Hello Dan it's Joe here, I hope you are keeping well / It's the 21st of December now they're ringing the last bell

Paul Kelly - 'How To Make Gravy' Live 17th November 2006.
Make Poverty History concert Myer Music Bowl Melbourne.


"Hello Dan, it's Joe here
I hope you're keeping well
Its the 21st of December
now theyre ringing the last bell
if I get good behaviour
I'll be out of here by July
Won't you kiss my kids on Christmas day

Pleeeease don't let them cry for me

I guess the brothers are driving down from Queensland and Stella's
flying in from the coast
They say it's gonna be a hundred degrees, even more maybe, but that
won't stop the roast

Who's gonna make the gravy now?
I bet it won't taste the same

Just add flour, salt, a little red wine and don't forget a dollop of
tomato sauce for sweetness and that extra tang

And give my love to Angus and to Frank and Dolly,
Tell 'em all I'm sorry I screwed up this time
And look after Rita, I'll be thinking of her early Christmas morning
When I'm standing in line

I hear Mary's got a new boyfriend, I hope he can hold his own
Do you remember the last one? What was his name again?
(Just a little too much cologne)

And Roger, you know I'm even gonna miss Roger
'Cause there's sure as hell no one in here I want to fight

Oh praise the Baby Jesus, have a Merry Christmas,
I'm really gonna miss it, all the treasure and the trash
And later in the evening, I can just imagine,
You'll put on Junior Murvin and push the tables back
And you'll dance with Rita, I know you really like her,
Just don't hold her too close, oh brother please don't stab me in the
back

I didn't mean to say that, it's just my mind it plays up,
Multiplies each matter, turns imagination into fact
You know I love her badly, she's the one to save me,
I'm gonna make some gravy, I'm gonna taste the fat
Tell her that I'm sorry, yeah I love her badly, tell 'em all I'm
sorry,
And kiss the sleepy children for me
You know one of these days, I'll be making gravy,
I'll be making plenty, I'm gonna pay 'em all back."

(Paul Kelly)

The best Xmas song ever.

Play the 'Sock & Awe' game

Try to hit Bush with a shoe here.

BACK...

DON'T LOSE...

Painting by April Hoff.

Dick Cheney: Obama 'not likely to cede authority'

Story from 'Politico' here.

So let me try and understand this.

It's OK to go against the will of the people and to authorise all sorts of shenanigans in time of 'war'?
Sorry, you are part of a democracy.
In fact you pride yourself on being THE democracy which you then try and export around the world.
In my book - you call it 'war' then I think you should be tried for 'war crimes'.

Sexy secrets from the Syrian souk

Picture:BBC

Story from the 'BBC' here.

FIFA to allow 'GB' soccer team in 2012 Olympics

Story from the 'BBC' here.

(OK, so let's try and get this straight. GB equals Great Britain right and yet Scotland, Wales & Northern Ireland ALL oppose this move and FIFA have no objections if ALL the players are English...No sorry, still don't get it!)

Grateful Dead Audio & Video Downloads

Grateful Dead Downloads

Audio here & here
Video here

Daniel Radcliffe at Gypsy of the Year 2008

IMPORTANT: SERIOUS SECURITY FLAW FOUND IN INTERNET EXPORER

WARNING ! / IMPORTANT !
Story from the 'BBC' here.

Hazel Dooney flies high!

'The Aviatrix' by Hazel Dooney
The above painting was sold tonight for $32.701 (Australian) / (14,375 UK pounds) at Christies in London.
What can I say apart from the fact that Ms. Dooney is one of our most exciting (and challenging) artists working in Australia today.
If you don't know her work then please do yourself a favour and check it out here and her wonderful, ever rewarding blog here.
(I am biased. Hazel was my # 1 'Girl With A Gun' way back when I started this blog!)

Gig of 2009!

Michael Gira @ The Toff!
Nothing more to say.

(Just brought to my attention that this link here (Zshare) is no longer working. It will be rectified A.S.A.P.)

Bonnie 'Prince' Billy & his brothers live NYC 2006

3 sets from Will and brothers Paul and Ned live at Joe's Pub NYC in 2006 from 'Aquarium Drunkard' here.

Girlz With Gunz # 20

Dot Allison

Bush acknowledges absence of al Qaeda in pre-occupation Iraq with a "So What"!

BUSH: One of the major theaters against al Qaeda turns out to have been Iraq. This is where al Qaeda said they were going to take their stand. This is where al Qaeda was hoping to take-

RADDATZ: But not until after the U.S. invaded.
BUSH: Yeah, that's right. So what? The point is that al Qaeda said they're going to take a stand. Well, first of all in the post-9/11 environment Saddam Hussein posed a threat. And then upon removal, al Qaeda decides to take a stand.