NEWSLETTERS

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Got so discombobulated by having to talk to a proper journalist re FBi yesterday that I clean forgot to write Shithouse! Palmer last night was fun. Onwards!


Friday November the 24th ~

Immaculate perceptions rendered through glass, your senses and subtle speakers, as we sup upon the astounding new cocktail list Above The Clouds at Dean and Nancy on 22. Free from 9PM til 12.30AM.


Saturday November the 25th ~

Jack Off: nutritious radio au naturel between 3 & 5.

El Primo Sanchez: gratis Mexican & latin music from places past. A sundowner situation, 5.30 til 8.30.


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Storm-struck streets as we bring the summer heat...


Wednesday November the 15th ~

Swingin' at the Speakeasy, underfoot from 10 til 2.


Friday November the 17th ~

Get down and dirty in a space both secular and sacred as Sin City Soirée heats up for summer by returning to the main bar of the Hollywood.
Sham DJs keep the nimble on their toes and the seedy on their knees with a non-stop block of crock from 9 til 2. Join us on the floor. It's (a) free for all!


Saturday November the 18th ~

Jack Off proceeds at a stately pace between 3 and 5.
Then medical madness ensues at Lisa's private Party.

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Free sources of sound for thirsty ears everywhere.


Wednesday November the 1st ~

Can the can! Swingin' @ the Speakeasy from 10 til 1.


Friday November the 3rd ~

Wild and wooly weirdness at the Bob Hawke Beer and Leisure Centre between half 8 and half 11.


Saturday November the 4th ~

The Lemon Twigs were zesty on Jack Off last week, listen here. This weekend we've both Mick Harvey and Phill Calvert from The Birthday Party - joined by Ian White, the director of the feature length doco about said band of ratbags, Mutiny In Heaven. Mick's even gonna sing an old number live. Tune in to FBi from 3 til 5 for integral antipodean energy akimbo.

Afterwards ascend again to Dean and Nancy on 22, toasting good health with fine fare as fabled fandangos spin betwixt 9 and half-past midnight.

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Fluked a serendipitous trip to heavenly heights in Japan, literally bathing in beauty beyond the clouds - acutely aware of our good fortune and privilege during this benighted time upon the planet.

We are lucky to have gone - and are grateful to be home amongst the people and places we love, notwithstanding the dire politics playing out everywhere of late. Time to resume transmission of mixed music and messages so as to meet the moment.


Wednesday October the 25th ~

Smoke signals sometimes suggest subterranean audio activity, even at the site of our first stolen water source.

Swingin' at the Speakeasy emits historical cultural perspectives even as hope springs a leak. Hear it and be moved/moving. 10 til 2. Free to all comers.


Friday October the 27th ~

Sin City Soirée is a microcosm of the bittersweet and humble heart of love and community in Sydney, situated in the Doris Goddard Salon at the eternally iconic Hollywood Hotel in Slurry Hills.

Sham DJs (State Library speaker and photographer Liz Ham plus myself) conjure a convivial shimmy for all and sundry between 9 and 2, with entry always free.


Saturday October the 28th ~

After another sublime stint from Jonny Seymour in my absence last week, Saturday arvo returns to far more volatile territory from 3 til 5, as The Lemon Twigs join us for Jack Off live on FBi Radio.
Later I'll emerge atop the A by Adina in town to spin stunning sounds amongst the skyline at Dean and Nancy on 22 (Sham DJs just confirmed as their selectors for another NYE too). 9 til 12.30. Free!

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Fresh cheese and sordid songs on the precipice: a few final flings before fleeing this pitiful place.


Wednesday October the 11th ~

Bashing out the blues again for Swingin' at the Speakeasy from 10 til 1.30. All gigs free this week.


Friday October the 13th ~

Doubling down while redundant concepts of this country as essentially egalitarian teeter and topple on referendum referendum eve, at the Bob Hawke Beer and Leisure Centre between half 8 and half 11.


Saturday October the 14th ~

Broadcasting music from every emotional, spiritual and intellectual angle only to intersect at the same point/less speck that is Jack Off, from 3 til 5.
Preparing to transition into travel by playing our best hotel bar, Dean and Nancy on 22, between 9 and half past midnight.


Saturday October the 21st ~

Did you know that, for less than the price of a single combined tech+innovation/screen/gaming/music badge (basically a deluxe wristband that sells for $1895, whilst badges to individual streams go for $1295) to the heavily-sponsored inaugural Sydney SXSW, two people could fly to Japan via Virgin (even without the $900 Covid-era travel credit we used), trip out of Tokyo on trains to a tiny onsen - and be accommodated for four nights both there and in the capital? Me neither, but I discovered that this week. Admittedly we made our wayward plans in December last year, unaware that nationwide votes and international festivals would overlap.

I'm at peace with that choice but presently devastated at the escalation and perpetuation of political violence on this planet - invariably by male-run regimes rotten from within, sacrificing innocent lives to sideline opposition from voiceless majorities at home by saturating everyone in the fog of war, such that a desperation to simply keep loved ones alive is all that good people can conjure.
With the populace thus divided the machinery of war and exploitation marches on. Watch for more autocratic 'leaders' and states to initiate further abysmal manipulations under the cover of this chaos.

