PLAYLIST:

1. An 18 yo single malt down a suburban sink – Minute 36
2. One way – The Long March
3. St. Cajetan – TEAK
4. Damn shame – The Scuttle Bugs
5. Tom is everyones friend – DC Cardwell
6. I want joy – Marjorie Cardwell
7. Mountain song – Piers Twomey
8. Altercation in the parkinglot – Terri Marie
9. 50 rounds – Lynda Smyth & the Borrowed Few
10. My Midknight – Siobny Cooke

OPEN MIC – (Little tiny cube – And the Vice)

11. Close to Nowhere – Mis Divine/Peter Renzullo
12. My Aeroplane – Heath Marshall
13. Rumblefish – Mile End

That’s it for a while.  I’m taking a little break over February, then back into it again in March.  Watch this space!

I’m only one episode away from the big 1-0-0!!!!  That’s right 100 episodes of Close to Nowhere is being officially celebrated next week.  If you think about it, played back to back, you could listen to Close to Nowhere non-stop for 4 days and 4 hours!!!  That’s a lot of show!

Anyway, in this week’s show we have a return of our resident hip hop artist Aewon, as well as the very exciting Madman’s Mandolin Medley which was cracked last week by Christopher Nicholas, well done Chris – you got to choose the medley I perform in this week’s show!

Now, let’s get into it!

Playlist:

1. A golden glove humility – Minute 36
2. Repent – The Long March

MADMAN’S MANDOLIN MEDLEY!!!

3. My Midknight – Siobny Cooke
4. Bittersweet – Terri Marie

MY CHICKEN PLAYS MUSIC!!!

5. Chase me – Oracle Ruin
6. Skylight pt.2 – Oracle Ruin
7. Music – The Simon Wright Band
8. St. Cajetan – TEAK

OPEN MIC!!! (Broome time – Ji Deeg)

9. Tragic Passion – Aewon
10. Rumblefish – Mile End

That’s it for this week!  Be sure to tune in for the 100th episode next week!

You know, that’s one of the most important aspects of this show to me – having artists approach me whom I’ve never heard before, and being blown away by the music they are creating.  Alot of the music on this show has not found its way to other radio broadcasters, and I find that very odd.  Some of the best music I’ve heard has come to me through seemingly unheard of artists in Australia and I relish it.  It’s like uncovering a gold mine that no one has tapped into.  There’s something in the water that fuels this country’s independent music, and it’s bringing a sound I’m constanty falling in love with.

Enough words, time for some sonic vibrations to liven your world…

PLAYLIST:

1. Bosley says you’re bluffing – Minute 36
2. Chase me (feat. Siobny Cooke) – Oracle Ruin

MADMAN’S MANDOLIN MEDLEY!!!

3. Altercation in the parkinglot – Terri Marie
4. Without you – Brendan Gaspari

MY CHICKEN PLAYS MUSIC!!!

5. Angzo – The Long March
6. Grapevine stories – RICK WEBSTER PROJECT

OPEN MIC!!! (Cigarette Blues – Tom O’Donovan)

7. Party on the rooftop – Heath Marshall
8. TNO – Pins and Ladles
9. Damn shame – The Scuttle Bugs
10. St. Cajetan – TEAK
11. My Midknight – Siobny Cooke
12. Under fire – Mis Divine

That’s it for this week!  Hope to see you all back here next time!

MADMAN’S MANDOLIN MEDLEY!!!

This is a new segment to the show, in which I perform a medley of two well known songs on my mandolin.  You have to guess the two songs I’ve medled with, and write in to let me know the answer.  If you’re the first one to get in touch (You must message me persoally, DO NOT post your answer on the fanpage wall), you’ll get to choose the next two songs I make a medley out of!

MY CHICKEN PLAYS MUSIC

Ok, stay with me on this one…  I have chickens.  I decided I wanted to come up with something unique and slightly strange for Close to Nowhere – like having my chickens help me write a song.

How do I do this?  It’s actually quite simple – I bury a kids toy drum in the soil where I put the chicken feed, so the skin of the drum is still exposed.  I then place a hidden recording device near the drum.  The chickens come along and peck the drum as they eat.  I then take the recording of the pecking and bring it into the studio, building an entire song around the rhythm they created for me.  That’s it!  Don’t believe me?  Here’s footage of the process:

Click here to view the embedded video.

OPEN MIC

This segment was created to give artists who don’t have the best recordings of their music a chance to get some airplay.  Whether it be a recording at a gig, or just sitting in their room recording their song on a phone – the quality is not important, the song is.  So if you are an artist who’d like to feature in the Open Mic segment, let me know by emailing me at peter@scudleyrecords.com with the subject “Open Mic”.

Alright, let’s get into it. I hope you enjoy the all new Close to Nowhere!

PLAYLIST:

1. My Queen – Daniel Beach
2. Travellin’ Man – The Renzullo Project

MADMAN’S MANDOLIN MEDLEY!!!

3. One way – The Long March
4. My Midknight – Siobny Cooke
5. Music – The Simon Wright Band
6. Under fire – Mis Divine

MY CHICKEN PLAYS MUSIC!!!

