News & Gossip

News & Gossip
10 Mar 2010 - Welcome to the Justin Sane website! Hard to believe its almost Easter time already! JSE has been busy doing sound and lighting production for some great bands and artists including Bluejuice, Kevin Borich and Philadelphia Grand Jury. After the dust settled from the New Year, Justin Sane Entertainment was busy once again providing one of the best Disco and DJ services on the coast, so if you are getting married, planning a party or need some entertainment for your guests then please click on the ‘contact us’ tab to email me your enquiry. Party band ‘Crank’ has been busy revamping its entire setlist. The songs are more ‘party orientated’ than ever and the band is keen to spread their message of “fun and frivolity”! ‘Crank’ has been hailed as “the best party rock band on the mid north coast” - who am I to argue??. Upcoming gigs include the Riverside Tavern at Tele Point on March 12th and Crescent Head Country Club on March 27th. Check the newly updated Gig Guide for more dates! Speaking of bands, - new acoustic duo ‘The Eugenes’ is going from strength to strength. With return bookings at Port Macquarie’s Mercure Hotel, and other venues including Wauchope and Bonny Hills the duo is being widely praised by audiences and venue managers alike. Not to mention happy guests at several private functions including weddings and corporate shows. Check our online gig guide for upcoming dates for ‘The Eugenes’ Time for a quick joke. Hope you get a laugh. If you have any enquiries or comments, just click on the ‘contact us’ button to send me an email. Regards Andrew Five Englishmen in an Audi Quattro arrived at an Irish border checkpoint. Paddy the officer stops them and tells them: "It is illegal to put 5 people in a Quattro, Quattro means four" "Quattro is just the name of the automobile," the Englishman retorts disbelievingly. "Look at the papers: this car is designed to carry five persons." “You canna pull that one on me," replies Paddy in his thick Irish accent. "Quattro means four. You have foive people in your car and you are derefore breaking de law.” "You idiot!” replies the Englishmen angrily “…call your supervisor over, I want to speak to someone with more intelligence!" "Sorry," says Paddy, "Murphy is busy with 2 blokes in a Fiat Uno!"
27 Dec 2009 - Hello and welcome! Well 2009 flew past and its hard to imagine the year went so quickly! Its probably due to the fact that we’ve been so busy here at Justin Sane Entertainment. The latter half of the year has seen us busy providing Disco services for Weddings and Xmas parties, Audio and lighting production for many shows including Port Macquarie’s ‘Carols by Candlelight’ and the Westport Club’s “Christmas under the Stars’. 2010 is bound to be another big year with January through to March already heavily booked with gigs for party band ‘Crank’ and the acoustic duo ‘The Eugenes’ along with production shows for the Laurieton Hotel and our DJ services. New Years Eve is shaping up to be a big one with Crank booked at the Smithtown Hotel. New Blues/Rock band ‘Knucklhead’ are playing the Riverside Tavern at South West Rocks whilst Psycho Magnet will be rocking the crowd at the Macleay River Hotel at Fredrickton, - all bookings courtesy of Justin Sane Entertainment. Remember if you need a band, a DJ, or PA & Lighting gear, click on the ‘contact us’ tab to email me your enquiry. Remember to book early! Happy New Year to all! Regards Andrew
16 Sep 2009 - Welcome to the Justin Sane website! JSE has been busy providing PA & Lighting hire for various live bands and events including some of the great gigs happening at the Laurieton Hotel. Recently we’ve provided Sound & Lighting production for NZ Guitar hotshot ‘Billy TK Jnr” and mad party band “Bluejuice”. Our next production job there is for legendary rockers “Dragon” with support from “The Bounty Hunters” - a show not to be missed! Justin Sane Entertainment is still providing one of the best Disco and DJ services on the coast, so if you are getting married, planning a party or need some entertainment for your guests then please click on the ‘contact us’ tab to email me your enquiry. In other news, new Acoustic duo “The Eugenes” will be playing in Port Macquarie at The Mercure rooftop on Friday the 18th Sept. Get along for a great night of laid back tunes from the Eagles, Van Morrison, John Lennon and the Rolling Stones, to name but a few! I still have some gear for sale which includes; *Amcron Power amp 700watt (2 x 350 into 4 ohms) - VG Cond, quality amp, suit foldback or small FOH rig - $450 *1 x Rane dual channel compressor. Rack mount, quality compressor to protect your PA speakers. Cost $900 new, a bargain at $350 *1 x Peavey dual channel 15 band EQ. $300 *1 x Behringer dual channel compressor. $200 All gear in excellent working order. Call Andrew on 04388 04588 or email me via the ‘contact us’ Til next time!
