..Mother Lodge of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks. It was turned into a hotel in 1934 with the idea of Benevolent Elkdom remaining in the smell and the décor. It had achieved a certain notoriety because of its Grand Ballroom, where Kiss competed with cultural highlights such as the First American Sex Festival,…
..us with some unanswered questions, not the least being what is it about our society that young men find this the only way to express their frustration with Life, the Universe etc.? I dallied with the thought that perhaps as an only child, our troubled young man might’ve been accorded too much maternal affection, (is…
Mal Logan and Enza Pantano have visited my studio recently and recorded some Hammond and vocals respectively on a couple of my new tunes – and of course in this case, a good time was had by all, and everything went down in one take. Great stuff! Thanks guys, I owe you one! (No, make…
Robbo is very happy, thank you! Bill looks contented, either that or he hasn’t quite heard what I just said.. Robbo’s seen something hilarious, and Mike sneaks a look.. Half-way through the first set and Daz is concentrating..
The lads gather concentration and pull together in the opening number at the Wordleys’ house (Ross)
The goofy looking guy on the left is Ted Lethborg, and there’s Jeff Turnbull on the couch next to bro’ Dick with the camera
1) Ross belts out ‘I Don’t Believe All Your Kids Should Be Virgins’ and Mike checks to see if there are some believers.. 2) I’m not sure, but I think Hannaford’s still wearing that jumper..
Mike’s Christchurch photo album 1) Hi, I’m Mike. I’ll be your guide for the next 33 frames. 2) This is me, walking the city with my cameraphone 3) This is looking up in the new Canterbury Art Gallery. Cool building too, even though it was designed by an Aussie.. 4) The facade of the Art…
Piledriver 1) Wayne Smith, Andrew Forrer and Co Tipping 2) Andrew Forrer
As I said, this is Trevor grimacing picturesquely at the Addington Showgrounds many, many years ago.. This is Trevor and me changing cars after an attempted bank heist that went horribly wrong. Jim’s masquerade as an old lady went predictably pear-shaped when he refused to shave off his goatee and Trevor wouldn’t climb over the…
Custer Had It Comin’ He didn’t read the signs You gotta be just so polite When you cross anothers’ lines George Custer’s down in hist’ry books As a hero of some kind But an Indian who would agree Is kinda hard to find He didn’t have no manners He won everythin’ by force Until at…
..staggering Lear-like around a deserted caravan park. What legacy will he leave? Missed opportunities, doors closed that might have been opened, darkness where there should have been light. The opportunistic gall, the sacrifice of principle to expediency and the denigration of truth and transparency will rankle less than the utter mediocrity of the man and…
.. months older than I am. I’ll have to do some work on my avuncularity. Nigella Lawson is slightly more problematic. I find her simpering to the camera lens a little disconcerting, but if I’m so dog-tired I can’t even manipulate the remote, I’ll hang in to Nigella’s show till the family arrives with the…
I hope he had a really good time in his three days. As a by-product of my reading I tend to collect oddities of history. Apparently I am much older than I thought – and probably dead. The story was also mentioned obliquely by my brother some time ago. However what he failed to note…
.. expand its floor space) can be an exercise in angst and frustration as you sift through the many variations available in every conceivable item. Should you buy this version of raspberry jam because it’s an Australian brand? Or is it just packaged here while the fruit is actually from Korea? Or is some of…
I’ll let you know what I think..