This piece was written after a Jubilee Australia meeting on the top floor of Arthur Philip Tower, Sydney. Peter Garrett, the honourable member for Kingsford, gave the keynote address for Jubilee, but an IMF Washington hi-flyer who spoke was the one who got me inspired....
He wore the suit
Words
by Steve Bevis (c) 2004
He wore the suit
Washington Style
He was the big man
Come back for awhile
The good and the bad
All wrapped up in one
The new day dawning
And the setting sun
The woman sitting next to me
Said low key style:
“ I used to work for the IMF
It’s ok for awhile...
But if you stick around long enough
You too will become corrupt”
Here in the land of the living dead
All smooth talk and rational heads
Reigning in the bleeding hearts
With another loan and another false start
Is this progress?
From 60 floors up you can see the whole world
The good and the bad
The sane and the mad
But you can’t see the faces down on the ground
No matter what they say
you'll never hear the sound.
Past 2007 Gigs Below...
Phoenix Rising From the Ashes, Mid Mountains Community Centre. Sunday July 29
Fair
Trade Coffee Company, Glebe Point Rd, Monday July 16, Evening
with Josephine Zylstra from Uganda.
Winter Magic Festival, St. Hilda's Anglican Stage,
Katoomba St. Mid Afternoon, June 23.
St.
John's Glebe, Sunday May 6th,
9:30 til 2pm
Cnr of St. John's Rd and Glebe Point Rd, Glebe
Cafe Manna, St Hilda's Anglican, Katoomba Fri April 27, 6pm
Private Function, Lawson, March 26
QLD
TEAR Annual Dinner
Sat March 24
Info
here
CD LAUNCHES with Band
Friday Feb 2 TrieSelies, Katoomba 7:30pm,
$8
Sat Feb 3 The Cafe Church Space, Glebe 7:30pm $5
Past 2006 Gigs Below...
Blue Tongue Cafe, Glenbrook, Dec 15
Blue
Tongue Cafe, Glenbrook,
Dec
1
Yike
Night Hazelbrook Nov 18
(with Jim Jarvis) 7:30pm
Entry by Donation.
Launch Concert, Mayfield, Newcastle, Nov 2,
Tropic
of Conversation CD Launch ACT
Sat
Oct 14, St. George's Pearce, Canberra, 7:30pm. Entry donation to
TEAR. BYO.
Micah
Network Consultation, Chiang Mai, Thailand Sept 10 - 16: Song leader
and songwriting team.
Sydney Uni Open Mic, Manning Bar, Lunchtime, Wed Sept 6.
Yarramundi Music Club, UWS Richmond campus, Wed Aug 30, 8pm.
Friday July 28, Supporting HoBo Hibbins, Blue Tongue Cafe, Glenbrook, 7pm.
Thursday July 13, Trie Selies Night Club Katoomba, 8pm.
Thursday May 4, The Harp Hotel, Tempe, 8pm.
Friday
March 31 - Cafe Manor 7:30pm, St. Hilda's Anglican Church, Katoomba
(in the church hall)
Wendy Tsai, a local artist will also be speaking and showing images from her
latest exhibition All that matters is not matter.
Sunday April 2 - @ Songwriters Live, Gearins Hotel, Katoomba, 7:30pm with Rick
Price (free entry).
Past 2005 Gigs Below...
Make Poverty History Gig, Thurs, Dec 8, CLC Auditorium, Molesworth St, Lismore, 7:00 - 9:30
Blue Tongue Cafe, Glenbrook, Sat, May 14 7pm
Blue Tongue Cafe, Glenbrook, Sat, April 1 7pm
Altitude Showcase, Candy's Apartment, Dec 26, 8pm, Kings Cross.
Glebe Markets, Dec 11, 11am Glebe Point Rd, Glebe.
Blue Tongue Lizard Cafe Glenbrook, Dec 16, 7pm Rose St, Glenbrook. With Steve Hibbins and Sara Forslund.
Cat & Fiddle Hotel, Rozelle, Tuesday Nov 9, 11pm Rozelle.
Blue Tongue Lizard Cafe Glenbrook, Sat Oct 23, 7pm Rose St, Glenbrook.
Blue Tongue Lizard Cafe Glenbrook, Fri Oct 8, 7pm Rose St, Glenbrook.
"Altitude" Blue Mountain Artist Showcase @ Candy's Apartment, Kings Cross, 8pm Tues Sept 21
Blue Tongue Lizard Cafe Glenbrook, Fri Aug 20, 7pm Rose St, Glenbrook.
Blue Tongue Lizard Cafe Glenbrook, Sat Sept 4, 7pm Rose St, Glenbrook.
Journey Cafe Katoomba Sat July 24 6:30pm
Yarramundi Folk & Music Club Wed July 28
Songwriters Live, Balmain,Wed July 15 11pm Unity Hall
Yarramundi Folk & Music Club Wed June 30
Blue Tongue Lizard Cafe Glenbrook, Fri July 9, 7pm Rose St, Glenbrook.
