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I am floating back to 1970 when a mob of us hippies took the No.8 tram from our shared pad at No.9 Kensington Rd, South Yarra to Melbourne city to see Easy Rider... We were all on acid and were completely absorbed in the film... I was particularly blown away by the shooting star ending and felt I was floating up too... When we returned to the pad all I wanted to bring me down was to hear the Jimi Hendrix track 'If Six Were Nine' which I think was the track on the film... However if I remember correctly, then I wasn't really there!

GURRUMUL AGAIN!
Just as the Build-up charges the air with electricity leading into the tropical Wet season, so the crowd at the Darwin Amphitheatre was charged with excitement for the 6th NT Indigenous Music Awards.
The battle for Act of the Year between the charismatic Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu with his angelic voice and spiritual songs, and the budding Soul diva Jessica Mauboy seemed impossible to guess, as both were huge crowd favourites.
Three- time AIR Award winner Gurrumul won Act of the Year, yet Jessica who was pipped at the post for the award did not go home empty handed as she took out two awards – Album of the Year & Song of the Year. The Album Artwork & Design award was snapped up by Gurrumul, so both artists went away with two prizes!
Emerging Artist of the Year went to Darwin hip hop outfit Pott Street, which also scored the award for Touring Act.
Three acts inducted into the Hall of Fame included the Tableland Drifters, Warumpi Band guitarist Sammy Butcher and Reggae Dave Asera.