Virtual Unreality

We spoke to Barry Adamson (The Magazine, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds) about his upcoming gig at the Factory and his career in general.

We also spoke to a couple of guys from Melbourne folk trio Faces in Street about their album.

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• Kinski – Do you like long hair?
• Vika & Linda – Raise your hand
• Deline Briscoe – Heartbeat
• The Cruel Sea – Straight into the sun
• SXY XMS – You’ll never know
• Pete Ross and the Sapphire – This is war
• Barry Adamson – Cut to black
• The VU interview – Barry Adamson part 1
• Barry Adamson – Demon Lover
• The VU interview – Barry Adamson part 2
• Barry Adamson – The last words of Sam Cooke
• Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds – Long black veil
• Eli Paperboy Reed – Stop in your sleep
• Majelem – Stuck with you
• Faces in the Street – House falling down
• The VU interview – Faces in the Street
• Faces in the Street – Together
• Samantha Fish – I’m done running
• Simon and Garfunkel – 59th Street Bridge Song

We had Mitch from Scattered Order in the studio. They have a new record out today (March 14) and it’s called “Continue”.

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• Throwing Muses – Bywater
• Kristin Hersh – Ms Haha
• Scattered Order – Aimless
• Scattered Order – Daisy and Lucy
• Edgar Broughton Band – Death Of An Electric Citizen
• Roxy Music – Mother of Pearl
• Brian Eno – On Some Faraway Beach
• Donovan – Atlantis
• Donovan – The Intergalactic Laxative
• Scattered Order – Atonement
• The Loved Ones – Sad Dark Eyes
• Scattered Order – Lesser spotted anton

The album from Kim Salmon’s latest project “Smoked Salmon” is out.

Pete Cornelius has a new record and shows.

Bruce “Cub” Calloway from the Hovering Spooks joined us in the studio!

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• Robben Ford – Indianola
• The Unwoke – Discontent.mp3
• Pete Cornelius – Sick Of This Town
• The VU Interview – Pete Cornelius part 1
• Pete Cornelius – Greasy RNRNB
• The VU Interview – Pete Cornelius part 2
• Pete Cornelius – On The Road
• Smoked Salmon – Flawed
• The VU Interview – Kim Salmon
• Smoked Salmon – How Did They Ever Manage
• Hovering Spooks – Andy Says
• Hovering Spooks – Creeping Jean
• The Stooges – I Got a Right
• Johhny Cash – San Quentin #2
• Gillian Welsh – Tear My Stillhouse Down
• Bob Marley – Concrete Jungle

We were supposed to have a couple of rip snorter interviews, but we had to hold them over for a week due to (ahem) technical issues.

But, we had Josh from Sydney band The Electorate in the studio, talking shit and picking the tunes. Big fun!

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• Carla Bozulich and Willie Nelson – Can I sleep in your arms?
• Pete Cornelius Band – Devil in the company car
• Genevieve Chadwick – Wildfire
• Smoked Salmon – These grooves are haunted
• The Electorate – Peace love & kindness
• Victoria – Justify
• Rubber Necker – Pine lime splice
• Models – God bless America
• Beasts of Bourbon – The Low Road
• Beasts of Bourbon – The Ballad of Rock n roll
• Bughouse – Cry
• King Gizzard and the Lizard Gizzard – People vultures
• The Flaming Lips – Ego tripping at the gates of hell
• Loose Fit – Exhale
• The Electorate – Face of a giant
• YEEVS – Reason we went to war

We talked to Mick Medew and Ursula about their upcoming Sydney show and what they’ve been up to generally.

Plus, we’ll finished the obituary caper and played some new music that’s appeared on the virtually unreal radar.

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• The 5678’s – Woo Woo
• The 5678’s – I’m blue
• The 5678’s – Cuckoo
• Mick Medew and Ursula – Punk Grandma
• VU interview – Mick Medew and Ursula
• Mick Medew and Ursula – God bless Yoko Ono
• Mick Medew and Ursula – In the Zone
• Painters and Dockers – Nude School
• Smoked Salmon – Hell in a handbasket
• The Flaming Lips – Ego tripping at the gates of hell
• Alison Krauss & Union Station – Looks like the end of the road
• Pete Cornelius – Cruickshank
• Pete Cornelius – Sick of this town
• Johnny O’Keefe and Margaret McLaren – Mocking Bird
• Bee Gees – Massachusetts
• Bee Gees – Holiday
• Bee Gees – New York Mining Disaster 1941
• The Scott Morgan Band – Heaven & earth
• Sonic’s Rendezvous – City Slang
• The Scott Morgan Group – Come on baby
• Captain Matchbox Whoopee Band – Wangaratta Wahine
• Max Merritt & the Meteors – Western union man
• Max Merritt & the Meteors – Fannie May

Richard Lawson from the renewed Grooveyard phoned in to tell us about a couple of special gigs they have coming up.

