Wanna get baked and have some cookies with Radiohead's The Bends?

C'mon Barbie, Let's Go Party

In front of Liberace

Wanna get baked and have some cookies with Radiohead's The Bends?

Tuesday, November 05, 2013

When enjoying your favourite album was still about inserting a disc into a slotâ¦

My, but that's a gluttonous mannequin.

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Interviews (*with MP3)

(Hairy) Dave Callan
Shows us his roots.
Bugs Bunny on Broadway*
Interview with show creator and conductor George Daugherty.
Chinaâs Princess Turandot*
Principle Ms Liu Ping talks about the production.
Acting funny: an interview with Matt Okine - Stand and Deliver!
âClose Encounters of the Okineâ, to quote comedian Shane Matheson. The comedian and actor discusses his past, present and Future Machine.
Adam Hills (2000)
Some may say heâs a dreamerâ¦
Adam Hills (2004)*
Go, You Big Red Fire Engine, again.
Adam Hills (Feb 2002)
Hillsyâs Happy Feet.
Adam Hills (June 2002)
Hillsyâs on fire!
Akmal Saleh
With Sean Choolburra, discussing ethnicity, comedy and their Opera House seasons.
Alex Lloyd
Talking about Distant Light.
Alexei Sayle*
Serious chat with former zany comic turned novelist.
Andrew Denton (2004)
Talking about the excellent interview show, Enough Rope
Andrew Norelli
Italian American comic's return to Australia, co-headlining with Mike Vecchione.
Anh Do
Shows us his roots.
Anh Do (2009)
Anh Do takes a bold step with his ethnicity and politics in his comedy.
Bev Killick
âFunny girlâ and âparty animalâ grows up to be funny party animal as comedian and then star of Busting Out.
Bill Bailey (1998)
Bailyâs first visit downunder.
Bill Bailey (2008)
Conversation on the verge of the Australian Tinselworm tour - for a piece in GQ.
Bo Diddley*
Living legend of rock ânâ roll.
Bob Evans
Interviewed on the eve of the excellent Happy Xmas (War Is Over) Opera House concerts.
Carla Werner
Some say she sounds like Jeff Buckley.
Cary Lewincamp*
Master of the handmade seven-string guitar - and Tasmania's 'best kept secret'.
Chad Wackerman
Zappaâs former drummer decides to beat it.
Chris Franklin (c. 1998)
First of several interviews with the drinking man's thinking man.
Chris Lilley (2005)*
Pictures of Lilley: Chris discusses We Can Be Heroes.
Chris Wyatt
Discussing his Myall Creek series of paintings.
Darren Sanders
Comic and owner of the Laugh Garage Comedy Club tells us about his cellar full of joys.
Dave OâNeil (2003)
The Takeaway coming soon.
Dave OâNeil (2005)
Coming soon to Da House near you.
David Bowie
Excerpts from the Sydney press conference of the Reality tour.
David Messer*
Hallelujah! Itâs a bluegrass version of Handelâs Messiah by the Midnight Amblers.
David Ross Macdonald*
Erstwhile Waifs drummer performs dark folk songs.
Dsico*
Genius of mash-up.
Eddy Brimson
Former talented football hooligan, now talented comic.
Eddie Ifft (2009)
Great chat with great comic, Mr Eddie Ifft
Felicity Ward
Everything so far (as of 2009), more-or-less.
Fiona Horne (2005)
On film, television and witchcraft.
Fiona OâLoughlin (2003)
She of the Never-Never.
Fiona OâLouglin (2005)
Coming soon.
Fox Klein
Melbourne comic, having relocated to LA, on a visit home.
Fred Smith (2004)*
âConcentrate on the writing and let the social relevance take care of itself.â
Fred Smith (2005)*
'Scuse me while I kiss the Bougainville Sky
Funeral For A Friend
Interviewed for Live to Ride. Sadly unpublished.
Garry McDonald
Garry McDonald on Norman Gunston, Mother & Song and comedy.
Garry Who
One of the Aussie comedy pioneers, whom some of us best knew for doing the American comedy thing and starring in a sitcom.
Gary Bradbury
Australiaâs funniest saxophonist.
George Kapiniaris
