Back From Bali !

Ourselves to Know..........

I took a little pilgrimage on the way home from my camping trip in The Dampier.
Sort of a way of connecting with Old and New Friends.........

It took the form of divers travel: Phoenician Barks, Camel Caravans, Arab Stallions, and quite a bit of Shank's Mares ....

Naturally I put it to music and did a bit of the Cinema-Verite thing with it:

It reminds me a bit of this from back in the ..... you know..... Dark and Angry Period

Holy Grail

I guess the more things change the more they stay the same ................

More Dumb Things

Well Remember how I said I would share some of my dumber things? ----
Well in addition to learning that; Hang gliding over the Sea of Gallilee, while really cool and all, is, at the end of the day,  just hang gliding over the Sea of Gallilee , and that even an old broom sweeps clean.... if you pay enough and keep at it.....

......Recently I learned how dumb it could be to ignore a subtle warning !
Subtle Warning ?!? ..........Heck, I can ignore even great big Bullhorn warnings mate !!
That's what I'm made for!
Check this out!!

Be Protected !! Get a Tin Foil Hat !!

Weather <HA> I'm trying to deceive a batsman.........

..or contemplating some Dirty Deeds........

Or just attempting to avoid becoming a Sacrificial Lamb......

I Want MY THOUGHTS to be

MINE and MINE alone 

so

I KEEP MY TIN FOIL HAT ON 

Try It they work like MAGIC !

Order yours today at.......I Got My Tin Foil Hat On

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That's Tin Foil Hats

Day Before Race Day --- I've done all the Dumb Things

Yep -- It's a little bit crazy to be running a half marathon at all, with everything on my plate ---- much less 1 month after getting blown up at Hordern --- But -- "I've done all the dumb things"  (more on that later in my next post --  I realize that I haven't written at all about Hordern in the  Blog -- yet ?!?)

Well, in any case,  It's On for Young and Old -- Tomorrow!

I just got my Bib -- Look at the Number:

356

That's gotta be a lucky number -- because Deirdre ( The Girl I don't take Quantam Mechanics with) says it "sums to a number that can be expressed as a product of primes!!


Anyway the course is beautiful. Lake Burley Griffin and The Parliament House are great spots, and we run across Galliopli Reach under the Anzac Mermorial, but we pass this one simple monument that always speeds me up in training.

 It may be a little hokey ...but I've become a tad more sensitive to concepts like this since Hordren Pavillion 

and the loss of Tawakkol, and when I run by this monument I feel like They are running with me and I go into a sprint -- It's fantastic feeling ! 

First Snagglepuss, then Cthulu, then Taft ....Now FAME! is running ??!?

Not that Kind of running Mates !

But I will be back in Canberra for the Canberra Marathon on the Ides of April !
The whole Hordern Pavilion set me back a bit -- but we can't let the Terrorists and Didgeredonts Stop us eh ???

As far as I'm concerned the race is on !!

Look for results here:
Climb Trees ? Chew Rocks ? Wanna Race ?!?!

I'll add pics Later
FAME!
REMEMBER THE NAME!

Contest of my own -- what do you do with a barf pad

Hey all sorry for the slow blog entries ( though there is still more musical entertainment here then in any of the other blogs)

But right now I'm taking a page from Nigel's playbook and jumping in for a quick question and hoping that my readers can help me out.

Just answer this simple question better then your peers and a Prototype Barfpad is coming your way !!
That's right one of these hard to get babies for your own not Blake Bucks or Fame bucks but the real mcCoy  a  Barfpad ! (your choice of design)

Here's the question:

"Describe innovative uses of multiple barf pad prototypes ( suppose -- just suppose someone had say 8 of these things ) in the context of saving the world.
Consider many and disparate applications to improve your answer including but not limited to:
Skullduggery
Information transfer
Communication
Stage effects
Combat
Meeting Cinnabar Doxiadis
and of course etc.

Go at it guys! --- You Can Do That !!

Send all answers to tasmaniafame2012@gmail.com

I'm beginning to think that People All Like Me

Well The Mail keeps pouring in....

