Virtual Unreality

On today’s show, we talk to deadset legend Deniz Tek about the new album he’s done with former Stooge James Williamson.

We also catch up with Emma Donovan. She and her band the Putbacks have a new album coming out month.

Valerie joins us from Florida and we have lots of new music. Read Valerie’s story on the young seminole tribe member suing Ron Desantis

Palylist

• Dave Alvin – Highway 61 revisited
• Leslie West – Going Down
• Bob Dylan – False Prophet
• James Williamson and Deniz Tek – Jet Pack Nightmare
• James Williamson and Deniz Tek – Small change
• James Williamson and Deniz Tek – Climate Change
• Ornette Coleman – Lonely Woman
• Penny Ikinger – Gin no suzu
• Kawaguchi Masami’s New Rock Syndicate – Melt
• Mick Medew – When The Wood Is Brown (Full Return)
• Elsie Lange – Talk to me
• Emma Donovan & The Putbacks – Pink Skirt
• Emma Donovan & The Putbacks – Don’t give up on me
• Los Straitjackets – Venus
• Janis Joplin – Me and Bobby McGee

On today’s show we have a long chat with Brisbane-based songstress Melody Moko about her new album.

We also talk to Edwin Garland about his return to recording and his new project Moonlight 5.

And Valerie on the “debate”.

Playlist

• Jerry Lee Lewis – Hello Hello Baby
• The Million Dollar Quartet – I Shall Not Be Moved
• Hoodoo Gurus – Get Out Of Dodge
• The Soft Boys – I Wanna Destroy You
• The Soft Boys – Old Pervert
• Robyn Hitchcock – I Pray When I’m Drunk
• Romeo Void – Never Say Never
• Melody Moko – Like Hank Would
• Melody Moko – Mama Mix
• Melody Moko – Better Than This
• Melody Moko – Coming Up Roses
• Fats Kaplin – The Fatman Cometh
• Hank Williams – Moanin the Blues
• Moonlight 5 – Lockdown Blues
• Waxworks – Madman
• Interview – Valerie Vande Panne
• Helen Reddy – Fool on the hill

On today’s show we have:

Northern beaches songstress and multi-instrumentalist Mihka Chee who is releasing some new music today.

We talk to one of the people behind a new Monday-night show streaming out of the MoshPit in Newtown.

And we find out about a new petition to prod the New South Wales into doing something about a live music scene that is on the verge of collapse.

Plus lotsa new music.

No Valerie due to technical issues.

Links

• Monday Evening Gunk
• Save our Stages petition

Playlist

• Angis Gill – The New Old me
• David Schaak – Honey Pot
• Kelley Stolz – The Quite Ones
• The Sensible Gray Cells – Get Back into the world
• The Smart Folk – Saturday Morning Slow Starts
• Mihka Chee – Mess!
• Mihka Chee – Consumate Performer
• Mihka Chee – Coattails
• The Exponents – La La Lulu
• James Williamson & Deniz Tek – Jet Pack Nightmare
• James Williamson & Deniz Tek – Climate Change
• Mi’ens – Future Child
• The No Ones – (Going back to) Stokholm Syndrome
• The On and Ones – Menancing Smile
• Mick Medew – Psychopharmacologist
• The Third Mind – Reverberation
• Psychedelic Porn Crumpets – Cornflake
• Patti Smith – Free money
• Sonic Youth – Kool Thing

On today’s show – Mike Elrington talks about his new album – Aftershock.

Valerie on hurricane classification and lotsa new music. Read Valerie’s article here.

Playlist

• The Jimi Hendrix Experience – Little Wing
• The Jimi Hendrix Experience – Fire
• Mihka Chee – Mess!
• Distant Drum – Reaching for air
• Young Fresh Fellows – Gear Summer
• Mike Elrington – It Still Burns
• Mike Elrington – Don’t give me a dime
• Mike Elrington – She don’t want nobody to love
• Emma Donovan & The Putbacks – Pink Skirt
• Caitlin Harnett & The Pony Boys – 5 am
• Partner – Big Gay Hands
• Johnny Cash – The Mercy Seat
• Johnny Cash – Hey Porter
• Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings – Signed, Sealed, Delivered I’m Yours
• Nikki Hill – I’ve Got a Man
• The Jimi Hendrix Experience – Voodoo chile (slight return)

On today’s show we had a long chat with American singer-songwriter Chuck Prophet. Valerie joined us from Florida and we had lotsa new music.

Playlist

• Neil Young & Crazy Horse – Mansion on the Hill
• The Rolling Stones – Live with me
• David Bowie – Ashes to Ashes
• Teenage Halloween – Stationary
• Daniel Romano – How Ill Thy World Is Ordered
• Chuck Prophet – Marathon
• Chuck Prophet – Get off the stage
• Chuck Prophet – Willie and Nilli
• Chuck Prophet – Paying My Respects to the Train
• Kim Richey – Leaving Song
• John Prine – Angel from Montgomery
• Frecko – Good Times
• Helen Townsend – Devil’s Curse
• Rory Ellis – Inner Outlaw
• Ear Projector – The Invisible Man
• Ace Frehley – I’m Down
• Roy Buchanan – Green Onions

On this week’s show:

• Ned Alphabet of Sydney band Balkan Grill gives us a heads up on their streaming gig on Mosh Pit TV on Saturday night.
• Robin Fletcher from the Link Housing gives the lowdown on their annual art event. This year it goes online and on now. Catch it here.
• Valerie joins us from Florida to talk about the latest shenanigans in her neck of the woods and the growing defund the police movement.
• Plus lotsa new music from, including the title of the forthcoming James Willamson and Deniz Tek album.

