2018 was a cruel year. My general optimism took a battering. ..I almost keeled from the weight of events having been pummelled by the waves. Add anxiety attacks, manifested in uncontrolled physical convulsions, and you get at least a small fragment of the cracked rear-view mirror through which I bid 2018 goodbye. Continue reading
Fremantle’s away game against Gold Coast started half an hour after three of the WAFL games last Saturday. Luckily the match-of-the-round at Fremantle Oval was a late starter so getting to almost one and a half live games was possible. Continue reading
Sunday 18 March. Collected by Song List Rat.
The Song List Rat doesn’t back out of too many situations. In fact such is his hunger for lists that he risks a ban from many Perth venues. Continue reading
Mark E Smith is dead at age 60, lung and kidney cancer, dental problems. His band, The Fall, the greatest of the Manchester bands, released some 30 or so studio albums and lots of compilations and live albums. Continue reading
The annual Laneway music festival that tours all major Australian cities is a great way to catch up with some of the staunch old gentlemen of rock’n roll. This year promised a stellar lineup from go to whoa. Continue reading
As Perth sweltered in the after effects of tropical cyclone Kelvin on the sort of night made for serial killer Eric Edgar Cook a cannibal flew into town. 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
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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