Rusty - Sunshine Satire Volume One

In the days when Chryslers ruled the roads and shows like Kingswood Country proudly represented Australian television in the 1980s, releases such as these seemed to popped up on cassette tapes for the Voxson deck.

If anything, Rusty's Sunshine Satire Volume One is a postcard of Australian larrikinism at its most pathetically primal.

Backed by the Ayers Rockettes which once featured Keith Urban who is in fact rumoured to be on this recording, Rusty belts out a half-dozen risqué tunes that follow a line of humour as noticably seen by the likes of Rodney Rude and Kevin Bloody Wilson.

Tracks...

1. Goodbye Joh
2. Ain't No Fun in Darwin
3. Whatever Happened To Malcolm?

4. Dingo's Got My Baby
5. On Strike ....Again
6. Dolly Parton's Tits

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1. ELMER BERNSTEIN - frankie machine
2. THE WILD CHERRIES - krome plated yabby
3. RICHARD HARRIS - a tramp shining
4. WIZZARD - ball park incident
5. BLACK SABBATH - never say die!
6. HAL BLAINE - topsy '65
7. PHIL MANZANERA - technicolour UFO
8. THE RED KRAYOLA - save the house
9. JOHN LEE HOOKER - big legs, tight skirt
10. THE ZEROS - wild weekend
11. BIG YOUTH - screaming target
12. PERE UBU - non-alignment pact
13. BEST COAST - sun was high (so was i)
14. PVC2 - put you in the picture
15. JACK PALANCE - the meanest guy that ever lived
16. THE QUICK - it won't be long
17. BLACK TAMBOURINE - throw aggi off the bridge
18. GUIDED BY VOICES - indian was an angel
19. BOBBY BEAUSOLEIL - lucifer rising part IV
20. BLUE ORCHIDS - bad education
21. THE FALL - stay away (old white train)
22. PETER JEFFERIES - world in a blanket
23. CULT FIGURES - zip nolan
24. THE KINKS - this time tomorrow
25. RONNIE SPECTOR - tandoori chicken

The scanner bulb gave up the ghost after many years of hearty service, so we're going to have to endure a format change for the time being.

There's a lot of weird and wonderful articles and mixes in my drafts folder that's been accumulating in the past few years, so hopefully 2011 is the year they'll all come out for all and sundry.

Meanwhile, I hope you find something new and interesting in this month's monthly.

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November Mix CDR

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October Mix CDR

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Fuck the White Race

This compilation represents a certain time (1994) and place in Brisbane post-punk's collective cannon. If anything, it's an interesting curio of bands whose tracks don't wholly represent what their music is about. Nonetheless, it exists and that's what's important.

Adjusting things a little from the Brisbane music axis is Venom P Stinger, and even though this group's inclusion is a somewhat puzzling, their live track is a welcome addition. Likewise with fellow Melbournians Thou Gideon...

This (only) CD release from the MALIGNANT label offers some its stable acts - namely Noose, Strontium Dog, Mr Bastard, Grubbage, Slow Loris, Queer and Not From There.

Fuck the White Race also includes the rare mid-period Small World Experience, with an early version of Rounding the Bend featuring Gail Hargreaves on drums. Also representing the SPILL label is the Gatekeepers, with an alternate version of Silence - incorrectly tracked as Waterlogged.

Sadly, MALIGNANT's Monty Blomfield passed away not long after the release of this compilation and his family unjustly destroyed everything to do with the label's back catalogue - including this.

The Malignant Discography in brief...

v/a BURNING THE SUN cassette
THE INVISIBLE EMPIRE - An Unnatural Act cassette
STRONTIUM DOG - The Strontium Dog is Dead cassette
STRONTIUM DOG/NOOSE - Strawberry Rice Cake Man/Down 7"
QUEER - Queer vs Dead C 7" EP
STONTIUM DOG - Another Noise in a Different Kitchen cassette
NOT FROM THERE - Valid to 06/95 CD
SLOW LORIS - Strip Mining cassette
INVISIBLE EMPIRE - Jeezly Fishcakes cassette
MR BASTARD - Buggering with Bernard cassette
v/a FUCK THE WHITE RACE CD

September Mix CDR