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Yeah, it’s funny what rocks our boats….for me, I love hispanic/latino rhythms and that performance had it in spades…I’d never heard of Bad Bunny before until the orange teletubbie got triggered, and so it did peek my interest. I reckon he’s a lot better and more interesting than the bulk of artists of that ilk. And I have to say, he wins hands down when it comes to which I preferred between his and Mariah Carey’s effort at the Frozen Olympics. But regardless of any of that, my post was more about what the AFL could do to improve the presentation. I couldn’t give a rat’s if it was overseas or local artists, although I would prefer the latter… just make it a better spectacle.

If it made the cost of admission cheaper, fine… but you could bet London to a brick that it wouldn’t… so I’m all for entertaining the masses before all of the footy starts. There are already plenty of footy related events going on in the general precinct, aren’t there?

I’ve got no problem with that at all…in fact, I’d prefer that. Maybe I didn’t get my point across well enough, as I’m suggesting that it can be made more enjoyable for the viewing audience as well as those in attendance.

I have no issue with politics in music as after all, that’s what music was in the days of the bards and traveling minstrels. Even in the 20th century, artists like Pete Seeger, Woody Guthrie, Leadbelly, Bob Dylan, Joan Baez and many more too numerous to count, were all political.

Mine was in favour of the performance, so I was just saying that a handful of posts isn’t really indicative of the general view.

My interest in this subject is already waning.

And ‘rock candy’ is just another name for…?

I could find just as many posts supporting my view as well, but that would prove absolutely nothing… I guess it essentially just comes down to personal taste; although I probably wouldn’t have used the last pro TPUSA post as an example… the supposed christian right organised event featuring Kid Rock as their great headline act, the same Kid Rock that sings about lusting after underage girls and uses a lot of misogynistic commentary in his lyrics.

I understand what you’re saying, but I think it kind of misses the point I was making, which was that if they are going to have entertainment, then design it for the home viewing audience as well as those in attendance. I did say I liked the artists, yes, but I’m in no way suggesting that we need to have world famous overseas artists…in fact, I have suggested it before, and would still prefer it, if we did give the platform to Australian acts, and preferably not the predictable Farnsey and Barnsey or even Seymour acts. The AFL has their entertainment before the game, so it is not in any way impacting the flow of the game, nor the audience in attendance, so from that angle it is completely different to the NFL.

Shirley, you cannot be serious! I bet you were a fan of the Meatloaf and Angry Anderson GF performances 😉

Fair points, but I’m sure we could still manage a scaled down version..my point was that they take into account the home audience as well as those at the game when putting the show together.

Didn’t see them on the coverage…just the three I mentioned.

It’s the fast food generation…we want everything yesterday!

One absolute must go to show is the Japanese fella, DJ Krush, who is touring in March…I’ve seen him just once, but if I was fit enough to get out, I wouldn’t miss this for the world. Also from Japan are my friends Buddhadatta, who are touring Australia during February and March. A three piece who morph Buddhist chants with hard rock music…fantastic!

…because that exemplified precisely what a pregame/halftime show should be! They were able to present something that not only gave those present a fantastic experience, but that was also designed with the home viewing audience in mind. While the crowd got a well staged live show, for us at home It was like watching a crazy good music video clip. I’d never heard of Bad Bunny until all of Trump’s ramblings, and people being all upset over the fact his performance would be in Spanish (he’s from Peurto Rico), but wow, if that was typical of what he does, those going to his shows during his tour here are in for a real treat; he was phenomenal!! As were Lady Gaga and Ricky Martin.

My friends the excellent Japanese band Buddhadatta, are playing a handful of gigs in Victoria in Feb and March…try to catch them if you can… Feb 19th Balnarring Social Club, Feb 20th Shotkickers, Feb 21st Medusa Bar Geelong, Feb 22nd Golden Vine Bendigo, Mar 5th Painted Lady Ballarat, Mar 6th Belgrave Hotel, Mar 7th Spring Ditch Beechworth. If Buddhist chants and hard rock is your thing, this trio might just be what you’re looking for 😉. Tell them I (Tim in Sydney) sent you.

Too soon?

I’ve decided that as long as I can get us gigs on the last weekend of each chemo cycle (a cycle = 2 weeks), I’m going to keep going with the music. To that effect, I’ve got us one at my local the Butchers Brew Bar for my birthday and so far have a reasonably good list of guests prepared to come and sit in with the band: Bob Spencer, Richard Burgman, Terry Serio, George Washingmachine, Mick Daley (in Melbourne he had a band called Coporate Raiders)…there will be others as well, depending on availability. Here’s my artwork for the Facebook Event I created. And the event page is here: https://www.facebook.com/share/1apjCbiZsx/?mibextid=wwXIfr

Now Apple Music I do have!! Get some more stuff out there… maybe a Casey song 😉

Is there any possibility that Langdon could go back.

Didn’t he say the same about Petty, and I’m sure he was being touted as a Half Back Flanker when he was drafted.

Not being a subscriber to either Amazon. Music or Spotify, I could only listen to the opening relatively few bars, but what I did hear was really REALLY good! To paraphrase Bob Hawke, any podcast operator who doesn’t play that, is a bum! Would love to hear some more of your material.

Firstly, thanks for your gentle and understanding/empathetic take on my loss and how it related to Louiza’s and my discussions in her final days - and yes, I attended her funeral at the Greek Orthodox Church in Newton here in Sydney, and it was absolutely heartbreaking as those closest to her mourned openly and with incredibly raw emotion; I don’t know if this is the right descriptor, but the whole experience was cathartic in the extreme… the minister taking the ‘ceremony’ had similar thoughts to us and expressed them unapologetically to the gathered mourners who took his words in the way he intended, approvingly. Not wanting to turn this into a political debate, but In these Trumpian times, empathy seems to be something that has taken a back seat, so it’s always refreshing to encounter the likes of your good self and others on this site! Now, onto the above quoted sentence from your response. Firstly, I am so sorry for your loss, so please accept my sincerest condolences; the loss of a parent is always devastating as we tend to consider them to be somewhat immortal, and I suppose they are, so please take heart in the fact that she will always live on in your heart and soul… a parent never really leaves. In yet another odd coincidence, I was just talking to a friend of mine on Friday (the drummer from my band), whose mother-in-law had been suffering for a relatively short time, with a very serious and ultimately extremely painful form of cancer (pancreatic). They were concerned that she might suffer terribly and were trying to come to terms with that possibility, but then just last week and out of nowhere, as she was getting up from the sofa, she suffered a heart attack and, according to the doctor, was gone before she hit the ground… no time to suffer at all. Even the worst things in life can have the oddest of upsides. Take care please.

Yes, I’m the same when it comes to being excited by the upcoming season, even though I’m resigned to a very likely bottom 4 finish… I just want to see how well the players adopt King’s game plan/style, and what kind of improvements we see if the players buy in; I’m particularly interested in seeing how Langford, Lindsay, Windsor, JVR and Jefferson have progressed if at all, and how well Latrelle and Xavier (Taylor) slot in. Ah bugger it, also AMW, Mentha, Jiaff, Mihocek and Steele. And yes, she was a devastating loss. It is ironic that she should go in the way she did, as it was not long before her ill fated trip to Bali for a wedding party, that we had been talking about how terrible it was that people of Islamic faith in this country were being targeted because of the actions of ISIS and the Taliban fundamentalists… I’m certain that if there is an afterlife, she would still firmly hold that belief!

Yes, and likewise, we didn’t get to see all of the good things at the Carlton training, just a selectively edited video of mistakes.