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    1. 2013
      Shim sham

    2. 2011
      Okay Sydney, you beat me
      Your fake name is good enough for me
      View from the sun
      God bless the great indoors
      I hate rock n roll
      Sinking relation ship
      K.C. swimming
      Tumbleweed

    3. 2010
      Wake me up before you go go
      2009 in retrospectacle, the first part
      Jay Reatard RIP
      2009 in retrospectacle, the second part
      2009 in retrospectacle, the third part
      Jak Stone live and 2009 in retrospectacle, it's about time to move onto 2010 part
      I'll be back for the honey
      Carly Simon calls Half a Cow in vain
      I'm not in love with parrot eyes or mermaid eyes
      Mark, someday I will treat you good
      Alex, there was a light
      In my head
      Let's begin
      I've been in pornographic movies
      Goodnight Low Transit Industries
      Muse blues
      Ca plane pour moi
      Five stars and two thumbs up
      This world has no place for me
      Lake of fur
      Needles in the camel's eye
      Strangers like you
      Blue sky grey
      Gold star for robot boy
      Music for labradors to sleep by
      The Britannicas with Joe Algeri
      84 songs in 180 minutes
      Kiwis go home
      I cc. dead people
      Close every valve to your bleeding heart
      Liar lion
      Purple parallelogram
      Raining pleasure
      I'm gonna change your life
      Accidental architecture
      Effervescence
      Write about love
      Go monkey go

    4. 2009
      In the airwaves over the sea ~ A night with Neutral Milk Hotel
      The sound of falling rain
      Beyond the broken sea
      Hey! Paranoid people! (What's in your head?)
      Winner of the
      WWJD?
      Authentic celestial music
      Freedom of choice
      The gentle art of spoonbending
      Drws
      Soft drowsy songs
      Trapped in amber
      Sea shanties for buoys and gills
      God of your gaps
      Point being
      Are you having a good time?!?!
      I've been listening to you for too long
      A year's worth of shows
      Memory lake
      Off with his cardigan!
      Be gentle with me
      Not here for a haircut
      I'm not afraid to lighten up
      Christo
      Liberace fibonacci
      Suds & soda
      Weird
      I'm watching you
      That striped sunlight sound
      Calling all communists
      Know we're nowhere
      How we survive
      The metal years
      Don't listen to us
      Goodbye, God bless and good riddance
      Oh yeah
      Popboomerang Records presents
      Smudge v. Godstar
      Bailter Space
      For friends in far away places
      Stroke
      Stroke
      Stroke
      I don't even know where to start (with this kind of music)

    5. 2008
      Distant dove
      Are you still awake?
      Sertraline hydrochloride
      Untune the sky
      Wide music
      This is the sound
      Two weeks with a good man in Niagara Falls
      Dolly, Dolly, Dolly
      No-fi Zealand
      I told her on Alderaan
      Secret agent man
      I threw it all away
      That's when I fell
      Tupac
      The first Nothing Happening on Munt FM
      Greg Nelson brings out his dead
      In the name of Jesus Christ
      Mister Accidental
      I'm onto something good
      When night falls with Alex Galvin
      Tonight
      We wish you a Neddy Christmas
      On a speeding motorcycle with Yo La Tengo

    6. 2007
      Sweden calling
      Broken Flight hits the Pavement
      My Bloody Valentine
      A short introduction
      Vocoder plays at Half a Cow's sweet sixteenth
      David Kilgour's far now
      A night on earth
      Pop pop pop!
      Josh Haden
      A night in Australia
      And it all led to Buffalo Springfield
      Indiepop bliss: equal parts Belles Will Ring, The Sproutts & Art of Fighting
      Luke Russell
      Looking at The Specimens with Tim Wold
      A night in Spain with Josh Haden
      Souls on Board with Anthony Petrucci
      Blonde Redhead v. Electrelane
      A Welsh road trip with Gorky's Zygotic Mynci
      Some Reyne, a couple of Dynamos and a Brick
      Ulitimately Willard Grant Conspiracy
      A homemade plane not a golden rough
      Boddicker v. The Twilights
      Spectrum v. Possum Dixon
      The Pictures v. The Shimmys
      Sometimes the best thing you can do is die
      Upside down frown
      Great Lake Swimmers
      Bubblegum youth
      Adventures in solitude
      Self loathing, fear & doubt
      An avalanche of stars
      On the surface of solitude
      Good bad, not evil
      The alluring darkness
      Resurrection fern
      The amateur show
      Geeareohdoubleyou
      The new sun
      A trip in a painted world
      Tropical-Iceland

