NEW FROM OFF THE HIP RECORDS

good morning, or is it afternoon?? these last few days have been a bit hazy.

LOS CHICOS blazed thru town last week leaving bottles and bodies in
their wake, and will boogie festival ever be the same again after that
los chicos set?!?! cough, splutter, then i got the lurgie that was
past to me by those swingin' nutsacks.....hey did you see them live at
the old bar last friday?? "glorious trainwreck" is how i've heard it
described. but from where i was sitting it looked like a hell of a
good time....then i flew to sydney with the kids to celebrate my mum's
retirement party; maggie taught steve and chris and i the value of
work commitment!! thanks mumbles.....

just out on the off the hip record label we deliver:
CRYSTAL THOMAS AND THE FLOWERS OF EVIL "A CHANCE IN HELL" CD ALBUM
THE NO REAL NEED "NONLOCAL MOTIVES" CD ALBUM

plus in the record store has arrived a bunch of solid local & import vinyl:
CHOOK RACE, GAYTIME, UNITY FLOOR, SAINT JUDE, MONSTERS, MOONSTONES,
BRAT FARRAR, KING SALAMI UK (CD coming on off the hip in june, touring
august), GAYE BLADES, ESQUERITA, DEAD MOON, more.....

gigs for april:
tonight at the tote: MESA COSA and THE KREMLINGS (2 local bands i'm
keen on having a release on off the hip)

Friday 13th April - The Nearly Brothers@ Caravan music club w/ Crystal
Thomas & Ben Bunting (duo)

SATURDAY 14th APRIL - CARRIE PHILLIS AND THE DOWNTOWN 3 @ Wollongong
Diggers Club

SUN 15th April - The Dunhill Blues @ Botany View Hotel Newtown w/
Smitty and B Goode

Sunday 15th April Goddess @ The Lyrebird Lounge Ripponlea w/ Rosie
Hayden, Sideshow Brides & Noir

FRI 20th April - The Dunhill Blues @ Rics Bar Brisbane w/ Steve Smyth

SAT 21st April - The Dunhill Blues @ Southern Cross University Bar
Lismore w/ HITS

Saturday 21st April Crystal Thomas & full band ALBUM LAUNCH 'A Chance
In Hell' @ St Kilda Bowling Club w/ Harry Howard & the NDE & Penny
Ikinger & the Evolution

Sat 21 April - Thee Wylde Oscars (2 sets)! @ Great Britain Hotel

SAT 21ST APRIL- LITTLE MURDERS @ TOWN HALL HOTEL, NORTH MELBOURNE

Saturday 21st April - La Bastard @ the Retreat, w/Mesa Cosa - FREE ENTRY

SUN 22nd April - The Dunhill Blues @ Freemason Hotel Nimbin with The Antibodies

see a band, buy a record, support your community radio station, write
a fanzine, start a band, put on a show in your backyard, PARTICIPATE!!

thanks for all your continued support,
mickster