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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…

St Andrews, St Andrews.. 1) The band launches absent-mindedly into Jamaican Farewell at 4.20 (Newman) 2) Chris was having a really good time 3) Tracey catches Lisa up with all the latest goss 4) Paparazzo Mick Newman and his fave radio jock, Siobhan 5) The Trollops interpret Esmeralda at the bar (Newman) gig report The…

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…

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…

Ed Nimmervoll Born Sept. 21 1947 Austria Died Oct. 10 2014 Melb. This is truly one of the hazards of surviving. I first got to know Ed in his role as rock journalist with Go-Set back in the late sixties. I don’t know how much cache being a rock journalist has these days, but in…