I usually think that certain novels or songs could only be created in the era that such genres thrived in. Jazz music is from the Jazz Age (ie the roaring 20s), and Disco is very 1970s. Regency novels are very, well, Regency. And can you imagine Dickens in any time and place but the Industrial …
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Lonely Planet Leaves Footscray
Furniture dealer Franco Cozzo died recently, at age 87. He is famous for the ads he used to run back in the 1980s on Channel Ten on Sunday mornings, when Ten would run such awful shows as Grecian Scene and Variety Italian Style. In a combination of Italian and deliberately broken English, Franco Cozzo would …
Broo’s Revolving Door Boardroom Continues
I have frequently written about craft brewer Broo in my blog over the past couple of years as I find the boardroom intrigues fascinating, a bit like a slow moving tram wreck. Yesterday I checked the company updates on Commsec and noted that the latest chairman has resigned after approximately 3 months as chair and …
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Beer Gardens of Melbourne – An Updated List
In late 2021 I was in the midst of a very long and pleasant staycation. I visited a few pubs and wrote an entry in my blog which listed several of the better beer gardens of Melbourne. Happily, I have been on a permanent staycation since mid 2023, and this means that I have visited quite …
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Haunted Pubs Of Victoria – A Quick List
In the course of my adult life, I have haunted many pubs across inner Melbourne in particular, as well as having visited many more around greater Melbourne and out in the country. I have never actually seen any ghosts or had any supernatural experiences, and in the bright light of mid afternoon as I write …
Tomayto Tomahto
Being of Italian peasant origins (aside from the recent discovery of a Count four generations back in the family tree) I like attempting to grow tomatoes every summer. Aside from my first year in Avondale Heights, this has been with limited success. Not to jinx it, but this year looks like giving me my best …
Much Ado About Sydney…
As far as film adaptations of Shakespeare’s plays go, Sir Kenneth Brannagh’s work over the past 35 years has given me particular enjoyment. Henry V in 1989 revived interest in Shakespeare, and his version of Hamlet was closest to the full written play (although proven by experts to be far too long to have been what …
Irredentism – An Irredeemable & Immature Ideology
When I was nine years old, I became aware of the extent of the Roman Empire, in which Italy, my ancestral homeland, was the dominant part. I felt rather indignant (being ethnically Italian) that Rome did not still rule all shores and hinterlands of the Mediterranean. Without knowing it at the time, I was an Italian …
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Is Michaelia Cash A Boss Karen? You Be The Judge
The latest on BROO
As regular readers of my blog (if such rare creatures indeed exist outside of mythology) would know, I am the proud shareholder of 120 shares in homegrown craft brewery BROO (ASX Code BEE). The entertaining story about I gradually acquired those 120 shares has been told in this blog previously, so I will not reiterate …
Lost For Words! 