
In early 1993 I drove from Carnarvon to Melbourne ostensibly to see my beloved Fitzroy play some footy. The great unfenced lunatic asylum that is the North West was eating my soul.
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In early 1993 I drove from Carnarvon to Melbourne ostensibly to see my beloved Fitzroy play some footy. The great unfenced lunatic asylum that is the North West was eating my soul.
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In 1982 I, like Napoleon, was the self proclaimed emperor of the dance floor. The Red Parrot in Northbridge was my Fontainebleau. Indeep’s song Last Night a DJ Saved My Life was my go to song. How little did I know that 40 years later those improbable lyrics would come to pass during the Covid-19 pandemic.
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If you were alive in the 50s you remember where you were when Betty Cuthbert won the 100/200 sprint double at the Melbourne Olympics. Similarly for the 60s when Neil Armstrong walked on the moon and the 70s when Mohammed Ali beat George Foreman in Zaire to reclaim his world heavyweight boxing crown. In the 80’s ??? – maybe you don’t remember anything let alone where you were but if you lived through the 90s you would remember the exact time and place you were when you saw the first episode of Twin Peaks. It changed the relationship between cinema and TV forever, but more importantly it would change your perspective on “normality” and change the way you view the motivation of others and the imbalance in how society values achievement over mythology.
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Every city has its allegorical coliseum. A place where man and beast can do battle for the entertainment of the masses.
Continue readingWhen stags appear on mountains high
With flanks the colour of tawny brown
And a badger bold bids you good morn
A pint of plain is your only man
And so the words of Brian O’Nolan would came to pass when Fontaínes D.C. brought their mythical Irish stag Skinty Fia to Australia.

Originally booked to tour Australia in 2020 with debut album Dogrel before cancelling and then cancelling some more. Tonight’s the night they deliver on their promise. Only now they have grown into a Finn MacCoolesque rock behemoth. With not one but three albums in their belly.
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As a teenager I was a late developer. I had pubic hair for teeth and teeth for pubic hair.
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Florence Shaw wears sensible shoes. Luckily the lead singer of UK band Dry Cleaning doesn’t sing sensible lyrics. On this hot Perth Friday night Florence’s skull metaphorically opens up and spews out her lyrics while she drinks Dingo lager from a can.
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Ever since Arthur Bayley and William Ford discovered gold near Coolgardie in 1892 Western Australians have had a love affair with rocks. But the love of rocks goes back way longer. Katter Kitch or Wave Rock near Hyden is significant to Noongar people as a dancing and camping ground.
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