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Itty-Bits of Bliss by Christine Tricarico will not only bring children joy and laughter,
but 50% of it’s proceeds will benefit Love Our Children USA loveourchildrenusa.org to help
them in their valiant efforts towards the prevention of child abuse and neglect.

In honor of April’s National Child Abuse Prevention Month – Itty-Bits of Bliss
hopes to bring more bliss into many children’s lives!
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‘Patricio Anabalon in Concert’
‘A Special BEMAC Concert by renowned visiting Chilean Trovador’

Patricio Anabalon belongs to the new generation of Chilean artists who were raised under the influence of the political and social changes that took place in South America during the 70s and the 80s. Patricio was born in Santiago, Chile, in 1975 and studied classical guitar and music composition with maestro Christian Vasquez and jazz guitarist Jorge Diaz.
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The 2006 Bush Poetry Championships are being held on the 4th, 5th & 6th of August at the Mareeba Heritage Centre.

Hosted by multi-award winning Bush Poets ‘Chris and The Grey’ with workshops, Bush Poets Breakfast, Dinner under the Stars and much more.

Cash and Prizes to be won!
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The Fire Stone was one of the quiet hits of this year’s National Folk Festival
where Tonchi and Andrew kept a Troc full of people enthralled for 90 minutes
straight. The show contains the Fire Stone story and a fair swag of other
Tonchi songs of town and country.

The Clarendon Hotel on Thursday 10 November,
Bookings: 02 4782 1322 or www.clarendonguesthouse.com.au/

Canberra at The Merry Muse in The Polish Club, with special support guest
artistes- John McAuslan (Scots singer) and David White,
on Friday 11 November

Gippsland on
Saturday Nov 12th. 8pm. “The Spring Trilogy of Music 2005″ presents
FIRESTONE with ANDREW HULL in Bungalook Studio, 252 Colquhuon Rd, Lakes
Entrance Tickets (Arts Network East Gippsland) 5153 1988.

Andrew Hull & Tonchi McIntosh
The Fire Stone

A glowing granite cross in a remote river township, a woman transplanted
from the soft green of Ireland to her husband’s fledgling township in
Australia, the dying days of the paddle steamer trade ­ these are just some
of the stories gathered and translated into song by Tonchi McIntosh and
Andrew Hull in their show The Fire Stone. An amazing true story of early
settler love and passion, intrigue and betrayal, death, endurance, bush
ingenuity and a huge polished granite Celtic cross, which, in a halo of
reflected sun dominates the old cemetery of the river side village of Louth.
Tonchi and Andrew, friends since primary school, decided to pool their
musical, writing and research skills in a trip up the Darling River,
stopping off in townships, properties and pubs along the way to collect
local stories they could work into poems and songs. Their first stop ­ and,
as it happened, their last ­ was the township of Louth. The story which they
slowly uncovered was totally compelling and resulted in the duo writing and
recording a ground breaking CD which was released as part of the NSW
government’s “Celebrate 2002, Outback NSW” program. The artists have since
performed the piece in clubs, hotels and festivals, and most recently to a
wonderful reception at the 2005 National Folk Festival in Canberra. The
sheer enthusiasm and obvious pride of these artists for their land and
heritage has been beautifully translated to this unique song and story
cycle, it’s an experience not to be missed.

Andrew Hull
Andrew is a highly respected poet and visual artist, based in Bourke in the
far west of New South Wales. His writing tells the stories of the region and
reflects the times and the people of not only the west but of all Australia.
His poetry has been published in the Sydney Morning Herald, the Daily
Telegraph and the Melbourne Age as well as many local and educational
publications. He has appeared twice on “Current Affair” (channel 9) and is
regularly invited to write and perform on and for ABC radio. He has written
and presented poetry for Her Majesty the Queen as well as Prime Minister
John Howard and then Opposition leader Simon Crean.
His recent collaborations include an internet published book of poetry and
bush recipes (Back of Bourke Tales, and How to Cook ‘em) and a “Year of the
Outback” funded songwriting project with respected musician, Tonchi Mcintosh
which has resulted in a cd release (Fire Stone) as well as many songs and
poetry from the Darling River region of New South Wales.

Tonchi McIntosh
Tonchi was born in England, grew up in Bourke NSW and has Mexican blood
running through his veins on his Mother’s side. He grew up on a dairy farm
alongside the local indigenous population and is now married into the
Murawari tribe, has three young children and resides in Melbourne.

