Musings on the byways of popular culture
Just announced down here- does it happen elsewhere?
http://www.tonedeaf.com.au/465053/victorian-government-just-paid-to-soundproof-live-music-venues.htm?utm_source=Tone+Deaf+Newsletter&utm_campaign=a8b7cd92fe-Tucker_Bag810&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_b6f823df63-a8b7cd92fe-190448285
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Cricket lovers around the world will be disappointed by the news that Mitchell Johnson has retired. Unless of course you suport England, India, NZ, Sth Africa……
Fearsome with ball in hand ,apparently a lovely bloke off the field.
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I got the vinyl with the double CD format included- so the best of.
My observations are as follows- and I could be wrong as haven’t cross refernced with other versions.
Only 2 significantly different- Farewell Angelina has very diffferent lyrics and Just Like A woman has a really funky groove going , think he even throws in an “oh yeah”.
For a guy who came to hate the studio and wanted to get out as quickly as possible, he seemed to be enjoying himself.
Most lyric changes were coz it was hard to get his mouth around certain words or the new words fitted into the metre better.
Can’t think of any here that are better than the official versions….maybe Angelina.
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Mrs Wells advises mine has arrived- annoyingly as she and it are in Melbourne and I am in Sydney.
But tomorrow night woo hoo.
Anyone else’s arrived and which version did you get?
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I much prefer Imgur over photobucket but recently, when I try to upload, it barrels along and then stops just before the end.So it never fully uploads.
Anyone else with this problem?
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Congratulations to New Zealand.
Clearly the better team. Was apoplectic about that forward pass but even more so about our continued screw ups at the line outs.
That’s pressure for ya.
Richie McCaw -cant wait for his retirement
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Literally – flickers, blocks of background image apppear in the foreground, white blocks with not text text appear.
Recently upgraded to el capitan -the problem was before the upgrade and coninues after.
Its a fairly old unit -about 8 years I’d say.
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Venue:
The Hub, put up venue,part of Melbourne Festival
Date: 23/10/2015
I didnt really think this through did I? 3 nights in a row at a “Club” gig- that should be good. MarK E and the band can settle into this mini residency and get a great groove going. So when do I buy a ticket- first night. May as well have been a one night stand. A funny venue, constructed in a CBD garden for the festival. A lot of trendy (do people still use that word) people. “Doors open around 9.15″…interesting as the show is supposed to start at 9pm. Funny arrangment 3 different shows that night for which you pay separately – The Fall is in the middle. The venue is small – good. Dead flat – bad as I come from pygmy stock so it is difficult to see. Mark E bounds onto stage”it’s great to be here, I really love Melbourne, one of my favourite towns and we hope we give you a really great show tonight”. Of course not. Sauntering on a bit after 9.30, as I read elsewhere, in his “crumpled casual office wear” they were straight into it. After a bit » Continue Reading.
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I can hear the cries of joy resounding through Afterwordland.
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Going to see the Mac next week . Mrs Wells is keen and so long as they play Green Manalishi I’l be happy. That’s a joke. I was surprised how few of the songs of this version of the bandI actually know. But that s not what this is about.The attached review makes mention of how Fleetwood introduces and thanks the various back up singers and musicians but failed to mention a back up drummer behind the amps.
How long has he had a drummer hiding behind the amps?
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As a regular antipodean contributor I’d like to voice dissent on behalf of those in “other time zones” at this ongoing discrimination.
MikeP, JC, HP, GJ CB,HH Bobnumbers( whatever happened to him- longest flounce of his so far) and a range of other initals are happy to keep the embers of the Afterword fire aglow day in day out with idle chatter on Zappa. Jeff Beck,, Lionel Blair ,theft -sorry liberation of sixties records from corporate offices, Ozrock and mega hardware stores and this is the thanks we get.
As a matter of equity, I think the blog should be shut down when WE ARE SLEEPING. Let’s see how you lot cope with the site down during office hours. You might have to do some work!
Signed Digruntled Victoria
After Bennett’s lane shut down it was looking grim, but it’s back and now anothery.
http://www.broadsheet.com.au/melbourne/nightlife/article/melbourne-getting-new-jazz-club
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Got a spare ticket for John McLaughlin tonight at the Recital Centre – front row of the Balcony I think Circle Row A. cost price is $119. Hard copy ticket (I’m old school) so I’d have to meet you there I guess.Show starts at 8 am. Can ring me on PM me if interested.
