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It's Your Call: Do Lunch By Phone

MOBILE phones can access the internet, play tunes - and now be used to pay for lunch.

Barefoot Bliss

Susan Gough Henly tunes into the rhythms of nature from a five-star tent on Queensland's Wilson Island.

Festival On Track For A Smooth Blues Event

ORGANISERS of this weekend's inaugural blues festival at Point Nepean say they are on track to produce an event as smooth as the tunes their headline acts will be performing.

Et Phone Home

Olaf Breuning has fun with our favourite alien on DVD. By Tracey Clement. HOME Australian Centre for Photography, 257 Oxford Street, Paddington, 9332 1455, Tue-Sun, until April 14.

Nokia Www.musicrecommenders.com Launch Party Dendy Opera Quays, East Circular Quay

hitA crowd of boho-chic music lovers sipped wine, champagne and beer in the cinema's open-air foyer to celebrate Nokia's new website. The site gives fans the opportunity to get wise to the tunes that record shop owners from Chicago to Rio are loving right now. Tables scattered with guitar picks were a nice touch.missPity the music files cost $1.99 per track and (as they are WMA files) play happily on PCs, MP3 players and of course the Nokia Nseries phone, but alas not so happily on iPods.JH

Cabaret- Dave Graney, Point Blank

WHAT Dave Graney, Point Blank WHERE The Butterfly Club, 204 Bank Street, South Melbourne WHEN Today and tomorrow at 9pm TICKETS $20 phone 9690 2000

Comedy - The Beautiful Losers

WHAT The Beautiful Losers WHERE The Famous Spiegeltent, Victorian Arts Centre forecourt, 100 St Kilda Road, city WHEN Tomorrow at 7pm TICKETS $30/$25. Phone: 1300 136 166 or www.ticketmaster.com.au

Eskies Put Their Brand Of Pop Before Posturing

The deep tunes of Eskimo Joe mask a very wacky side to the band, Christine Sams writes.

We Built This City - Stories From The Ground Up

WHAT We Built This City - Stories From the Ground Up WHERE Scienceworks, 2 Booker Street, Spotswood, phone 9639 0096 WHEN Today 8pm TICKETS $22/$17/$12

Top Five ... Underground Hideaways

1. M.O.O. (Money Order Office), basement, 318 Little Bourke Street (off Driver Lane), city. Phone: 9639 3020.

Red Dust Diva

REVIEW: Title: Red Dust Diva; Where: Chapel off Chapel, 12 Little Chapel Street, Prahran; When: Today 4pm and 8pm, tomorrow 5pm; Details: Tickets, $38, phone 8290 7000 or www.chapeloffchapel.com.au

As The World Tunes Into Internet Tv, Media Moguls Need All The Mergers They Can Get

THE political heat is ebbing out of the media reform debate, helped by, among other things, Apple Computer's deal with Walt Disney last week.

The Great Indoors

Samantha Selinger-Morris, who prefers nature to keep its distance, finds an elegant solution at Mandalong. Kemeys Mountain Hideaway, Mandalong BOOKINGS Phone 4977 2525.

Hsc Exams Moving To The Beat Of Nightclubbing Culture

THE halls of Cranbrook School at Bellevue Hill are not usually associated with the thumping beat of electronic tunes and the mixing and scratching of DJs.

Cabaret - Kerri Simpson, Sally Dastey And Jenny Taylor

Title: Kerri Simpson, Sally Dastey and Jenny Taylor Where: The Old Fire Station Cafe Gallery, 378 High Street, Preston When: Tomorrow from 4pm to 7pm Details: Entry $5. Inquiries, phone: 9471 2100

Blues Roots

Title: C.W.Q. Where: Manchester Lane, 234 Flinders Lane, city When: Tomorrow from 7pm Details: Entry $10 or $22 with album. For inquiries, phone: 9663 0630 or go to: manchesterlane.com.au

A Bopper In The Name Of The Father

The Big Bopper's son dons a leopard-skin jacket and belts out Chantilly Lace - arguably the world's introduction to phone sex, writes Ron Franscell.

Sound Ideas Sought For Short Film Festival

BEHIND every good film is a brilliant soundtrack. So get your guys together, belt out some tunes and submit a piece for the 2004 Shoot Out Film Festival.

Tina Tunes In To Girl Power

Singer Tina Arena has embraced her femininity and is feeling comfortable about it, Jane Rocca writes.