Almanac Music: Col’s USA Trip – Marfa, Texas

Col’s in Marfa, in the West Texas desert, for the El Cosmico Trans-Pecos Festival of Music and Love.

Sal’s Racing Preview: The Melbourne Cup – Is it one for the Girls?

The Melbourne Cup is here and Sal Ciardulli has made his tips for the big race.

Almanac Teams: The Wright stuff or an Ace up the sleeve? Best of 47 (1980- )

Rodney Boyd has his toughest task yet to select a best-of side for Number 47. A real team of underdogs compared to some of the others packed with superstars…but yet it’s not all doom and gloom.

Almanac Poetry: Four Reasons Why I Like Zombies

Kevin Densley has contributed another ‘spooky’ poem for Halloween/All Saints’ Eve with an interesting concept: give zombies a chance.

Almanac Music: Jerry Lee Lewis – The Killer is dead!

The Killer is Dead! Col Ritchie remembers Jerry Lee Lewis and his performance at New Orleans Jazzfest in 2015.

Almanac Melbourne Cup Eve Lunch: Have a feed and a few beers and help pick the trifecta

Come to another Melbourne Cup Eve soiree at the North Fitzroy Arms on Monday October 31.

Sal’s Preview: Derby Day, and Vale to a Local Legend

To help select a winner on Derby Day, Sal Ciardulli has made his predictions for this great day of racing.

Almanac Music: Dream Golden Dreams (Song Lyric)

This Friday, KD shares the lyrics of a ballad (a kind of lullaby) he wrote in his early twenties, a time when he wrote many songs.

Almanac (International) Footy: Diversity on show – Profiles from the 2022 AFL Asian Championships

Rob Spurr reports on the recently held 2022 AFL Asian Championships held in Bangkok. As a tournament, it just keeps getting bigger and bigger!

Almanac Tribute: Paul ‘PAL’ Lourey, RIP.

John Harms pays tribute to Paul Lourey, wonderful friend of the Almanac crew, who died suddenly on Monday.

Balcony Banter: The case of the borrowed jumper

On Grand Final day, ‘Citrus’ Bob Utber borrowed a jumper from a fellow Cats supporter. In the post-match euphoria, Bob forgot to return it. Now he’s looking for the owner.

Almanac Rugby League – 2021/22 World Cup: Rounds 1 and 2

It’s all going pretty much to plan at the Rugby League World Cup after the first two rounds of pool matches. Ian Hauser provides an update.

‘From Wang to Nagoya…the basketball odyssey of Shawn Dennis…’ by KB Hill

KB Hill updates the career journey of Wangaratta’s greatest basketball export, Shawn Dennis.

Comment: Gold, Gold, Gold for Australia – in Virtue Signalling

Peter Baulderstone thinks the actions of recent elite sportspeople in protesting against certain sponsors suggests a lack of sophistication in their understanding of the whole situation. In a pluralist society, whose views prevail?

Almanac Tribute: Vale Gillian Hibbins

Roy Hay pays tribute to his friend, historian and scholar, Gillian Hibbins, who died earlier this month.

Almanac Cricket: Cricketus Interruptus

Peter Crossing examines those interruptions in play at the cricket that are not necessarily cricket related.

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Almanac Cricket: T20

Glen provides an historical overview of limited overs cricket as the T20 World Cup 2022 begins.

Almanac Music: Not Quite Bob – Weirdness: Audience, Malcolm McLaren, Barry Adamson, Gavin Bryars

In this episode of ‘Not Quite Bob’, Trevor Blainey takes us on a trip of the weird and wonderful with his school of strange.

Almanac Music: Col’s USA Trip – Austin, Texas

Col’s now in a very hot Austin Texas, one of the great music centres of the world.