Dire disparity with disturbing regularity.

Free fare, for those not there.



Wednesday October the 9th ~

Ancient audio artefacts at Palmer & Co from 9 til 2.


Friday October the 11th ~

Sham DJs summer shindig Shiny Shiny opens at the Hollywood Hotel. Hot Flush DJ and myself are set to spin dazzling daylight-saving dirges for fun-bakers and big-dippers on the 2nd Friday of each month.


Saturday October the 12th ~

You can actually see Alter Boy broadcasting silence last week on Jack Off via this video of Luke's live Auslan verse - a brilliant idea typically rejected by every other radio station the band pitched it to for years. This weekend our dogged musical mine digs deeper still - alert, honest and alone from 3 til 5.
Afterwards I'll scan the skyline from beside the bar between 9 and 12.30 at Dean and Nancy on 22, marvelling at the lack of drones and missiles, stunned to see such tall buildings standing still.

How did we get here?

Ragged radio/DJ runnings, across the Sydney Basin...


Wednesday October the 2nd ~

Powder my toes at Palmer & Co, from 10 til 2.


Friday October the 4th ~

Old bulbs of flood-damaged vinyl bloom at the Bob Hawke Beer and Leisure Centre between 8.30 & 11.30.


Saturday October the 5th ~

If I somehow wrangle the entire prospective retinue (with Hurray For The Riff Raff likely and Alter Boy confirmed) I'll be akin to this mama duck, with 7 ducklings under her belly, this week on Jack Off.

It follows a staggering show of world premieres and best-live-sound-yet (courtesy of Tongue Dissolver and audio mixing genius Henry Brister), all of which we realised amidst the chaos of an annual supporter drive (unfortunately held during a flop of a Grand Final that cruelled our efforts somewhat).
Afterwards I will again bask in the civilised solace of Dean and Nancy on 22, spinning an escalating cascade of global audio gold from 9 til 12.30.


Sunday October the 7th ~

Towards the end of Glitta and Juan's sensational celebration of vibrant regional diversity, the Coastal Twist Festival (climaxing with a Coastie Carnie Fair Day full of family fun, music and performance just behind Umina Beach) I'll be playing a thoughtful/sentimental set of cinematic sound in the Umina Surf Lifesaving Club from 5, warming up for the Queerscreen Short Shorts screenings unfolding after 8. Whatever you can glimpse or glance that day will be utterly fab for shore...

Free pop hits and pink bits for posterior posterity.


Wednesday September the 25th ~

Mine yr own bizniz at Palmer & Co between 10 and 2.


Thursday September the 26th ~

Take a tidy twirl at Wink & Spin from 6 til 10.


Friday September the 27th ~

Doll up for Sham DJs at Pleasure Club 'twixt 8 & 11.


Saturday September the 28th ~

Eat dirt with Tongue Dissolver on Jack Off. 3 til 5.

Listen back to Lo Carmen and The Great Beyond here.

Contribute to the supporter drive if you care to/o.

Ascend later to Dean and Nancy on 22. 12.30, from 9.

Free on-tree expeditions to satiate sonic sapiens.


Thursday September the 19th ~

Late night / early morn. Palmer & Co. 10 til 2.


Saturday September the 21st ~

Jack Off with Lo Carmen live between 3 and 5.
Then scale the heights of Australia's Best Hotel Bar at Dean and Nancy on 22, from 9 til 12.30.

Timeless greatness atop a crock of rock.


Wednesday September the 11th ~

We're home from the sublime finale of Broken Heel Festival, after some surreal explorations on the Slag Heap and far beyond. I'm ready now for this week of escalating insanity, all of which is free.
It begins this evening at Palmer & Co. 10 til 1.30.


Friday September the 13th ~

Pack yr pipe and smoke on over to El Primo Sanchez in Paddo as the weekend begins, ready to feast on Mexican food and drink before shaking it all off on their psychedelic dancefloor. This is my first late set in the venue and it will unfold between 9 and 2.


Saturday September the 14th ~

Jack Off operates on the smell of an oily rag and will light up any last synapses illuminating where the hell we go from here, from 3 til 5 on FBi Radio.
Thence things get loud and late, via Newtown's Pleasure Club, a place almost as strange as the old Taxi in Darlo - just newer and sadly compelled to close before sunrise. My debut bracket at this demented dive bar begins at midnight, finishes at 4.

Crumbling George Town concrete to the corrugated iron of Broken Hill, a strange Spring wandering.


Wednesday September the 4th ~

I've only a single Sydney gig this week, my usual caffeine-fuelled late-night lark at Palmer & Co between 10pm and about 1.30am. It's always free.


Friday September the 6th ~

Then, about two hours after I hit the hay, it'll be time to rise and slime over to Central Station to rendezvous with the utter reprobates catching the Silver Stiletto train to Broken Hill for the final Broken Heel Festival.

This is my third consecutive pilgrimage west - but my first via this cosmic, performance-saturated, 14-hour-long train ride. I'm both honoured to be playing again - and gutted that the festival wraps up here, on the 30th anniversary of the release of The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert.
That said, the Sistine Chapel of Australian pubs, The Palace, has revolutionary renos planned - and the local licensee and custodian of culture Esther could probably do with a wee break too frankly.