    7. 2006
      101 Greatest Australian bands of the 90's (65-39)
      101 Greatest Australian bands of the 90's (38-1)
      Pipsoh!
      Calvin Johnson with Calvin Johnson
      Indiegazing with Peter Krbavac
      Ancient Marinators v. OMD with Murray Lee
      Battle of the S Bends: The Shrugs v. The Sunnyboys
      Popboomerang v. Heligoland
      Battle of the TLA: DCF v. BTS
      Candle Records 100th
      Spa Sparkle Sparklehorse
      Greg Nelson
      Pavement (by indie and jazzy)
      Beautiful pantomine
      Destroyer of Ghosts
      The Colour TV in Spain
      The Josh in Spain
      G.W.McLennan RIP
      Shearwater
      NonZero
      Maurice Frawley & the Yard Hands with Maurice Frawley
      Mojave 3
      Power Pop
      Riding a wave to the fjords
      A rich harvest of Australian singer-songwriters
      Stretching out
      Smudge
      Flywheel
      13 overlooked albums of the 90's
      Gersey
      Yo La Tengo
      The Sand Pebbles with Chris Hollow
      Miscellaneous
      David Ross Macdonald's suburban mayhem
      Halfway to Califone
      The Phoenix Foundation
      Four's company
      She loves you too
      The Panda Band live
      Hellbound Honeys v. Sloan
      Gaslight Radio with Gaslight Radio
      I do dream you
      Do it again
      Music to listen to when you drive home for Christmas
      A Christmas present

    8. 2005
      A look at the best of 2004 - Part I
      A look at the best of 2004 - Part II
      A look at the best of 2004 - Part III
      New for 2005
      And a little bit more of the best of 2004...
      Built Like Alaska
      Alec Bathgate v. The Cops (with Alec Bathgate and Nick Kennedy)
      Modern psychedelia
      Alec Bathgate Part II
      Mr Amazing
      5 pack fragile
      Yo La Tengo
      The Wellingtons live
      Alec Bathgate Part III
      Daniel Johnston
      Lords of Gravity, My Education and Black Nielson with Will Gradidge Part I
      Black Nielson with Will Gradidge Part II and the Chills
      Ramshackle mellow and David Pajo
      Ramshackle mellow and Radar Bros
      Ramshackle mellow, Galaxie 500 and Luna
      Ramshackle mellow and Luna
      Ramshackle mellow and Deloris with Marcus Teague
      Ramshackle mellow and SubAudible Hum and La Huva with Danny Griffith and Tim Kevin
      Not so ramshackle mellow and The Triangles with Robert Simpson
      Ramshackle mellow and The Mad Scene
      Ramshackle mellow and Sodastream
      Matt Handley with Matt Handley
      Iron On and Pollyanna/Matt Handley with Kate Cooper and Matt Handley
      A night at the opera
      Sounds Like Sunset
      Meanderal Man
      Nic Dalton v. Lucy Lehmann (with Nic Dalton)
      King Loser
      The Triffids
      Butterglory
      Bonnie Prince Billy on the Rotisserie
      Warmer on the Rotisserie
      Mess+Noise+TeenageFanclub
      Teenage Fanclub II
      101 Greatest Australian bands of the 90's (101-66)

    9. 2004
      The Jesus and Mary Chain
      The Nothing Happening theme tune
      Jaz's big day out
      Sciflyer
      Jaz's last hurrah
      Nessa's first hurrah
      Lou Reed, John Cale, Nico & The Shins
      In search of the perfect hook
      Grab showbag
      Low Transit Industries with Felix & Hugh
      Shock of the new
      Tamas Wells
      Elf Power (Part 1)
      Elf Power (Part 2)
      The Meeting Places in the Woods Themselves
      Candle in the wind
      The Unstable Ape
      Very short Flying Nun stories
      Eric's Trip
      Lazy Susan, Part I
      Lazy Susan, Part II
      Powertool Records Vol. I
      Powertool Records Vol. II
      An assortment
      The Killjoys: Australia v. Canada
      Map
      GbV
      The Fiery Furnaces with Andrew Thompson
      Minus Story with Brian Phillips Vol. 1
      Minus Story with Brian Phillips Vol. 2
      We are Yatsura (Urusei Yatsura)
      Time and ELO
      The Sidewinder sleeps tonight
      Oneironaut with Nick Peldge (Part I)
      Oneironaut with Nick Pledge (Part II) with a whole lotta Hayden and Kilgour going on
      International Karate with Mark Mascia, Part I
      International Karate with Mark Mascia, Part II
      Art of Fighting with Ollie Browne, Part I
      Cipher live!
      Art of Fighting with Ollie Browne, Part II
      Art of Fighting with Ollie Browne, Part III
      A Christmas Eve five-pack
      New Years Eve with Ned Norland