We got sidetracked with Rickenbacker 12 strings, had a Marianne Faithfull tribute and continued the the 2025 obit show.

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• Marianne Faithfull – Les Prisons du Roy
• Bob Dylan – Song to Woody
• Grooveyard – Avalanche of Love
• VU interview – Richard Lawson (Grooveyard)
• Grooveyard – Tenku Town
• Mick Medew and Ursula – In the zone
• The Byrds – Mr Tambourine Man
• The Minus 5 – Blue Rickenbacker
• Stanley Knife – Hare Wanke
• Marianne Faithfull – As tears go by
• Marianne Faithfull – Why’d ya do it?
• Marianne Faithfull – For beauty’s sake
• Bob Seger System – Ramblin’ gamblin’ man
• Bob Seger System – 2 + 2 = ?
• Sergio Mendes & Brazil ’66 – Mais Que Nada
• Sergio Mendes & Brazil ’66 – Fool on the hill
• Caterina Valente – Ganz Paris Träumt Von Der Liebe (I Love Paris)
• Caterina Valente – Malagueña
• George Benson – Off broadway (for Quincy Jones)
• Ray Charles – One mint julip (for Quincy Jones and Roy Haines)
• Ray Charles – I’m gonna move to the outskirts of town (for Roy Haines)
• oland Kirk – Rolando (for Roy Haines)
• Grooveyard – Days of the week

We have a long interview with Luther Russel, one half of Those Pretty Wrongs with Jody Stephens. He has a new album out today. Plus John Kennedy phoned to tell us how his tour is going.

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• The Unwoke – Discontent
• The On and Ons – Rollercoaster
• John Kennedy and the New Originals – King St
• VU interview number 1 – John Kennedy
• John Kennedy And The New Originals – Well, I’m Sixty Four
• Perry Keyes – Streets of a Black & White Town
• Luther Russell – Happiness for Beginners
• VU interview number 2 – Luther Russell (part 1)
• Luther Russell – Your reckless heart
• VU interview number 3 – Luther Russell (part 2)
• Luther Russell – The Midnight Flame
• VU interview number 4 – Luther Russell (part 3)
• Luther Russell – Downtown Girls
• The I Don’t Cares – Back
• Françoise Hardy – Tous les garçons et les filles
• Françoise Hardy – All Over The World

A paisley-themed episode of Virtual Unreality with our first in-studio guest for the year, the one and only Clyde Bramley of Sydney power pop legends The On and Ons.

They have a new release, so Clyde was in the hot seat while we talk shit and play records.

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• Far from there – Imber
• Paper Cup – Pretty Wrongs
• Happiness for beginners – Luther Russell
• Roller Coaster – The On and Ons
• Tonight – MC5
• Come and see her – The Easybeats
• Reber Rouser – Duane Eddy and The Rebel ls
• You really got me – The Kinks
• Been there – The On and Ons
• I remember you – Frank Ifield
• Go all the way – The Raspberries
• Happy man – The Sunnyboys
• Oliver’s Army – Elvis Costello and the Attractions
• Simon Says – 1910 Fruitgum Co
• Brand New Key – Melanie
• American Nights – The Runaways
• (Scare me) outta my mind – The On and Ons
• Face of the screaming werewolf – Fleshtones
• Teenage head – Flamin’ Groovies
• Avalanche of love – Grooveyard

The Hard-Ons are celebrating their 40th anniversary (WTF?) with a tour and there’s a movie about them. We got bassist Ray Ahn on the blower to find WTF is going on.

Then we had Catherine Traicos in the studio to talk about her new music and some gigs she has coming up.

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• The day John Sattler broke his draw – Perry Keyes
• Ride to the station – Hard-ons
• Ray Ahn – The VU interview
• Buzz buzz buzz – Hard-ons
• A heartbeat away – Catherine Traicos
• O darling don’t be that way – Catherine Traicos
• Bitten – Cate Kileva
• A case of you – Joni Mitchell
• A simple thought – Catherine Traicos
• Steely Dan – Elana Stone
• Powderfinger – Cowboy Junkies
• I kissed a girl – Jill sobule
• Follow You Down – Hanna Enlof
• Shadow Love – Catherine Traicos

Author Murray Engleheart has written an extraordinary book on Radio Birdman so, we got him in to find out about the book and the man.

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