Before we realised 2024 was to be the ultimate festival, Liz Ham and I had been doggedly pushing for a comprehensive capturing of the legacy of this radical regional testament to our queer country. Thankfully Liz's photos of this year's shenanigans will later be published in Australian Geographic, alongside the inimitable written record/s of local ratbag Jack Marx.

We're all-in. I'll start spinning from the Priscilla bus from 6 til 9 (before Marcia Hines) for the Friday Frock On or Frock Off. If yr gonna be out back partying, come say g'day!


Saturday September the 7th ~

Back in the Big Smoke Jonny Seymour will be hosting Jack Off on FBi between 3 and 5. I'll try to call in with word from the wilds before backing up at Broken Heel, kicking off the post-Silverton Saturday Night Shindig from the bus beside the pub at 6.


Sunday September the 8th ~

My musical finale for Broken Heel will be the Bloody Mary Moo Moo Morning, from 9am inside the pub - before the hordes head to Silverton, where everyone from The Huxleys to Dandrogyny and Sexy Galexy will be carrying on like flamin' galahs! Wish us (p)luck!

Musical destinations alongside Malaysian mementos...


Wednesday August the 28th ~

Palmer & Co hides down below the lane. 10 til 1.30


Thursday August the 29th ~

Glorious Wink & Spin at Link & Pin again. 6 til 10


Friday August the 30th ~

Atop the shops for Dean and Nancy on 22. 9 til 12.30


Saturday August the 31st ~

Schmancy FBi radio relays Jack Off. 3 til 5 forever
Ground floor rock socks at Maybe Sammy. 6 til 9
High level hospo within Dean and Nancy on 22 from 9

Audible airships convey us home to play for u again


Thursday August the 22nd ~

Hidden nooks like Palmer await. 6 til 8.30.


Saturday August the 24th ~

Relax and Jack Off on FBi between 3 and 5

Then kick back at the Bob Hawke Beer and Leisure Centre for a Sham DJs vinyl set, 8.30 til 11.30
These things are surprisingly free. Praise be

Following the recent death of Liz's gentle, talented, humble and lovely father David (whose artwork is above), we are thankful to be uniting for our finale at the Hollywood this week, then departing for a brief but long-planned holiday. The following opportunities to listen and move are free.


Wednesday August the 7th ~

Timeless elegance at Palmer & Co (after the ACO/SDC Bach and Pärt), between 10 and approximately 1.30.


Friday August the 9th ~

The final Sin City Soirée with Sham DJs (Liz Ham et moi) at the Hotel Hollywood, from 8 til way late.

In the many years I've maintained some form of residency at this iconic pub, under multiple owners from founding matriarch Doris Goddard on, I've attempted to honour its unique blend of enduring egality, conviviality and community. I've spun to both packed debauched dancefloors and spare smatterings of lockdown and covid survivors.

For the last few years I've had the perfect pleasure of playing together with Liz, the love of my life (and author of all Sin City artwork) too. These evenings galvanised a lot for us and our nearest and dearest - but since late last year it has proven difficult to maintain a monthly rhythm at the Hollywood due to various external changes at play.

We tried our best to roll with it and stay true to the old girl but we wanna revive a regular pattern, maybe closer to home in the Inner West (to perhaps dance even closer to dawn). For now we just wanna go out from our signature Slurry stable with a sensory overload of sublime singularity one more time. Make a date to get down and dirty with us all night long - and take a licking before we kick on! 


Saturday August the 10th ~

After paying tribute to Martin Phillips of The Chills last week by reprising the beautifully humane and humorous chat we shared re matters mortal on Jack Off back in 2019 (listen to that conversation and his solo versions of Pink Frost and Deep Belief) this weekend will be see the restoration of real-time radio between 3 and 5, my final official duty before flying away wide-eyed into the clouds.


Saturday August the 17th ~

Upon return I'm immediately back into the thick of it, hosting my old compadre Dan Kelly live on Jack Off mere hours after landing, before spinning out at Maybe Sammy from 6, then rejoining the jet-set at Dean and Nancy on 22 between 9 and 12.30.

Dear friends, I cannot tell you how grateful I am to move freely and with good health amongst you. I'm acutely aware of how fortunate I am to lead a life overflowing with family, community, culture, nature and love. Thank you so much for indulging this weekly missive and indeed for forgiving me my frailties. I sincerely wish you all the best, always

Free sonic swells traverse stormy winter seas...


Wednesday July the 31st ~

Below at Palmer & Co ~ from 10 til 1.30 in the morn


Friday August the 2nd ~

Grounded in the Bob Hawke Beer and Leisure Centre, spinning sevens between half 8 and half 11


Saturday August the 3rd ~

After the extraordinary experience of spending almost an hour hearing from Richard Tognetti (and his violin) last week ~ listen back here ~ Jack Off resumes uninterrupted music (alone), from 3 til 5
Thence, street-side at Maybe Sammy betwixt 6 and 9, before elevating Dean and Nancy on 22, 9 til 12.30