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I loved the guernsey they had made for the Shanghai clash against Brisbane. I managed to snag Matt Warnock’s #1 jumper (photos are from Google search) in a club auction. I also loved the green St Pats jumper for the Jim Stynes game… again I snagged one in a club auction, this time it was Liam Jurrah’s!
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10 minutes ago, 710 Ashbury St said: Congratulations! She’s beautiful. I hope someday I end up with some. My son and his partner are saying they don’t want any, and my daughter is only 18—so I’d prefer that not happen anytime soon 😂. I’d like to be a grandmother—not raise another one. Have a wonderful Christmas with them. This time of year is the only time I wish I was in America in winter. The holidays with my family. But, it’s all good. ❤️
And the good news for me is that only 1.5 more days until a long weekend. And when I go back to work Monday, lots of people are off so I can actually get work done instead of dealing with 100 questions and countless meetings. 🤦♀️
I was a late starter in the parenting stakes, and used to tell my sons that they were extra blessed, because they got a father AND a grandfather all rolled into one!
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40 minutes ago, Tarax Club said: ‘Ralf and Florian’ Kraftwerk added melodic sound after the earlier experimentalism. Ralf Hutter and Florian Schneider as a duet before the commercialism and haircuts kicked in. Believe it was never re-released on CD. Take it to heaven.
Neu! the eponymous debut album. Michael Rother and Klaus Dinger post an early Kraftwerk split. Still a great listen half a century after release. Quality earphones recommended or the inner sanctum of your listening room.
Finally ‘Faust so Far’ . When albums were more than just music. Each track has some accompanying individual artwork inside a black sleeve. I found it rather mysterious and it’s decidedly not for the mainstream listener.
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1 hour ago, Demonstone said: Also covered with distinction by the Beasts Of Bourbon in 1988. Tex looks the part!!
And covered by some band called Los Romeos Oxidados.
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1 hour ago, Demonstone said: Did they ever record together? I'm thinking something along the lines of 'Hot Rats In The Middle Of The Dead Skunk'.
Lumpy Gravy in the Middle of the Road.
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2 hours ago, demonzz said: That's fine by me, I listen to most types of music, anything from loudon Wainwright to Frank zappa.
I had a CD that I can no longer find, that was a sampler that included Elvis Costello’s cover of the old Leon Payne song, ‘Psycho’…but it also had a great Loudon Wainwright song called ‘Colors’, the subject matter of it being the different colours of the dogsh!t on the streets of his town.
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3 hours ago, Demonstone said: On a sort of related note but completely off topic, why aren't urinal cakes called 'piscuits'?
I’ve always called them ‘trough lollies’.
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15 minutes ago, Ghostwriter said: His manger just had people believe there was a possibility of him leaving.
So, rather appropriately for this time of the year, he had him away in a manger.
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After watching Bill Bailey’s Vietnam on SBS, I remembered that the BBL was back and so switched over just in time to catch the last 4 overs of the Renegades’ innings. I was surprised to see Afridi bowling for the Heat…well, perhaps ‘bowling’ is a poor word choice, as in his third over, he bowled three no balls (a total of 8 runs), was hit for a six and was eventually dragged by the umpire for bowling two balls above waist height in the one over, with his final figures being 0-43 off 2.4 overs.
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3 hours ago, DeeZone said: I think that Reg is Xavier Taylor our new boy hardtack.
Thanks Deezone, just another brain fart, of which I seem to be doing too often of late.
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49 minutes ago, Fritta and Turner said: And yes they do call XT Reg. (Only the third Xavier to play for the MFC).
Is it just me that finds it weird that a team of young guys would give Xavier that nickname? I am assuming it comes from the country singer ‘Reg Lindsay’, and I would have thought you’d need to be mine or @old dee ’s age to think that one up!
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51 minutes ago, Demonland said: white
Heath Windsor Steele Chandler Rivers
Wings: Sharp
Wow! I know he’s got pace and stamina to burn, but Sharp is covering BOTH wings?
Edit: I post what I thought was a really clever/humerous post, then go back to continue reading, and guess what… @Lil_red_fire_engine goes all pre-crime on me 🤣
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On 26/11/2025 at 21:50, Macca said: Also, 'Pluribus' is superb and well worth a look, especially so (or more so) if you like the genre (Dystopian Sci-fi, Dark Comedy, Psychological Drama)
I started watching Pluribus the other day and am loving it, so thanks for that recommendation Macca! I know it’s nothing like it, but it has a kind of Truman Story feel to it.
Another that I’m reminded of when watching Pluribus, is Fallout…and I’m so pleased to see that Season 2 drops on Apple TV this Friday… can’t wait!! It’s one of the most enjoyable sci-fi series I’ve seen for a while; right up there with The Last Of Us and Silo.
Entirely different to the aforementioned, but just as engaging, is an Irish series called Bodkin…it’s on Netflix. I won’t give anything away, just watch it.
Also on Netflix, and I may have mentioned this one before, but the Japanese series, Sanctuary, about a sumo wrestler who refuses to play by the rules and bow to tradition, is flat out brilliant. A MUST watch, in my opinion.
