Martin Molloy Live at Melbourne Town Hall

[foolhardycousingeorge]

Kim,

Back in 1996, during the International Comedy Festival, Mick and Tony did a broadcast from Melbourne Town Hall.

I have a photo from this. The photo is dark, but Tony is recognisable, wearing his Achey Breaky Heart red shirt.

Though the quality isn't great, I was wondering if you would like me to scan the photo and email it to you?

Scott

[baudrillard]

It was bizarre thinking that while Tone and Mick did two radio phone ins, there was a audience of people sitting there not being able to participate because they were there in person and not on the phone. It must have made for strange viewing.

[Bean Is A Carrot]

I'd like to see the photo, foolhardy.

[menagers]

Can someone fill me in on the whole Gillian Anderson on Martin Molloy thing? She came to Melbourne and was on M/M (I think I read a transcript of it on this site - Thankyou to that person), but more specifically she came to Southland. This was an amazing, amazing thing. No one in Centre Management had any idea that she was basically a Beatle shaking her mop from the balcony of Southern Cross Hotel, because the place went freakin' ballistic. I was there, and girls were being rushed to hospital Soccer crowd style. (A few weeks later they had Hanson appearing, they decided to relocate them to the carpark due to unprecedented numbers weeks before). I have a few photos that mainly demonstrate how colourless the mid 90's were, but she is sitting in front of a massive Fox sign and it was the afternoon. Was this a Martin/ Molloy broadcast? I'm ashamed to say I have no idea, I was only there for the Scully.

[Mason Hell-Cat]

I'll never forget the time that Tony and Mick said they were in Sydney for the ARIA (or one of them) awards one year and that they would be "broadcasting from a little caravan outside the theatre". So a mate of mine and I went searching all around the theatre, all through Central and nothing, nadda, zip. So we walked up to the theatre security (battling our way through boy band fans) and he looks us up and down and says:

Security guard: yes?
Me: Yeah we're here to see Tony Martin and Mick Molloy
SG: Do they know you're coming?
Me: Yeah sort of.....are they in there?
SG: [Looks his sheet up and down] Nope. They aren't even on the list.

Hmmm....so we walked away, kept listening while they're broadcasting, and eventually came to the conclusion that they were simply broadcasting from the 2DayFm studios. We were ropable.

(Funny in hindsight tho)

[baudrillard]

Yeah they weren't actually there. I think it came out during the broadcast. Gillian Anderson was interviewed on Martin - Molloy but it had nothing to do with that public appearance.

[menagers]

Ok, thanks for that. I should have known really, if Tony was there he would occasionally mention it; it was a very freaky unforgettable event. A bit like an X File actually.

[skel]

I've got that town hall ep somewhere on tape. It had the scared weird little guys doing that only song they had...come to australia, you might accidently get killed.... And Tony makes at least 10 Supertramp jokes. Best bit was when Tony went into the crowd and says to a woman "What have you seen at the festival that impressed you" and she says "I've seen you two guys but are yet to be impressed". To which Mick loses it and laughs his arse off. The delivery was spot on. I'll see if i can dig it up.

[menagers]

Was that a random woman or Tony's wife? :smile:

[baudrillard]

It's in the archive. It'll be here sooner or later!

[kim]

Yes, scan the pic in and send it on!
I've dug up a 1994 pic of Rob and Jane, but I think that's been seen...?

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[stupidmeatball]

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[kat-rant]

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[kat-rant]

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[Bean Is A Carrot]

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[Super Dave]

Kim,

Back in 1996, during the International Comedy Festival, Mick and Tony did a broadcast from Melbourne Town Hall.

I have a photo from this. The photo is dark, but Tony is recognisable, wearing his Achey Breaky Heart red shirt.

Though the quality isn't great, I was wondering if you would like me to scan the photo and email it to you?

Scott

Hello All,

Sorry to dredge up a long unused thread everyone, but I was wondering if the above mentioned photo was ever posted anywhere here? You see, I would be very interested to see it as there is a small chance that I may actually be in it - I was one of the audience members at the live show that was called up to do a comedy heckle on stage for Radio Gladiators during the broadcast. It's still my only brush with Tony, and if there was visual evidence of that in existence, man that'd be a treat.

[Sniv Whettuce]

If you do get the photo and find that your'e not in it, Super, I can always put you into it. It'd be nice to do some socially relevant photoshopping for a change.

[menagers]

You should put genius to good use Sniv, and make nice t-shirts for us all. ie. no purple moustaccas

[Super Dave]

If you do get the photo and find that your'e not in it, Super, I can always put you into it. It'd be nice to do some socially relevant photoshopping for a change.

Sounds like a capital idea. If it does surface I'll pass you on a photo of my noggin for you to weave some magic.

[Sniv Whettuce]

You should put genius to good use Sniv, and make nice t-shirts for us all. ie. no purple moustaccas
I'm a devoted nudist, Menagers. With the exception of women's skimpitudes clothes appall me. I won't use my photoshopping skills to promote their use.