7. Gretly – Ji Deeg
8. Spirit walking – Tane Tarrant

OPEN MIC!!! – “Passing time” by Lynda Smyth

9. Bird’s land – Alexandre Madeiros
10. Taken from life – Medusa’s Gaze
11. Change – Raoul Mclay

That’s it for this week!  I’ll catch you next time!

Welcome to the official page for THE DRUNK SESSIONS, featuring an hour of unscripted, on-the-fly, heavily intoxicated

debauchery.  The Drunk Sessions was the result of an inspired (if you can call it that) idea of recording ourselves after 2 1 litre bottles of vodka and 2 bottles of red wine (Obikwa Shiraz from South Afrca) having a chat and a sing along.  Normally reserved for serious broadcast and recording, Scudley Records became the setting for this momentous occasion in which producer Peter Renzullo and artist Ji Deeg decided to record an album.  The album didn’t happen, as it was 2am and they were swimming in booze.  What resulted instead was an hour of nonsense between two muso friends who had a chat, a jam, and a few rather awkward laughs – and luckily the microphones were turned on to capture the moment.  You’ll notice that we’re fairly coherant for the first song, then it’s pretty much a slippery slide down hill from there.

So here it is!  Enjoy!

This week brings the last Drunk Sessions, with Ji and myself in the studio talking about the whole experience, sober.  It’s been an interesting ride, lots of fun moments and many more that made no sense at all!  This episode is also the debut for a new band to the show called Red Penguin from right here in Perth, Western Australia.  They bring us their new song “Every man’s a Priest”.  One of the greatest things about Close to Nowhere is being able to bring unsigned, independent music from this little corner of the Earth to an audience all the way over to the U.K. – In many cases the U.K. audience will hear it before people in Perth will!  Thank you for continuing to support the show, and giving it the platform to broadcast this amazing music to you all.

Playlist:

1. Every man’s a Priest – Red Penguin
2. The Deadly Winter – The Deadly Winters
3. My Queen – Daniel Beach
4. The Ruination of Junkyard Joe – The Crooked Fiddle Band
5. One way – The Long March
6. Sunshine in the Sea – Peter Carr
7. Counterpoint – Mis Divine
8. Follow me down – Lynda Smyth & the Borrowed Few
9. Bosley says you’re bluffing – Minute 36
10. Altercation in the Parkinglot – Terri Marie
11. Tables and Chairs – (Mystery artist)

That’s it for 2012!  Hope you all have a very happy holidays, and I’ll see you fresh and raring to go in 2013!

This week I also bring you some brand new music, as well as a brand new artist to the show called ‘Winston’ beduting their song Consequences.  There’s also a return of Limpin’ Dave Foley and the straight legged freaks, and new comer to the show Such a Wreck who are debuting their new song Super Nintendo Chalmers!  You can check out all of Such a Wreck’s music right her4e:

Such a Wreck

Playlist:

1. Bosley says you’re bluffing – Minute 36
2. One way – The Long March
3. Follow me down – Lynda Smyth & the borrowed few
4. The ruination of Junkyard Joe – The Crooked Fiddle Band
5. Counterpoint – Mis Divine (feat. Yobro)
6. Tide – Oracle Ruin
7. Consequences – Winston
8. Sleeping dogs lie – Limpin’ Dave Foley & the straight legged freaks
9. Super Nintendo Chalmers – Such a Wreck
10. You hold me back – Michael Bianchino
11. Rumblefish – Mile End
12. Damn Shame – The Scuttle Bugs

That’s if for this week!  Last episode of the year next friday, be there!

Let’s do it!

Playlist:

1. A golden glove humility – Minute 36
2. Smoke and Mirrors – Youth Sounds
3. The ruination of Junkyard Joe – The Crooked Fiddle Band
4. Can’t help myself – Soutnern Cross
5. One way – The Long March
6. Fly away – Mis Divine
7. Sleeping dos lie – Limpin’ Dave Foley and the straight legged freaks
8. Ten tone right – And the vice
9. Altercation in the parkinglot – Terri Marie
10. Rumblefish – Mile end
11. The sun will rise – Heath Marshall

That’s it for this week!  Until next time.

1. My Queen – Daniel Beach
2. My Midknight – Siobny Cooke
3. Music – The Simon Wright band
4. Smoke and Mirrors – Youth Sounds
5. The ruination of Junkyard Joe – The Crooked Fiddle Band
6. What I feel – Darius Lux
7. Smooth water – Mis Divine
8. Sunshine in the sea – Peter Carr
9. Altercation in the parkinglot – Terri Marie
10. Boogie street – Raoul McLay
11. Hang your head – The Coalminers Sect
12. Rumblefish – Mile End

Until next week!

1. The ruination of Junkyard Joe – The Crooked Fiddle Band
2. A golden glove humility – Minute 36
3. Smoke and Mirrors – Youth Sounds
4. Let you know – Daz of Oz
5. One way – The Long March
6. Counterpoint – Mis Divine
7. Notte (Night) – Alexandre Madeiros
8. Sunshine in the sea – Peter Carr
9. Hope (It ain’t hopeless) – Tom O’Donovan
10. Ballad of innocance – Michael Bianchino
11. Rumblefish – Mile End
12. Altercation in the parkinglot – Terri Marie

That’s it for the week!  Catch ya next time.