Another fantastic collection of musicians from Trevor Blainey in his continuing ‘Not Quite Bob series; this time, Tom Waits, Rickie Lee Jones, and Chuck E Weiss. Magic!
Round 1 – AFL Footy Fixture 2022: Who, Where, and When?
March 15, 2022 by Leave a Comment
Round 1 season 2022 starts tomorrow night with a rematch of last year’s Grand Final. Check out who, where, and when your team is playing.
Almanac Poetry: ‘Warnie’ – Bill Wootton
March 15, 2022 by 2 Comments
Bill Wootton pays tribute to the great Shane Warne in verse.
Almanac Books: ‘Making Australian History’ – Anna Clark
March 15, 2022 by 5 Comments
Roy Hay reviews Anna Clark’s brilliant new book, ‘Making Australian History’.
Almanac Poetry: ‘how to make a basket’ – Jazz Money
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Exciting young poet, Jazz Money impressed Col with her poetry at the Adelaide Writers’ Week 2022.
Almanac Poetry: ‘Cliffy’ – Tommy Mallet
March 15, 2022 by 1 Comment
Cliffy Young, a legend of the Otways and ultra-running, features in this week’s poem by Tommy Mallet, ‘Cliffy’.
Almanac Music: New single Haiamarisa from Charles Maimarosa via Wantok Musik
March 14, 2022 by Leave a Comment
We’re always happy to share new songs from Wantok Musik artists – this from the Solomon Island’s Charles Maimarosa is timed with performances by him and his band at WOMADelaide.
Almanac Footy Tipping in 2022
March 14, 2022 by Leave a Comment
We have three tipping comps for the 2022 footy season: the standard AFL tipping comp where you pick the winner of each game, and the ever-intriguing, time-honoured AFL Tip the Top 8 competition and the NRL tipping competition. Join now. All welcome. Spread the word. (The AFLW tipping comp is underway of course).
Almanac Racing – Warrnambool Carnival: Pilgrims’ Progress
March 14, 2022 by 20 Comments
Father Kevin Mogg’s funeral was held last week. We reprise this piece in which he played a leading role:
John Harms leaves home at sunrise for a pilgrimmage to the Bool. He meets quite a few fellow-travellers.
Almanac Footy – AFLFA: Fans look forward to more ‘normal’ 2022
March 14, 2022 by Leave a Comment
The AFLFA has released a statement on the upcoming 2022 men’s season around crowds and reduced pricing [Well done to Almanacker Cheryl Critchley on the presidency – Ed.]
Almanac Teams: 30 seconds (1980- )
March 14, 2022 by 2 Comments
Players with five numbers, budding fourth generation grandsons and one who might have been a redheaded step-captain head Rodney Boyd’s obscure Number 30s side.
Ladies Day at the Ashbourne Cricket Club
March 14, 2022 by 10 Comments
Entertainment of several kinds greeted Mickey Randall at Ashbourne CC’s recent Ladies Day event: from saved wine glasses to missed fielding chances, with its own saxophonist to boot.
Almanac Poetry: For Shantelle
March 14, 2022 by Leave a Comment
All Kevin Densley has to say about this week’s poem is that “any resemblance to any persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental…” (Contains mild strong language)
Almanac Rugby: Super Rugby Pacific Round 4
March 14, 2022 by Leave a Comment
It’s an occasion worth noting according to Brian the Ruminator – two Australian sides are the only remaining undefeated Super Rugby Pacific clubs after four games…but both will face stern tests in the coming weeks when cross-Tasman clashes kick off.
Almanac Comment: Ron Reed on why Warnie is the only story in town.
March 11, 2022 by Leave a Comment
Ron Reed makes sense of not only the great character who was Shane Warne, but also the response to his death at such a young age.
Almanac Footy History: Aboriginal Umpires
March 11, 2022 by 4 Comments
Roy Hay has done a mountain of research into early Indigenous footballers and along the way has discovered some Indigenous umpires, Dick Rowan and Robert Wandin in particular.
Almanac Music: My Favourite Drummers – Arise, Sir Ringo!
March 11, 2022 by 4 Comments
In this week’s instalment of his ‘My Favourite Drummers’ series, KD writes about his favourite drummer of all, the inimitable Ringo Starr.
Almanac Rugby League – 2022 NRL Round 1: And away we go!
March 10, 2022 by Leave a Comment
Ian Hauser sets the scene as the 2022 NRL season gets under way tonight (Thursday).
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