog 'Two Thousand' crafted us a glorious playlist of the following:
Now Lightflight
Interesting Results Aerial Pinks Haunted Grafitti
Strawberry Wine John Steele Singers
Bonnie and Clyde Serge Gainsbourg
Will My Lord Be Gardening? Lily
Trapdoor Salem
I'll Be Gone Spectrum
You Keep Me Hanging On Vanilla Fudge
The Free Design Stereolab
Jeremey Parker Swirlies
VIDETTE MOORE spent years as the Booker for MUM, has managed bands, promoted bands, and been the door bitch as iconic indie nights like Purple Sneakers - in a fabulously local list, she played the following tunes:
Psychotic Reaction Count Five
Rainbow Kraut The JohnSteel Singers
Into The Line Cloud Control
Waiting in Wisconsin We Say Bamboulee
Tourist Attraction Kiosk
High Horse Cutherbert and the Nightwalkers
Art School Girl The Laurels
The Oh Yeah Villains of Wilhelm
Musings Hearthrob Megastick Fanfare
Sunny in Splodges Kyu
Make It Chill Richard In Your Mind
We Are Underused Pavement
Iconic Australian singer-songwriter ROBERT FORSTER (The GO-BETWEENS) is in Sydney for the Sydney Writers' Festival and will take time out from being an award winning music critic and author to share his favourite songs:
Pasadena John Paul Young
Black and Blue Chain
Taxi Cab Vampire Weekend
Masochist The John Steel Singers
Mr Clean The Jam
10.15Saturday Night The Cure
We Won't Run Sarah Blasko
Gypsy Queen Greg Quill and Country Radio
New King Jack Sekret Sekret
US comedian, actor, and political activist JANEANE GAROFALO and her comedy buddy GREG BREHENDT (who accidentally wrote the worldwide hit 'He's Just Not That Into You') took over the studio and played the following songs (note: the Australian tracks were actually their favourite songs and not just put in to suck up to the Australian public):
Janeane -
Le Tigre- “Hot Topic”
Buffalo Tom- “Summer”
You Am I- “Soldiers”
Veruca Salt- “Seether”
Sebado- “Rebound”
Joe Jackson- “Different For Girls”
Greg -
Hugo Montenengro- “The Good The Bad and The Ugly”
Aerosmith- “Walkin the Dog”
Hoo Doo Gurus- “I Want You Back”
The Muffs- “Sad Tomorrow”
Reigning Monarchs - "Short Pants For Fatty
Phd Student ASH MORGAN had a break from her 150,000 word thesis on Sport Sponsorhip and came into the studio to defend sport managers and play the following songs :
Audience Coldwar kids
Fuck you Lily Allen
Sawdust Man Ben Kweller
Stuck In the Middle With You Steelers Wheel
Some Simplicity Paul Greene
Time to Pretend Paul Dempsey
Love Long Distance Gossip
Everlong Foo Fighter
Rehab Amy Winehouse
Remember Me Blue Boy
Last Night The Strokes
MEAGEN LOADER, the mother Loada, after seven years as Station Manager has decided to go where she is even more needed. So in tradition of fond farewells, we handed her the challenge of reducing her music filled life down to 10 songs. The winners are:
Too Young Phoenix
I know What I know Graceland
Passin' Time Beth Orton
Black Betty Nick Cave
All I ever Wanted Spy Arches of Loaf
Stand Up Sit Down Radiohead
Red Robin Heart Pip Branson Corporation
Let's Dance M Ward
Rid of Me PJ Harvey
Goose Drink Wine By the Band that Sing that Song
Rebellion Lies Arcade Fire
World Debating champion STEVE HIND put down the palm cards and came in and played these tracks:
Harpoon Jebediah
This Year Mountain Goats
! (The Song Formely Known As) Regurgitator
Retreat The Reels
Someday The Strokes
Kim& Jessie M83
All My Friends LCD Soundsystem
Knotty pine Dirty Projectors
The Bends Radiohead
Valerie Amy Winehouse
Lounge Act Nirvana
The saxiest man in Australian Rock History - KIRK PENGILLY from INXS - tried to distill over 30 years in the music industry into one hour of music. He narrowed it down to the following songs (* denotes songs we didn't get round to actually playing on air!)
