Death Toll Rises in Italy as a Result of Coronavirus

Submitted by Zedlines Contributor on Tue, 10/03/2020 - 09:26

Italy has been placed into lockdown after the coronavirus death toll rises. 

The latest count puts the Italian coronavirus death toll at over 360 people. 

Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte says movement around Italy will be restricted.

Around sixteen million Italians are in lock down across fifteen provinces, amid the closure of many public spaces. 

Travel advice for the region has been upgraded to “exercise a high degree of caution”.

Bushfire Recovery Grants to Help Communities Impacted by Fires

Submitted by Zedlines Contributor on Tue, 10/03/2020 - 09:24

Australian states will see more financial support from the Federal Government to speed up recovery efforts and help communities recovering from bushfires. 

Bushfire recovery grants are causing a large administrative load which state governments are struggling to keep up with. National Bushfire Recovery agency figures show that a mere 20 no-interest loans have been approved, of the 196 applications received. 

2020 Australian Council Awards

Submitted by Zedlines Contributor on Tue, 10/03/2020 - 09:22

The 2020 Australian Council Awards were held in Australia last night. 

This year’s awards recognised Michelle Ryan, Tommy Murphy, r e a, Kath Duncan, and Autumn Skuthorpe.

The awards highlight Australian artists who are working to contribute to their art forms and the award recipients receive grants as a result.

Tennis Pagan: EKO

Submitted by chrisc on Tue, 10/03/2020 - 08:50

<p><span><span><span>- Passion project and micro-label </span><strong>Spirit Level</strong><span>, founded by radio personality and producer </span><strong>Tim Shiel</strong><span> and </span><strong>Wally De Backer </strong><span>(aka </span><strong>Gotye</strong><span>), seems to pick its roster mostly via the curation instincts of Shiel and Shiel loves the producers and artists that are even more micro than his label.

Puppy Rescued from Pipe

Submitted by Zedlines Contributor on Tue, 10/03/2020 - 08:46

A two day old puppy was saved from a pipe in Brisbane yesterday. 

The Brisbane Plumbers were called after the puppy had fallen into the pipe in the bathroom. 

They wrote on their Instagram that they believed ‘it was a prank call.’ The video of them saving the puppy can be seen on their Instagram.

Use No Hooks - 'The Job'

Submitted by charlottec on Mon, 09/03/2020 - 14:20
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.

Submitted by Zedlines Contributor on Mon, 09/03/2020 - 11:34

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.

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