What's with the Blog all of a sudden ? Are you trying to steal my thunder ? Sometimes I think you were born to spite me!

B Cates

Well Mr. Cates to tell the truth I started the Blog for the fun and the Barf Bucks -- and of course the "Shameless self-promotion" aspects. Spiting anyone was the fatherest thing from my mind mate.
You know me "Mallets Towards None" is me moto.

But I do have an answer to you and your song in a broad general way -- a sort of "lighten up mate salvo"

Here's how were different -- set to music:

Everybody Loves Me Baby

...........Actually after listening to it again and going a bit deeper (and admitting that I know your a good bloke at heart Cates!!)

..........I realize that the song makes me think more of our friend Mr. Runnic.........

"I have no idea who you are. We are not friends.  Would you Nutcases ...Please stop calling me."

Ooops  well as a actual Friend of mine would say "EXCUUuuuuusssseee ME !!"

But yep Deeper references to Runnic are there just look "below the sand"

Moor Male Bag

Another consolidation of several similar letters ...

Fame (We remember your name !!!!!!!!)
      What do you look for in a girl ? What excites you most ? What does it take to "get noticed" and "stay interesting" to you?
In short "What's your type of girl ??"
Amanda, Melanie, Gina.....

Well Girls-
The questions are certainly getting harder. A short while I would have had trouble formulating an answer.
(Though I've heard cynics out there like my friend Mr. Cates quip quickly "breathing" ..... "He likes them breathing" )
And while my criteria are a bit narrower then that mate, the matter is somewhat more complex then that -- Things change. At one time, I would have agreed that "breathing is  a good start", but lately I've met a girl that has made me think a bit more.............
<NOW DON'T JUMP TO CONCLUSIONS !! --  I'M STILL TAKING THINGS FOUR STEPS AT A TIME  -  THIS IS NOTHING TOO SERIOUS -- LIKE THE SONG SAYS "TOO MUCH ISN'T ENOUGH!!> ........ but she has made me think.
And I think what I look for in a woman is...
A Girl in a Short Skirt and a Long Jacket
I'm not too crazy about the cover in the link -- (not my work) -but I'd like to cover that song -- If I can get Kelly to do some studio work

Hay Eye have a Male bag two

And its about Time I started answering it eh?
I mean this thing is nigh bursting ......
And I knows it's just knot<HA> healthy to let your Male <HA> bag swell two <HA> much without emptying it!
But true blue to me roots I'll try and answer each question with an included song ...
so lets see what we got...........


First we Have:

Tasmania - 
Can you ever get around to answering your mail bag !!! 
Its this sort of lack of attention to day to day business that is the trademark of you so-called 
"super-star"  artist types, and is eventually going to lead to your downfall !!!
I repeat -- "Are you even capable of answering your fans? "
G. Runnic


What can I say Mr. Runnic/ except............
I Can Do That !
"That's a link Steve (and "G")" ( Nigel told me to mention the links for a wee bit till you catch on)


Compiling several similar questions yields roughly:

Tasmania -
Are you really from Tasmania ?? That's so exotic and makes you even sexier !!!! I just quiver  when I hear your accent! Where is Tasmania ? How do you get there ? Do you have a map ?
 Kyllee, Racheal, Tracy, ....


Well Kyllee et al -
Glad to clear some of this up:
1) Yeah I'm from Tasmania (or close enough) and
2) Yeah, I agree, Tasmania is Tops ( in a being on the bottom sort of way)
3) (and lets get this straight love) I DON"T have the accent darlin -- YOU DO ! (and it's adorable !!)
4) Second Star on the right and straight on till morning !! -- Follow your heart
5) Map ?!? - after an answer like the last one ??? Of course I don't have a map -- YOU DO !
Map of Tasmania
another of those "link things"

Pissed Off

Rained Out 

Sorry The Blog has been so quiet folks....but I have been feeling a bit "regular" the last couple days.

Fact is I was pretty fired up for the PM's XI and was more then a little pissed off when The skies pissed down on like Manukea alone.

No I don't blame Sangakarra -- That's absurd, How's a Wicket-keeper, regardless of his considerable skill, Tatting ability, or unusual choice of protective headgear, going to affect the weather ??  - Where do people get this crap?