Shows us his roots.
Gerry Marsden*
Gerry âcross the Mersey.
Gina Riley
Discussing Kath & Kim with Jane Turner.
Glenn Wool
Unjustly superficial chat with one of the finest comics treading the world stage. I'll re-do this properly some time.
Go-Betweens
Robert Forster and Grant McLennan wax lyrical about their latest lyrical waxings.
Graeme Garden*
The Mad Scientist Goody on the eve of the Australian reunion tour.
Graham Norton
Crap comic in shock successful tonight show hosting scandal â doo-lally!
Greg Fleet (1998)
My first chat with Aus comedy legend Greg Fleet.
Greg Fleet (c. 2001)
On The Complete Works of Shakespeare (Abridged).
Hoodoo Gurus
Dave Faulkner and Brad Shepherd lift the lid on a great Oz Rock comeback!
Idea of North
Trish Delaney-Brown fleshes out the idea of The Idea of North.
Jacques Barrett
The skinny on breaking through as a comic, running a room and being a fat kid.
James Kilstein
A full and frank discussion about politics. And a bit of comedy.
Jane Turner
Discussing Kath & Kim with Gina Riley.
Jeff Green
A true gentleman of comedy.
Jesse Younan
First meeting with an awesome talent some years before his debut album finally arrives!!
Jim Jeffries (2001)
My first encounter with another brilliant Aussie comic doing brilliantly overseas.
Jim Jeffries (2010)
Catch-up with Aussie comic whose having cracked the US and the UK seems to be a secret back home.
Jimmy âJJâ Walker*
Dyn-O-mite!
Johanna Featherstone
Poet and Shop Steward-elect of the Amalgamated Poets and Wordsmiths Union â if there ever were one!
John Pinder
Chat with director of World's Funniest Island.
John Pinder
Pioneer of Australian comedy festivals, John Pinder, on his life in comedy thus far.
John Rhys-Davies
Catching up with Lord of the Ringsâ Gimli during a sci-fi convention tour.
John Robertson
Bit of a chat with my favourite steampunk actor-turned-comic who also hosts scifi conventions.
Jon Culshaw*
Several of my favourite Dead Ringers.
Julie Dawn Cole*
I wanted her then, Daddy!
Justin Hamilton
Coming soon.
Kate Fagan
First born of Australiaâs First Family of Folk.
Kevin Mitchell
A chat about Goodnight Bull Creek! in the lead up to Happy Christmas (War Is Over)
Lano & Woodley (1997)
The Adventures of Lano & Woodley.
Lano & Woodley (2002)
Bruiser comes to Sydney.
Lano & Woodley (2005)
Racey version of an interview regarding The Island.
Laura Imbruglia
Funny, quirky songstress during her solo years.
Lee Camp
Literate New York political comic who makes you laugh about stuff that matters.
Lloyd Swanton
Bassman for The Necks talks jazz.
Lynne Kelly
The lady doth protest a necessary and sufficient amount.
Maniac
Mostly Shawn Harris and a bit of Jake Grigg on mostly Shawnâs visual art.
Mark Trevorrow (1998)
In-depth profile of Bob Downe.
Max Cavalera*
Tiny snippet of an interview with the Sepultura/Soulfly guitarist that appeared in full in an issue of Live to Ride. (Quite recently, if youâre reading this blurb before I wrote it and put it onlineâ¦)
Merrick & Rosso (1998)
Deconstructing the Merrick & Rosso phenomenon with Merrick.
Merrick Watts (1998)
My first chat with Merrick and/or Rosso.
Michael Workman
On the 2010 Sydney Comedy Festival run of The Ogre
Micheline van Hautem
Jacques Brel chanteuse.
Mick Moriarty
The guitarist on the Gadflys and Gud.
Mickey D
One of the more legendary legends of Aussie Comedy, discussing career, the Phat Cave and his new Wednesday night comedy room in Adelaide.
Mike Vecchione
Italian-American comic's first visit to Australia, co-headlining with Andrew Norelli.
Missy Higgins*
Missyâs Sound of White.
Neil Delamere
Norman conquest descendant, Computer Applications graduate, self-confessed Luddite, host of Ireland's version of The Panel and hilarious comic.
