I have been pondering for a while the sad disappearance, through either redevelopment or renovation, of most of the old school typical Australian pubs I remember from years gone by. What I crave, I guess, is a pub with its last renovation and furnishings from the 1970s, such as red vinyl covered chairs, and laminated …
Category Archives: Uncategorized
Fun For All The Family! Kiss Reach The End Of The Road
Kiss are retiring after this tour and I am sad. I was 11 in 1980 when I witnessed KissMania in full swing. Kiss had released their Unmasked album (FYI they did not start their makeup free era for several more years) and announced their Australian tour, with a concert to occur at VFL Park in …
Continue reading “Fun For All The Family! Kiss Reach The End Of The Road”
When Gollum Was King
As a patriotic and civically minded Australian citizen, tonight I am incandescent with rage. I expect that my anger is shared by many of my fellow citizens. Therefore please excuse me if I launch into uncharacteristically ad hominem attacks in this post. The news that in his recently ended term, our then Prime Minister Scott …
Circle of Life….
On my way to the bus stop this morning saw this huge swarm of cockatoos around this power pole. I stopped to look more closely as cockatoos clustering like so without a food source nearby is unusual for them. And then I saw it – a dead possum hanging by its tail. I didn’t think …
Bad Guy! He’s Not An Alternative Premier – He’s Just A Naughty Boy
Matthew Guy, the state opposition leader, showed us this past week just how unappealing he is as an alternative premier, and that he is unable to learn from his past mistakes. I am talking of course, about the scandal which enveloped his Chief of Staff, PR Guru Mitch Catlin, who was discovered to have tried …
Continue reading “Bad Guy! He’s Not An Alternative Premier – He’s Just A Naughty Boy”
Oh I wish I was a Punk Rocker… reflections on Pistol
I got, somewhat both to my amusement and bemusement, called a ‘Boomer’ recently by one of my staff. OK… so I own my house outright (not that a brick veneer dump in Avondale Heights is much to boast about) and have a tidy amount put away into my superannuation, but I am no Boomer. I …
Continue reading “Oh I wish I was a Punk Rocker… reflections on Pistol”
It is time for the British Empire Games and you know what that means…
TISM put it much better than I could, but readers of this blog would well know by now how skeptical I am about our national emphasis on sporting success on the international stage:
Getting Ready For The Rings Of Power On Amazon Prime
The Lord of the Rings prequel series The Rings of Power is due to start on Amazon Prime on 2 September, so I have started getting ready. Firstly, I bought myself a nice new iPad yesterday (first time I have ever used click and collect), so that I can watch it in great comfort whilst …
Continue reading “Getting Ready For The Rings Of Power On Amazon Prime”
When people are quite mad, but in a really good way: Happy Kate Bush Day!
I was vaguely aware that many eccentric women are in the habit of gathering together in parks and dancing to the moves of Kate Bush as per the video for her hit Wuthering Heights. I just didn’t know how big a thing it is. Pleasantly surprised to discover from reading my feed this morning that …
Continue reading “When people are quite mad, but in a really good way: Happy Kate Bush Day!”
Will it snow in Melbourne?
The last time it snowed in Melbourne was around 11.30am on Friday 25th July 1986. I was in chemistry class and we all rushed out to stand in it. The snow melted before it hit the ground. That also happens to be the only time I’ve seen snow – what you see flying over mountains …
Lost For Words! 