The person who posted the link suggested this wont be up for long. This had a brief run in cinemas, though not down here and was supposed to go to DVD.

https://youtu.be/BpfZ4vSZd6U

Way to go. Amyl and the Sniffers. Hard rockin band with a pocket rocket out front. Growing success internationally and supporting Acca Dacca on current tour. A free concert in the City Square was cancelled 40 mins before they played. “Authorities” concerned about fences being pushed over. Clearly under resourced security. Crown and band mightily pissed off. So to compensate they put $5k at the bar at various city music pubs. Never liked the band but I like that.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11-15/amyl-and-the-sniffers-massive-bar-tab-after-fed-square-cancel/106012954?utm_source=abc_news_app&utm_medium=content_shared&utm_campaign=abc_news_app&utm_content=link

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2025/nov/13/acdc-concert-review-melbourne-show-australia-tour?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

The Cherry Bar is pretty grungey. Lots of touring bands lob there after shows. Sone so unannounced gigs. This was posted on Facebook.

Open Love Letter to Oasis.

Dear Liam and Noel,

I love you.

I am the owner and booker of Cherry Bar. We are a small late night live music dive bar that has somehow survived for over 25 years in Melbourne.

I like your band Oasis and have so much respect for you lads as a unique and dependable force of bona fide rock n roll attitude. However, I write to you today specifically to share my deep gratitude because you and your fans are the happy heavy drinking economic juggernaut that this city and my bar desperately needed.

Melbourne was the most Locked Down city in the world during Covid and the entire hospitality sector has been and remains devastated. My Mum was pretty happy when the City of Melbourne appointed me as the Chairman of the Night Time Advisory Committee during Covid, making me Australia’s first Night Mayor. True Story. So I speak to you as something of an expert when it comes to Melbourne’s damaged night time economy.

Our Governments and local » Continue Reading.

Albanese is a bit of a hipster music wise. Often struts a Radio Birdman T , mates with Billy Bragg, does the odd DJ set. The Opposition leader ran with an opinion piece from Sky News arguing how wearing the t- shirt was an insult to jews given that Joy Division was the sexual slavery unit in WW2 camps. Hasn’t got much traction and she is looking a bit like a goose. Got me thinking about offensive names. Foetus On My Breath was always up there for me. Sydney band the Slugfuckers wasn’t bad either.

There was some gnashing of teeth and frustration at the unusability of Imgur for Brits. People have used a few different alternatives. Photobucket was one and recently Thep has trialled Amazon photo.

Ideally a new vehicle is recommended and us not very technical types can just adopt the new vehicle.

So do those with competence on this matter have recommendations for a replacement for Imgur?

Dunno what to think. Have seen him and was pretty good. And as far as I can tell these triggering medical episodes are real. But geez he has done stuff like this a few times. Makes your ticket a real lottery.

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1109966581350135&set=a.540924371587695&type=3

Images in comments but hey you Brits it’s Imgur.

Long heavy limb pretty much last survivor of a v old mess mate eucalypt Clothes line under it. Very windy. Hanging washing and heard a crack but with wind noise I was unsure of the source. Shoulda run.I picked the basket up. Kerrrackkk !!! From 10 metres above the ling horizontal branch estimated by emergency rescue at 3-400 kg plunges onto the clothes line tangling me in it glances off my head and shoulder. I think it ko’d me. I think I tumbled forward resulting in 7 cm gash, nay de something or other where the flesh is peeled back… debriding??? under my chin. The branch has wedged me on the ground. My neighbour came out after hearing the crack to hear me pleading for help. Ingrid ( Mrs Wells) was out. The 75 year old scaled the fenceand helped me up.But I couldnt walk as my ankle was hurt in the process. He me a chair where I was propped when the State Emergency Service cut a path through the tree and mangled clothes line for a stretcher. The ambo took me to the local footy ground, for chopper » Continue Reading.

Good short interview.

