ZEDLETTER – 4ZzZ’S WEEKLY UPDATE 2010

It’s a MONSTER birthday year for Zed – 35 years old in December 2010 and still going from strength-to-strength.

To celebrate, we have ambitious plans to refurbish the grand old lady to keep her young-at-heart and to help build on our community atmosphere. We’re also aiming to make a splash with our ‘Paint The Town Zed’ international competition – with the prize allowing the winning artist to use the front of Zed Towers as a blank canvas to create a new iconic building on the Brisbane landscape. It’s going to be HUGE!

We want as many subscribers, listeners, volunteers, everyone in fact, to send us their memories, anecdotes and old photos of 4ZzZ. Did you have your first kiss with Zed in the background? Did you propose while crooning to Zed? Did 4ZzZ help you to relax after a particularly tough physics exam? Then let us know. We want to hear as many stories as possible. Ask your parents, too!!! Send all your stories to info@4zzzfm.org.au.

And don’t forget – 4ZzZ is YOUR community station. We want you to be part of what we do as we look forward to the next 35 years. Be part of the Zed action…..

WHAT’S ON! The Cribs

EVENTS: On Friday 15th January, head to Rockabilly Psychosis at The Step Inn. Headlining are The Vaudevillains who are joined by Captain Twilight and the Six Shooters, The Sugarshakers and DJ Lori Lee. Tickets are $15 and doors open at 8pm.He Died With a Felafel in his Hand is back by popular demand at the Brisbane Arts Theatre! “Felafel” is a series of grungy, filthy, sordid – and riotiously funny – stories about students, the unemployed, cheats, freaks, geeks, goths, wargamers – and all manner of other social sub-groups that make up the Brisbane share-housing scene. It’s NOT one for landlords! Warning! “Felafel” contains explicit language, and drug and sexual references. Shows run until Friday 15th January, and tickets can be purchased through www.artstheatre.com.au.The Cribs have just released their fourth album, ‘Ignore The Ignorant’, and now they’re coming to Brisbane to show it off! They play at The Zoo on Tuesday 16th February. Tickets are $55.60 and are available from www.oztix.com.au.

