binman

Three comments - some positives, a not so positive and a massive negative. Positives: I really, really enjoy watching our women play live. I love the atmosphere and vibe in the crowd - passionate and footy focused but also celebratory. It's awesome to see so many kids enjoying themselves and there's a cool sense of diversity in terms of mix of age and gender. And I have to say I like that the game is done and dusted in a couple of hours. I feel like a big factor in the positive energy in the crowd is the very evident cohevisness and shared warmth and love within the team - players and coaches alike (and there seems to he a real connection with the fans- kudos must go to the Demon Army for fostering this connection). As an example, as is my won't I was watching the players at the 3 quarter time huddle thru my binos (I really like to see the body language of players and coaches, see who us paying attention to the coach, whose not, and its a bonus if I can read the messages on the whiteboards). Heath looked completely stuffed and was having a laugh with some other players who came over to give her a pat on the back (I'm guessing something happened late in the 3rd involving Shelley?). Stinnear came accross, said something and gave Heath a little shoulder hug and kissed the top of her head. Heath gave him a hug and beamed. It was all so natural and warm. I watched the second half when I got home and was struck by the vision of Stinnear wiping away tears after the game. He loves his team and they love him. Not so positive: As i was watched the women playing a final in the red and the blue (side note - we have the best jumper and colour scheme by far) I reflected that they are representing my club, the club I've supported since I was five years old. And I was so proud of them. I really felt that sense of them being demons and being 'my' team. But I also reflected that I don’t think the club has walked the talk on the commitment to the three teams, one club idea, and in particular fostering the connection between the men's and women's teams. That's on the club, but to be honest I think Goody could have done more in that space, particularly in terms of building a connection between the men's and women's teams, and perhaps as importantly the two programs. Massive negative: The umpiring was appalling yesterday. Just appalling. Because scores are lower, poor umpiring has an outsize impact. Just look at yesterday- they got three goals from umpire error, nearly half the number of goals they scored (and one, the ridiculous reversal free against Paxy - which by the by was on my side of the ground and I happened to see with my binos: they simply ran into each other - broke a potential scoring chain for us). I don't blame the umpires, I blame the AFL. There is zero exuse not to have the very best umpires officiating a final when there is no other football being played. None. It is a reflection of the apathy the AFL has towards AFLW. And on umpiring, make it a professional all year round job, with a mix of part and full time umpires. The 'team' of umpires would officiate the men's games, women's games, regulary attend pre and in season training sessions (mens and womens) and support the development of umpires at lower levels by working with local leagues to offer mentoring and training to local footy umpires. That model would help create a genuine pathway for young umpires, and even players, at the local level who want a career in elite sport.

Terrific win, made more impressive by needing to come from behind and the fact that hanks' didn't have her usual impact. Worherspoon gets better every week and it's impossible not to love how Heath goes about her footy.

They are big. And getting bigger. They just got nominated for a Grammy Award (best rock performance) I saw them at the Sydney Myer music bowl a few months back, which I think was close to a sell out.

No, thankfully. Uhmed and aahed, but buses on my train line was the clincer as I couldn't get there by 6pm, when I figured they would shut it coz it would be full. Proved to be correct. Shows how popular they are.

And there's no such song that is not decades old?

If we were going to use an ancient song I'd rather we go back to a time when we were actually successful. Say, 1964. You really got me by the Kinks would do the trick nicely ('ahead of its time' is a much abused rock cliche, ditto 'influential' but both are very apt in this case - incredible song, its fuzzy guitar sound and stabbing chords remain a template in rock music, particularly grunge era rock. For context the number one single in 1964 in Australia was the ultra sugary pop of I saw her her standing there - with love me do on the b side - by the Beatles. Ooooh)

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I think so. My hesitation is I reckon it will be full by 6pm smd I'm not sure if I can get there by then. Keen to see public figures, which are playing at Golden Plains.