    10. 2003
      Perhaps Transparent (with Simon Couper)
      Spod, The Lemonheads and Perhaps Transparent (with Pinky Tuscadero)
      The kink in W.Minc
      The lazy shall inherit the earth
      The Devoted Few (with Ben Fletcher)
      Going round the S band
      Going round the S band again
      Ross Wilson live and Jeff Kelly in his Green Pajamas
      Pajama-ed Kelly and The Beautiful Few (with Kieran Carroll)
      The Microphones
      Live pure pop with Rob Clarkson
      Muzzy Pep (with Scott Blackley)
      Dave McCormack, Shelflife and Karmic Hit with Dave McCormack
      Camera Obscura with Tony Dale
      Muzzy Pep live with Lost & Lonesome's Mark Monnone thrown in for good measure (Part I)
      Flying Nun montage with Lost & Lonesome's Mark Monnone thrown in for good measure (Part II)
      The Pollen Choir with Adam Cole
      Chasing Happy live at Nothing Happening with Greg Nelson
      Her Majesty's Finest with Mav
      Sea Life Park with Lee Hillam and International Karate with Mark Mascia
      Jenny Queen and Home for the Def with Jenny Queen and Nigel Koop
      Home for the Def with Nigel Koop (Part II)
      PRL and Function with Matt Nicholson
      Heligoland with Steve Wheeler
      Starboard and Josh Arnold with Chris Moller and Josh Arnold
      Screamfeeder with Tim Steward
      Gifted Records and Screamfeeder with Tim Steward, Part 2
      Screamfeeder with a Tim Steward salute to Rage, Part 3
      Where did the last several months go? Part 1
      Where did the last several months go? Part 2
      The Rectifiers and Essex Green (Part 1) with Jo Volk and Christopher Ziter
      The Essex Green (Part 2) and The Brunettes with Christopher Ziter and The Brunettes
      Anthony Atkinson
      Jodi Phillis
      Fourplay then onto 8 Miles High with Richie Unterberger
      8 Miles High with Richie Unterberger Part II
      8 Miles High with Richie Unterberger Part III and Ashtray Boy with Carla and Jo Part I
      Ashtray Boy with Carla and Jo Part II
      Ashtray Boy with Carla and Jo Part III
      Failsafe Records, Part I
      Failsafe Records, Part II
      No Through Road with Matt Banham and Screamfeeder with Tim Steward (Part I)
      Screamfeeder with Tim Steward (Part II) and The Sacred Cowboys with Garry Gray
      The Steinbecks with Josh Meadows and the last Nothing Happening on 2MCE-FM
      The first Nothing Happening on Valley FM
      Some Australian favourites of the 90's
      A heavenly 10 pack
      Horse Stories
      A good dose of Christmas cheer with Leigh Tran, Osmosis and Jasper Lee, Oz Music Project
      The 3D's

