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Inter-school Choral Day The Bendigo Music Teachers, St Andrews Church Hall, Myers Street, Bendigo.Concert from 2pm to 2.30pm. Details: 0418 325 874.

Tune-In To The WorldAmateur Radio Gets People Talking.Discovery Science and Technology Centre will come alive with radio waves and antennas. 9am to 9pm. Free. Details 5441 5461.

Majorca Old time Dance8pm to midnight, music by Family Rhythm, admission $8, good supper. Details: 5461 2215.

Inglewood Community Bus Fundraiser Inglewood Town HallCombined party planners event.12pm to 4pm. $5 entry, includes light lunch and refreshments. Details: 0409 194 175.

Goldfi elds Quilters Biennial Quilt ExhibitionSt Mary’s Hall, corner Hargreaves and Lyttleton streets, Castlemaine.10am to 4pm. $5.

An Afternoon Of Country MusicPeter and Evelyn Sheahan and The Angels.RSL Club, Havilah Road Long Gully, 2pm to 6pm. $10 per head. Afternoon tea.

Women of Note A Wonderful World of Song at 2pm at the Strathdale Community Hall.Afternoon tea will follow the performance. Tickets from The Capital Box Offi ce, 5434 6100.

Australian Breast Cancer DayBreakfast at the Puddler Restaurant and Bar 101 Williamson Street, Bendigo. 8am to 11am. Details: 5441 6850.

Mature Age Persons Meet and Greet Newmarket Hotel. 2pm every Tuesday No cost. Details: 5446 2189.

Craft GroupAlawara Community Centre, 29 Bay Street, Golden Square.Every Tuesday at 10am to 2pm. Un Finished objects craft group. BYO Lunch. $3 entry.Details: 5439 5263.

Leprosy Mission Bendigo 47th birthday rallySt Andrews Church Hall in Myers Street 1.30pm. There will be local produce and TLM merchandise, afternoon tea. Details: 5448 4633.

Morning Tea Bendigo Volunteer Resource Centre at 10.30am to celebrate eight years of commitment and service.North Bendigo Bowls club Blumes summer fashiondisplay at 10am with morning tea provided. Details: 5446 9157.

Bendigo Regional Genealogical Society’sgeneral meetingUniting Church Hall, Church Street, Kangaroo Flat. Subject: Sir John Quick’s wife, Catherine. 7.30pm.

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3. Local band in the running to play with Birds of Tokyo

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THERE are only a few weeks remaining until the big announcement of which three regional towns will be scoring a free concert with Aussie alternative jugger-nauts Birds of Tokyo.

What’s more if it comes our way a Bendigo band will be the support act.

For those who are unaware, 40 young journalists from around Australia are busily trying to secure the Birds by running an online music blog in a competi-tion called Optus Sound Scribe.

The winners are decided by an online petition-based voting system, and I’m the lucky candidate for Bendigo.

I am required to send away the bio and music of five local bands to Birds of Tokyo, who will individu-ally judge each band and make the decision.

Just the knowledge that one of Australia’s premier acts could be checking out your band’s music should be enough motivation for you to apply, plus the op-portunity to play to thousands of people and gain mass exposure both locally and on a national scale.

Birds of Tokyo came bursting out of the Perth music scene in 2004, working hard to build a solid fan base.

Now with the release of their third, self-titled re-cord, they have finally broke into the mainstream market and are getting the recognition they deserve.

Both the album and the lead single ‘Plans’ have gone gold, and the band were recently announced to play the series of Big Day Out shows in January.

Drummer Adam Weston was pleasantly surprised by their recent six ARIA award nominations.

“As far as those industry-laced awards go we’ve never really been that kind of band,” he said.

“Birds have always been a little under the radar. “We’ve had a nomination here and there, but it’s

strange having all these awards and nominations thrown at us at once.

“It’s a nice nod for us to have.” Adam refuses to be caught up in the award hype

though. “Whether we win six awards or zero isn’t an issue at

all for us. We’ll just keep doing what we’re doing and hope that people like it,” he said.

Sadly, the speed in which Birds of Tokyo have el-

evated to mainstream success is something that af-fects the band’s ability to continue playing regular regional shows.

”We couldn’t be happier with how the new album has been received and we’ve just played out largest headline shows to date,” he said.

“However, unfortunately we will no longer have a chance to visit all the larger regional areas fairly and consistently, which is why we jumped on board with Sound Scribe,” Adam said.

“The fact that these three shows could take place in any of 40 locations, and that we have absolutely no idea where we’re going to end up is all a bit excit-ing.”

