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

April 16, 2026 by 4 Comments

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

November 21, 2025 by 91 Comments

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’

July 23, 2024 by 47 Comments

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

April 21, 2023 by 29 Comments

‘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

December 16, 2022 by 12 Comments

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?

December 12, 2019 by 4 Comments

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

January 1, 2018 by 6 Comments

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

August 19, 2016 by 8 Comments

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.