Katie, the hard-working media expert from the Fremantle Arts Centre, has somehow managed to convince the WA Chapter of the Air-Guitar Championships that I would be a good celebrity judge for their state final in a couple of weeks. The winner, as judged by me (and some other minor experts) will be heading to Darwin… Continue reading Mr Know-it-All
Butt-head Science
By now, “graphical representations of pop songs” like the one above have probably already weaseled their way past your spam filter and into your inbox, together with viagra and fake rolex watches and whatnot. I was sent a half a dozen or so of them from my friend Chris-O, who is obviously spending a few… Continue reading Butt-head Science
The Mighty Blues
[Dave Tice with the funny-lookin’ red guitar, and Mark Evans on the right…] Fans all over the world salivate over the tiniest scraps of information which occasionally filter through from AC/DC’s management. But the current band members live extremely private lives, subject to speculation of all sorts (will they ever complete a new album? will… Continue reading The Mighty Blues
We are Family
Holy Matrimony! Bon’s lovechildren are a-comin’ out of the woodwork. The latest is this fella, Aussie actor Alex O’Loughlin. Here’s the story, lifted from the ever-reliable news dot com dot au: The Oyster Farmer star — who recently joined the cast of US cop drama The Shield – has revealed he’s the son of late… Continue reading We are Family
Hits and Memories
Saturday morning found me in Rozelle, a suburb of Sydney famous for its fleamarket. Lizzie was on the lookout for a mirror for her room. I didn’t really have anything in particular to search for, except a ceramic butter dish, which we’ve been hunting for ages (those things are rare!) So I just nosed around… Continue reading Hits and Memories
“A door is either open or shut.”
For some weeks I have been meaning to post a blog entry about “quality” in the music of AC/DC. But it’s not ready yet. In the meantime, I want to point to something written by Sydney musician (and 1980s Holden Commodore Station Wagon enthusiast) Dave Aston. Dave is probably best known to local music fans… Continue reading “A door is either open or shut.”
Best Roadie Ever
[Darcy and Gabby at home in Warburton, Victoria…] Our last port of call in Victoria was Warburton, out in the Yarra Valley. Katie and I hired a car. We hacked our way through a lot of seriously un-picturesque suburbs before bursting into the lush valley. It was a great relief after the heat and the… Continue reading Best Roadie Ever
Bon’s Web Walk
I’ve got one more story to post from Melbourne – about a trip to visit Bon’s loyal roadie Darcy in the Yarra Valley. It’s just in with the experts for “fact checking” before it goes live, but while we wait, lets think a little about writing technologies, shall we? Bon wrote a shitload of letters.… Continue reading Bon’s Web Walk
More radio shenanigans…
Last week Sydney DJ Philippe Perez invited me to join him on Radio 2SER to talk about the Bon Scott Blog. In a rambling interview, we discuss AC/DC fandom, the bronze statue in Fremantle, and my own blogging process. At the end of the interview, I get all frothed up about Let There Be Rock… Continue reading More radio shenanigans…
Doodles on Envelopes
[Mary, one of Bon’s closest friends, shows us a shirt he posted her in the late 1970s, complete with perfectly preserved stain running down the front…] It was forty degrees in Melbourne and the Grand Prix was on. The Formula One racing cars sounded like angry flies. I guess they were “warming up” for the… Continue reading Doodles on Envelopes