Tracklist

• Pubert Brown Fridge Occurrence – Love is a virus
• Lachy Doley Group – Voodoo Chile
• Mike Elrington – It still burns
• Angus Ross – Canal
• Balkan Grill – Belgrade Girl
• Balkan Grill – Nebo
• James Williamson & Deniz Tek – Jet Pack
• Dodge Main – The Harder they Come
• Scott Morgan – Mississippi Delta
• Lunchbox – Gary of the academy
• Internet Friends – Nah
• Smokescreens – I love only you
• Seun Kuti & Egypt 80 – Theory of goat of yam
• Corey Legge – I’ve bitten of more than I can chew
• Miguel Rios – Narcissist
• Van Walker – The World Goes on without us
• Chuck Prophet – Nixonland
• Johnny Casino – Somewhere lost in time

On today’s show we have

• Van Walker on the line from Melbourne talking about his new album “Ghosting”.
• Elise Lange talking about her new EP “Talk to Me”
• Valerie joins us from Florida

Tracklist

• Bike Club – Heart Beating
• Godcaster – Even Your Blood is Electric
• Initiates – Voidless
• Deerhoof – Milk Man
• Johnny Winter – Parchment Farm (Alternative Mix)
• Johnny Winter – Avocado Green
• Van Walker – Nobody Knows
• Van Walker – The World Goes On Without Us
• Van Walker – Crystal Ball
• Kim Richey – Come Around
• Steep Canyon Rangers – Sunny Days
• Grant-Lee Phillips – Aint Done Yet
• Chuck Prophet – Best Shirt On
• Elsie Lange – Talk to Me
• Elsie Lange – Tulips
• Knot – Horse Trotting, the Feet Not Touching the Ground

On today’s show we have:

• a long chat with Johnny Casino about his new album and other stuff
• an interview with Brisbane songstress Melody Moko
• US correspondent Valerie van de Panne talks about unschooling

You can read Valerie’s article on unschooling here.

Tracklist

• Partner – Hello and Welcome
• Leslie West – Here for the party
• Van Walker – Closing time
• Johnny Winter – Gangster of love
• Waxworks – Mission Bells
• Johnny Casino – I scare myself
• Johnny Casino – Wichita Lineman
• Johnny Casino – Hit the ground running
• Johnny Casino – Sundown
• Melody Moko – Last Cigarette
• Melody Moko – Benjamin
• Elsie Lange – Tulips
• Kush – Macarthur park

The Virtual Unreality crew sat in for Big Daddy K’s Sydney Sounds show.

Tracklist

• Hoodoo Gurus – Hung out to dry
• Howlin’ Threads – Body Moving
• James Williamson & Deniz Tek – Stable
• Tshitaki – Work it out
• Bunt – Six and seven
• John Kennedy – Brisbane – Electrical Storm
• Peter Black – History Jack
• Sunnyboys – Show me some discpline
• X – Suck suck
• Johnny Casino – Cerca Pero Tan Lejos (a song for Sue)
• Johnny Casino – Dropping like flies
• Carrie Phillis And The Downtown 3 – Let’s go
• The Boobytraps – Be My Caveman
• Suburban Bukowskis – Living In Sin In Petersham
• The Smartfolk – One two three step four
• Lachy Doley Group – The Strut
• Imogen Clark – My own worst enemy
• Em George – Flight
• The New Christs – The Seeker
• The Lime Spiders – Sparks
• The On and Ons – Don’t want to talk
• Loose Pills – Not The Driver
• The Aints – Red Aces
• The Aints – Know your product
• Johnny Casino – Ghostships
• Johnny Casino – Wichita Lineman
• The Mismade – Man in the middle
• Glitoris – Trump Card

Lots on today’s show! Including:

• Damian McDonald, the curator of the Maton guitars exhibition on now at the Power House Museum.
• Valerie van de Panne gives us the low down on veeps and Kamala Harris.
• New tracks from Nick Love & Los Straitjackets, Chuck Prophet, Johnny Casino, Imogen Clark, Elsie Lange and Melody Moko.

Listen!

Tracklist

• Crosby Stills Nash & Young – Almost cut my hair
• Hoodoo Gurus – Hung out to dry
• Howlin’ Threads – Body Moving
• Seun Kuti & Egypt 80 – Corporate Public Control Department (C.P.C.D.)
• The Kinks – You really got me
• Phil Manning – I Wish There Was a Way
• The Rolling Stones – Gimme Shelter
• James Williamson & Deniz Tek – Stable
• Nick Lowe & Los Straitjackets – Lay it on Me
• Los Straitjackets – Venus
• Imogen Clark – My Own Worst Enemy
• Jaguar Jonze – You Got Left Behind
• Melody Moko – Benjamin
• Elsie Lange – Talk to me
• Chuck Prophet – Get off the stage
• Johnny Casino – Cerca Pero Tan Lejos (a song for Sue)
• Johnny Casino – Sundown
• Chuck Prophet – High as Johnny Thunders
• Van Walker – Closing Time