Greetings cyberspacers!

We hope you're doin' ok out there during these crazy times......

The usual hotchpotch of tunes for the first couple of hours.

At 8:15am we had a chat with former 3MDR broadcaster Rob Gearon who popped in to give us a lowdown on some PAVED events.  Yes, the Performing And Visual Arts In Emeral & District festival is on again......Celebrating 20 years, PAVED has a bumper week of all the creative arts (is there any other kind?) events on in Emerald and the surrounding district.   Art in all its glorious forms will be in the eastern Dandenongs for you to explore and enjoy.

For all the PAVED info, check out the website HERE

Below is the playlist for all the tunes given a spin on this weeks episode of TIFS

Track - Artist - Album

Ganja Babe - Michael Franti - Songs from the Front Porch

Mad Government Weed - One More Billy - Voldermars

Smoke Weed Occasionally (explicit) - Conrad Greenleaf

Whiskey & Weed - Diesel

Whiskey & Women - Katt Beames - Elixir

Whiskey Girl - Gillian Welch - Hell Among The Yearlings

If The Sea Was Whiskey - Willie Dixon - Best Of Blues Volume 3

Almost Autumn Days - Dan Warner - A Likeness Of You

Autumn Leaves - Eva Cassidy - Songbird

Autumnal Trumpet - Mark Gardner – Trumpet Fix

Roller Coaster - Autumn Jenkins - 3MDR Presents A Mountain Of Sound 2014

Rabbit Hand - Some Jerks - Strange Ways

Dancing Rabbit Creek - Sugarcane Collins - Way Down the River

Chocolate Jesus - Tom Waits - Mule Variations

Bills, Bills And More Bills - Koko Taylor - What it Takes: The Chess Years

I'm Broke (explicit) - Black Joe Lewis & The Honeybears - Tell 'em What Your Name Is!

