UPDATE (December 2008)

Izzy — Fri, 26 Dec 2008 11:28:21 +0000

Izzy has finished his contract at the University of Queensland, and has now relocated, at least for the time being, in Bilambil near Tweed Heads, NSW. He has re-enrolled to complete his PhD (0ff-campus through Wollongong Uni), but is, according to the twisted logic of CentreLink, ‘not unemployed’, but also not entitled to Austudy, Newstart or other such government handouts. So: Unwaged but also, apparently, not unemployed, Izzy forges on in his quest to become a fully-fledged academic. In the meantime, of course, he continues to do what he does best: He is performing spasmodically in semi-acoustic mode in cafes and smaller venues around the Tweed and Northern Rivers area, as well as playing bass with The Hillbilly Blues Bandits, and rehearsing up a 60s band, The Yesterbeats. Auditions and rehearsals are under way for a mini Zarsoffs tour around south east Queensland, instigated by Rory Zarsoff, the band’s lead guitarist during the 1980s. The founding lineup of Paspalum stopped performing together mid-2008, after recording and releasing an album of original material titled ‘Sticky Grass Pudding’. Izzy featured on four of the songs from that album, and has written quite a few new ones – many of these will no doubt find their way onto the next Zarsoff album, in some form. Izzy will soon be recording a kids’ album (he wants to be the Black Wiggle, but doubts the viability of this), as well as a solo adults’ album. He also recently played bass on Dave Cavanagh’s soon-to-be-released album, and some live promotion shows may eventuate from that as well. As he approaches his 60th birthday in April 2009, Izzy unravels the rope of his jib and sets it into the wind once again – hang on for the ride!

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UPDATE (December 2008)