Today’s profile of Blondie’s Clement Burke is the first in a series by KD on his favourite rock drummers.
[Clem Burke from Blondie has passed away after a battle with cancer. The Footy Almanac reprises Kevin’s post featuring Clem from a few years ago. RIP Clem Burke. -ED]
Almanac Music: My Favourite Rock Drummers – Clement Burke of Blondie (RIP)
April 8, 2025 by 31 Comments
Almanac Poetry: What Happened at University This Week
April 7, 2025 by 2 Comments
According to KD, this week’s poem ‘is based upon an event which occurred during my time as a uni teacher, and reflects, in part, upon the tedium of work meetings’.
Almanac Music: ‘Sometimes love don’t feel like it should’ – Songs Involving Hurt
April 4, 2025 by 113 Comments
In this instalment of KD’s epic series on popular song, the theme is songs using the word ‘hurt’ or its variations, like ‘hurts’ and ‘hurting’. As is always the case, readers’ song choices and comments are warmly welcomed.
Almanac Poetry: Gorillas in the Mist
March 31, 2025 by 2 Comments
This Monday’s poem is based upon ‘an event that took place decades ago’, according to KD. For him, it is as much about one of his favourite rhyming slang terms, as anything else: ‘gorillas in the mist’, or more succinctly, ‘gorillas’.
Almanac Poetry: Boys’ own footy with handpass
March 29, 2025 by 3 Comments
We welcome Black Pepper whose first poem is a memoir about make-do footies. [Ah, yes. Ed.]
Almanac Poetry: Haiku Bob – Round 2: the blur
March 26, 2025 by 1 Comment
Some haiku reflections from Collingwood’s match against Footscray by Haiku Bob.
Almanac Poetry: How to Use a Hammer
March 24, 2025 by 2 Comments
Step 1: Get a hammer. Step 2: Find a nail. Step 3: ??? This week’s poem by Kevin Densley gives us his simple how-to guide for using a hammer. A tool for more than one occasion perhaps?
Almanac Music: ‘Hold your breath and count to ten’ – Songs Involving Falling
March 21, 2025 by 118 Comments
In this latest instalment of KD’s long-running series on popular song, the topic is songs involving falling. As usual, readers’ song choices and comments are warmly welcomed.
The Fall of the Duck
March 18, 2025 by 2 Comments
The crash landing reflected the disgrace of the act implies Damian Ballassone in his latest offering.
Almanac Poetry: The Poet Who Got the Grant Instead of You
March 17, 2025 by 8 Comments
This week’s poem by Kevin Densley is a humorous take on the role of ego and rivalry in the literary community. [Contains mild coarse language]
Tackled at Moorabbin
March 11, 2025 by 7 Comments
Beware taking on the smallest footballer on the ground Damian Balassone suggests in his poem.
Almanac Poetry: Google Earth
March 10, 2025 by Leave a Comment
Google Earth images – in particular, those of Street View – can certainly be striking, according to Kevin Densley’s poem. [Contains mild mature themes]
Simon Madden’s Younger Brother
March 4, 2025 by 2 Comments
Footy dreams is the theme of Damian Balassone’s poem ‘Simon Madden’s Younger Brother’.
Almanac Poetry: Glad Day!
March 3, 2025 by Leave a Comment
Stripped of artifice, Kevin Densley’s previously unpublished poem takes raw inspiration from William Blake’s work.
Almanac Music: ‘Don’t you think the joker laughs at you?’ – Songs involving Laughter
February 28, 2025 by 125 Comments
In this week’s instalment of KD’s long-running series on popular song, the theme is songs involving laughter. As is always the case, readers’ song choices and comments are warmly welcomed.
The Old Baseball Player
February 25, 2025 by 6 Comments
The consequences of playing the field are reflected in the latest offering from Damian Balassone.
Almanac Poetry: ‘Warm Grey Silver’ – Tommy Mallet
February 25, 2025 by Leave a Comment
The peace of an ‘exiquisitely still night’, a sleeping child, and a vegemite sandwich help pass the time for Tommy Mallet as he awaits his next call to work.
Dying Thoughts of Dr Josef Mengele, while Having a Stroke and Drowning off the Coast of Bertioga, São Paulo, Brazil, 7 February, 1979
February 24, 2025 by 4 Comments
KD describes this week’s poem as ‘the imagined final thoughts of an infamous Nazi who died in Brazil, unrepentant, decades after World War Two ended.’
Scared Footballers
February 18, 2025 by 3 Comments
The Barassi stare affected many footballers as Damian Balassone explains.
Almanac Poetry: ‘Less’ – Tommy Mallet
February 14, 2025 by 2 Comments
Reflecting the diminishment of time.
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