<![CDATA[Kaleidoscope]]> I love diversity and spice

I'm all about diversity in my life and the songs selected on this show are about catering for an assortment of folk. Variety is the spice of life. 

]]> en Sun, 28 Jun 2026 04:25:56 +1000 https://4zzz.org.au/programs/kaleidoscope/ <![CDATA[Kaleidoscope]]> https://amrap-pages-image.s3.amazonaws.com/profile/11064.jpg?cacbeb=59331147 4ZZZ info@4zzz.org.au I love diversity and spice

I'm all about diversity in my life and the songs selected on this show are about catering for an assortment of folk. Variety is the spice of life. 

]]> https://4zzz.org.au/programs/kaleidoscope/ https://undead.4zzz.fm/4zzz/2026-06-22-00-00.mp3 <![CDATA[Spiritual Wealth vs. Material Greed]]> This week's main theme of Kaleidoscope is a critique of Power, Wealth and Greed; especially focused on those in those in prominent positions, who have psychopathic traits. Amongst the tunes is commentary from John Lennon, Tom Walker, Sheldon Cooper, George Carlin concluding with a legendary monologue from Bill Hicks. Also there there's a short segment from ABC's Media Watch and one from the 1987 film Wall Street.
The last part of the show is an appetizer of 5 of the acts performing at this Saturday's 'Dead of Winter' festival.   

  • Songs played
  • Starcrawler - ON 2 U
  • The Beatles - Baby, You're A Rich Man
  • Rage Against The Machine - Sleep Now In The Fire
  • Pink Floyd - Money [Roger Waters Demo]
  • Heaven 17 - [We Don't Need This] Fascist Groove Thang
  • Alice Cooper - Billion Dollar Babies
  • Monty Python - Money Song
  • Midnight Oil - Read About It
  • Electric Hippies - Greedy People
  • Marianne Faithfull - Working Class Hero
  • Captain Thunder - Blind Man's Greed
  • Eddie Vedder - Society
  • Paul Kelly - Be Careful What You Pray For
  • Gomez - We Haven't Turned Around
  • Gut Health - Stiletto (live 2026)
  • Bill Hicks - It's Just a Ride
  • Golden Sunbird - Heart Of The Universe
  • Dad Fight - I Can't See Straight
  • Flangipanis - High, Drunk, Loose
  • Toe To Toe - Slave
  • Monster Zoku Onsomb! - Done
  • DZ Deathrays - Sideways
  • Didje Doo - Falling Up
]]> Mon, 22 Jun 2026 02:00:00 +1000 http://4zzz.org.au/program/kaleidoscope/2026-06-22 00:00:00/ https://undead.4zzz.fm/4zzz/2026-06-15-00-00.mp3 <![CDATA[interrupted and unappreciated]]>
  • A timely message from M.I.A in the form of a satire about the perceptions and anxieties surrounding immigrants and refugees
  • An excerpt from the winner of the Greatest Classical Music of all time, followed by a revolutionary fusion of operatic vocal technique, aggressive punk rock intensity, and avant-garde theater, by the "Godmother of Punk"
  • Two versions of the song 'Ride On' merged together
  • A live performance from Spiderbait at the 2026 ARIA Awards
  • A fantastic live rendition of Metronomic Underground performed by Stereolab in 1998 at the iconic Prince of Wales Hotel in St. Kilda, Melbourne
    • Songs played
    • Suzanne Vega - Tom's Diner (original version)
    • Insurge - Speculator
    • Babaganouj - Bluff
    • You Am I - Can't Get Started (live)
    • Amyl and The Sniffers - Monsoon
    • M.I.A. - Paper Planes
    • Talking Heads - Born Under Punches (The Heat Goes On)
    • The Animals - Help Me Girl
    • The Cure - The Lovecats (Acoustic)
    • Berliner Philharmoniker - Beethoven Symphony No.9 (Ode To Joy)
    • Nina Hagen - Naturtrane
    • Lene Lovich - Lucky Number
    • Sleaford Mods - Discourse
    • Lydia Lunch - Gloomy Sunday
    • Beasts of Bourbon - Ride On
    • AC/DC - Ride On
    • Desmond Cheese - More Crack Please
    • New Order - Blue Monday (2022 stereo remix)
    • Carol King - It's Too Late
    • Spiderbait - Black Betty (live 2026)
    • BIG WETT - EAT IT
    • Selve - Creature of the Night
    • Stereolab - Metronomic Underground (live 1998)
    ]]>     Mon, 15 Jun 2026 02:00:00 +1000 http://4zzz.org.au/program/kaleidoscope/2026-06-15 00:00:00/     https://undead.4zzz.fm/4zzz/2026-06-08-00-00.mp3 <![CDATA[8th of June]]> *There are some relatively new songs in this episode; like the one from Peaches and an old Pink Floyd track relived in an previously unreleased version.
    *There's a terrific Mexican-style cover of the most iconic Stranglers track.
    *In the last part of the program I showcased the songs played on the documentary 'André Is an Idiot' hand-picked by the filmmakers to act as a reflection of the late subject, André Ricciardi's distinct personality.  
    *I closed the show out with the famous classic instrumental party tune played at weddings and Oktoberfest events, which many drunk folk attempted to dance to at Expo 88'. 

