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The
bits of stuff that fall in the cracks between Life, Music
and Outrageous Fortune. |
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The courtyard at Enoteca Sileno - a haven for discerning
femailes who roam the streets of Carlton seeking
fine foods
Enoteca Sileno
27.11.13 - I must
confess that I'm torn. I don't really want to share
this foodie-type intelligence with anybody, yet
I feel that I must be caring and sharing to those
of you that go to an inordinate amount of effort
to find me on this page - I'm just thankful in this
case that means there's not a lot of you. It was
sister-in-law Mary that gave us the tip. She'd bought
some snazzy risotto forks (who knew?) at a very
reasonable price along with some Italian cheeses
and pastes from ES and told us of this place bulging
with Italian foods and wines, so after the RMIT
exhibition we shuttled down to the corner of Richardson
and Lygon Sts in Carlton North and had an exquisite
lunch in the fabled ES courtyard (pic)
It's been there since 1953 so maybe this is
old news to you but I'd heartily recommend you give
it a try if you've not heard of it before. Check
out Enoteca
Sileno for more details. |
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Tell me that these aren't the best seats in the
house for the Leonard Cohen concert and I'll disagree
with you.. (Maria)
Lenny
Cohen's still got it.
21.11.13 - I was pleasantly
amazed to receive a call from Philip Jacobsen the
other day saying that there'd be a couple of tickets
for Maria and me at the Leonard Cohen concert. I'd
seen Leonard before at the Rod Laver and to my mind
he's the only act that has conquered the iffy acoustics
there. (I won't bang on about the dire need for
a decent 10,000 seat concert hall but the need only
gets more dire as time passes).
We went in by train and picked up our tickets and
found our seats, which were simply the best seats
in the house - well, they were once I'd shifted
away from the large squirmy woman who'd parked herself
next to me - located just behind the sound engineer
on the first row of the 'circle' and settled down
to enjoy the show. Maria hadn't seen Leonard before
and so wasn't too familiar with his oeuvre but was
utterly enchanted - by everything, all night. I
think I enjoyed the show more this time around too,
despite the young man behind us feeling compelled
to sing along with most of the songs. He did OK
actually, but anybody would struggle to hit the
bass notes that Lenny elicits so effortlessly from
his wiry frame.
The discipline and the intelligence radiating off
the stage is palpable and that, combined with the
unique Cohen repertoire of course, is probably a
good part of the reason why Lenny still pulls a
handsome crowd of 'friends' without the usual publicity
overkill.
On
the way home from the Leonard Cohen concert. Maria's
got this app for her phone which takes seamless
panoramas.. |
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1)
Steve looks on as I sign the guitar 2) The results
so far - only two more autographs to go
Laurie
gets his dream guitar
19.11.13 - One of
the few live-wire bidders at the Myeloma luncheon
was a bloke called Laurie who buttonholed Ash Naylor
and me after the auction and said that if the Epiphone
guitar they'd auctioned had been an actual Gibson
he would've bid for it. Well, bless his generous
soul, he later made a special arrangement with the
Myeloma Foundation's Steve Roach (pic 1) who
bought a black Gibson Les Paul especially for him
which Russell Morris, Jim Keays and I customised
today (pic 2) - Ash and Brenden Mason are
adding their names tomorrow. The Myeloma cause is
better off by a handsome amount too, so everybody's
happy. |
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Lunch
at the MCG Members Dining Room
1)
There was a game of cricket on too - Victoria v
West Australia 2) Pina the official photographer
is snapped
3) Greg Champion has a word with Ash Naylor 4) The
nice-looking Epiphone guitar we signed goes under
the hammer
Myeloma Foundation luncheon
5.11.13 - Steve Roach
invited me, along with Ash Naylor, Jim Keays, Brenden
Mason, (who didn't make it) and Ted Lethborg to
attend the annual Myeloma Foundation fundraiser
at the MCC Members Dining Room last Friday, (after
which I popped over the Westgate to soundcheck with
Ross Wilson and the boys at the Willy RSL). 'The
Business of Winning' speakers were AFL Legends Kevin
Bartlett, Neil Balme and David Cloke with special
guests Meg Lanning (Australian Opening Batswoman)
and Debbie Lee (Australia’s most decorated
women’s footballer) and there was an appearance
by Greg Champion (pic 3) who was very funny
and actually uses I'll Be Gone as a lament
for St Kilda 's premership aspirations (by the
time we get one I'll be dead..)
Ted Lethborg gave me a couple of copies of the Ariel
Aloha - More From Before double CD as we settled
down to lunch but Jim Keays was a bit under the
weather and left after about an hour - maybe I'll
catch up with him next week and see how he's going.
We'd all signed a rather nice looking red 335-type
Epiphone which was auctioned off for a trifling
$950.00 (pic 4) - I very nearly put in
a bid for a bottle of Grange that went for the same
price - but overall the auction was a bit of a fizzer.
I don't think Myeloma has the sex-appeal of some
of the other afflictions up for patronage, despite
Jim Keays' involvement, and the corporates in the
room with a few exceptions barely raised a whimper.
It'll be better next year I'm sure, but in the meantime
I'm looking forward to the next Masters of Rock
session. (See the on-line Myeloma
mag with a dedication to Bill Putt and review
of this year's concert). |
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