Thursday, 14 April 2016
WhirlyWirld - The End (Live @Seaview Ballroom Melbourne 1/1/80)
WhirlyWirld Live Seaview Ballroom, 3am, January 1st. 1980. The band played the Champion and were asked to pop down to the Ballroom for a finale. This recording is from that last minute date. They played but they didn't get paid
Thanks Alan
Wednesday, 13 April 2016
Vale Sir Arnold Wesker
A sad, sad day and my condolences to Dusty, Lindsay and Danny.
I went out with Arnold's daughter Tanya (who unfortunately passed away in 2012) when I first moved down to London. A time that was the lowest ebb of my life following my mum's suicide.
The Weskers put me up at their house in Highgate and to say that I was thoroughly fucked at that particular time of my life is a bit of an understatement but their generosity and Dusty's mighty fine cooking helped me start to try and piece my life back together again.
Arnold was an amazingly generous man who went out of his way to point out the goodness that was in people. I had many an interesting chat about his past ranging from the battle of Cable Street to his involvement with the early days of CND (for which he served jail time). I also found the story of Centre 42 and the Roundhouse very interesting though I do remember that he didn't have much time for Alex Trocchi and his sigma project.
Obituary
Arnold's Desert Island Discs
It will be nice to catch up with this gentleman again on Saturday
Norman is playing at the Monash University Museum of Art this Saturday at 3:00 PM with support from Bonnie Mercer. The event is free.
Info
Norman Westberg - MRI
Spencer P. Jones: The Axeman's Benefit (Prince of Wales 15/4/16)
Money for Spencer can be donated HERE
Spencer P Jones & The Escape Committee - Hot and Cold
Monday, 11 April 2016
Sunday, 10 April 2016
Politics These Days
This Paul Ryan Video Sure Looks A Lot Like A 2016 Campaign Ad
There's an interesting comment left at the link above which goes as follows:Its a long shot, IMO, but this is how it worksUPDATE:
Trump loses on the first ballot, Cruz loses on the second and probably third ballot. Delegates start getting panicky and starting looking for a quick way out of the mess while the national cameras are rolling. Ryan gets presented as someone who can bridge the gap between establishment and anti establishment wings, while declaring he doesn't want the job..which clearly means he is above reproach. That argument sells with the majority of delegates and they rally behind him to give him the nomination. Ryan takes the stage and delivers a humblebrag speech that says all republicans need to unite against the evil of Hillary, aka Obama's third term, and though he is reluctant, the danger is so great that he will humbly take up the banner and lead them all into the breach.
Nobody gets EXACTLY what they want, but they settle for someone who isn't prerceived as completely loathsome by either wing..and hey, he IS bailing them out in a tight spot, even though he says he doesn't want the nomination. He said so himself, repeatedly. Some grumbling, but they mostly put it behind them and move on to the fall.
The notion that Ryan is also unbloodied by the primaires, as opposed to Trump and Cruz, will also be whispered in lots of ears.
Like I said, its a major reach, but have no doubt that Ryan has his eyes looking for just such an opening to emerge.
Paul Ryan has ruled out a 2016 Presidential bid
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