I receive from Lloyd Swanton directly from Australia (it's true!) and I inform my debaserian friends:
THE NECKS IN EXCITING NEW AUSTRALIAN TV SERIES, WITH AUDIO ON INTERNET
10pm on Tuesday 2nd of May sees the first episode of SET, an exciting new (Australian) ABC-TV series of live improvised and experimental music performances, and the first episode kicks off with The Necks playing a 25 minute piece, Taghairm.
The audio from SET will also go to air on ABC Radio National's Music Deli, on Friday 5th May at 8:00pm, repeated on Sunday 7th at 4:00pm, and then again on Tuesday 9th at 2:00am.
Necks fans outside Australia will be pleased to know that the audio will be available at:
The Live Set - ABC Radio National (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) and as a free podcast for 7 days after the TV broadcast at the SET website:
ABC.net.au: Page not Found SET runs on Tuesdays at 10pm throughout 2006, in three batches of three shows:
2nd May The Necks
9th May Francis Plagne
16th May Anthony Pateras
11th July Ernie Althoff, Rod Cooper
18th July Oren Ambarchi
25th July Splinter Orchestra
12th September Hi-God People, Jim Denley, Peter Blamey
19th September Stasis Duo, Amanda Stewart
26th September Rob Avenaim, Dale Gorfinkel, Lucas Abela
This is a fantastic initiative from the ABC, with a second series already under discussion. Please let them know you approve, by phone or through their website, www.abc.net.au
(Even if you live outside Australia, if you think it's great that a government-funded national network is devoting half an hour of free-to-air TV a week to cutting edge impro and experimental music, please let them know by sending a message through the website link above!!)