Here is a playlist for show number 16 (9 May 2012) with special guest Laura K Clarke

Today's radio show featured Laura K Clarke as special guest. She joined me in the studio for the full 2 hours as Tim Woods took a break. We talked about her CD and her inspiration for writing as well as her upcoming tour she is starting on the 24th May travelling up the East Coast of NSW and Queensland to kick it off. I attended her launch the week before last and wanted to hear her take on music, songwriting and recording. That is afterall what Stibbard-me-Timbers is about. As well as this, Laura brought in some CD's of hers to share with us on North-West FM and introduced me to new music I hadn't heard before.

Here is a playlist for show number 16 (9 May 2012)

1. Don't You Forget About Me - Simple Minds (Glasgow, Scotland)
2. Turn My Brain Off - Lloyd Bosch and Woodcutter
3. On My Mind - Laura K Clarke (Featured Artist - CD)
4. Looking For Inspiration - Laura K Clarke (Featured Artist - CD)
5. Home - Laura K Clarke (Featured Artist - Live In The Studio)
6. Alright - Laura K Clarke (Featured Artist - Live In The Studio)
7. In My Dreams - Rezzalp
8. Forget Time - Genevieve Chadwick (NSW)
9. Stand Down - Alias And The Jams (SA/Melbourne)
10. Andy - Laura Attwood (NSW)
11. Oh O! - Al Parkinson
12. 20th Century Cold - Strangelove (Bristol, England)
13. Smoke Up The River - Kerryn Fields (NZ)
14. Put A Face To Your Name - Anna Paddick
15. Gypsy Rose - Tristen Bird & Abbie Cardwell
16. I'd Rather Be Birdwatching - The Gallant Trees
17. Wake Up - Elephant Eyes
18. 240 Volts - The Twoks
19. I Give Up - Xen Pow
20. Tip Of The Iceberg - Carly Fern

Remember, Radio Roarhouse will be on next week (16 May 2012), so listen in on 98.9 North West FM or http://www.northwestfm.org/

We'll be back on the 23th May 2012.

Stay tuned!

Playlist for show number 15 - 25 April 2012 plus tribute to Greg Ham

Today Stibbard-me-Timbers show played tribute to Greg Ham from Men At Work who sadly left us last Thursday 19 April. We played 2 songs from the Business As Usual album which was a major success overseas especially in the US. It was the only in Australian History that an Australian music act have achieved both a number 1 album and number 1 single in the US simultaneously. Men At Work have sold 30 million copies from the 3 albums they produced, the other 2 being 'Cargo' and 'Two Hearts'. Men At Work split up in 1985 when Greg Ham left the band. It was sad that the release of "Down Under" which was number 1 in the US for 5 weeks recorded in 1981 became the subject of a copyright law case initiated by a Publishing company as late as 2002 where they purchased the rights of 'Kookaburra'. Kookaburra was written for a competition held by the Girl Guides in 1935.

Given that the case wasn't initiated until 2002, I question the reason it was initiated in the first place when this song, with the flute riff, had been made public for 2 decades. It is my opinion which I also believe are held by a majority of musicians that it was unfortunate that this case be initiated and most musicians I know thought that the result of this case was bad.

In introducing playing Down Under I announced on radio
"Greg Ham, If you are there upstairs, this riff was yours"

Here is the playlist for show number 15 - 25 April 2012:

1. Helpless Automaton - Men At Work (A song written by Greg Ham, Tribute)
2. Groove Merchant - Jakksen Fish (Live In The Studio)
3. End Of Transmission - Jakksen Fish (Live In The Studio)
4. Bandido - Jakksen Fish (CD)
5. Sanity - Jakksen Fish (Live In The Studio)
6. Devil In The Woods - Jakksen Fish (CD)
7. Put A Face To Your Name - Anna Paddick
8. Monkeys Taking Over The Zoo - Sunset Blush
9. On My Mind - Laura Clarke
10. Down Under - Men At Work
11. Fallen - Beth King And The Hemingway Collective
12. Live Like An Afghan - Fred Smith
13. Mercy, I Don't Want Any More - Joe Forrester
14. One More Jesus - Giles David Field
15. Take It Slowly - The Twoks
16. Prayer Flags - Richard Jeffrey
17. This Wooden Ship - Elk And Whale
18. A song by Perch Creek Family Jug Band (unknown)
19. Migrating Bird - The Gallant Trees

Please listen in next fortnight to Stibbard-me-Timbers on the 9th May at the new time of 4pm to 6pm. We will be joined by Laura Clarke, local musician in the studio. Stay tuned next week for Radio Roarhouse on the 2nd May at 4pm.
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3MDR Community Radio Adventure 21 March 2012 by Joel Stibbard

I first got the idea of writing a blog for community stations I had visited when asked to appear on The Dotted Line on 3MDR out at Emerald.  Since then I have seeked other community radio stations around Victoria to see if I could visit them on day trips.