The Ballad Of The Humble Space Jockey – Malcura - Malcura II

Celestial Spaces – Stonefield - Far From Earth

Into Space - Rosie Burgess Band - Leap

Rain In Space – Tarcutta - Rain In Space

Tarcutta Shade - Skyscraper Stan - Golden Boy Vol.I and Vol.II

Space Boogie [Live] - Jeff Beck - Performing This Week...Live At Ronnie Scott's

Arnold - Jason Vorherr - Arnold

Beautiful Country - William Crighton - Colonial Drift

Taste Tang – Tang - TASTE TANG

Bender – Tang - TASTE TANG

Green Spirit (Tumbling Away) - Ashley Naylor - Alexandria Sunset

Fire - Jimi Hendrix - Experience Hendrix

A Man is the Water - Freya Josephine Hollick - The Unceremonious Junking of Me

Through the Storm – Benoit - Kennedy Street

Turn Off The News (Build A Garden) - Melanie Horsnell   

We hope you enjoy the program

Cheers for the ears

Peej & Elliot

Greetings cyberspacers!
We hope you're doin' ok out there during these crazy times......
The usual hotchpotch of tunes for the first couple of hours.
At 8:15am we had a chat with former 3MDR broadcaster Rob Gearon who popped in to give us a lowdown on some PAVED events.&nbsp; Yes, the Performing And Visual Arts In Emeral &amp; District festival is on again......Celebrating 20 years, PAVED has a bumper week of all the creative arts (is there any other kind?) events on in Emerald and the surrounding district.&nbsp; &nbsp;Art in all its glorious forms will be in the eastern Dandenongs for you to explore and enjoy.
For all the PAVED info, check out the website <a href="https://paved.org.au/">HERE</a>
Below is the playlist for all the tunes given a spin on this weeks episode of TIFS
Track - Artist - Album
Ganja Babe - Michael Franti - Songs from the Front Porch
Mad Government Weed - One More Billy - Voldermars
Smoke Weed Occasionally (explicit) - Conrad Greenleaf
Whiskey &amp; Weed - Diesel
Whiskey &amp; Women - Katt Beames - Elixir
Whiskey Girl - Gillian Welch - Hell Among The Yearlings
If The Sea Was Whiskey - Willie Dixon - Best Of Blues Volume 3
Almost Autumn Days - Dan Warner - A Likeness Of You
Autumn Leaves - Eva Cassidy - Songbird
Autumnal Trumpet - Mark Gardner &ndash; Trumpet Fix
Roller Coaster - Autumn Jenkins - 3MDR Presents A Mountain Of Sound 2014
Rabbit Hand - Some Jerks - Strange Ways
Dancing Rabbit Creek - Sugarcane Collins - Way Down the River
Chocolate Jesus - Tom Waits - Mule Variations
Bills, Bills And More Bills - Koko Taylor - What it Takes: The Chess Years
I'm Broke (explicit) - Black Joe Lewis &amp; The Honeybears - Tell 'em What Your Name Is!
The Ballad Of The Humble Space Jockey &ndash; Malcura - Malcura II
Celestial Spaces &ndash; Stonefield - Far From Earth
Into Space - Rosie Burgess Band - Leap
Rain In Space &ndash; Tarcutta - Rain In Space
Tarcutta Shade - Skyscraper Stan - Golden Boy Vol.I and Vol.II
Space Boogie [Live] - Jeff Beck - Performing This Week...Live At Ronnie Scott's
Arnold - Jason Vorherr - Arnold
Beautiful Country - William Crighton - Colonial Drift
Taste Tang &ndash; Tang - TASTE TANG
Bender &ndash; Tang - TASTE TANG
Green Spirit (Tumbling Away) - Ashley Naylor - Alexandria Sunset
Fire - Jimi Hendrix - Experience Hendrix
A Man is the Water - Freya Josephine Hollick - The Unceremonious Junking of Me
Through the Storm &ndash; Benoit - Kennedy Street
Turn Off The News (Build A Garden) - Melanie Horsnell&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
We hope you enjoy the program
Cheers for the ears
Peej &amp; Elliot

Broadcasting from the historic Forest Park Homestead studio in the township of Upwey, an hour east of Melbourne Victoria, Peej, Elliot and maybe even Elaine hope you enjoy some nonsensical ramblings interspersed with great tunes to tap the toes to. We love independent Australian music and spin tunes from local artists over the 3 hours...Sometimes we are lucky enough to have a live performance on the show....quite rare given that 6am is not the friendliest of times for musos...but you never know....

Elliot will be in to do the weather so you know what to wear....but remember if you're listening to an earlier episode, please do not base your wardrobe decisions on this idiot's interpretation of the Australian Government's Bureau of Meteorology website....and maybe even Elaine will do a half arsed surf report when she remembers....

Occasionally there may be a little dead air....our silent panel operator who we shall not name is responsible for all dead air....he considers dead air helps you absorb a musical bracket before we open our mouths and ramble on....

Join us live on community radio 3MDR 97.1fm every Tuesday morning from 6am or enjoy previous episodes via this show page....

We love a bit of involvement from the community whether they be listening live on 97.1fm or via the wonders of modern technologies available to access this thing they call the information super highway......what will they think of next!?

Request a tune, express your delight, or disappointment, in Elliot's weather report......or just have a random chat with an imaginary friend......so super easy...... you can contact Peej or Elliot or maybe even Elaine through cyberspace at peejandelliot@gmail.com



The Imaginary Friends Show would like to thank the following subscribers:

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Poor Xcuse

Pete from Koo Wee Rup

Damien from Murrembeena

Business subscribers

AJA Arboriculture

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2 Inch Tape

Ol' Shep Dawg Hisself

North Dandy Gospel Choir

Eastern Newsbeat

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Sue from Selby | Stuart and family from Clayton South | Greggy B from St Petersburg, Florida | Cath from Upwey | Rowdy Robert and Lee of Briar Hill | Rampaging Rosco from Upwey | Vinnieeeeee from Altona Meadows | Hannu from Clematis | Shane from Upwey | Ann and Brian from Forest Hill | Slingsby Browning | Andy from Kew | Caitlyn for Rhon from Northland NZ | Tania Laurie Oscar and Sid from Angelsea | Tex | Jacqui from Upwey

WARNING (for the too easily offended): some content on The Imaginary Friends Show may be offensive to some listeners. We also accept that any stupid comments are more than likely quite possibly probably ill informed at best.......Some tracks contain strong coarse language and adult themes. Remember you always have the power to switch off.....not that we want you to.....you know how it is.....anyhoo...thought we'd better put that out there.....

