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Almanac Music: On Record
March 23, 2015 by 2 Comments
Everything old is new again. As the demand for music on vinyl experiences a resurgence in the digital age, Keiran Deck interviews Phil Place from Dynamite Records in Canberra
Pure XTC
March 23, 2015 by 21 Comments
All the world is football shaped, so why didn’t XTC kick that ball well and truly into space? Jeff Dowsing looks at a band who should have been one of the biggest groups of the U.K’s New Wave movement in the early 80s
Confessions of a Klutz
March 15, 2015 by 19 Comments
Everyone has something to ‘fess up to. Emma Westwood decides now is the right time, before this Almanac thing gets messy.
Too Early for Footy?
March 13, 2015 by 6 Comments
Nothing marks the changing of the seasons like the goal posts going into the ground, and wickets of all kinds transitioning into hibernation
Almanac Music: Aussie album review – Dan Sultan “Blackbird”
March 13, 2015 by 7 Comments
Darren ‘Smokie’ Dawson continues his Australian album series, this time with Dan Sultan’s 2014 album, “Blackbird”. Dan’s wonderful voice gets the recognition it deserves.
Archie Calls the Grand Final Before the First Bounce of the Season – When His Gazza’s Stalking Around the Gee- Arch See’s Red, He Sees Red, He’s Sees Red
March 12, 2015 by 8 Comments
Inspired by Luke Reynolds’ ode to Shane Watson, Archie draws heavily on Eric Bogle’s ‘And the Band Played Waltzing Matilda’ for this hymn to Gary Ablett [and throws in a clever use of Split Enz’s ‘I See Red’ in his title for this post. – Ed]
Almanac Music: There’s Never Been More to Adore Than in ’84
March 10, 2015 by 31 Comments
Call me hopelessly out of touch but I have an altogether borderline theory the world hit peak music in 1984. Sure, wearing your sunglasses at night was advised to protect peepers from pastel polos and assorted fashion crimes. And swallowing the ’84 vintage mush served by Phil Collins, Lionel Richie, George Michael and Stevie Wonder would make [Read more]
Almanac Music: The Selection Panel – Iron Maiden: Di’Anno or Dickinson
March 5, 2015 by 12 Comments
Another musical selection dilemma presented to the committee for consideration. Today, we look at Iron Maiden and their brilliant vocalists, Bruce Dickinson and Paul Di’Anno.
BRAINBUSTER !!!
March 3, 2015 by 27 Comments
Who was your favourite professional wrestler and what were some of the more memorable holds? Wrestling is a language, can’t you read?
Almanac Music: Foo Fighters Review – Etihad Stadium, Melbourne, February 28, 2015
March 2, 2015 by 1 Comment
There’s a reason that the Foo Fighters are arguably the biggest band in the world. A relentless work ethic, oodles of talent and a very, very special bloke up front who knows how to work a room. Paul Campbell caught the Foo Fighters at Etihad Stadium on Saturday. He thought they were just a little bit too good.
Almanac Music: The Selection Panel – Van Halen: Roth or Hagar?
March 2, 2015 by 7 Comments
Steve Baker kicks off a series of yarns looking at rock bands and personnel changes. Who pulled the right rein and who ended up in the spelling paddock?
Almanac Music: Brisbane music doco from 1988 (Part 1)
February 28, 2015 by 2 Comments
Here’s a nice find from Mark Young. (There’s actually a few parts to this Youtube find – this is the first of them.
Almanac Music: Aussie album review – Hoodoo Gurus “Stoneage Romeos”
February 27, 2015 by 13 Comments
Welcoming in a new addition to our Almanac Music collection. In the first of an occasional series, Smokie revisits – and offers a few thoughts on – classic Australian albums. To get the ball rolling, it’s The Hoodoo Gurus and their breakthrough debut LP: Stoneage Romeos.
Getting off at Cubbie Station
February 25, 2015 by 3 Comments
Economist Alistair Watson with some thoughts on foreign investment, food production and water. [Al will be at Anson Cameron’s dinner tonight – Thursday]
Foody Almanac : Are you a pie or pastie person?
February 24, 2015 by 31 Comments
Peter Baulderstone launches (lunches?) into the Foody Almanac with the origins of his love for pasties. Who would have thought that footy, childhood and sex would be at the root of our food fancies. Are you a pie or a pastie person?
Not waiting for Bruce. Phew!
February 24, 2015 by 2 Comments
So you think anticipating a Bruce Springsteen concert might be fun? Something to be savoured? Hugh Jones has news for you.
Almanac Cinema: Extreme Whiplash
February 23, 2015 by 4 Comments
Nominated for Oscars across a range of categories at today’s 87th Academy Awards, Steve Baker has his fingers crossed for his favourite film of 2014 – Damien Chazelle’s Whiplash
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