Anyway, I threw a lot of energy into the concert, ( see some set up shots below) even played an extra whole set as we had the time and I was feeling a bit sorry for the Fans, Julia, and ACT Crickett and felt I should do what I could to make things right.

Early set up at the Oval

Getting the Lines right

Directing the mid-stage ( check out Wrench on the scaffolding)

I even played a bit while we were waiting out the rain before the official cancellation. That was cool, very appreciative crowd, and I was able to do some new Cricket related songs I was playing around with.

In fact, some sort of copyright -legal bullshit keeps me from posting any footage from the actual concert, but I will be able to post some vids from the informal session -- and I'll get it up here, when we smooth the edges - eh?

Oh before I forget, Some of my Yank friends seem a bit confused about the whole Cricket thing. Well after my recent trip to the heart of it all in the States -- I feel I'm particularly ready to clear it up once and for all............ ready Mr. Weed et al ??:

You have two sides, one out in the field and one in. Each man that's in the side that's in goes out, and when he's out he comes in and the next man goes in until he's out. When they are all out, the side that's out comes in and the side that's been in goes out and tries to get those coming in, out. Sometimes you get men still in and not out. 
When a man goes out to go in, the men who are out try to get him out, and when he is out he goes in and the next man in goes out and goes in. There are two men called umpires who stay out all the time and they decide when the men who are in are out. When both sides have been in and all the men have been out, and both sides have been out twice after all the men have been in, including those who are not out, that is the end of the game

Well I hope that clears things up a bit eh?



So How do I feel about it all ??
Well I did what any True Blue Aussie Lad, personally chosen by the Prime Minister Herself to represent the Green and Gold would do in similar circumstances...

After getting plenty pissed of, by being thourghally Pissed on .... Me and the Team went out and got Royally Pissed and I must say some of those Blokes can do even a rock star hard when it comes time to party!!!

Pissed Out and Pissed Off

PS and kinda makes you think

Sorry about the rush --  I Promise to put up some clips of the concert when the dust settles down.

But I was thinking does it strike anyone else as odd that ..
a) Cthulu enters the GOP Primary. Then......
b) The Sri-Lankan Wicket-Keeper Kumar Sangakkara attempts to wear tentacled head-gear.  Then..
c) He is blocked by the ICC. Then.....
d) The Aussie side is riddled with freakish injuries. Then...
e) I get named to the Eleven. Then.....
f) Julia gets mobbed and
g) loses a shoe.
h) a Blue Suede Shoe

While.....
a) Robbie Tork is trying to use Nigel's blog to score a date with Cthulu. and....
b) Robbie's brother Peter is currently singing for ....
c) Wait for it.....
d) You guessed it ...
e) Shoe Suede Blues

Now no one has made a song of it all (yet) and I haven't had a chance to "run the punctuation" or "do the spreads" so I can't say it means anything....but..
It kinda makes you think eh Mate ?

SPARKS WILL FLY !!!

Indeed they will !!

As All of you know by now .... I was slated to do a post game concert at the Prime Ministers XI ---

Cricket match against the Sri-Lankan national side.

Cool enough at that but it gets better !!!

(as most of you know I was a fair Cricketer as a lad and left uni and a sports scholarship to pursue the recording world)

I actually got a couple of innings of informal practice in with the team! ( an unnamed co-conspirator of mine is a relative of Captain Brad Haddin and he sort of threw the invite out and Brad and ran with it)

To cut matters short ( I gotta get back to the pitch pronto) I had the time of my life playing with the lads!!

 ( wish I had time to blog it they are all such top notch blokes !!) 

Anyway later I get a call from Prime Minister Gillard telling me Nathan Coulter-Nile and our twelfth  man Ben Ayre were both injured and that Brad suggested that Julia give me a go !!!!

Well what do you say when The Prime Minister asks you to follow your dream ?!? 

" Julia -- I Can Do That !"

I just wanted to post this quick before another round of practice and drinks -- if any of you want to follow my progress during the match go here:

 FAME at the PMXI !!!

