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Young Children Helping to Save Lives

Lord Murray Schoorman
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Young Children Helping to Save Lives

Victoria’s triple zero service is urging parents and carers to include children as young as three and four-years of age in their safety plans, including teaching them how to call 000 in a life-threatening emergency says ESTA the Emergency Services Telecommunications Authority.
ESTA’s CEO Julia Oxley said it’s important for children to take an active role in their own safety and have information about what to do in an emergency and when to call triple zero.

“Knowing how to call triple zero can reduce anxiety felt by children when faced with a safety or emergency situation,” she said. “It is also extremely important to teach your little ones to say their address. Our expert operators can get police, fire or ambulance help on the way when we know where they are.”

Triple zero gets hundreds of calls each year from young Victorians, some as young as three years old. Families can practice when and how to call 000 with the online simulation game at http://kids.triplezero.gov.au/

“We tell parents and carers the life a child might save could be yours,” Ms Oxley said.

ESTA provides the critical link between the Victorian community and the state’s emergency services agencies. It provides Victoria’s 24-hour emergency call-taking and dispatch services for police, fire, ambulance and for the VICSES storm and flood line 132 500 .

ESTA takes more than 2.4 million calls for assistance a year; on average a call every 12 seconds. Always call triple zero if there is a threat to life or property.

Do Weekends & Holidays Make You Sick?

Judy Taylor
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I just read an article titled: “DO WEEKENDS AND HOLIDAYS MAKE YOU SICK?” on the Boots WebMD website.

This section jumped out at me:

“…It is absolutely a biological process. When you are busy at work, your body just needs to get things done so it overrides everything else…It’s when you stop that the problems start… you should build relaxation into your everyday working life… grab small segments of relaxation throughout the day… you’ll notice a big difference within days.”
A few years back we created an AUDIO CD titled “The Beach HOLIDAY @ YOUR DESK” to help busy people do as the article suggests: ‘grab small segments of relaxation throughout the day’.
 
It was inspired by a series of ‘De-Stress / Meditation’ workshops I was running at the Crown Casino Health & Fitness Centre here in Melbourne where people from surrounding offices were coming across during their lunch hour and I was showing them simple, quick techniques to help them deal with the overload so many of them admitted to feeling. The idea for this ‘beach’ CD happened after I took in some natural wave sounds I had recorded at Point Leo and everyone said it helped them get into the relaxation ‘zone’.
 
Like most things that are good for us, the whole point with learning to take regular breaks is to get started, set up a simple easy-to-do schedule, keep going and get better at it. Then, when you do give yourself permission to stop, you reduce the possibility of falling into any melt-down like the article suggests happens to so many busy people when they suddenly stop.
 
‘The Beach HOLIDAY @ YOUR DESK’ is now up on CDBaby so it can be downloaded one track at a time – OR – downloaded as the complete set. If you’d like to hear how it works you can check out the FREE SAMPLES at this LINK: (http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/positivesigns ).
 
OR, if you prefer to have the ‘hard copy’ CD itself, you can visit our website and order it there.
 
Enjoy.
 
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Reefer Madness

Michael Hunt
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Reefer Madness
Chapel Off Chapel
25 November – 4 December 2016

 

Anti-drug propaganda film turned musical satire, Reefer Madness parodies the anti-marijuana attitudes of the 1930s. Wholesome couple Jimmy Harper and Mary Lane fall into the evil clutches of the devil’s lettuce in this cautionary tale, promising that “reefer will turn your children into hooligans and whores.” From selling babies to domestic abuse and hit-and-run murders, nothing is off-limits in this irreverent satire.

Charmingly kitsch, RL Productions steer the production far from realism with hand-drawn props, comically exaggerated simulated sex scenes and caricaturised depictions of violence. From a mannequin’s head thrown on stage following an emphatic decapitation to reams of red ribbons indicating blood streams, Stephen Wheat’s melodramatic directorial choices soften the gore and boundary-pushing humour.