    • Songs played
    • Sonic Youth - Theresa's Sound-World
    • The B-52s - Topaz
    • Elton John · Ringo Starr · T.Rex - Children of the Revolution (Born to Boogie Version)
    • The Smiths - The Headmaster Ritual
    • Patti Smith - Smells Like Teen Spirit
    • Giulio Capurso - Cinquantuno
    • Pissed Jeans - Moving On
    • King Missile - Mystical Shit (subscriber request)
    • MRE - The Deep Edge
    • Peaches - You're Alright (Clean)
    • Mariachi Mexteca Feat. Hugh Cornwell - Golden Brown
    • Pink Floyd - Pigs on the Wing (8-Track Version)
    • Richard Swift - MG 333
    • Can - Halleluwah (Edit)
    • Peter Bjorn and John - Inland Empire
    • Aphrodite's Child - The Battle Of The Locusts
    • Broncho - Try Me out Sometime
    • Jesse Welles - Cancer
    • Florist - 1914
    • Dan Deacon - Sat By A Tree
    • The Emeralds - The Bird Dance
    ]]>     Mon, 8 Jun 2026 02:00:00 +1000 http://4zzz.org.au/program/kaleidoscope/2026-06-08 00:00:00/     https://undead.4zzz.fm/4zzz/2026-06-01-00-00.mp3 <![CDATA[New Grid On And Running]]> In the last quarter of the show I featured the bands and artists performing at this Sunday's 'The Return of The Sunday Rocknroll BBQ' event

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    • Songs played
    • Jane's Addiction - Ain't No Right
    • The Julie Ruin - Just My Kind
    • Joy Division - No Love Lost
    • Tortoise - Charteroak Foundation
    • Primus - My Name Is Mud (Subscriber request)
    • The Leads - Rivers Run Free (feat poproperly) (request)
    • Sleater-Kinney - All Hands On The Bad One
    • Crash Test Dummies - Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm
    • The Smashing Pumpkins - Bye June
    • Abbe May - Carolina
    • Kneecap - Your Sniffer Dogs Are Shite (Subscriber request)
    • Water From Your Eyes - Playing Classics
    • Pussy Jane - Gym Slutz
    • Future Shocks - Fluorescent Skies
    • The Glycereens - Neon City Lights
    • The Brady Bunch Lawnmower Massacre - I'm Gonna Drink Myself To Life
    • Massive Attack - Unfinished Sympathy
    • New War - Calling From The Inside
    • The Mason Rack Band - Time Again
    • Stonefield - Midnight
    ]]>     Mon, 1 Jun 2026 02:00:00 +1000 http://4zzz.org.au/program/kaleidoscope/2026-06-01 00:00:00/     https://undead.4zzz.fm/4zzz/2026-05-25-00-00.mp3 <![CDATA[Last Of The Extended Shows]]> As of next week Kaleidoscope will be returning back to it's original 2hr format, as there will be a new show following mine from 2am; stayed tuned for that :)

    • Songs played
    • Sparks - My Baby's Taking Me Home
    • The Stranglers - Peaches
    • Kev Carmody - Thou Shalt Not Steal
    • Smoke City - Mr. Gorgeous (And Miss Curvaceous)
    • Euniq - FundaMental ConTraDiction
    • The Fall - Oh! Brother
    • The Distained - Promise
    • St. Germain - Sure Thing
    • The Black Angels - The Prodigal Sun
    • The Bear Hunt - Movie Star
    • Silverchair - Freak
    • Miss Kaninna - Blak Britney
    • Local Authority - Forever, For Now
    • Pnau - Journey Agent
    • Butthole Surfers - Imbuya
    • Dry Cleaning - Cruise Ship Designer (live)
    • Dry Cleaning - Evil Evil Idiot (live)
    • Dry Cleaning - Hit My Head All Day (live)
    • Eyes Ninety - Automaton
    • Jaguar Jonze - Naked
    • Lambrini Girls - Cult of Celebrity
    • Razel - Ridicule
    • Getdown Services - The Radiator
    • High Dependency Unit - El True East
    • ITCHY AND THE NITS - Fortune Teller
    • 808 State - Bond
    • Buzzcocks - Everybody's Happy Nowadays
    • The Cruel Sea - Hidden Track
    ]]>     Mon, 25 May 2026 02:00:00 +1000 http://4zzz.org.au/program/kaleidoscope/2026-05-25 00:00:00/     https://undead.4zzz.fm/4zzz/2026-05-18-00-00.mp3 <![CDATA[I Touched Her Thigh And Death Smiled ]]> In a bi-monthly feature I do (All Killer, No Filler), I showcased on this occasion the final studio album by Jim Morrison and The Doors released in 78' which earned a Grammy Award nomination in 1980. It's a tapestry of Jim's previously unreleased poetry and spoken word, blended with previous songs, live tracks and new music by The Doors.

