The wait is over. Rick has put in the work. We get a cool play-list for our next gathering or drive. It’s the trickle down effect in operation. Continue reading
Category Archives: Music
The 2019 lists by Vin Maskell
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Death Of A Typographer by Nick Gadd
You like fonts? You like murder mysteries? You like 1970s Dutch prog rock? You’ll love Melbourne writer Nick Gadd’s second novel. ‘Clever, witty and very stylish,’ said The Age. Lots of fun. Continue reading
Some observations on 2019 by Nick Gye
When Scott Walker (above) died just over a year after Mark E Smith it seemed as though the stitches that held the universe together in some short of shape had started to fray. I have written about both of them on this website as it happens.
Looking in the eyes by Song List Rat
Again it’s the end of the year and you wake from the weight of 12 months of heavy slumber and brush the sleep from your eyes. You look in the mirror and what else can you say but I’m “Edrych yn Llygaid Ceffyl Benthyg”. So sung Cate Le Bon on her first EP. Translated from Welsh it means “Looking in the Eyes of a Borrowed Horse”. Continue reading
That’s the Kimberley
If you could choose the perfect ending to a Kimberley trip it would be a Pigram concert in Broome. And it happened. Continue reading
Getting all nude by Song List Rat
At primary school I suffered with recurring nightmares about being naked in public places. Continue reading
Bill Dempsey and The Monkees 1969
It’s funny how things turn out. In 1969 my friend Les Holmes and I got on the overnight train from Kalgoorlie to Perth headed for the WAFL grand final between East Perth and West Perth. Continue reading
Stealing the sesh by Song List Rat
Perth In the late 70s and early 80s was relaxed in its self proclaimed state of the excitement. That was until Sunday afternoons came around. Continue reading
Main course Yellow Days by Song List Rat
2018 and the Rat walks into a 1-star Michelin restaurant in Tokyo and orders the set menu. The chef asks would you like wine pairing or vinyl pairing? It is a no brainer. Continue reading
Finally. Best live 2018 by Les Everett
Excuse the delay. I’ve been sitting around doing nothing… Continue reading
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