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a new show started on abc-tv on saturdays, around midday:
b-b-b-beat b-b-box!
i dug it. it contained lots of film clips interspersed with interviews with musicians & 'ordinary punters' on a given topic each week (e.g. 'aids & sex education', or similar). it wasn't all current pop music a-la 'countdown' - there was more obscure stuff, from bands i hadn't heard of at the time, like killing joke, jason & the scorchers, xtc.
my key motivation at the time was not only to see bands new to me, but quite specficially to catch music by midnight oil in particular. i was pretty much a new 'convert' to this band at the time, having seem them live for the first time late the previous year on their tour promoting their 'species deceases' ep.
beatbox often played midnight oil stuff, and it was pretty much all stuff i hadn't seen before, be it film clips of singles from the excellent '10,9,8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1' album or live footage from some sydney concert or other. sometimes i had to go & play footy before beatbox started, and on those occasions i'd either tape it on an acoustic cassette (on abc radio) or - preferbaly, if possible - get my mate to tape the show on video. we didn't have a vcr at the time. when my mate did tape it we'd go over to his house on monday lunchtimes & watch it.
one day when i was at home & watching beatbox, a film clip by an obscure band called 'the church' was played. the song was 'tantalised', the clip was shot partly in an amusement park -type environment (merry-go-rounds, etc.), and the band members wore dark glasses and paisely shirts. curious ...
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