Some people may remember Birds of Tokyo visit-ing Bendigo back in 2008 for a show at The Pub, I daresay a slightly larger venue may be required if we win this concert!

To enter the Birds of Tokyo support act competition, you have to:

First and foremost, sign my petition, every 24 hours. Encourage your friends and family to sign, send my blog’s link around Facebook, help me get as much community support as possible. We have to win the Birds Of Tokyo concert to ensure that you can secure a sup-port slot. I am currently leading the charge, we now have just over a week to bury the com-petition!

Send an email to [email protected] providing a link to your music and a band bio by Tuesday, October 26. Alternatively, drop a demo CD and bio into Bendigo Weekly of� ces at 30 Bridge Street, Bendigo, marked for my attention and I will send it through to Sound Scribe.

Application is open to all bands and solo art-ists, but bear in mind that the appropriateness to the support slot will be taken in mind.

While I may be a fan of the odd bit of death metal, I’m sure the bulk of a Birds of Tokyo crowd wouldn’t feel the same way!

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A FEW Fridays ago I was walking home and spied a few people outside of an old building just around the corner from where I live.

I’d noticed the little weatherboard un-dergoing renovations.

It had been given a coat of blue paint, a sturdy new window plus a beautiful metal sign with script ‘Metal Bohemia’ swirling through it.

Someone clearly loved it. Resisting the temptation to crash the party I knew I was witnessing the opening of not only a brand new business, but a brand new artist enclave. On my block. How cool.

It didn’t take me long to poke my head inside...

As it turns out, Metal Bohemia is the latest enterprise from Bendigo metal art-ist, Mel Stockx. By chance we’d already met earlier at an artists’ talk, where we extolled the virtues of DIY promotion and publicity. Since then she’d been putting her words into action.

Metal Bohemia is a little Aladdin’s Cave in the suburbs.

It beckons you inside and once over the threshold, you discover an intimate oasis filled with hand-fashioned metal art, ob-jects and jewellery – all unique, locally-made and many from recycled materials.

Mel had had her eye on this little build-ing for some time before transforming it into her own studio/gallery. You can tell it’s her “dream space”, such is the warm feel inside and the care with which every-thing is arranged.

Mel is an incredibly impressive per-son; she’s spent a long time quietly go-

ing about the business of learning how to make metal art and unique, personal jewellery – pieces that require patience, dedication and inspiration to get ‘just so’. She’s also someone who exudes energy – not that over-the-top self-promoting energy that you encounter from artists tanked up on fragile ego – but the energy of someone inspired by life around her. This new art space also reflects that.

In addition to her own work – unique pieces that bear more resemblance to wood you’d find on a forest floor than the steel or silver from which they’re made – Mel stocks work from seven other local artists – “I’m very picky!” she laughs.

They all share a core value though: to make work with a rich history of its own – no matter how big or small the piece. Like the lovable ‘tall bike’ that greets you in the doorway, made by “Starrick”, a cross between a Penny Farthing and a vintage roadster. Very sexy and, very bohemian.

Mel has a great sense of ‘the epic’ which she finds in her daily bushwalks around Bendigo.

“The view is amazing from One Tree Mountain,” she confides.

“You get to see the city – the beauti-ful city – surrounded for miles by superb bushland. It just goes on forever”.

You also find that sense of timeless possibility within Metal Bohemia…

Metal Bohemia97 Bridge Street, BendigoOpen: Wed – Fri or by appointmentPhone: 0429 393 989 or � nd Metal Bohemia on Facebook.

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A GIRL’S passion for fashion has earned her a coveted award.

Castlemaine Secondary student Louise Bolger, 14, won the 2010 Bendigo Super Stylist Competition by pulling together an eye-catching outfit.

Louise is set to live like a fashionista as she enjoys prizes including, the 2011 L’Oreal Melbourne Fashion Show with limousine transfers to events, Melbourne luxury accomodation and a fashion shoot.

Louise pulled together trends from stores within the Bendigo Marketplace, including a summer dress from Valleygirl with accessories from Equip.

She said it was an exciting win.“I am so excited to have won this prize because I really

like fashion and have an interest in the fashion industry,’’ she said. Louise said she often made her own clothes using a sewing machine, and has done some modelling.

“I enjoy fashion because it helps you express who you are,” she said.

She often practices creating outfits for her friends to model, and has a preference for pastel colours.

Bendigo Marketplace marketing manager Kristie Frost said the city had a talented offering of fashionistas who knew how to piece together the latest trends.

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This week I introduce to you Truth & Salvage Co. Hailing from southern USA and born of two lesser bands in 2005 and boasting four lead singer/songwriters and six members in total.

