The Western Ring Road should come with its own set of health warnings, as Smokie explains. [It’s unknown if Keith Miller ever spent enough time on the road to compare notes on pressure – Ed.]
Almanac Communities: Smokie’s Williamstown
Smokie Dawson writes about life in Williamstown in an opinion piece in today’s edition of ‘The Age’.
Almanac Fiction: The Search for the Shield (Final Episode)
It is the final episode of whisky-soaked private detective Swifty Taylor’s search for the shield. Does he find what he is looking for?
Almanac Music: The Best Australian Albums of 2023
There were plenty of new Australian albums released in 2023. Smokie is on hand to provide us with his annual list of the best of the best.
Almanac Fiction: The Search for the Shield (Episode 10)
Gumshoe Swifty Taylor’s search for the missing shield takes him to the home of Swami, purveyor of rhyming slang
Almanac Fiction: The Search for the Shield (Episode 9)
In his continuing search for the missing shield, Swifty Taylor pays a visit to the big house.
Almanac Fiction: The Search for the Shield (Episode 8)
Swifty Taylor’s search for the shield is interrupted by a call from his mother
Almanac Fiction: The Search for the Shield (Episode 7)
In the 7th instalment of his search for the shield, private eye Swifty Taylor casts his net further afield
Almanac Fiction: The Search for the Shield (Episode 6)
Unfortunately for gumshoe Swifty Taylor, the shield is continuing to prove elusive
Almanac Music: A Pogues Life
With the passing of the legendary Shane MacGowan, Smokie details just how much the music of The Pogues means to him
Almanac Fiction: The Search for the Shield (Episode 5)
Down at heel gumshoe Swifty Taylor decides to take a break from his search and goes for a drink
Almanac Fiction: The Search for the Shield (Episode 4)
In the fourth instalment of his search for the shield, Swifty Taylor crosses paths with an old acquaintance.
Almanac Fiction: The Search for the Shield (Episode 3)
As the search for the missing Tony Williamson Shield continues, flatfoot Swifty Taylor meets up with the ‘running man’ in Episode 3 of ‘The Search of the Shield’.
Almanac Fiction: The Search for the Shield (Episode 2)
Our intrepid gumshoe Swifty Taylor traverses Williamstown as he continues his search for the missing shield…
Almanac Fiction: The Search for the Shield (Episode 1)
Down-at-heel gumshoe Swifty Taylor has been asked to assist his old footy club in locating the missing best club person shield. The mean streets of Williamstown beckon.
Almanac Music: The Beatles Best 50 Songs
Smokie takes us on an epic personal journey through his 50 favourite Beatles songs. [With Paul McCartney touring Australia at the moment it is an opportune time to reprise Smokie’s Beatles story. – ED]
Almanac Cricket: Reunited With The Baggy Green
The Philpott family have taken possession of their late father Peter’s treasured baggy green cap. And Smokie played a very minor part in the story.
Almanac Music: Aussie Album Review – Jet ‘Get Born’
In the wake of Jet’s elevation to the ARIA Hall of Fame, Smokie returns to their debut album “Get Born”. It is the 17th of his Aussie album reviews
Almanac Cricket: Pees and Queues
At Old Trafford for the Fourth Test match, Smokie was confounded by the length of the queues
Almanac Cricket: A BazBall Glossary
Smokie Dawson has been in Manchester at Old Trafford watching the 4th Ashes test. In between drinks, and the rain, Smokie spent his time devising a glossary for the spectacle that is Bazball.
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