Top Three Towns Podcast and Stage It Shows continuing.

 I did a podcast with Philby J and Nick Vulture on "top three regional towns". I presumed it meant Australian towns and so thats what I talked about. We all had three to talk about.

Melbourne is coming out of a three month lockdown. We couldn't go further than 5k's from our houses or be outside for more than an hour to exercize each day and masks are still mandatory. Clare and I haven't been far from our house since the beginning of March so it wasn't that much of a strain. We also were already wearing masks if we went to the shop and will continue to do so for a while. 

It went from a peak of 725 or so in July/August to twelve straight days in a  row to today with zero infections. The state government did it all, with the Feds, the media and the opposition all hanging off of them trying to drag them down all the way.

I've been reading books I've bought over the years and could continue that for a while though I do miss rummaging about in secondhand bookshops.

I've been trying to read a bit more French language texts and also got into the collected letters of Paul Bowles.

 Every Tuesday I've been presenting a radio show on Triple R from 12-2pm. Its called BLB and I've been doing it via Skype with Andrew Delaney working the panel in the studio. I used to drag in  a lot of vinyl to play but I've become obsessed with music released in 2020. I have been endeavouring to use Bandcamp as opposed to Spotify. Bandcamp is the "antispotify".

 You can listen back to a recent show here.

  We have also continued to do our Stage It shows. We also did a private zoom party for some people in Myanmar. Getting used to different platforms for streaming has been an education

For our Stage It shows we first discovered you need Broadband and then an external camera and the an external audiointerface. We have had our NBN BRoadband serviced at the node after a dropout and feel its all pretty smooth now. Though the area is full of variables. Peoples browsers and the internet traffic - which has been heavy with everybody being at home.

Our next show is Thursday November 26th at 8pm AEDT and here is a link.  

Then Thursday Dec 3rd  8pm AEDT .

Then there is Sunday December 6th (Australian time ) when Clare Moore and I play a live streaming set at 8am AEDT which is Saturday December 5th 1pm in Los Angeles, 3 pm in Chicago, 4pm in New York and 9pm in the UK. Tickets link here. (We do a set every second weekend for our mates in the Northern hemisphere).

 People all over the world are booking live shows in 2021 and beyond but I am not so sure yet. This is going to be it for a good while and I have been really enjoying it. 

Here is a rough list of the 115 or so songs of mine we have played. 

 

Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye (2000)

Song Of Life (2019)

Where Did All the Freaks Go? (2019)

Be Sad For Me (2017)

Anchors Aweigh (2001)

Everybody Loves A Mass Killer (1997)

The Devil Drives (1997)

Drugs Are Wasted On The Young (2000)

Tuning Up (2020)

Mt Gambier Night (2012)

Answering Machine (2019)

The Brother Who Lived (2003)

Twilight Of A Villain (2003)

The Stuff That Night Is Made Of (2000)

Vengeance Is On It's Way (2000)

Night Of The Wolverine (1993)

I Need Some Scratch (2000)

A Woman Skinnies A Man Up (2014)

Midnight To Dawn (2003)

Chads Car (1981)

All Our Friends Were Stars (2003)

Everybodys Gone (2005)

A Man On The Make (1997)

Comrade Of Pop (2019)

My Schtick Weighs A Ton (2005)

Where's My Buzz? (2019)

Apollo 69 (1995)

The Birds And The Goats (1995)

Lifes a Dream (2012)

Bodysnatcher Blues (2009)

Baby I Wish I'd Been A Better Pop Star (2019)

Hell Is You, Babe (2019)

You've Been In My Mind (2019)

I Wanna Get Lost Again (2005)

Sometimes You can See Yourself (2005)

I Will Always Hate You (2001)

I Will Have Always Been Here Before (2001)

Ruperts Pets Grave (2017)

Are You Out Of Your Mind? (2017)

Your Masters Must Be Pleased With You (1999)

Lets Live Properly (2005)

We Don't Belong To Anybody (2011)

You Need To Suffer (1993)

We Need A Champion (2012)

You're All Wrong (2019)

Saturday Night Bath (2005)

Everything Was Legendary With Robert (2014)

Have You Heard About The Melbourne Mafia? (2000)

You Put A Spell On Me (2000)

Finally I Come Clean (2019)

Blues Negative (2012)

They Wanted To Be Players (1999)

I'm A Comander (1999)

Lt Colonel Cavalry (1999)