Nick Agafonoff (2005)*
Scuse me while I kiss this Bougainville Sky: filmmaker Nick in discussion with Fred Smith, the subject of his film.
Nikki Lynn Katt
Former singer of super-sad songs turned balladeer of the bawdy
Pam Glew (2010)
Artist who paints cinematic portraits with bleach, dye, applique, embroidery and brocade on richly textured antique and vintage fabrics.
Paris Can Can*
Because they can can can.
Paul McDermott
Introducing Gud.
Peter Helliar (c. 2000)
My first interview with Peter Helliar, reprinted to coincide with his Dreamboat tour.
Philip Glass*
World premiere of the Qatsi trilogy at the Sydney Opera House.
PJ Proby*
Old time rocker still rockinâ.
Rachel Berger
Shows us her roots.
Rhys Jones
On Playground Weekender and Stand-up Get Down at the World Bar
Rich Hall*
Brief Sydney whistle-stop before heading to Melbourne.
Rob Brown
Aussie strong man and clown rolled into one, more or less.
Rohan Harry
On the 2009 Melbourne Fringe Festival run of Centrelink: The Musical.
Ross Noble (1998)
My first conversation with the brilliant Ross Noble, for the very first Sydney Comedy Festival way back then.
Ross Noble (2001)
Interview conducted in the foyer of a hotel on the Easter weekend at the 2001 Melbourne International Comedy Festival.
Ross Noble (2005)
Interview regarding the (eventual) Australia release of Unrealtime.
Ryan Stout
Excellent American comic with a âtendencyâ towards being âsomewhat controversialâ despite avoiding profanity.
Sammy J
Composer of funny songs â and winner of awards for festival shows built around the same â discussing Ricketts Lane.
Sarah Kendall (1998)
The dawn of La Kendall.
Sarah Kendall (2001)
Sarah Kendall returns triumphant.
Sarah Kendall (c. 1997)
La Kendall briefly.
Scared Weird Little Guys (1998)
Before they were real big.
Scared Weird Little Guys (2000)
The Scaredies, in a nutshell!
Scared Weird Little Guys (2004)
Bits and Pieces.
Sean Choolburra*
With Akmal Saleh, discussing ethnicity, comedy and their Opera House seasons.
Shane Mauss
Master of misdirection and bloody funny. And possibly too new and young to be so good!
Shaun Micallef
Aussie telly comedy genius waxes modest.
Simon Morley (2012)
Founding member on Puppetry of the Penis in 3-D
Simon Palomares
Shows us his roots.
Simon Palomares
The interview commissioned and rejected by GQ.
Slim Dusty
His missus, Joy McKean, tells us about Columbia Lane, Slimâs last work.
Rove McManus
Interview from 1998, reprinted to promote his return to the stand-up stage.
Steve Hughes
The Bard of Paradox!
Steven Wright*
Deadpan walking.
Subby Valentine
Discussing Video Sandwich with Tom Gleeson.
Tara Moss (2001)
Tara Moss faces the fear.
Tara Moss (2004)
On film and motorcycles.
The Burning
Interview with director Ray Frankel.
The Dissociatives*
Daniel Johns and Paul Mac, free-dissociating.
The Residents*
What are they Onathon?
The Waifs
Donna Simpson speaks in Edinburgh.
Tim Ferguson (2005)*
The Master... of Ceremonies of Doctor Who Inside the TARDIS
Tim Ferguson (2010)
Lifts the lid on comedy-writing process with his book The Cheeky Monkey
Tim Searle*
Animation director of I Am Not An Animal
Tom Gleeson (2001)
Gleeson on Pirate Copy.
Tom Gleeson (Jun 2000)
On comedy.
Tom Gleeson (Sep 2000)
With Subby Valentine, on Video Sandwich.
Tommy Dean
Shows us his roots.
Tony Woods
Chat with a GNW favourite.
Tripod (1998)
In the beginningâ¦
Tripod (2004)*
Tripod so far and Fegh Maha.
Tripod (c. 2000)
Itâs Open Slather on your family at Christmas time.
Wil Anderson (2005)*
The concise Wil Anderson for beginners, chatting on the eve of killing âem with Kill Wil.
Wil Anderson (2006)
A conversation that took place just as Wil was leaving Triple J breakfast.