The result on offer is a genu-ine Americana country tinged rock album serving up a time-less sound reminiscent of The Black Crowes, Blues Traveler minus the harmonica, Band of Horses, The Avett Brothers and My morning Jacket mixed with a hint of The Band.

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ranging from rock to country to alternative, showcasing four-part harmonies and an increased amount of facial hair, Truth & Salvage Co boasts pro-duction by The Black Crowes front man Chris Robinson and consequently released on his record label Silver Arrow.

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have in common istheir dislike for each other and their love for their god-daughter,Sophie. But when they suddenly become all Sophie has in the world, Holly and Messer are forced to put their differences aside. Juggling career ambitions and competing social calendars, they’ll have to � nd some common ground while living under one roof.

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IF there was an Australian version of the Hollywood � ick, School of Rock, singer-songwriter Mark Sey-mour would be a perfect � t for the Jack Black role.A fully quali� ed school teacher by trade, Seymour has become a giant of the Australian music scene, chie� y through his frontman duties with Hunters and Collectors.He details the creative trials and tribulations behind his biggest hit, Holy Grail, and why he’s no Robin Williams in the classroom...

You’re orignally from Benalla. Have you played there recently?I’ve never actually played there to be honest (laughs). My mum and dad were school teachers so we moved a lot. I think we were there for about three years and moved to Corryong after that.

You teamed up with your old band mates The Hunters and Collectors, for Sound Relief. How was that reunion for you?Logistically it was quite easy to do. We still form a loose association as a company because of the back catalogue so we periodically have to discuss dry issues about business, so we have a chain of communication. Although you hear stories about bands where they actually lose contact with each other. It could have been harder but I think the real challenge was the rehearsal process.

It had been awhile between rehearsals I guess? You hadn’t played together since 1998?Yeah well we need it (laughs). I think there was a bit of an attitude there and I couldn’t put names to faces but I don’t think the guys realised how big that show was going to be. It’s probably the biggest gig the band has ever played.

Were you nervous?Um, not really, no. I think it became apparent that we were going to have to work hard. We could have done just one rehearsal and then gone and played in a pub in Hallam or something and gotten by but we realised we had to make it pretty special. By the time we did all the work I felt pretty relaxed about it and thought ‘this is going to work’. And we only played six songs, it’s not as if we had to play a 90 minute show. But we did almost nine hours’ rehearsal.

Was there a temptation, however eeting, that you might get back together?I get asked that question a lot and I don’t really know. It’s never discussed amongst the band members. Some people might have thought it but I’m not a mind reader (laughs). Not been talked about really.

When the band broke up and you became a solo artist, what did that allow you to do that you couldn’t do previously as part of a group?The whole thing is it has been 12 years since then and in that time the whole fabric of the music industry has changed dramatically. There have been a couple of moments I have wondered ‘am I going to survive as an artist?’ So I’ve actually gone out and got other jobs, to supplement my income. It hasn’t been easy.

That’s interesting. What kind of jobs did you have a crack at?I was a school teacher in 2003, on and off, throughout that year. It was a particularly lean period for me, � nancially, and I had a family to support.

That must have been unreal for those students. How did you � nd that? A different kind of perfor-mance I suppose. Look I did actually enjoy it. It’s a really strange job, all my family were teachers except for Nick (brother). My father said something to me the other day: ‘to go into a classroom in a suburban high school and try and control Year Nine and Ten boys as a relief teacher is probably the hardest thing you’re ever going to do’. And it is. It is pure theatre, you have to bluff and totally convince them you are in control and it’s all psy-chological, totally psychological.

Were you tempted to pull out the guitar to win them over?Not really. I learnt many years ago you don’t try to win kids like that over, they’re not your friends (laughs). But it is quite compelling and I thought I could slip back into it, it’s very exciting, but the downside is it just doesn’t pay well enough. Back to music though. The Holy Grail. It’s a clas-sic, but in a strange way it’s become synonymous with sporting endeavour and achievement. Did you ever think it would become attached to that?I always recognised it was a strong song, I really enjoyed the turn of phrase in it. It had a dif� cult birth though. There was a very strong school of thought within the Hunters and Collectors that it shouldn’t be on the album, which is another story in itself, but I won’t bore you with the details.

You can bore me all you like with that story Mark.It’s all about the shenanigans of inner band politics and artistic discussion but it ended up on the record. I agreed that a lot of the stuff on that record, Holy Grail included, doesn’t sound like Hunters and Collectors. We had to re-record it because we couldn’t mime to it on televison and other things, and it just didnt sound like the band. So we re-recorded it and I think a few months later that we realised we should have recorded the entire album that way.