Mashed Potato – Billy Thorpe & the Aztecs
Groovin - The Rascals
Spicks And Specks - The Bee Gees*
Slipping Away – Max Merritt & the Meteors*
The Real Thing – Russell Morris*
I'll Be Gone – Spectrum*
The Day I Met Marie – Cliff Richard
I Feel The Earth Move – Carole King*
The Wind Cries Mary – Jimi Hendrix
Delta Lady – JoeCocker
Gonna See My Baby Tonight (live)- Kevin Borich Express
Who'll Stop The Rain – Creedence Clearwater Revival
Long Distance Runaround – Yes*
Josie – Steely Dan
Teen Town – Weather Report
Slang (Bass Solo) – Jaco Pastorius *
It's Easy To Remember – John Coltrane
Chattanooga Choo-Choo – Glenn Miller*
Melody – The Rolling Stones *
Ring-A-Ding Ding – Frank Sinatra
Quasimodo's Dream – The Reels
Try Me – James Brown*
The Magnificient Seven – The Clash
I'm The Only Woman – Mary J Bligh
You Kill Me – Babble *
Slap That Ass – Hughie
Mindcircus – Way Out West Feat. Imogen Heap *
Miss You Less, See You More – Faithless
GREG O'MAHONEY stopped lecturing universtiy students on how to commit white collar crime long enough to come and play his most meaningful songs:
Slow Show The National
Cut Here Cure
Thinking About You Radioheads
All My Friends LCD Soundsystem
Getting Away With It James
Don't Keep A Record Art of Fighting
See You Soon (live) Cold Play
On Bloc Party
Land Locked Blues Bright Eyes
Buy Now Pay Later Whitlams
Hysterics Yeah Yeah Yeahs
On the eve of a big gallery show in Brisbane, Sydney painter JULIAN MEAGHER brought some amazing mystery tracks into the studio:
Heartbreak Hotel Elvis Presley
Morgan Geist Ruthless City
Tripping Out Curtis Playfield
I want You Back Little Red
This Must Be the Place Talking Heads
Mystery track from Indian Hip Hop Album
Ethiopiques
mystery crooner remixed by Herbert
Mysterious Song Peter Andre
Mystery Track Hocus Pocus
How Many Mics Fugees
Roads Fat Freddy's Drop
House is not a home Reggae Disco Rockers
Composer and multi-instrumentalist BREE VAN REYK came into the studio fresh from the stage of King Lear and told tales of playing with some of Asutralia's indie darling musicians. Her tunes:
OUR Anniversary Smog
The Colours Heather Woods Broderick
Warm Jets Holly Throsby
Hung Up Dear Nora
I'm Going Away Elizabeth Cotton
If Ever I would Leave You Aretha Franklin
You Are Beautiful Nico
Deportation/ Iguazu Gustavo Santoaollla
Memory Games Sleeping States
11 March - Live, breathe, love music? As senior writer for Rolling Stones that's exactly what Barry Divola gets to do...
Last Train to Clarksville Monkees
I'm Not in Love 10cc
Watching the Detectives Elvis Costello
I get a Kick Out of You Frank Sinatra
What Difference Does it Make? The Smiths
Radio Free Europe REM
Bachelor Kisses The Go-Betweens
Sunday Morning Velvet Underground
Don’t You Think Its Time Bob Evans
4 March - The adorable Frisky & Mannish (otherwise known as Laura and Mathew) took time out from their sell out Edinburgh/ Mardi Gras/ Melbourne International Comedy Festival show to play some of their very special tunes. They were mostly pop music (apparently FBi listeners don't take too kindly to listening to The Pussycat Dolls) so we'll just list the cool tunes:
Pop NSYNC
Papa Don't Preach Madonna
Oonce in a Lifetime Sammy Davis Jr
Hello Earth Kate Bush
Telephone Lady Ga Ga
Amsterdam Camille Osullivan
Beep Pussycat Dolls
Nasty Girl Destiny's Child
Woman of the Ghetto Marlena Shaw
Britney's Leaving Home Britney Beatles Mash Up
25 Feb: Rebecca Lee Slade and Thomas Conroy from Spring Awakening, Sydney Theatre Company's controversial rockmusical, came in and played the following tracks but sadly nothing from the Glee soundtrack:
Rabbit Heart Florence and the Machine
Omaha Counting Crows
We're Good People But Why Don't We Show It Holly Thrrosby
Keep It Real Ash Grunwald
Failure Laura Marling
The Haircut The Waifs
Suspended in gaffa Ra Ra Riot
Australian Idol Kate Miller-Heideke
The Lighthouse Song Josh Pyke
Skinny Love Bon Iver
James McNew from iconic indie band Yo La Tengo came in and played the following track (we didn't get to AK47 The Badge Means You Suck, though)
More Stars Than There are in Heaven Yo La Tengo
Funhouse The Frogs
Daylight Aesop Rock
Tsumeetai Gift Yura Yura Teikoku
Geminii Why?
