I suppose my first exposure to the writings of James Joyce was similar to that of most other people of my generation, through the 1986 Rodney Dangerfield comedy Back To School. In it, the hot English professor played by Annette Kellerman walks into the lecture theatre on the first day and starts reciting from Molly …
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Last Train From Mariupol
I have now listened to Flying With Angels, the current and newly released Suzanne Vega several times. That is the benefit of deciding to rediscover the use of a CD player after several years and to start playing the albums of my favourite singers again in full. There is a song which is quite thought …
The Devil Take Your Stereo And Your Record Collection!
Frequently, when I talk about music, I am showing my age. The title to this blog is borrowed from Stand and Deliver, an early 80s song from English group Adam and the Ants. They were very big in 1981 – I recall Ant Music spending about 10 weeks on top of the Australian singles chart …
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Wine Industry Conditions The Worst In 40 Years?
As the few readers of this blog would know, I enjoy wine, particularly red wine. I also own shares in Treasury Wine Estate, the main (virtually sole) wine company publicly listed on the ASX. Last week, I went to a winery dinner at a pub in South Melbourne. The convenor of the Bottle Club I …
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A Happy Day On The Sharemarket
At the end of March, one of those share market newsletters I subscribe to tried spruiking another more premium newsletter dealing with share market volatility, talking about ‘Big Wednesday’ – a period of great volatility and falls. I wrote about that matter at the time. Soon after, the Trump tariff announcements caused some falls, followed …
Share Market Falls Upwards
This past Thursday, I went to lunch at Jimmy Watson in Lygon Street, as is now my custom one day each month. You see, I have joined what is commonly known as a ‘Bottle Club’ – this is a convivial group of (almost exclusively male) like minded individuals who enjoy fine wine and good company …
Initial Thoughts On The Cessation Of The Liberal-National Coalition
I cannot be bothered being too insightful about the decision by the National Party to (for now at least) abandon the Coalition for the first time since the Clive Palmer managed debacle which was the ‘Joh for PM’ campaign of early 1987 (a debacle which I fully embraced as a rather naive and silly 18 …
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Insignia Financial Lose A Suitor
My late father’s superannuation was invested in insurance bonds with what was then IOOF. As a result, when IOOF demutualised circa 2002, my mother got 2715 shares in that company. At some point in recent years, they changed their name to Insignia Financial, and two years ago, they sold their insurance bond business off to …
Investing In Wine Companies Does Not Seem Like A Good Idea Right Now
I know a fellow who has, as his What’s App profile, a photo of the Bentley he possesses via hire purchase. As I discovered when he boasted to me and some others of his acquaintances (he is difficult to like enough to have real friends), a Bentley is far more expensive than a Ferrari or …
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Flying With Angels
I have written in this blog before about how Suzanne Vega has been my favourite singer for a very long time – since 1986, which was one of the most challenging years of my life. Her self titled debut album was released in May 1985, and the first single from that album started to get …
Lost For Words! 