Almanac Music: Songs and Days of the Week – ‘Friday I’m in Love’ by The Cure

September 9, 2022 by 24 Comments

So many songs have a day of the week in their title. KD looks into this phenomenon, provides an example, and asks Almanackers to put forward choices of their own.

1993-2015: Candy Stripe Legs (and Jumpers)

September 10, 2015 by 13 Comments

Brilliant memoir from Swish Schwerdt who recalls The Cure’s Disintegration album on high rotation as the Adelaide Crows’ made their first finals series in 1993 (not necessarily related). The pain of the ’93 Prelim loss was later erased by victory in 1997 and then sharing the 1998 back-to-back triumph with Swishter #1.