Of Raymond Lambchop
The Brain That Wouldn't Die Tall Dwarfs
Eternal Ice Yung Wu
Move To California Times New Viking
Soulful Strings Within You Without You
The Word 13th Floor Elevators
Sam Smith, sydney based actor came in to play a diverse mix of smooth tracks.
down in mexico the coasters
jersey girl tom waites
do it again steely dan
I asked for water howlin wolf
I only have eyes for you flamingos
smooth operator sade
low down boz scaggs
diamond in the back, sunroof top… curtis mayfield
LA Woman the doors
14 Jan: DAVE REGOS, filmmaker and visual artist came in before he fled to chilly New York and played:
Down About It Smudge
Talkin Bear Mountain Picni Blues Bob Dylan
Get It Together Beastie Boys
A to G Blackalicious
Retreat From the Sun That Dog
Slow Education Silver Jews
Million Miles Mirah
After the After Party Lucksmiths
Foolish Love Rufus Wainwright
Stockholm Syndrome Yo La Tengo
Cleo Built to Spll
Luckiest Guy On the Lower East Side Magnetic Fields
JAN 2010: Choerographer, director and singer, SHAUN PARKER came in before the World Premiere of his new show Happy as Larry. His tracks:
Walking on A Dream Empire of the Sun
Glitch Tutting Nick Wales & Bree Van Reyk
Broken Leg Bluejuice
Forces Coda
Polegnala Cast of This Show About People
Buttons Sia
God Knows EL Perro Del Mar
Times of Love Nick Wales & Bree Van Reyk
River Wide Jarni Birmingham
Life Desiree
Shooting Stars Bagraiders
24 DEC: Astronomer and adventurer DAVE STEWART braved the summer studio heat:
Astronomy Dominae Pink Floyd
Aloha Steve and Danno Radio Birdman
Anarchy In the UK Sex Pistols
Jacques Your Body Les Rhythm Digitales
Praise You Fatboy Slim
When I First Met Your Ma Paul Kelly
Smoke On The Water Deep Purple
Save the World and Get the Girl The King Blues
The Schemers, The Scroungers and the Rats The King Blues
Oi to the World No Doubt
17 DEC: Iconic composer and artist ELLIOT WHEELER struggled to define himself in just ten songs so he did it in 11 and they were:
Woods Bon Iver
Fantino Sebastian Tellier
Amphibian (Mark Bell Mix) Bjork
Donnie Disco Thearte of Disco
Bend In the River Grand Salvo
In the Pines Smog
No One Does It Like You Department of Eagles
Nothing But A Heartache The Flirtations
Silos The Maladies
Wraith Pinned to the Mist and Other… Of Montreal
Who is Going to Save My Soul Gnarls Barkley
10 Dec: The SMAC award winning Collective RED RATTLER sent in their very own Patsy Black to represent on the show. Her tracks were as follows:
Carnivale - Bikin Kill
Stab- Bratmobile
I Desire Wings - Rose Turtle Erterler
Vanishing - Ninety Nine
HSC - Crouching 80s Hiden Acronym
Favourite Sweater - Holy Balm
TKO - Le Tigre
Dear Darlin' - Mojo Juju & the Snake Oil Merchants
What R Youze Doin? - Sista She
Airport - Belters
3 Dec: CLAIRE PORTEK, project coordinator of the Big Shiny Sydney Opera House is coming into play...and play she did
Ziggy Stardust David Bowie
Cool Ice Cream Eddie Current Suppression Ring
Race: In Battles
Disaster Died Pretty
Eloise Royal Headache
Gabrielle Ween
Take Care Sine
Everyone's A V.I.P to Someone The Go! Team
Because The Night Patti Smith
You And I Silver Apples
The Yeah Yeah Yeah Song The Flaming Lips
SARAH and BROOKE co-founders of the awesome finders keepers markets came in and intended to play the following (some of them got eaten by the nasty music machine so the playlist may vary a little from what was aired):
1. In the pines - Smog
2. Wake Up - Arcade Fire
3. Worn Weary - The Firekites
4. Army of Me - Bjork
