• Submit Date: 4/13/2002
  • Format: Cassette
  • Category: Theme

Operator, Get Me Australia!

Side A
Artist Song
The Sleepy Jackson *  Mini Skirt 
Sodastream *  Wedding Day 
P76  Sleeping In 
The Summer Suns *  All Away 
The Welcome Mat  Hey! Illusion 
Weddings, Parties, Anything  Shotgun Wedding 
You Am I  Open All Night 
Ruck Rover  Christine 
Autopilot *  The Meaning of Life 
The Apartments  Thank You For Making Me Beg 
Andrew Ryan (of Adam Said Galore) *  Tristan Stories 
The Lucksmiths  Don't Come With Me 
   
Side B
ArtistSongBuy
The Panics *  Give Me Some Good Luck 
Spokaine *  Cold Nights 
Darren Hanlon  Operator, Get Me Sweden 
The Chevelles *  Sonic 
Even  Don't Wait 
The Go-Betweens  Cattle + Cane 
Karl Smith (of Sodastream) *  Must Say More 
Nick Barker  Same Old Walk (Paul Kelly cover) 
DM3 *  Just Like Nancy 
Ron Rude  Piano Piano 
Augie March  Asleep In Perfection 
Paul Kelly  I Can't Believe We Were Married 
Smudge  Real McCoy, Wrong Sinatra 

Comment:

Tape for P the Swede. Theme is all-Australian, all the time, as Peter recently made me an all-Swedish mix. The tracks with * next to them represent Perth (or former) bands. The styles are all over the place on here - there's power-pop, indie pop, indie rock, folk, post-punk and more. This trade came about because Peter asked me about a band which turned out to be The Welcome Mat - a band featuring Wayne Connolly, who's now a well known producer who's worked with DM3, You Am I, Evan Dando and more.

Feedback:

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p the swede
Date: 4/13/2002
thank you, looking forward to hear this, i have heard Wedding, p..(very long time ago) Apartments, Lucksmiths, Dm3, Smudge and of course Go-betweens who actually are one of mu fav bands of all time esp. 16 lovers lane (5 out 5)your mixes will be in the post tomorrow.
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Rosie
Date: 4/13/2002
aussie aussie aussie!!! rock on sue...another lovely one (darren, augie march, paul, WPA, ruck rover...etc etc etc)
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Rob Conroy
Date: 4/13/2002
I'd probably like to hear this, Ms. EW. What I know on it is very cool...
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teapin
Date: 4/13/2002
this really does look fantastic (as does p's swedish mix). of course, i'm only familiar with about 5 songs, but...
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Moe
Date: 4/13/2002
Outstanding mix Sue, but where's the Men At Work? ;) Seriously, this mix looks as good as a cute cuddley koala.
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Juan 1
Date: 4/14/2002
i think i like this a lot, despite knowing about 6 of the songs.
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SueEW
Date: 4/15/2002
Men at Work? Yeah, they may have fit, Ion, but I figured Peter would already know them and I wanted to make this an intro to cool Aussie music for him - and, as you can see - he knows a bunch of them already - so I guess a lot of my picks weren't obscure enough for him! And, yeah, koalas are cute - but watch out, they can scratch you! ;)
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Jenn123
Date: 4/17/2002
this is a really cool mix and a great idea..
i'm actually going to be studying abroad in Perth for all of next year, so it's especially interesting to me. :o)
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Martin Andersen
Date: 4/19/2002
Great. Australia (and New Zealand)produce some of the best rock and roll in the world.
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p the swede
Date: 4/19/2002
i have actuallty seen Men at work live once, suporting Bowie at the "serious moonlight tour" back in 83 and they're really bad, i think i prefer these bands ;-)
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cos
Date: 4/20/2002
mm. i miss The Welcome Mat...
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cumbers
Date: 5/9/2002
oh bravo kids
um weddings parties anything?
errr Aren;t they perf or former?
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noway11111111111
Date: 6/1/2002
Hey, nice mix. Wat to go with perth. Where does that andrew ryan song come from, I didn't know he had a solo release?
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The Misfit
Date: 6/13/2002
That's one of my all-time favorite Paul Kelly songs.