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The Xmas Lane Party I mentioned a couple of posts back, happened last weekend and was a roaring success. Not a large number of people, but enough to make it work, so I’m really happy for my former neighbour (I relocated about 12 years back 🤣), who organised the whole shebang!
Most of the musicians that I invited to sit in with my band attended, and we had Richard Burgman (former Sunny Boy and Saint), Bob Spencer (former Angel and Skyhook), Terry Serio (former Elk, portrayer of JO’K in the TV mini series, and juvenile delinquent in the film, Running On Empty), and Peter Head (former keyboardist way way back with Headband and with Wendy Saddington among numerous others and now author of his own incredible memoir, Headonism).
You absolutely MUST look out for Peter’s book (it’s on Kindle as well as in bookshops)… it’s a fantastic well written read, and his musical life simply defies belief… partying with the Stones and writing songs with Bon Scott, being just a couple of his many exploits. He was still a whizz on the keyboard, and the old [censored]er is about to turn 80!! There’s just no stopping him. I only wished he’d brought his daughter Lo Carmen along to do some vocals with us…she’s brilliant!
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I’m afraid I’m pretty much unable to contribute to this topic as the only gigs I’ve been to in the last year, have been my own band’s 🤣
And it’s been so long since I’ve been to any real gigs of note…
Ryuichi Sakamoto & Alva Noto at the Sydney Opera House 2018
Nick Lowe & the Straitjackets at the Enmore Theatre (Sydney) 2020
Jenny Don’t & the Spurs at the Duke Hotel in Enmore (Sydney) can’t recall year, but maybe 2023
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On 05/12/2025 at 11:53, Neil Crompton said: L, interesting thoughts. Yes Suno is my AI friend. For me it is just an interest - to finally be able to put some music to my lyrics. The bigger issues I hadn't even thought about to be honest, I'm just having some fun. But I'm sure it's a contentious issue with musicians.
Here are a couple more:
Nice… I’ve just installed the app and have tried a couple of things, the results of which are interesting (my lyrics tend not to follow simple rhyming patterns). I’d upload them here, but I think I’ve used up all of my space allowance in my cancer thread 🤣
Did you subscribe, and if so, to which plan (Pro or Premier)… if Premier, I’m wondering what the Suno Studio is like… looking at the comparison, it seems that it is only available to Premier and only on the web, not app.
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14 hours ago, pitmaster said: Hush your mouth. The second verse of GOF, which references the 1926 and 1939 premierships, was included in the first history of the MFC which was published in 1957, so even without consulting the book itself it is clear that the club theme song long pre-dates 1972. In fact I think the second verse was added before the end of WW2.
Collingwood's been banging on about a cakewalk for a similar period. Only Hawthorn, which adopted Yankee Doodle Dandy in the early 1960s even comes close to your claim.
How do you come up with this nonsense?
Ok, you got me there (and your guess is as good as mine), not being a club historian, I got myself mixed up by reading too much about the Fable Singers versions - the version that is played at our games. Of course I should have recalled the song from my childhood when we were winning grand finals, but for some reason, my brain disengaged itself from reality.
Apologies if my nonsense in any way negatively affected you 😉
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Also, we shouldn’t get too caught up on the so called ‘tradition’ when it comes to the GOF club song… it and pretty much all club songs barring a couple, were introduced only in 1972 when they (all club songs) were recorded by the Fable Singers… I think Carlton had got Smacka Fitzgibbon to do theirs, some time in the 60’s…I’m assuming that’s what influenced all of the others to have that trad jazz style.
So tradition be damned, there is no tradition, it doesn’t even relate to the period of our greatest dominance!!
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I’d ideally like to see them have a walk on piece of music (no lyrics), that begins as a deep resonating heartbeat, slowly transforming into a dark foreboding piece of music (think Pink Floyd’s Careful With That Axe Eugene, but using modern instrumentation and beats), that slowly builds in intensity, and eventually bursts into some very uptempo beat driven piece as the players run onto the field. Lyrics are pointless except for the GOF, after a victory has been secured.
Failing that, I’d like to see all players learn an assigned instrument (brass, woodwind, and percussion including even the triangle), and come into the ground, marching band style, led out by King, twirling the baton, and playing a very upbeat version of the GOF. The rest of the coaching crew and office staff could be forming human pyramids and waving red and blue pom-poms and so on and so forth. Are we all on board with that?
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With the way we’ve been performing over the past couple of seasons, perhaps these might be worthy nominations:
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A joke that I’ve probably told on here before (I don’t have many), but what the hell, I’ll do it again, followed by a Christmas/Easter themed video..
First, the joke:
A chap is out walking his dog and is waiting for the traffic lights to change, so they can safely cross. There is another gentleman standing next to them, also waiting to cross, and he couldn’t help but notice the first chap’s dog was sitting there calmly and enthusiastically licking his nether regions.
To break the ice and to stave off boredom, the gentleman says to the chap with the dog, “Wouldn’t it be great to be able to do that!”, to which the chap with the dog replies, “Well, if you pat him first, he just might let you!”.
And now for the video: