12/02/2025
Weirdness ahead - possibly brought on by pumpkin spice overdose. You be the judge, on KKRN 88.5FM Wednesday at 1PM, Saturday at 3PM, and streaming right about now at KKRN.org.
Show 148
Dodgy Train - Adrian Kosky, it was on his album The High Side of the Low End, a 2006 release. Before taking up the guitar, Kosky was renowned as a player of the mountain dulcimer. He splits his time between western Victoria in Australia and Clarksdale, Mississippi.
Hard Travellin' Newell Highway Blues - Andy Baylor, from his 2012 album Down Where The Banksias Grow.
Mothers Not Feeling Herself Today - Suzannah Espie, the title track of her 2015 album.
My Canary Has Circles Under His Eyes - Captain Matchbox Whoopie Band, from their 1973 album Smoke Dreams. The song dates back to 1931.
Baked Beans - Mother Goose, from their 1977 debut album, Stuffed. Mother Goose started in New Zealand, moved to Australia, and were so successful they often had up-and-coming future headliners such as the Angels and Men At Work opening their shows. They moved to the US in 1978 and spent a year trying to make it there, before returning home Down Under.
Dark Was The Night - Brendan Gallagher, from his album Wine Island, a 2013 release. Along with making his own records, Gallagher is an in-demand record producer, session musician, and works with his band Karma County.
Walking In the Rain - Flash and the Pan, written, produced and performed by George Young and Harry Vanda, of Easybeats fame. It was on their self-titled 1978 debut album. Grace Jones had a hit with it in 1981.
Evil Eye - Joe Camilleri and his band the Black Sorrows from their album The Way We Do Business, a 2024 release.
And I'm Blue - Ariel, a band from Melbourne, not the little mermaid, the song was on their 1973 album A Strange Fantastic Dream. Ariel was led by the prolific Mike Rudd and Bill Putt and featured Tim Gaze on guitar, from the band Tamam Shud.
Now for a word from Holden cars, from 1966 - and if you're in the market for a new Holden, sorry, they stopped making cars in 2017.
Ambergris - King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard, from their 2022 album Omnium Gatherum. A band called Died Pretty had a song with the same title in 1985 – this is a different song.
We love it live
Antenna - the Church, in concert in 2011 in Sydney. The song originally appeared on their 1988 album Starfish, which they played in its entirety for this show.
Play With Fire - Tex, Don and Charlie (Tex Perkins, Don Walker and Charlie Owen) from their 1995 album Monday Morning Coming Down. The Rolling Stones originally released it as the B-side to the single The Last Time and in 1965 it made it onto their album Out of Our Heads.
Less live but still real
Love's Not Good Enough - Skyhooks, one of the great Aussie 1970s groups, the song was on their 1975 album, Ego Is Not A Dirty Word.
Dom Mariani and the Majestic Kelp starts us off, moves us along, and tells us when we're done.