He recorded his self-funded debut album ³Bridges² in Warrnambool Victoria in
2002, produced by Shane Howard. The album has received excellent critical
appraisal from reviewers and is played on radio stations in all eastern
states on National and Regional ABC. His song “River Country” from that
album has been selected by ABC publishing to be included in the “SING 2005″
school songbook.
His latest Album ‘Fire Stone’ (2003) is a collaboration with Bourke poet
Andrew Hull.

Spud Poets Award

$1000 prizemoney

The Lake School of Celtic Music Song and Dance is proud to announce
a new poetry award - The Spud Poets Award.
A prize of $1000 will be given to the best original poem, in the opinion of the judges, submitted of 300 words or less with a celtic connection.

The Award was inspired by a poem written by Mary Fiorini-Lowell in 2002 called the Humble Spud. Mary gave a performance of her The Humble Spud at the Lake School launch in Koroit, Vic on July 23 2005 when it was announced the entries are now open for the Award.
Entries close on October 31 2005.

The panel of judges lead by Martha McEvoy (from the Embassy of Ireland) and Jim Brown (President of the Victorian Bush Poets Society) will select 15 finalists to read their poem at the Spud Poets Award Night on Friday January 6 2006. The Award night will be held as part of the annual Lake School and staged at the Commercial Hotel in Koroit. While the judges are considering the award winner, a concert of Songs of the Poets will be performed by renown singers Maria Forde, Vince Brophy and recently inducted Legend of the Lake - Dennis O’Keeffe.

Applications for the Spud Poets Award can be found on the Bushwahzee Bush band website - bushwahzee.alphalink.com.au

Enquiries about the award can be emailed to Felix Meagher
bwz@alphalink.com.au or posted to PO Box 22 Mitcham 3132

The Lake School of Celtic Music Song and Dance is staged annually by
the Koroit Community Association Inc January 3-8 2006

The Spud Poets Award is made possible by sponsorship from
Bushwahzee Bush Band

Attention Sydney folks!

This coming Thursday, September 1st, at 8pm, we feature a group who are starting to make a name for themselves - The Jim Stubbs Backing Band. They have been impressing a lot of people lately, at places such as St Albans Folk Festival and at the Loaded Dog Mini Festival. They produce a warm folk blues sound incorporating acoustic blues, Irish, gospel and old timey country music. The members of the band are Jim Stubbs, a fine blues and folk harmonica player; Steve MacDonald, a highly experienced guitarist and mandolin player from the Illawarra; Matt Foster, a veteran of many bands in the US and Australia, playing guitar and percussion; and Kellie Stubbs, who is developing a rich blues sound to add to her folk singing repertoire. You are in for a wonderful musical experience with this group, so don’t miss them!

North By Northwest Poetry and Folk Club meets in The Cornucopia Cafe, and is one of the best acoustic venues in Sydney. There will be refreshments for sale and BYO’s are welcome. Entry is $12/$10.

Enquiries - Jenny/John 9559 3658 (h) / 0414 903 259 (m), jdcarter@iinet.net.au , Tony 9858 7882 (w) / 0409 784 689 (m). See you there!

How to get there:
The Cornucopia is in the grounds of the Old Gladesville Hospital, corner of Victoria Rd and Punt Rd Gladesville. Assuming you are coming by car, if you are coming from the city end over Gladesville Bridge, it is on the left, and is a few blocks before the Gladesville shops. Turn left into Punt Rd. If you are coming from the other end, you turn right into Punt Rd. There is a set of lights and a right hand turning bay there. There is a police station on the corner. Go to the end of Punt Rd, and just before Banjo Patterson cottage, there is a gate on your left. Turn into the grounds there, and then take your first turn left again up towards Victoria Rd. When you come to a fork in the road, take the left fork, still heading up towards Victoria Rd, and turn left at the top, near the fence. Building is a two-storey stone building on your left, with the sign “Cornucopia Coffee Shop”. You can actually see it from Victoria Rd. There is parking in various places near the building. On the other hand, if you’re coming by bus, the 500/501 bus stops nearby out in Victoria Rd, and you can walk in from there.

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Review of August concert with Tony Eardley and Ecopella
A small but perfectly formed audience attended our August concert featuring Tony Eardley and Ecopella. The night started off with some floorspots. John Warner’s spot included his hilarious tale “The Briggs and Stratton Pump”, and “Touch the Children” - one of his songs from his new presentation “Sandpit Picket” which he later performed very successfully at Almost Acoustic the next week. There were also some lovely guitar tunes from David Spira.

