During the Maurice Newman era, the ABC became a hotbed of radical political art and exhortations to revolution. The Southends were approached by Janet Albrechtsen directly to create a one-off New Years Eve event to rival the fireworks in explosive dialectic, with TJ nabbing the writer/director spot (some said due to his previous work with Maurice at the Centre for Independent Studies). However, the band’s relentless focus on attacking John Howard eventually drove the project into development hell, and the bulk of the material remains in the Ultimo archives. Below, see the first draft of the script.

Do We Fear Each Other,

or: “and if not, why not?”

Thanks to Tony Jones for agreeing to narrate the evening’s entertainment. script to follow

Setlist (needs to be shifted around a bit):

Home on the Grange – 3:30 Nut It Out – 3:40 (6:10) Fossils – 3:40 (9:50) Pynes – 4:05 (13:55) No Strain – 3:45 (17:40) Brutalise – 3:08 (20:48) East of Eastlakes – 3:26 (24:00~) Bloodsport – 4:22 (28:00~) – With 7 minutes banter, 35 minute set. – additional 5 minutes: Shine (Shannon Noll cover)

Fades in over Kyle Sandilands and Barnaby Joyce fighting on air. –– Opens with first verse of Home on the Grange. – TJ wearing a makeshift cross sings backing vocals, crucified for first chorus. – Second chorus sung as Damo takes TJ down from the cross, in time for them both to sing the line “STAIN” and introduce the show.

After short banter about stations of the cross, 104.1, we go into Between the Pynes

– Nut it Out

– If we’re able to source a projector, we could use some stock footage from the Fossil Free shots.

– Brutalise fades in over Kyle Sandilands and Barnaby Joyce fighting on air.

– East of Eastlakes

– Bloodsport Giacomo performs song on a cross.