Iris DeMent is a firm favourite of Col’s, and here is a great live clip of her performing ‘Our Town’.
The Old Migrant
January 25, 2022 by 1 Comment
Damain Balassone’s poem ‘The Old Migrant’ suggests thoughts don’t always reflect what is shown.
Almanac Tennis – Double Fault: Djokovic and two missed shots
January 24, 2022 by 5 Comments
Perhaps the dust has begun to settle on the visa drama around men’s top ranked player, Novak Djokovic as the tournament inspires and entertains…but perhaps not. Jonathan Cuch looks at the maelstrom of controversy that the Serbian star regularly courts.
Almanac Poetry: Seen from a Window Table in Acland Street, St Kilda
January 24, 2022 by 6 Comments
This week’s poem from Kevin Densley dates from the time, about twenty years ago, when he lived in Melbourne. St Kilda was a short tram ride from home…
Meatloaf: Horrific Fun at the 2011 Grand Final
January 22, 2022 by 22 Comments
The Footy Almanac reprises Mickey Randall’s reminisces about Meatloaf’s “performance” pre-game at the 2011 Grand Final. Are you game enough to watch it again?
Almanac Music: ‘Rock’n’Roll City: 1978 – 1983 The Roadrunner Years’ – Eric Algra
January 21, 2022 by 1 Comment
Music fans, and especially Adelaide Almanackers, are in for a treat when they feast their eyes upon photographer Eric Algra’s book ‘Rock’n’Roll City: 1978 – 1983 The Roadrunner Years’.
Almanac Memoir: My Most Enjoyable Sports Injury
January 21, 2022 by 4 Comments
Sometimes it ‘hurts so good’, to quote from John Mellencamp’s well-known song. In this Friday’s column, KD travels back in time to an athletics carnival at Geelong Grammar School in the mid-1970s, where he suffered what he describes as his ‘most enjoyable sports injury’.
The Ashes 2021/22 – The death of English Test Match cricket?
January 19, 2022 by 4 Comments
Waiting for his flight back home from Hobart, Citrus Bob Utber decided to put his thoughts to paper about the state of English Test cricket.
Almanac Beer: Three European Beers
January 18, 2022 by 13 Comments
Mickey decided to shout himself some Norwegian lagers are performing a couple of good deeds. Here is his taste review of the lagers.
Almanac Music: Matt’s Musical Musings – Have Love, Will Travel
January 18, 2022 by 2 Comments
Matt Zurbo revisits the time he presented a radio show, and discusses some of the music the played on his program.
Almanac Poetry: ‘Exhale’ – Tommy Mallet
January 18, 2022 by 1 Comment
Tommy Mallet’s poem ‘Exhale’ reflects upon the relief of taking a break, visiting friends, the talk and the realities, and the issues that arise.
Almanac Teams: Any Kicks? 26 (1980- )
January 17, 2022 by 3 Comments
Rodney Boyd has another crack at Number 26, this time with some names you might have forgotten, but with interesting tales no less.
Almanac (Local) Cricket: Pomborneit Cricket Club 2021/22 Season- November & December Review
January 16, 2022 by 6 Comments
Catch up with all the latest happenings at the Pomborneit Cricket Club with their November/December newsletter
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