Virtual Unreality

Sydney bluesman PJ O’Brien joined us in the studio to talk his new album and we were joined on the blower by Craig Barman about the next series of Gunk.

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• Workin’ Blues – Eli “Paper Boy” Reed
• Wallflower – The Lillypillies
• Dream come true – Mick Medew & Ursula
• Brand New Man – Tex Perkins & The Fat Rubber Band
• You should’ve jumped when I asked – Nunnchukka Superfly
• High Cost of Living – PJ O’Brien
• Cash – PJ O’Brien
• All you gotta do (is calls) – Dave Brewer
• Queen of Broken Hearts – PJ O’Brien

First up, we talk to Mick Medew and Ursula about their wonderful new album Love is Calling.

Then, our in-studio guest is Rob Prior. We’ve had him in before talking about his band People Like That but this time we’ll talking about a new book he has written called The Healing Power of Cancer.

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• Rory Gallagher – Bullfrog Blues
• Mick Medew and Ursula – White Star
• Mick Medew and Ursula – Live Is Calling
• People Like That – The Healing Feeling
• People Like That – Turn Off The TV
• People Like That – Okay Today
• Devo – Freedom of Choice
• People Like That – The Man In The Moon

We had the Trash Baby – Corin and Reyhn in the studio and Taylah on the line from the ‘Gong – doing what we do best – talking shit and playing records.

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• Who Died And Made You King – Jaguar Jonze
• This Time Next Time – Trash Baby
• Goodnight And Go – Imogen Heap
• Human Crime – (The) Pixies
• Moonage Daydream – David Bowie
• Read Between The Lines – Piper Butcher
• FU – WAAX
• Little Birdy – Ween
• Going To The Western Shore – Wolf & The New World Disorder
• Fake It Flowers – beabadoobee
• Gallowdance – Lebanon Hanover
• Wound Up – Black Flag
• If The Kids Are United – Sham 69
• Gut Feeling/Slap Your Mammy – DEVO
• Are You Ready For The Country – Neil Young
• Missing – Flyleaf
• Macca the Mutt – Party Dozen

We talk to two legends. True!

First up we talk to the amazing Deena Lynch aka Jaguar Jonze about the debut album Bunny Mode and the headlining gig at OAF.

Then we talk to Texan Jesse Dayton ahead his first Australian tour. He’s worked with Johnny Cash, Waylon Jennings, John Doe, Rob Zombie and he’s at the Bowlo at the end of the month.

Plus new releases and other stuff.

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(Coming soon – we promise)

Rising star from Newcastle Piper Butcher was in the studio. We spoke to her about a year ago and we saw her open the show for Robben Ford at the Factory on his recent tour. Definitely one to watch.

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• Elevator ride – Jen Mize & The Rough N’Tumble
• Nonchalant – Imogen Clark
• Soul into sand – Piper Butcher
• Jenny don’t be hasty – Paolo Nutini
• Changes – David Bowie
• Read between lines – Piper Butcher
• Rain – The Teskey Brothers
• Before you’re gone – Piper Butcher
• A heartbreak – Angus & Julie Stone
• Lost in love – Piper Butcher
• Mousetrap heart – Thirsty Merc
• Green limousine – Badloves
• Come inside – Piper Butcher
• Telephone booth – Ian Moss
• Fortunate son – Creedence Clearwater Revival
• So can you feel it? – Piper Butcher
• Signed, sealed delivered – Stevie Wonder

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• Haunting your thoughts – Piper Butcher
• My own worst enemy – Imogen Clark
• Be bad – Catherine Traicos
• Working man’s blues – Eli ‘Paperboy’ Reed
• Gin no suzu – Penny Ikinger
• Of the sea – The Howlin’ Threads
• Fragile – Penny Ikinger
• Peter Brock Built My Hotrod – Grindhouse
• Peter Russell Clarke – Grindhouse
• Dapto Dazzler – Grindhouse
• Mustang – Josie Laver
• Tangled – Josie Laver
• Sixth Sense – The Nature Strip
• Little Queenie – The Rolling Stones
• Buried Alive – Ron Wood
• All the young dudes – Mott the Hoople

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• Buy/Sell/Trade – Screensaver
• Superheroes – Black Cab
• Goin’ back to Hoonsville – Datura4 with Dave Hole
• Keep your motor runnin’ – Dave Hole
• Highway Star – Deep Purple
• Big eyed beans from Venus – Captain Beefheart & The Magic Band
• Golden Birdies – Captain Beefheart & The Magic Band
• Her eyes are blue million eyes – Captain Beefheart & The Magic Band
• White Rock Beer 8 cents – Robben Ford
• The Sheik of Scrubby Creek – Chad Morgan
• There’s gonna be a showdown – The Johnnys
• Mustang – Josie Laver
• End of the World – Florence Dore
• Monsters – Charlie Horse
• Support you local nihilist – Frances Chang
• Choo choo train of tears – Mustang Jerx
• Like lovers do – Hannah Acfield
• Cockroach in a ghost town – Slang
• Burn it down – Gyasi
• Non è Ancora – The Umlauts
• Mama Tried – Eli “Paperboy” Reed
• Since You – Tom Paxton, Cathy Fink Marcy Marxer
• I Makes Money (Money Dont Make Me) – Steve Earle & The Dukes
• The charm – Body Type
• Forever Young – Bob Dylan

John was in the studio again ahead of the launch of his latest collection of Aussie indie classics covers.

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Coming soon!

We were joined the studio by Celibate Rifles guitarist Ken Steedman talking about, well everything really!

Valerie vande Panne phoned in from Florida.

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• Goanna – Solid Rock
• The Replacements – Alex Chilton
• Alex Chilton – Dalai Lama
• VU – Valerie Vande Panne interview
• The Saints – Know your product
• Kent Steedman – Lockdown Shuffle
• Jim Moginie and the Family – In the end
• The Celibate Rifles – Salute

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• Billy Thorpe & The Aztecs – Ooh Pah Pah Doo
• Hoodoo Gurus – Chariot of The Gods
• The Neptune Power Federation – Emmaline
• Kent Steedman – Set Yourself Easy
• The Celibate Rifles – Downtown
• The Celibate Rifles – Jesus On TV
• The Rolling Stones – Mona
• 03-The Rolling Stones – The Rolling Stones – Shake your hips
• Endless Boogie – Disposable Thumbs
• Howlin Rain – Under the Wheels
• Black Rebel Motorcycle Club – Haunt
• Jupiter 5 – H-Bomb
• The On and Ons – Truth Gets Started
• X – Delinquent Cars
• Sonic Youth – In & Out
• Lee Ranaldo &Raül Refree01 – Alice
• Neil Young – Heart Of Gold
• Lobby Loyde & The Coloured Balls – Goin’ To Louisianna