    • Songs played
    • Pearl Jam - Release (Redux Version)
    • Jim Morrison & The Doors - Awake/Ghost Song/Dawn's Highway
    • Salvadarlings - Light of the Second Sun
    • Led Zeppelin - The Ocean
    • Kelis - Trick Me (Artificial Intelligence Remix)
    • Jim Morrison & The Doors - Newborn Awakening/To Come of Age
    • Love and Rockets - Pink Flamingo
    • Slade - Hear Me Calling
    • Jim Morrison & The Doors - Black Polished Chrome
    • Ani DiFranco - Nicotine
    • Beaches - Turning
    • Jim Morrison & The Doors - Latino Chrome/Angels and Sailors
    • Dick Desert and the Shotgun Country Club - George Bush's Chicken
    • Slug Guts - Ma
    • Jim Morrison & The Doors - Stoned Immaculate/The Movie
    • Ruby - Grace
    • Jim Morrison & The Doors - Curses, Invocations
    • Lynsey de Paul - Sugar Me
    • Jim Morrison & The Doors - American Night/Roadhouse Blues(Live)/The World On Fire
    • Monotonic - The Purple Chords Play Belle Fourche
    • Jim Morrison & The Doors - Lament/The Hitchhiker
    • Courtney Barnett - Stay In Your Lane
    • Lachy Doley - Voodoo Child (live)
    • Jim Morrison & The Doors - An American Prayer
    • The Ideas - I Had A Home
    • The Crystal Teardrop - I'm Rowed Out
    • Jim Morrison & The Doors - Hour For Magic/Freedom Exists/A Feast of Friends
    • Oiseaux-Tempête - Tlamess
    ]]>     Mon, 18 May 2026 02:00:00 +1000 http://4zzz.org.au/program/kaleidoscope/2026-05-18 00:00:00/     https://undead.4zzz.fm/4zzz/2026-05-11-00-00.mp3 <![CDATA[A Loose Selection]]> The first 3 songs were loosely dedicated to Mothers Day just gone and the last song was dedicated to my Mum (one of her favourites). The rest of the playlist was a loose selection.

    Cover photo: Taken by myself (The morning tones of the Balonne River in St George)

    • Songs played
    • The Beatles - Julia
    • Drunk Mums - Chitty Chitty
    • LSDXOXO - Women Eat Their Men
    • Robin Trower - One Go Round
    • Consolidated - This Is Facism
    • Gorillaz - Strange Timez (feat. Robert Smith)
    • Hearts and Rockets - Buy It
    • Alison Road - Dog in a Hot Car
    • Mr Finn - Lucid Lucy
    • Lime Spiders - Just One Solution
    • Death In Vegas - Flying
    • Siouxsie and the Banshees - Cocoon
    • The White Stripes - Let's Build A Home/Goin' Back To Memphis (live)
    • Throwing Muses - Backroad
    • ELO - So Fine
    • Midnight Oil - Section 5 Bus to Bondi (Live 1981)
    • Hunters & Collectors - World Of Stone
    • The Black Keys - Ten Cent Pistol
    • Activities of Daily Living - Consumption
    • Cigany Weaver - Sweet Georgia Brown
    • Endless Valley - Kashkashir
    • Burl Ives - A Little Bitty Tear Let Me Down
    ]]>     Mon, 11 May 2026 02:00:00 +1000 http://4zzz.org.au/program/kaleidoscope/2026-05-11 00:00:00/     https://undead.4zzz.fm/4zzz/2026-05-04-00-00.mp3 <![CDATA[Outer Space Songs]]> All songs (except the opening 3) have a direct reference to space (planets, universe, galaxies, Moon, Sun, Rocket, etc), either in name and/or theme.

