Get Behind Yer Roots this Sunday 2.3.06 – It promises to be a huge day, and the good thing is Spectrum’s not played at the Willy RSL for I don’t know how long, and we’ve never played there with keyboards. I’m looking forward to seeing the Hornets particularly, and I hope they play Going Home,…
You want me to sign your what, young lady? Going down.. 7.2.06 – Pam sent me the accompanying pic – I don’t believe I’ve seen it before, but that’s no guarantee of its novelty. Trouble is, we’re all a bit like laughing boy – we’re all with Stupid. Unless he’s older than he looks, the…
Peter Greagg masks his hunger The Greaggs pay a visit 28.2.07 – It’s not often the Greaggs are in town, so it would be nice if I got the message straight when they do venture this far south. In the event we went out for coffees in Camberwell, when what the poor darlings really needed…
Good news, bad news.. Wild Thyme cancelled 3.2.06 – The good news is that I’m leaving January’s Stop Press up for one more day. The bad news is that one of our advertised gigs for this month has been cancelled at the last minute. We were to be playing one of our favourite haunts in…
Miss Molly invites everybody to hush while she demonstrates the spoon miracle Miss Molly’s exclusive healing session 9.1.06 – I was excited – even more excited than I’d been when Billy Graham’s Crusade came to Christchurch back in the early ’60s. (Or was that the late ’50s?) Anyway, the internationally renowned child spiritualist Miss Molly…
Sarah Carroll and Chris Wilson Andy Baylor benefit a hit 28.12.05 – Given the timing, i.e. the day after the day after Chrissy, it could have been a fizzer, but Melbourne’s music community turned up in numbers for the Rainbow’s benefit night for Andy Baylor. Well, it was more like the middle of the afternoon…
1) Stephen Cummings and band start the evening’s proceedings (see a bigger pic) 2) The ornate facade of the Spiegeltent 3) The very civilised bar, replete with mirrors, a theme echoed throughout Stephen Cummings at the Spiegeltent 1.12.05 – One delightful aspect of spending a longish time on this earth is that you get to…
You get more of an idea of the unique Spiegeltent ambience with the bigger picture
Robbo and Lisa chat to Uncle Geoff while Louise retrieves Archie the bear for Miss Molly gig report Fresh @ Fresh 28.11.05 – Thank goodness for relatives! My third solo gig at Fresh @ Elwood would’ve been just that without ’em. The threatening weather didn’t help, and it worsened as the day went on. Still,…
Space 28 – I shouted ‘foyer!’ but everyone one ignored me and resumed counting one other’s piercings.. The play’s the thing.. 14.11.05 – Last week from Tuesday till Friday I was suffering from (another) bout of gastro. I’m plainly doing something unhygienic, and my suspicions are focused on the fridge, which I haven’t had to…
1) Brett Allitt and Bill ready for another day’s commentary Spectrum’s you beaut time at the Ute centre of the Universe 31.10.05 – We’d met The Crossing Café’s Brett (pic) briefly at the Echuca Winter Blues Festival, so we knew he was pretty hip, but it was still a surprise to find the café an…
1) So far, so good.. 2) Queasy Mike in the foyer recovering – I’ll try again today, maybe.. The Magician 1.10.05 – To tell you the truth, I’d forgotten all about my aversion to hand-held camera work. It was about fifteen minutes into the movie that the first wave of nausea hit me, and I…
Shucks – thanks Mark! What do you really think?
I’ll Be Gone in another movie 30.9.05 – I was perusing the Age in the Starpark Café yesterday morning, as is my wont, when I nearly choked on my jasmine tea. I was reading Adrian Martin’s review of a recent local release, The Magician, when I came across this mention (left) of The Song in…
Is nothing sacred? 3.8.05 – Walking past the dog shampoo joint (sigh!) this morning I caught sight of something odd about one of the cute doggies painted on the wall. After scrawling his challenge to all graffiti comers, the local graffiti-ist had taken an extra couple of seconds of his precious time to deface the…
Hale the king! 29.8.05 – Some of you may be aware of my trying to catch Gerry Hale (pic) and band at the Terminus Hotel, (A Separate Reality), so will be relieved I’ve been at least partially successful this time around. Well, I got the night right, anyway. However, I did manage to get there…
It’s OK – I’m still here! 2.8.05 – I dunno. You start these things and then people have expectations. I’m back, but my errant bits and pieces haven’t spontaneously sorted themselves out, which is disappointing, and I’ve been scrabbling to sort them out in a hands-on, analogue kind of way. The Good News is that…