This installment of KD’s long-running series on popular song themes focuses upon songs involving kings and/or queens. As is always the case, readers’ song choices and comments are warmly welcomed.
Almanac Music: ‘King of Pain’ – Songs Involving Kings and/or Queens
October 24, 2025 by 175 Comments
Almanac (Film) Review: A Deep Dive Into ‘The Boss’
October 24, 2025 by 3 Comments
Ian Wilson offers his perspective on the Bruce Springsteen biopic ‘Deliver Me To Nowhere’ and suggests which artists might be next in line for similar showcasing.
Almanac Music: ‘Whole Lotta Love’ in Acland Street
October 23, 2025 by 3 Comments
The Bardens, Allan and Lorelle, had a great time on Ackland Street, highlighted by a two-hour Led Zeppelin tribute performed by the incredible Dallas Frasca.
Almanac Music: Good things come in very small packages
October 21, 2025 by 3 Comments
Luke Davies recalls the time he combined old and new music packaging to sell songs.
Almanac Cricket: ‘Tigers among the Lions’: A reflection on the 1972 Ashes
October 21, 2025 by 2 Comments
The Ashes series of 1972, and in particular Ian Chappell’s account of the series in his book ‘Tigers among the Lions’, had a profound influence on Barry Nicholls at the time as he recalls..
Almanac Poetry: That Thunderclap Blow
October 20, 2025 by 1 Comment
Kevin Densley describes this week’s poem as ‘very much in the “carpe diem” category, in a roundabout way’.
Larrikin Lorikeets
October 17, 2025 by 8 Comments
Summer time is fun time for larrikin lorikeets notes Damian Balassone.
Almanac Music: Springsteen’s Vietnam Song
October 17, 2025 by 6 Comments
With the increasing amount of new documentaries released celebrating Bruce Springsteen’s career, Michael Sexton finds it timely to closely examine the depths and sentiments of Bruce’s often misinterpreted masterpiece, ‘Born in the USA’.
Almanac Life: ‘Jolly Nuisance’
October 17, 2025 by 18 Comments
Dips O’Donnell’s Mum turned ninety on the weekend. He and his five brothers defied her insistence on ‘no presents’ by presenting her with a brilliant gift. Check it out. [Simply beautiful – Ed.]
Almanac Cinema: A slow start to movie season
October 17, 2025 by 1 Comment
With the footy season well and truly over Ian Wilson has more time to spend at the movies. He reviews two recent new releases he has viewed but Ian was not overly impressed by them as he explains.
Almanac Life: A Malarkey moment in Morocco
October 14, 2025 by 2 Comments
Graeme Willingham as he was stopped in his tracks by a ‘Tigers’ sign on a wall in a Fez laneway in Morocco. This stimulated much footy discussion within the travelling group at the time.
Book Launch: Kelvin Templeton’s ‘Collision’ (Oct 22)
October 14, 2025 by Leave a Comment
Join Kelvin Templeton for the launch of his novel ‘Collision’ on October 22. [Congratulations Kelvin – JTH]
Almanac Poetry: Big Bopper Junior Meets His Late Father
October 13, 2025 by 4 Comments
This week’s poem from Kevin Densley, previously unpublished, deals with the unusual way The Big Bopper’s son ‘met’ his father – even though born months after the famous man’s death on ‘the day the music died’ in 1959.
Almanac Horseracing (Memoir): Confessions of a teenage racegoer of the 1970s
October 10, 2025 by 6 Comments
Wayne Peake takes us on a journey recalling his initial attraction to, and later fascination and obsession with, the punt! It’s a slippery slope… (Welcome aboard, Wayne, some superb stories here – Ed.)
Almanac Memories: Conversations around a bar table
October 10, 2025 by 12 Comments
Allan Barden reflects on his time at the Canberra Irish Club and the contribution pubs can make to community well-being and social cohesion. The secret was sitting there all along.[Cracking read AB! – Ed]
Almanac Life: The Belligerent Seagull
October 10, 2025 by 3 Comments
Ian Wilson has a love for the comedy greats such as Peter Cook, Looney Tunes and Basil Fawlty. Coming across a couple of belligerent seagulls in Robe it provided a scenario for some comedic fun for Ian and Lynda as Ian explains.
Almanac Memoir: Crawford Street
October 10, 2025 by 15 Comments
Smokie Dawson’s memory suggests that Crawford Street was idyllic. Was it really? He looks back on his formative years and a kid named Rod.
Almanac Books: Is sports publishing in Australia in a death spiral?
Main stream publishers have ‘dropped the ball’ when it comes to publishing sporting books argues Barry Nicholls in his thought provoking piece.