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  Dec 20, 10:48 PM

  Vote For One Way Road

  

  By voting you are taking part in the world’s biggest musical democracy. You’re also joining a world-wide party as listeners in Australia and ex-pats everywhere get together, crank up the radio and party to the best songs of 2009. VOTING IS OPEN! please vote for 'One Way Road' Voting is now open and closes at midnight (AEST) Sunday 17th January 2010. You can vote for up to 10 tracks released in 2009. http://www.abc.net.au/triplej/hottest100/09/
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  Nov 24, 12:31 PM

  Check out the behind the scenes footage of the One Way Road

  Check out the behind the scenes footage of the One Way Road http://bit.ly/4FdoIp
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  Oct 24, 07:21 PM

  Who Do You Think You Are?

  Six more prominent Australians trace their family trees in a second series of the hit TV genealogy program Who do you think you are? on SBS One.

  
  Sunday November 1 at 7.30pm - John Butler

  
  John Butler hopes to find poets, musicians and revolutionaries in his past. He traces the Butler name through generations of hardship to a matriarch who sang for her survival and traces his Bulgarian ancestry to an ancestor caught up in a violent revolt.

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FT8cL_HG02s
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  Oct 12, 05:17 PM

  BEFORE TOO LONG: triple js tribute to Paul Kelly

  

  The centrepiece of our Aus Music Month celebrations this year will be Before Too Long triple js tribute to Paul Kelly.
  
  In recent years triple j has organised tributes to You Am I, AC/DC and The Go-Betweens. Our upcoming tribute to Paul Kelly will follow on from those successful events and be the biggest one yet. Over two nights at The Forum Theatre in Melbourne we have invited some of todays best artists to interpret the songs of Paul Kelly. The lineup will star Missy Higgins, John Butler, Paul Dempsey, Katy Steele, Bob Evans, Ozi Batla, Dan Kelly, Clare Bowditch, Jae Laffer, Adalita, Dan Sultan, Megan Washington plus members of Augie March as the backing band and Ashley Naylor from Even as Musical Director.
  
  This year marks Paul Kellys 30th anniversary as a solo recording artist (his debut single "Recognition" was released in 1979). This is the perfect moment for triple j to acknowledge and highlight his enormous contribution to Australian music. Kelly has crafted a heartfelt catalogue of songs that speak to successive generations. Many of his songs have captured the essence of what it is to be Australian. His strength as a songwriter and storyteller has inspired a whole raft of musicians working today.
  
  Richard Kingsmill (triple j Music Director): "There is a huge amount of respect and admiration within the Australian music industry - not to mention the public as well - to Paul and all that he's achieved. He has been so consistent over the years and has a huge body of work behind him. I can't think of many other artists that could match it for diversity and strength. And it's a body of work that continues to grow, he's not slowing down at all. The level of enthusiasm that the performers have shown towards this event was uniformly high. It made it clear to us that a tribute to the man was long overdue. He is one of our songwriting greats and worthy of celebrating."
  
  Missy Higgins I love They Thought I Was Asleep. All Pauls stories take you on a ride somewhere that feels, somehow, like one of your own memories.
  
  Paul Dempsey The first time I heard Dumb Things, it completely blew me away. So much energy and melody. It just picks you up and tosses you around.
  
  Bob Evans The opening strains of From St Kilda to Kings Cross began to play. It was beautiful so melancholy and full of nostalgia for places that I had just begun to travel to myself.
  
  BEFORE TOO LONG: triple js tribute to Paul Kelly November 13th & 14th The Forum Theatre, Melbourne
  
  Starring:
  Missy Higgins
  John Butler (Fri 13th Only)
  Paul Dempsey
  Katy Steele (Little Birdy)
  Bob Evans
  Ozi Batla (The Herd)
  Dan Kelly
  Clare Bowditch
  Jae Laffer (The Panics)
  Adalita (Magic Dirt)
  Dan Sultan
  Megan Washington
  Plus members of Augie March & Even
  
  Tickets available from: Ticketek ph: 132849 www.ticketek.com.au$55.70 + BF
  Tickets on sale Wednesday 14th October
  www.abc.net.au/triplej
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  Sep 14, 04:39 PM

  The World March for Peace and Nonviolence

  

  The World March for Peace and Nonviolence was launched during the Symposium of the World Center for Humanist Studies held at the Park of Study and Reflection in Punta de Vacas, Argentina, on Nov 15, 2008.

  The World March aims to generate consciousness of the dangerous global situation in which we are living, a situation marked by the heightened probability of nuclear conflict, a renewed arms race, and the violent military occupation of foreign territories.

  http://www.theworldmarch.org/index.php?secc=info

   
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  Sep 14, 04:36 PM

  West Australian Sunday Times article - Dear John...

