←Volume 32
November 8, 2017
In this Issue:
Cinema Review: Three Summers
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T8HoGzFwiko This film is as PC as you can get. It is as though writer/director Ben Elton has aimed solely to create a script that would best suck up to the holier than thou group-think of arts funding bodies in...
Absolute Cleary
He is a funky man in a funky band living in the funkiest city on the planet Life smiled on Jon Cleary and his crew The Absolute Monster Gentlemen, a true four-piece riot of gospel harmonies and rocking grooves. New Orleans...
Cinema Review: Thor: Ragnarok
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ue80QwXMRHg The renovated cinema at South Tweed is now fitted out with faux leather recliner chairs. I succumbed to their lazy-boy comfort within ten minutes of this beefcake blockbuster and, before my companion prodded me, was dreaming happily of when Kiwi director...
The De-Tour of Tim Rogers
After a big year of books, records, tours and theatre, these shows are a summing up, a wrapping up, and an all-round celebration of a transformative year for Tim Rogers where literature, music, and theatrics all came together. Rogers brings...
Mullumbimby’s Polynesian Show and Vegetarian Hawaiian Feast
Spring is in the air; and in northern NSW, Hula dancers are training to the glorious music of Polynesia – in preparation for this upcoming Luau. This Sunday the community is invited to the cosy little St Martin’s Hall...
Live Music Roundup: Thursday 9 November, 2017
Are My Lips Green? Buck Dean and The Green Lips. Crazy name, rocking show. They’re the Sunshine Coast born and bred lads ripping out some classic original rock! Emerging in 2015, they found their trademark rock sound and stuck to...
Byron Bay Guitar Festival: Meet Benny Walker
This weekend sees some of Australia’s best guitarists come to the Byron Bay Brewery for the inaugural Byron Bay Guitar Festival. Conceived and created by Byron Music’s Nick Sergi, the festival presents 43 performances on two stages featuring Kevin...
Mullum Music Mentorship Winners!
The winners of the Mullum Music Festival’s esteemed Youth Mentorship Program have been announced.
Culture Roundup: Wednesday 8 November, 2017
The Opening of An Empire The Empire in Mullumbimby has been pumping out the love for some time now but in the haste to get food on the table they missed their grand opening! So they’re doing it this Friday!...
Council’s ‘secret’ campaign against community group fails
Byron Shire Council staff have failed in an attempt to force a Byron Bay residents group to supply membership and donor names and addresses through the courts – all without informing councillors.
Govt insists Byron Council chose bus interchange site
Confusion and uncertainty still surrounds the location of a proposed transit hub for Byron Bay, with Transport for NSW insisting it was Byron Shire Council that selected the Butler Street Reserve site. But the masterplan leadership group says it was never consulted.
Council ‘can’t act’ over Byron woman’s Airbnb woes
A Byron Bay resident has told The Echo that Council staff have been unable to act on her complaints about her neighbours’ Airbnb activities, which she says are so intrusive she has had to buy earplugs.
Sri Lanka – and a night of firsts
Sri Lanka is re-emerging as one of the world’s great travel destinations. With superb food, surf, fascinating history, Buddhist culture, wildlife, scenery and beaches Sri Lanka has all the ingredients for an unforgettable holiday. Join Michael Murray, plus Richard Everist...
More luscious dining music
By Vivienne Pearson After enjoying classical Indian music at Billi’s Indian recently, I enjoyed another musical-dining evening at Luscious Foods. Luscious is one of Byron’s best-kept eating secrets. Hidden even within the bounds of the Arts & Industry Estate – every...
Eden’s new landing
By Vivienne Pearson What do you do when you can’t get to the Mullum Farmers Market but want locally grown and created produce? You go to Eden. Eden’s Landing has been a staple of fruit, vegetables and produce since the late...
