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Loved the Prospect Hill - especially Sunday night gigs. They started early and you'd be pleasantly half-cut instead of fully plastered and home in bed before midnight. Excellent preparation for the working week ! Some blasts from the past on that list of 78 Known Gigs Macca. Sweet Jayne with the awesome girl guitarist. Exploding Cats ! Sadly I must admit to being at that gig Jeez we were spoilt for choice with live music venues then

I've seen the singalong nights advertised. Haven't yet made it to the Caravan Club but a mate loves the joint. Used to see Billy a lot when he was in The Spaniards with Mick Pealing, Russell Brown & John Annas on drums. Fantastic band who eventually sunk with barely a trace but they had some great songs. They put out an EP (god - remember them) which was high on song quality but the production stunk up the house. I got a couple of live tapes straight off the mixing desk that sounded better Here's Billy in pub mode and I'll be - there's a Spaniards vid as well

Yep. At first we were wondering if he was pizzed, or ripped off his [censored]. Then my mate suggested that he was perhaps having a stroke. I was so looking forward to seeing him. The other problem he's got - it was a Sports heavy set - not many Sports songs translate well to single acoustic guitar. I've had a crack & most you have to slow down to ballad style to get a half decent result. I remember seeing him in the early days of his solo career with his own band (a well fit Rebecca Barnard on backing vocals) and he and his band were great. I'm pleased to hear he's still got it & I just copped him at a bad time

Pleased to hear it. It sounds like you & I may have frequented some of the same gigs back then. They were such a great band live. I have a gig they did at Martini's in Carlton indelibly imprinted on my brain. Steve Cummings announcing "this is my very favourite song" as they launched into "I Fought the Law". Still the best version I've heard of it. They were having so much fun they did it again as an encore. That Day on the Green concert was a ripper (I went to the Rochford Winery gig). While Steve was sad & the Sunnyboys a bit meh, Tex Perkins was great, JoJo Zep & the Falcons superb (worth the ticket price for them alone) and Elvis Costello & The Imposters - well they could fart a shopping list & still sound amazing. I took my 17 yo daughter who was unfamiliar with all the acts except a few Costello songs. She was blown away.

Sports were my favourite Australian band. Saw them live many times and they were invariably brilliant. Steve Cummings has released some terrific albums as a solo artist as well However, I saw Steve at a Day on the Green gig - just over a year ago. He was terrible. Looked and sounded like he was having a stroke. I was quite saddened by it.

Ah, my favourite version of my favourite Clapton cover. Cheers

It certainly was. The fat bastid is mad on US sports & usually gets over there for the SB No excuse for him getting his bonce on my TV without prior warning though

Nah - I'll stick with my original call but thanks for the opportunity to review This has me farked. The ball is thrown to an official at the end of nearly every play. Surely those refs have handled enough footballs to be able to tell if there is something appreciably wrong. With an AFL footy you can tell in your hands as you mark it if it's a touch flat. Different balls but I'd expect the principle to be the same Not surprised to see the Ravens front & centre when the bleating bandwagon got rolling

Great effort from Kokkinakos tonight. Watching the other Special K in the 5th now. The Fanatics give me the "Edgar Britts". The are worse than those stupid faux Swedish supporters from the '80s

Have gone with the head over the heart through the playoffs. Head says Seattle. F8#k it. Patriots 31 - 24. Would love to see Brady get that 4th ring.

Agreed. I thought it was brilliant. I've enjoyed the commentary teams on Big Bash. They have managed to strike a good combination of providing information and taking the pi55 out of each other

Most of the memorable matches over my years of watching tennis have been "drawn out 5 setters". Except McEnroe's dissection of Connors in a Wimbledon final which was like watching an artist combined with a surgeon. Superb exhibition. I had a look tonight and found it a bit like dancing with your sister. The steps are the same but it doesn't quite feel right. I take your view that a lot of cricket purists don't like 20/20. I do. I also loved the recent Test series against India which was often riveting. 20/20 is almost a different game. It's not just the time constraints it's the tactics, the approach to batting, the balance of attack & defence. Plus you've got a heap blokes trying to hoik it out of the ground - great fun. But very different to Test cricket From what I saw tonight there is no difference in the game being played in Fast4Tennis. The approach is the same, the tactics are the same, the shot selection is the same. The only difference is the scoring. On court, it's just tennis. I guess I'm with Grapeviney on this - I don't see a need for it or a market that is demanding it. Time will tell - which is kinda ironic in a way

Pats 35 - 17 Seahawks 31 - 28 Getting in early least I forget

Given you tipped them to win I reckon you might be selling yourself a bit short there !

Baltimore 17 New England 28 Carolina 10 Seattle 31 Dallas 17 Green Bay 31 Indianapolis 21 Denver 28 Can't see a road team winning this week and yes, Detroit got shafted

Thanks for running the comp Macca. It certainly broadened my interest in the season as a whole rather than just the teams I have an interest in. I'll start the post season comp. Going away in a couple of weeks & internet access might be questionable Steelers 24 - Ravens 17 Indianapolis 31 - Bengals 17 Dallas 34 - Detroit 27 Carolina 31 - Arizona 13

'49er's since the days of seeing Don Lane present the playoffs on TV I have a pretty strong affection for the Pats as well given that a) my other American sporting allegiances are in Boston b) they play in the "other" league c) Tom Brady is a gun and d) they gave me an interest in the playoffs over 10 years of crud from SF It's a strange thing that I can like a few teams in the NFL but despise all but Melbourne in the AFL - although if pushed I will admit that I don't mind watching Port Adelaide play. The rest can all G&GF ThIs week : Indy, San Diego & Arizona to underline the shite season that SF have put together.

Bugger. Still, it took me to Week 16 to forget my tips which is better than I expected going in !

Let's try. A Blondie favourite of mine (damn that girl was fine). Only recently found out it was a cover https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b76TAdbEspE "Sunday Girl" was another ripping if somewhat forgotten track of theirs GtB 1.1 Hah. Success ! Thanks Macca. Might edit my first attempt now

GtB 1.0 A cover of Pumped Up Kicks Posted mainly to show the young guitarist David Knight who you can catch playing around Melbourne. He has a bit on YouTube to check out But, understanding that many don't dig instrumentals stuff I've stuck this one on. I also really like the voice of the girl singing. Kate Watts from NSW band The Blue Ruins Can't figure out how to embed clips so the link will have to do unfortunately - (fixed)

Nearly forgot Green Bay Denver Cincinnatti

Exactly The shiny toys are all there. He is big on the bells & whistles but the basic fundamentals are unsound. Don't think he's been helped by some of the play calling & offensive strategy but he has been pretty awful all year - including in several wins. Jeez - this week's tipping looks bloody hard at first glance

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Heard that too. I believe he started at Park Orchards Sharks as a young kid then at some point wandered over to Beverley Hills JFC

Why ? It hasn't hurt Buddy Frankin