Are you saying though the song could easily have been lost to music history if it hadn’t been included on the album? Or could it have been brought up at a live show or on a later album?Put it this way, the best songs I have been as-sociated with have been written on a spur of the moment, they have just erupted out of a whole lot of pressure and creative thought and when you’re gearing up to write songs for an album you kind of throw ideas around your own brain for weeks and weeks and weeks and it amazes how you actually come to record in the end. Obviously some songs are better than others but every now and then the odd one comes through that just clicks in a moment and it has some kind of weird mysteri-ous balance of ideas and mood and simplicity. During that time of the band, and there was a lot of people in the room, didn’t realise how special that song was. I was convinced, I was absolutely convinced, and when I came out of the room I said to our drummer “that sounds so good”. We won the day, most of the guys realised it was good, but there were some aspects that didn’t complement the song particularly well, so we re-recorded it. But things worked out pretty well in the end.

See Mark Seymour and more at Rhythms In the ValleyTickets are $25, cheaper with pre sale bookings, children under 12 free.See our story on page 7 for details.

CHARLIE St Cloud is an unusual movie that deals with the physiological impact of sudden death and the ensuing grieving process.

Based on Ben Sherwood’s novel, The Death and Life of Charlie St Cloud, Graig Pearce’s screenplay will produce a tear in all but the most hardened.

It deals with the trauma faced by Charlie St Cloud (Efron) after the sudden death in a car accident of his younger brother.

The two had an extremely close relationship where St Cloud played big brother and a father figure for the young sibling.

With a successful life seemingly ahead of him, Charlie chooses a secluded life as a manager of the cemetery where is younger brother Sam (played by Charlie Tahan) is buried. Every day, he is obsessed with a promise to keep practicing baseball with his deceased brother.

He fulfils this promise to exclusion of everyone and all else. Not understanding the physiological impact of his grief, Charlie is ostracised by the small coastal village he lives in. This profound grief is the plot’s driving force and what makes this film so unusual.

Reality is put to the test, and the audience has to go along for the ride to ascertain what is imagined and what is real.

Good work by Efron’s support cast include standout performances by Ray Liotta as ambu-lance driver Florio Ferrente, Amanda Crew as Charlie’s love interest Tess Carroll, Kim Basinger in a fleetingly small but convincing role as Char-lie’s mother Claire and the impressive juvenile work by Tahan as the ghost of dead brother Sam.

Rated: PGGenre: Drama/RomanceDirector: Burr SteersMain Cast: Zac Efron

Amanda CrewReviewer: Robert GibsonRating: 7 1/2 out of 10

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What is the most important thing regarding food?When choosing to cook with technical cooking meth-ods, it is vital to use the produce that is most local, seasonal and fresh. By using the best ingredients, it allows the Whirrakee’s food to speak to the customer through natural food flavours.

Where is your favourite place to eat, and what do you love about it?Locally: The Wine Bank on View. Mark and Janine Coffey along with the team provide a very inviting and comfortable environment to relax with a glass of local wine and house made food! I particularly enjoy sitting back with a glass of Pinot Noir and some pâté or terrine! If the not in the View Street area, the Dispensary on Chancery Lane is always a winner.Anywhere: Jacques Raymond, Melbourne. I have a strong passion for reading and discovering about other owner/chefs in the industry who still cook in their own kitchens and strive for the highest standard. Jacques, being from Burgundy (France), brings a certain class to his food providing more than dinner, but a dining experience. The best I have experienced.

Describe your happiest food moment. Why did it make you happy?Up until recently, my happiest food moment has been owning, running and cooking in my own restaurant. However, in the previous weeks I was lucky enough to receive a Chef’s Hat, rewarded by The Age in Melbourne. It has been a goal I have been striving for since I started my apprenticeship, and now I am lucky enough to own a chef’s hat restaurant. By far my happi-est food moment!

What would your last meal be?Degustation at the French Kitchen in California. I have heard it is one of the best French dining experiences in the world.

If you could invite anyone for dinner who would it be...and why?Marco Pierre-White. If only half of the stories told about that man were true, it would be a very entertain-ing dinner!

What ingredient do you think is under used?Squab (baby pigeon) or hare. Both of these animals provide both an intense and individual flavour that supply such diversity in the dining industry.

What does your favourite breakfast entail?It would have to be poached eggs with toasted sour dough bread, homemade hollandaise, ocean trout gravlax and a glass of Cristal champagne!