For Tony Eardley’s performance, the atmosphere was friendly and intimate, as our small select group gathered closer. He opened with the tuneful “Finisterre”, by Ian Telford, introduced us to a thought provoking new song “Before the City Wakes”, and changed to bazouki for his song “Footsteps on an Empty Road”, and “See it Come Down”. My favourite one was a self-composition I’ve not heard before - “Water from the Well”, which is about rediscovering the music inside which might not have been tapped for some time, but “When the music’s flowing, it’s like water from a well”.

After the break, I sang “Green fields of Canada”, then it was Ecopella’s turn. Wonderfully polished as usual, they started with Leon Rosselson’s “Across the Hills”. They did a lovely rendition of one of Tony’s songs “Come away with me”, a song which was originially intended as a love song, but which evolved into a song about the environment. Other highlights included “Everything Goes”, a new twist on the old Cole Porter song, “Restless”, an amazing product of the songwriting skill of Miguel Heatwole, “The People are scratching” by Pete Seeger, and one of my favourites, the beautiful “Fragile” by Sting. Pity if you missed this night - it was a good one!

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Box Office ph: 9486 1677
open 12 - 8pm Monday - Friday
Tickets at the NSC box office at 301 High St, Northcote or online from www.northcotesocialclub.com
Doors 9.30 Supports from 9.45 Headline acts from 10.45
All shows smoke free!

GIGS THIS WEEK

Wed 10 August DOWNSYDE with James De La Cruz

Thursday 11 August TRIPOD - “POD AUGUST NIGHTS”

Fri 12 August BLUEBOTTLE KISS with Matt Handley & The Dagger Stares

Sat 13 August 67 SPECIAL with The Specimens + Ben Birchall

Sun 14 August MATTHEW feat. PINKY BEECROFT (MGF) with Gus & Frank

ANNOUNCEMENTS
Please Note ***MARTHA WAINWRIGHT (USA) - SOLD OUT!***
Sat 27 August
There are still tickets available for the ’smoke free’ Martha Wainwright show at the Corner Hotel on Wed 7 September.
Call the Corner box office on 03 9427 9198 or www.cornerhotel.com for details.

CHRIS BAILEY (THE SAINTS) with special guest
Thu 1 Sept
Chris Bailey is returning to Australia for the Queensland Poetry festival to be held in Brisbane at the Judith Wright Centre of Contemporary Arts and heads to Melbourne for this exclusive solo show.
$18+bf
Tickets from NSC box office (301 High St, Northcote), Ph: 94861677 and online via
www.northcotesocialclub.com
www.saintsmusic.com/newspage.html

GASLIGHT RADIO with special guest
Fri 2 Sept
More details soon
$10+bf
Tickets from NSC box office (301 High St, Northcote), Ph: 94861677 and online via
www.northcotesocialclub.com
www.gaslightradio.com

THE GIG GUIDE

DOWNSYDE (WA) with James De la Cruz
Wed 10 Aug
Since releasing their ‘Land of the Giants’ LP in March 2003, WA hip hop crew Downsyde have taken some giant steps; racking up loads of radio play and album sales and playing major events such as Falls Festival, St Kilda Festival, Homebake, Splendour in the Grass and the national Big Day Out tour.
$15+bf
Tickets from NSC box office (301 High St, Northcote), Ph: 94861677 and online via www.northcotesocialclub.com
www.downsyde.com.au

BLUEBOTTLE KISS (NSW) with Matt Handley & the Dagger Stares and Karl Larsson (Sweden – Last Days Of April)
Fri 12 August
‘A Little Bit Of Light’ is the first single from Bluebottle Kiss’ upcoming album ‘Doubt Seeds’ (due February 06). Two years after the release of their last album and a seemingly endless run of dates throughout the US, UK and Europe, Bluebottle Kiss are back for their first proper Australian tour since last year.
$12+bf
Tickets from NSC box office (301 High St, Northcote), Ph: 94861677 and online via www.northcotesocialclub.com
www.bluebottlekiss.com

67 SPECIAL with The Specimens and Ben Birchall
Sat 13 August
Local rock n roll band 67 Special was one of the highlights of last year’s Meredith festival and also recently supported Stereophonics. Their debut album comes out August 1st.
$12+bf
Tickets from NSC box office (301 High St, Northcote), Ph: 94861677 and online via www.northcotesocialclub.com
www.67special.com

MATTHEW (featuring Pinky Beecroft from Machine Gun Fellatio) with Gus and Frank
Sun 14 August
This is the debut Melbourne show for the new band for Machine Gun Fellatio’s Pinky Beecroft. With ex-members of indie popsters Field Day on board, Beecroft describes the new outfit as a rockin’ little four-piece.
$8+bf
Tickets from NSC box office (301 High St, Northcote), Ph: 94861677 and online via www.northcotesocialclub.com
www.machinegunfellatio.com

