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Barbara de Rooy

 

Richard's favourites ..

tea: Black Adder liquorice
food: anything vegan, so avos, bananas, brocoli, tofu, soy, marmite, bread..
current book: "How to be Free" by Tom Hodgkinson

remember: nothing matters, it really does. (thanks andy gough)

my book of the year was Eckart Tolle, "A New Earth".
my favourite film was "One Revolution" by Byron Bay director Darius Devas,
closely followed by The Secret and An Inconvenient Truth.

keep dreaming! manifest your highest vibration!

Richard's favourite artists

Top 10 current inspirations:

Josh Rouse
Kings of Convenience
Nick Drake,
David Kitt
Feist
Jack Johnson
Murray Kyle
Devendra Banhart
Laura Veirs
Jim White

 

Neil Young "On the Beach"
Love "Forever Changes"
Supertramp "Indelibly Stamped"
Peter Hammill
The Doors
Holger Czukay
The Beloved
Mary Margaret O'Hara
Robert Wyatt
Peter Blegvad
Brian Eno
Patrick Phelan
Jim O'Rourke
Penguin Cafe Orchestra
Mia Doi Todd
William Orbit
Yann Tiersen
Sam Prekop
Sufjan Stevens
Wim Mertens
Doran Stanbaugh
Tommee and the Neighbourhood
Loren
Damien Rice
Kevin Tihista

High Llamas
Freedy Johnstone
Jason Falkner
Neil Finn
Elliott Smith
Bruce Cockburn
Darren Hanlon
State River Widening
Steve Hillage
Gillian Welch
Ian King
Jolie Holland
Vetiver
Matt Herbert
Dreadzone
Claire Bowditch
Jess McAvoy
Vini Reilly
Prefab Sprout
Rip Rig and Panic
Ultramarine
Lemon Jelly
Mark Hollis
The Innocence Mission
Richard Swift (discovery of 2007)

 

Here is my top 35 tunes of 2006, as presented on Nim-Fm 102.3 (Nimbin Community Radio) at the end of December. Demoville resumes on Wednesday 7th February 2007, from 7-9 pm in the Nimbin area. I may be changing the name of the programme .. new year, new paradigm. Infinity Pools?

These tracks were a mixture of local demos and compilation freebies from The Word, Les Inrockuptibles and Uncut magazines. The programmes were co-presented by Tig, Jenny and Dave Innes.

35  Erlend Oye "Burning" from The Whitest Boy Alive
34  Sisters in Lore "Weave and Mend" (Nimbin demo)
33  Wilco "Jesus etc" from Kicking Television
32  Hannah Pearl "Sex" from Hannah Pearl (Nimbin)
31  Loren "Some Shelter" (Uki demo)
30  Bonalbo "Night Life" from Word compilation
29  The Modern Congress "Wash My Soul" from Digitial Underground comp, Sydney
28  Peter von Poehl "Going to Where the Tea Trees Are" title track from his album
27  Midlake "Head Home" from The Trials of Van Occupanther
26  Channel Free "Drop One Innes" (Uki demo)
25  Shimshai "Shalom" from Deliverance
24  Josh Ritter "Girl in the War" from The Animal Years
23  James Yorkston "Summer Song"
22  Hot Chip "The Warning"
21  Murray Kyle "She Designed It" from Signs of Life
20  Jack Johnson "With my own Two Hands" from Curious George
19  Mary Gauthier "I Drink" from Word compilation
18  Lily Allen "Not Big" from Alright, Still
17  Bunna Lawrie "Jidderah" from Songs for the Sea Shepherd
16  Josh Rouse "Givin it Up" from Subtitulo
15  Kevin James "Raising up our Voices" from Songs for the Sea Shepherd
14  Midlake "Roscoe" from The Trails of Van Occupanther
13  Cortney Tidwell "La La" from Word compilation
12  David Kitt "Dancing in the Moonlight"
11  Loren "Umbilical Love" (Uki demo, available from Loren website)
10  Helen Rogerson "Whales" from Songs for the Sea Shepherd
9   Oka "Music Makes Me Happy" title track from album, Sunshine Coast
8   Susannah and the Magical Orchestra "Love will Tear us Apart Again" from Word comp
7   Cloud Nine "Soulfire" from Songs for the Sea Shepherd
6   Jets Overhead  "Seems so Far" from Word compilation
5   Ron Sexsmith "Never Give up" from Word compilation
4   Loren "Island Man" from Community
3   Mystic Beats "Sailin" (Nimbin demo)
2   Thomas Dybdahl  "How it Feels" from Les Inrockuptibles comp
1   Peter von Poehl "The Story of the Impossible" from the Tea Trees album

 

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