The weather’s getting warmer – summer is approaching. This week’s poem from Kevin Densley, ‘Lionheart Summer’, is about a fondly remembered summer he spent in Adelaide (travelling there from Geelong) as an eighteen-year-old in 1980 … involving his grandmother’s beautifully cool bluestone house in Largs Bay, Test Cricket, the local beer, and a Kate Bush album.
Almanac Poetry: ‘The Practice Nets’ – Philip Hodgins
November 10, 2020 by Leave a Comment
Footy is over, cricket is here and it’s time to hone up those cricketing skills! Philip Hodgins (1959 – 1995), in his poem ‘The Practice Nets’, reflects upon the role the nets play in the life of cricketers.
Almanac Food: KD’s Kitchen – The Jaffle
November 6, 2020 by 10 Comments
Kevin Densley is back in the kitchen for more culinary delights; this time he is making jaffles.
Almanac Poetry: ‘Chicken’ Smallhorn
November 4, 2020 by 9 Comments
A poem about the legendary Fitzroy champ, Wilfred ‘Chicken’ Smallhorn, by Stephen Whiteside.
Almanac Poetry: The Quest of the Holy Grail – in a Nutshell
November 3, 2020 by Leave a Comment
Not quite Monty Python, but certainly not ‘straight’ either, this week’s poem from Kevin Densley concerns the most famous knightly quest of them all.
Podcast: Don Watson on Keating’s Redfern Speech, 1992
November 2, 2020 by 2 Comments
It’s considered one of the finest ever examples of Australian oratory. Tony Wilson shares with us speechwriter Don Watson’s take on then Prime Minister Paul Keating’s incredible Redfern Speech
Almanac Poetry: 2020 AFL Grand Final Haiku Kukai – smoke and lasers
November 2, 2020 by 4 Comments
Haiku Bob’s annual AFL Grand Final Haiku Kukai has been another great success. Check out the results.
Almanac Life: The First Beer After Lock-Down
November 2, 2020 by 4 Comments
The first beer after lockdown tasted sweet. But Smokie explains why the hesitation remains
Almanac (Covid) Life: Love in the Time of Coronavirus – Part 2
October 31, 2020 by 9 Comments
E. regnans continues his journal of life and love in the time of coronavirus. In this instalment, he channels the thoughts of Andre who contemplates the not inconsiderable challenges of ‘opening up’.
Trick-or-Treating Malcolm Blight
October 30, 2020 by 18 Comments
From Halloween knocking on the (rumoured) door of one of the greatest ever footballers to chatting footy with God and masquerading with Murali, these are some of Damian Balassone’s treasured tales from decades past.
Almanac Short Fiction: ‘Bostell’s Lager Man’
October 30, 2020 by 4 Comments
The opening of Kafka’s ‘The Metamorphosis’, in which Gregor Samsa awakes from uneasy sleep to find himself transformed into a giant bug, receives an unusual twist in this short story from Kevin Densley. Is KD’s piece a strange cautionary tale? An example of ‘the Aussie surreal’? A modern Aesop’s fable with its origins in the brewery? You be the judge.
AFL 2020: A Reflection (featuring this year’s Premiership poster)
October 30, 2020 by 5 Comments
Ben the Artist returns with his thoughts on the season like no other and reveals his annual premiership poster to celebrate the Tigers’ back-to-back flags.
Almanac Music: Dave Kimber and Surfing with James Arness
October 28, 2020 by Leave a Comment
The continuing tales of Dave Kimber, this time involving surfing and skiing in his native California. And of course, meeting a few celebrities along the way.
Almanac Life: The West End Brewery and me
October 28, 2020 by 15 Comments
Mickey Randall contemplates the demise of West End Brewery.
Almanac Art: Day of the 2020 Grand Final
October 27, 2020 by 16 Comments
Tiger fan Kate Birrell shares her long, long day of waiting for the night of the Grand Final that inspired yet another superb artwork.
Almanac Music: The Music of New Orleans – The Neville Brothers
October 27, 2020 by 5 Comments
Another one of the great bands to come out of New Orleans is The Neville Brothers. Col Ritchie has had the pleasure of seeing them perform live a number of times.
Almanac Poetry: ‘An Old Man’ – C.P. Cavafy
October 27, 2020 by 3 Comments
C P Cavafy, is a well known Greek poet who was prolific during the late 19th and early 20th century. ‘An Old Man’ reflects on time and wasted opportunities.
Almanac Poetry: The Car Chase in Films from Six Different Countries
October 27, 2020 by 1 Comment
A poem about cars speeding around six countries and all that entails is the subject of Kevin Densley’s poetry this week.
Almanac Footy: Getting a grand final ticket
October 24, 2020 by 1 Comment
The trials and tribulations of getting a grand final ticket as told by Matt Watson.
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