Spooky Men’s Chorale

Based in the Blue Mountains in New South Wales and led by Stephen Taberner, the Spooky Men's Chorale is a vast, rumbling, steam powered, black-clad behemoth, seemingly accidentally capable of rendering audiences moist eyed with mute appreciation or haplessly gurgling with merriment. Based on the twin pillars of grand foolishness and the quest for the perfect subwoofer-rattling boofchord, the Spooky Men seek to commentate on the absurdity and grandeur of the modern male armed only with their voices, a sly collection of hats and a staggering diversity of facial hair configuarations. They have performed to general delirium at most Australian festivals, conquered the inner sanctums of the ABC, and also pillaged the UK to even more devastating effect in 2006 and 2007. They now have two CDs to offer an unsuspecting public, "Tooled Up", and "Stop Scratching it". It is unclear what is more dangerous to your general equilibrium, missing them, or not.

SING LIKE A BLOKE WORKSHOPS (For Blokes of All Genders) Stephen Taberner and his trusted bunch of henchmen from the Spooky men’s Chorale share secrets from the spooky lexicon, including getting in touch with your inner 22 stone tribal chieftain, how to sob like a man, and why Georgians hardly open their mouths when they sing. You’ll also learn a couple of bits of pointlessly grandiose male music from the Georgian/Spooky repertoire. And they are always happy field questions on beard manicuring, safe polishing of tools, and how to dispose of mastodon carcasses thoughtfully.