1) Me at the Starpark Café putting a brave face on my coffee ration 2) the Oliv macchiato 3) Oliv at 328 Auburn Rd Coffee – the never-ending search for the perfect cup 2.7.05 – Ironically, I’ve had to cut down on my coffee consumption lately. While I’m generally of a delicate disposition anyway, I…
Things that are getting up my nose 25.7.07 – I can single out three issues that are providing that non-existent cosmic entity with an abundance of mirth at my expense. And, speaking of expense, having an illness sorted out and treated isn’t cheap. But let me update you with the latest info in my sphere…
Alkira’s dyslexic songbook The week that wasn’t.. 31.7.06 – For some reason I thought it was August already when I awoke this morning. Maybe it was because I felt like a horse’s arse, August 1st being every horse’s birthday and all, but in any event, when I got to the bank I found out that…
Bill poses with most of the crowd – Bill is most of the crowd.. Well.. 25.7.05 – It pays to have a sense of humour in this so-called business. Yesterday, (Sunday), was Mike & Bill’s inaugural performance at Wellers of Kangaroo Ground. I arrived really early, which was my first mistake. Then I discovered one…
A nice old building in Adelaide SA reflections 26.6.06 – Somebody told me recently there are no weatherboard houses in Adelaide, which I found hard to believe, so last time we were over I looked. I did see some outside the metropolitan area, but none in Adelaide itself, so I might have to concede that…
Bill Dettmer cancels gig 27.6.05 – I was having a bit of a lie down last evening when, inevitably I guess, the phone rang. It was Bill Dettmer, and he informed me that his Little Willy and the Hopeless Romantics’ concert, slotted for this coming Saturday, is off. It seems the enormous public liability insurance…
Spoonbill live
1) Looking down Hardware St 2) The view from the Postman’s Nostril 3) Roberto Benigni 9.6.05 – I like going into town every now and then, and nice things happen there when you get close to a birthday. For instance, my brother Richard met me for lunch today and decided to shout me as my…
Pete and Marg Bird – what’s up wiv yer thyroid then? My health – the continuing saga 27.6.07 – There’s always something there to remind me.. So sang Sandie Shaw in 1964 – it was a big hit for her. And it’s true. When we arrived at San Remo on Sunday, I went into the…
Spectrum in the Limelight 30.5.05 – Despite the unforgiveably lame header, not to mention the out of control Collingwood supporter in the audience (pic), we actually had a super night at the Limelight Lounge, downstairs and right in the centre of Geelong. We’ve been anxious to find somewhere – anywhere- half decent in Geelong for…
Mike sings with the support of a mic stand, Alan Cattermole asleep on drums and Tony Waine on bass
Secret Spectrum business 28.4.05 – It wasn’t only BAS day today, it was the day I took my new external hard drive down to Pete Dacy’s Secret Sound Studio to dump down the couple of recordings we did there last week – or was it the week before? Anyway, with the help of Pete’s tech…
A Hard Way To Go.. 29.3.05 – I was fumbling round in the dark at 8.00-ish yesterday morning trying to find News Radio when I heard the news about Paul Hester’s death. I’ve had a day to try and absorb the fact that he’s gone and the circumstances of his going, (which got more bizarre…
Daddy Cool warm up for the Tsunami benefit 1) DC do their voodoo to the Sound Vault logo 2) Robbo gets snapped with yet another bunch of legends Dreams do come true, Robbo.. 24.2.05 – Robbo, Robbo, Robbo! How many bands can you be in without having a physical and/or nervous breakdown? Luckily he’s not…
No Thinking goes to Peru! 28.1.05 – Stop Press correspondent Chris Kay is seen here lounging in front of Machu Picchu, Peru’s premier tourist trap, resplendent in his No Thinking T-shirt. Puts one in mind of a competition to see what exotic places you can come up with to feature the NT Tee. What would…
Christmas Eve at the Grand Hotel 1) Handsome couple, Mark and Debbie, actually invested in a CD 2) Bill with Yarra Valley FM’s Barry Murnane Healesville sanctuary for Mike & Bill 26.12.04 – It was a quiet night on the balcony at the Grand Hotel in Healesville on Christmas Eve – too quiet really. But,…