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  • wreckless zac bonnellWreckless Eric. Zac Bonnell photo. 

    “I will never have anything said against that man!” Eric Goulden, aka Wreckless Eric, is waxing lyrical about a fellow traveller in the English rock’n’roll and pop scene.

    You’d be forgiven for thinking Eric might be talking about the late Ian Dury, the iconoclastic poet-cum-musician who provided a rough template for Eric’s own career, or maybe one of the sundry punk rockers who attached themselves to Stiff Records around the same time Eric bounced into popular consciousness with the now classic "Whole World World". Maybe even Joe Strummer? Pete Shelley?

  • headonismHeadonism
    By Peter Head with MJ Cornwall
    (BookPOD)

    The history of Australian rock and roll is chockablock with yarns about people who had their shot at The Big Prize. Adelaide-born Peter Head (nee Beagley) gave it a better shake than most,  rising to prominence as pianist for prog rockers Headband, touring his bum off and playing in a pre-AC/DCband with some bloke named Bon Scott.

    This is a man who rubbed shoulders with everyone from Elton John to John Mayall, John Farnham to the Rolling Stones.Adelaide-raised, Head did what a lot of Aussies did in the‘60s and followed his nose to work as a muso in England...only to suffer the same fate as many, if not most, of his peers and have it rubbed in Pommy squalor.

    In the ‘80s Head transplanted himself to Sydney and became a fixture in the piano bars of Kings Cross. It was probably a natural progression for a bloke who kicked off his career as a 13-year-old backing bump-and-grind dancers in seedy Hindley Street bars. Along the way, he directed stage shows, toured nationally with the likes of Robyn Archer, carved out a regular place on the bill of the Adelaide Festival, filled in as backing pianist for “Here’s Humphrey”. 

  • bob short 2024 top ten
    Bob Short's incredibly accurate Top Ten predictions for 2025 (and beyond).

    1. When Trump reduces military aid to the Ukraine, Putin will essentially be gifted the disputed Eastern territories. The three wise monkeys of Russia, North Korea and the USA will have a delightful tea party whilst watching the executions of their political enemies. Lewis Carroll will arise from the grave, vindicated by the realisation his major works were true and accurate.

    2. Trump will deport so many agricultural workers that American supermarket shelves will empty and the United States economy will slump. No-one will be able to afford the tariffs on overseas food. The poor will look suspiciously towards their pets.

    3. Across the pond, as the economy, good manners, social services and the art of staying calm collapse, the UK will quietly sink into the Atlantic and no-one will notice. It may have happened already. (Has anyone looked?). If anyone does notice, a variety of suckholes and knuckle draggers (particularly those who resemble potatoes) will petition to make Gina Reinhardt Queen of Australia. She will unilaterally declare it so and poison all the drinking holes.

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Europe Tour
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23 - Secret Place, Montpellier FR
24 - Le Moulin du Rousseau, Perigueux FR
28 - Relache, Bordeaux FR
29 - Festivalle Tobalina, Quintana Martin Galinde ES
30 - 16 Toneladas, Valencia ES
31 - Stereo, Alicante ES
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4 - Sala El Sol, Madrid ES
5 - Sala Milwaukee, El Puerto de Santa Maria ES
6 - Hogaza Rock, Alfacar ES

East Coast Low
"Badlanding" Album Launches
AUG
23 - Link & Pin, Woy Woy, NSW
+ The Strike-Outs + The Dark Clouds
24 – MoshPit, St Peters, NSW
+ The Dark Clouds + The Strike-Outs

The Wraylettes
AUG
31 - Last Chance, Melbourne
SEP
5 - Stag & Hunter Hotel, Newcastle, NSW
+ FAHM + Maids of Horror
6 - Outta Space Weekender, Link & Pin, Woy Woy, NSW
7 - Petersham Bowling Club, Sydney (matinee)

Hugo Race and Michaelangelo Russo
100 Years Tour
AUG
23 – Brunswick Ballroom, Melbourne
SEP
12 – Odessa, Creswick, VIC
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“The 4th Outtaspace Weekender”
Link & Pin, Woy Woy - free
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5 – The Leftards + Punktillious
+ The Silver Dragons
6 – The Warts + Antiobodies +
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+ The Strike-Outs + The Dunhill Blues
+ The FNCs + TBA
8 – The Cannanes + Love Me
+ Mick Daley
+ Chris Wash & The Gibberish Collective

Van Ruin
French Tour 

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5 - La Petite Rade, Le Havre

6 - La Trinquette, Rennes       

11 - Le Ravelin, Toulouse       

12 – TBC, Perpignan

13 - La Cigale dans la fourmilière, Nègrepelisse

18 - Shapers Club House, Marennes

20 - Irish Pub, Frontignan

26 – L’Armony, Paris

27 - La Griffe, Lille      


35th Anniversary of "Black Milk"
The Beasts
+ Cash Savage
+ The Johnnys
+ Ezra Lee 
The Forum, Melbourne
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“Ramones Appreciation Night”
The Dark Clouds
+ The Strike Outs
+ Arturos
MoshPit Bar, St Peters, NSW
- Sep 12

Cherie Currie Australian Tour
with Hot Machine
SEP
5 -  Rosemount, Perth
6 - Crown and Anchor, Adelaide
11 - The Corner Hotel, Melbourne
12 – Sydney Crowbar
13 – Brisbane Crowbar
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Soundpressing presents
Datura4 
+ The Spivs
Iron & Resin Garage, Currumbin, QLD
- Oct 24
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The Soft ‘n’ Sexy Sound Tour
Dave Graney and the Coral Snakes
OCT
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4 - Waves, Wollongong, NSW
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5 - The Street Theatre, Canberra
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10 - The Corner Hoyel, Richmond, Vic
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31 - Brisbane Crowbar QLD
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2 - Mo's Desert Clubhouse, Gold Coast QLD
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7 - Byron Bay Theatre NSW
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8 - Bellingen Memorial Hall NSW
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13 - King Street Bandroom, Newcastle
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14 - Avoca Beach Theatre NSW
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15 - The Lounge, Chatswood NSW
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16 - Dangar Island Bowlo NSW (matinee)
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21 - The Gov, Adelaide SA
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28 - Royal Oak, Launceston TAS
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29 - The Pier, Ulverstone TAS
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30 - Longley International Hotel, Longley TAS
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Ther Saints ’73-‘78
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+ Big Noter + Butterfingers
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+ Frangipanis + Dancingwater
+ Platonic Sex + Velociraptor
Roma St Parklands, Brisbane
- Oct 25

“4ZZZ Joint Effort 50”
Dave Warner’s From The Suburbs
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+ The Survivors
+ XERO
+ The Black Assassins
+ Pineapples From The Dawn of Time
Hamilton Hotel, QLD
- Nov 8

Asteroid B612
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NOV
6 – La La La´s, Wollongong NSW
7 – Marrickville Bowling Club, NSW
8 – Avalon Beach RSL Club, NSW
14 - The John Curtin Hotel, Carlton VI

I-94 Bar Records and Promotions Presents
Chris Masuak’s Dog Soldier Australia 2025
NOV
13 - Hamilton Station Hotel, Newcastle, NSW
+ Drugs in Sport + Melvic Centre
14 – Mo’s Desert Clubhouse, Burleigh Heads, QLD
+ Dr Bombay + The Spivs
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15 – The Cave Inn, Woolloongabba, QLD
+ The Mick Medew & Ursula 4
+ Dr Bombay + The Spivs
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+ The Mick Medew & Ursula 4
+ The Spivs
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21 – Link & Pin, Woy Woy, NSW
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22 – Waywards, Newtown, NSW
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