Sunday 12th October

The tail end of Mental Health Week was today on JOY 94.9, and my guest in the first hour came in to speak about a topic that is largely misunderstood or feared. 

Kirrily Anderson has recently published a book called Creative For A Second, full of creative works by people all over the world living with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome/ME (Myalgic Encephalomyelitis). Kirrily herself has lived with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome since the age of 16, and is currently in recovery. 

She designs cover artwork for many local independent artists, and creates a lot of artwork inspired by music. Check out her myspace for more details.

MUSIC LOG

First Hour - Kirrily's Picks

• Don't Mess With The Pony - It's You I Love
  
• Laura Jean - I'm A Rabbit I'm A Fox
  
• Sigur Ros - Untitled 3
  
• Sal Kimber - Riverside
  
• Whiskeytown - Crazy About You
  

Second Hour - Hot Little Hands

Tim from Melbourne group came in to talk about their latest release Dynamite in Black and White. Tim is a member of Clare Bowditch's band The Feeding Set and the group toured with her on her last Aussie sojourn before abandoning us and going to Europe for awhile. 

Poor old Tim fractured his arm during the week but soldiered on with the aid of painkillers and a winning smile, playing a fab live track as well as bringing in some other top tracks that were very summery and delightful. 

• Hot Little Hands - Dynamite in Black and White
  
• Tim from Hot Little Hands live in the studio, acoustic - Easy Way Out
  
• Serge Gainsbourg - Tatoue Jeremie
  
• Greg Walker of Machine Translations - Need A Miracle
  
• Dennis Wilson - Riversong
  

Jenny's picks to round out the hour - 

• Austin - See You There (live in Fitzroy)
  
• Angus and Julia Stone - Wasted
  

WHAT I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO

Pikelet live at Spiegeltent this week

Outside broadcast at RMIT on Tuesday for Queer Awareness Day with live music from Rosie Burgess, Egg Spontaneous, Molly Whelan and Nick Tiliacos. 

MUSIC OBSESSION OF THE WEEK

It's all about Pikelet for me this week. Had a grand time reliving the love of the Guy Blackman gig by listening to his release Adult Baby as well. Ah, whimsy. My old friend. 

NEXT WEEK ON LOCAL AND VOCAL

Spiegeltent-o-rama! Melbourne International Arts Festival is coming up, heaps of top things happening in the famous structure that generally pops up in Melbourne town this time of year. If there's a ukelele collective, I'm definitely there. Booyah.