Month: February 2018

Food & Lifestyle Scene

Video Scene: End of Summer from Going to Kaleponi

February 8, 2018 Martin Cilia
Growing up in Perth, especially in the 80s (when I was in my 20s), was a time of growth. In fact Western Australia was known as the “State of Excitement”. There was Alan Bond, of America’s Cup fame (whose front lawn I use to park my ford panel van on when visiting his next door neighbour), Lang Hancock, and all the corporate types.

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Q&A Scene

Q&A Scene: Pete Lyrebird

February 8, 2018 Mandy Hall
Described as “gifted with a rich, sonorous voice, and the songs are haunting and melancholy’ by UK publication Edinburgh Spotlight, Pete Lyrebird is excited to be launching his debut EP Pair Of Rogues at The Workers Club on Sunday 18th February. Having held his cards close to his chest for some time, this news will come as welcome relief to loyal fans of his songs.

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Food & Lifestyle Scene

Recipe Scene: Chocolaty Nutella Bread and Butter Pudding

February 7, 2018 Kate Delbridge
Bread and butter pudding has to be up there in terms of comfort food desserts for lots of people – smooth, silky custard and squidgy bread with crispy, crunchy tops. Sometimes I love just a plain pudding, but it’s also nice to up the ante with this chocolaty version. If you want to make it super chocolatey you can add some melted chocolate to the custard mix, or throw a handful of choc bits into the pudding. And the leftovers taste fabulous for breakfast.

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Q&A Scene

Q&A Scene: Freya Josephine Hollick

February 7, 2018 Mandy Hall
Freya Josephine Hollick
finished 2017 with her new E.P. Don’t Mess With The Doyenne, a new single Pearly Gates Of The Landfill, recorded with Robert Ellis and The Perfect Strangers, received three Age Music Victoria Award nominations, a grant from Creative Victoria and toured with Justin Townes Earle, plus festival appearances at Nannup Music Festival, Boogie Festival, Gumball, Broadbeach Country Music Festival, Gympie Music Muster, Kyneton Music Festival, Dorrigo Folk and Bluegrass Festival, Out On The Weekend and Queenscliff Music Festival as well as other high profile supports. This February and March, Hollick and her band will embark on an east coast tour. Bringing blues and honky tonk goodness that transports you back to early Appalachia, through wartime romance, the golden era of country music and into a cosmic hootenanny as she crisscrosses across Victoria, NSW and Queensland.

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Vintage Guitar Scene

Vintage Guitar Scene: 1962 Gibson ES-175D

February 6, 2018 Martin Cilia
I’d been quietly looking for one of these guitars for years and was very happy to find this one. It’s a great sounding and playing Gibson ES-175D which was made late 1961/early 1962.  It has 2 excellent sounding PAF pickups and is from what is considered the holy grail period of 175s.

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