5. Death to Everyone - Bonny 'Prince' Billy
6. Karma Police - Radiohead
7. Feeling Good - Nina Simone
8. The Air-Conditioned Nightmare - Mr Bungle
9. In Ear Park - Department of Eagles
10. The Widow - Red Ghost (cover of Mars Volta)
Amanda McKenzie and Anna Rose from the Australian Youth Climate Coalition headed into the studio before they headed off to Copenhagen to play these all Australia, all green songs:
Take It in - The Waifs
Water - Blue King Brown
Hello - Cat Empire
Space They Cannot Touch - Kate Miller-Heideke
No Turning Back - Sarah Blasko
Only 19 - The Herd
Good Morning - You Am I
More Than Life - Whitely
16 Nov : Matt Townsely - digital artist, creative retoucher - came into the studio and touched us all with his following tunes:
Hell is Around - Tricky
Army of Me - Bjork
Finished Sympathy Hybrid
Unfinished Symphony Massive Attack
When Your Minds Made Up Swell Season
Broke Unkle
Ooh La The Kooks
Carve your name The Grates
Vibrate Mr Scruff
Pride of Lions Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra
5 Nov - One half of art collective Greedy Hen - Katherine Brickman - flew in and played:
Old World Modern Lovers
Run On Home To Your Mama Evie Sands
Blood Middle East
John Brown Papercuts
Bros Panda Bear
Gold Canary Cloud Control
Dance Alone The Twerps
Sugar Baby Crystal Stilts
While You Wait For the Others (live) Grizzly Bear
Once IN A Lifetime Jack Ladder
Holly Austin and Adriano Cappelletta, stars of CuBByHouSe, and the future of Australian theatre ventured in together with the following:
Like Cars and Planes Lauren Horton
Timmo Maas Woow woow
Single File Major Chord
John She Was Never Only Dancing Fergus Brown
Arms Around You Jens Lekman
Old Camera Ruby & Jude
Somebody Bigger Paul Capsis
Scarlet Roses Steve Smyth
Just Choose Ado
Locked Out Crowded House
Sculptor and designer Michael Lewarne came into the studio, armed with a stack of beautiful, building instrumentals - and a few other tracks too...
Everythings Fucked- Dirty Three
Son of Sam- Elliot Smith
Tonto -Battles
Lament -Jacasek
Japan -Cocorosie
So Long Lonesome-Explosions in the Sky
For Today I Am A Boy- Antony & The Johnsons
Untitled 6- Sigur Ros
Colossus- Decoder Ring
Teacher and traveler Robbie Dwyer unpacked her suitcase and school bag from Ghana and Argentina to play these tunes:
Crosses (remix by Trans Balear) Jose Gonzalez
Song For a Traveller Underlights
Triumphant Royksopp
The Golden Path Chemical Brothers
Heartbeats (live) The Knife
Lessons Learned Matt and Kim
A Hundred Birds Jaguar
My Friend Dario Vitalic
Straight Lines Silverchair
One Day Like This Elbow
October 1 Olympic swimmer ANDREW LAUTERSTEIN is diving off the blocks and into Out of the Box to play the music that psyches him up for his epic duels with swimming legend Michael Phelps and to discuss standing around in his undies with Lara Bingle.
Dirt Off Your Shoulder Jay Z
Mbody Language Mandy vs Boka Shade
Shake That Nate Dog & Eminem
Ras Woman Vida Sunshine & Mr Savona
Summertime Nick& Dan Band
Cry All Night Daniel Steinberg
If I ruled the World vs Something About Us Daft Punk vs Nas
The Places Rockin' Pascqual feat. Mr Day
Mumma's Boy Chromeo
Thin Line Jurassic 5
24 September with Ross Eldridge filling in for Kara Kidman. This week we had MARIE McPARTLIN. She's been hanging out in Sydney helping with the Sydney Festival planning, taking a break from dreary London where she helps coordinate music at monumentous The Barbican, & also works with the London Word Festival.
