Embarrassing moment last weekend. Mojo found an open gate & burst onto the Collingwood Football Ground during pre-game warmup. Max raced onto the ground after him, rescued the football & dragged disappointed pooch off the field about 30 seconds before the opening bounce.
Pics – thanks to Jan!
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The vault: Tour of Poland and Slovakia, Jan & Feb 2010 (middle of their coldest winter in 30 years), featuring show highlights from Myslowice (Poland).
Finished this tour & went straight to New York for the first US tour. Finished there & went back to Poland in June for the massive Seven Festival near Gdansk in the beautiful northern lakes district. We appeared on Warsaw’s TV breakfast show to an audience of 4 million, followed by an hour special on their version of Triple J to a further audience of 7 million. For about 2 weeks we were almost famous in Poland. People staring, stopping to take pics & the occasional autograph.
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Big weekend gone & didn’t get around to posting on the biggest AFL finals series thriller so far. The Hawks JUST getting over the line against a rampaging Port Adelaide. What a cliff hanger this game was, and if Port had kicked straighter – just once – they’d have got it. In true cut-throat finals fashion, this game was brutal from the first minute. Underdogs Port had come to play, throwing everything at it, bodies on the line – one player, head over the ball & knocked out mid air, legs limp on the way down like a rag doll. Players on both sides, and particularly Port, slammed into packs kamikaze-style relentlessly throughout the game. In the final moments Hawthorn, battered & bruised, had run out of legs, clinging to life by a thread (thanks to Port’s inaccurate kicking). Here are the final 2 minutes of play –
This Saturday, Sydney play Hawthorn for the 2014 AFL Premiership Cup. Can’t wait.
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Had most of the past week off working on the new venue. Paperwork & other stuff (football, birthdays…). We did get over to the ASRC (Asylum Seeker Resource Centre) in Footscray on Friday, courtesy of an invitation from brother Gav, who works there.
Posted on FB this morning – “One of the great things for mine was lining up with & sitting to eat beside refugees & asylum seekers. Felt very welcome & humbled. I’d recommend everybody drop in & see the place whenever you can. Puts a human face to our general detachment. Great opportunity to ask questions & hear the facts about who these people are, what they’ve been through, how they got here & what they’re still going through. You’ll leave inspired.”
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Last Friday night at Stalk & Kim’s. The guys have been away for a month, traveling France. We’ve been missing weekly ‘rehearsals’ at their kitchen table, which were reinstated on the weekend. It’s a hazy pic – exactly how I remember the night.
Last night we went over to Steve & Ren’s (The Vagrants). Tequila shots & margaritas in the mix. Great night & very slow start this morning.
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Here’s Mick again yesterday, tiling the kitchen bench. He finished up around 4, gave me a quick lesson in grouting & watched me start before he left. First time I’d done it. Took me about 4 hours. Looking pretty good this morning. Still a few small areas to go on the wall tiles. Had to get the bench bit done before people started using it today.
Mick tiling kitchen bench yesterday.
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Mick cutting tiles for the kitchen bench-tops earlier this arvo. He’s about half way. Might be finished by the end of the day. When he’s done, I’ve gotta hit the grouting so the kitchen’s back up & running by tomorrow morning.
Mick cutting tiles at the new venue, 14 Sep 2014.
Last night it happened again. Another thrilling AFL Semi Final between Port Adelaide & Fremantle. Port found something in the dying moments to pinch the game from the favourites. Just a great game to watch in a weekend of upsets. Looking forward to next weekend. Port take on the mighty Hawks and North Melbourne play Sydney (in Sydney) – all 4 sides gunning for a grand final spot the following weekend.
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North Melbourne held fast to beat a strong-finishing Geelong last night in a semi-final thriller. The Kangaroos are the first side this AFL finals series to upset the favourite, booking themselves a preliminary final berth next weekend. It’s footy finals fever time in Melbourne – a fantastic time of the year (not so good if you don’t care about footy). Just 2 weekends to go til the Big One. Can’t wait, while at the same time, trying to savour every moment before it’s all over for another year. I move that instead of cricket this summer, channel 7 takes over & replays AFL full games & highlights round-by-round for the entire 2014 season. Here’s the highlights package from last night.
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Max and I were watching this a couple of nights ago. Hard to believe it’s been over 4 years. USA video tour diary from early 2010. The vid below was the first episode (5 mins) – but check out the last 30 seconds. Cannot believe how much that New York rhythm section brought the rock to our band. It was totally pumping in rehearsal & bigger at shows. First time we’d ever sounded that solid. Changed the way we did everything from then on. This video is the first in a short 10 part series (playlist on YouTube), featuring live shows, interviews & life on the road during our first US tour.
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Perfect test for leak sealing in the roof yesterday. Wild storm lashed Melbourne. Gale force winds, rain & hail. Back to square-one dammit. Leaks on both sides of the building upstairs in the usual spots. After 4 hours up on the roof plugging suspect gaps, no idea where the water’s getting in.
It’s kind of a cool job getting up there. Great view but dangerous. Hardest bit is getting down the ladder. About 8 metres above the beer garden, you have to look down to climb on.
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