The two sides of the Melbourne Comedy Festival: the big rooms at the Town Hall and the ‘off-Broadway’ gems like Matty Q and Tim Smith’s ‘Breaking Dad’ show in South Melbourne. Is local laughs, is good.
Round 1 – Haiku Bob: first bounce
April 7, 2015 by Leave a Comment
Haiku Bob takes delights in the Easter moon, the late summer stickiness of the north, (maybe) a hint of the early autumn cool of the south, and a game which is getting further and further away from the one he grew up with.
If Footy Teams Were Bands… or Something Like That
April 2, 2015 by 14 Comments
Put aside the pre-Easter stresses, relax and match wits against the leviathan musical intellect that is Trucker Slim: If AFL teams were bands. Brilliant!
Simple footy words: Sad Day
March 31, 2015 by 1 Comment
How are footy fans feeling on this intriguing day, just a couple days out from the start of a fresh season?
Comedy Festival – Breaking Dad: Matty Q’s show about fatherhood
March 30, 2015 by 4 Comments
Matt Quartermaine’s latest show Breaking Dad premières this week and runs for four nights. Come along.
Australia’s Finest Lunch (Enjoy this lunch and help the Almanac)
March 30, 2015 by 1 Comment
This is one of Australia’s finest lunches. You will remember this afternoon to the end of your days.
This lunch is available to individuals or groups. It is $500 per person. More than half the fee will go to the Almanac’s crowdfunding campaign. To sign on email John Harms:
2015 British Open Golf Tour
March 26, 2015 by Leave a Comment
Any Almanackers keen to attend the British Open golf at St Andrews? Here are some details of how you can.
Women Writing Footy – A Wheeler Centre Symposium Invitation
March 26, 2015 by Leave a Comment
The Wheeler Centre hosts a discussion on women and footy writing with panel of first-round [literary] draft picks including Catherine Harris, Nicole Hayes, Miriam Sved and Triple R’s Alicia Sometimes from The Breakfasters. Get along and get involved!
An age-old debate: is dance a sport?
March 25, 2015 by 10 Comments
Bridget Schwerdt finds the parallels between sport (footy) and dance (ballet) in her entertaining debut piece and is rather persuasive in responding to an old question. [Bridget is our Grade 10 work experience student this week – JTH]
Melbourne Comedy Festival 2015: Damian Callinan and The Lost WW1 Diary
March 25, 2015 by Leave a Comment
The Melbourne Comedy Festival gets underway this week and Almanacker Damian Callinan brings his acclaimed show; ‘The Lost WW1 Diary’ to the Melbourne Town Hall.
Old Woollen Footy Jumper: Can you identify this mystery jumper and its owner?
March 24, 2015 by 21 Comments
A little challenge for the Almanackers – Identify this woollen footy jumper and who its owner might be.
Almanac Music: Songs to Brush By
March 24, 2015 by 8 Comments
Nothing like classic rock-and-roll anthems to turn even the most mundane chore into a festive jam session. Dips O’Donnell shares some of his favorites.
Don Bradman Lives Next Door – A Cricket Musical
March 24, 2015 by Leave a Comment
If you like your cricket and you like your live theatre, then April 12th is your perfect storm of cricket-themed theatre. Read more…
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]
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