Ben Adams is an unending fount of energy whose strong vocals and perfectly awkward performance as love-struck Jimmy Harper is a show highlight. Co-star Grace O’Donnell-Clancy as Mary Lane is an endearingly peppy, pint-sized powerhouse.

Ed Deganos’ campy Jesus is another incontestable highlight. Wheeled around on a wooden cross amidst choruses of ‘listen to Jesus, Jimmy,’ Deganos’ performance under Wheat’s direction captures the comical irreverence of this cult classic.

Rosa McCarty’s comic timing as reefer den hostess Mae alongside ruthless proprietor Jack Stone (Jared Bryan) draws consistent laughs. McCarty also impresses with strong vocals.

Some brief microphone issues, a near costume mishap in the five and dime Latin-esque dance interlude, and some poorly hidden wig lines are the only apparent flaws. Fortunately these flaws enhance the B-grade Rocky Horror Picture Show-esque cult classic spirit that Wheat manages to capture in RL Productions’ Melbourne premiere of Reefer Madness.

Art and Design Archive

Mick Pacholli
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  This is a new section dedicated to Art and Design shows that we have seen from
Janruary 2007 onwards. Older shows from 2005 till July 2006 were on radio.Art Deco: 1910-39 exhibition 2008 at the NGV International.
Rennie Ellis Exhibition at the NGV, Australia.
Bugatti family Exhibition at the NGV International.
Setting the Scene; and Sweeney Todd at the ACMI, Australia.
Salvador Dali: Liquid Desire at the NGV International.
A Day in Pompeii at the Melbourne Museum.
European Masters from the Stadel Museum, at the NGV, Australia.Architeam interview with the Opera Boys 2010 State of Design Awards, Premiers Design Awards 2010.
State of Design Awards, Premiers Design Awards 2006.
A Slide Show and music in Flash of Steve Lopez’s art exhibition at Pollock Gallery.
9th Art Deco Conference in Melbourne, Australia.
Ho Gallery Hat Show review.
Designer Reunion  at the Argo Hotel, Australia.
The Crystal Ballroom at the Seavview George Hotel, Australia.
Guggenheim Collection, at the NGV, Australia.Pixar: 20 years of Animation, at the ACMI, Australia.
A Slide Show in Flash of Pixar: 20 years of Animation, at ACMI..
Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharoahs,  Melbourne Museum..
Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharoahs, at the Melbourne Museum.

Barcelona: Designer Destination – 1992 by Lionel Curtis.

Rust Never Sleeps Sculpture show review by Hans Sip.
Fringe Furniture show at St Helliers Convent, Abbotsford.
One Knight Stand by Tom Fry.
Napoleon: Revolution to Empire at the NGV.
The Wonders of Ancient Mesopotamia at the Melbourne Museum.

Celebrate 1 YEAR if JAZZ at Leroy, with CHRIS McNULTY & JMQ. 7pm.

Mick Pacholli
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Celebrate 1 YEAR if JAZZ at Leroy, with CHRIS McNULTY & JMQ. 7pm.
Last year, JMQ, seamlessly transferred its long-running Jazz Thursdays residency from East Melbourne to St Kilda. It’s hard to believe that we’re now celebrating A Year at Leroy Espresso this Thursday, DEC 1, with a very special featured guest, Chris McNulty singing a beautiful Standards repertoire. Last year Chris returned to Australia after a stellar 30 year career in the USA, recording many albums and performing in New York and all over Europe.
 
Add two superb Italian musical imports, Mirko Guerrini and Carlo Alberto Canevali, as well
as a couple of the most sought-after talents for local and international gigs, Mark Elton and Steve Grant, with myself – and you have a knockout band!

 

Book your table to enjoy this special festive show, where delicious meals and beverages are available.

