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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)
Show 142
We're
psyched and traveling through our own Psychedelic Era.
Strange
Girl - Belles Will Ring, their song was on the 2007 album album Mood
Patterns.
Donovan
Dreams - Ashley Naylor, a single off his album Alexandria Sunset,
which came out in September 2025. When he's not making his own
records, Naylor plays guitar in Paul Kelly's band, he sits in with
the Church, Even, and half a dozen other combos.
Can
You Feel It? Felicity Cripps from her album Chasing Volcanoes, an
August 2024 release.
Blasts
from the pasts
It's
a Beautiful Day - Tamam Shud, from their album Evolution, a 1969 (or
maybe 1968, the details are a bit hazy) release. The Persian phrase
tamam shud translates as "ended", "it is finished"
or "the very end") and are the closing words of The The
Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, an 11th-century poetry collection. The
phrase is also associated with a Western Australian mystery from 1948
involving "the Somerton Man." Well worth looking up.
Free
- Kahvas Jute The song was on their 1971 album Wide Open. After
Tamam Shud broke up, some of the guys formed another band with
another unusual name. Bob Daisley was on bass guitar, he went on to
play an important role in Ozzy Osbourne's musical career, and also
played with Black Sabbath, Rainbow, Gary Moore, Chicken Shack and
Uriah Heep.
And
I'm Blue - Ariel, a band from Melbourne, the song was on their 1973
album A Strange Fantastic Dream. Mike Rudd and Bill Putt formed the
band in 1973 after their group Spectrum broke up. Members included
Tim Gaze and Nigel Macara, recruited from Tamam Shud.
A
Place
To Go
-
Ayers Rock, from their 1976 album Beyond, recorded in the USA while
the band was on tour.
No
time like the present
What
Is Ashwagandha - Babe
Rainbow, the song is on their latest album, Slipper imp and
shakaerator, from April 2025, but this version was recorded in the US
for a radio broadcast. FYI, ashwagandha is a herb used to relieve
stress, anxiety and insomnia. Shakearator is a machine used in
orchards to improve soil conditions by breaking up compacted ground.
Little
Man - Rebecca's Empire, featuring Rebecca Barnard singing and Shane
O'Mara on guitars and production. It was on their 1999 album Welcome.
Omnibus
- The Double Happiness, a band from Brisbane, the song is on their
album Spacetime, also a September 2025 release.
Three by the Dolly Rocker Movement
What's
That Sound
In
My Mind, In My Words & In My Heart - Two tracks from their 2006
album Electric Sunshine.
I
Can See Through Orange - from their 2007 album, A Purple Journey Into
the Mod Machine
State
of Things - Private Mountain, from 2022, their EP Optimism Cult.
Dom
Mariani and the Majestic Kelp supply our hello and goodbye and in
between musical bits.