Only The Stoned (2005)

Am I Wearing Something Of Yours? (1999)

That's Frankies Negative (1984)

Ultrakeef (2019)

The Stars, Baby, The Stars (1994)

Eye O' The Vibe (2001)

Where The Trees Walk Downhill (1980)

Clinging To the Coast (2001)

You Need A Kleek, Klook (2017)

I Ain't Hi Vis (2017)

Are We Goin' Too Fast For Love? (2001)

Playin' Chicken (2012)

I Need To Be Hot (2017)

Matey, From On High (2017)

I'm Not Just Any Nobody (2019)

Flash In The Pantz (2012)

This Is the Deadest Place I've Ever Died In (2017)

You Can't Have Your Boogie (2019

I Don't Know Anything (2001)

Runaway (1983)
2068 Babe (2009
Dylan the Indie fake (2009)

I Need My Guitar (2009)
Country Roads, Unwinding (2014)

Je est Un Autre (2014)

I Dig The Pioneers (1997)
the Greatest Show In Town (1988)

Biker In Business Class (1997)
Son Of Maggie Mae (2001)
Where's My Buzz (2019)
Flower Of The Earth (2014)
I Like To Be Haunted (2009)
You Had To Be Drunk (2009)
The Sheriff Of Hell (two different versions) (1997-9)
Pianola Roll (1997)
I Know You Can't See Me (2014)

Land Of The Giants (1997)
Field Record Me (1997)
Midnights Cats (2012)
I'm In The Future Now (2007)
The Pre Revolutionary Scene (1995)
Imagine If What You Did On Your Weekend Was Your Life (1994)
Oakleigh Bowie Blues (2010)
Mr Bad Luck (2005)
King Of The Dudes (2012)
Mogambo (1993)
Rock n Roll Is Where I Hide (1995)
The Birds And The Goats (1995)
I’m Not Afraid To Be Heavy (1995)
I’m Gonna Live In My Own Big World (1995)
You Wanna Be Loved (1994)
I'm The Stranger In Town (2014)
I Been Trendy (2017)
I Don't Wanna Go Bush (2011)
Ther He Goes With His Eye Out (2005)
Old Friends (2019)

New instrumental pieces..

Beckett And Joyce
Diaghelev and Nijinsky
Teardrop Weirdo

 

And we have done these 35 songs by other artists...

 

My Foolish Heart (Bill Evans - John McGlaughlin - Billy Eckstine and many others)

Theme From Midnight Cowboy (John Barry)

Everybody's talkin' (Fred Neil)

Time Waits For No One (Rolling Stones)

High Coin (Van Dyke Parks - Charlatans- Jackie De Shannon)

We May Never Love Like This Again (Maureen McGovern)

Clang Of The Yankee Reaper (Van Dyke Parks)

Diamonds Fur Coat Champagne (Suicide)

Lowdown (Boz Scaggs)

Hyacinth House (Doors)

So You Wanna Be A Rock N Roll Star (Byrds)

Baby I'm A Want You (Bread)

Walkin' On The Water (John Fogerty- Richard Hell)

Walk On Water (Kevin Ayers)

Alabama Bound (Charlatans)

In A Misty Morning (Gene Clark)

1-2-3 (The Len Barry Combo)

Midnight Rider (Allman Brothers)

Taboo (Arthur Lyman - Martin Denny)

Black Stick (The Cruel Sea)

You're Gonna Miss Me (Thirteenth Floor Elevators)

The Dolphins (Fred Neil - Tim Buckley)

Sweet Surrender (Tim Buckley)
Parchman Farm (Mose Allison)
Ex Lion Tamer (Wire)
Arnold Layne (Pink Floyd)

Codine (Buffy Saint Marie)
Showbusiness (AC/DC)
Alone Again Or (Love)
Live and let Live (Love)
Dropout (Urge Overkill)
Empty Shell (Subway Sect)
Bless the Weather (John Martyn)
Dive For Your Memory ( Go Betweens)
Who Of Us two? (M)

 We are slowly putting down some new material , beginning with our instrumentals, and should have that stuff coming out in 2021.

In the meantime we are almost finished Dave Graney and the mistLY LYVE AT BYRDS which we recorded at  a jazz club in Melbourne in late 2019. Its a real rock'n'roll set.

What am I looking forward to? I would love to go for a drive in the country and also need some white  turtle neck jumpers or skivvies . Maybe a leisure suit as well.