    • Songs played
    • Neil Young · Crazy Horse - My My, Hey Hey (Out of the Blue)
    • Nirvana - Pennyroyal Tea (MTV Unplugged)
    • Northern Lights - Dope Fiend (Chuck D Mix)
    • Billy Murray - Come Take A Trip In My Airship [1904]
    • David Bowie - Space Oddity (2019 Mix)
    • Love and Rockets - Holiday On The Moon
    • Babylon Zoo - Spaceman
    • Wings - Venus And Mars
    • Oasis - Champagne Supernova
    • Shocking Blue - Venus
    • Julie London - Fly Me To The Moon
    • The Scientists - Outer Space Boogie
    • Lou Reed - Satellite Of Love
    • Hoodoo Gurus - Mars Needs Guitars!
    • Gojira - Ocean Planet
    • Colourbox - The Moon Is Blue
    • KISS - Rocket Ride
    • Don Mclean - Vincent
    • Perry Como - Catch a Falling Star
    • Leftfield - Phat Planet
    • Black Lung - The Brotherhood of Saturn (Lustmord Rmx)
    • Monty Python - Galaxy Song
    • Elton John - Rocket Man
    • R.E.M. - Man On The Moon
    • The Doors - Waiting For The Sun
    • Coda - Past The Moon
    • Midnight Juggernauts - Into the Galaxy
    • Tex & The Zits - Space Truckin'
    • Max Rome - I Chase The Devil
    • The Prodigy - Out of Space
    • B'52s - Planet Claire
    • Shonen Knife - Shonen Knife Planet
    • Tropical Fuck Storm - The Planet of Straw Men
    • Violent Femmes - Blister In The Sun
    • Squelch - In Space
    • Echo & The Bunnymen - The Killing Moon
    • Swordfish - Space Song
    • Headless Chickens - Mr Moon
    • U2 - Staring At The Sun
    • Nice Biscuit - In Space Today
    • Soundgarden - Black Hole Sun
    • Abbe May - Universes
    • The Pixies - Planet of Sound
    • The Police - Walking On The Moon
    • Sonic Youth - Silver Rocket
    • Jess Locke - Universe
    • Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Jesus Of The Moon
    • Jimi Hendrix Experience - Moon, Turn The Tides...Gently Gently Away
    • John Spencer Blues Explosion - Rocketship
    • Creedence Clearwater Revival - Bad Moon Rising
    • Toyah - Spaced Walking
    • Björk - Venus As A Boy
    • Jaguar Jonze - Rising Sun
    • Groove Armada - Lazy Moon
    • Tulipan - Red Moon
    • David Bowie - Life On Mars (3 versions)
    • Kate Bush - Rocket's Tail
    • Thievery Corporation - Holographic Universe
    • The Velvet Underground & Nico - Venus in Furs
    • Black Sabbath - Symptom of the Universe
    • Fiona Apple - Across The Universe
    • Peter Raeburn & BeBe Bettencourt - Under The Milky Way
    ]]>     Mon, 4 May 2026 02:00:00 +1000 http://4zzz.org.au/program/kaleidoscope/2026-05-04 00:00:00/     https://undead.4zzz.fm/4zzz/2026-04-27-00-00.mp3 <![CDATA[Let The Songs Run On]]>
  • Songs played
  • Cold Chisel - When The War Is Over
  • The Cranberries - Zombie (1999 Live)
  • Imelda May - Johnny got a Boom Boom (live)
  • Useless Children - Post Ending
  • Red O'Neill Jr - Song For Bono
  • Media Puzzle - New Pet
  • The Celibate Rifles - Bill Bonney Regrets
  • The Fadeaways - You've Got Me High
  • Machine Gun Fellatio - Just B'coz
  • CLAMM - Monday
  • D-R-U-N-K - Lab Monkey
  • Shane O'Mara & Jac Tonks - Go Your Way My Love
  • Regurgitator - Blubber Boy
  • Electric Prawns 2 - I Wanna B UR Simp
  • Just Brothers - Sliced Tomatoes
  • Fatboy Slim - The Rockafeller Skank
  • Deftones - Be Quiet and Drive (Far Away)
  • Suitor - Private Prison
  • Yuja Wang - Flight of the Bumble-Bee (Vol du Bourdon)
  • Chicago - 25 or 6 to 4 (Live / 1970)
  • Killing Joke - Follow the Leaders
  • Massive Attack & Tom Waits - Boots On The Ground
  • Full Flower Moon Band - Devil
  • Texas Tea - Let the Water Run On
    • ]]>     Mon, 27 Apr 2026 02:00:00 +1000 http://4zzz.org.au/program/kaleidoscope/2026-04-27 00:00:00/     https://undead.4zzz.fm/4zzz/2026-04-20-00-00.mp3 <![CDATA[Music To Float In Space To]]> In this episode through the playlist I take you to the stars and beyond with songs I imagine would be great to listen to if in outer space, or simply floating in one form or another; songs that sound and have an ethereal atmosphere. Turn on, tune in and take off 