To reinforce that point, the support band, Public Figures, are a relatively new hard rock young female duo who bring a similar energy as Amy Taylor.

Yep, will be nuts. One of the things that is amazing about Amy Taylor as a performer is she creates such an awesome, encouraging space for women to fully enjoy themselves, be themselves, express themselves and go wild should they want to - something that in my experience is very rare in the ultra-alpha male space at hard rock gigs. She takes no [censored] and is a feminist icon that isn't afraid of her sexuality and power. And she totally rocks.

Yep - and on weekend the parks on the Avenue are free and not time limited (the Avenue boarders the cricket ovals opposite the zoo and is one street to the west of Royal Parade, which it runs parallel to)

Its a free gig rjay - perhaps go along as an anthropological exercise.

Playing a free gig at fed square tgis friday with an up and coming local rock band Public Figures. It will go off - and super, super packed - starts at 7:30 but I reckon they'll stop letting people in by 6pm such will be the interest (I saw ki g Gizzard lizard there are a few weeks ago and it was super packed - there'll be even more people for this gig)

It's just sooo short sighted. It does my head in

It's certainly been a long and winding road since then.

Really? Two Victorian clubs , one big and the other big enough to ensure a 65k crowd at the G. And we only play one a year for 2 decades? That's bizarre.

Could not disagree more Rjay. Out of interest have you seen them live? I could not count how many hard rock bands I've seen live. From aprox 1983 when i started regularly going to gigs, there very few seriously good hard rock bands who have toured Australia I've not seen. And Amyl and the Sniffers are right up there as one the very best rock bands I've seen live. The band, who toiled away for a decade in Melbourne before breaking out when they took London by storm a few years back is super, super tight and Amy Taylor is a force of nature. And powerful as all get out in terms of her personal politics and in your face anti misogyny. Far from being performatively outrageous she is one of the most honest, singular, real and direct rock performers ive ever seen live - up there with Mark Arm (Mudhoney), Iggy Pop, Rob Younger, Brendan Huntley (Eddie Current and the Suppression Ring), Nick Cave, Donita Sparks (L7) and Curt Cobain. But i guess that's the beauty of art - we all see and hear things differently.

Are you sure they don't play Don't look back in anger after a loss?

A big, big year then. Some other notable events: The Sunset Crater Volcano in what is now Arizona, USA, erupted for the very first time. This volcano is still there today! The Seljuk Turks, a powerful group from Central Asia, began to invade Anatolia (which is modern-day Turkey). They captured important cities like Caesarea and Ani. This marked the start of their expansion into this region. On June 9 1064, the city of Coimbra in Portugal was captured by King Ferdinand I of Castile (a kingdom in what is now Spain). Harold II, who would later become King of England, was shipwrecked in Ponthieu, Normandy (in modern-day France). He was then taken captive by Count Guy. The building of the famous Duomo (cathedral) in Pisa, Tuscany, Italy, began in this year. Borivoj II of Bohemia, who became a Duke of Bohemia (a ruler in what is now the Czech Republic) was born

Damn - I wish i could say i went to Primary School in the 80s!

One advantage of being old is that primary schools in the 1970s had a real emphasis on ensuring young people knew the difference between grammar and their grandmother.

I sometimes reflect that music from say the mid 90s is now 30 years old which would be the equivalent of in say 1995 (when i was rocking out to Prodigy and the Chemical Brothers) listening to music from 1965. The top 10 hits in Australia in 1965 were: Shake, N' Bake - Normie Rowe & Playboys The Carnival Is Over - The Seekers Help! - The Beatles Rock and Roll Music - The Beatles Crying in the Chapel - Elvis Presley I'll Never Find Another You - Seekers Under the Boardwalk - The Rolling Stones The Wedding - Julie Rogers Mrs. Brown You've Got a Lovely Daughter - Herman's Hermits Ticket to Ride - The Beatles

Brilliant. Missed your work last preseason 666

I think if he stays fit he will be a really important player for us next season.