Ten bands everyone should know about:
Lead Belly, Ross Holcombe, Archer, Hue Blanes, Nina Simone, Elizabeth Cotton, Smog, John Jacob Niles, Randy Newman, Thelonious Monk
Nine food items that you need to make a kickarse dinner party:
Lemons, horseradish, Baccaficco, Morello cherries, Nasturtium pods, anchovies, French breakfast radishes, Cavallo Nero, morels
Eight possessions that define you:
Oxygen, the past , my grandfathers shovel, knife, Peugeot 504, my library, my garden, tap shoes
Seven favourite movies/TV shows that go on your mixtape:
Saddest Music In The World, Punch Drunk Love, The Perverts Guide To Cinema, Bicycle Diaries, Sweet Grass, A Quiet Place In The Country, Cabaret Balkan
Six bad habits you can’t escape:
Over talking, illegal foraging inside other people backyards, trespassing, over-committing, cheese , flirting
Five people who inspire you:
My mother, my lover, my son, Eddie Perfect, Luke Caleo
Four things that turn you on:
Mushrooms, dusk, elderflower, dirt
Three goals for your music:
To stay small, no radio hits, to understand the piano
Two live gigs you’ll never forget and why:
Bill Callahan at the Toff in Town – his stillness.
Ray Charles at the Myer Music Bowl – his humour even when he was approaching his death.
One day left before the apocalypse and you:
Take a long walk.
When’s the gig?
Sunday December 15 at The Evelyn.
