Gracie,
Thanks for your time this evening, an hour just flew. Was amazing talking with you. Your incoming phone call gave me an opportunity to have a wee and look around the living room at the wonderful mementos you have. I had no idea that you and Paul were so close and your ‘walk throughs’ of the videos will remain ( surfboard, lizard, Reg Mombassa etc) Makes it very hard to dissect the videos for ‘ Frenz of the Enz’ as I remember your words, but they can’t be applied to video. Watched the 3 disks this evening . Good news is that Gracie says the ‘Sorta Like A Show’ will have many more episodes about Paul Hester on C31. ( seen them in his studio ) Gracie, thanks for your good work, you’re the spirit of all good things.

You lucky, lucky thing phillo!

There's more to come?

W-O-W.

check ya email ash

Hey Phillo, thanks for your updates - so any hope for those of us not in Melbourne that don't get "Sorta Like A Show" - any way we'll ever get to see the shows and footage ?

Love&Peace, I'm hoping to upload as much as I can to YouTube. It's slow work getting an MPEG out of the DVD as my P.C.'s not so quick.

First clip is here:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=pmviz_RAK2o

The 'party lights and plastic flowers' is part of the theme for the unreleased song 'Pain'
Unfortunatley due to copywrite reasons, Gracie prefers that the clip is not uploaded at this time. Shame, as it's a ripper.

Thanks to Peter Grace for allowing the use of his material.

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TYVM
far too kind

Cheers Phillo - that was awesome! "Grass Skirt." LMAO

I laughed at that too Hexed, the look of disdain on Pauls face,

Next clip has the grass skirt happening, the plastic flowers and a similar situation to the clip of "Pain"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DfF0Z9VrqIw

Then on to the lost MOJO and whatever.. smiles

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Thanks Phillo for what you're doing, and Gracie,for okaying the use of his footage to share with us all - what a joy to see Paul, he just sort of fills you up with all that is good and special........fairy lights, plastic flowers and grass skirts !!!...... but now I let out a very heavy hearted sigh!

ditto

These clips are simply amazing and are lovely gifts to share... Many thanks!!

A drive along the Lower Esplanade, St. Kilda to the Cornish Arms in Sydney Rd, Brunswick. St Kilda Sea Baths on the left.
At the Cornish.. "straight up the stairs....whats your name again.... anything you need give us a hoy"
A deep and meaningful with Reg Mombassa about the cover art of "Hairy Nuts"

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Thanks to Peter Grace for allowing the use of his material.

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What a beautiful song - love that one

Still at the Cornish Arms,

Reg discusses his 'classic 80's period' of enhancing hotel room art.

Paul explains his Grandmothers confusion about the picture of The Bronze Age Sky God.

On stage, Paul wants some clarification on Petes request for some 'bigada bigada bigada'

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I seriously needed a laugh today and that provided many! Loved the 'bigada bigada' and 'more shooshhh shooshhh' Neil stories - laugh!, ahhh thanks over and over again Paulo!

Back to Hellwood,

"Fresh bread today" at Franks Health and Bulk Store.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oFDCWBNdjAs

Thoughts about Hellwood and Humanity

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UUuFkiuJCTg

Smart too, what a special man he was! We need more people of the Paul Hester spirit in this world!

Thanks Phillo

Thanks for posting these. They are very funny and show Paul's personality and humour to good effect.

The trouble is that after them I feel sad that's he's not around to deliver more of the same Still very grateful for what he left behind.

Paul

Thank you for sharing with all of us. Of course I favorited all of them. Any idea how much more there is out there?

Anna I'm not sure how many more there are. I have 2 left to post after this one. The final clip is my favourite 'Wanted to Say', it's a ripper
I'll be working interstate next week for a week or so, but I'll ask him when I get back. I believe that there will be more.

The disks Gracie gave us were a grab of clips and I have put them in what appeared the most likely order of production. All were excellent quality (both video and audio) though a couple didn't survive the YouTube transition quite as well, even though I submitted them several times.

It would be wonderful if those that have enjoyed Gracies memories of Paul could maybe write a small post thanking him, if you haven't already done so. He doesn't have the Internet happening just at the moment and although I have already told him, I'm thinking it would be cool to print him a copy of the feedback from FRENZ around the planet.


Surfer Jesus:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yCpGshD1hUc