26 Jun 2009 - G’day and welcome to the Justin Sane website! Its been a while since my last update so here we go again! I’ve been busy providing PA & Lighting hire to various bands and these include upcoming gigs at the Manning River Hotel in Taree for ‘Mad Charlie’ from Sydney (tomorrow night) and in July Aussie rock legend and ‘Underbelly star’ Frankie J. Holden will be performing with great support band ‘The Flamin Bullantz’ - a show not to be missed! Justin Sane Entertainment is still providing one of the best Disco and DJ services on the coast, so if you are getting married, or planning a party and need some entertainment for your guests then please click on the ‘contact us’ tab to email me your enquiry. Don’t forget to add the date of your function and the location, - in this way I can give you an accurate quote. In other news, “Crank” will be playing in Port Macquarie again at Finnians on July 3rd - should be a big night, - be sure to come along if you can! Band Gear/Equipment for Sale; *Marshall Valvestate Guitar amp, 60w, Ex Cond - $350 *Amcron Power amp 700watt (2 x 350 into 4 ohms) - VG Cond, quality amp, suit foldback or small FOH rig - $450 *Fender FM212 Guitar amp, Zoom multi FX, Boss heavy metal pedal, - all as new $500 the lot *1 x Mapex Cymbal boom stand and Pro-Mark 8 piece drum mute pads (keep the neighbours happy!) - $90 Click on ‘Contact us’ to enquire on any of the above gear.
28 Apr 2009 - Hello! Welcome to the Justin Sane website! As we move towards the Winter season things still appear to be very busy so we are officially thumbing our noses at the recession!! We have received lots of enquiries for our DJ/Disco services for parties, weddings and other functions as well as enquiries for live bands, duos and PA equipment hire. I spent 3 weeks in Japan playing Bass with the Hastings Koalas Orchestra from early April. This was a fantastic experience and the concerts went really well. My apologies to those people who I didn’t get back to promptly, - it’s hard running a business from another country! …wait a minute….make that “impossible”!!! Anyway, - its good to be back, thank you to Jenny, Bruce & Robert who did a great job of looking after things whilst I was away. Please click on 'contact us' to email me your enquiry or even just to say 'gday'! Andrew
13 Feb 2009 - Victorian Bushfire Appeal Concert A concert featuring local bands will be held THIS SUNDAY 15th FEB on Port Macquarie’s Town Green from 11am until 7pm. If raining the alternative venue will be Port Panthers Auditorium! ALL PROCEEDS from this event will be going directly to the Salvation Army Bushfire Appeal. (NO ONE is getting paid!!!!) Collection hats will be taken around on the day and we ask people to give as generously as they are able. Even if people have already donated to this worthy cause, we encourage everyone to please come along and show their support. If held on the Town Green PMQ Rotary will have food and cold drinks available, with profits going to the appeal. (no food stall if indoors at Panthers) So please, come along - bring your family and friends, everyone can listen to a great afternoon of music by some of our best local bands. Line up for the day will be; 11am Bender (from Bellingen) 12pm Ghost Road 1pm Middlerockers 2pm Dazed 3pm Psycho Magnet 4pm Whiskey Rock ‘n’ Rollers 5pm Crank 6pm The Flamin Bullantz This is a chance for the people of Port Macquarie to stand up and say “we care”! A huge THANK YOU to everyone for their support, especially; Port Macquarie Hastings Council, Hire Port, SNP Security, PMQ Rotary, 2MC, Star FM, ABC Radio, NBN Television, Prime TV, Port News, Coates Hire, Panthers Port Macquarie, Rydges Port Macquarie, Cassegrain Wines, Vickers Fudge, all the musicians and volunteers who have been willing to give up their time for free, and YOU the General Public for coming along and supporting this event!!! For further details or information; Please call me; Andrew Gawne 04388 04588 or email by clicking on ‘contact us’ Thank You.
24 Sep 2008 - Welcome to the Justin Sane Website! Spring is upon us once again and the Justin Sane DJ’s have been busy providing our Disco service for several weddings, with many more coming over the warmer months. If you have a Wedding, engagement party, Birthday or Xmas function you may want to consider our DJ service. Please remember to book ahead to avoid disappointment! Several bands who book via Justin Sane have also been busy of late; Dazed, The Middlerockers, Psycho Magnet and new band The HellBillies along with Crank and Oz Incorporated have all been churning out some great rock n roll at selected venues along the Mid North Coast. Speaking of venues, JSE is proud to announce we are now supplying bands to the Kempsey Macleay RSL. The Middlerockers played there recently and The HellBillies will be pumping out their own special blend of Blues/Rock on Friday 24th October from 8pm - Free entry!!! This is one of the best ‘live rooms’ along the coast and its great to see some bands in there again! Please get along and support the HellBillies - you wont be disappointed! Feel free to check the updated ‘gig guide’ for more live bands and entertainment events coming your way soon! What better way to shake the winter blues than to round up some friends and get along to hear a live band! Hope to see you out n about soon… Regards Andrew Live Bands, Disco service for Weddings & Parties, Audio and Lighting Production…click on contact us to enquire, comment or book…..