My Podcasts

My new comedy podcast! Same as the old one only new. Subscribe to it via iTunes.
Dedicated comedy showcase featuring live stand-up, interviews, a weekly gig guide and classic comedy clips. Hosted by Dom Romeo and a different guest comedian each week. Some episodes have been transcribed. Show ceased production at the end of 2006, replaced by Stand & Deliver.

Songs of a Misspent Youth

From Beginning To End
The first real Psychedelic Spew songâ¦ originally perpetrated on a Sharp three-in-one hifi stereo system whose pause button was miraculously in perfect alignment with the record and erase heads; that mastertape is long gone. This time round, I [mis]used ProTools.
No Wucken Furries
Theme to a derivative, undergraduate, university sketch comedy show, some of which was actually video taped...

Check this out:

4 Inch Heels Only
Earth-shattering news from the world of fashion publishing.
Alright Tit
Lisa Lynch is not the only twentysomething with breast cancer, just the one with the biggest gob.
Clem Bastow
Arts journalist and model
Coatsie in FilmInk
Still more Coatsie
Emma Driver
Singer/songwriter, music-player, mouth-trumpeter, Manilow-lover, career dag.
Fishwife
Foe Romeo
I'm an Australian shivering in ~~London~~ ~~Helsinki~~ London.
Fourteen 14
14 illustrates the sordid world of gossip and slander while trying to keep a straight face.
Fred Smith
âBilly Bragg meets Noel Cowardâ and âLeonard Cohen meets Rolf Harrisâ are amongst the attempts critics have made to describe this great Australian songwriting enigma.
Fritz
Reminiscences waxed poetically.
Gagging For It (Australian Comedy News)
Viv Smytheâs excellent Oz Comedy portal.
Hanan Levin
Real estate investor, business man, inventor, entrepreneur, published poet
Joe Romeo
Gentleman country doctor-cum-composer of songs of praise.
Kerri Wood
Struggling writer who is proud of her rejection letters.
Maireid Sullivan
Celtic vocalist and cultural curator
Mandy Flombay
No-nonsense chef who refuses to mince words but still cooks up a storm.
More Simon Coates
Non-caricatures.
Muze
Muzing on the big and little questions of life.
Nick O'Sullivan
My favourite artist/illustrator.
Nick O'Sullivan
He can't be bothered submitting a bio because he's too busy drawing!
Peter Wilson
Peter Wilson is a web developer.
Punk & Blanket
Owners of a very funny blog!
Radio Ha Ha
Episode transcripts and information about Radio Ha Ha
Rory Ewins
Cartooning, poltical theorising and web designing former Taswegian currently residing in Edinburgh.
SHUT UP, VITA.
Aâs inquisitive, whimsical, facetious, iridescent, loquacious, harmonious blog.
Simon Coates
Simon canât spell âcaricatureâ. He sure can draw them, though.
Some cockney geezers
They're a couple of geezers. They're a little bit whoah, a little bit whoo, and their website is complete and utter bollocks. The dog's bollocks.
Tanya
Tanya, AKA T, and her travels.
Tim Blair
My favourite ranting right-wing media type.
Wombat - aka Alan Moyle
One of the best photographers in the business, and one who specialises in the photography of comedians

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