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Glyn
(the Hoover) Mason goes a bit blurry in my kitchen |
Glyn
Mason visits my kitchen
28.2.07 - I'd written Glyn a text message
some weeks back saying that I'd seen some very nice crits for
his and Sam See's new CD The Pardoners and asking where
my free copy was, but I'd received no reply, so imagine my astonishment
on Monday when he marches in my front door with a copy each
for Bill and me! It's been a few years now since we did the
Ariel show together at (the old) Capers to launch The Jellabad
Mutant CD, and since then Glyn and Sam have forged a niche
for themselves in Melbourne as a very classy duo, with Sam's
guitar playing and, of course, Glyn's voice a standout. I suggested
we should maybe do some gigs together in the future and Glyn
was enthusiastic, so we'll see.. |
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See if
you can find Hugh in this Humania oil projection.. |
Humania
lightshow for Don't Tell Tom
24.2.07
- Next week is March already, and there is a hint of March
madness in the air! The 'authentic' quartet version of Spectrum,
with Daryl Roberts on keys, is making its first metropolitan
appearance on Saturday at the quirkily named Brunswick venue,
Don't Tell Tom, and in a move tipped on this page a few days
ago, Hugh McSpedden's Humania lightshow (pic left)
is going to be adding some TF Much vibes to the night. On the
same afternoon, Bill and I will be parked in a Rotunda somewhere
in Knox (details TBA) and doing a couple of ambient-as-anything
sets as part of the Knox Community Festival between 1.30 and
3.30. I'm picking another wasted Sunday.. |
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1)
John and Al Staehely (right) skeptical about the end of the
war 2) Al as he is today |
Al
Staehely gets in touch
22.2.07 - I think it was way back in 1973
that Spectrum toured with Spirit (which eventually morphed into
the Staehely Bros), and so it was a surprise to get a message
that Al Staehely, now a music lawyer in Houston, remembered
the tour with affection and was keen to hear from us. I sent
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response. If you have any memories of that tour, it would be
nice to hear about your recollections. read Al's
e-mail |
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Willy,
Willy and yet more Willy!
1) Daz
lets it rip 2) The great Gadsby insinuates another lick 3) Neale
registers a toot from Sean
4) Neale
Johns and Brenden Mason 5) Bill practices writing his name 6)
Sound man Tony Bishop
7) Aztec
Music's Kath 8) Sue Hedley all the way from SA and and Robbo
from Oakleigh |
Proof
we played 'the song'..* |
gig
report
A big day by the Bay
19.2.07 - I'm pretty sure it came close
to the predicted thirty eight degrees yesterday - it was very
warm - and so being in the air-conditioned Willy RSL for the
afternoon wasn't such a bad option. The occasion was the Hey
Gringo Live At The Sound Vault CD launch, and musically
speaking it was a virtual replay of the recording of the album,
plus a few extra songs, and with a cast of thousands. As well
as the Willy RSL regulars and Hey Gringo devotees in attendance,
Asylum TV had a number of cameras strategically placed round
the room, so expect a couple of songs from the show on Channel
31 sometime soon.
Spectrum played a couple of songs too, but didn't play I'll
Be Gone till later that evening at the Ice Berg Bar, conveniently
located in Willy close to the RSL, but it was difficult to draw
a positive from this inaugural performance, and we left utterly
exhausted from the effort of coping with an unhelpful and unedifying
environment. |
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pic Miranda Worthington |
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Valé
the Crossing Café
17.2.07 - I got a call from the Crossing
Café's Chris Bodey this morning, anxious to share the
photo of the composite painting (pic left) of Spectrum
and the Wolfe Gang playing at the Deniliquin's Crossing Café
late last year - and to casually tell me that the café
has been sold and the new owners won't be putting on music in
future! Nevertheless, Chris promised to help us out finding
another venue in the area, so hopefully we'll be back in downtown
Deni soon. |
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Maybe
March - maybe not.. |
Aztec
Music shifts into top gear
15.2.07 - I popped into Aztec Music today
to check on progress or otherwise on the Part One and
Milesago re-issue project, as well as to re-sample
Ted Lethborg's coffee, and ran into Gil Matthews as he tried
to slip into his office unnoticed. He beamed when he told me
that he had discovered a limited American release Electra 45
of I'll Be Gone with mono and stereo versions on either
side - I had quite forgotten that it had even gained a release
in the States.