Your worst kitchen disaster?It would have to be cooking with no power under can-dles in 45 degree heat. The temperature gauge got to 62. In saying it was a disaster, it’s amazing how good food can still come out to the customer under candle light! I surprised myself.

What is your favourite meal ender?It would have to be a sweet wine... Hungarian Tokaji, Rutherglen Muscat or a vintage port made by local winemaker in Portugal, Dominic Morris (Pondalowie vineyards).

Have you got a favourite butcher ... and why?Meats on Mitchell. Belinda and John really deliver a high quality product. I am in constant communication with the staff there, constantly being informed of what’s available, in its peak condition and very competitive prices.

What do you think of all the cooking shows on TV?I think the shows on TV are a little too commer-cially driven. However, in saying that, it exposes the community to a different side of dining and eating...which gives a general idea of what new and wonderful product/cooking methods are available. I would advise anyone wanting to be in the commercial food industry to remember there is a lot of ‘ behind the scenes’ of a running kitchen that are not shown on TV.

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fortis fries up a comeback.

So, so excited. If you’ve been reading Food Fossick-ers for a while you’ll know all about Bendigo’s big Fish and Chip Off held earlier this year, where we blind- tasted Bendigo’s best fish and chip venues against each other.

It has been months since I’ve been even able to look at a chip after that night, but tonight I did it again…..and guess what I discovered? Around the corner from my house our local fish and chip venue – Marong Road Fish Shop has been taken over by none other than Greek-born Fortis and Helen Pikoulas….and who cooks fish and chips better than the Greeks?

Fortis has been in Bendigo for 37 years and has been frying with the best of them for over 30. He was the previous owner of the Lyttleton Terrace Take-Away and just took over the Marong Road Fish Shop two months ago, after a 10 year hiatus. I’m feeling a bit out of the loop that I didn’t know sooner.

We had great chips, grilled fish, potato cakes and a souvlaki – gave everything a try and was very impressed.

Thank you Fortis and Helen for moving somewhere I don’t have to get in the car for on a Friday night!

Fortis isn’t just a talented fryer – he has written a book of poetry in Greek to be published here and in Greece next year.

Ask him to recite you a few when you pop in. Welcome to the neighbourhood.

Bruce and Sue of Locheilan Farmhouse Cheeses are very excited, and rightfully so, about adding another gold medal to their tally for their newest cheese Tarrilli.

The Sydney Specialist Cheese Show was held last weekend, and although they were too busy with calving and farm duties to attend, the great news was received by telephone on Monday.

Bruce was absolutely thrilled as his new cheese was inspired by their trip to Italy last September. Slow Food Melbourne sponsored them to visit the Biennial Slow Cheese Festival in Bra, where they were able to taste and talk cheese for three days non-stop. Poor them.

The lovely area of Piedmonte produces many deli-cious cheeses and this is what motivated Bruce to make a Toma style of semi hard cheese.

It is a natural rind cheese with a rich smooth texture filling the mouth with herbal character-istics coming from contented grass fed cows. Sue chose the name Tarrilli as it is an Aboriginal

word meaning good, and now the Sydney cheese judges have quite agreed. Bruce and Sue now have three cheeses qualified for entry in the Grand Dairy Awards at the end of the year.

Entries are for gold medal winning dairy products at selected events.

They won gold at Sydney last year for Kaarimba Soft – a gorgeous flowing brie style, and gold a few weeks ago at the Melbourne Specialty Cheese Show for their Fetta.

“I can only just believe this, as we would be nearly the smallest cheese maker in Australia,” Bruce said. “Maybe heaps of passion and tasting at every oppor-tunity has been the secret so far.”

Locheilan cheeses are available at Bendigo Commu-nity Farmers’ Market on the second Saturday of each month or at Bendigo Wholefoods where it will be on tasting today and tomorrow.

For further details, contact Sue McGorlick, [email protected]

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OKAY, now I’m writing about the things I know I really need to work on myself. Enough of this saying to stop soft drinks and eat good chocolate. I haven’t got a sweet tooth so none of that’s a problem. What I really struggle with is eating breakfast. Cereal makes me want to gag and toast has to be pip-ing hot and it never is. However, every health expert in the world, including Cyndi, says it’s the most important thing. Alright, I’m listening already, I’ll start putting in more effort.