Journey Cafe, Katoomba, Fri June 25, 6:30pm
Blue Tongue Lizard Cafe Glenbrook, Fri May 28, 7pm Rose St, Glenbrook.
Journey Cafe, Katoomba, Thurs June 3, 6:30pm
Blue Tongue Lizard Cafe Glenbrook, Fri June 4, 7pm Rose St, Glenbrook.
Micah Challenge Dinner, Cafe Church Space, Glebe, Sat 22 May, 6pm.
Blue Tongue Lizard Cafe Glenbrook, Fri May 14, 7pm Rose St, Glenbrook.
Blue Tongue Lizard Cafe Glenbrook, Fri April 23, 7pm Rose St, Glenbrook.
Blue Tongue Lizard Cafe Glenbrook, Fri April 30, 7pm Rose St, Glenbrook.
Soul Survivor, St. Ives, Thurs April 15 9pm, St. Ives Showground.
Blue Tongue Lizard Cafe Glenbrook, Fri Feb 6, 7pm Rose St, Glenbrook.
Blue Tongue Lizard Cafe Glenbrook, Fri Jan 23, 7pm Rose St, Glenbrook.
Blue Tongue Lizard Cafe Glenbrook, Thurs Jan 29, 7pmRose St, Glenbrook.
Gigs 2003
Blue Tongue Lizard Cafe Glenbrook, Fri Dec 12, 7pm Rose St, Glenbrook.
Blue Tongue Lizard Cafe Glenbrook, Fri Dec 5, 7pm Rose St, Glenbrook.
Trisellies Katoomba Dec 7, 8pm.
Illawarra Folk Club Sun Nov 23 4pm Wongawilli Hall, Wongawilli.
Blue Tongue Lizard Cafe Glenbrook, Fri Oct 24 7pm Rose St, Glenbrook.
Newcastle Fundraiser Nov 8 Private Function.
Umina Beach Folk Festival Oct 17-19
Blue Tongue Lizard Cafe Glenbrook, Fri Oct 10 7pm Rose St, Glenbrook.
Club Acoustica, Candy's Apartment, Wed Sept 24 10:15pm 22 Bayswater Rd, Potts Point.
Blue Tongue Lizard Cafe Glenbrook, Fri Sept 19 7pm Rose St, Glenbrook.
Blue Tongue Lizard Cafe Glenbrook, Fri Sept 12 7pm Rose St, Glenbrook
Blue Tongue Lizard Cafe Glenbrook, Fri Aug 29 7pm Rose St, Glenbrook.
Yike Night, Kaldor's, Hazelbrook. July 19 7pm.
Cat & Fiddle Hotel June16 10:30 pm Balmain.
Global Interaction Cafe Feb 21 7-8pm. Arthurs Cafe, cnr burton and palmer st, Darlinghurst.
Hornsby Inn Jan 23 9pm
Gigs: 2002
MARSHILL CAFE Nov 9 8:30 pm 331Church Street Parramatta
BlackStump Festival Oct 6 2002, Appin. One World Cafe 11:50pm.
The Cafe, TEAR National Conference, Stanwell Tops, July 27
Jubilee Australia, Drop The Debt Rally, Martin Place Thursday June 20
City of Welcome Public Meeting Sunday16thJune, Lawson Community Centre. Blue Mts Refugee Support Group. Steve sings "A Country Known To The World As Mercy"...For more info about this group click on the link.
THE GEARINS HOTEL Katoomba Sat 25th May 8pm
Mountains Acoustik - Thursday April 11 2002 Lawson Community Centre 8pm
STEVE BEVIS - PUT
OUT THE SUN / HOLD UP THE SKY
A great double album from Steve Bevis, an artist hailing from just outside
Sydney. The album is a very interesting piece of work, with the first album
revolving largely around acoustic guitar work accompanied by Steve's quite
distinctive vocals.
As mentioned, there are 2 CDs here, with CD 1 subtitled Put Out The Sun &
on this CD, there are a significant number of acoustic tracks running the
length of the CD, my pick being "Mystery Of You", though the 2 or
3 bonus tracks which are unlisted are great inclusions & should have been
credited as they're great songs.
CD 2 is subtitled Hold Up The Sky & it's on this CD that I found myself
having the most enjoyment, with a few tracks really standing out, those being
an unlisted bonus track, "Hundred Walls", "Nations On Parade"
which features a wonderful vocal performance, as well as standout "Outside
That Wall". Surely an artist who will be making an impact very surely
I suspect.
hEARD internet zine, Australia.
::Upcoming
2007 Gigs ::
Black Stump, Appin
Fri & Saturday nights at
The One World Cafe &
Sunday
morning in the Slum!
Sept 22 Yike Night, Hazelbrook
Oct 13 Private Fundraiser, Avoca Beach