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Comfort food for the ears, head and heart
It’s A Long Way To the Top (If You Wanna Rock 'n' Roll) - AC/DC, titled T.N.T., their second album, when it was released in Australia and New Zealand in late 1975, renamed High Voltage and with other changes for its 1976 international release. Produced by Harry Vanda and George Young of the Easybeats.
My Happiness - Powderfinger, from their 2000 album Odyssey Number Five.
The Big Beat - Young Modern, from their 1979 album Play Faster. Young Modern came from Adelaide in South Australia and were around from 1977 to 1979. The singer, John Dowler, is still out making records and playing shows.
We love science
This Is My Happy Hour - the Scientists, a single from 1982, with Swampland on the flip side. This version from the 1983 Scientists compilation Blood Red River 1982-1984.
Hyperspace - Rocket Science, the song was on their 2001 album titled Contact High.
Science Fiction - Chrissy Amphlett and the Divinyls, also from 1982, it was on their album titled Desperate.
Treasures from the vault
Three songs by Ariel from their 1973 album A Strange Fantastic Dream
- Jamaican Farewell
- Wheezer Grunter Module Threadaboy/Harry v. Dirchy (God the Man).
- Miracle Man
Ariel was led by the prolific Mike Rudd and his frequent collaborator Bill Putt and featured Tim Gaze on guitar, from the band Tamam Shud.
Melbourne rocks
Totality - the Peep Tempel (no that's not a typo), from 2016, the song was on their album titled Joy.
Which Side Are You On? - Rhiannon Simpson and The Triple Delta from their EP Songs For Straight Girls, a 2018 release.
Something new
Helping Hand - guitarist/producer Shane O'Mara and singer Jac Tonks, their album, featuring the songs of Scottish musician Bert Jansch, is titled Sorrow Hides The Longing To Be Free and came out in March (as in two weeks ago as of this writing). Bert Jansch was one of the finest guitarists and songwriters to emerge in the 1960s British folk revival.
Take care out there
Living In the Neighbourhood - Cyndi Boste, it's on her 2002 album Push Comes to Shove. Now more than ever we need to be mindful of our friends, families and neighbors.
Dom Mariani and the Majestic Kelp start us off, move us along, and tell us when we're done.