Doors 6.30pm and Showtime 7pm.
Online bookings: http://www.eventbrite.com.au  ‘leroy’, or call 03 9525 5166 or 0432 238 599 during business hours.

Leroy Espresso : 191 Acland St, St Kilda.

ALL ARE WELCOME 

Then coming up are:

Dec 8 – Samantha Morley ‘ A Touch of Class’

Dec 15 – Rod Gilbert ‘Suitcase of Songs & Travel Tales’

Dec 22 – Tamara Kuldin ‘Sassy and Strong

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AUSTRALIAN OPEN 2017 | blockbuster music line-up announced

Mick Pacholli
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AUSTRALIAN OPEN 2017 | blockbuster music line-up announced

Blockbuster music line-up announced for Australian Open 2017

Missy Higgins, Peking Duk, Birds of Tokyo, The Temper Trap, The Living End, Jimmy Eat World, Tkay Maidza, DMA’S and Superband with Jon Stevens, Daryl Braithwaite and Ross Wilson

Tennis Australia, in association with Mushroom Events, is thrilled to announce the most star-studded line-up for Australian Open 2017.  

Melbourne’s biggest party, The Open Sessions, will host some of the hottest Aussie and international acts at the Australian Open Live Stage, with Birds of Tokyo, DMA’S, The Temper Trap, Jimmy Eat World and The Living End among the all-star list.

“We’re really excited to be playing at one of the biggest and most prestigious sporting events in the world – which also happens to be in our hometown! We’re thrilled to be sharing the stage with so many incredible artists and bands and getting amongst the Australian Open atmosphere,” said The Temper Trap front man, Dougy Mandagi.

Aussie singer-songwriters Missy Higgins and Archie Roach, along with ARIA nominee Tkay Maidza and DJ duo Mashd N Kutcher will kick-start the party with two free concerts on Saturday 14 and Sunday 15 January, giving fans a taste of what’s in store at AO 2017.

“I’ve always been a big tennis fan so this is really exciting for me. I’m also thrilled to be part of such an incredible lineup of musicians this year,” said Higgins.

The highly anticipated Cooper’s Saturday will take place on 21 January, with ARIA chart toppers Peking Duk, and LA based DJ Drezo, expected to headline to a sell-out crowd following their continued success in the Aussie music scene.

“We can’t wait to see Serena. She is the greatest sporting icon of the last two decades in so many ways. Also a great opportunity for us to jump on the ones and twos and get jiggy,” said Peking Duk’s Adam Hyde and Reuben Styles.

“As the official beer sponsor of the Australian Open, Coopers is excited by the mix of Australian and international music acts set to perform, including Peking Duk who will be headlining Cooper’s Saturday” said Coopers National Sales and Marketing Director, Cam Pearce.

“We are looking forward to experiencing what will be a fun and entertaining series of events and spectacular showcase of music, while enjoying a selection of Australian-made and Australian-owned Coopers beers.”

Daryl Braithwaite will also return to the stage with legends Jon Stevens and Ross Wilson to delight crowds as part of a Superband showcase.

“Once again, Mushroom Events is thrilled to be involved in curating the 2017 schedule of artists to perform during the Australian Open,” said Mushroom Group Chairman Michael Gudinski.

“The live music program has grown over the past few years and established itself as a key addition to the greatest Tennis Tournament in the world. The variety of music on offer is appealing to all ages.”

In an Australian Open first, the Australian Open Live Stage will be held at Birrarung Marr, where fans are set to experience a fun, new vibe and atmosphere.

“Our focus on innovation means we are constantly creating new opportunities and experiences for the fans,” Australian Open Tournament Director Craig Tiley said.

“We’ve expanded our entertainment both on and off the court for 2017, and relocated our biggest music acts, the Open Sessions, into a vibrant new space at Birrarung Marr. We expect it to be a big hit with Australian Open fans,” Tiley said.

