NB:  Strongish language in Regurgitator  story and music.

ARTS ALIVE	PGM 36 - 2004	TX: 4:04 Eastern Time    6th September 2004
THIS PROGRAM IS 55' 50" WITH A NATURAL BREAK AT 30' 00"

Hi and welcome to Arts Alive, your weekly arts and culture current affairs radio...I'm VINCENT O'DONNELL I'm JESS MYLES* and I'm LUKE DYKES*This week* The Melbourne Fringe Festival turns twenty-two*and recognising the responsibilities of young parenthood* they have a G rating on part of the program.  Also Australian pop rockers REGURGITATOR lock themselves in a public show-dome hoping to incubate a career reviving album.       A bit like the Urban Dream Capsule set to music I guess. Our guests are Kerry Rock and Georgina Willis, the producer and the director of Watermark, a film described by one critic as Original, Brave and Visionary.  We'll be able to judge for ourselves as Watermark opens on September 16. And NICOLE FINDLAY chats with the acclaimed all girl quartet* AKASA (AKASHA)... about births... deaths... and making it in the music business.

NEWS:  	(approx. 4.00)						Ends approx. 5.20

The Melbourne Fringe is certainly changing as it morphs into its twenty second year* it features a new G rated program and a cautionary health message about illegal drugs.  And it was the origin of that message*  Marijuana can do more harm than you think* that Vincent O'Donnell first asked festival Creative Producer* ELENA VEREKA (Elaina Ver-rika) about*

Item 1: Melbourne Fringe (5.14)
Starts with: The Melbourne Fringe is*
Ends with: *keen on turning into a banana lounge.

And the Melbourne Fringe starts 22 September and runs 'til 10 October.  You can find the program on the web at www.melbournefringe.com.au and some have duck stamps* so all you old rockers* metal heads* grunge bunnies or John Farnham fans can take the kids.

On Tuesday the 31st of August the Australian band REGURGITATOR entered a glass bubble in Melbourne's Federation Square to record their fifth album in full view of the public.  The guys will spend 21 days and nights locked in the bubble, with their producer, an engineer, and TV personality JABBA.  Their every move is being broadcast on digital television. 

The song TU PLANG launched the Brisbane band's career in 1996, but their last few releases have failed to equal its success.  Is this a stunt to sell CDs, or an exploration of the creative capacity of the culture industry?  BEN ELI from the band explains*

Item 2: Regurgitator (1.50)
Starts with: 
Ends with: *

TRACK 1:  'Regurgitator with Happiness'  	(ends) 17 min 40 sec

Item 4A: Watermark (9.08)
First words: 
Last words: * more conversation with*

Track 2: Neil Finn with 'Hole in the Ice'

END VOICE	26 min 30 sec		END OF PART ONE	30 min 00 sec

Item 4B: Watermark (7.21)
First words: 
Last words: * Thanks.

Track 3: The Ain't Misbehavin Trio with "Pennies from Heaven" 
And now...NICOLE FINDLAY chats with all girl quartet AKASHA.  Well known for their deep sensual vocals...AKASHA established themselves back in 1998 and have continued to mesmerise audiences both in Australia and overseas...Despite the tragic loss of a band member and a recent birth within the group...AKASHA's ANDREA WATSON and DIANA CLARK soldier on to tell us more about the group's journey to date...

Item 5: AKASA (TBA)
First words:
Last words: ... that.'
And if you're after more information about any of AKASHA's workshops or upcoming gigs go to www.akasa.com.au And that's the show for this week. 	      
52 min 20 sec

The ARTS ALIVE team this week has been Vincent O'Donnell, Sean Kennedy, Nicole Findlay, Luke Dykes, Kate Stowell , and Jess Myles. ARTS ALIVE is a production of the INDEPENDENT MEDIA FOUNDATION INC.  We receive the financial support of the COMMUNITY BROADCASTING FOUNDATION ... the assistance of VICNET and the SCHOOL OF APPLIED COMMUNICATION at RMIT University.  The program is available on the satellite service of the COMMUNITY BROADCASTING ASSOCIATION OF AUSTRALIA and on audiocassette and CD from THE ABORIGINAL PROGRAM EXCHANGE. And the spoken word content from the past four programs is available as audio on demand at www.artsaliveradio.com 

Track 4: The Finn Brothers with "All God's children"

END VOICE	52 min 50sec 		PROGRAM ENDS	55 min 50 sec

APRA Details:
Opening Theme: "Same like B3" / d.i.g. / d.i.g. / CP / 5285392 / 20 sec.
Sting 1:      "Discone"/ Pinau / Pinau /OS/ 857 383 1942/ 10 secs
Sting 2:      "Ou!* Ou!"/ Teo Teo / Teo Teo / OS / FJC8 904 / 10 secs
Track 1: "Happiness/Q. Yeomans/Regurgitator/CP/7243 527685 23/3.38 min
Track 2 "Hole in the Ice/Neil Finn, L Coleman/Neil Finn/ CP/724353211226/ 4.12 min
Track 3:  "Pennies from Heaven/ Ain't Misbehavin Trio/CP/No code/2.32 min
Track 4:  "All God's children/ The Finn brothers/ CP/7244386481627/3.30 min