Virtual Unreality

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

On today’s show, we have Dave Faulkner of the Hoodoo Gurus talking about their new single “Hung out to dry”. Hint – they’re angry.

Valerie joins us from Florida.

Tracklist

• Shotgun Mistress – Glorious Machine
• Fingerless – Truth
• Josh Orange – Little Miss America
• Angus Gill and the Seasons of Change – Three minute movie
• Em George – Flight
• Hoodoo Gurus – Hung out to dry
• Hoodoo Gurus – What’s my scene?
• Hoodoo Gurus – Answered Prayers
• Le Hoodoo Gurus – Leilani
• The Victims – Television Addict
• The Fleshtones – Face of the Screaming Werewolf
• The Fey – Tear it off
• Shitkid – Dying to
• Creedence Clearwater Revival – Ramble Tamble

On today’s show

• We have a long chat with Pete Marley from Marveline about the new album Savoury Toothed Tiger. Hint – expect the unexpected.
• We also chat to Sydney songstress Em George about hew new EP, this time with a band. Hint – luscious.
• Valerie van de Panne joins us from Florida after her road trip to Boston and back.
• Plus we have lots of new music.

PS – Dave Faulkner on the show next week. Also true.

Tracklist

• Fleetwood Mac – Black Magic Woman
• The Third Mind – Reverberation
• The No ones – No One Falls Alone
• The On and Ons – Don’t want to talk about it
• Marveline – Gonna get myself a demon
• Marveline – Magic Umbrellar
• Marveline – Made of stars
• Marveline – (Theme For An Imaginary) Cop Show
• Em George – In flight
• Em George – Light comes in
• Emmylou harris – Wayfairing Stranger
• The Baseball Project – Here lies Carl Mays
• Anna Karina – Roller Girl
• Billy Childish & Holly Golightly – Demolition Girl
• Mezcaltones – Six Days on the Road