Hyperballad BJORK
Ruby, Don't Take Your Love to Town KENNY ROGERS
My Heart WILDBIRDS & PEACEDRUMS
Don't Go Dancing CW STONEKING
Tom Justice. Choirboy Robber CASIOTONE FOR THE PAINFULLY ALONE
The Darkest Side THE MIDDLE EAST
London Girl THE INVISIBLE
List of Demands SAUL WILLIAMS
Song to the Siren TIM BUCKLEY
If you Shoot the Head, you kill the ghoul JEFF LEWIS
17 September sees FREYA PATTERSON pouring Out of the Box. Fresh back from the jungles of Papua New Guinea, Freya is saving the world working with international aid agency WaterAid and dancing whilst she does it...
Fix Up Look Sharp Dizzee Rascal
Love Long Distance The Gossip
Sensuality (DJ Kicks) Viktar Duplaix
Konichiwa Bitches Robyn
What's Going On Marvin Gaye
Obvious Child Paul Simon
Heartbeats The Knife
Breathe Me (For Tet Remix) Sia
Jealousy Sparkadia
We Get On Kate Nash
Tom Royce-Hampton from TaikOz played:
The Haunt of Roulette Dares Mars Volta
Pyramid Song Radiohead
Everything in it's Right Place Brad Mehldau
All that You Give Cinematic Orchestra
Cataloupe Us3
Roads Portishead
We three Kings Roger Lock
There's No Fire Chris Griffin
Writer, fighter, blogger, Chaser - DOM KNIGHT is coming in and playing tunes to swoon...
Got Control Again Pinky Beecroft & The White Russians
Hieronymous Clouds
Coincidence Todd Sparrow
Watch It, Coach The Woods Themselves
Landing Prop
Cookie The Presets
Blue Ridge Mountains Fleet Foxes
Molasses Radiohead
Redfern Company B - Keating!
First World Blues The Fantastic Leslie
Colour Dappled Cities Fly
Gamin ON Ya People Under the Stairs
National champion, third in the world, DYLAN PARKER is one of Australia's most successful athletes. His Sport? Paper plane throwing. Having overcome a brain tumour 2 weeks before winning nationals, his story is pretty amazing. His tunes were:
To Be Alone With You Sufjan Stevens
Blue Veins The Raconteurs
Lotion Greenskeepers
Gobildigook Sigur Ros
I won't wait Dr Parker and Code Blue
Bastard Ben Folds
Lonely Mia Dyson
Jenny Don't Be Hasty Paolo Natini
Grace Jeff Buckley
BENJI KRAMER, taxi driver to the stars - well, at least Sydney came in and played the following:
Paranoid Blacksabbath
Pum Pum Lee Scrath Perry
Fantasies Are Nice Rogers Sisters
13 Cats Unknown
Posed to Death The Faint
Can't You See Ken Booth
Taxi Harry Chapin
Marijuana (Pon De Corner) Richie Spice
Pot Head Daniel Johnson
I felt like smashing my face in a clear glass window Yoko Ono
The Devil The Rapture
The 6th August saw the star of Cedar Boys, actor LES CHANTRY come in and play his top tunes and tell us what it was like hanging out with Al Pacino, Robert De Niro and the stinky-breathe 50 cent.
Tracy Chapman- Fast Car
The Cure- Lullaby
Immortal Technique- The Cause of Death
Amos Lee- Colours
Mark Wilkinson- The Best Thing
Simple Minds – Don’t You Forget About Me
Fergus Brown- Nerds in Love
Matuse- It’s Matuse
Sigur Ros- Fljotavik
Ben E. King- Stand by Me
On Thursday 30th July, one of Australia's hottest playwrights TOMMY MURPHY (Holding the Man, Saturn's Return) put down his pen and played us his chosen tunes.