Upwey Music
TIFS Business Subscriber

2 Inch Tape
TIFS Creative Subscriber

Ol' Shep Dawg Hisself
TIFS Creative Subscriber

Outer Eastern Local Learning Employment Network (OELLEN)
TIFS Community Group Subscriber

Poor Xcuse
TIFS Creative Subscriber

Broadcasting from the historic Forest Park Homestead studio in the township of Upwey, an hour east of Melbourne Victoria, Peej, Elliot and maybe even Elaine hope you enjoy some nonsensical ramblings interspersed with great tunes to tap the toes to. We love independent Australian music and spin tunes from local artists over the 3 hours...Sometimes we are lucky enough to have a live performance on the show....quite rare given that 6am is not the friendliest of times for musos...but you never know....
Elliot will be in to do the weather so you know what to wear....but remember if you're listening to an earlier episode, please do not base your wardrobe decisions on this idiot's interpretation of the Australian Government's Bureau of Meteorology website....and maybe even Elaine will do a half arsed surf report when she remembers....
Occasionally there may be a little dead air....our silent panel operator who we shall not name is responsible for all dead air....he considers dead air helps you absorb a musical bracket before we open our mouths and ramble on....
Join us live on community radio 3MDR 97.1fm every Tuesday morning from 6am or enjoy previous episodes via this show page....
We love a bit of involvement from the community whether they be listening live on 97.1fm or via the wonders of modern technologies available to access this thing they call the information super highway......what will they think of next!?
Request a tune, express your delight, or disappointment, in Elliot's weather report......or just have a random chat with an imaginary friend......so super easy...... you can contact Peej or Elliot or maybe even Elaine through cyberspace at peejandelliot@gmail.com
 
The Imaginary Friends Show would like to thank the following subscribers:
Best friends for life
Poor Xcuse
Pete from Koo Wee Rup
Damien from Murrembeena
Business subscribers
AJA Arboriculture
Upwey Music
Performer &amp; Community Group Subscribers
2 Inch Tape
Ol' Shep Dawg Hisself
North Dandy Gospel Choir
Eastern Newsbeat
Link Community Transport
Outer Eastern Local Learning Employment Network (OELLEN)
Murky Melbourne
Listener subscribers
Sue from Selby | Stuart and family from Clayton South | Greggy B from St Petersburg, Florida | Cath from Upwey | Rowdy Robert and Lee of Briar Hill | Rampaging Rosco from Upwey | Vinnieeeeee from Altona Meadows | Hannu from Clematis | Shane from Upwey | Ann and Brian from Forest Hill | Slingsby Browning | Andy from Kew | Caitlyn for Rhon from Northland NZ | Tania Laurie Oscar and Sid from Angelsea | Tex | Jacqui from Upwey
WARNING (for the too easily offended): some content on The Imaginary Friends Show may be offensive to some listeners. We also accept that any stupid comments are more than likely quite possibly probably ill informed at best.......Some tracks contain strong coarse language and adult themes. Remember you always have the power to switch off.....not that we want you to.....you know how it is.....anyhoo...thought we'd better put that out there.....
Upwey Music TIFS Business Subscriber
2 Inch Tape TIFS Creative Subscriber
Ol' Shep Dawg Hisself TIFS Creative Subscriber
Outer Eastern Local Learning Employment Network (OELLEN) TIFS Community Group Subscriber
Poor Xcuse TIFS Creative Subscriber

The Imaginary Friends Show

The Imaginary Friends Show Podcast 7th April 2026

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Greetings cyberspacers!

