lizzie drip

Video of British drag act Lizzie Drip, as mentioned as few times on NTRM.

pugsday pix

Pictures from the Pugsday Show, taken in studio 2 at JOY 94.9. 1st pic (L-R) Dino, Dennis. 2nd pic Dick, Dino, Harriet.

Thanks to D&D from 'A Touch of Pink', and to Harriet for helping out for the morning. These were taken about halfway through the show just before 9am, a bit early for me, you can see that my eyes are just starting to open.

happy pugs day

well the day started early, getting up at 5:30am in the JOY studio by 6:30 to start the pugs day show for 7am. got some great feedback via email (joe listening from the UK), sms and phone, more people listening that i expected. dennis and dick from 'a touch of pink' were helping me out, and harriet popping in and out of the studio to add her special charm to the show.
it rained on and off nearly all day, i only got wet once - good for the garden tho'.

cat music

Ever wanted to see a cockney male group performing 'Indepedent Woman' in front of a pub, playing xylaphone and harmonica? Oh, and they're cats too. Watch and listen here ---> http://www.rathergood.com/independent_woman/

pugs day

The PugsDay (aka Christmas Day) Special show will be 7am-11am on Monday, if I can wake up on time. It will be just Dino since Joe is on the other side of the world in sub-zero temperatures; I've had a phone call to say that he's arrived safely. Its harder doing the show on my own, and I might not be my jolly self (sic) but the show must go on and Christmas time with the JOY family is so much better than being alone.


stop press, there might be special guests abducted from another show. Guess you'll just have to listen.

sad news

Some very sad and unexpected news yesterday, Joe's father passed away. He was on holiday in Blackpool having a dance on the dancefloor when he said he had to sit out the next dance cos he felt tired, then suffered a heart attack. At least it sounds like he was enjoying his life up until the end.

Joe managed to get a last minute flight to the UK and is on his flight as I (Dino) type this. I am staying in Australia, so we'll be apart for Christmas. Hopefully Joe will be back in Aus for New Years Eve but we're not sure when the funeral is yet.

More Kate Bushy Stuff

Natalie Bassingthwaighte & Shannon Noll's new single is released today in Australia, the cover version of Peter Gabriel & Kate Bush's 'Don't Give Up'.

I've just seen the music video for it, haha, I like the bit where Shannon Noll is miming to the female lyrics at the end.

Have a look, its on The Rogue Traders Website now

bush fires

With over 50 bush fires raging across Victoria and Melbourne being shrouded in a cloud of smoke, I am keen to save my own Kate Bush collection.

Yet despite a total fire ban, Robbie Williams still gets away with smoking cigarettes on stage during his Australian concert without paying the $150 fine. Kate Bush would never do that.

hot in melbourne

yesterday was the hottest december day in melbourne for 53 years - so how do we spend the day? yes, spring cleaning; running around the house with buckets of hot hot water.

at 2:45 the temperature was 42.1 degrees C. By 4pm - an hour and a quarter later - the temperature had cooled to 23.5

I wonder if it had anything to do with Kylie's opening night concert?

mashup art

as mentioned on the show last night, another artistic side to mashups is in creating the cover-art. here are some examples

Christmas Party No. 1

Got my first of the year work related Christmas parties today.
It’s one organized by the telecommunications client I am currently working for, all of my team is supposed to be attending but we’ve already had three of the ten come up with reasonable excuses for being absent from work today.

The party’s being held at a lawn bowling club, someplace at the neither end of Lygon street in the depths of suburbia. Lunch is a choice from three types of roast animal – (not a good start for veggie me) followed by desert (I’ll pig out on this if it’s half reasonable) and then onto lawn bowls and karaoke. I did wonder what folk out in the sticks got up to for entertainment.. seems its throwing balls of wood weighted to not role in a sensible straight line, whist singing along to a backing track and lyrics sheet in large print, of some Beyoncé (or is it more likely to be Pat Boone) track.
(Is this why Treacle wanted lawn bowls…I wonder? )

I’m sure I’ll have a splendid time.

{joe} - yes it is me....

bore water

last night we went out for a walk around our local area armed with camera to snap a few of the eclectic bore-water signs. they are like little pieces of art. see more on the website

more pictures

We've added some more pictures to our new website - see them here