Finals Week 2: Sal’s preview

Sal looks at this weekend’s AFL semi-finals and is warming up with a few Spring selections.

Almanac Travel: Col’s USA Music Trip – Monterey, Big Sur, Carmel, and Pebble Beach

Day 3 of Col’s USA travels sees him along the coast between Big Sur and Monterey, and a quick round of golf at Pebble Beach.

Almanac Music: Not Quite Bob – Some You Know … and One You Probably Don’t – Kurt Vile, John Prine, Iris DeMent, Malcolm Holcombe

Trevor Blainey continues his trawl through a swathe of musos who have that something extra but are ‘not quite Bob’.

Almanac Music: Songs and Days of the Week – ‘Friday I’m in Love’ by The Cure

So many songs have a day of the week in their title. KD looks into this phenomenon, provides an example, and asks Almanackers to put forward choices of their own.

Almanac Travel: Col’s USA Music Trip – Day 1

Col’s arrived in the USA and he reports on his first day down in Monterey, California.

Almanac Rugby League – NRL 2022 Finals Week 1 and NRLW Round 4: Great expectations as we head into the finals

The NRL finals are here at last with four fascinating match-ups to anticipate. The NRLW also offers a top of the table clash as well as a last chance saloon match-up. All in all, a great weekend of rugby league awaits us!

‘Saints versus Hawks: re-visiting a classic…’ by KB Hill

In the lead-up to last weekend’s Myrtleford v Rovers finals clash, KB Hill revisits a classic finals encounter between the two clubs back in 1984.

Almanac Pub Review: The Largs Pier

Mickey Randall takes his monthly mystery pub excursion to The Largs Pier Hotel, a grand old esplande boozer, while he searches for an answer of what is a scampi

Almanac WAFL: Final round fizzer & Eyes on Freo for first finals

WA correspondent Les Everett wraps up the final round of WAFL as they prepare for finals this weekend

Qualifying Final – Geelong v Collingwood: Last Five Minutes Heart-Attack Territory (Floreat Pica Society)

This week, the Floreat Pica Society report of the Pies’ Qualifying Final defeat is by Peter Butler.

A Season in the Country – 1975 in the Wimmera and Farrer Leagues: Episode 21

It’s semi-finals time in Peter Clark’s continuing history of the 1975 season in the Wimmera and Farrer Leagues.

Almanac Soccer: The Big Dance Looms and the Les Shorrock Award

Almanac editor and keen lensman Luke Radziminski brings us up to date with all things soccer in Melbourne and gives us the background to his success in receiving the Les Shorrock award for sports photography this week.

FEARLESS 2022 – Finals, Week 1: Slowly but surely, the premier emerges

In his own unique style, Fearless guides us through the first week of AFL finals action.

Almanacker wins Football Victoria media award

At last night’s NPL Victoria “Gold Medal Night”, Luke Radziminski took home the Les Shorrock Award for ‘best football image’.

Almanac Rugby Union: Week 4 of The Rugby Championship

The Ruminator reports on Week 4 of the Rugby Championship where the trend of bounce-back wins continued.

Finals Week 1: Everyone v Everyone

Old Dog displays his accumulated experience and nous to dissect the four fabulous finals from Week 1 of the 2022 series.

Finals Week 1 – Geelong v Collingwood: A Review

Who would have thought the review would be just as good as the preview? Dips takes us through one of the all time classic finals between Geelong and Collingwood from his perspective in and around the MCG.

Almanac Music: Telek releases new single Noken Paitim Meri

Thanks to our friends at Wantok Musik, a new single by Sir George Telek with an important message is being released.

Almanac Teams: Houston, we may have a problem; Best of 43 (1980- )

Rodney Boyd admits that he felt the crunch with team selection this week. Despite the limits of Number 43, you’re never out of it if you have Kouta in the side.

Almanac Poetry: Concerning the Great Man’s Member

Today’s poem from Kevin Densley is about Napoleon Bonaparte and his, er, ‘Little Napoleon”! [There’s a dictator joke in there somewhere – Ed. Contains mature themes]