I like You So Much Better When You're Naked Ida Maria
If You Want To Sing Out Sing Out Cat Stevens
Sydney Boys Lament Andy Clockwise
Venus As a Boy Bjork
Frontier Psychaitry The Avalanches
Into The Galaxy Midnight Juggernaughts
Nosebleed Section Hilltop Hoods
Rainbow Connection The Muppets
Here Comes The Sun Nina Simone
Reflections of a Sound Silvershair
Timothy Constable - percussionist, electronica producer and Synergy Artistic Director came in and played the following eclectic tunes:
Djvorjack - Slovanic Dance in G minor
Radiohead - Sit Down Stand Up
Steve Reich - Telhilim
I Xenakis - Peaux
Jbootie Doudou N'Diaye Rose - Unknown
Ronnie Size - Snapshot
Moth - Eyes Like Crystalised
Trent Molller - Snowflake
Noxious Aquatic (Timothy Constable)- Journey of a Single Star
Wayne Krantz - Track
The Gaelic Theatre's SARAH TONER came in to share the joys of working gigs and festivals. She's also setting up the first ever Australian Metal Awards. Having been told not to scare Kara, she played the following tracks:
Kick It – Peaces and Iggy Pop
Across the Universe – Beatles
Berlin Chair – You Am I
Ain’t No Easy Way – Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
Whole Lotta Sabath – Wax Audio
Epic – Faith no More
Shake Your Blood – Probot
Bang – Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Whose Your Daddy – Gerling
Sexy Boy – AIR
Don’t you ever – Sarah Blasko
Bizarre Love Triangle – New Order
July 9 Michael Hutchings, music manager of Gadigal Records came in and gave us the following tracks:
Garbage Man - The Cramps
Back In The USSR - The Dead Kennedys (live)
Shake Your Booty - Public Enemy
Midnight - Cajmere
The Jaguar - Underground Resistance
Some Velevet Morning - Primal Scream
Take a Ride - 60 Foot Robot (live)
I can - The Last Kinection
Your Love is Like a Song - Dan Sultan
All My Friends - LCD Soundsystem
July 2 - Join professional poetry-pusher Johanna Featherstone from the Red Room as she plays tunes, races pigeons and endures Kara's attempts to rhyme all the time.
Lover Lover Leonard Cohen
XTABAY Yma Sumac
I'm a loner Daniel Johnsp
Lady Weeping at the Cross Road Carla Bruni
Some song Broadside Push
Venetian Song Dame Nellie Melba
Wicked and Weird Buck 65
La la la Unknown
Hello Walls Farran Young
Two Trains Gareth Dixon
Was My Time Grand Salvo
June 25 - Australia's premiere comedy nerd, DOM ROMEO, is coming into play his favourite tunes and tell us what be funny, and what be dead.
Between Devil and Deep Blue Sea George Harrison
My Guitar Wants To Kill Your Mother Frank Zappa
Rhubarb Tart Song John Cleese
Lady Grinning Soul David Bowie
From Beginning to End Beatles Mash Up by Dom Romeo
Favourite Pack of Lies Steve Kilby
No Wuken Furries Dom Romeo
Broad Lick Nick D.A.A.S
Suicide Bomber Tripod
My Name is Nobody Ennio Morricone
Somewhere Over the Rainbow Kamakawiwo'ole
June 18 - Henry Playfair, Sydney Swan came into play his tunes and let us know what it's like being a professional AFL player and to have a mum who picked up Bon Scott and members from AC/DC when they were hitch hiking.
If you got the money – Jamie T
Jimmy Ricard – Drapht
Naïve – Lilly Allen
Long Train Running – Doobie Brothers
Drugs Don’t Work – The Verve
Coin Laundry – Lisa Mitchell
Thunderstruck – AC/DC
Minnie The Moocher – Cab Calloway
Forever Young - Bob Dylan
June 11 - Andrew Farrell, a producer, journo, surfer and guy who knows way too much about female serial killers.
TRACK - ARTIST
Le Responsible - Jaques Dutronc
Chico And The Man - Jose Feliciano
Superstar - Jesus Christ Superstar
Free Nelson Mandela - Special AKA
Turquoise Castle - The Dentists
Tears Me In Two - The Stems
Pleasant Valley Sunday - The Monkees
Watching The Detectives - Elvis Costello
Can't Find My Way Home - Ellen McIllWane
Scarred For Life - Rose Tattoo
Foreign Room - Telekinesis
June 4 - Sydney director Josh Whiteman came into to chat about his doco Shadow Play premiering at the Sydney Film Festival. He played hese awesome tunes:
Hearts Filthy Lesson David Bowie
Save Me Amy Mann
I Threw a Brick Through A Window U2
Burn Hollywood Burn Public Enemy
Classic Girl Jane's Addiction
The Real Thing Russell Morris
Dear God Tricky
Wake Up Arcade Fire
Build A Fire KLF
Sweet Disposition Temper Trap
May 28 Video killed the radio star, but what the hell has TV done? TV producer Jess Cohen took us on a rollicking romp through life behind the scenes on some of our little nation's biggest TV shows. As well as sharing a dissin' of Paris Hilton. Her songs were:
Beck – Sexx Laws
Jamie Lidell – A Little Bit More
Adem – Launch Yourself
Leonard Cohen – Bird on a Wire
Nikka Costa – Funkier than a mosquitos Tweeter
Sam Roberts – Uprising Downunder
Liamm Finn – Second Chance
Lykke Li – Dance Dance Dance
Yen – Between Sleeping and Waking
May 21 - Maybe not the voice of reason, but certainly the voice of culture. Author Craig Schuftan crafted an intricate and diverse playlist when he came into play...and he also explained how to throw a party in an elevator. Bing!
