Show 22: Into The Sun...

Grand funkin fine show tonight, even my mum and dad called to say they loved it, gotta say most of the credit would have to go to the awesome artists whose music we are lucky enough to have and play to you all! With of course the mighty Grand Funk Railroad and the send off to the month of radiofestival with the final side of their double vinyl original release from exactly 40years ago 'Grand Funk Live' with the powerfully manic bass driven, guitar violated and precission percussion procession of Into The Sun, one hell of an encore if you ask us.

We also played a hendrix birthday tribute of my fave hendrix track, lots of smaples from various touring artists, a special CD of the week featuring the split talents of Queens of the Stoneage (playing soundwave next year) and the re-formed Beaver ( who will be playing at the festival to end all festivals 'roadburn' in Tilburg Netherlands next april, Tickets on sale this saturday by the way!) and we marked 30 years since the release of the blues brothers adventurus soulfilled romp at cinemas in Australia.

But extra special thanks to our first ever interview and a phone interview at that! Tonka from the Victorian Rollerderby League an awesome chick whoose always up for a Jam gave us a great chat to help spruik this weekends grand finale at the royal mebourne showgrounds! Looking forward to her coming into the studio with calamity mame and some of the other girls to help promote next season and give us a chance to play a couple of other awesome rollerball tracks and maybe even an excuse to have a review of the James Caan classic film ROLLERBALL to fit the theme for the show, mmmmm everything falls into place...

However the house of a thousand 80's VHS review was the magnificent "Leonard part 6", and we gotta say screw all your shitty websites of IMDB and rotten tomatos etc. if you so called 'most award winnig film sites' can not see nor appreciate the amazing humour and wit that the great man bill cosby brings to almost everything in life than i really wont bother refering to you sites for film advice ever again, this film is awesome. Now im a big fan of the vegetarian lifestyle of choice, but you gotta admit its pretty funny to see bill cosby throwing magical uncooked sausegas and beef patties at evil vege henchmen and taking them out, no dead horse even required! So yes check out this film it is fun, funny and features a tank porsche!

But anyway we were pretty excited this week to have got some Kyuss tickets this very morning for a gig that aparently sold out in 14mins,,, aparently. And had the privelige / sorrow to bring you all the news that they swapped venues to announce more ticket sales to at the larger Metro/palace venue around the corner, now how retarded is this!
Cant they just announce a second show so that you know the people around you are all as die hard as yourself and had a heap of screens all open at once clicking like a mad stonerrock hero in the vain hope to at least have a kyuss tickets to help ease their now newly acquired RSI, or they even went to a ticketek outlet to raid the door dead on 9 to get themselves an instant ticket like the old days!

But No.

Now im not saying all fans shouldnt have the chance to get to see this gig of the century, BUT, why should those who worked their arses off to get an original ticket on the first release now suffer in a much larger/shitter venue and be pushed back further where vision of the unfolding riffage being thonged out isn't as easy with so many fanboy goons now filling the joint up.

Cant they just have announced a second show and let that be it so you know you are only around the true bretheren fans of Kyuss, its almost as if they would rather save the cashola on booking two venues and just have the one and save on re-routing to squeeze in this now mythical extra show.

Nah, im just a bit pissed, now i reckon it will be too big a gig to feel like im really there rocking it with these maestros of the music form we love so much. really dissapointed, but hey what the fuck, i'll just get drunk and push my way to the front like usual cracking skulls of the second tier infidels who are in my path, its the way it is and always will be, i hope.

But i am curious how much a beer is at this joint, after being raped by the espy at baroness last week i am a bit wary these days of who really wins when it comes to buying a beer at a venue in melbourne.

So here i am talking about a radio show and honestly doubt much of that above makes very much sense and i'll leave it up to tristanus to edit, but i stand by my coments and start getting prepared for the "50 million year trip downunderside up" this May!


The Sound Carriers - Last Broadcast
To The Bones - Astral Magic
Jimi Hendrix - Stone Free
Leon Russel - Queen Of The Roller Derby
Rollerball - Lowly Sublime
Kyuss - Conan Troutman
Spiderbait - Monty
The Vascoe Era - I Am The Chosen Vessel
Queens Of The Stoneage - The Bronze
Queens Of The Stoneage - These Aren't The Droids You're Looking For
Beaver - Morocco
Beaver - Absence Without Leave
Grand Funk Railroad - Into The Sun
The Blues Brothers - Shake Your Tailfeather
Cookin On 3 Burners - Gravel Rash
The Transatlantics - Tea Legs
Bill Cosby - Uppers & Downers
Bill Cosby & Quincy Jones - Hicky Burrr
Thee Oh Sees - Castiatic Tackle
Jeff The Brotherhood - Heavy Days