Show 148
Weirdness ahead - possibly brought on by pumpkin spice overdose.
Dodgy Train - Adrian Kosky, it was on his album The High Side of the Low End, a 2006 release. Before taking up the guitar, Kosky was renowned as a player of the mountain dulcimer. He splits his time between western Victoria in Australia and Clarksdale, Mississippi.
Hard Travellin' Newell Highway Blues - Andy Baylor, from his 2012 album Down Where The Banksias Grow.
Mothers Not Feeling Herself Today - Suzannah Espie, the title track of her 2015 album.
My Canary Has Circles Under His Eyes - Captain Matchbox Whoopie Band, from their 1973 album Smoke Dreams. The song dates back to 1931.
Baked Beans - Mother Goose, from their 1977 debut album, Stuffed. Mother Goose started in New Zealand, moved to Australia, and were so successful they often had up-and-coming future headliners such as the Angels and Men At Work opening their shows. They moved to the US in 1978 and spent a year trying to make it there, before returning home Down Under.
Dark Was The Night - Brendan Gallagher, from his album Wine Island, a 2013 release. Along with making his own records, Gallagher is an in-demand record producer, session musician, and works with his band Karma County.
Walking In the Rain - Flash and the Pan, written, produced and performed by George Young and Harry Vanda, of Easybeats fame. It was on their self-titled 1978 debut album. Grace Jones had a hit with it in 1981.
Evil Eye - Joe Camilleri and his band the Black Sorrows from their album The Way We Do Business, a 2024 release.
And I'm Blue - Ariel, a band from Melbourne, not the little mermaid, the song was on their 1973 album A Strange Fantastic Dream. Ariel was led by the prolific Mike Rudd and Bill Putt and featured Tim Gaze on guitar, from the band Tamam Shud.
Now for a word from Holden cars, from 1966 - and if you're in the market for a new Holden, sorry, they stopped making cars in 2017.
Ambergris - King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard, from their 2022 album Omnium Gatherum. A band called Died Pretty had a song with the same title in 1985 – this is a different song.
We love it live
Antenna - the Church, in concert in 2011 in Sydney. The song originally appeared on their 1988 album Starfish, which they played in its entirety for this show.
Play With Fire - Tex, Don and Charlie (Tex Perkins, Don Walker and Charlie Owen) from their 1995 album Monday Morning Coming Down. The Rolling Stones originally released it as the B-side to the single The Last Time and in 1965 it made it onto their album Out of Our Heads.
Less live but still real
Love's Not Good Enough - Skyhooks, one of the great Aussie 1970s groups, the song was on their 1975 album, Ego Is Not A Dirty Word.
Dom Mariani and the Majestic Kelp starts us off, moves us along, and tells us when we're done.
