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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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…
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…
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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,…
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…
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…
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…
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,…
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….