http://www.bonscottblog.com ...for all your Bon Scott needs... Sun, 28 Feb 2010 23:04:31 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The following message from Deb came through to the Bon Scott Blog mailbag recently: From: Deb Subject: Bon Scott Photo - rare... Hello fellow Bon Scott fan, I just saw your Blog today. It is a fun site. I have a rare signed photo from Bon Scott when he was in the band The ... http://www.bonscottblog.com/2010/03/01/deb-at-the-bus-stop-disco/ 30 years since we lost you. Clearly, you're not - at all - forgotten. As well as the article from today's West Australian newspaper above (thanks for sending it through, mum!), another great tribute appeared in the Powerhouse Museum's blog today, here (thanks to Greg for the tip-off). Wish I were in ... http://www.bonscottblog.com/2010/02/20/we-still-miss-ya-bon/ Every now and again, some gold comes through the mailbox at ye olde Bon Scott Blog. Here's a case in point - Lee an artist who is 35% through the process of crocheting an image of Bon and Angus in full flight. Amazing work, Lee! Here's Lee's fabulous dramatisation of ... http://www.bonscottblog.com/2009/11/17/a-crocheted-bon-from-the-mailbag/ Some amusing messages have been trickling into the mailroom of the Bon Scott Blog lately. Here's one - from Damien in Melbourne, who plays with a band called "The Bon Scotts". I love the honesty of Damien's introduction. Although named after the great frontman, Damien writes that the band sounds ... http://www.bonscottblog.com/2009/11/16/not-knowing-who-else-to-speak-to-about-this/ "Lee Wilde" sent the below email through from Perth, where he works on his portraiture. Lee writes: "My work is mainly figurative...female portraits and nudes". The above painting, it seems, now hangs proudly in the office of Doug, the president of the WA Bon Scott Fanclub. Strange that we didn't meet last ... http://www.bonscottblog.com/2009/11/13/a-portrait-from-the-mailbag/ Just in time for Bon's 63rd birthday, a new "Bon Scott heritage tram tour" has been launched in Fremantle. My brother sent through the above article from the West Australian Newspaper. There's an online version here. The tour will no doubt be a "must-do" for fans who visit the great singer's ... http://www.bonscottblog.com/2009/07/10/happy-birthday-bon/ News just in from Doug at the WA Bon Scott Fanclub: AC/DC have finally announced their Aussie Tour Dates. Thu 11 February - Melbourne - Etihad Stadium (formerly Telstra Dome) Thursday 18 February - ANZ Stadium, Sydney Thursday 25 February - QSAC, Brisbane Tuesday 2 March - Adelaide Oval Sat 6 March - Perth ... http://www.bonscottblog.com/2009/05/10/acdc-aussie-tour-dates-finally-announced-febmarch-2010/ This turned up on Facebook recently: a campaign to get a heritage icon plaque placed outside the house where Bon died on that cold morning back in 1980. Sounds like a good idea, read on to see how you can help the Londoners' cause... On 19 February 1980 Bon died outside ... http://www.bonscottblog.com/2009/04/30/a-bon-memorial-in-dulwich/ AC/DC Rock n Roll Fannation - Episode 1 from AC/DC Rock n Roll Fannation on Vimeo. If you haven't yet seen this great little mini-series on the fans of AC/DC - do! It's highly recommended viewing. In the first episode (above) fans come from all over America and the world to ... http://www.bonscottblog.com/2009/04/27/its-the-fans-man/ Darren Jorgensen has written a review of last year's Bon Scott Project exhibition at Fremantle Arts Centre. Here's a snippet: The respectful air of AC/DC fans who were streaming through the Fremantle Arts Centre testifies to a show that endeared itself to the spirit and not the surfaces of rock-and-roll. This ... http://www.bonscottblog.com/2009/01/28/eyeline-review-of-bon-scott-project/