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REQUIEM FOR A DREAM
There's been a vinyl revival in the past year. In this digital
world, many people miss the classic vinyl artwork. And now
the vinyl album is literally art. Acclaimed Melbourne sculptor
William Eicholtz has created a celebration of the vinyl
era with a stunning piece called Record Requiem. The City
of Port Phillip invited artists to submit concepts for sculptures
that could also serve as seating outside the Emerald Hill
Library in South Melbourne. Initially, Will wasn't going
to apply, but a few days later, when he was moving his record
collection - 2000 albums - from his garage to his lounge
room, he was struck by an idea: "These are seating sculptures!"
The iconic images are now a remarkable reminder of a golden
era in Australian music. Record Requiem celebrates music
made in the area, as well as labels that have called the
City of Port Phillip home, including Mushroom, Fable and
EMI. Howzat!'s favourite album cover - Australian Crawl's
The Boys Light Up - is part of the piece, as is Skyhooks'
Living In The '70s, Daddy Who? Daddy Cool, and Barry Humphries'
1958 EP, Wild Life In Suburbia. Will met that cover's designer,
Max Robinson, who also designed Australia's $10 note. "He's
a living legend," Will says, "and he designed this classic,
elegant and subversive cover." It now looks great cast in
bronze. As Will says, the photographers and designers behind
these classic covers deserve recognition. With the help
of the Mushroom Group's Sarah Morgan, he tracked down the
artists to get permission to reproduce their work. Record
Requiem also celebrates the home of countless record collections
- the humble milk crate. As Will acknowledges, "Life is
a lot easier since entire collections can fit on a USB,
but it's not as visually rich and interesting."
WITCHY WOMAN
Praise doesn't get much higher than this. The magical Melody
Pool supported the Eagles at Hanging Rock. Don Henley greeted
her after the gig and revealed that he tried to buy her
album, The Hurting Scene, on Amazon as she was playing,
but it wasn't there. Of course, Melody gave Don a copy,
and everyone left happy.
BEGINNING OF THE ENZ
Split Enz arrived in Australia 40 years ago this week.
INDIAN SUMMER
Howzat! saw Casey Bennetto play with Emma Heeney a few weeks
ago. Remember that '90s song by Harvey Danger with the chorus,
"I'm not sick but I'm not well"? That was part of Casey's
set and it sums him up. This guy is a crazy musical genius,
a strange mix of Jack Black and Henry Wagons. Catch him
if you can. He's doing a "Summer Sets" series at Bella Union.
Summer might be over, but the Sets continue. This week's
guest, on 12 Mar, is Rebecca Barnard.
HOT LINE
"Sleeping in your clothes is fine, just keep it to yourself"
- Family Fold, Shanie Love.
CHART WATCH
Lee Kernaghan pays tribute to the Anzacs, with a new entry
at number 32.
Elastic Heart SIA (number eight)
Trouble IGGY AZALEA (13)
Talk Is Cheap CHET FAKER (28)
Cosby Sweater HILLTOP HOODS (29)
Spirit Of The Anzacs LEE KERNAGHAN (32, debut)
Hipsta TIMMY TRUMPET & CHARDY (34)
Georgia VANCE JOY (39)
Still no Aussie albums in the Top 10. And INXS's The Very
Best finally slips out of the Top 40, after going five times
platinum (350,000 copies).
1000 Forms Of Fear SIA (number 14)
Walking Under Stars HILLTOP HOODS (16)
Built On Glass CHET FAKER (19)
Madness GUY SEBASTIAN (27)
Dream Your Life Away VANCE JOY (28)
The Veronicas THE VERONICAS (30)
Angus & Julia Stone ANGUS & JULIA STONE (31)
Triple J's Like A Version, Volume 10 VARIOUS ARTISTS (34)
HOWZAT! PLAYLIST
Back In The Game THE HEARTACHE STATE
Shanie Love FAMILY FOLD
Dance Again SKIPPING GIRL VINEGAR
Sound The Alarm ANDREW SWIFT
Suddenly BRITISH INDIA
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