Dangerdoom – Mincemeat
Raymond Scott – Limbo: The Organised Mind
Beck – Cellphone’s Dead
Weezer – Dope Nose
Little Feat – It’s so easy to slip
Elvis Presley – Good Rockin’ Tonight
The Durutti Column – Otis
Soft Pink Truth – Promofunk
Yello – Bostich
ABC – The Look of Love
May 14 meet someone who just loves a good epidemic like swine flu - epidemiologist Allison Salmon is coming in to play her tunes and share her germs.
May 7
Awesome Sydney painter Jasper Knight came in and played his tunes and discussed what playing cricket with Sting was like and getting drunk with Flea's girlfriend from the Red Hot Chilli Peppers
Let's Get Serious - Jermaine Jackson
God Only Knows - His Uncle Paul Knight's version
What more Can I say - DJ Danger Mouse
Graceland - Paul Simon
Bury Me - An Empty Flight
Cars - gary Neuman
You Got It - Roy Orbison
Bounce - Timbaland
Give it to me - Rick James
April 30
Writer and author of Pinstripe Prisoner, Lisa Pryor shared the alcoholic love, joy and tears of the following artists:
Rufus Wainwright - Slideshow
Johnny Cash - I see a darkness
Dolly Parton - Joelene
Hilltop Hoods - Circuit Breaker
Jay Z - Public Service Announcement
Sufjan Stevens - Seven Swans
The Mountain Goats - No Children
Ma - Sonar Message
Curtis Mayfield - Move on Up
April 23
We had CRAIG TYSON an event manager at Sydney's Hordern Pavillion in the studio. He told us Oxygen tanks are the must-have thing for rockstars' riders and where to stand for the optimum Hordern gig experience. He played these tunes...
Smiths - Charming Man
Pixies - Debaser
Janes Addiction - Jane Says
Beastie Boys - Shadrach
Friendly Fires -
Alan Berry - Morning Sun
Dub Dentist - Stalag
Kruder&Dorfmeister - Heroes
Metronomy - Heart breaker
Jose Gonzalez - Hand on Your Heart
April 16
Is entrepreneur just a French sounding word for wanker?
Find out when Ken Wallace joins us to go through his record collection, explain how he ended up writing animation for kids & to discuss what it's like being an "ideas man" who makes money. He played
Cut Chemist Strike Ozomatli
Mad Love Belles Will Ring
Thought Forms Lush
Everybody Knows Leonard Cohen
Up Up and Away Glorious Fourth 1
Communication Breakdown Led Zepplin
Angry Inch Hedwig
Morning Train Religion
Wolves Act 1 & 2 Bon Iver
5 piece chicken Dinner Beastie Boys
Borderline Blood Poets
April 9
We spoke to visual artist Tim Silver about his life, his work, and his music collection. His work is on show now in an exhibition at the MCA 'Walk The Line' until 24th of May.
