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A slightly interesting (well, to me at least) factoid… the band I moved from Melbourne to Sydney to join, had a guitarist named Steve Ralphs, who, as it turned out, was first cousin to Mick Ralphs, guitarist with Mott the Hoople and then with Bad Company. And now for a somewhat interesting sub-factoid… it turned out that prior to me being offered the spot in the band, he was a visa over-stayer and had been going under the name of Steve Fleming (which happened to be my family name), so he decided to revert back to his real name. The band didn’t last long after that, as the immigration people caught up with him pretty quickly and he was gone by the end of the year (1979). And yes, the Bowie connection with Mott the Hoople was such a good story. I do think though, that Ian Hunter was probably destined to become a star regardless of whether Bowie had intervened or not… he was such a strong personality with the talent to back it up. One Bitten Twice Shy, like T-Rex’s Bang a Gong (Get It On) is one of the great songs of that era and I reckon would still be a hit if it was released today.

I’ll give it a listen later tonight. Thanks!!

For just a moment I was thinking (read, hoping) Ian Hunter and Once Bitten Twice Shy, but a terrific song choice regardless.

I was looking at the Gallery from training yesterday and was appalled that they could post such uninspiring, lifeless, dull, shots!! It was quite apparent that there’d been no real attempt to edit them and there were shots of players’ backs with little to no action occurring. I will admit that there were a handful of acceptable shots of individual players (a good shot of Salem for example), but even most of them (not that there were many - the entire gallery was just 30 or so shots) were pretty ordinary! I suggested to my son who late last year completed a photography course at the Torrens University campus in Sydney (I think it was a Billy Blue Design College course), that he send the club a folio of his work, but he wants to wait a while first as his priorities are to get a driver’s license (most important) and to maybe just shoot around at local clubs. His work is of a very very good standard, and his love of footy shines through it all! Despite being a massive Demons supporter (and member), his best shots are unfortunately of the Swans seconds playing at Tramway Oval across the road from the SCG; sure I’m probably biased, but as someone who knows a bit about photography, in my opinion he’s got talent to burn! Sorry, I got a bit carried away 😂🤣🤣😂

Well, he did get to act alongside the coolest of the cool in James Dean, after all.

Yes, I saw this post on one of my regular fortnightly visits to Concord Hospital here in Sydney… a great spirit lifter!

In the bombers case if drugs were at all involved, it could be: Damn-Busted!

Definitely agree!! You’ll need to track down a copy of Out of the Blue; it’s a brilliant album. Unfortunately I don’t have the room for a full vinyl friendly set up, so I went the other way and recently purchased a JBL sound bar to replace my bulky space consuming home theatre set up. It has detachable speakers that can be placed to act as rear surround speakers. Seeing as how I’d invested in this technology, I decided to subscribe to the Apple Music streaming service and now seamlessly stream from my iPhone via bluetooth; it’s been a godsend since I’ve been mostly confined to my home. I’ve been tracking down a lot of Oz music from that early 70’s, era and hearing it in a whole new light. Tully, Company Caine, Spectrum and the Indelible Murtceps, La De Das, Coloured Balls, Ariel, Chain, Wendy Saddington and on and on the list goes. And while I think of it, I’m assuming that you do know that Rob Mackenzie is a member of Demonland. He’s living in LA now, but when he was in town visiting, myself, my son Liam and Rob, would meet up with another Dees fanatic in David Bland who would be familiar to those of us old enough to remember the miming show Kommotion… fantastic times and I’m still in contact with Rob now and then. I’m hoping if he makes a return visit and that my health also makes a return visit, the four of us will be able to do it all again.

I recently joined the Flat Earth Friends group on Facebook, and I’ve never seen such a busy group in all my years of Facebook use! I’m positive that the vast majority are there to extract the urine, or for the laughs (I sure as hell am), of which there are plenty. You’ll encounter some of the best creative writing you’re likely to read, coupled with ideas and comments that are both pure genius and so astoundingly stupid at the same time, they’ll have you pulling your hair out by the roots… as Molly would say, “Do yourselves a favour…”. But be warned, if you join the page, it will overrun your feed like an out of control Lantana infestation… but still, I cannot recommend it highly enough regardless!!