Over a more than adequate macchiato, Ted (mouse
over his image pic left) assured me that EMI were up and
running, and that copies of the masters for the albums, plus
other detritus Spectrum recorded round the same time, should
be in Aztec's hands soon. From there it would be only a matter
of days before the re-issue masters would be ready - the covers
are underway and archivist Ian McFarlane was already on the
case with historical text for the sleeves. I'm going in next
week to talk to Aztec's publicist about the launch - it's all
happening baby! |
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Daddy
who? Daddy Hugh..
11.2.07 - Hugh McSpedden, that is. It's
always nice to hear from Hugh, and he's sent me this pic (left),
which he possibly used in his Edison Screw projection show
for Spectrum's version of Ross Wilson's Make Your Stash
at the TF Much Ballroom. Or not - he didn't write anything
to go with the pic. But it gives me pause for thought. I wonder
if Hugh might be available for an upcoming show in March? I
must ask him.. |
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1) Michael
Spiby at the Willy Rotunda 2) Inside the Ice Berg Bar |
It
had to happen - another gig this Sunday night!
11.2.07 - It was a given that the moment
I'd sent out this month's gig guide, something would change
- thankfully this time it was an addition, rather than a subtraction.
Chris and I popped over to Williamstown today to meet Mary Agathangelou,
who books the Ice Berg Bar on Willy's popular Nelson Place strip,
but I was quite shocked when we ended up with a gig there this
coming Sunday (the 18th) following the Hey Gringo launch at
the Willy RSL. We start at the sensible time of 7.00, so I expect
there'll be a number of folk drifting down to the Iceberg from
the RSL gig. If it |
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there on a regular basis. While we were waiting for Mary, Chris
and I wandered over to the Commonwealth Reserve on the Willy
shorefront and caught a couple of songs by Michael Spiby and
his bass-playing mate who were playing in the Rotunda - a very
groovy background for the families (and their black labradors)
sitting in the shade around the park. |
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Listen
to Spectrum's theme from the Dalmas soundtrack |
Some
more gigs and other news..
8.2.07 - I'm still no closer to finding
the identity of the sax player on the Dalmas theme, although
I appreciate the tips I've been getting. In the meantime I thought
you might like a taste of the music, grainy though it is, so
I've popped an mp3 on the Demos
page for your bemusement.
The gigs? The first one came out of the blue the other day,
so I didn't have the lead time to feed the EG, although it's
problematic whether they'd print it anyway - what is going on
at The Age? Bill and I are playing an 'acoustic' set next Wednesday
night (the 14th) at the Clifton Hill Hotel, probably round 10.30.
Then there's the Hey Gringo CD launch at the Willy RSL on the
arvo of Sunday the 18th , and Daryl has promised to give Spectrum
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me featuring occasionally in the Gringo lineup - should be a
great afternoon. A couple more gigs floated in as well, but
I'll tell you about them soon. |
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1) A
short macchiato on Brunswick St 2) The Dalmas video |
You
know you're getting slack when..
4.2.07 - Your mum says, 'You haven't written
anything on the website for a while, dear!' Well, that's what
happens when I get stuck into mixing - everything else simply
goes out the window - the good news is that the mix is progressing
quite well. Apart from mixing last week, I returned the Dalmas
tape to ACMI on Thursday, which I'd hired to research Spectrum's
soundtrack music for possible inclusion on one of the Aztec
Music re-issues. There was much more music on there than I thought,
and there was a mystery - who was the saxophonist on the opening
track? Neither Bill nor I can remember, although I have an unfounded
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suspicion it may've been Mal Capewell.
If you know where Mal is, or if indeed you are Mal,
get in touch with this website and let us forgetful old codgers
know if it was you.
Yesterday I was in Fitzroy doing some field recording for Brunswick
St, an instrumental slotted for the new Breathing Space
album (pic 1). I'm finally getting into the fx
recording caper after buying a minidisc and neato stereo microphone
expressly for that purpose some months ago. I might even get
into recording some radio-style playlets at some stage - but
let's finish the album first, eh? |
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