THE DARLING DOWNS album launch with special guest
Wed 17 Aug
Darling Downs is a new project for Kim Salmon (ex Scientists, Surrealists, Beasts Of Bourbon and more) and Ron Peno (singer from Died Pretty). They release their debut album ‘How Can I Forget This Heart Of Mine’ in August.
$12+bf
Tickets from NSC box office (301 High St, Northcote), Ph: 94861677 and online via www.northcotesocialclub.com

DAN KELLY AND THE ALPHA MALES with Ninetynine
Fri 19 August
Dan Kelly takes a break from working on his new album (now due early 2006) to play this rare Melbourne headline show.
$10+bf – selling fast!

Tickets from NSC box office (301 High St, Northcote), Ph: 94861677 and online via www.northcotesocialclub.com
www.dankelly.com.au

BUTTERFINGERS (QLD) with special guests Bluejuice (Sat) and Offcutts (Sun)
Sat 20 and Sun 21 August
Butterfingers return to Melbourne to launch their new single ‘Figjam’ - a tempting little preview of their new album, the highly anticipated follow up to ‘Breakfast At Fatboys’.
$15+bf
Tickets from NSC box office (301 High St, Northcote), Ph: 94861677 and online via www.northcotesocialclub.com
www.butterfingers.info

NEW BUFFALO with HOLLY THROSBY
Wed 24 August
Following on from the 2004 release of her debut album ‘The Last Beautiful Day’, Sally Seltman AKA New Buffalo is about to release a self titled EP in late July. The New Buffalo live band features Rae Howell on trumpet and vibes and John Lee (Mountains In The Sky) on samples, beats and guitar.
$15+bf
Tickets from NSC box office (301 High St, Northcote), Ph: 94861677 and online via www.northcotesocialclub.com
www.remotecontrolrecords.com.au

MARTHA WAINWRIGHT (USA) with Josh Ritter
Sat 27 August
Martha Wainwright returns to Australia following her visit here with family members earlier in the year for the Leonard Cohen tribute at the Sydney festival. Her self-titled debut album is out now.
Sold out – tickets still available for the Corner show (Wed 7th Sept)
www.marthawainwright.com

GABRIEL SAGE cd launch with special guest
Sun 28 Aug
Gabriel Sage launches her brand new CD ‘Hymn’. In September she will head to the US to tour the country.
$8+bf
Tickets from NSC box office (301 High St, Northcote), Ph: 94861677 and online via www.northcotesocialclub.com
www.gabrielsage.com

THE ORIGINAL ANGELS BAND with Phil Para
Wed 31 August
The Original Angels Band are John Brewster, Chris Bailey, Buzz Bidstrup and Rick Brewster and together they perform the songs that made The Angels an Australian music icon in the 70’s & 80’s with classics like ‘Take a Long Line’, ‘Shadowboxer’, ‘Marseilles’, ‘Face The Day’ ‘Comin Down On Me’, ‘After the Rain’, ‘Mr Damage’, ‘No Exit’, ‘No Secrets’ and ‘Am I Ever Gonna See Your Face Again’.
$23+bf
Tickets from NSC box office (301 High St, Northcote), Ph: 94861677 and online via www.northcotesocialclub.com
www.theangelsband.net/

CHRIS BAILEY (THE SAINTS) with special guest
Thu 1 Sept
Chris Bailey is returning to Australia for the Queensland Poetry festival to be held in Brisbane at the Judith Wright Centre of Contemporary Arts and heads to Melbourne for this exclusive solo show.
$18+bf
Tickets from NSC box office (301 High St, Northcote), Ph: 94861677 and online via
www.northcotesocialclub.com
www.saintsmusic.com/newspage.html

GASLIGHT RADIO with special guest

Fri 2 Sept
More details soon
$10+bf
Tickets from NSC box office (301 High St, Northcote), Ph: 94861677 and online via
www.northcotesocialclub.com
www.gaslightradio.com

SOPHIE KOH cd launch with The Guild League
Sat 3 Sept
Sophie Koh launches her debut album ‘All The Pretty Boys’. It features the much-aired singles ‘Anywhere’ and ‘Easily Broken’, it is out now through Infidelity Recordings/Shock. Sophie has been described as “act to watch in 2005″, and in the past year has played with acts such as The Go-Betweens, Betchadupa, Pete Murray, Alex Lloyd, Paul Dempsey, Ember Swift and Mick Thomas.
$10+bf
Tickets from NSC box office (301 High St, Northcote), Ph: 94861677 and online via www.northcotesocialclub.com
www.sophiekoh.com