www.mca.com.au
We took a listen to the following tracks:
I Can't Touch You Anymore - THE MAGNETIC FIELDS
The Devil - PJ HARVEY
Esc Hatch - MOUNT SIMS
The Riddle - NIK KERSHAW
Grandma's Sitting In The Corner - THE FROGS
Woo! Alright - Yeah...Uh-huh - THE RAPTURE
The Bargain Store - DOLLY PARTON
Careless Whisper - THE GOSSIP (Prince Cover)
April 2
We met Callie Wheitenberg, the President of the UTS Journalism Society, hardcore baker & duck lover, who brought in the following:
Pyramid Song - Radio Head
Hey - Pixies
Alphabet Town - Elliot Smith
Grass - Animal Collective
SoSays I - Shins
Song 2 - Blur
New York New York - Ryan Adams
Glory Box - Portishead
Love Will Tear Us Apart - Joy Divison
19.03.09
Tony & Ray, who put on MY FILTHY RIOT came in & played:
REGULAR JOHN - WHO WE ARE
RADIOHEAD - HAIL TO THE THIEF
KISS - I WAS MADE FOR LOVING YOU BABY
BEASTIE BOYS - BENNIE AND THE JETS
ZEAHORSE - WRONG
GOONS OF DOOM - TWIST OF LIME
CARLA WERNER - ENOUGH
FAIT ACCOMPLI - BE MINE
5.03.09
BIG thanks to Matt Taylor & Mark Simpson, co-founders and rulers of Sixty40, for bringing in these whack tunes:
my dick - mickey avalon
911's a joke - public enemy
I ran so far away - flock of seagulls
I ran so far away - gnemsis
mickey mouse march - mickey mouse band
chicago falcon - budos band
manumana - muppet band
unicorn - the vavoons
golden cage - the whitest boy alive
time to pretend - mgmt
touch me I'm sick - mudhoney
jesus loves me and lcd - adult rodeo
duck people - mega puss
house of mirrors - david axelrod
battlestar - harmonic 313
26.02.09
Ben Edwards was our guest, who just graduated with a PHd in Philosophy, after leaving school in year 10, doing his mechanics apprenticeship, making peanut butter in a peanut factory then throwing it in all in to head overseas and find himself. He's Mr Gay Australia for 2008 & he brought in some awesome tunes:
FREAK - SILVERCHAIR
TIME IS RUNNING OUT - MUSE
BLACKSTAR - RADIOHEAD
JUDTIH - A PERFECT CIRCLE
STARSHIP TROOPERS - THE HERD
BEAUTIFUL MINE - THE BUTTERFLY EFFECT
WE USED TO BE FRIENDS - DANDY WARHOLS
NEW PEOPLE - HERMITUDE
16.02.09
Thanks to 19 year old guerilla knitter, Bec New for the following tunes:
I WAS BORN A UNICORN - THE UNICORNS
ADVENTURERS - BE YOUR OWN PET
SEVEN NATION ARMY - THE WHITE STRIPES
DANIEL - LIOR
LE E TRACK NUMBER 2 - JANS TEARSON
SKINNY DIP - POLYPHONIC SPREE
anthems of a 17 yr old girl - broken social scene
thirteen - elliot smith
up - m83
hummingbird - born ruffians
05.02.09) MEL LAKE came in, who, in her time in the music industry, has worked in several different roles, with artists as diverse as The White Stripes, Dizzee Rascal, Cat Power and Peaches, Scott Walker and Dizzee Rascal. She has also worked on a host of local bands, the list including Wolf & Cub, Snowman, Tucker B's, Charge Group, Deloris & el Mopa.
Here's what Mel played:
sam cook - change is going to come
you am I - embarrased
built to spill - I would hurt a fly
snowman - we are the plague
tv on the radio - staring at the sun
white stripes - dead leaves and the dirty ground
tucker b's - brown dog
new buffalo - misery and mountains, arrows and bows
inez and charlie fox - mockingbird
22.1.09 - Chris Taylor
Writer, performer and ex-journo Chris took us on a journey of stories from Jesus Christ Superstar fandom as a kid to record store browsing as a court reporter and the diverse characters behind The Chaser Team.
Get On Down - The Hummingbirds
Taste - Ride
Just - Radiohead
Tuesday - You Am I
car - built to spill
martha - tom waits
Hot kettle black - wilco
fake palindromes - andrew bird
who could win a rabbit - animal collective
15.1.09 - Amelia Tovey
Filmmaker, screenwriter and traveller Amelia chatted about her obsession with film and music which has led to making live acoustic music videos around Sydney, and her newly found love for gardening! check out www.shoottheplayer.com
Morning light - Clara Luzia
This is the dream of wyn and regine - Final Fantasy
A real time here - Lloyd and Michael
Wait for the Summer - Yaesayer
Baby we'll be fine - The National
Used to be - Beach House
The cal it love?...Wow - Pikelet
Someone else in Mind - Meagan Washington
Speak for me - Cat Power