My mate cant come coz he has got gout – now that makes me feel old.
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I’ve got a drawer full of them, though some older ones seem to have shrunk quite a bit over the years 🙁
I’ve got three favourites ,a Dylan long sleeve with him posing with a bass guitar, the Neville brothers for a Yellow Moon tour and and Misty In Roots one from a tour of Zimbabwe in 1982.
These days the quality of most and the art seems to be a bit meh.
But today I came across this cracker !
Anyone got a shirt they want to show off?
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It was on last night, Sunday (you do the time zone thing) with 2 teams from Queensland. One had never won the cup in its 20 year history .Both captained by indigenous players.
Played at a breakneck speed on a hot evening with your usual bone jarring tackles it was a “showcase” game for rugby league, as the cliche goes. Tied at full time -drama aplenty.
Dunno if it is on one your cable services but worth a look
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Missing Link
I did actually spot that typo in the heading but it was funny enough to leave in.
http://musicfeeds.com.au/news/missing-link-records-closing-down-after-years/
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Mind boggling
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Was trawling Spotify for some Buddy Guy and ahem, Junior Wells and was scanning through the albums listed chronologically. …meh…meh….meh….meh and sho ’nuff the stuff started getting good, I mean real good, when there was no hat of whatever description on Buddy’s scone.
Was looking at the Only One reunion You Tube stuff- there’s John Perry – fucking hat.
Van the Man – same again
QED
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Was pottering about on Spotify and lo and behold the Lou Reed category has quite a few boots – or are they semi boots or are they now official releases. A cracker of a concert from 72 with the Tots previewing some of his new songs off Transformer and a jazzy 1976 show with the unmistakable bass of Fernando Saunders are just 2 choice selections.
Is this the case with a lot of artists?
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Author:Nina Antonia
I’ve put off writing this review – what to make of this bloke ,his life? First up this is the revised 2015 issue which means it keeps up to date with what he has or, most of the time, hasn’t been doing, and there is a section where he responds to some of the content in the book which I will get to. So why did I buy this? I like their albums, not obsessed but yeah good to very good albums and perhaps more fascinating coz they never toured over here. And ok I’ll admit it, I have a prurient interest in muso who blow themselves away with drugs. Nina Antonia is a good writer, quite eloquent – not the usual rock bio and she seems to have had a close relationship with Perrett and wife Zena (the two are as one). So he is a brat at school, uncontrollable but pretty smart ,IQ of 200 is claimed and playing CHESS at 7. Big obsession with Dylan and Lou Reed which is fairly obvious from their records. The indulged Perrett never seems to change throughout his life. Not only does he have Zena looking after his every » Continue Reading.
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Venue:
Caravan Music Club ,Oakleigh, Melbourne
Date: 18/09/2015
I deliberately titled the review thus because it wasn’t a tribute show. No lookalikes, no Satisfaction or Paint it Black etc. These guys and a few others including Tim Rogers( ex You Am I ) have been putting on shows covering variuous Stones albums since the 40th anniversary of their Kooyong concerts in 1973 and the false start fort the recent Stones tour. From memory they’ve done Black and Blue, Goats Head, Sticky Fingers, Ya Yas and Exile -so the drug period in the main. Tonight it was Some Girl’s turn. The key players are Nick Barker formerly of Melbourne band The Reptiles and local hot shot guitarist Shane O’Mara on lead.The rhythm section were great with the drummer playing a small kit just like Charlie. O’Mara had to be cajoled a bit to let it rip but did so in due course and Barker adopts just enough of Mick’s mannerisms to make it amusing without turning it tribute…” I am using every fibre of muscle in my body to not do the full Mick “he says. They opened with a 2 man acoustic set- Love in Vain, No Expectations, Wild » Continue Reading.
From 1957 to 1962, what a guitarist and sexy as
http://sheshredsmag.com/lady-bo-mother-of-rock-n-roll-dies-at-75-years-old/
If you are like me you need another Dylan list like a hole in the head but the anecdotes from musicians about these top 40 are interesting .
http://www.uncut.co.uk/features/bob-dylans-40-best-songs-70720
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Fascinating at any time, more so now Turnbull is PM.
