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Almanac Life: Crossing The Road

August 9, 2021 by 21 Comments

Some musings from Dips O’Donnell as he moves into lockdown mode once again.

Almanac Music: Favourite Songs of the Half-Remembered Kind

August 6, 2021 by 4 Comments

Do you have songs you really like but, for an extended period of time, can only partially remember them? In this Friday’s post, KD asks Almanackers this question, and puts forward an example of his own.

Almanac Music – More of Vanilla Fudge: ‘Eleanor Rigby’

August 5, 2021 by 4 Comments

Following on from Col Ritchie’s earlier post on Vanilla Fudge, his fellow fan Ian Hauser offers a few more thoughts about the band’s eponymous 1967 album.

Almanac Music: ‘You Keep Me Hangin On’ – Vanilla Fudge

August 3, 2021 by 4 Comments

If you walked into a party in the late 60s and early 70s it wouldn’t be long before someone put ‘Vanilla Fudge’ on to the turntable and cranked the volume up to earsplitting levels.

Almanac Music: Australian Winter Songs – Name a Personal Favourite.

July 30, 2021 by 28 Comments

Summer and music go so well together, as everyone knows. What about winter and music? In this piece, KD asks Almanackers to nominate a favourite winter song, and provides one of his own.

Almanac Music: ‘My Brown Yarra’ – Whirling Furphies

July 27, 2021 by 5 Comments

The Whirling Furphies are one of those great inner city Melbourne bands well-known for their acoustic, roots based folky music. ‘My Brown Yarra’ is one of their classic songs, check it out.

Almanac Music: More of Procol Harum

July 23, 2021 by 3 Comments

Inspired by Col Ritchie’s recent homage to the Procol Harum classic, ‘A whiter shade of pale’, Ian Hauser recalls two other songs from the same album which he deems worthy of recognition.

Almanac Music: ‘A Whiter Shade of Pale’

July 20, 2021 by 6 Comments

‘A Whiter Shade of Pale’ is one of the greatest songs ever written according to Col Ritchie. Gary Brooker performs in concert the song he wrote with Keith Reid, and recorded by Procol Harum in 1967.

Almanac (Covid) Life – Lockdown submarine

July 19, 2021 by 8 Comments

All you need is love sometimes…in this time and place E.r was moved to share a local riff on one of Ringo’s finest moments while living in lockdown.

Almanac Memoir and Music: Slade Forever!

July 16, 2021 by 2 Comments

Yeeeeeeaaaaaaahhhh, Slaaaaaaaaaaaade! In this Friday’s column, KD celebrates UK rockers Slade, a favourite band of his early teen years.