Yes, bad oversights on my part, but in my defence it was just a quick brain dump of what was in my mind at the time… before The Dingoes I’d probably also have to put Carson (aka Carson County Boogie Band). I’m a bit surprised (disappointed?) with myself for having overlooked the Oils and the Divinyls. I used to go and watch the Divinyls playing in a small Paddington pub (The Grand National) in the early 80’s before they recorded and became ‘famous’… great live band! Theres probably quite a few others that I failed to include such as Chain, The Triffids, The Go-Betweens, The Masters Apprentices and so on. It’s a good memory test 😁

I’ll have a go at a list, but there’s no way I’ll get to anywhere near 100 as im too lazy and for that very reason, they will be in no particular order (won’t bother numbering them). Australasian bands: The Sports Jo Jo Zep and the Falcons Company Caine Spectrum/Indelible Murtceps La De Das Kevin Borich Express Tully Wendy Saddington Renee Geyer Split Enz The Living End Paul Kelly (all incarnations) Archie Roach Warrumpi Band Gurrumul The Loved Ones Easybeats Bee Gees The Purple Hearts Lobby Lloyd X The Boys Next Door The Birthday Party Nick Cave’s Bad Seeds Not Drowning Waving My Friend the Chocolate Cake Mackenzie Theory Captain Matchbox Whoopee Band Bands Outside of Australasia: Mothers of Invention Beatles Rolling Stones The Residents Snakefinger Pretty Things David Bowie Pink Floyd The Specials Elvis Costello (all incarnations) Wilco Billy Bragg Link Wray Tom Waits The Velvet Underground Talking Heads Lou Reed The Members The Clash The Jam Alberto Y Los Trios Paranoias The Bonzo Doo Dah Dog Band Viv Stanshall The Sensational Alex Harvey Band Van Morrison Roy Harper Kevin Coyne Tim Buckley Ry Cooder Ryuichi Sakamoto YMO (Yellow Magic Orchestra) The Blue Hearts Neko Case Genesis (but only with Peter Gabriel) XTC Be Bop Deluxe King Crimson Robert Fripp Fleetwood Mac (but only with Peter Green) Albert Lee Pop Will Eat Itself Hank Williams Robert Gordon Jeff Beck Johnny Burnette’s Rock and Roll Trio Jimi Hendrix Experience/Band of Gypsys Nick Lowe and on it goes…

No Jo Jo Zep, Black Sorrows or The Sports?

I thought it was definitely worth seeing through… the final season was probably the weakest, but it still rates as one of the best shows thanks to it consistently being above average. If you have Netflix and haven’t already been watching, Kim’s Convenience is a terrific series that’s been running for maybe 5 seasons, each of 10 episodes (I think it is).

Yes, but there’s no relationship to Blackadder. 😁

Cold comfort farm?

Having parents who had no interest in VFL until I won the autograph of a Saints player at a school training session and gave it to my mum who from then on became a staunch Saints supporter. We finally persuaded my father to take us to the Saints v Dees game in Round 12, 1966 at Moorabin Oval. From memory, it was wet, freezing cold, I was absolutely miserable and we were standing in probably the most exposed part of the ground and, to make matters worse, we had a scoreless last quarter in which they kicked 4.6 to end up winning by 43 points. i did not enjoy my first game at all.

It’s what was reported.

If you have Foxtel there’s now a second season of Julia, which I also highly recommend. It’s based around the TV cooking show host Julia Child. Really well written and cast, it’s a really enjoyable and entertaining show.

I have finally got around to watching Lupin on Netflix, and now I’m kicking myself for leaving it so long! This is seriously one of the best shows I’ve had the pleasure of watching… ever!! Brilliantly acted with Omar Sy from the film Intouchables in the lead role, incredibly well scripted, it’s the TV equivalent to a page turner! I’ve watched this first two seasons in two days and will watch the third and most recent tomorrow and am already feeling sad that I’ll be up to date because that means I know I’ll have a long wait for the next season. If you haven’t already seen this, I urge you to do so now… you will NOT be disappointed!!

Agree… in this case I’m guessing he’s talking about Jefferson.

Old guy here - I like it. Different is good!

My point is that the post you were responding to was about McAdam’s fitness issues and you simply provided a history directly from Adelaide’s web page, which has nothing to do with his fitness issues. Also, if you’re going to quote word for word what is on the site, why not provide a credit?

All you’ve done is copy word for word what is on the Adelaide Crows web page. They’re not going to provide any information about the negative side of his development or his approach to training which is what Deebamboozle is pointing out.

Yes, when we went and stayed at my friend’s place, we had just missed the opportunity to see Commander Cody, who performed there one week earlier. As for me, the chemotherapy is a pretty rough ride with some pretty nasty side effects. An infection I got in a salivary gland hit me so hard that they had to cancel my chemo cycle I was about to start, and then made me an inpatient for 4 days. All is now good and I start back on my sixth fortnightly cycle of chemo next Monday. Still in Sydney but music is not possible yet (one side effect being that it makes my voice very weak - I sound like the godfather being voiced by Elmer Fudd). I’m hoping they might give me an extended break from chemo early next year (lat Jan or early Feb), so I can take the band down to Melbourne for a couple of gigs and do other gigs on the way down and on the way back. Fingers crossed for that wish.