The link will be a little wonky -- it takes you to ball to ball coverage for all events just look to the right for Australia vs Sri Lanka ( PM XI - Manuka Oval ) and click there 

Do to the last minute nature of my inclusion -- my stats will still be under "River's"  (Nathan Coulter-Niles) name.

Hoping to take  wickets Untold for the Green   and  Gold !!!

Sorry no time for Homophone alerts, song interpretation, or saving the world stuff --- I gotta run......

I'm on the team man !!.....................

Gnu weighs two stay safe four awl

Well once eye <HA> started too <HA> reed <HA> Nigel's Blog and begin watching STV, Aye <HA> realized that  eye <HA>  kneaded <HA> sum <HA> moor <HA> protection!!!

Sew <HA> Aye <HA> upgraded two <HA> a gnu <HA> computer with:

  <HOMOPHONE - ALERT > patent pending voids where prohibited

It's memory requirement is a little big << OD >> and the instillation process  is pretty ugly << OD >> butt <HA> it works awfully good <<OD >>.

(plus Aye <HA> like that it comes with a free to <HA> month << Oxymoron Detector >>)

Kant <HA> beet <HA> that eh?

Glad too <HA> help wear <HA>  eye <HA> can !!

Awl <HA> four <HA> won <HA> and won <HA> four <HA> awl <HA> !!!

There Are No Ordinary Worlds.......

So I was telling you about my Friend Nigel ........

Truly a Stranger in a Strange Land.

As most of my fans probably know by now Nigel and I have found a common bond in...

MUSIC THAT MATTERS

and a lot of my stuff (old and new)  will be airing on STV

Not to mention the Great STV sponsored Barfapalooza (Headlined by Yours truly) and Apocolypse Now tours culminating in the Blockbuster Apocapalooza Event in Giza !!

Anyway I was listening to some STV and Realised that one of the songs "Ordinary World" is specifically about Nigel ( and incidentally, it gave me the distinct impression that if our world does go down ... Nigel is likely to make it out intact again) 

The Secret I want to share with my friend however is something I learnt as a wee lad.......

Ready Nigel??.............

**THERE ARE NO ORDINARY WORLDS**

In Fact............Nigel...........Ready for the real truth?.............

**THERE ARE NO ORDINARY MOMENTS**

So stop your searching Mate and......... Live Where You Land !!

I Can Do That!

Well when I realized that I was one of the few folks with the talent to interpret these dire warnings...
And perhaps destined to SAVE THE WORLD !
I thought:

"I Can Do That!"

So I delved a little deeper and discovered...........


a Stranger in a Strange Land

This guy Nigel is the Real Deal !!
An individual who survived the destruction of his home world and somehow made it here --
And is now doing his best to save our world !

I know, I know --- "what a crackpot" That's what I thought too ..... BUT when he was able to describe both Rafiki AND Dr. Evil (who were from his home world too) almost perfectly!  I knew he was Fair Dinkum!

Since then we have become friends and confederates in our efforts to save our world!

And I decided to start this Blog to help "light a candle" against the coming darkness. Its here where I'll post whatever I think can in the upcoming struggle for survival .

Also, I figured it would be a good spot to chronicle events in my life, preview upcoming music, events etc. so keep tuned here and..................

REMEMBER THE NAME !

Music That Matters !

FAME! Here - (Remember The Name!)

Fair Dinkum -- who would have ever thought that I'd be writing a blog?
I usually can't sit still long enough to finish a drink -- but some weird things have happened to me lately.

First I became aware that portents ranging from Ancient Mayan Prophecy, to Spilled Professorial Coffee are predicting an Apocalyptic world demise 21Dec12 -- Yikes ! Good thing I never plan past Tuesday  !

I usually ignore such crap ( I usually ignore anything that doesn't sound fun or exciting Mate) but I realised (well actually this extremely exquisite Lady told me)  that many/most of the messages alerting us the approaching apocalypse are contained in art much of it in music, well, yeah,  sorta interesting ....

UNTIL I REALISED THAT I COULD UNDERSTAND IT !!!!!!!
(that's when I started to get interested)

more next post............