  

  West Australian Sunday Times article - Dear John...
  Check out the PDF (link 1.3mb) to get an insight into John's decision to change the JBT line up, as printed in West Australia's Sunday Times recently.

   

   
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  Sep 14, 04:35 PM

  JB & G. Love EP - Solutions

  

  Have faith dear fans!!!!
  After a year of fine tuning we are finally close to being able to bring to you the free live EP as promised to ticket holders from the JBT and G Love and Special Source 08 summer tour.

  We will email you with details very soon.
  Track list:

  1. I-76 (G. Love)
  2. Gov Did Nothin' (JBT)
  3. Rainbow (G. Love)
  4. Ocean (JB)

   

   
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  Sep 14, 04:28 PM

  iTunes Exlusive - Live at Lollapalooza

  

  John Butler Trio's epic full set at Lollapalooza '08 will be made available exclusively through iTunes on Tuesday Sept 22nd, except in Australia and New Zealand when it will be released on Sept 29th.

  A three song video featuring Ocean, Treat Yo Mama and Funky Tonight will be given away as a bonus with each iTunes purchase.

  Please note: not all European countries are able to access Video downloads through iTunes

  
  This was an amazing concert played to a massive crowd!
  Track List:

  1. Treat Yo Mama
  2. Used To Get High
  3. Better Than
  4. Satisfy
  5. Ocean
  6. Zebra
  7. Good Excuse
  8. Funky Tonight

   
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  Sep 03, 10:05 PM

  Save the Homelands

  YouTube video: Voices From The Homelands

  We'd like to share a message to you from an Indigenous homelands resident, Barayuwa Mununggurr:
  
  "We all have equal rights to be clothed, to be sustained, to have shelter, and this also includes our homelands, big and small. These are places of significance to us, that have our songlines, where our names come from, where our dance comes from, where our art comes from, and where our law and culture comes from - it makes us who we are.
  Next week we are meeting with the Government to look at ways in which we can work together in partnership for our future in our Homelands. But we can only solve this together. When we walk into meetings at Parliament House, it would make us so confident to have thousands of Australians there in spirit - then I'm sure they would hear us."
  Can you help Barayuwa by signing a petition to secure the future of these vibrant homelands?
  
  http://www.getup.org.au/campaign/Homelands&id=748?dc=857,524027,1
  
  Homelands are small remote communities where Indigenous Australians are living on land that has nourished their mothers and fathers for thousands of generations. They are demonstrated success stories. Homelands mean better health and longer life expectancies. They are areas where locals are applying traditional knowledge to 'care for country' and tackle climate change through traditional burning techniques and carbon preservation. Plus they are the source of much of Australia's beautiful Indigenous art.
  
  But these success stories are under threat. The NT Government plan to funnel funding increases into just 20 'growth towns', leaving over 600 communities with woefully inadequate resources. In effect this will force homelands residents off their lands to access services that are often hundreds of kilometers away. The Federal Government needs to step up and ensure these communities receive the funding they need.
  
  Next week Barayuwa and a delegation of leaders from homeland communities are meeting federal Minister for Indigenous Affairs. At stake is the survival of over 600 unique, vibrant Indigenous communities.
  
  The Government think they're meeting with just 8 people next week. But imagine if those 8 can carry with them the support of tens of thousands more - a pile of petition signatures so large it takes all of them to carry it in.
  
  Can you make it happen? Watch this personal video message from the homelands and sign the petition before Barayuwa presents it to key politicians next week:
  
   http://www.getup.org.au/campaign/Homelands&id=748?dc=857,524027,1
  
  Thanks for being part of this,
  The GetUp team
  
  PS - The future of over 600 vibrant Indigenous communities is under threat. Support Indigenous leaders by signing this petition http://www.getup.org.au/campaign/Homelands&id=748?dc=857,524027,1  before they present it to key politicians next week.
  
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  Jun 02, 07:05 PM

  Triple J Hottest 100 songs Ever - voting on now - JBT!

  To celebrate 20 years of the Hottest 100, Triple J are throwing their collective arms up in the air in a bid for enlightenment and asking you: What is your hottest song of all time?
  
  JBT songs in the list include: Better Than, Good Excuse, Treat Yo Mama & Funky Tonight.
  
  You can vote for 10 songs so add a couple JBT songs in there - there's a Better Than remix also included but we're hoping fans just select Better Than and skip the remix so more votes go towards the album version.
  
  Voting opened on Monday 1st June 2009 and will close Sunday 28th June 2009 - midnight AEST.
  
  Triple J are asking people having browser issues to try it in Firefox (which is probably a good idea for all your web browsing anyway)
  
  Click Here: http://www.abc.net.au/triplej/hottest100_alltime/voting/