Getting into the australianrules.com.au archives isn’t easy. We’ve changed platforms (or whatever they’re called) four times and there have been changes of computers along the way. However with Best of season coming up we took a look through the lists we could find and came up with these snippets…
Look out for Best of 2017 contributions coming soon and please send us yours… Continue reading
Wantok music has released Song for Elijah (Wrap Our Arms Around You) as a dedication to Elijah Doughty from Kalgoorlie-Boulder, Western Australia. Continue reading
I had always thought Jonathan Richman was the most silly song writer in all the world. That was until Ariel Pink arrived two decades later. Continue reading
A look at Things To Come (M)…
ISABELLE Huppert must rate as one of the most in-demand actresses on the planet at the moment. Continue reading
WAFL round seven
Co-author Sean Gorman, Mark Greenwood (one of 36 subjects) and Dennis Cometti who launched Derby by Gorman and David Whish Wilson.
IT’S big in WA during derby week but I had a very little footy weekend. Continue reading
Via the Footy Almanac musical, top 10s from Andrew Fithall and Luke Reynolds… for your enjoyment and education.
1. Gillian Welch & Dave Rawlings: Perth Concert Hall
It’s a preposterous title isn’t it? Around this time of the year my mind goes mushy and hazy trying to distil everything I listened to in the last 365 days of my life, into a compact list. I still listen mainly to albums so this list is really a song from 12 great albums. But it’s not my top 12 albums (with a track from each). Missing from a list like that are standout records such as case/lang/veirs, Hayes Carll and Common. Anyway you get the gist. This is a cruel exercise that I will claim immunity from the moment I finish writing it. There are many, (very many) other as deserving songs. Continue reading
There is a lame joke that goes: An angel walked into a bar… Continue reading
My highlights for 2016 were all musical. The major highlight occurred on 20 October in the John Curtin Hotel at the bottom of Lygon Street in Melbourne. 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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