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I'm
back!
23.7.10 - After the most draining week I can remember
for quite some time the move to my 'new' home has been effected.
I'm now ensconced in the pleasant-enough suburb of Mt Waverley
fifteen minutes south-east of Camberwell. There's an abundance
of right-angles to be savoured, but they're largely swamped
by an abundance of CRAP waiting to be put in its place or dumped.
Foxtel has been connected and today my Internet was restored,
so the crap can wait. Hooray! |
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Ross
and the chaps probably performing Louie Louie |
Ross
Wilson's CD launch
21.7.10 - I was contemplating
my third trip to the new house yesterday when I noticed on
Outlook that I'd been invited to Ross' CD launch. I just had
time to drop off the load and change before heading into town
to find the Toff in Town, the venue for the launch. I've not
been to the Toff before and was misled by the sound of people
chatting into believing the restaurant on the first floor
was the Toff - and met Eris O' Brien on his way out. It was
a happy meeting as we have unfinished business co-writing
some songs together, and we agreed to stay in contact now
that he's back from his exile in Tasmania.
Ross appeared on stage with the basic line-up for the first
set and I drifted back to the bar to exchange my drink card
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fault this process took a long-ish time during which
I was bumped into by a number of people, including Daryl , who
had a possy near the back of the room to where I eventually
gravitated. The back of the room is a bit of a bass trap, so
after the intermission I re-joined the throng near the front,
by which time the band's numbers had been swelled with the introduction
of guitarists Stewart Fraser and Eric McCusker. I actually loved
the whole show, but the musical highlight for me just happened
to be Eris' song, Land of Contentment. Maybe it's an
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Happy
Birthday to me - again! Choclatté goes mad.. |
And
so it begins..
17.7.10 - It was actually Choclatté's
Adam Stevens' 50th birthday today, but his wife Keri was so
shocked that she'd missed my birthday she gave me a
cupcake festooned with a sparkler (pic) by way of a
belated celebration. I interpreted it as encouragement to continue
my moving house activities - I guess I'm about a third of the
way through. Bill very kindly popped down from Strathie today
to lend a hand with the big ticket items like the fridge and
the washing machine and bro' Dick is interrupting his long service
leave to lend a hand on Monday. I expect the process to be concluded
just in time for the Friday deadline. There maybe a short break
in website transmissions while Telstra and I sort out the fine
print.. |
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1)
Edwin Mitchell 2) Hugh McSpedden's spotty projections are on
display in George St |
A
visit from Edwin Mitchell
14.11.10 - Bastille Day 2010 has been notable
for a couple of reasons. It was the second consecutive day I've
had Edwin Mitchell (pic 1) over on what was most certainly
the last recording project undertaken here in Camberwell, because
tonight I received an e-mail from my new landlord advising me
that my new |
Mt Waverley home is now ready for
occupation. Let joy be only slightly constrained! I was becoming
concerned that the move was going to have to be executed in
two stages, but as of tomorrow I can start consummating my first
move for twenty four years, or thereabouts.
Incidentally, I also received an e-mail from Hugh (Hoo) McSpedden
advising me of his participation in the Gertrude St Projection
Festival 7.00-ish to 11.00-ish nightly till this coming Sunday
at The Brooklyn Arts Hotel, 50 George St (twixt Gertrude St
& Victoria Parade) I'm gonna try and make it. |
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An
example from Jon Cattapan's exhibition painted after accompanying
Australian forces' night patrols in Timor
Viridian
Eye
10.7.10 - Supposedly the tenants
in my 'new' abode are vacating today, but that's unlikely
with the latest mail telling me the situation remains unresolved
and I'm getting edgier by the day as the prospect of a move
in two stage becomes more likely. An invitation from Annita
Furey to visit to the Sutton
Gallery to check out Jon Cattapan's latest 'Viridian Eye'
exhibition seemed to be a pleasant distraction, so after dumping
some more (electronic) stuff at the Camberwell tip yesterday
I picked up Annita and we trotted on down. The bigger works
(pic) are from a collection commissioned by the Australian
War Memorial and are the result of a visit to Timor Leste
(East Timor?) in 2008. There are similarities with previous
works if you've seen other Cattapan shows, although as the
title suggests the lush green backgrounds are a departure.
The show ends on the 24th of this month.
Last night I was whisked out to Little Vietnam in Victoria
St Richmond by the Drs Sellers and daughter Anya and we spent
a very pleasant evening eating and yelling pleasantries at
each other before retiring to my run-down igloo with a litre
of gelati to watch a couple of episodes of QI, which was a
revelation to the TV-less Sellers. And now, back to reality..
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