Mooloola-Baja
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I decided a few months ago that any new songs I wrote would be happy. It’s too easy to be miserable.
Anyway I used to be in a band in Canberra in the early 80’s with a wonderful character we vcalled Uncle Don – we called him that because he was significantly older than us. He was a resourceful dude who built his own pedal steel guitar out of wood, scrap metal and car parts and he was a colorful addition to our already colorful country-rock band.
He comes to Qld every year to escape the Canberra winter with his wife, Jill. Last year we were sharing a few beers and reminisces and fooling around with the chorus of a song, deciding to write one each. Here’s my paean to the wonderful Mooloolaba beach.
I had a hand from some musos all round the country – Michael Schack from Warrnambool, formerly from the Dead Livers, but still gigging around, Graeme Cameron from Melbourne, from Mike Noga and the Gentlemen of fortune, and Toni Pollard, great country, blues and swing singer, and good all round shiela.
If you like the song, tell Jimmy Buffet and ask him to record it!
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Mick Cassidy sent me this message – I’m going to send a package this week.
Dear friends,
As you know, the Festive Season is quickly closing on us and it is asked that you spare a thought for our soldiers serving our country in harm’s way in Afghanistan.
Perhaps you may wish to send a soldier a care package. The idea behind this is that some troops over in Afghanistan may not have family who are able to send them packages with things they may need or things that make their time over there just that tiny bit easier. There may also just be a soldier who is finding their time over there difficult and just needs a bit of cheering up. It’ll get given to whoever needs it most. Read the rest of this entry »
November 17th, 2009 in
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The missus dragged me along to the movies the other night to see this great picture directed by Matthew Newton, who also plays one of the main roles. He was in attendance for the “Any Questions?” session.
Most of you probably remember Matthew as the Terry Clark character in Underbelly, but here he’s the overconfident officer up for anything on the night before three mates are due to go to Iraq with the RAN. It’s got a really good storyline that keeps you wondering where it’s going to go. As well it’s really funny, with some great cameo roles with people like Jackie Weaver and the late Bud Tingwell.
The attraction for me, as an ex serviceman, was that the movie transported me back to a similar time, ie, when I was about to go to Vietnam, the dialogue and events were incredibly real and the characters instantly recognisable.
It fails as an example of the recent Australian movie genre though because no one died in the dunny with a needle in their arm, there were no minority groups pursued and beaten, and shock horror, there was no nudity.
It’s really worth looking at. Four and a half out of five stars, no probs
August 30th, 2009 in
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