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  • apocalypse

    ... ruminations of a horrified social distancer on his evaporating way of life in the shadows of the green death plague.

    "I hate graveyards and old pawn shops
    For they always bring me tears
    I can't forgive the way they robbed me
    Of my childhood souvenirs.." - John Prine
     
    "They tried to get me lots of times and now they're coming after you/ I got out and I'm here to say, 
    Baby, you can get out, too"  - Johnny Winter 
     
    "Love is land..."  -Duran Duran 
     
    "Hidin' out and layin' low ain't nothin' new to me..."  - Guns N Roses 
     
    Every morning brings bad news. I'm worried for Marrianne Faithful, John Prine has passed and a couple no-name rocknroll underground legends and personal friends you ain't never heard of. Alan Merrill of Vodka Collins and the Arrows' passing was a sad day, indeed. For years now, I've noticed how it's an annual tradition, almost a law, that some university bona fide but tragically lazy professional journalist writes an obligatory cover story at every entertainment weekly, each year, about the next big girl group, that suggests Joan Jett wrote the 70's glitter anthem, "I Love Rocknroll" by Alan Merrill and the Arrows, a really fabulous, bubblegum glitter stompin', unsung glam gang, and it kinda always makes me feel a bit conflicted about the perennial Jett-Lagg myth-protecting and gives even more credibility to those other Runaways gals who testify about Joan's management always deemphasizing their contributions to her worldwide brand.

  • tmoc 2019

    The Mark Of Cain returns to the stage this October performing their debut album “Battlesick” in its entirety. 

    Originally released in 1989 via indie Adelaide label Dominator, Battlesick sounded like no Australian album before or since. Tracks like “Wake Up”, “Dead Man’s Mail”, “The Setback”, “Call in Anger” and the title track addressed the fear of dreams, the threat of death, anger over disappointment and personal setbacks; not exactly the subject matter of an era when Kylie Minogue was queen and Ratcat were primed to become the pinnacle of the underground.

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Lord Rochester (UK)
DEC
31 - Lyric’s Bar, Perth

John Kennedy & The New Originals
Live at the Marrickville Bowl Tour
DEC
23 – Velvet Fog in-store, Katoomba, NSW (solo)
27 – George Lane, St Kilda, VIC (solo)
+ Nick Batterham
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28 – The Old Bar, Fitzroy, VIC (solo)
JAN
11 – Cave In, Woolloongabba, QLD
(with Murray Cook)
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17 – Smiths Alternative, Canberra, ACT
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18 – Marrickville Bowlo, NSW
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25 - Side B Vinyl Bar, Blackheath, NSW 

I-94 Bar Records and Promotions presents
"The Post New Years Eve Apocalypse"
Jupiter 5
+ The Jane Does
+ The Sugar Beats
The Men From U.N.C.L.E.
Marrickville Bowlo, BSW
- Jan 4
Tickets

Chimers Australian Tour
JAN
31 -  La La La’s, Wollongong
+ special guests

“Hotter Than Donut Grease Tour”
Grand Pricks
+ Dave Favours & The Roadside Ashes
+ The Tall Stories
JAN
21 - Tamworth Hotel, Tamworth

The Stranglers
50 Years In Black  
2025 Australasian Tour
MAR
13 - Powerstation, Auckland. NZ
15 - Meow Nui, Wellington, NZ
16 - Christchurch Town Hall, Christchurch, NZ 
19 - Enmore Theatre, Sydney
20 - The Tivoli, Brisbane
22- Forum, Melbourne
23 - The Gov, Adelaide
25 - Astor Theatre, Perth
Tickets

I-94 Bar Records and Promotions presents
Grooveyard
+ Il Bruto
Smiths Alternative, Canberra
Ticets
- Feb 7
+ The On and Ons
+ Van Ruin
(city debut)
- Feb 8
Tickets 

I-94 Bar Records and Promotions presents
The Mick Medew & Ursula 4
"In The Zone"
NSW Album Launches
+ East Coast Low
+ Jupiter 5
Stag & Hunter, Mayfield
- Feb 14
+ The Dark Clouds
+ Jupiter 5
Marricville Bowling Club
- Feb 15

 

 

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