ANYONE can drop in, tune in and turn on to the sound of electronic music at the free Transmission event in Parkdale this weekend. Three electronica acts Chiara Kickdrum, Electric Ninja and Rock Hunter will fire up synthesisers, mix desks and ambient guitar to lay down a groove of both smooth and block rockin’ beats at the Shirley Burke Theatre’s G3 Artspace. Parkdale resident Peter Breuer, who also records electronic music under the name Faux Professor Pierre Breux, will MC the 75-minute music gig accompanied by eye-popping visuals courtesy of projections and video manipulator Bob Jarvis. Breuer says headline act…
Author: Bayside News
By BILLY DIXON “I don’t know if anyone really thinks five years ahead in any tangible way… I’ve taken a long term approach to being a musician and my career with this band.” It’s a solid answer to a seemingly innocuous question asking what Rai Thistlethwayte has been doing with his life over the last half-decade or so. Far from laying low, hiding from the spotlight in some small outback town, Rai’s been immersing himself in the musical culture and cultural music of Los Angeles. “Like any lengthy project, you’ve gotta do a little reinvention, a bit of maintenance along…
The Australian Volunteer Coast Guard and the Boating Industry Association of Victoria (BIAV) have supported a review of the current structure of marine safety activities in Victoria to strengthen the organisation and sustainability of the volunteer marine rescue services. In a meeting with the Emergency Services Minister Jane Garrett and Victoria’s Emergency Management Commissioner Craig Lapsley, both the BIAV and the Volunteer Coast Guard raised the importance of having a coordinated approach with all marine rescue services and the development of an efficient interface between volunteer services and government agencies. “The meeting with Minister Garrett and Craig Lapsley, responsible for…
A FRANKSTON man was punched and threatened with a baseball bat before being robbed, 8.40pm, Sunday 28 February. Detective Senior Constable Marty O’Brien, of Frankston CIU, said the 48 year old was walking along Derna Cr when a red Holden Commodore with four men on board drove by and stopped. Two of the occupants got out – one carrying the bat. The other grappled the victim to the ground, stole his wallet, removed the cash and threw the wallet back at him. The man carrying the bat then punched the victim to the head. The pair got back in the…
A Carrum Downs man allegedly set fire to a car at Frankston station, 9.20am Wednesday. The flames quickly spread to three other cars causing substantial damage. They will all probably be written-off, police said. Detective Leading Senior Constable Richard Brown, of Frankston CIU, described the incident as a “random attack” in which the offender, 36, caught a bus to the station from Carrum Downs and wandered among cars parked in Fletcher Rd. He then threw petrol over one car and lit it. The man was charged with arson and causing criminal damage by fire. He appeared at Frankston Magistrates’ Court…