    • Songs played
    • Slowdive - Souvlaki Space Station
    • Michael Plater - Saint John's Eve
    • Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra - 2001 A Space Odyssey Theme Song
    • Sigur Rós - Svefn-g-englar (Live)
    • Black Sabbath - Planet Caravan
    • The The - Velvet Muscle Scream
    • Pink Floyd - Interstellar Overdrive
    • Aphex Twin - Xtal (Request)
    • Cocteau Twins - When Mama Was Moth
    • Androcell - Seahorse Dreams
    • Mogwai - Heard About You Last Night
    • Julee Cruise - Falling
    • The Moody Blues - Nights in White Satin
    • Radiohead - House Of Cards
    • Tool - Legion Inoculant
    • Fuck Buttons - Sweet Love For Planet Earth
    • Hawkwind - Space Is Deep
    • Stereolab - Come And Play In The Milky Night
    • Kyuss - Space Cadet
    • Cubering - Booster
    • Björk - All Is Full of Love
    • Pink Floyd - Absolutely Curtains
    • K Mak - Play With Me
    • Brian Eno - An Ending (Ascent)
    • Enya - Aldebaran
    • Steve Hauschildt - A Planet Left Behind
    • Meemo Comma - Psithur
    • Pink Floyd - Welcome To The Machine
    • Porcupine Tree - The Sky Moves Sideways Phase 1
    • Anna Shelley - Moon Dreaming
    ]]>     Mon, 20 Apr 2026 02:00:00 +1000 http://4zzz.org.au/program/kaleidoscope/2026-04-20 00:00:00/     https://undead.4zzz.fm/4zzz/2026-04-13-00-00.mp3 <![CDATA[13th of April]]> I played a parody of a Tom Petty hit song (involving testicles), Janis Ian's first hit song released at age 14, which caused such controversy for it's subject matter plus the song which inspired her at age 8 to became a musician. I also played The Flamin' Groovies cover of the only instrumental song ever to be banned. And there's a well known song I think should have been one used to awaken the astronauts on the recent trip out to the moon.

     

    • Songs played
    • Tropical Fuck Storm - Irukandji Syndrome (Live)
    • The Rolling Stones - Sympathy For The Devil
    • Lambrini Girls - Big Dick Energy
    • Wayne Fontana & the Mindbenders - The Game Of Love
    • Depeche Mode - People Are People
    • The Young Gods - Gasoline Man
    • Helmet - Exactly What You Wanted
    • Stanley Simmons - Dancing While The World Is Ending
    • Odetta Holmes - Waterboy
    • Janis Ian - Society's Child (Baby I've Been Thinking)
    • Bronski Beat - Smalltown Boy
    • Divers - Head Chef
    • hillbilly Jayy - Free Ballin
    • The Riptides - Money For Life (Request)
    • Time Zone - World Destruction
    • Pink Floyd - Time
    • Sabrina Lawrie - Edge Of A Dream (Request)
    • The Birthday Party - Jennifers Veil
    • Ian Dury & The Blockheads - Reasons To Be Cheerful (Part Three)
    • Johnny Farnham - Sadie The Cleaning Lady
    • Special Features - Che Guevara T-Shirt
    • The The - Armageddon Days Are Here (Again) (Request)
    • David Bowie - 1984
    • Kim Salmon and the Surrealists - I Won't Tell
    • Tiddas - Waiting
    • Dave Graney 'n' the Coral Snakes - You Wanna Be Loved
    • Dope Lemon - Hey You
    • The Animals - Baby Let Me Take You Home
    • Radio Birdman - New Race
    • Flamin' Groovies - Rumble
    • The Hair & Skin Trading cº - Torque
    • Do Re Mi - Cuttlefish Beach
    • Damn Terran - Simon's Song
    • TISM - Greg! The Stop Sign!!
    • Avaberée - The Devil Can Hide In Snow
    • BAD PHARMER - Raw Sugar
    • Suuns & Jerusalem in My Heart - Metal
    • Janis Ian - At Seventeen
    ]]>     Mon, 13 Apr 2026 02:00:00 +1000 http://4zzz.org.au/program/kaleidoscope/2026-04-13 00:00:00/