Ooh dahling that doesn’t rhyme either!!!!!

The fabulous Jeannie Little released a single in the 70s “Dahling, Are You Paying Attention” b/w “Oceania Roll”. A one-off novelty hit and of course I bought the single at the time. I love Jeannie. Thanks to a friend of the family, I went along to see Jeannie in “Jerry’s Girls” at the Footbridge Theatre [...]

Maxine: Case 1352

I received a tweet from Gen Z Gay-schlock comedian,  the out-of-control Rhys Nicholson last night. James & I are both convinced Rhys’s future concerns having his body found washed up on a riverbank somewhere or in a hotel room with a needle sticking out of his arm. Thinking about him again this morning, “Maxine” came [...]

Australia Day 2011

We had a terrific Australia Day this year with a bunch of friends at the Huntsbury hotel. It could have been a disaster since we’d organised for the day to be at our regular haunt, the Lewisham Hotel. Yoda and I had to go to IKEA first thing in the morning and, with luck and [...]

They say time heals everything but I’m still waiting

With a story about (yet another) “possible” reunion of a certain Swedish band hitting the mainstream Aussie press yesterday, Grant and I were contacted by friends (again) about it. It’s been 4 years now since the ugly incident with those Swedish c**** and their record company and yet people think we’re still “fans” and that [...]

Birkenhead Point….very beautiful, very pointless

We went along to Birkenhead Point Shopping Centre/Outlet Mall yesterday in search of curtains. There was supposed to be a big Spotlight store there so we made the trek via a couple of buses and a walk in the heat. Birkenhead Point is almost unrecognisable from the “downmarket” shopping market/area that I last visited over [...]

Sydney Bus driver gets into the Christmas spirit

I had a nice surprise when catching the bus this morning. The bus stopped, the door opened and I was greeted with a hearty “ho, ho, ho, Merry Christmas!” from Father Christmas himself. Well, at least a Sydney bus driver dressed as Santa Claus and very much into the spirit of the season. The whole [...]

A note about the exhibition coming to Sydney

For those that know what this post is about, this will make sense…for everyone else…nothing to see here! We’ve had a couple of enquiries as to whether Yoda & I will be attending the um, let’s say, “Exhibition about a Nordic originating group, with a name consisting of two letters repeated, at the Powerhouse Museum” [...]

More Liesbeth in Sydney

It was a very rainy day in Sydney yesterday so we concentrated on indoor activities. Our international visitor wanted to see some contemporary art so we went to the Art Gallery of New South Wales and had a fab guided tour from a volunteer named Caroline. Caroline was just fantastic. After the tour we further [...]

Tom Ballard & Acquaintances at the Oxford Art Factory

My friend James has a theory that today’s crop of young Gay comedians would have been drag queens if they’d been around 20 years earlier. Because that’s what you often did as a young Gay person who desperately needed attention and wanted to be in some kind of show business scenario. But today, apparently you [...]

An absolute blast at the Midnight Shift

Who would have thought Thursday night at the Midnight Shift would be such a blast? James & I had an absolutely terrific time there last night, arriving at about 11pm and not leaving until 2am or whenever they stopped serving I thought I’d landed back in Oxford Street in the 80s. When Gay venues were [...]

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