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…

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…

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,…

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…

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…

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…

You get more of an idea of the unique Spiegeltent ambience with the bigger picture

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…

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…

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…

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,…

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…