19 Aug 2008 - Hello & Welcome to the Website! Despite the Wintery weather band gigs have been going quite well with good crowds turning out at some local venues. To those venues and those crowds - “thank you” (…venues like the Laurieton Hotel, Beach Hotel at Bonny Hills, Tele Point Pub and the Fernhill Tavern...) A shame to see some other ‘local venues’ giving limited support to local bands - …”just coz they’re from out of town doesn’t mean they’re any better guys!!!...” A big ‘hats off’ to Scott Mesiti and the FOTSUN crew for putting together the first of many live band nights down at the Flynns Beach Surf Club recently. We were there providing the Audio & Lighting production and about 100 people enjoyed Shane Fritsch’s Band along with Mick Hart, and ‘Yanni & the Whores for Pinot’ (..gotta love that name…) These gigs are gonna grow into something big over Summer so stay tuned. I could comment some more here, about some local venues being too focused on POKER MACHINE PROFITS to realize that there are still people out there willing to support live music, - but I wont go there…… Updated gig guide and more Photo Galleries coming soon. PLUS another great Mid North Coast Venue re-inventing itself with live music after years in the wilderness!!!! …Stay tuned… Regards Andrew Live Bands, Disco service for Weddings & Parties, Audio and Lighting Production…enquire within… 
12 Jul 2008 - Welcome once again!!! Audio Production jobs have featured prominently for JSE in the last month. July 5th and 6th saw me behind the mixing desk for none other than Frankie J Holden and his wife Michelle Pettigrove. Frankie J did a great show at St. Paul’s MPC in Port Macquarie on the Saturday night. ‘Kenny & the Cohorts’ and ‘The Flamin’ Bullantz’ provided the backing to some 400+ people and the night was a great success. But it was the Sunday afternoon cabaret performance that really showed just how good they both are! Great singers, polished entertainers and genuinely nice people to work with! July 9 saw me doing production again down on Port Macquarie’s Town Green for the NAIDOC event. The National Aboriginal & Islanders Day of Celebration was a great day despite the chilly breeze! Sydney based band ‘The Whitehouse’ took to the stage from Mid-Day and warmed the crowd with their funky blend of R&B and Hip/Hop Rock. Once again, - great band, nice guys to work with, - expect to see more of this band! The Mid North Coast Bridal Expo will on again at Port Panthers, I’ll be there promoting our great Disco/DJ service for any intending couples. If you’re there make sure you say ‘Hi’! Tuesday night Trivia at TG’s has been attracting big crowds despite the cold weather, if you haven’t been along to one yet then drag yourself off the couch and get down there! It’s a great fun night! If you need info on a band, trivia night, a disco, or PA and lighting hire, you can email me just by clicking on the ‘contact us’, oh yeah… and check our ‘gig guide’ for more upcoming entertainment! Cheers for now…. Andrew
10 Jun 2008 - Hello and Welcome to the Justin Sane website! Well as usual, - a lot has been happening… The band ‘Crank’ has seen a line-up change with Mark Brown ‘stepping down’ from his duties on Bass due to other commitments. Mark and his slightly twisted sense of humour will be missed from ‘Crank’ but his timing was good with ex-Oz Inc and Thornapple bassist Trish Dwyer returning to this area after a stint in Qld. We’re lucky to have Trish on board so keep an eye out for ‘Crank’ and say g’day to her at our next gig (see pic)! Check the gig guide for some recently added dates. In other news JSE has added some exciting new bands to its growing roster. Joining the likes of Dazed are the Middlerockers, Big Trouble and Psycho Magnet. It’s great to be able to offer these bands as live entertainment options alongside Crank and Oz Incorporated. Once again, -check the gig guide as I will be trying to include all dates for all bands booked via JSE. Port Panthers recently played host to the ‘Smashclub’ event which saw over 500 people turn out to see some of the best DJ’s in the land “doin’ their thing”. JSE was there to provide the ‘doof’ and the 4400 watts of Dynacord PA did the job. Hopefully the success of this event will lead to more. Congrats to Scott Mesiti and his team from FOTSUN who did a great job of promoting the event. In other news Frankie J. Holden will be performing in Port Macquarie on July 5th. This gig is a fundraiser being held at St. Paul’s MPC and with the Flamin’ Bullantz providing support it’s sure to be a great night! Contact the school for details on how to get your tickets - but be quick! I’ll be there doing the Audio and I must say I’m looking forward to that gig. Don’t forget, Trivia, Tuesday nights – TG’s at Port Macquarie, come along and have a great fun night! If you need info on a band, trivia night, a disco, or PA and lighting hire, you can email me just by clicking on the ‘contact us’. Cheers for now…. Andrew

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