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Prepare yourself. Winter is coming and the nights are dark and full of terrors. Fortunately the House Falcona is bringing one of the largest characters from Winterfell across the seas and onto our shores - Kristian Nairn aka Hodor will be heading Down Under this August hosting some of the most anticipated gatherings since the beheading of the Hand.

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If, in the burgeoning UK punk scene of 1977, the Sex Pistols were the heart, the Clash were the conscience, then the Jam were definitely the brains.

Their debut LP, In The City, showcased a band that was able to capture the raw aggression and urgency of punk, thanks to the powerhouse rhythm section of bass player Bruce Foxton and drummer Rick Buckler, with a whip-smart pop sensibil-ity and incisive lyricism from frontman Paul Weller, that recalled the likes of Ray Davies and Pete Townshend.

Cutting their teeth on what Foxton called the “social club circuit” with a much “mellower sound” in 1975/76, after Weller caught an early Sex Pistols gig at the legendary 100 Club, the true direction of the band began to take shape.

“It was such an exciting time - there was a sense that anything could happen and after Paul saw that Sex Pistols gig, all we wanted to do was break into that London pub circuit,” Foxton told TE.

The Jam’s talent quickly eclipsed that of many of their upstart contemporaries and with subsequent albums, This Is The Modern World, All Mod Cons, Setting Sons, Sound Affects and The Gift, shifted into poppier and more soul oriented territory.

Since their break up in 1982, after which Weller went on to form The Style Council, the Jam’s legacy has only grown more potent. Their third record, All Mod Cons, featuring the genre defining Down in the Tube Station At Midnight, A-Bomb In Wardour Street, and Mr Clean, came in at number 50 in a Q Magazine list of the greatest 100 British albums of all time.

After the Jam split, Foxton and Buckler turned up in a number of bands, most notably Foxton’s 15-year stint as bass player for Irish punk legends Stiff Little Fingers, but the desire to continue playing those classic Jam songs still burned bright with Foxton and Buckler, despite Weller’s disinterest. Hence, From The Jam was born. Initially featuring Foxton and Buck-ler, along with Russell Hastings on vocals and guitar and David Moore on keyboards and guitar, From the Jam launched a mammoth tour, including Australia, in 2007 and proved just how much love there still is for The Jam.

Now, with a line-up consisting of Foxton, Hastings and drummer Steve Barnard (Joe Strummer and the Mescalaros), From the Jam will be making a return Oz trip next year, with a special acoustic Newcastle show in the offing.

“We were down there three or four years ago and it was bloody brilliant,” Foxton said.

“Unfortunately the Jam never made it down to Australia, which is a real shame, but that first tour was just amazing and

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hopefully this one will be even better.”Foxton said while the Jam’s considerable

back catalogue presented a few issues when writing a set-list these days, it was a good problem to have.

“Yeah, there are certain songs that you have to put in there, but the set does get changed very regularly - which keeps it fresh for both the band and the audience.”

Aside from the slew of Jam classics on offer, Foxton added that there would be a couple of tracks from his latest solo album, and first in 30 years (his last being 1984’s Touch Sensitive) - Back to the Room. The album represents somewhat of a mending of the fences between Foxton and Weller, who had reportedly not spoken for 20 years.

“It was amazing to work with Paul again - we had some really great times in the Jam but we had a falling out and sadly, it took the passing of my wife and his father (John Weller, who also managed the Jam) in 2009 to make us both realise that life is too short - I played on a couple of tracks on Paul’s last album Wake Up The Neighbours

and I also got up and played a song with him at the Royal Albert Hall for his fiftieth birthday and people just went mental,” he said.

“Our friendship is back on track now and going from strength to strength, which is just brilliant - I couldn’t be happier.”

Back To The Room, which also features the talents of Booker T and the MGs drum-mer Steve Cropper and Spandau Ballet sax player Steve Norman, is a stunning pop album with a few tracks, namely Window Shopping and Number Six, sounding as good as anything the Jam produced.

“Yeah, those two that you mentioned are definitely in the set at the moment,” he said.

“People have commented that if the Jam had stuck together, this is probably what it would’ve sounded like, which is a bloody huge compliment.”

Catch From the Jam at The Depot on Beaumont on Sunday, March 8 2015.

Tickets are available at bigtix.com.au and thedepotonbeaumont.com.au. Get in early as this one is going to be huge.

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The members varied individual influences are well represented in their live cover sets, ranging from John Butler Trio to Bon Jovi, Michael Jackson to Crowded House and The Romantics to The Beatles.

These guys have been performing together for more than six years and, during that time, have molded themselves into an extremely versatile act.

Along with the full band line up, their stripped back intimate acoustic duo and solo performances are equally as entertaining and engaging.