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2025/oct/11/harry-vanda-musician-interview-out-of-retirement-devil-loose?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

My Marantz CD5003 player has got a bit cantankerous. It has started to display the TOC error message. Curiously pristine ECM CDs seem to piss it off most. I read that a dirty lens is first point of call. Plausible as I rarely clean it. Q1. I have a cd lens cleaner but not the fluid I am supposed to apply to the little brushes. Can I use a substitute? Q2 Any other options to the CD lens cleaner? Q3 if that doesn’t fix it – what next? Q4 we have some denon cd players at the radio station I frequent. They were formerly at another radio station. Some will play SACDs but some won’t. Why?

Fine line between child and genius says Mike.

https://www.guitarplayer.com/guitarists/he-responds-you-mean-it-wont-follow-me-well-what-good-is-it-mike-campbells-says-his-collaboration-with-bob-dylan-ended-when-his-hit-making-studio-technology-left-the-folk-rocker-mystified

The post by @Chrisf has been a lot of fun. Remarkable the breadth of shows the difference of opinion on the same shows. I think David Byrne’s American Utopia might be the most cited as the best show but it was a wide spread.

Anyway, the band you wished you had seen – from The Beatles on a wide range of names. But how many were actually a realistic proposition? Was seeing the Beatles ever on? I wish I had seen Keith Jarrett in a band setting but they never toured in Oz and weren’t touring in places I was visiting when I was overseas. So no, never really on.

No, the real regret is when you were there, they were there and you either chose not to go or circumstances intervened. @Jaygee is a classic example .Van’s Caledonia Soul Orchestra are in Birmingham on the TLTSN tour. He is of a concert going age, he knows they are in town he coulia gone, shoulda gone but didn’t. That’s regret with a capital R.

So give us your regrets. I’m still deciding on mine.

Thanks to my mate Chaz for this. That’s one unusual lady fronting that band. Clip in the comments.

Had some issues so I call Stu the Bosch recommended tradie from Leongatha. Apart from other stuff he made these points. 1. I live in an area with very soft water 2. Soft water generates excessive suds 3. Suds are largely air so they don’t get pumped out very well

His recommendation – dont use more than a teaspoon of soap powder or an equally reduced amount of liquid detergent. Completely ignore packet recommended quantities and don’t assume more powder equals cleaner.

Stu claims the suds never get removed properly. This includes inside the drum especially between the 2 skins of a front loader where sludge builds. Your clothes too come out harder when dried due to residual soap. Stu says normal lightly soiled clothes can be cleaned well without soap at all – maybe 30 celsius to deal with oils that come off our skin. He also says mix up your detergents as the slightly different compositions can assist in removing sludge build up from the previous powder.

The harder your water the more soap you can use without these adverse consequences.

Here endeth the lesson.

In a recent poll in Oz I had this in my top ten. From The First Born Is Dead. Just love Barry Adamson’s bass, The use by Nick of biblical type words ..the beast he cometh ,cometh down”

And the band vocals on “Tupelooooo” a sound they continued.

The video clip has been remastered.See comments.

Seemingly a simple task but have a look more closely. Clearly it has to be installed with the long hook up. But then observe the back. Ordinarily this sort of fitting involves a eider opening at the bottom , you put it over a screw head then slide the fitting down into the wedge to fit securely behind the screw head. Simples. But this fitting has the wider bit on top and the v wedge below it. So my normal method won’t work. And it looks like this is the way it has always been. Any suggestions?

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A new book is out. I haven’t read it but this review seems fairly helpful. I do wonder whether he is overrated in terms of his contribution. Wonderful voice yes ,but as for what his legacy is ,,,well…..not much. Addiction explains it of course but it is still a modest legacy.

https://louderthanwar.com/richard-manuel-his-life-and-music-from-the-hawks-and-bob-dylan-to-the-band-book-review/

I’m reasonably optimistic it will be funny.

YouTube link in comments.

Niall’s excellent review and subsequent discussion broached the topic of his cover art and their appallingness overall.

I think the attached link has them all

Perhaps after this we can go to the much harder task of the worst album cover (maybe that should be post 2000 coz after then there are just too many outstandingly bad covers).

But anyway nominate your best. Perhaps a screen shot of your nomination will help. I’ll add mine in the comments.

I vote for It’s Too Late To Stop Now.

http://www.onemusicapi.com/artists/album-covers/Van-Morrison.html

Playing pub venues here next Feb. Sorta interested.