    11. 2002
      The big Monday
      Seaworthy and shipshape on The Clean machine
      The Clean and David Kilgour (with Muttley)
      A house by the sea, a little house by the sea, a big house by the sea, the nunnery (Tony Dupe)
      FREYjA and the Dumpster (Rebecca Rennie and Sean Bower)
      APRA night of nights - The Laughing World with the two Andrews (Tuttle and Thompson)
      On with the show this is it!
      Laughing Outlaw with Stuart Coupe
      Laughing Outlaw with Paul Grant/Hitchcocks Regret
      Laughing Outlaw with Stuart Coupe
      A night of technological disquiet: Jagjaguwar v. Candle
      Arclife v. Candle with Darren Hanlon interview
      Half a Cow v. The Love of Everything v. Candle Records with Darren Hanlon and Dave Orwell
      Don't sneeze on Ruck Rover (with Stanley Paulzen)
      Further (with Matt Coyte) and Goldentone (with Tim Huspith)
      Karmic Hit (with John Kilbey)
      Karmic Hit Part II
      Camera Obscura Part I
      APRA night (with Reg Mombassa (Dog Trumpet), Zoran Trivic (Gyroscope), Bart (Bart & Friends, Pencil Tin etc.), Nolan Angell (The Genes) and Sean Bower (Dumpster and Tonjip))
      Camera Obscura Part II
      Camera Obscura Part III and Flying Nun 21st Doubletake
      Off the Hip (with The Mickster)
      The Queen's birthday special with HRH (The Hands, The Ridge and The Hanlon)
      Dog Trumpet Part I (with Reg Mombassa)
      Dog Trumpet Part II (with Reg Mombassa)
      Betchadupa (with Matt Eccles)
      Oscarlima (with Elroy Falcon)
      Dispelling the myths of Christian music (with Tonjip)
      Dispelling the myths of Christian music (Tonjipless) and then back to the Devil's music (with Simon Gibson, Half Miler, and Andrew Tragardh, The Long Weekend)
      Throwing a Laughing Outlaw on the Rotisserie
      A Bathgate, a Knox and a Tall Dwarf (with Chris Knox) - Part I
      A Bathgate, a Knox and a Tall Dwarf (with Chris Knox) - Part II
      In love (with Tim Oxley)
      A Bathgate, a Knox and a Tall Dwarf (with Chris Knox) - Part III
      The Tigers (with Chris Cobilis)
      Playing with custard for the first time (with David McCormack)
      Playing with custard for the second time (with David McCormack)
      Super happy secret hits
      Extra super happy secret hits
      Camera Obscura (with Tony Dale)
      7" split: Tamas Wells and Disaster Plan (with Tamas Wells and Richard Moffat)
      The special show with Gareth Edwards and Richie Unterberger
      Radiothon with Folk Rockster Richie Unterberger, Mayflyster Mark Lang and Cannanester Frances Gibson
      The 100th show extravaganza
      Augie March with Edmond Ammendola
      Cleaning up with David Kilgour
      Cleaning up again with David Kilgour
      Genshen live at Nothing Happening (with Steve Drinkall, The Henrys)
      Pete's fragile (with Simon Holmes and Pete Stone)
      Tucker Bs all At Sea (with Iain Downie and Andrew Houston)
      El Mopa (with Richard King, Andrew Thompson and Felix)

    12. 2001
      Quietly Suburban (part 2)
      Waking up
      Best of 2000 (part 1) (with Andrew Thompson)
      Best of 2000 (part 2) (with Andrew Thompson)
      Wild mood swings (with Andrew Thompson)
      Nic Dalton
      Tonjip, Toupee artists and a whole lotta Aussie and kiwi
      The JPS Experience
      First and second cousins of the JPS Experience
      The Spud takes over
      The Spud finishes me off
      Something old something new something borrowed something blue
      Something old something new something borrowed something blue - Part II
      Something old something new something borrowed something blue - Part III
      Something old something new something borrowed something blue - Part IV (with Nic Dalton)
      Unknown legends of rock and roll - Part I
      Unknown legends of rock and roll - Part II
      Unknown legends of rock and roll - Part III (with Mary Parker)
      Unknown legends of rock and roll - Part IV (with Nic Dalton)
      Unknown Legends of Rock and Roll - Part V
      Unknown legends of rock and roll - Part VI (with Deb Thornton)
      A night off....
      Showering with Satan
      Translating the Machine: An unknown legend case study
      Unknown legends of rock and roll - Part VII
      Unknown legends of rock and roll - Part VIII
      Unknown legends of rock and roll - Part IX
      Unknown legends of rock and roll - Part X
      Unknown legends of rock and roll - Part XI (Camera Obscura)
      Unknown legends of rock and roll - Part XII (Icecream Hands)
      Unknown legends of rock and roll - Part XIII (Youth Group)
      Unknown legends of rock and roll - Part XIII
      Rockin' Stroll (APRA)
      Space music with Hi Q
      Pollyanna and Dent
      Graeme Downes
      Graeme Downes / The Verlaines
      The Verlaines
      Camera Obscura
      The Discovery Channel
      The Verlaines
      Nic Dalton live at Nothing Happening!
      The Spoils
      Andrew Keese talks to himself
      Sadness is in the sky
      Nothing Happening live!
      Royalchord programs
      Demo show with Nic Dalton
      Demo Show Nicless
      Royalchord programs (Part II)
      Australian post punk and Ross Wilson

    13. 2000
      Great Australian music
      Great New Zealand music
      Falling asleep
      Christmas
      Quietly Suburban (part 1)


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