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Michael Jackson – ‘rest in peas’

June 27, 2009 – 8:55 am

Yes peas. That’s what a hand-written sign held by a US mourner, and featured prominently on Channel Ten’s news coverage, said. Did wacko have a thing for small green vegetables?

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Another great tracklist from the Dog

May 9, 2009 – 12:14 pm

It’s amazing, week after week this guy keeps on delivering wonderful shows:

This week’s Track List:
    ** Australia
1.  Rocky Jackson (What Kind Of Justice Could This Be) CD ‘Squeeze Here’
2.  Bob Dylan (Beyond Here Lies Nothin) CD ‘Together Through Life’
3.  Champion Jack Dupree (Income Tax) CD ‘Complete Blue Horizon Sessions’
4.  ** Crystal Thomas N Flowers Of [...]

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R L Burnside: Rollin’ and Tumblin’

May 8, 2009 – 6:07 pm

This is one of the great blues standards. An ideal juke joint tune. It was recorded by Canned Heat on their debut album in 1967. And by Bob Dylan on Modern Times 40 years later. It never loses it’s appeal. Here it is being played by the legendary R L Burnside. Burnside was convicted for [...]

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Pete Seeger turns 90

May 2, 2009 – 7:21 am

A good reason to see Seeger and Springsteen doing “This land is your land” at Obama’s inaugral a few months ago. 
See coverage: Variety, Houston Chronicle, Inside Higher Ed and many, many more.

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Ruthie Foster – People Grinning in Your Face

April 15, 2009 – 7:15 pm

Ruthie is the real deal.

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Mundy Galway Girl – a real classic

April 8, 2009 – 4:35 pm

The good stuff.

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Yahoo: organising the web’s music content

April 8, 2009 – 12:32 pm

From readwriteweb:  ”Yahoo introduced a new version of its Yahoo Music artist homepagestoday, which now include links to YouTube videos, Pandora radio stations, Last.fm, and photos from Flickr. Yahoo also plans to open up its API so that others can build applications for Yahoo Music, and, at a later point, artists will be able to create their own customized pages on Yahoo [...]

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Neil Young’s “Fork in the road”

April 7, 2009 – 7:35 pm

Neil Young – Fork In The Road
Lyrics to “Fork in the Road”


Got a pot belly. 
It’s not too big. 
Gets in my way 
when I’m driving my rig.
 Driving this country
 in a big old rig, 
things I see
 mean a lot.


My friend has a pickup.
 Drives his kid to school.
 Then he takes his [...]

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Looking forward to seeing Ruthie Foster at the Basement tomorrow night

April 7, 2009 – 7:19 pm
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Eliza Gilkyson at the Basement in Sydney this friday

March 10, 2009 – 8:28 pm

Eliza Gilkyson is currently on her first Australian tour. She is considered to be one of the best folk artists of our time. Folk is frequently ‘political’ and Gilkyson is no exception. She is no fan of former US President Bush:
The cowboy came from out of the west 
With his snakeskin boots and his bulletproof vest 
Gang of [...]

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