James the PC Doctor Dell boy back on track and other trivia 21.10.06 – I’d noticed some time ago that my principal PC, other than the music computer of course, was getting slower and slower, and while I don’t know much about the technical side of computers, I’d diagnosed that I was wildly short on…
Trevor and Aimée at Moravia Life is but a dream – part infinity 19.9.06 – It’s a regrettable fact, but I have to push myself to get out and mingle on a day to day basis. It’s a shame, because I happen to know some awfully nice people, and I neglect them at my peril….
Mary Doumany and Jeremy Alsop invoke salon music par excellence Alsop and Doumany shine on a bleak Sunday arvo 25.9.06 – Outside Jeremy Alsop and Mary Doumany’s Middle Park home the unwelcome Antarctic wind whistled and chopped the bay into a unbecoming British racing green and dirty white foam. With half-a-dozen other guests (including the…
Lobby’s Benefit goes off! 1) Colin Burgess and Jim Keays in stereo 2) Brenden Mason, Bill, Paul Wheeler’s partner Kerrry Ritson and Paul 3) Spectrum’s Daryl Roberts and Chain’s Dirk Dubious 4) Matt Taylor leans to the right 5) Jimmy Barnes beams 6) Lobby’s daughter Frances and guitarist Duncan 7) Someday I’ll have..* 8) Wild…
1) Cheerful Sophie Stevens and maudlin Mike 2) Mike cops a bunch of freesias That’s yer bloomin’ lot.. 24.8.06 – So, here I am, sewage backing up ominously, wearily sizing up the detritus accrued over decades with a view to disposing of most of it, checking out the rental market with a growing sense of…
Weekend flurry of gigs 1) Rob Judd strikes the pose 2) Ron (left) Di and Vince prop up Mike at St Andrews gig report Nighthawk Blues and St Andrews 31.7.06 – There’s no doubt we create uncertainty in the minds of the average Saturday night crowd at the Nighthawk Most of them come to dance…
The Last Hurrah 1) The line on the red carpet 2) Mike, Jimmy Sloggett, Kevin Borich and Mark Kennedy 3) Joe Hiltz, Bones, Mal Logan and Roger McLaughlin 4) Ken Murdoch gets a request 5) Brian Cadd, Mike and Fleur Thiemeyer consider a ménage à trois 6) The Last Hurrah commemorative badge The Last Hurrah…
Check out a larger view My Camberwell 30.5.07 – It seems aeons ago that I did a gratuitous and rather notorious photographic survey of public toilets in my precinct of Camberwell. (Is precinct right? It sounds so American. Or even Japanese). With my pretty high quality phone camera in hand I feel that it’s incumbent…
Top Notch gesture 30.5.06 – I was surprised when I went to the post office box today – there was a bulky envelope addressed to SPTB care of me. I thought initially that maybe one of us had left something at the motel, but when I opened it over my morning jasmine tea, I discovered…
1) Sunday reading at the Gusto Bakery 2) Falun Gongers maintain a slow motion protest Off cuts 24.5.06 – The people at the Gusto Bakery are getting used to me popping in for a jasmine tea and a bit of a read of the Age. If you look carefully at the first photo you’ll see…
Even Gus is pissed off with me Whither now? 30.4.07 – The cusp of May and no relief in sight, so I guess I’ll wallow in it. I was unable to see Chris on the weekend as we were working all hours, but I checked with Freda, and Chris hasn’t resurfaced from his stupor. He…
Paul’s Bosnian story – cont. The plan was to sneak into Bosnia with a convoy of supply trucks, which was well protected by armed guards. Along the way, the band’s two roadies mysteriously disappeared. It was discovered later that the pair had decided to drop out of the convoy and follow on later, but they…
Anzac Day in Goodna with The Vagabond Crew 1) The Storey Bridge leads into my room 2) Russell absorbs 3) Rob Hirst rips it up (see large pic) 4) Brod listens to the Schumann Think Tank 5) Troy Cassar-Daley chats to John, Hughie and Russell pre-gig 6) The Goodna crowd good naturedly waits for The…
1) The fountain (check out the big version) 2) The REB shows off its temporary green coat 3) The shot of the show.. Arty farty smarty party 21.4.06 – As I struggle to learn by heart the fat wad of lyrics for the upcoming Schumann Show on Anzac Day, I ruefully reflect on Black Friday,…
Mike and Dave face life with no roots at all.. Dave Orams magically appears 6.3.06 – I’ve mentioned already that one of the reasons for going the the Big Day Out was to catch up with former Bari and the Breakaways bassist, Dave Orams. Of course, Dave’s done a lot of things since those days,…
What Mike did betweeen gigs 1) What Chris and I saw of Moomba 2) Dick thinks over lunch 3) Bill Dettmer and his ambulance 4) That’s Dick on the left and Bill on the right.. I think.. 5) Cinematographer Mary Rudd and my co-star Jill Wayne 6) Colin Rochford on air at 96.5 Or, what…
gig report 1) Two Petes – Peter Robertson and Peter Dougherty Frenetic weekend for Spectrum 27.3.06 – (Relatively speaking, of course – we are getting on a bit). First there was my solo gig at the Clifton Hill on Friday (report below), then on Saturday night, Spectrum’s return to the Bodhi Tree Café in Healesville….