BREAKFAST …the best place to start!If you want sustainable, day long energy, eatingbreakfast is an important habit to create and maintain.But not any breakfast will do. If you eat ‘dead’ refined foods and breakfast cereals then you will feel dead and tired for the rest of the day.Eat live, whole foods jammed packed with nutrients,and breakfast will become a habit that improves your whole day both mentally and physically.Extract from Cyndi O’Meara’s latest book Healthy Habits Healthy Life; Creating a Life of Health and Vitality one habit at a time. For more information go to www.changinghabits.com.au

NICOLE MURPHY



Sunday 24th October 2-6pmZac from The Bridge

Tuesday 26th October 9pm-12.30amMystery Betts- Cup EveSunday 31st October 1-4pmThe Mockbells

LIVE MUSIC EVERY SUNDAY

49 BRIDGE STREET, BENDIGOPHONE 5443 7811

THE blisteringly cold weather was barely felt by the thousands of people who packed the sold-out Bendigo Showgrounds on Friday night. Vocalist Bernard Fanning made note that it may just have been the coldest show that ‘The Finger’ had ever played.

However, I can confi-dently say that the shiv-ers that were felt through the masses had little to do with the temperature. Paul Dempsey and Jet set the scene with solid opening performances.

Jet are at a career high at the moment, and I was blown away by how true to the record their performance was. Nic Cester particularly impressed me with what was without a doubt the most powerful vocal performance I have seen him deliver.

It certainly wasn’t the first time that I had seen Powderfinger live, but it was obvious from the outset that this show was going to be something special. Synonymous with the opening chord se-quence of Love Your Way came a flood of mixed emotions; excitement, happiness and a sad realisation that this would be the last time I see the iconic Aussie rock-ers play music together.

The set highlight for me came with the tour’s namesake, Sunsets from classic album Vulture Street.

The intro would have to be nigh on the most uplifting Australian music passage of all time, and the effect is enhanced greatly in a live setting with world-class visuals.

The inclusion of a very intricate No-body Sees Bernard Fanning solo, and Sail the Wildest Stretch from Fingers’ lastest album Golden Rule were added bonuses that I wasn’t expecting at all.

Aside from that, it was the band’s big-

gest hits that really got things going. It doesn’t matter how many times I tell my-self that I’m not a fan of On My Mind, I am consistently screaming out every word in unison with every other fan.

The anthemic My Happiness had ev-erybody moving and These Days was a perfect choice for the band’s send-off.

Solidarity is something I have come to expect with Powderfinger, and if I was to make a criticism it would be that apart from the flashy visuals, confusing stage changes and the whole ‘second last show ever’ atmosphere, it really was just your average textbook Powderfinger perfor-mance.

This criticism is largely unfounded, because a textbook Powderfinger perfor-mance has grown to be a flawless show-case of the band’s 21-year career. I think it’s a testament to a band’s performance ability to be able to deliver an unfalter-ing show each and every time. Just don’t kick yourself too hard if you missed out on tickets for Sunsets but saw them at Big Day Out or the Formula 1 Grand Prix earlier this year. I seriously doubt any Powderfinger fan could have been disap-pointed with Friday night’s show, it was a more than adequate swan song for the legendary Brisbane rockers.

In the words of Bernard Fanning, the show was ‘Bendigoin’ Off!’

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Photos: Brett Jones

JAKE SCHATZ

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bendigo.Rhythms in the Valley Festival.Sunday, October 24 at Donaldson Park football oval, Wedderburn, Victoria.

WITH Winter becoming a distant memory and the promise of a magic spring and glori-ous summer ahead, The town of Wedderburn throws its country arms open to everyone in grand style with Rhythms In The Valley Festival on Sunday.

Featuring some of the greatest names in Aus-tralian music, including Mark Seymour, Ross Wilson, Kate Vigo and The Underground Or-chestra, Pete Rowland, The Croakers and Tin-derbox with what promises to be a great family day out from noon to 6pm, gates open at 11am. The real beauty of this Festival though is that all proceeds go directly to the famers of the region to assist in drought relief, fire prevention etc.

Rhythms In The Valley is proud to present Mark Seymour, former lead singer of the now defunct Hunters and Collectors who redefined Oz rock as well as writing the Aussie anthems Throw Your Arms Around Me and Holy Grail.

Also performing will be the vibrant Ross Wilson whose musical career has been five de-cades strong including playing for 1960s rock act The Pink Finks, the legendary Daddy Cool and who hasalso toured solo the world over as an ambassador for Oz music.

Also included in the line up is Kate Vigo and the Underground Orchestra whose music is a dance floor shakin’ martini of one part Billie Holiday to two parts Blondie and whose genre bending electronica takes modern music to new and dizzying heights of pop beauty.

On stage will also be the eclectic Pete Row-land and his guitar mastery encompasses ev-erything from Gershwin to Gaga.

A musicians’ musician who can swap between classic jazz and disco with a side order of 60’s pop in one dazzling set.