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[burger]

I hope those things are photo-shopped Sniv. Or imagine that poor woman's back! Ouch.

[menagers]

She has nice hair that woman.

[burger]

Needs to lean against her bathroom sink in order to stay upright.... but you're right, she does have nice hair.

[yeahthatwouldbeme]

Jealous? :mrgreen:
























of back pain?

[foolhardycousingeorge]

One of the things I remember from that live broadcast at Melbourne Town Hall is how often Mick and Tony told us (the audience) that they did not like most of the music that they had to play on Martin Molloy.

After the Scared Weird Little Guys had finished, Mick and Tony asked (enthusiastically), "what did you think of the Scared Weird Little Guys?", prompting us to applaud.

The audience response was maybe a little subdued.

Tony replied, 'Well, we can always play a Sophie B. Hawkins song again."

[george.mikal]

hmmmmm.....ok
i will give my views later

[baudrillard]

One of the things I remember from that live broadcast at Melbourne Town Hall is how often Mick and Tony told us (the audience) that they did not like most of the music that they had to play on Martin Molloy.

After the Scared Weird Little Guys had finished, Mick and Tony asked (enthusiastically), "what did you think of the Scared Weird Little Guys?", prompting us to applaud.

The audience response was maybe a little subdued.

Tony replied, 'Well, we can always play a Sophie B. Hawkins song again."

I wasn't there of course, but the tape of it will eventually get digitised, I think it's in 1997, and yes, I remember sadly how the Scared Weird Little Guys were received, and I'm pretty sure I remember how Tony had made that comment in dismay, but yeah he didn't of course say on air how much the music sucked. I had to think of the show as being two completely separate entities. One that was Tony and Mick and them piss farting about and doing sketches, impersonations and rants, and the other (all that you hate about radio) a world of commercials and stupid promotions and dumbass dumbed down versions of "news", but mostly a world of music that you would imagine Tony or Mick listening to never in their lives out of sheer disgust. And the repetition was like Get This, you could set your watch by the time of day that they'd play the Summer of '69. The joke Tony makes about how much they would play it, although we've now heard the gag so many times because we try and pick up every single appearance he makes, so on many different radio stations to so many different audiences, is for me so painfully true it may never lose its humourous appeal for me as it is etched into my brain. At least they'd get a count-down in the studio for when the shit was going to end so they didn't have to really ever hear it, but editing it on analog equipment... Oh the trauma and the horror, the horror.

[stupidmeatball]

Summer of 69 isn't only a problem on the radio, but every single pub band in every single pub plays that fucking song! I used to like it, once up on a time, but not it requires an aweful lot of booze to get me to sing along to it, and afterwards I feel like I need a hot shower and a bar of Solvol to get clean again.
That was a bit off topic, I apologise.

[baudrillard]

No it's good to know the horror isn't confined to simply the airwaves. It's permeated pub rock band culture too. At least I don't hear it these days, may the horror be passed down a generation! :mrgreen:

[stupidmeatball]

Also Run to Paradise and Jesse's Girl get done to death by every pub band. Those are two Aussie classics that I can no longer listen to without cringing. It's funny that very few pub bands play Khe Sahn, because it's "cliched" but will play Summer of '69, Run to Paradise and Jese's Girl quite happily at a moments notice.

[13 schoolyards]

I wasn't there of course, but the tape of it will eventually get digitised.

Looking forward to it.

[baudrillard]

I really, really am on the verge of a nervous breakdown at the moment to be frank. Does that excuse me for the time being?? I don't even have time to see my friends anymore. I'm going to go part time in second semester, and then I'll be able to start digitising them again, but at the moment I do not sleep at night because I have to study through the night and if I'm lucky collapse for a couple of hours in the middle of the day. I take painkillers all the time and last week I thought my cat had a form of cancer. You'll get what you want 13, just let me try and live the pitiful existence I have of a life trying to figure out what I'm going to do with my wasted life at the age of 35, and give me the time to get it done, so that I'm at least failing university because I'm an idiot, not because I have digitised episodes of Martin/Molloy. I can't work at the radio station anymore because I am too busy. I have no money if that helps too, I have to study to the point that I can't even work part time. At this rate you're either getting the M/M tapes digitised or a pine box with my corpse in it. Time will tell.

[Big Props]

Jesse's Girl get done to death by every pub band. .

ARRRGGGGHHHHHH !!!!

Don't remind me of that song !!!

I'd almost had it erased form my memory - Well, replaced by the Irish equivilent - Galway Girl - Which is also played 2 or 3 times a night in every Irish Pub.

I got so sick of Jessies Girl that i eventually enforced a rule, that everytime a band (or DJ) played that song, i would leave the pub! - Not a very social rule, but very good for my mental health.

Quite often wouldn't finish my first drink before leaving.

I urge you all to consider this rule! It's very rewarding!

[stupidmeatball]

I can imagine it would save a good deal of cash too.
Did you walk out of Hot Tub Time Machine?

[Big Props]

I'm off to see it tomorrow - Don't tell me.............?