With so little time at liberty left you are best advised to attend to the loving signals transmitted by Jonny Seymour, as he hosts Jack Off in my stead next week (originally I was to be back for this program but flight times shifted a smidge and it is a bridge too far now, though I will be back in time to play Dean and Nancy again later that evening).
I love Jonny. I value you all enormously. I'm so sorry this world is falling apart around us. Please make the most of all we still share and take care xo

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Gotta (possibly literally) bail before the storms hit upriver so ulta-brief text and pics via Taralga.


Wednesday October the 4th ~

Tonight it's Swingin' at the Speakeasy: 10-2. Free.


Friday October the 6th ~

Back at the Hollywood to celebrate the COVID-delayed union of Kate and Luca, from 3.30 til 9.30.


Saturday October the 7th ~

Jack Off airs guest-free between 3 and 5 this week.
Afterwards it's up to Dean and Nancy on 22 to soundtrack the delayed-darkening of the city skyline with another free set between 9 and 12.30. Peas out!

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Force of nature, performer and art educator Rosie Rivette free-bleeding at home, as photographed by artist, teacher and deejay Liz Ham (the source of all our imagery this week).


Wednesday September the 27th ~

Having just spent a few days with these statuesque beauties in the bush I'll be full to the brim with birdsong to share during Swingin' at the Speakeasy tomorrow at Palmer & Co. 10PM til 1.30AM, after Mary Heart tears it up live starting at 7. Free!


Friday September the 29th ~

Reunite with mates, or mobilise independently to discover community in the heart of the big smoke, as Sin City Soirée reconvenes at the Hollywood Hotel for our monthly party. Liz and myself bedeck the Doris Goddard salon with transcendent tunes between 9 and 2. All welcome. Always free.


Saturday September the 30th ~

Come Saturday we're off to Dancing On the Tablelands so Jack Off will go to air via the stewardship of Jonny Seymour. Amazingly an invite extended to Kevin Morby much earlier this year has been accepted and this fine fellow will play for us from the studio directly after the broadcast begins at 3. Tune in!

If yr down south or keen to join us at Hugh Wennerbom's superb Taralga pub The Argyle Inn there's music to accompany the fab food all weekend. I'll spin late Saturday from 9 til 11. No charge!
May we all travel and listen with the acute ardour of another local force of nature Betty Grumble (pictured above, paying tribute to her mum Karmyn).

My love and respect to all of the inspiring individuals featured here this week. Every one is profoundly dedicated to their creative passions regardless of relative recompense. Live for love.

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A craggy caper sonically saluting the GOAT/s.


Wednesday September the 20th ~

Silver linings are found freely during Swingin' at the Speakeasy. I spin from 10 til close way late.


Friday September the 22nd ~

Songs from the living heart and original custodians (pre-custody) get aired with steadfast intent and passion every time I play the Bob Hawke Beer and Leisure Centre. 8.30 til 11.30. Also always free.


Saturday September the 23rd ~

Jack Off is the only program to have endured on Free Broadcast Incorporated from the very first week of the official birthday of the station 20 years ago.
Not only that, we pre-date that particular launch too, via years of programs in the test broadcasts that secured us the licence, all in the same timeslot we continue to serve the community from: 3 til 5 on Saturday arvos.

Currently various macro forces - from online algorhythmic impacts on radio as a medium, to chronic escalations in the cost of living - are conspiring to endanger our ability to maintain the place at all, let alone grow.
I've dedicated my (rather immature) adult life to the joint so I humbly beg you to dig deep, if you are able, to pledge support this Saturday.

All of the volunteers (and staff) also financially contribute, in the exact same way we annually request of our listeners - despite the obvious difficulty of doing so whilst giving up so much time, for no pay, in a city like Sydney today.

You can sign up online here but the best bet is to call 90306945 so that we can get more of an idea of what you care for and need out of our portal - and then profusely thank you directly (not to mention shower you with prizes). Leah Senior will also join us to chat and sing live!
Afterwards I'll again ascend to Dean and Nancy on 22, hopefully celebrating continuing to make something of a difference with yr always invaluable help. If you'd like to join me there to raise a toast swing by between 9 and half 12. It's free!

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Back from the dazzlingly brilliant Broken Heel festival in the far west, ready to c/rumble!


Wednesday September the 13th ~

Swingin' at the Speakeasy spreads its wings with music & movement: live from 7 then bedecked 10-2.


Friday September the 15th ~

More free sets play out on the weekend at the Bob Hawke Beer and Leisure Centre: 8.30 til 11.30PM.


Saturday September the 16th ~

Jack Off precedes my return to the brewery, as Newy upstarts Dust play in the studio between 3 and 5.
Thence it's back to Marrickville for a reprise bracket at the Bob Hawke Beer and Leisure Centre.

Hope to see you somewhere along the way!