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More from the vault…

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1-0c4lgvpb4[/youtube] 5 years before Boy George… [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ct9aBySJkRQ[/youtube] I think at least 3 of the NY Dolls are now deceased [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pL4e7mWrTCc[/youtube] Doctors of Madness – one of the overlooked bridges between glam & punk [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=974DvCkUtEQ[/youtube] I guess Jim Skafish remains outside, and it isn’t just his nose, either

Forgotten Local Gems

   [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U5SXucIJhFg[/youtube] Models – Two Cabs To The Toucan, et al I think it’s the whole Cut Lunch video, actually. Love the homemade quality, and the scenes in the pub, as well as the old Cortinas etc in the car yard   [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2nJuoyu4lC0[/youtube] Tactics – Second Language From Canberra originally, I think. They used to […]

Late night tunes: Island style

For post surfing chill-down tunes, I think a little bit of Hawaiian slack key guitar goes down a treat… Here’s a number performed in true aloha spirit by the great Ledward Kaapana and slide guitar maestro Bob Brozman . [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uLuFjK0BWs8[/youtube] Gonna keep the mellow mood happening with this next standard, “Grandfather’s clock” a as played […]

Late night tunes: Blind Willie Johnson edition

I was checking out the very excellent thread on our forums called What are you listening to today? and I saw Lucky Al’s briefest of posts extolling Blind Willie Johnson… So I went off to have a look-see, an’ heresa whut ah found fo’ y’all… Dark was the night, cold was the ground… [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BNj2BXW852g[/youtube] Trouble […]

LNT: Seasick Steve

You know how it is. You’ve seen a name someplace and somehow it’s associated in your mind with “good”. Somewhere along the way I’d heard about this guy called Seasick Steve, so when I heard he was playing in Sydney, I checked youtube to see if I could find any of his clips. There are […]

LNT: Adrian Belew, Frank Zappa

Read a reveiw in the Herald about a Adrian Belew gig at the Basement. Had never heard of him (cringe) so went looking for some clips. Here are a couple I liked… First, a great cover of Bowie’s We can be heros with Martha Wainwright sharing vocals [youtube]http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=eO4Sok-_JIs[/youtube] Most of the clips I found had […]

LNT: Rock n’ roll No.1’s

According to our poll on your favourite music genres, the hands down winner is Rock n’ roll. I’d dearly love to know what the RealSurf audience’s all time top tunes are, but since I haven’t polled on that question, I thought it might be worth looking at what could be found in the way of […]

LNT: The Goat’s special mixture

We asked the Goat (aka Roger) to come up with a list of a few tunes he likes and whadya know, they’re as eclectic and wide-ranging as his good self. The first tune he sent me was Liza Minelli’s showstopper Life is a cabaret, from the famous Bob Fosse movie. Check it out and remind […]

Late night tunes – number 1

I can’t claim this as an original idea. One of my favourite political blogs (Daily Kos) has been posting great music vids late at night for years (although not lately because the American elections are at fever pitch and it is a political site after all). So anyway, a great idea is a great idea […]