Rolling Stones

Charlie’s Good Tonight: The Rolling Stones and the Showdown Mark

May 14, 2025 by Mickey Randall 9 Comments

Mickey Randall muses on the Rolling Stones as footballers, ponders the choice of excellence over longing, and gasps at Mark Keane’s match-saving mark in Showdown 57

Almanac Music and Travel: Chicago Hosts the Rolling Stones 50th Anniversary

July 2, 2024 by [email protected] 5 Comments

Ian Wilson was in Chicago in 2014 when the city hosted an exhibition to celebrate the 50th anniversary of The Rolling Stones.

Almanac Music: ‘Pink and Purple Wisteria’ – Songs Involving Flowers

June 14, 2024 by Kevin Densley 173 Comments

In this week’s installment of KD’s long-running series about popular song themes, the topic is songs involving flowers; as usual, readers’ input is warmly welcomed.

Almanac Music: ‘Let There Be Rock’ – Songs That Reference Rock and Roll

May 31, 2024 by Kevin Densley 158 Comments

In this installment of KD’s long-running series about popular song, the theme is songs that reference rock and roll. As usual, readers’ responses are warmly welcomed.

Almanac Music: Nothin’ But A Hound Dog – Songs Concerning Animals

January 26, 2024 by Kevin Densley 253 Comments

‘Songs Concerning Animals’ is the theme of this Friday’s music piece by KD; as usual, readers’ contributions are warmly welcomed.

Almanac Music: Going Down Music ‘Rabbit Holes’ – prior to the Internet

June 21, 2022 by [email protected] 5 Comments

Ian Wilson remembers the day his appreciation of music changed forever in 1978 in Medina, WA. These days, the consequences drive his kids crazy!

Almanac Life: Charlie Watts and the Ramsgate

August 30, 2021 by Mickey Randall 6 Comments

Mickey Randall headed to Henley Beach for an evening at the Ramsgate Hotel and a chin wag on the Stones and the late Charlie Watts.

Almanac Music: The Rolling Stones’ Best 50 Songs

August 25, 2021 by Smokie 25 Comments

RIP Charlie Watts, the drummer of the Rolling Stones, who passed away in a London hospital on the 24th of August. He was 80. In this article posted earlier in August, Smokie recounted his top 50 Rolling Stones songs, more topical today than ever.

Almanac Music and Photography: A remarkable photo after the Rolling Stones press conference, Sydney, 1973.

August 10, 2021 by Almanac Admin 6 Comments

Col Abbott took this photo when the Rolling Stones were on their 1973 tour of Australia.

Almanac Music: A Band, Beer, and Pig on a Spit

August 28, 2020 by Kevin Densley 4 Comments

Kevin Densley remembers back to the late 70s when his band ‘South Side’ played their one and only gig at a local footy club. ‘Honky Tonk Women’ was a highlight.