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29.04.01
- The Frugals and The Sellouts date correction.
Apparently the date promoted for The Frugals
and The Sellouts
concert (H.U.G.E. at Noosaville) this coming week has been corrected. It's
on Friday 04 May. Check the Gig Guide
for more details.
28.04.01
- Alabaster Box shows. Alabaster Box
may have only just got back from the U.S.A. but they are well and truly
getting back into the swing of things. Catch them soon before they head
off round the country again. Check out the Gig
Guide for all their latest gigs and their new look web site here.
28.04.01
- Dove Awards 2001 winners. The annual Dove
Awards have again come and gone, the winners being announced only
hours ago. Check out who won and who didn't here.
26.04.01
- The Last Resort CD Launch. The Last
Resort are releasing their long awaited CD EP "Livin' the Rock'n'Roll Dream"
on Saturday 2nd June at
the Princess Theatre, Woolloongabba. Never Pay
Retail are also playing with another mystery band. It should
definitely be
worth getting along to. It's only $10 as well. http://go.to/thelastresort.
Check the Gig Guide for more details.
26.04.01
- Musician required. Browns Plains Church of
Christ require a keyboard player for their
Sunday morning services at 10am. Their fellowship is small and friendly and would benefit from regular music as an aid to
their worship. If you are available and believe God is leading you into a ministry like this, then please let
them know.
26.04.01
- Australian Gospel Music Festival is over. Australia's biggest
Christian music festival, the Australian Gospel
Music Festival held annually in Toowoomba, is over again for
another year. On show over the 3 days was the best in Christian music
Australia has to offer. For more information on this great event check
previous installations of The Brown News as well as the official web site here.
20.04.01
- News from Toupee Records. Groundswell is a huge music and arts festival happening in Brisbane on Saturday 28 July. Bands are yet to be announced but there should be a healthy contingent of Toupee bands appearing. Plan to be there!
The Toupee Shop now accepts Visa, Mastercard and Bankcard (as well as cheques and money orders). We thought we'd make it a bit easier for you to take advantage of the super-discounted CD prices on offer.
www.ToupeeRecords.com
has been nominated for the Australian Online Music Awards. Voting begins on May 1st and runs through to July 1st 2001.
Toupee bands' gigs can be found in the Gig
Guide as well as at the Toupee
Records site.
20.04.01
- One more sleep till Eternity 2. Tomorrow (Saturday 21 April
2001) Deception Bay will be moving to the sounds of over a dozen great artists, many just completing appearances at
Australia's biggest Gospel Music Festival in Toowoomba. With rides, stalls, custom car & hotrod display,
Eternity 2 this Saturday the 21st of April is a great opportunity to see this many quality artists in one place. And HEY IT'S FREE!!!.
Eternity 2 is a Family and Outreach orientated day in the Park on the 21st of April. It starts at
2pm and is situated in Apex Park Deception Bay. We have live music continuously from
2pm including Geoff Rankin at 2:25pm, a Heavy Hour with
Nagasaki and Three Days
From Now at 3.30pm and a Gala Concert from 6pm that should not be missed, it includes a laser light show, and multi award winning entertainer
Chris Bathgate from Newcastle.
Artists include Chris Bathgate, Barb Chapman, Paradox, Nagasaki, Celebration Vocal Band, The Agents, 3 Days From Now, Geoff Rankin Band, Rose of Sharon, Glenn Lynam, Sue Simpson and the
Hotrodders Band. Rides and activities include games, chair-a-planes, horizontal bungee, space ball, and dunking machines.
Click here
to get a printable flyer for your self or your friends. Click here to look at our web
page. Check the Gig Guide for more
details. Eternity 2 is coordinated by Lighthouse
Music, Abstract Lighting, Celebration Vocal Band and
ICM Technologies. It is designed to be a blessing.
19.04.01
- Manifesto line-up change. This Friday's Manifesto
has undergone a few changes from the initial line-up. Initially the bill
had The Frugals, Never Pay Retail, Blind, Muppet
and Colin Hockey. Now, due to cancellations
due to various reasons, the current line-up is The
Last Resort, Muppet, Elementary Penguin, Colin Hockey and Geoff
Rankin playing between acts. The details from the Gig
Guide are as follows: Friday
20 April 2001, 7:00pm, 'Manifesto'
featuring The Last Resort, Elementary
Penguin, Muppet, Colin Hockey, Geoff Rankin (raising money for the
transplant unit at PA Hospital), River City CLC, 166 Sydney St New Farm,
for more info 0403250353 or 0414898224, $7.
It would be good
to see you all there to support some of our local Christian Artists and
help raise money for the Transplant Unit at the PA Hospital.
11.04.01
- Benefit Concert. Since August 1999 the people who once lived on
Manila's largest garbage dump have the opportunity to change the direction of their lives by support services offered by the "North Bay Christian Fellowship". Some of the services that are offered are, Early intervention education for children from the ages from pre school to High school.
Over the past 50 years the 40,000 people who Lived on "Smokey Mountain Garbage dump" never had the opportunity to be educated. So all who lived there scavenged from the garbage to live. Some have told stories of eating dead domestic animals that had died and were dumped at the site. Now because of the very dedicated people of the North Bay Christian Fellowship and sponsorship that now comes primarily out of the Sunshine Coast area lives are being dramatically changed because of basic school education.
