A trip down the Derwent to visit MONA has Mickey Randall in musical mindset. And ends the experience at the pub.
Round 14 – Collingwood v Port Adelaide: A Messerschmitt up your arse or free bird seed
June 30, 2017 by 18 Comments
Mickey Randall kept himself while watching the footy with mates; discussing more pressing issues such as Looney Tunes and cricket. Port Adelaide got up comfortably in the end.
Finally, a beer review
June 14, 2017 by 17 Comments
Three beers from around the world – which includes Adelaide (the centre of it?) Fun piece on beer and where Mickey Randall has sipped it. Sometimes in places hot and humid enough to call for ice.
On Sunday we went to a lovely lunchtime wedding in a park
June 6, 2017 by 12 Comments
Mickey Randall spent Sunday at a lovely wedding in a park. It was the kind of day that reminds him of how much beauty there is in the world.
Round 10 – Adelaide v Fremantle: 2013 Wolf Blass Brown Label Classic Shiraz Is Dramatically Better Than The Dockers
May 29, 2017 by 16 Comments
Mickey Randall enjoyed a bottle of 2013 Wolf Blass Brown Label Classic Shiraz while watching Adelaide demolish Fremantle. What a winning combo!
Iconic Instants in Music
May 19, 2017 by 11 Comments
Mickey Randall with some iconic moments in song by some legendary artists. The Beatles, Guns ‘n’ Roses, Radiohead. Aural intoxicants.
Round 7 – North Melbourne v Adelaide: Four quarters, four pubs, four points (pints)
May 7, 2017 by 21 Comments
A really stupid and futile gesture leads to Mickey pondering the alternatives to an uncaring footy universe. As an ill-wind keeps blowing at Blundstone Arena he contemplates watching a tumble dryer instead.
Round 3 – Port Adelaide v Adelaide: A Moment
April 11, 2017 by 23 Comments
Taylor Walker’s 70 metre bomb during the Showdown had footy fans in raptures. Mickey Randall was one of them.
A Day on the Green: Annie’s Lane
March 27, 2017 by 14 Comments
Mickey Randall enjoyed The Whitlams and others at Annie Lane’s winery. He also got to experience the joy of discovering an unexpected game of cricket.
December 5, 2006 in Adelaide – An Ashes Memory
March 18, 2017 by 7 Comments
Mickey Randall remembers the 2006 Ashes test in Adelaide when a certain draw turns into a brilliant victory for the home team. Great stuff.
Almanac Music: Fun and Feasting at the Beggars Banquet
March 2, 2017 by 13 Comments
Mickey Randall reminisces over The Rolling Stones album Beggars Banquet. It may not be one of their most popular albums, but it the most fun album for Mickey.
Kapunda Cricket Club’s sesquicentenary: Ten made ducks
February 15, 2017 by 24 Comments
Mickey Randall went back to his home town of Kapunda where the Kapunda Cricket Club was celebrating its sesquicentenary. This is a brilliant weaving of past and present. Vintage Randall!
A short story based on Bruce Dawe’s “Drifters”
January 18, 2017 by 13 Comments
Mickey Randall finds the perfect inspiration for a story in “Drifters,” Bruce Dawe’s timeless poem.
Almanac (Big Bash) Cricket: NYE in Adelaide Oval’s Bay 134
January 1, 2017 by 12 Comments
“If KFC was available at Adelaide Oval I’d buy thirty-eight pieces, inhale them and wipe the grease through the hair of my loved ones.” Just one of a number of cracking lines in Mickey Randall’s account of Adelaide’s New Year’s Eve Big Bash. [Again Mickey, you’ve gone early with noms for Line of the Year – my other fave is the dig at the selectors. JTH]
Almanac Music: Radiohead and me
December 12, 2016 by 19 Comments
Having first been introduced to Radiohead through their seminal salute to modern alienation, OK Computer, Mickey Randall embraces the musical pilgrimage and feels there remains plenty for them to ponder.
Global Revolutions
December 2, 2016 by 11 Comments
Mickey Randall reminisces about the many wonders of his standing world globe, and the simple joys that come hand-in-hand with it.
A Day on the Green: Nostalgia by the North Para
November 23, 2016 by 6 Comments
It was 1998 again, last weekend in Tanunda. What Mickey Randall’s sayin’ is true.
Almanac Travel: Dylan Thomas and the mammalian protuberances
November 15, 2016 by 5 Comments
Mickey Randall continues his observations of The World. This time he and ‘the wife’ are in Wales where, says Mickey, there’s one castle per resident. Lots of literary reminders and some interesting images.
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