2026 NRL – Prop by the Sea: You gotta love footy!

Prop by the Sea goes all Old Blue Eyes this week and claims that he has been known to do a spirited version of ‘My Way’ on the odd occasion! There’s some footy in there too.

Almanac Music: ‘Calling Occupants’ – Songs Involving Planets

The latest installment in KD’s popular music odyssey concerns songs involving planets. As is always the case, readers’ song choices and comments are warmly welcomed.

Almanac Music: Geography, geometry and the cartography of loss… revisiting Jimmy Webb’s ‘By the Time I Get to Phoenix’

The Footy Almanac revisits this Almanac classic from 2015, which even drew the attention of the great man Jimmy Webb himself. Make yourself a cup of tea and sit down with Cranky Pete’s wonderful discussion of ‘By the Time I Get to Phoenix’.

Almanac Music: Angels, Devils and Flawed Humanity – Part 3: Ten Songs About Flawed Humanity

‘Part 3 – Ten Songs About Flawed Humanity’ is the third article in a three-part piece for The Footy Almanac. The focus is upon songs which are closely connected to imperfect humanity. Almanac readers are welcome to add to Kevin Densley’s list.

Almanac Music: Songs for Adults Only – The ‘Adult Contemporary’ Genre

In this Friday’s piece, KD looks at the ‘Adult Contemporary’ song genre, which he believes has become extinct.

Almanac History – What happened on the twelfth of the twelfth?

Ian Hauser continues our series of ‘on this day’ posts. It’s a special one for him, the twelfth of the twelfth, with the focus on cricket and the arts.

NYE in Adelaide Oval’s Bay 135

Micky and the kids, a hot night at Adelaide Oval’s Bay 135 for the important BBL NYE fixture, and would you believe it, the Zooper Doopers have been banished!

Almanac Music – Jazz and Me

While Mickey Randall’s own music career was fleeting, once he found jazz he found a love that was enduring. From his youth in Kapunda, his Mum & Dad’s jazz records showed him there was a bigger world out there to visit.