Another programme that is happening is Sponsoring mature age students to attend college or university to either start courses or complete them so that they can find secure jobs outside the dumping site of Smokey Mountain. Success Stories like Joel who graduates this month as a Nautical Engineer. He has said that now he has the opportunity to provide for his family an income and a clean safe environment for his children.
On the 18th April those on the Sunshine Coast have the opportunity to support the North Bay Christian Fellowship and their work in Manila Philippines by attending a benefit concert with some of Australia's most talented musicians. Please join us in a special benefit concert with
Lisa Reynolds and Steve
Apirana, and support band 'State of Mind' at the Noosa Baptist Church on Wednesday 18th April at
7:30pm. Tickets are $10 and all Children under 12 are free. Pastor Danny Besoro one of the pastors from the North Bay Christian Fellowship will be in attendance. We invite you to attend with Ps Danny and others as we make a difference for our Friends in Manila. Help us make a difference and why not bring a friend to this family event.
For booking your tickets please call 5449 8933.
 10.04.01
- Toupeerecords.com Nominated For Award. The Toupee Records
site has been nominated in the category of Australian Independent Record Label Site for the
2001 Australian Online Music Awards - the Onya's!
Voting begins on May 1st and runs through to July 1st 2001. Go to the site now to see the competition, and get ready to vote!
06.04.01
- Nagasaki gigs and important hair update. Nagasaki are also doing the Rock Awards thing. Playing the Plough Inn at
South Bank on 26 April at 10:00pm. Come and check us out and scream loud cause they're measuring how good we are by crowd response.
We're also playing the Australian Gospel Music Festival. 4:10 pm on Good Friday on the Shed Stage at Queens Park. Come and give us some chocolate since its Easter. And stay for the music if you want to.
HAIR NEWS: Steve is growing back the afro after what we are
referring to as "the clipper incident". Andrew now has dreds but currently looks like Sideshow Bob from the Simpsons - please keep him in prayer (they just need time to flatten out a bit - the dreds I mean). Mikey is still blackish and scruffy - looking to go short when his hairdresser gets back. Charlie too is still scruffy but has to neaten it up shortly for his teaching internship - how totally un-rock is that!!
05.04.01
- See You At The Pole. Scripture Union
(SU) would love for you to get involved in this. Grab some adults and leaders and pray in a public place for your
school. The act of prayer is engaging the power of our awesome, loving and faithful God! ... and sometimes he is just waiting for us to pray. Check out 2 Chronicles 7:14.
The idea is
around 3 years old in Australia. It came from America where religious activity has been outlawed in schools. The constitution, however, gives people permission and the right to pray around their flagpole. Hence
"See You At The Pole". Non-high
school students are encouraged to get together in public places to pray at
the same time as the students.
Thursday 10 May 2001, 7:30am, "See You At The Pole 2001" - High schools students across Australia are gathering at their school to pray publicly around the flagpole. Our schools need Jesus! There has never been a greater time to pray than now! All info at:
www.syatpaustralia.com.
05.04.01
- Fiery Fergus rock the Rock Awards. Fiery
Fergus' front man Martin Jacobs
writes: Following the first round of the Queensland Rock Awards last
night, Fiery Fergus is
through to the next round, which will be held on Saturday 9th June at the
Plough Inn, South Bank, Brisbane. I would like to thank everybody who came
to support us last night, especially as the gig was in the middle of the
week, in the middle of the night and not exactly in the centre of the
universe.
Our next gig is at the Australian Gospel Music Festival at 4:30pm on the
Arena Stage on Friday 13th April in Toowoomba. I hope to see you there.
04.04.01
- More CD info from The Last Resort. It's
on its way. CD launch in June. All ages. Cheap ($15). 6 tracks. for
all the rockers. And don't forget to... vote for The Last
Resort at the Australian Christian Music web site http://acmusic.nu/artistdetail.php?artistidq=304
or visit The Last Resort's website at http://go.to/thelastresort.
03.04.01
- New MAC cards on the way. 96.5Fm's
new MAC cards are currently being printed - the new card has over 30
businesses participating. All people who have become members are being
told to expect their new card in the mail in the next few weeks. You get a
MAC card when you become a member of local Christian radio station 96.5Fm.
03.04.01
- Geoff Rankin's new look band. After a successful year as a
3-piece, the Geoff Rankin band are now
expanding to 5 pieces. The fresh new look will include existing
singer/guitarist, bass player and drummer as well as 2 new cellists in the
line-up. But it's much more than a new look - it's a whole new sound. Geoff
Rankin's acoustic folk rock songs are now given another dimension and
a much richer and textured sound is achieved. The band will give it's
first performance as a 5-piece on Saturday 14
April 2001, 10:30am at 'The Street Festival',
Australian Gospel Music Festival, Toowoomba and would appreciate your
support in attending this free concert. They are also performing at 5pm in
the Cafe Stage, AGMF.
03.04.01 -
Alabaster Box are back. After a long visit to the USA to record their new
CD, local band Alabaster Box are now back in Australia. Look here soon for more AB
news.
03.04.01 -
Something new from The Last Resort. Rumours are spreading fast about
The
Last Resort's hot new CD. It's not certain if it is available yet
but from what is being said it sounds like this one
will be very worth getting. Look here soon for more news on this much
anticipated local release.
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