
Many years ago I made a personal pact never to see a band or artist on a comeback tour. Continue reading

Many years ago I made a personal pact never to see a band or artist on a comeback tour. Continue reading

Last night I had the hottest date in town. Natalie Prass was playing at the PIAF chevron gardens. Continue reading

the laneway festival in perth/fremantle is fast getting a reputation as the too dam hot festival. Continue reading

I’ll list the films I liked (like Me and Earl and the Dying Girl, above) later but I just want to mention right at the start – I really disliked Birdman. I’ve been wanting to get this off my chest for some time and now is my chance.
THE year began in the country and ended with the purchase of a new sound system that has one of those streaming things to take me into a whole new world – and a turntable that has already taken me back to a much-loved old one.
Here are some highlights…

My Top, Fave … the 12 songs I got into the most of the songs I heard in 2015

This should be a Top 10 but it’s a Top 12 and before we get into that there’s also 5 songs that just missed selection. Call it the bench. So here we go, in a particular order from 17 to 1! Continue reading
The Straight Dope: Chip Le Grand.
The Essendon supplements scandal had (has) it all. Mystery, intrigue, big money and elite sport. Continue reading
The beginning of our annual look back, your lists and essays are welcome dear readers…
Comrades, a year of great upheaval- disruption – as they say. But, was it really? Is the new normal the new normal? In a time when mediocrity abounds we look forward to a 2016 where the tortoise will be able to lay down with the lamb, and the forces of darkness shall be weakened incrementally. Continue reading

In my best of 2014 https://australianrules.com.au/2014/12/22/literally-the-best-of-2014-in-no-particular-order-by-nick-gye/ I made a startlingly omission. I had acquired an album late in 2014 and hadn’t listened to it when I put the list together. I now have to put matters right. I am referring to Soused. Continue reading
Why rent a lawyer when you can buy a judge
Teacher Education, Sport, Australian Rules Football,
Every scoreboard tells a story
A Song. A Place. A Time.
With the first dog chosen in the AFL Canine Draft
escape to the Vasse idyll