The atmospheric pop glory of Sydney band Tinderbox whose soaring guitar sound and epic tunes capture the true rock dream of escaping gravity willl also grace the stage, as will the rockin’ blues sounds of the fabulous Croakers.

An amazing family day with great food, excel-lent wines, a carnival atmosphere and some of Australia’s best live music, Rhythms In The Valley promises to be one of the must see events on the Victorian calendar this year and places great Australian music in the relaxed and friendly atmosphere of historic gold town Wed-derburn.

With tickets at $25, cheaper with pre sale bookings, and with children under 12 free, Rhythms In The Valley provides a tasty musical tapas. Yum, go munch.

Tickets $20 +BF available now via www.moshtix.com

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In the words of Bernard Fanning, the show was ‘Bendigoin’ off!

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October

Newmarket Hotel Monolith w/Evilution (Metal)| 9pm | $5 Pugg Mahones Pure Logic (Pop/Rock Covers) | 11pm The Hibernian Steve Saxon (Acoustic Covers/Original) |8-11pm | Free Daylesford Inn Venessa Craven (Acoustic Folk) | 7pm | Free Old Hepburn Hotel Bad Hair Day (5pce Hair Metal Covers) | 9pm | Free

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Sunday 31 Basement Bar Open Mic with Deano | 5pm |Free The Hibernian Live Music (see venue for details) | 1 to 4pm | Free The Mildcats (Acoustic Covers) See story below. Marong Family Hotel Leigh Turner (Acoustic Covers) |12.30 -4pm | Free Tyson’s Reef Hotel Malibu and Friends Jam Session | 3pm | Free Old Hepburn Hotel Wax Lyrical – Open songwriters stage | 4pm | Free Jay Factory (Rock/Pop Duo) | From 8.30pm | Free

Got a Gig you want to put in our guide? Email it to [email protected]

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out for.

i can talk – two door cinema club

set it right – Hungry Kids of Hungary

doncamatic – Gorillaz

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bats – Paul Dempsey

Newmarket Hotel Made in China w/support| 9pm | $5 Basement Bar McAlpines Fusiliers (Celtic Rock) |9pm | Free Bendigo Folk Club Mick Thomas| $22/$18 members/conc |pre sale tix available Allies Hotel 8 Ball Aitken (Blues) | 8pm |Free Pugg Mahones Colin Band (Pop/Rock Covers) | 11pm The Hibernian Lou & Pickups|8 to 11pm | Free Old Hepburn Hotel Australian Poetry Slam-Victorian Heat | 7pm | Free

Friday 22

Saturday 23 Basement Bar Bones Blackwood w/support (Blues)|9pm | Free The Hibernian Chris Meek (Acoustic Covers) | 8 to 11pm | Free Tyson’s Reef Hotel Graematta (Country/Rock)| 7.30pm | Free Daylesford Inn Nick Charles | Show $20/dinner and show $45 Pugg Mahones Bliss n’ All (Pop/Rock Covers) | 9pm |Free Old Hepburn Hotel Hayden Evans ( Rock / Pop covers) | 9pm | Free The Palais Sandro Donati (Village songs and poems from italy | $18 Show /$53 dinner and show

Sunday 24

Basement Bar Open Mic with Deano | 5pm |Free The Hibernian Michelle Meehan (Acoustic Original)| 1-4pm | Free Marong Family Hotel Billy Miller (Ferrets) |12.30pm -4pm | Free Tyson’s Reef Hotel Malibu and Friends Jam Session | 3pm | Free Old Hepburn Hotel Live Music | see venue for details Drover’s Arms Clip Clob Club (Country) | 3pm | $8

Tuesday 26 The Golden Vine Hotel Jam Session| from 8.30pm | Free

Newmarket Hotel Jam Session| from 9.30pm | Free

Thursday 28

Newmarket Hotel Stevenson’s Rocket with Salvador| 9pm | $5 Basement Bar Joel and Bel|9pm | Free The Palais Loir | $38 show | $73 dinner and show Pugg Mahones Top Jimmy (Pop/Rock Covers) | 11pm The Hibernian Regular Joes (Pop/Rock Covers) |8 to 11pm | Free Old Hepburn Hotel Hayden Evans | 9pm | Free

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coming up next month... @ Royal Hotel & Town Hall Dunolly Blues and Roots music Festival @ The Hibernian Bo Jenkins @ The Palais Bobby Flynn @ The Hibernian Telemechus Brown @ The Hibernian Ash French, Jacob Mc Guffie & Rowan Blackmore @ Old Hepburn Hotel Hornets @ Old Hepburn Hotel Geoff Achison @ Theatre Royal Black Sorrows @ Newmarket Hotel Abreact @ Bendigo Stadium Smokie