Music line-up dates are:

Day Headline act Support Opener
Saturday 14 January Tkay Maidza Mashd N Kutcher Passerine
Sunday 15 January Missy Higgins Archie Roach Ben Abrahams
Monday 16 January Birds of Tokyo The Belligerents Rival fire
Tuesday 17 January Superband with Jon Stevens/ Daryl Braithwaite/ Ross Wilson Cookin on 3 Burners Abbey Stone
Wednesday 18 January The Temper Trap Jack River  
Thursday 19 January The Living End Bennies The Sand Dollars
Friday 20 January Jimmy Eat World (USA)    
Saturday 21 January Peking Duk Drezo  
Sunday 22 January DMA’S Bad//Dreems Slowly Slowly

Access to the Australian Open Live Stage from 16–22 January will require a ground pass.

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New Australian Open brand assets and guidelines can be downloaded here.

Australian Open 2017, presented by Kia Motors in association with ANZ, Jacob’s Creek and Rolex, will take place at Melbourne Park from 16 – 29 January.

Rod Laver Arena and Margaret Court Arena tickets and Australian Open ground passes, which allow access to Hisense Arena, are now on sale at ticketek.com.au.

Plan your summer at ausopen.com.

Two big nights of Tripod at MEMO Music Hall – Friday 9 and Saturday 10 December  – 8pm

Blain Crellin
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Two big nights of Tripod at MEMO Music Hall – Friday 9 and Saturday 10 December  – 8pm

Blain Crellin speaks with TRIPOD here:

Tripod Christmas Turkeys – Two big nights of Tripod at MEMO Music Hall – Friday 9 and Saturday 10 December  – 8pm

Christmas. We can’t avoid it. Not saying we want to. Well, sometimes we might. But it’s not going anywhere. Therefore, let’s hear some songs about it. Specifically, let’s hear Tripod poke their harmony-laden musical sticks at Christmas this year.

They might even stealthily make you feel Christmassy. 

Since their earliest shows Tripod have made a consistent habit of juggling comedy, music and narrative in endless exhilarating combinations, consistently evading neat definitions whilst always striving to stay worthy of their fans’ time.

Tripod continue to bring an insane level of craft in both comedy and music and combine them in a rich and satisfying way – an ability that has cemented them as a much loved cultural fixture in Australia.

Xmas Turkeys promises to be a hilarious mix of suburban whimsy and dark satire, the perfect Christmas gift for those that love or hate Christmas and everything in between.

“…there’s hardly time to catch your breath in between bouts of uncontrollable laughter… these guys are unbelievable musicians too. Sometimes five stars just aren’t enough” The Scotsman, Edinburgh

“Tripod could be a comedy trio or just a very strange, very talented rock band” Adelaide Advertiser

MEMO MUSIC HALL – 88 Acland Street St Kilda

FRID 9 & SAT 10 DECEMBER  – 8pm
BOOK:

 www.memomusichall.com.au or
3pod.com.au

Life
I am the magician
With my staff and sword.
I wield towards
A knowing end,
But along the journey
Be loving and gentle,
Until shadows reveal
A mirror of self.
An imaginary shadow
Of living and life lived,
Etched upon the world.
It’s message is there
And everywhere
Never to be erased, as all
Who have come before
Have etched their lives
On the curtain of the
Universal wall.

Blain Crellin 2016

Jim Moginie’s (Midnight Oil) Electric Guitar Orchestra

Mick Pacholli
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Jim Moginie’s (Midnight Oil) Electric Guitar Orchestra

With special guests:

ROSIE WESTBROOK & JOHN PHILLIPS

The Colour Wheel is performed live by Jim Moginie and an ensemble of painters  and electric guitar players including Kent Steedman (Celibate Rifles), Alex Young (Good Buddha), Michael Trifunovic (Aqualash), Tim Kevin (Youth Group, La Huva, The Exiles) and Matthew Steffen (Decoder Ring). The painters are Stephen Coburn and Chantal Mahoney.

