A look at Darkest Hour (PG)
Winston Churchill might have been under extreme duress during May 1940 yet all that stress caused by constant German air raids and the mooted evacuation of Dunkirk never detracted from his brilliant speeches. Continue reading
A look at I, Tonya (MA 15+)
Every four years those of us with a taste for sport tune in to the appointed commercial TV channel for the coverage of the Winter Olympics. Continue reading
Shaun Marsh trudges off Perth Stadium. It’s because, according to the ground announcer HE’S OUT!!!!
It felt like I was in a team meeting but I was just on the couch as usual. Perth Scorchers captain Adam Voges was being interviewed a few days before the historic Big Bash semi final at Perth Stadium. He’s learned stuff, he said, from two trial matches and the One Day International played at the new venue – in short the team batting first had won comfortably each time. The Scorchers tend to like bowling first but they’d obviously need to reconsider. Continue reading
A look at The Post (PG)
A whole range of United States presidents sat on the hard facts about the Vietnam War from the time of John F Kennedy and up to the period of Richard Nixon. Continue reading
The Big Bash has sucked us in. Neat TV package. Fair bit of excitement. Even got us some of us caring about a team. Continue reading
A look at Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (MA)…
Frances McDormand has always been a favourite actor of mine ever since her star turn in the Coen brothers’ Fargo. Continue reading
The Mavericks in New Orleans. Photos by Dean Schulze.
OTHERWISE we might never have got off our arses and organised the tour of the USA we had been talking about for nearly 40 years. Camo and I always thought about driving Route 66 but when he had his little brush with death we did a bit of research and decided Route 66 might not be what we always dreamed of. So it ended up being a four-week trip taking in NYC, Memphis, Nashville and New Orleans. And what a hell of a trip it was. So many highlights but I would bore the tits off you if I did a day by day because almost every day had a highlight. So I’ll just mention a few things. Continue reading
Rick saw lots in 2017 – here’s the best five… Continue reading
A review of the big albums and headlines in the 2017 music scene
Promising much, 2017 lived up to the hype of the big-names releasing music. There seemed to be an abundance of popular figures unleashing albums and songs on the masses, as a plethora of sound was produced in a bustling musical year. The popular headlines, as well as the chart-breaking albums, formed a year of evolving and entertaining sound. Continue reading
Jake Clemons & Bruce Springsteen Perth Arena (all photos, bad and not too bad, by Les Everett)
1. Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band (Perth Arena & Melbourne Rectangular Stadium) Continue reading
Teacher Education, Sport, Australian Rules Football,
Every scoreboard tells a story
With the first dog chosen in the AFL Canine Draft
escape to the Vasse idyll
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