3MDR (Mountain District Radio) was a station I appeared on whilst recovering from an injury to my finger.  Located in Emerald, about 15 minutes from Belgrave in Melbourne's outer Eastern suburbs I was welcomed by Michelle who does a show there every Wednesday night at 9pm to 11pm.  She offered to cut the show short though so she could drop me back at Belgrave Station in time to catch the last train in which was 11:09pm, that adventure I'll tell you about later.

She was kind enough to play 6 songs from our album 'Music For Frustrated Ornithologists' and I dropped off a couple of copies to the station so they can feature it further.  We talked about the wonder of Birdwatching, walking and discovering nature in which Emerald is a place that reflects all these things.  I met her the month before at the Sustainable Living Festival where I had played a 50 minute set.

It was on the 21st of March that I had visited Emerald, still basking in the feeling of releasing the album at Wesley Anne 5 days earlier, I was buzzing as we talked about all things bird related as well as all things music related.  3MDR is a humble studio as part of Emerald Hall and they were happy to give me a few free stickers which I now have on my Guitar case.

I really enjoyed the experience out bush for the day and hope to visit again.

On my way back though I was panicking as I was relying heavily on Public Transport.  Getting there by two trains and a bus from the Northern Suburbs of Melbourne to Emerald was ok during the early afternoon but when it came to travel back I was fully aware of how possible it could've been that I'd miss the last public transport back from the City heading north.  I jumped on the Train at Belgrave and caught the train that said it would stop at Ringwood and to change trains.  As it turned out, It was the train that went to Flinders St but as it went past Glenferrie, I looked at the tram timetable on my iPhone to discover the last tram was leaving Collins St in 15 minutes.  I got in to Flinders St with 6 minutes to get to Collins St so made it by 2 minutes but it still had me worried all the way in.

As it turned out, it was a lovely day that I got to spend out in the bush with locals and 3MDR made me feel really welcome, just like Community Radio Stations are meant to do, hence the emphasis being on Community.

You can visit 3MDR and stream through http://www.3mdr.com/


Joel Stibbard 14 April 2012

Playlist for Stibbard-me-Timbers Show (number 14) - 11 April 2012

This week we had a program featuring Josh Durno who is up this week from Hobart. He will also be on Channel 31's TV show 1700 (Channel 44) on your set top box...

Here was our playlist for this week's show (11 April 2012)

1. Bang Bang - Lanie Lane
2. Dis-moi - Claire Jenkins Avec Band
3. Lullaby For Titania - Rezzalp (Missy Key)
4. Dust Of Uruzgan - Fred Smith
5. Tomorrow Is A Long Time - The Poachers (covering Bob Dylan)
6. Put A Lid On It - The Perch Creek Family Jugband
7. Broken Glass - Josh Durno (Live In The Studio)
8. Beautiful Trainwreck - Josh Durno (Live In The Studio)
9. Lolly Shop - Josh Durno (CD)
10. Anyone At All - Kim Boekbinder
11. Tip Of The Iceberg - Carly Fern
12. Living With The Machines - Strangelove (UK)
13. Walking By The Ocean - Anthony Dowling
14. Follow - My Imaginary Heart (Fi Caskie)
15. One More Jesus - Giles David Field
16. Talking New Bob Dylan - Louden Wainwright III
17. Take It Slowly - The Twoks

Stay tuned next Wednesday on North West FM for Radio Roarhouse who support local musicians just like we do! :)

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'In My Dreams' - Rezzalp CD review

'In My Dreams' - Rezzalp CD review

This album by Rezzalp, a 4 piece featuring all 4 Plazzer Sisters (Bridget, Helena, Maryanne and Suzanne), is a blend of Classical Vocal, Piano and Violin, Jazz, Pop with sections of Techno beats.  It's a very wordy album tells many stories including trying to get the right kind of man.

The opening song 'In My Dreams' is a tale of what is real and what is in the mind.  "In My Dreams the people are real" lends itself to the opposite, to what is unreal.  The lyrics are very visual, you can tell these 4 sisters are very well musically trained.