We hope you're faring well out there.

Tunes and ramblings as per usual for the first half of the program.

Just after 7:30am Antoinette Pitt joined us in the studio for a natter about state politics and her pending nomination as an independent candidate for Eastern Victoria in the state's upper house.  We chatted about the process of entering politics, policies of kindness and our disappointment in the current state of affairs of politics with the failing two party dominated system.

Ant is a real human who feels passionate about her community and is motivated to make real changes in the way people are represented by their politicians.  No party to serve, it's all about the people.

To find out more about Ant and her quest to represent the local communities in Eastern Victoria please visit https://www.kindcouragechange.com/

Below is the playlist for the morning and read on for the tasty winter warmer red lentil cottage pie recipe we promised to share.

Track - Artist - Album

One Button At A Time - Clint Wilson feat. Jen Mize           

Two Feathers - Rory Ellis - Two Feathers

Three Little Devils - Lily & King - Medication (performing at Sooki Lounge Sunday 3rd May)

Four Four North - Leo Kottke - A Shout Toward Noon

Five Minutes of Funk (Re-Recorded) – Whodini - Freaks Come out at Night - EP

Piece of My Heart - Erma Franklin - Legacy's Rhythm & Soul Revue

Three Piece Lawsuit - The Barons Of Tang - Into The Mouths Of Hungry Giants

Bits 'n Pieces - Jules Boult - Live Carnivale

Going Somewhere - Amyl and The Sniffers - Cartoon Darkness

South Of Somewhere - Riley Catherall - The Light, The Beautiful Liar

Somewhere Anywhere – Bonjah - Until Dawn

Somewhere Tropical – Localles - Not A Contender (ep)

Somewhere Green - Tracey Roberts – 3MDR & PAVE Presents: More Women In Song

Somewhere Over The Rainbow - Jeff Beck - Emotion & Commotion

Fishing Net In The Rain - John Schumann - Fishing Net In The Rain

Microgravity – Tarcutta - Rain In Space (performing at the Railyard Friday 24th April)

Fast Idiots - The Chops - Volcanic Cave (performing at the railyard Friday 24th April)

Better Than That - Cash Savage & The Last Drinks  - Live at Hamer Hall

Scotty From Marketing - Forklift Assassins - Members of a Doomsday Cult

Change Has To Come - Mo'Ju - Oro, Plata, Mata

Pretty Good Day - Martha Wainwright

 

RED LENTIL COTTAGE PIE

Ingredients:

800g potatoes

1 medium brown onion - finely chopped

1 clove garlic - crushed

1 x 415g tin crushed tomatoes

1 cup vegetable stock

1 cup water

2 tablespoons tomato paste

1/3 cup dry red wine - I never seem to have any wine in the house!

2/3 cup red lentils (dry)

1 medium carrot - grated of chopped finely

1/2 cup frozen peas (thawed) - add other chopped veges like cauliflower or broccoli if you like

1/3 cup flat leaf parsley

1/4 cup hemp seeds

Parmesan cheese

Method:

Boil potatoes and mash with 1/2 the butter

Melt remaining butter in a deepish frypan, cook the onion and garlic, stirring until they soften

Add the tomatoes, stock, water, paste, wine, lentils and carrot (and any other veges you choose) and bring to the boil.

Reduce heat and simmer uncovered for 15 minutes

Add peas and parsley and cook uncovered for a further 5 minutes

Spoon mixture into a pie dish (I like to use single serve dishes), sprinkle the hemp seeds evenly then top with the mashed spud and finally add the parmesan cheese (or any other type of cheesy goodness)

Bake in an oven at 160C for 20 minutes.  Stand for 10 minutes before serving

Eat!

