Not Just Sport — Page 150

Ode to Simon Prestigiacomo

February 28, 2019 by Damian Balassone 8 Comments

Damian Balassone measures his metre perfectly with this ode to one of the Black and Whites’ too often unheralded, underrated and unassuming servants, ‘Presti’.

Neil Balme – player, coach administrator: five decades of influence

February 25, 2019 by Malcolm Rulebook Ashwood 77 Comments

If success follows you across 50 seasons of footy you must be doing something right. Rulebook’s profile of Neil Balme captures an incredible career in footy!

Almanac Music – Aussie album review: Midnight Oil “Earth and Sun and Moon”

February 23, 2019 by Smokie 5 Comments

In the eighth of his occasional series looking back at iconic Australian albums, Smokie muses on his favourite Oils record.

Almanac Music – Tamworth 2019: it’s all about the yarn

February 22, 2019 by Andrew Starkie 7 Comments

From Bushwackers to cricket watching receptionists, Andrew Starkie and his mate Defa, enjoy their annual sojourn to the country music capitial of Australia. Its got the lot!

Almanac Music: Don’t Kill Live Music Rally, Sydney, Feb 21

February 20, 2019 by Brian The Ruminator 2 Comments

Almanackers, the live music scene in Sydney needs your support. Sign the petition and help Sydney become a major live music centre once again.

AFL Japan GO League – Osaka Dingoes v Senshu Powers: Old Pups hard chasing and cramps

February 20, 2019 by Yoshi 2 Comments

After seven months off the field, Yoshi returned for the Osaka Dingoes last weekend as they went up against Senshu Powers in Round 3 of the AFL Japan GO League. Being struck down with leg cramps had its upside as Yoshi found himself in good hands.

Almanac (Thinking) Footy: The Greatest Footballer of All Time

February 17, 2019 by Matt Zurbo 27 Comments

Matt Zurbo and Elena and Cielo are in Venezuela. Matt is thinking about life and footy. This piece considers the concept of ‘the greatest’ and finishes wih a cracking photo.

Almanac Footy Literature: Ten Memorable Passages

February 15, 2019 by Edward P. Olsen 5 Comments

Edward P. Olsen presents a fantastic selection of passages from some of the most memorable written works about Australian football he has read.

Almanac Basketball – WNBL Final 2019: Adelaide Lightning v Canberra Capitals

February 15, 2019 by Peter Argent 5 Comments

Maybe the best finish to a women’s basketball game Peter Argent has ever seen! Check out his photos from the game.

Truck That – a new novel from Steve Rogers

February 13, 2019 by Almanac Admin Leave a Comment

Check out Steve Rogers new crime novel Truck That.

Almanac Anthropology: Gigs’ door and stickers of the `70s.

February 7, 2019 by Almanac Admin 19 Comments

Gigs has made public a photo of his childhood door – chockers with stickers. What should happen to the door?

Almanac Poetry: The High Mark

February 7, 2019 by Almanac Admin 3 Comments

with the footy season now underway
and with poetry in the air today
we revisit Bruce Dawe’s meditation on the speccie.

Almanac Poetry: Animal Enclosure

February 5, 2019 by Damian Balassone 6 Comments

Another footy poem from Damian Balassone, this time about a stoush between The Kid and Spud.

Richard Flanagan: Tasmania is burning (link to Guardian)

February 5, 2019 by Almanac Admin 13 Comments

For those who have yet to discover Richard Flanagan’s powerful piece on power, climate change and leaders who lack depth and substance here is a link to it in the Guardian.

Names but no faces!

February 2, 2019 by jan courtin 3 Comments

Good looking, handsome? Or not as envisaged! After many literal interactions on the Footy Almanac site, Jan Courtin ponders the visual, what do her fellow Almanackers look like? She hopes to find out on her return to Melbourne.

Henry Lawson Poetry: ‘The Song of the Darling River’

January 31, 2019 by John Harms 6 Comments

I found this Henry Lawson poem about the Darling River. Australia has always suffered droughts, and periods of poor rainfall. Much of the 1890s was dry, and the worst of it became known as the Federation Drought.