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i don’t know what happened but i’m surprisingly absent of MFCSS ….and that doesn’t happen often. The dees to put a number of media ghouls back in their boxes. GO DEES! 

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    49 minutes ago, hardtack said:

    Great band… I’m in somewhat regular contact with Marc Scully the bass player. 

     A terrific band.

    Funny you should mention the bass player, one of things i loved about them was their rumbling, swampy bass lines. The vid i posted, Passenger Blues, is a great example. Listening to it now on Spotify - they have 74 monthly listens , so plenty of scope for rediscovery! 

    The Deadly Hume was also a great name for an indy band in the 80s given the indy rock circuit basically consisted of Melbourne and Sydney bands driving up and down the Hume in dodgy vans and old station wagons. 

    And a tragically prescient name too.

    One of my all time favorite bands, and one that i really think was destined for greatness and huge popularity, particularly with the Nirvana lead grunge explosion on the  horizon, was Eastern Dark (which i have little doubt you know well hardtack).

    Around for little more than year, they crashed their van on the Hume on the way down to play gigs in Melbourne (one of which i was going to, and a mate's band was supporting).

    Tragically their lead singer, James Darroch (ex Celibate Rifles - such a great, funny name for a post punk rock band) died, and the other two band members were seriously hurt.

    They had not long finished recording an EP, produced by Rob Younger of Radio Birdman fame (a brilliant producer) called Long Live the New Flesh. Realized posthumously, it is 16 minutes of simply fantastic power Ramones inspired power pop. Great, clean sound and mix too.

    One of the great Australian records. 

    Best of health HT - positive vibes coming your way.

     

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    I was shocked by the odds yesterday?! They're missing Adams, Parker and Mills from the midfield and were still tipped against us strongly... Feels like everyone has bought into the "melbourne is a dumpster fire" narrative this summer. Time to prove it wrong i guess! 

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    30 minutes ago, DubDee said:

    Only 10 days til round 1!

    im pumped!

    Suggest you handle tonight first.

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    Arriving in Sydney in one hour then on to the game tonight, pumped.

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    I believe that today is Melbourne's earliest start to a season ever, beating the game vs Richmond played on Wednesday 8 March 2000. The season started and ended early due to the Sydney Olympics which opened in mid September 2000. The Demons lost to the Tigers by 2 points and went on to play off in the Grand Final that year.  

    Richmond  7.1  11.6  14.7 14.10 94 

    Melbourne  4.3   6.6  10.9 13.14 92

    Attendance: 41,648 Venue: M.C.G.

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    I’m more than happy to go in as the underdog, and come out smiling! 😀  Dees by 20.

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    Cracking day here in Sin City, knocking off work early, leaving home at 5. 
    Was flat for moths after the Carlton game and the off season didn’t help. It’s amazing what a week in footy brings….

    So pumped!

    Dees by 53

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    2 hours ago, binman said:

    Alot to love in this post.

    Great, short lived Sydney band.

    Family.

    My second favourite city.

    Dees.

    Go redlegs.

     

    Sydney is your second favourite city? Really?

    I reckon I have 100 ahead of it. (It used to be about 70, then Peter V'Landys happened.)

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    2 minutes ago, Whispering_Jack said:

     …The Demons lost to the Tigers by 2 points and went on to play off in the Grand Final that year.  

    ….

    I’ve got a suggestion Jack.

    Both ‘186’ and ‘GF 2000’ be added to banned list.

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    11 minutes ago, binman said:

    And a tragically prescient name too.

    One of my all time favorite bands, and one that i really think was destined for greatness and huge popularity, particularly with the Nirvana lead grunge explosion on the  horizon, was Eastern Dark (which i have little doubt you know well hardtack).

    Around for little more than year, they crashed their van on the Hume on the way down to play gigs in Melbourne (one of which i was going to, and a mate's band was supporting).

    Tragically their lead singer, James Darroch (ex Celibate Rifles - such a great, funny name for a post punk rock band) died, and the other two band members were seriously hurt.

    Yes, the Eastern Dark were a great band (I have both them and The Deadly Hume on my Apple Streaming service). I vaguely know Bill Gibson as he plays with a good friend of mine, Bernie Hayes, and was this year involved in the Elvis birthday celebrations at the Marrickville Bowlo in which I’m also involved, but couldn’t play this year because of my condition.

    I’ve probably mentioned this numerous times before (combination of old guy syndrome and chemo side effect), but our two guitarists were playing in The Lime Spiders (Ged Corben - later started The Cruel Sea with his brother) and Grooveyard (Ian Little - also played in The Bambalams back in those days).

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    11 minutes ago, Whispering_Jack said:

    I believe that today is Melbourne's earliest start to a season ever, beating the game vs Richmond played on Wednesday 8 March 2000. The season started and ended early due to the Sydney Olympics which opened in mid September 2000. The Demons lost to the Tigers by 2 points and went on to play off in the Grand Final that year.  

    Richmond  7.1  11.6  14.7 14.10 94 

    Melbourne  4.3   6.6  10.9 13.14 92

    Attendance: 41,648 Venue: M.C.G.

    Gah! Wayward kicking cost us. 

    3.5 in the last. We had 'em smoked. A familiar tale. 

    Hopefully not the case for us today/this year. 

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    1 hour ago, BDA said:

    Low productivity workday.

    Need all my tricks to give the impression i'm busy

    Explore pretending it didnt happpen GIFs

    Try and palm Players stats of as sales team ones.

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    53 minutes ago, Wells 11 said:

    i don’t know what happened but i’m surprisingly absent of MFCSS ….and that doesn’t happen often. The dees to put a number of media ghouls back in their boxes. GO DEES! 

    Don't worry it'll kick in like clockwork come opening bounce.

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    I don’t think this will be an easy win

    our fwd line is average without Kozzi and Petty (or another big target)

    their 3 talls will keep lever etc busy so rebound will be hard

    we should win in the middle though

    Demons by 4 points

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    11 minutes ago, DubDee said:

    I don’t think this will be an easy win

    our fwd line is average without Kozzi and Petty (or another big target)

    their 3 talls will keep lever etc busy so rebound will be hard

    we should win in the middle though

    Demons by 4 points

    Good post. Yep it's really a question of where our goals will come from. I'm confident that Jvr and Fritta will lead the way. An improvement from Schache and maybe with Clayton back, Trac has a stint fwd.

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    Im surprised the Age hasnt added in this weeks Experts tips.

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    1 hour ago, DubDee said:

    jaysus, i’d need a Gavascon chaser after that brekky!

    maybe a defibrillator too!

    I’m picturing Colm Meaney in the Snapper when I read the first word

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    52 minutes ago, La Dee-vina Comedia said:

    Sydney is your second favourite city? Really?

    I reckon I have 100 ahead of it. (It used to be about 70, then Peter V'Landys happened.)

    Berlin.

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    image.jpeg.08cd3b286c3bec1afc2376d3b7cf57ca.jpeg Good to see the ol MFCSS is back in 2024.

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    Given our off season, this will be a defining game. Get em Dees, give them nothing. I want to see scorn on their faces, no laughter or pats on back until the end, or unless a bit of magic happens. Angry and ruthless, us against them. Run out the quarters, get those late goals and go into the break on a high, and definitely to not concede in the time-ons. Pressure, contest and causing turnovers is the modern game and our DNA, plus holding it in our forward area and playing roles. The Carlton community game showed that our zone is still working unless the opps 'take it on'. Be interesting to see if we use fast and powerful plays down corridors, and some blitzing to create a string of goals.

    Feeling confident.

    Go Dees

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