Show 157
It's February, summertime in Australia, expecting warm days, balmy nights and cool poppy tunes.
The Kangaroo Song (just a bit of it) - Lucas Proudfoot, he's a popular children's entertainer on Australian television, and also makes rock'n'roll as Max Judo.
I Know Where To Go To Feel Good - a Paul Kelly song sung by Vika and Linda, the Bull sisters, from their self-titled debut album, a 1994 release.
Let's Cook - Mental As Anything, from their 1981 album Cats & Dogs.
Taste It - INXS, from 1992, the album Welcome To Wherever You Are.
I'll Be There - the Gnomes, as in the little folk who live in people's gardens. The song is on their album titled Introducing... a November 2025 release.
The House of Love - Wesley Fuller, from his 2024 album All Fuller No Filler.
Minivan - John Dowler's Vanity Project, it was on the album Existential Friend, which came out in 2024. John Dowler also led the bands Young Modern and the Zimmermen.
The man behind the drum kit for Midnight Oil, and so much more, Rob Hirst
Some side projects
Someone's Singing New York New York - Ghostwriters, which included members of the Oils and Hoodoo Gurus bass player Rick Grossman, from a self-titled album they put out in 1991. Cylinders - by a surf-rock venture called The Break, featuring a few of the Oils plus Brian Ritchie of the Violent Femmes. From their 2020 album Church of the Open Sky.
Oils is OIls
Best of Both Worlds - from their album Red Sails In The Sunset, a 1984 release.
Sometimes - the 1987 album Diesel & Dust.
Rob Hirst died on January 20, 2026. Cancer. Damn.
Some comedy from Kitty Flanagan.
Living In The Neighbourhood - Cyndi Boste (another cancer victim), the song is from her 2002 album Push Comes To Shove.
Letter - Dan Sultan, from his 2009 album Get Out While You Can.
Higher Interlude - Jazzparty, from from their 2021 album Nobody Gets Away.
Welcome to 2026
Blue Cats With Green Eyes - Girl Monstar, the song is on their album GRRRR!!
Cross My Heart Hope To Die - Yumi Zouma, it's on their album No Love Lost To Kindness.
Dom Mariani and the Majestic Kelp starts us off, moves us along, and tells us when we're done.
