Song and Dance – Roadrunner twice

18/10/2015
in Performance, Song and Dance
tags 1984
3

Los Trios Ringbarkus: a tour de farce

18/10/2015
in Performance, Song and Dance
tags 1984
3

‘Someone said we were the sickest pair of wimps they’d ever seen,’ says Steve Kearney of Los Trios Ringbarkus on British reaction to the zany duo who carried off the ultra-prestigious Perrier ‘Pick of the Fringe’ award at last year’s Edinburgh Festival (1983). ‘I think they expected a couple of sunbronzed Aussie comedians to come out telling dingo jokes. They were … stunned.’ Relaxing around their hotel rooftop pool during their recent Sydney season, Kearney

17/06/2015
in Performance, Song and Dance
tags 2015
1

Doug Anthony Allstars: tick fucking tock

17/06/2015
in Performance, Song and Dance
tags 2015
1

I first heard the Doug Anthony Allstars in my rented flat in Edinburgh during the 1988 Fringe Festival. I’d gone to Scotland to cover the Festival prior to taking up a new job and was listening to a program about the Fringe on BBC Radio Scotland. Midway through the show, the host introduced a song from a hot young Australian trio who were wowing them at the Gilded Balloon in

31/03/2015
in Song and Dance
tags 1983. Quietly Confident, Republic of Australia
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Quietly Confident: Republic of Australia

31/03/2015
in Song and Dance
tags 1983. Quietly Confident, Republic of Australia
0

The clip for Quietly Confident’s one and only single. Republic of Australia (1983). Featuring lead vocalist Len Lindon; vocalists Larry Buttrose and Mark Conway; Russell Handley on the ( )ASIO keyboards; and backing vocals from Mandy and Melanie Salomon. Quietly Confident was the alternative cabaret act I managed in the period when I left Adelaide and moved to Sydney (1982-83). The track was recorded at Basilisk Studios in Hurstville, Sydney, Martin

02/07/2014
in Football, Performance, Song and Dance
tags 1988, Australian Financial Review, Bob Downe, Circus Oz, Doug Anthony All-Stars, Edinburgh Fringe, Gerry Connolly, Gina Reilly., Kate Ceberano, Magda Szubanski, Rod Quantock, Wendy Harmer
1

Oznost tickles Edinburgh

02/07/2014
in Football, Performance, Song and Dance
tags 1988, Australian Financial Review, Bob Downe, Circus Oz, Doug Anthony All-Stars, Edinburgh Fringe, Gerry Connolly, Gina Reilly., Kate Ceberano, Magda Szubanski, Rod Quantock, Wendy Harmer
1

It’s feast or famine in Edinburgh, the ancient and beautiful capital of Scotland. Every August, in an unparalleled orgy of cultural consumption, the staid city changes pace and plays host not only to its world-renowned International Festival and associated Fringe but also to Britain’s only television festival, a film festival, a jazz festival and an acoustic music festival. While the International Festival is similar in style and content to many

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