SPOTLIGHT! 2009 hot 100	Thanks to everyone who voted in the 2009 Hot 100. As usual, there were lots of local acts that made it into the chart along with many female arists! Congratulations to all the acts.1 I Heart Hiroshima – Shakeytown 2 Hits, The – Sometimes you just don’t know who your friends are 3 Vegas Kings, the – You’ll never work in this town again 4 I Heart Hiroshima – Pink Frost 5 Texas Tea – Billy 6 Butcher Birds, The – Bare Arms 7 Butcher Birds, The – Millions 8 Flight of the Conchords – Hurt Feelings 9 Drones, the – Your acting’s like the end of the world 10 Texas Tea – Kiss me gently 11 Violent Soho – Muscle Junkie 12 Yeah Yeah Yeahs, the – Heads will roll 13 Gin Club, The – Days 14 No Anchor – Steam 15 An Horse – Camp out 16 Gin Club, the – You, Me and the Sea 17 Vegas Kings, The – Good Soldier 18 Quickening, The – Fantasia Moons 19 CW Stoneking – The love me or die 20 Dizzygotheca – Sky over Israel 21 Star Sludge – She is plural 22 Seaplane – the Soiree 23 Seaplane – Feather 24 Mr Maps – This mess is a place 25 Quickening, the – Of Books and Bells 26 Beards, The – If your Dad doesn’t have a beard, you’ve got two Mums 27 Flight of the Conchords – Carol Brown 28 Secret Birds, The – Asleep on the dragon 29 Jamie T – Sticks and Stones 30 Witch Hats, The – Stomach in your hair 31 Eels, the – Fresh Blood 32 Future of the Left – Arming Eritrea 33 Coalition Crew, the – Cheers 34 Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu – Gurrumul History 35 Hilltop Hoods – Chase that feeling 36 No Anchor – K 37 Toy Balloon – Kids/ New York 38 Kill Devil Hills, The – Cockfighter 39 Lily Allen – F**k you 40 Slug Guts – Cattle Blues 41 Mariachi El Bronx – Sleepwalking 42 Kill Devil Hills, The – It’s easy when you don’t know how 43 Toy Balloon – You’re feeling trapped 44 Bec Plath – Unrequited 45 M. Ward – Rave on 46 Dallas Frasca – I like you better when you’re straight 47 Slug Guts – Deep North Town 48 Hungry Kids of Hungary – Scattered Diamonds 49 Temper Trap, The – Love lost and fader 50 Kate Bradley and the Goodbye Horses – Some storms have names 51 McKisko – How we are 52 Jim Rockfords, The – Dead Man’s Boots 53 Hilltop Hoods – the Hard Road restrung 54 Punxie and the Poison Pens – You’re my Myspace friend 55 Witch Hats, The – Check the centre 56 Yves Klein Blue – Getting Wise 57 My Fiction – Tonight Tonight 58 Felinedown – Magazine Dream 59 Bec Plath – Polka Dots 60 Bloodpoets, The – Borderline 61 Mr Maps – Lifelike Little Soldiers 62 OK Cowboys – Beaudesert 63 Benjamin Dougherty – Zombie Love 64 Horrors, the – Who can say 65 Boat People, The – Born in the 80s 66 Smokestack Orchestra – Dustbowl 67 Jarvis Cocker – Angela 68 Graveyard Train – Boneyard 69 Howling Bells, The – Treasure Hunt 70 New Jack Rubys, the – Baachenwolfe 71 Tame Impala – Desire be, Desire go 72 McKisko – The Hollow Boat 73 Sonic Youth – Sacred Trickster 74 Grand Atlantic – Just another ghost town 75 Pinky Beecroft – My haircut will come back around 76 To the North – We are not ashamed 77 Chocolate Strings, the – Polynesian Flavours 78 Checkered Fist – Life on the line 79 Do the Robot – Just the six (no the five of us) 80 Rational Academy, The – Unsolved Mysteries 81 Tijuana Cartel – Persian 82 Amanda Palmer – Runs in the Family 83 Bertie Blackman – Heart 84 Children Collide – Farewell Rocketship 85 Georgia Potter – They were words 86 Dave Graney – Body Snatcher Blues 87 Chocolate Strings, The – Long Walk 88 Church, The – Deadman’s Hand 89 Medicine Show – Dig Deep 90 Black Mustang – Suzie 91 Sarah Haigh – Hurricane 92 Sarah Haigh – Exit Eden 93 Graveyard Train – Scarecrow 94 Bertie Blackman – Baby Teeth 95 Do the Robot – Europe 96 Rancid – Last one to die 97 Augie March – Lupus 98 MC Lars – Hipster Girl 99 Mess Hall, The – Bell 100 Tijuana Cartel – Skank Tank
reviews	Woodford Wrap-upSo 4ZzZ’s team of intrepid field reporters have reluctantly returned from their Woodford Folk Festival outside broadcast with lots of interviews and live sets so keep your ears peeled for some exciting Woodford content in the coming weeks.The team was up working on a national broadcast for the Community Radio Network and had the pleasure of catching up with the likes of LABJACD, Hungry Kids of Hungary, Afro Dizzi Act and Mojo Juju. That’s not all though, through the course of the festival the team recorded and interviewed over 40 acts so there are some aural delights to suit every taste.Our broadcast was humbly supported by the Australian Music Radio Airplay Project and was created by dedicated 4ZzZ and 4EB volunteers. Check out more here
blogs	Prehistoric Sounds The author of Prehistoric Sounds was a hoarder. And we’re happy he was as he regularly posts newspaper and magazine clippings regarding some of rock’s greatest musicians he kept from his youth. Not only do you get snapshots from the past but there’s also a fair bit of history and rather interesting information concerning 4ZzZ.http://prehistoricsounds.blogspot.com/
giveaways	Nowhere Boy Imagine John Lennon’s childhood… A lonely teenager, curious and sharp, growing up in the shattered city of Liverpool. Two incredible women clash for his love. Mimi (Kristin Scott-Thomas), the formidable aunt who raised him, and Julia (Anne-Marie Duff), the spirited mother who gave him up. Yearning for a normal family, John (Aaron Johnson) escapes into music. His fledgling genius finds a kindred spirit in the young Paul McCartney. But just as John’s new life begins, the truth about his past leads to a tragedy he would never escape. Poignant and powerful, the untold story of the boy who created The Beatles. — London Film Festival – Closing Night Film (www.iconmovies.com.au/nowhereboy)Nowhere Boy is in cinemas now. 4ZzZ has 5 double in season passes to giveaway. For your chance to win, hit reply and tell us which Beatles song has been the most commercially successful. Winners must pick up their passes from the station.

Thats all for this week, be sure to check your inbox next Tuesday for the next instalment of Zedletter!
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