Sundays Record enjoyed a swag of gigs with many high profile local and touring acts appearing on bills with Kid Courageous, Room 24 and James Reyne.

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If there’s one thing that radio personality, actor and all-round funnyman Matt Okine knows it’s that the world of show

business is one that can be best described as full of swings and roundabouts.

“I’m actually speaking to you on a bus so I’m trying not to be too loud which kind of illustrates the highs and lows of the kind of job I do - earlier today I was taken out to lunch by a TV personality friend of mine who just scored a plumb new job on Channel Nine and now, here I am on public transport - peaks and valleys,” he said.

It seems though after taking on the Triple J breakfast slot with co-host Alex Dyson, that 2014 is a year with more peaks than valleys - choice of transport notwithstanding.

Despite the early mornings, Okine is about to embark on a stand-up tour that will see him split sides at the Civic Playhouse and he said punters could expect a bit of a free-wheeling experience.

“Well, basically the show is going to be around an hour of absolute hilarity that’s all about me,” Okine told TE.

“This show is a bit different to shows that I would do at festivals where you’re bound by the tagline - you know, if the show is called

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Matt Okine Goes to the Shops then I have to talk about going to the shops, but this one will be much a much more freestyling affair which I’m really looking forward to.”

After starting his career as a Triple J RAW finalist in 2004 with just three stand-up gigs under his belt, Okine’s comedy stock has risen dramatically with five hugely successful solo shows as well as stints overseas, especially at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival where he grabbed a best newcomer nomination. Aside from stand-up and radio gigs, Okine has also proved equally adroit in the mediums of film and television with recent stints on the small screen in ABC1’s This is Littleton, Dirty Laundry Live, and a stint as host of SBS2’s soccer show, ThursdayFC and on the silver screen in such films as See No Evil and Aquamarine - just don’t ask him to pick a favourite medium.

“If I picked a favourite, I think I’d get pretty sick of that favourite pretty quickly,” he said.

“It’s kind of like when you are working out what you want for dinner, you learn to kind of trust your body to know what you want - so I’m fortunate that if I want to do some stand-up or if I want to make some crap hip-hop in my bedroom, that I can do that.”

Looking at his CV you’d be forgiven for thinking that Okine is a driven workaholic, however he said the driving force behind

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his success is a desire to never be a telemar-keter again.

“Yeah man, a little while back, after I graduated from acting school, me and a friend were working in a call centre selling wine over the phone and we were just so f**king depressed about it,” he said.

“One day at lunch we decided that we needed to do something, anything other than sell wine - so basically everything I’ve done since has been so I can avoid tele-marketing. If I can go through life drinking wine and not selling it over the phone, then I consider myself a success.”

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Given that he was only in our part of the world in January, celebrat-ing the 10th anniversary of his

breakout album Feeler, the fact that Pete Murray is heading back our way for two shows - with one already sold out - is testament to the fact that there is a heck of a lot of love in these parts for the So Beautiful singer.

Murray’s story is an unlikely one - a promising athlete and rugby star turns a career stopping injury into an opportu-nity to become a singer; initially selling CD’s out of his Kombi van and ultimately landing a worldwide record deal. This was followed by 12 ARIA Award nomina-tions, sales of over a million albums, and playing to passionate audiences in Australasia, North America, Europe and South America.

Last year Pete Murray re-released his definitive album Feeler as a special 10 year anniversary edition, re-mastered at the legendary Abbey Road Studios. He then toured the country to sold out crowds.

While Murray was a relative newcomer to the world of music, first picking up the guitar at age 22, while pursuing a career in sports medicine, he has definitely taken to the singer-songwriter thing like the proverbial duck to water with subse-quent albums See The Sun and Blue Sky

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Blue propelling him even further into the fecund Aussie folk-rock stratosphere.

Catch Pete Murray at The Depot on Beaumont on Thursday August 21. Get tickets at thedepotonbeaumont.com.au. However, the Friday, August 22 show has now sold out.

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Wednesday for Raffl e – 4.30pm – 7.00pm

Friday 4.30 – close

Saturday – 10.30am - 7.30pm

Sunday – 10.00am – 7.00pm

(later for Karaoke)

WW11377

GoldenDragon

RestaurantTrading hours noon - 2pm, 5.30-8pmWednesday to SundayCome along & try the best of Australian menu items & an extensive Chinese menu to choose from includingbanquet menus.

Tickets on sale at

5.30pm & drawn 6pm

A GREAT SELECTION OF...Quality Meat Trays,

Laundry Packs,

Grocery Packs, Dairy Packs,

Fresh Chicken Trays &

Petrol Vouchers

STAY ON FOR...“Spin for Cash” straight

after the raffl e

PLUS live entertainment

every Friday from

8pm til midnight