SNARSKI v SNARSKI – two sets
Sun 4 Sept
Brothers Rob Snarski (of Blackeyed Susans) and Mark Snarski (of The Jackson Code) will perform a set of each of their own tunes as well as collaborating at the end of the show.
$12+bf
Tickets from NSC box office (301 High St, Northcote), Ph: 94861677 and online via www.northcotesocialclub.com
www.blackeyedsusans.com.au

GLENN TILBROOK (UK) with special guest
Mon 5 Sept
Glenn Tilbrook is a regular visitor to Australia and is best known for his work in classic new wave UK band Squeeze and their hits ‘Pulling Mussels (From the Shell)’, ‘Tempted’, ‘Black Coffee in Bed’ and ‘Cool for Cats’.
$28+bf
Tickets from NSC box office (301 High St, Northcote), Ph: 94861677 and online via www.northcotesocialclub.com
www.glenntilbrook.com

THE NECKS – two sets
Tues 6 and Wed 7 Sept
Legendary improv Jazz trio The Necks return to Melbourne to follow up their sold out pipe organ performance earlier this year at the Town Hall.
$25+bf
Tickets from NSC box office (301 High St, Northcote), Ph: 94861677 and online via www.northcotesocialclub.com
www.thenecks.com

SPOON (USA) with Ground Components
Thu 8 Sept
US band Spoon have just released their fifth album, ‘Gimme Fiction’ The album continues Spoon’s exacting approach to intelligent pop and is their most successful album to date. Gimme Fiction is now also the most successful ever album for the Merge label clocking in at over 58,000 sales in just six weeks.
$34+bf – selling fast!
Tickets from NSC box office (301 High St, Northcote), Ph: 94861677 and online via www.northcotesocialclub.com
www.spoontheband.com

TAMBALANE (NSW) album launch with British India
Fri 9 Sept
Fresh from gigging across Australia with End Of Fashion, Tambalane are about take their fusion of funk rock grooves and classic melodies around the country on their first ever headlining national tour. What began as a song writing project for Silverchair’s Ben Gillies and troubadour Wesley Carr, has now been forged into a cohesive live band. The debut album, ‘Tambalane’ will be released on 21 August through MGM Distribution.
$15+bf
Tickets from NSC box office (301 High St, Northcote), Ph: 94861677 and online via www.northcotesocialclub.com
www.tambalane.com

MACHINE TRANSLATIONS EP launch with special guest
Sat 10 Sept
Machine Translations return to the fore in September with a new single, ‘China Girl’. This show is part of a national tour, the first for the band since they were invited to tour nationally with PJ Harvey late last year.
$12+bf
Tickets from NSC box office (301 High St, Northcote), Ph: 94861677 and online via www.northcotesocialclub.com
www.machinetranslations.com

THE MOUNTAIN GOATS (USA) with SCOUT NIBLETT (UK)
Sun 11 Sept

John Darnielle AKA The Mountain Goats returns for his second Australian tour. His new album, ‘The Sunset Tree’ features Triple J favourite ‘Dance Music’ and new single ‘This Year’.
$33+bf – selling fast
Tickets from NSC box office (301 High St, Northcote), Ph: 94861677 and online via www.northcotesocialclub.com
www.mountain-goats.com

MARK SEYMOUR with special guest
Fri 16 Sept
Former Hunters and Collectors front man Mark Seymour recently released an acoustic album as part of the Liberation Blue series. He re-recorded classics such as ‘The Slab’,’ When The River Runs Dry’ and more. His recent tour with James Reyne sold out 3 nights at the Corner.
$25+bf
Tickets from NSC box office (301 High St, Northcote), Ph: 94861677 and online via www.northcotesocialclub.com
www.markseymour.com.au

MICHELLE SHOCKED (USA) with special guest
Sun 18 Sept
Much loved folk singer Michelle Shocked returns to Australia to promote her new recording project ‘Threesome’ – the simultaneous release of three new albums ‘Don’t Ask Don’t Tell’, ‘Got No Strings’ and ‘Mexican Standoff’ out late June in Australia.
$50+bf
Tickets from NSC box office (301 High St, Northcote), Ph: 94861677 and online via www.northcotesocialclub.com
www.michelleshocked.com

Northcote Social Club
301 High St Northcote VIC 3070
ph: 9489 3917
www.northcotesocialclub.com