There was a recent reference on this site to the Kanye West album which seems to have reminded people that he can do things other than be an irritating moron at awards events. However, I am still not a fan. But each to their own. With the Ashes lost and football yet to re-commence, I [Read more]
Coming to Melbourne to see the Eagles
December 23, 2010 by Leave a Comment
It’s fair to say that 2010 was a year that didn’t inspire me to go to Melbourne to see the Eagles. However, just once I decided to make the investment and fly down from chilly, rainy Canberra and make my way to an iconic Melbourne sporting venue to do just that. I’d actually been watching [Read more]
My Favourite Drop Kick. Part three.
December 17, 2010 by 3 Comments
Vin Maskell continues his occasional series Nashville songwriter Paul Craft wrote Drop Kick Me Jesus in the mid-1970s. It became a minor country and western hit for a bloke called Bobby Bare in 1976. Wikipedia describes the song as the world’s ‘only Christian football waltz’. One doubts not too many people would dispute such a [Read more]
Pies and Zhivagos Dominate a Full Cultural Menu
July 19, 2010 by 9 Comments
Weekends which encompass time at the MCG combined with time at the Corner Hotel, are weekends well-spent, even if they are not very productive. Productivity is further compromised if the weekends are bookended by liberal doses of red wine. Juicer and Nicole arrived from Warragul Friday evening. As St Kilda supporters, they are really not [Read more]
Music: Laneway Festival a hit at new venue
February 12, 2010 by 5 Comments
By Andrew Fithall Over the previous two years, the Melbourne leg of the St Jerome’s Laneway Festival had taken a bit of flack. Increased crowds in a geographically restrictive environment resulted in many disenchanted festival goers. 2009 had been particularly bad, with attendees loud in their disapproval of access to bands they had paid good [Read more]
Music: Recollections of an old fart at Meredith
November 11, 2009 by 7 Comments
By Andrew Fithall In 2008 I attended my first Meredith. Some people think that is a little bit weird for a then 49-year -old. And some people might be a little bit right. But I have come late to this music festival scene. In fact, live music generally has not taken up a lot of [Read more]
Good Old-fashioned Footy Keeps The Long Room Rocking by Andrew Starkie
April 7, 2009 by Leave a Comment
Western Bulldogs versus North Melbourne 2.10pm, Sunday, April 5 Melbourne Cricket Ground I invited my mates, Adrian and Glen, into the Long Room for today’s game. Adrian turns the big Four O soon and considers extended celebration necessary for such a milestone. He’s a Yorkshireman right down to his Hull City FC [Read more]
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