The two stand out tracks to me are Track 6 'Weary Night' and Track 7 'Overboard'.  Both feature film clips which you can watch from their website.

'Weary Night' stands out on this album as it features just double tracked Banjo and Vocals.  The simplicity is its strength on an otherwise very orchestrated produced album.  The film clip features all 4 sisters and 3 white kittens navigating a maze.

'Overboard' is the obvious single on the album, a pop song with a quirky bridge in 7/4 timing, it is reminiscent of Split Enz and their piano break in 'Six Months In A Leaky Boat'.  The film clip features all 4 sisters on a fishing boat.  I better not tell you more so you watch the film clip.

Overall this is a very interesting 10 track album.  Rezzalp definitely offer something different in a world where a lot of music these days sound the same.

You can check out more by visiting their website http://www.rezzalp.com/

Reviewed by Joel Stibbard

Presenter North West FM - Stibbard-me-Timbers

Playlist for Stibbard-me-Timbers Show (number 13) - 28 March 2012

Today was a remarkable show and we had a lot of fun with two comedians who are performing at the Melbourne Comedy Festival at a venue in the City called Rue Bebelons. Neil Sinclair and Vic Healy entertained us with what makes a comedian and what makes a comedy show work. Tales and experience we hope to get a back up of this show.

If you'd like to catch a show, Rue Bebelons is located at 267 Little Lonsdale Street, Melbourne

We also featured 2 songs from a band called Rezzalp who shared their CD with Joel and who we'd love to play more of in the future. You can check them our at http://www.rezzalp.com/
I highly recommend you check out the 2 filmclips, 'Weary Night' featuring little white kittens is a delight!

Here is the Playlist for Stibbard-me-Timbers Show (number 13) - 28 March 2012

1. Don't You Forget About Me (Live In The City Of Light) - Simple Minds (Scotland)
2. Sharp But Blunt - Hopwood
3. If It Weren't For You - The McMenamins (QLD)
4. Weary Night - Rezzalp
5. Overboard - Rezzalp (Missy Key)
6. Let Me Down - The Twoks
7. As A Writer - New Saxons (Tasmania)
8. Everything? (Panic! - comedy show) - Neil Sinclair (featured guest)
9. Neil's Electronics - Neil Sinclair (featured guest - Comedy Festival)
10. Brand New Curses - Richard Jeffrey
11. I'd Rather Be Birdwatching - The Gallant Trees
12. Bad Bartender - Kit & Con
13. Le Cheval Noir du Paris - Carly Fern
14. 20th Century Cold - Strangelove (England)
15. I Want To Know - Elephant Eyes
16. Against My Skin - Frankie Andrew (Tas/Melbourne)
17. Under The Waves - The highLows (Tasmania)

Playlist for Show number 12 - 14 March 2012

Today we didn't have any guests so we did a joint feature on both Frankie Andrew and The Gallant Trees. We talked about the festival weekend that is the 2nd weekend of March. They include Moomba, Port Fairy Folk Festival, Golden Plains, Maitreya Festival and over in South Australia, the incredible Womadelaide.

Over the weekend, Tim Woods went to Port Fairy whereas Joel Stibbard stayed in Melbourne to be part of Moomba. Over this last weekend, Joel caught Frankie Andrew's EP launch, played one handed drums for The Fugiyama Mamas and saw Elephant Eyes on the Beats stage.

Playlist for Show number 12 - 14 March 2012

1. You Can Call Me Al - Paul Simon (USA)
2. 240 Volts - The Twoks (Mark Leahy and Xani Kolac)
3. Against My Skin - Frankie Andrew (featured artist number 1)
4. Sweet Apples, Autumn Leaves - Frankie Andrew (featured artist number 1)
5. What Goes, Comes Around - JJ Symon Jj Rock
6. I Want To Know - Elephant Eyes (Stu Hazelman and Kate McMahon)
7. Weeds - Frankie Andrew (featured artist number 1)
8. Tullamina - The Gallant Trees (featured artist number 2)
9. Greet The Sun - The Timbers
10. Manuka (Black Honey) - Kit And Con (Mirika Flegg)
11. Little Rainbird - The Gallant Trees (featured artist number 2)
12. Microwave Oven - The Gallant Trees (featured artist number 2)
13. Migrating Bird - The Gallant Trees (featured artist number 2)
14. If She Feels The Same - Anna Paddick
15. A Face In The Crowd - Matt Collyer
16. Into The Wind - Caitlin Harnett
17. Bruised And Bruised - Tim Woods
18. One More Jesus - Giles Field

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