Kings of Leon - Come Around Sunshine = Likely sounding similar to Only By The Night, but done wellMariachi El Bronx - performing for the Melbourne Int. Arts Festival at the Forum in Melbourne this Saturday.Badly Drawn Boy - Part 1, Photographing Snowflakes = More nice British tunes from esteemed musician songwriter Badly Drawn BoyRod Stewart - Fly Me to the Moon... The Great American Songbook Volume V. = More classic tunes from a classic player.Upcoming Tours by Swans and The National

LOCAL musos get cracking as the next GIGFEST is only months away.

GigFest is a bi-annual music festival at The New-market Hotel showcasing the region’s best local art-ists over three stages.

To take part in this burgeoning fest, email an expres-sion of interest to Don Webb at [email protected] along with a brief bio and a myspace/website link.

Applications close November so get cracking. Bands must be available to play anytime between midday and midnight.

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ANOTHER Bendigo pub has jumped on board the live and local music train.

And holding a ticket is Hibernian owner of the past four years, Brett Rayner.

“We dabbled with live music about a year ago, but the last three months we have got serious about it,” he said.

“There is a great music scene in Bendigo and we want to do our bit in supporting it.”

A point of difference to other pubs though is in the decibels.

Colin Thompson, who played last Friday night to a small but enthusiastic crowd with his band Urban Crea-tures, said the music at the Hibernian is a touch more chilled.

“It won’t blow your eardrums out, it’s mostly acoustic and less abrasive than a lot of live bands can tend to be,” he said.

With shows finishing at 11pm, the Hibernian is also a great starting point for a solid night out.

Local musicians Chris Meek and Michelle Meehan play the Hibernian this Saturday and Sunday respec-tively, while the rest of the year is booked out with mu-sos ready to strum their stuff.

“We have a range of acts booked in for the rest of the year,” Brett said.

The Hibernian will also re-open its beer garden this weekend, where the tunes will flow from 1pm to 4pm.

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A COMMUNITY-ORIENTATED event is shaping up to be a fantastic time for Kangaroo Flat residents, adults and children alike.

An Evening Out is to be held on November 12 at Ro-tary Park in Kangaroo Flat

Entry will be free and the aim is to showcase to Kangaroo Flat residents what is available in their own community.

The Lions Club of Kangaroo Flat is the driving force behind the evening. 4pm to 8pm, Rotary Park.

I WAS lucky enough to spend a few hours with an Aus-tralian Icon. I don’t say that lightly as Angry Anderson is a rock legend. When you consider the longevity in a very fickle industry, he has been a survivor and has found a new group of fans in many different genera-tions.

Angry was in town for a gig at The Pub and as usual he gave his time to address students at Crusoe College and Tafe.

He said that he is a dinosaur and his last album came out three years ago, but he is still rocking with his band Rose Tattoo. Angry is only a small man but his public stature is beyond belief. I don’t think the average Aus-tralian realises the impact he and his band have made on the world music industry. He is still very big in the United States and tours there annually.

I asked Angry some of the big names that he has toured with, but he was reluctant to name them for fear of big noting himself.

But one thing he did say was that he loved touring with Deep Purple, who his band always supported on their national tours.

He commented on Mark Opitz as a great record pro-ducer, but he also added that the best two in the world were George Young and Harry Vanda, formally of the great Australian and international band The Easybeats.

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The industry of music is a difficult one to break into. For that reason it is undeniably important to take every opportunity that is thrown at you if you have your heart-set on a career in music. Victorian Government initiativeThe Push are offering six scholarships (inclusive of 3 indigenous) for young regional people to attend the 3rd annual Face The Music Conference & Industry summit. The conference would be a great starting point for any young music enthusiast and is set to feature keynote presentations, panel discussions, one-on-one artist development interviews, networking sessions, music showcases, practical workshops and most importantly; over 60 respected industry guest speakers from national and international fields. Applications close November 5th, head over to www.thepush.com.au for full details.

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He also said that he doesn’t know where the Industry is going, with technology and downloads, everything is changing.

As a musician you will almost certainly lose part of your hearing, as he is slightly deaf, but he has no re-grets, although he does worry about the state of the industry.

neopolitan dreams – Lisa Mitchell

Photo: Don Webb

Urban CreaturesPhoto: Alex Kerr

Angry Anderson and Keith Sutherland Photo: Andrew Perryman

KEITH SUTHERLAND

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