Month: November 2016

Re-emerging from a hiatus earlier this year with the catchy pop dittie ‘Are We Flirting’, Abbe May’s followup ‘Doomsday Clock’ unveils yet another side to her personality as she reveals yet another layer of her forthcoming album ‘Bitchcraft’ and a national tour this November/December. The song contrasts a joyous Gospel choir (Featuring May, Joni Hogan and Odette Mercy) with striking, ominous bells that ring throughout what could be May’s most immediate single yet. May suggests there is a chance for hope offered through  acknowledgment of our inevitable demise. One of the earliest songs written for ‘Bitchcraft’, Doomsday Clock was developed…

The Black Sorrows have earned the reputation as a dynamic live act. There is a level of accessibility to The Black Sorrows that can appeal to the newest of fan. At the helm, Camilleri steers the band through an energetic interplay of solid grooves and well- crafted songs that mix those well-worn ingredients of blues, soul, R&B, gospel, country and even Brill Building pop. Spontaneous (forget set lists) and emotionally driven, Joe ensures that no two performances are ever the same. Camilleri’s mantra is simple “we come to play and leave the audience feeling exhilarated”. The Black Sorrows continue to…

For 30 years, the glorious voices of Vika and Linda Bull have comprised one of the most distinctive, versatile and emotionally charged sounds on the Australian music landscape. Since their multi-platinum conquest of pop radio with the Black Sorrows in the late 1980s, the sisters have forged diverse pathways into soul, gospel, blues, country and the island music of their Tongan ancestry. By turns tender and powerful, their rich solo vocals and instinctive harmonies have spawned eight albums of their own, as well as illuminating studio and concert performances by Paul Kelly, Rockwiz, C.W. Stoneking, Deborah Conway, Kasey Chambers and…

Police have arrested three people following a series of incidents that started in Mornington this morning. Shortly before 2.20am, police attempted to intercept a Holden Commodore station wagon with stolen number plates coming out of a service station on Mornington-Tyabb Road. The driver unsuccessfully attempted to ram the police vehicle before driving off. Police followed the vehicle and it stopped on the Frankston-Dandenong Road near the Peninsula Link overpass. A man and a woman then ran from the car and several police units, including a Dog Squad unit, followed them on foot. The pair, who are both aged in their…

POLICE are preparing a report for the coroner following what’s believed to be a suicide pact between an elderly married Rosebud couple. A neighbour discovered the man barely alive and the woman dead inside their car in the driveway of their Adams Av, just before 4.30pm on Thursday 3 November. They were both in their mid-80s. The woman had been shot and the man was suffering life-threatening injuries from a 0.22 calibre gunshot wound. He was airlifted to The Alfred hospital where he later died. Investigators do not believe a third party was involved and the investigation is ongoing. Sergeant…

A woman is dead and a man has been airlifted to hospital with critical injuries after a shooting in Rosebud. Police were called to the Adams Avenue property shortly after 4pm where they discovered the woman dead in the car and a male with wounds to the upper body. Pictures: Yanni. UPDATE: The critically injured male subsequently died of his wounds.

BASEBALLER Jayson Arthur had the time of his life playing in the Senior League World Series in Bangor, Maine, US. The Bittern player, 16, who plays for Sandringham Royals in summer and Dandenong Angels in winter, was a member of the Southern Mariner’s Baseball Charter which won through regional tournaments in Geelong, then the Senior League Nationals at Lismore, on their way to the “big stage” in the US. “We went through that tournament undefeated and I led the batting average with 825 and was really happy with the way I played,” said Jayson, who attends Dromana Secondary College. After…

THE state government has given the go ahead for a $95 million extension of Yaringa Boat Harbour, near Somerville. The $95 million harbour expansion was announced by Planning Minister Richard Wynne Monday 31 October. The announcement follows public consultation, Commonwealth approval and and conditions from an independent panel. Eastern Victoria Region MP Daniel Mulino said the project included adding 180 wet berths to the existing boat harbour to be accessed along a new channel, 400 new dry berths, 180 tourist accommodation units, new marine services facilities, 120-seat restaurant and a conference centre. “[It] will mean Yaringa is able to satisfy…

THE Halloween train huffed and puffed its way between Mornington and Moorooduc sidings on Sunday with hundreds of scary children dressed in their most frightening costumes. Fittingly, they were riding on a steam locomotive that had itself come back from the dead. The K163 – built in 1942 and rescued for the track after 18 years sitting on a plinth at Frankston’s Jubilee Park – has been a feature of the Moorooduc track for the past 18 years. In the fourth Halloween day festivities on Sunday it carried 380 children on four trips. Organiser Arthur Stone, of the Mornington Railway…

Police were bowled over when they discovered a 75-year-old woman, who had driven the wrong way around a roundabout in Hastings, had a blood alcohol reading of more than double the legal limit. A concerned motorist alerted police to the woman after she was observed driving erratically in the Hastings area this afternoon. Police located her on the wrong side of a roundabout on Frankston – Flinders Road and High Street about 5pm. The Hastings woman told police she had been drinking at a race day function at her favourite bowls club. She later recorded a blood alcohol reading of…