Down Under Hour
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at the pub, or at a party, whenever you're stuck, for what to say,
if
you wanna be dinky-di, why don't you give it a try,
look
'em right in the eye and say g'day..."
(Slim Dusty)
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164
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.