We hope you enjoy the program and good luck with the cottage pie

Cheers for your ears

Peej & Elliot

 

 

 

 

Greetings cyberspacers!
We hope you're faring well out there.
Tunes and ramblings as per usual for the first half of the program.
Just after 7:30am Antoinette Pitt joined us in the studio for a natter about state politics and her pending nomination as an independent candidate for Eastern Victoria in the state's upper house.&nbsp; We chatted about the process of entering politics, policies of kindness and our disappointment in the current state of affairs of politics with the failing two party dominated system.
Ant is a real human who feels passionate about her community and is motivated to make real changes in the way people are represented by their politicians.&nbsp; No party to serve, it's all about the people.
To find out more about Ant and her quest to represent the local communities in Eastern Victoria please visit <a href="https://www.kindcouragechange.com/">https://www.kindcouragechange.com/</a>
Below is the playlist for the morning and read on for the tasty winter warmer red lentil cottage pie recipe we promised to share.
Track - Artist - Album
One Button At A Time - Clint Wilson feat. Jen Mize&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Two Feathers - Rory Ellis - Two Feathers
Three Little Devils - Lily &amp; King - Medication (performing at Sooki Lounge Sunday 3rd May)
Four Four North - Leo Kottke - A Shout Toward Noon
Five Minutes of Funk (Re-Recorded) &ndash; Whodini - Freaks Come out at Night - EP
Piece of My Heart - Erma Franklin - Legacy's Rhythm &amp; Soul Revue
Three Piece Lawsuit - The Barons Of Tang - Into The Mouths Of Hungry Giants
Bits 'n Pieces - Jules Boult - Live Carnivale
Going Somewhere - Amyl and The Sniffers - Cartoon Darkness
South Of Somewhere - Riley Catherall - The Light, The Beautiful Liar
Somewhere Anywhere &ndash; Bonjah - Until Dawn
Somewhere Tropical &ndash; Localles - Not A Contender (ep)
Somewhere Green - Tracey Roberts &ndash; 3MDR &amp; PAVE Presents: More Women In Song
Somewhere Over The Rainbow - Jeff Beck - Emotion &amp; Commotion
Fishing Net In The Rain - John Schumann - Fishing Net In The Rain
Microgravity &ndash; Tarcutta - Rain In Space (performing at the Railyard Friday 24th April)
Fast Idiots - The Chops - Volcanic Cave (performing at the railyard Friday 24th April)
Better Than That - Cash Savage &amp; The Last Drinks &nbsp;- Live at Hamer Hall
Scotty From Marketing - Forklift Assassins - Members of a Doomsday Cult
Change Has To Come - Mo'Ju - Oro, Plata, Mata
Pretty Good Day - Martha Wainwright
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RED LENTIL COTTAGE PIE
Ingredients:
800g potatoes
1 medium brown onion - finely chopped
1 clove garlic - crushed
1 x 415g tin crushed tomatoes
1 cup vegetable stock
1 cup water
2 tablespoons tomato paste
1/3 cup dry red wine - I never seem to have any wine in the house!
2/3 cup red lentils (dry)
1 medium carrot - grated of chopped finely
1/2 cup frozen peas (thawed) - add other chopped veges like cauliflower or broccoli if you like
1/3 cup flat leaf parsley
1/4 cup hemp seeds
Parmesan cheese
Method:
Boil potatoes and mash with 1/2 the butter
Melt remaining butter in a deepish frypan, cook the onion and garlic, stirring until they soften
Add the tomatoes, stock, water, paste, wine, lentils and carrot (and any other veges you choose) and bring to the boil.
Reduce heat and simmer uncovered for 15 minutes
Add peas and parsley and cook uncovered for a further 5 minutes
Spoon mixture into a pie dish (I like to use single serve dishes), sprinkle the hemp seeds evenly then top with the mashed spud and finally add the parmesan cheese (or any other type of cheesy goodness)
Bake in an oven at 160C for 20 minutes.&nbsp; Stand for 10 minutes before serving
Eat!
We hope you enjoy the program and good luck with the cottage pie
Cheers for your ears
Peej &amp; Elliot
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