The Orchestra has recently performed at the Sydney Opera House Studio, The Festival of Writing and Ideas (Ireland),  Longitude Festival (Ireland), The College of Fine Art Sydney,  Campbelltown Art Centre, MONAFOMA Hobart and a commissioned work by MONA and Architects of The Air for The Exxopolis Luminarium.

 

JET REISSUE THEIR CLASSIC GET BORN AND SHINE ON ALBUMS

Mick Pacholli
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JET REISSUE THEIR CLASSIC GET BORN AND SHINE ON ALBUMS
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Pics -Phil Knott

Legendary Melbourne rockers’ first two albums now available on vinyl, CD and digitally with bonus tracks.

Sydney headline show SOLD OUT. 2nd announced and selling fast.   

With special guests Bloods + Wild Honey

Following the announcement that one of Australia’s most successful rock bands of all time, JET, are reforming to hit the road with Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band in February 2017, the band have reissued their first two albums ‘Get Born’ and ‘Shine On’ on vinyl, CD and digitally. Both the CD and digital reissues come with rare previously unreleased digitally re-mastered recordings from each period.  

Of the reissues and bonus tracks, drummer, vocalist and song writer Chris Cester says:

“We’d sit around on beer crates in our early days at first the pub we played at making our first moves. Nic always used to say if the song is good you can do anything with it. This was a wild time, and a really creative period. These demo recordings and b-sides were lost for years but then re-appeared down the line somehow. I love these songs dearly, even the unfinished ones.”

In addition to the Bruce Springsteen tour, JET will also play two very special headline shows in Sydney at Taronga Zoo. With the first show selling out in record time, a second show is now on sale and selling fast.

Photographer: Phil Knott

JET quickly conquered the world after forming in 2001, selling more than 6.5 million albums globally and securing 10 x Platinum certification in Australia and Platinum in the USA and UK for their 2003 debut album Get Born. The album produced a string of classic singles in Are You Gonna Be My Girl, Rollover DJ, and Look What You’ve Done and netted the band 6 x 2004 ARIA awards. Both “Are You Gonna Be My Girl” and “Cold Hard Bitch” peaked at number 1 on the US Modern Rock singles charts and propelled the band to the top of festival bills and charts around the world.

In 2006 Jet were named APRA’s Songwriters of The Year and for three years running Are You Gonna Be My Girl was the most performed Australian song overseas.

JET’s follow up album “Shine On” followed in 2006 and was rammed full of another collection melodic rockers including Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is, Bring It On Back and Rip It Up, and achieved platinum status in Australia on the back of stand-out headline shows around the world, and an unforgettable Big Day Out run in 2007.

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SHINE ON (DELUXE EDITION) & SHINE ON LP OUT NOW THROUGH LIBERATION MUSIC
ORDER DELUXE + DIGITAL ALBUM AVAILABLE HERE AND LP HERE


GET BORN (DELUXE EDITION) & GET BORN LP OUT NOW THROUGH LIBERATION MUSIC

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JET
BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN & THE E STREET BAND TOUR

FEBRUARY 2017

Thu 2 Feb AAMI Park | Melbourne, VIC (All Ages)

ticketek.com.au | Ph: 132 849

Sat 4 Feb AAMI Park | Melbourne, VIC (All Ages)

ticketek.com.au | Ph: 132 849

Sat 11 Feb Hanging Rock | Mt Macedon, VIC (All Ages) ticketmaster.com.au | Ph: 136 100

Sat 18 Feb Hope Estate | Hunter Valley, NSW (All Ages)

ticketmaster.com.au | Ph: 136 100

Tue 21 Feb AMI Stadium | Christchurch, NZ (All Ages)

ticketek.co.nz | Ph: 0800 842 538

Sat 25 Feb Mt. Smart Stadium | Auckland, NZ (All Ages)

ticketmaster.co.nz | Ph: 0800 111 999

HEADLINE SHOW

Thu 16 Feb Taronga Zoo |  Sydney, NSW (Sold out)

