Use No Hooks - 'The Job'

Chapter Music reveals a trove of previously unreleased recordings by early 80s Aussie disco-punk heroes Use No Hooks. The band feature Arne Hanna from Michael Hutchence's late 80s INXS side-project Max Q, as well as members of infamous Melbourne synth-punk band Primitive Calculators. Use No Hooks are best known for their 1983 Aussie punk-funk classic Do the Job, never released at the time and first heard on Chapter's Can't Stop It! #2 compilation in 2007. The track was later bootlegged on a 12" by UK DJs Psychemagik and has since become a leftfield club staple. The band existed in various incarnations from 1979-84. ey took part in Melbourne's renowned Little Band scene, before morphing unexpectedly into a nine-piece disco-funk big band in 1983. This final incarnation took nods from Chic, Talking Heads and the Sugarhill Gang, twisting them into an Australian punk-funk, proto-rap format uniquely their own. The band recorded five songs onto reel-to-reel four-track with engineer Simon Grounds in 1983, including the legendary, Do the Job, but the unmixed tape remained in a cupboard for more than 35 years. A chance conversation between Simon and Chapter’s Guy Blackman lead to the songs finally being rescued from the aging reel. Mikey Young and Simon Grounds mixed the recordings, and UNH bandleader Mick Earls added choice live/ rehearsal tracks from the band’s earlier lineups as digital bonus material. The end result proves Do the Job was no accident. Lead vocalist (and Primitive Calculators frontman) Stuart Grant intones Mick Earl’s dry, colloquial lyrics in playful dialogue with singers Denise Hilton (Primitive Calculators), Marisa Stirpe (The Take) and Wendy Morrissey, over frighteningly tight white funk grooves from Mick Earls (guitar), Phil Nichols (keys), Matt Errey (keys), Andre Schuster (bass) and Arne Hanna (drums).

Topless Extinction Rebellion activists formed a human chain on International Women’s Day to protest climate change.

Topless Extinction Rebellion activists formed a human chain along Waterloo Bridge in London on International Women’s Day yesterday to protest climate change.

The group says climate change disproportionately affects women and their toplessness reflects women’s vulnerability to quote-unquote climate rape. 

They say the bridge was chosen because it was predominantly built by female labourers in World War 2.

Australian children protected from exposure to pornography,

Australian children are set to receive better protection from exposure to pornography, by the addition of a mandatory age-verification stage when accessing hard-core websites . 

Research shows abuse of children by their peers in schools and kindergartens is directly related to seeing explicit websites and this issue must be addressed by the government.

”We fully expect Australia will follow the example of the UK government that is working towards shielding children from exposure to porn,”  said FamilyVoice Australia spokesman David d’Lima.“

Ergon and Energex incorporate virtual reality technology

Every day, more than 4,500 of employees deal with the risks associated with working with electricity, Ergon and Energex are using virtual reality technology to build a safe, effective and engaging platform.

This allows apprentices and tradespeople risk free training scenarios whilst replicating workplace environments.

Mr. MacDonald said, "while the Virtual Reality training aid is currently a prototype, it’s hoped that its final development and refinements will one day see it being used in various training disciplines and organisations. “

Hannah Clarke and children rest together

Hannah Clarke’s friends and family are laying Ms. Clarke and her three children to rest today. 

Hannah and her children, Aaliyah, Laianah and Trey had their lives taken in a brutal family violence incident in February.

Prime Minister Scott Morrison and Queensland Premier, Annastacia Palaszczuk are amongst the attendees at the funeral today.

Research grant approved to develop new varieties of pineapples

UQ’s Professor Jimmy Botella has won a 750 thousand dollar Australian Government research grant to develop new varieties of pineapples that grow more predictably and consistently.

Professor Botella hopes the project will strengthen the pineapple farming industry in the long-term by helping farmers cultivate a more consistent level of supply season-to season.

We can also expect flow-on benefits to consumers, according to Professor Botella.

Demonstrators detained at International Women’s Day Rally

Police in Kyrgyzstan detained demonstrators at an International Women’s Day Rally against gender-based violence yesterday.

The demonstrators were taken to Sverdlovsky police department after masked men attacked them and tore up their placards.

Deputy head of the Sverdlovsky police department Erlan Atantayev, says the demonstrators were detained for violation of public order, both because they had not forewarned police about the protest and for their own safety.