Demonstone

Jack Dyer claimed he was responsible for the longest ever kick in VFL history when he accidentally roosted one from the Glenferrie wing onto a passing goods train and the footy ended up in Lilydale.

It's an essential component of pre-season training.

Occam's razor. The Match Committee didn't think he was ready for AFL level.

The canard lives!

Has anybody said "heroine" yet?

That may well be the case. I'm taking my cue from the expression on his teammates' faces.

Remember this image of JG impressing Moloney and Nicholson with his lifting prowess?

It's pretty close to the truth, Timothy.

I reckon, in the wake of Jackson going home, that the whole "WA flight risk" thing has been overblown. Apart from Jesse Hogan, who we weren't sorry to see leave the club, I can't think of any other Demon who has asked to be traded back to WA since Jeff Farmer twenty years ago.

Bring back the 19th and 20th man. These were my specialist positions in under 12s.

The bloke who introduced all the instruments on Tubular Bells was Viv Stanshall, better known from his work with the wigged out Bonzo Dog Band, AKA The Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band. This is their hilarious take on the concept of introducing band members one by one. It may take more than one listen!

Yep, that was the gig and it was a good 'un. He played a lot of material from "Odelay" which was his most recent album (the next, the equally fine "Mutations" followed later that year IIRC).

Forgot about Mick! I saw him in the early-mid 80s at a venue in the Upper Esplanade, St Kilda, playing with John Mayall's Bluesbreakers, the band from whence he was recruited by the Rolling Stones in 1969 to replace Brian Jones.

Ha! There is no band/artist we have both seen! edit: Pretty sure that Soundgarden played at one of the Big Day Outs (Big Days Out?) that I attended in the early 90s along with myriad other bands.

Let's brag about international acts we've been to see ... and that we can remember! I have attended gigs by The Rolling Stones, David Bowie, Bob Marley, Radiohead, Madness, Ian Dury, Grace Jones, Joe Jackson, Fleetwood Mac, Elvis Costello, Beck (not Jeff!), Marianne Faithfull, Billy Bragg, The Cramps, Nick Lowe, The Ramones, Iggy Pop, Primal Scream and (UK) Squeeze.

I think it pronounced like dis, mon.

I hear the rolling of a drum, a *boom* swiftly followed by a *tish*. Time for the reveal! What the players in this team have in common is that they are all immediately recognisable by their first names only. You could post the team just using first names and know who all the players are. If I said my favourite former Demons were Byron, Earl, Stan, Carl and Majak, you'd know who I was talking about. This teaser was a little off-piste (snow joke) which may have left some of you piste-off. However, in soccer terms I've kept a clean sheet for the first time and I'll keep the prizes for myself. Next brainteaser will be of an easier and more conventional nature, I promise.

Yay! We've passed the 500 view milestone (millstone?). The answer does not pertain to cricket nor is there a connection to any other sport. Sleep tight Demonlanders, answer to be posted tomorrow morning.

One more suggestion has been lodged, but the answer unfortunately does not involve music. Solution to be revealed Saturday morning (for real this time). Let's get this baby to 500 views! First prize of a top ten draft pick of your choice is still on the table.

He's from Victoria and has only been in WA for a couple of years. From the article: "Another benefit for Farris-White, who will be moving across the country in the coming weeks, is the fact he grew up locally."

You could be onto something here. One of his many nicknames is "Santa's Little Helper".

MFC ruck duo in five years time - Kalani White and Farris-White?

No, he just wrote the songs.

Some more incorrect answers to shrink the list of possibilities: * Their first names are not connected to company or corporation names * There is no connection to poets or poetry * Their first names, although some are most unusual, are not all unique (eg. Stan Alves/Stan Magro) I'm not sure I can provide any further clues without giving the game away. Let's just say that the solution may be said to border on the esoteric but I didn't think it would stump so many fine intellects. The connection is not that they share a name with any group of people or that their names relate to any other entity. There is an obscure hint in the OP.