Sun 19 Feb Taronga Zoo |  Sydney, NSW

http://twilightattaronga.org.au

GET BORN & SHINE ON albums out now through Liberation

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UK production of Trainspotting to open at Fortyfivedownstairs 22 March – 13 April 2017

Mick Pacholli
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UK production of Trainspotting to open at Fortyfivedownstairs 22 March – 13 April 2017

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Based on the novel by Irvine Welsh, adapted by Harry Gibson Directed by Adam Spreadbury-Maher

Tickets on sale on Tuesday 29 November Sex, drugs and 80s trance. Trainspotting Live will immerse you into Irvine Welsh’s drug fuelled modern classic as it bursts into life at Fortyfivedownstairs in March 2017

Following sold out and extended seasons in the United Kingdom, Andrew Kay and Associates present the King’s Head Theatre and an In Your Face production of Irvine Welsh’s cult, generation-defining novel Trainspotting.

This adrenalin filled production recaptures the controversy of the famous novel and globally successful film, and repackages it into a totally immersive production to portray the underground drug scene in a smacked-out Edinburgh. Kicking off with a rave complete with strobe lighting and glow-sticks, audiences are given a no-holds-barred, close-up view of the lives of Renton, Begbie and Sickboy as they are thrown head first into a world of hedonism and the bleak reality of heroin addiction.

“I was shocked… and I wrote the f*cking thing!” Irvine Welsh Choose us. Choose life. Choose mortgage payments; choose washing machines; choose cars; choose sitting on a couch watching mind-numbing and spirit-crushing game shows, stuffing f*ckin junk food intae yir mooth. Choose rotting away, pushing and shiteing yersel in a home, a total f*ckin embarrassment tae the selfish, f*cked-up brats ye’ve produced. Choose life. Harry Gibson’s original stage adaptation, written before it became the famous blockbuster film, was instantly successful and controversial, and won the Sunday Times Award for Best New Play.

For this 21st anniversary production, In Your Face Theatre’s have created a snappy and vibrant affirmation of the power and humour of the piece. This all Scottish cast features Rachael Anderson (June), Chris Dennis (Begbie), Calum Barbour (Mother Superior), Greg Esplin (Tommy), Michael Lockerbie (Sickboy), Erin Marshall (Alison) and Gavin Ross (Renton).

Director Adam Spreadbury Maher was born in Australia and now lives in London. He is the Artistic Director of the King’s Head Theatre in Islington and founding Artistic Director of OperaUpClose.

Previous directing work includes: A Tale of Two Cities (King’s Head & Australia), Dead Party Animals (Hope Theatre), Studies For A Portrait (White Bear), The York Realist and The Sleepers Den (Riverside Studios), Hannie Rayson’s Hotel Sorrento And in Australia Jonathan Harvey’s Beautiful Thing and Joe Orton’s Loot.

“Brutally honest, unfiltered, heart wrenching, this production will make you uncomfortable, in the best of ways.” Edinburgh Evening news ★★★★★

“Trainspotting’ offers some of the most arresting, exhilarating theatre you’ll probably see in years.” Three Weeks★★★★★

WARNING: Aged 16+, contains scenes of nudity, drug use, violence of a sexual nature, claustrophobia and very strong language. Please note that the show delivers an entirely immersive experience, please dress appropriately and do not wear your best clothes.

When:

Wed 22 Mar – Thu 13 Apr

Preview: Wed 22 Mar Venue: Fortyfivedonwtairs, 45 Flinders Lane, Melbourne

Times: Tue 7.30pm, Wed – Thu 8pm, Fri 8pm, Sat 7.30pm & 9.30pm, Sun 4pm & 6pm Price: $59-$69

Booking: http://www.fortyfivedownstairs.com or 03 9662 9966 More info: http://www.trainspottinglive.com 

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