The
Cathedral Boys’ Choir in 1958. Or perhaps 1957. I’m second from the top next to
the pulpit and next down from me is David McPhail. Hamish ‘Gubby’ Guthrie is sixth
down from the left. (Reproduced without permission from David McPhail’s
auto-biography, The years before my Death).
..And another. The only alternative is to put the bike in the car and drive somewhere flatter, which seems to defeat the purpose of the bike, so rapid fitness is being forced upon me as well as expected, and unexpected, aches and pains. As the bike has the down-curved handlebars I get a sore neck…
..incisors eventually surrendered. I could tell the difference between linoleum and the Italian tiles that they tried to imitate without needing to resort to a hammer and chisel. In the film ‘Stagecoach’ when the Indian fell amongst the team of horses, went under the stagecoach , caught the axle and climbed back onto the swaying…
Distributor of the year 3.3.04 – Yesterday, Bill, Jenny and I hauled our arses down to West Melbourne for a long overdue appointment with Adam Johnstone and the charming Miss Kate (Candlish) at Sound Vault Records. The Rosses (Wilson and Ryan) have been recommending them so insistently that it was only a matter of time…
Mike’s Pith & Wind cont. But then some silly words jumped out and put themselves to the silly little tune, and before long a verse, and another, and a chorus.. Bugger me! I had a song bloody writing itself. I couldn’t resist it any longer and rushed, rushed I tell you, into the barely used…
..Centre and Right’s backbone of Australia. About two years ago as I waxed loquacious about caravan parks as one model for solving the problem of too many people occupying too much space at too greater cost. If you drive around Australia’s major cities you see good arable land being swallowed up by McMansions for workers…