Our buddy, Ross Buckingham solo acoustic at a festival in Haslemere, southwest of London last week. He wrote to us on Facebook – “My set included some of your songs, they went down really well! The festival was headlined by Ade Edmondson”s (from The Young Ones”) band Bad Shepherd and The Blockheads who were just outstanding! Big weekend!
Ross Buckingham, Haslemere UK July 2014.
Onya Ross!
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Doggies doing OK. Upset win over the Gold Coast on Saturday at Cazalys Stadium, Cairns. Mathematically impossible to make finals at this late stage, the Western Bulldogs have finally found some consistent form. Light appearing at the end of the tunnel. Might even finish in the top two-thirds this season…
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Thanks to Woz for sending this video link. Horns up.
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Sunday night at Stalk & Kim’s. That’s my Dad who’s down from South West Rocks, NSW for a few days. Brother Gav was there as well, jamming as the newest member of Stalk & Kim’s ever evolving house band ‘Us’. Great way to see out the weekend. Not so sharp this find Monday morning.
Thanks to Stalk for this shot (taken from his Facebook).
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Check this out. Heard an interview with her on Triple R this week (Thursday’s Breaking and Entering program – 4 to 7pm). Sharon Van Etton – Your Love Is Killing Me.
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Great Day Sunday at the annual Reclink Community Cup. Took the bus out to Elsternwick Park for the festivities, bands and the footy game between arch-rivals Rock Dogs & Megahertz. The Rock Dogs are a team made up of Melbourne musicians, the Megahertz consisting of industry folk from radio, management, booking agencies etc. And good to see the Rock Dogs bring it home by 8 points in a thriller, before a capacity crowd of approx 15,000. Great bands playing before the game, at half time & post game – headliners the mighty Painters & Dockers. Got out on the field for kick-to-kick during the breaks (managed to hit some poor woman in the face with a long punt). Beers were $5 a can (we’re talkin’ Boags) – priced like the old days of suburban footy. It was a magnificent day – looking forward to next year.
Max & Marty at Community Cup, Elsternwick Park 20th June 2014.
Must also be said, importantly – the event raised a bunch of money for the Recklink Charity.
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Looking forward to getting along to the Reclink Community Cup on Sunday.
“…an iconic event for Melbourne’s rock and roll and football loving community. Drawing over 10,000 people a year, the Cup celebrates Melbourne’s dynamic cultural and broadcasting sectors with the Rockdogs and the Triple R 102.7FM & PBS 106.7FM Megahertz battling it out for football glory while raising funds for Reclink Australia.” (Community Cup website)
Also from their website: “Reclink Australia is a non profit organisation whose mission is to provide and promote sport and art programs for people experiencing disadvantage.
Established in Victoria in 1990, Reclink Australia operates nationally providing over 12,000 activities and 1200,000 participation opportunities for disadvantaged Australians annually.
We target some of the communities most vulnerable and isolated people, including people experiencing significant mental health challenges, disability, homelessness, substance abuse, culturally and linguistic diverse communities, correctional services and economic hardship.”
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Saturday night at TOF In Town – Royston Vasie held their ‘Water Colours’ Melbourne album launch tour show. Had a great time seeing the band – and this is pretty slack, but I only took shots of support act Willow Darling, who were awesome. It was such a strong line-up. Great to see an organic indie rock show, loud guitars, late 60’s vibe. Had a ball.
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Interesting Saturday night. 5:30pm at Federation Square, asylum seekers performed an interpretive dance/theatre piece. An emotional & moving depiction of life as a refugee – powerlessness, vulnerability, joy, heart-break. People who desperately want to get on with life & start anew but instead find themselves trapped in limbo under Australia’s harsh, uncaring asylum-seeker policies – many of which are illegal & violate their most basic human rights.
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