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Retired journalist, at the ABC for three decades, madly in love with Virginia, 37 years married, swimmer and swim teacher, has reviewed film, music and more for 40 years off and on. No DMs unless l know you.
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Sunday Best: The Untold Story of Ed Sullivan (Netfix) this guy did more than most of us ever knew - highly recommended :)
I've become quite the fan of limited series that have a beginning, a middle and an end, six eps, an hour each, and we're done.
it's in a lot of Italian food as well, Cavolo Nero, not for this little black duck I'm fraid...
always good to take a break, been watching The Sinner, with Bill Pullman, more of the weird psycholigical type, but take extended breaks in between, another nordic noir has just popped up on netflix so I'll get into that soon too..
you see when someone says youtube videos it's like someone in the 80's saying they have beta.
oh yeah full fat.
saw it when it came out, brilliant series, why they stopped at two remains a mystery...
this has been a good day, got a quote from the fence guy to get rid of our English teeth fence pailings and put in colour bond, and a deck guy who will sand and oil and clear up my shitty mistakes as well...
it is a form of sour cream and tv chefs seem to buy it ready made, but in and of itself, yogurt, sour cream, bit of lemon can come in handy, it's a french thing, but it has been so distorted down the years people might as well be adding it to cakes half the time..
as for their yellow cake cheese, I've got no idea...
general rule of thumb, dried spices, fresh herbs.
Nagi at recipe tin eats is pretty fantastic....tgells you how it's done then puts up a two minute video, because of her I made the best Mussamam (sp?) curry of my life..
I think my head just exploded.
I've never used her recipes but having seen her on Graham Norton I'll bet they are fantastic...and I just loved two fat ladies, and Nigella minxalot does fabulous stuff, Oliver and Ramsey usually just shit me to tears..
OMG yes!
the times I've been in America I only shop at Trader Joe's but what the fuck this is I have no idea...kale???? www.traderjoes.com/home/product...
this is one of my eldest son's favourite bands.
I haven't eaten that kind of food since the last millenium, but Virginia swears by Carmen's or Carmann's or you know that name.
are you sure they're not lying to you?
just leave a pineapple on his front step with a note saying "it will happen comrade"
omigod that is so Jamie Oliver...I refuse to use it.
I had a VPN which as more streamings came on I ended up getting rid of it, but I'll bet those companies would be happy to pounce on our government's ridiculous plan, btw nothing wrong with proper guidelines for the U16's but this sledgehammer approach in nonsense.
look, I consider myself an ideas man.
thought I'd do a pork and fennel pasta for dinner with a tomato and garlic base very simple...but stupidly looked up some recipes on line, which is the cooking equivalent of Dr Google...swear to god why does every second American homecook need to add cream and tell us their frigging life story?
which is probably maple syrup and not sugar at all...
2/2 all the other store bought pesto sauces, sunflower oil, spinach, they all had cashews, a dazzling variety of preservatives, buckets of salt, and even a couple had potato flakes, whetever they are....included..I'd say wait for the warmer weather, makes your own and freeze the rest for winter..
1/2 now regular viewers will know I was getting all hyper the other week about store bought pesto, which actually has only four ingredients minus the cheese which you can mix in or add later but not of you're freezin; EVOO, garlic, basil, pinenuts. This morning I was in the supermarket and checked..
in the words of San Francisco's poet laureate, Jello Biafra, Nazi Punks, Nazi Punks, Nazi Punks, Fuck Off... www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
on the contrary I've always considered myself a public servant.
now here was an absolutely wonderful actor... www.theguardian.com/film/2025/se...
Donald Trmp says he plans to cut all homeless people in half by 2026.
hey if your neighbours are giving you the shits I just noticed ALDI has leaf blowers on sale for $100.
they can get well and truly rooted and the article points out so many areas where things could go south..
oh god no vomiting, been there, and I was surprised by this bloke's technique because epley's as a rule is done a lot quicker, but this guy was an ear, nose and throat surgeon, before moving into general practise for a few years, then setting up this clinic...runs on the board...
hard to know, several of these stories are already on films made in Sweden or Denmark too...
without wishing to sound glib I do wonder what the collective noun for Dictators might be..
it's on prime and binge, I've seen it quite a few times... and check out the cast... Denzel Washington Clive Owen Jodie Foster Christopher Plummer Willem Dafoe Chiwetel Ejiofor
trick is to do it really slowly, head either side for five minutes before tucking your head in into your shoulder/chin on your side for a further five minutes...
well it isn't fun...this time round I haven't had any full on vertigo episodes, spinning rooms, falling down etc, but I have been there..
well this has got clusterfuck written all over it... www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Just been back to the spin doctor - did another Epley manoeuvre on me and recommended l do it twice a day for the next few - crystals in the middle ear is something you don’t get taught in school that’s for sure 😱
Kashmir and the Stevie Wonder inspired Trample under Foot are two of my Zep faves…
Oh absolutely.
It’s called - Inside.
But Spike Lee’s Inside Man is brilliant.
I think this is exactly how Sam Stosur won in 2011, Serena had a complete internal meltdown …
Of course, second season has already been commissioned :)
Let me know what you think if it’s streaming where you are :)
It can be off putting - in the US version of The Bridge Diane Kruger played it with eccentricity which in the end was incredibly annoying.
Well he’s something….
And of course Russia’s war against Ukraine will have Trump utterly perplexed.
Alex in the lasy eight - still dont know if he can get past Sinner or Alcaraz but his game has been getting significantly stronger the last two years … www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/s...
So l see Donald Duck’s grand plan to bully the rest of the world is going swimmingly …
I read it only again this year…
Wordle 1,535 4/6 Average Joe’s gym. 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜🟩🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
also weird psychological crime thrillers are my pate on toast...
oh good lord that film is way too busy, notwithstanding the genius of Stanley Donen.
you know you don't have to do this to yourself...I did it for a profession ...no good can come from it...
and to out left, we have the Ministry of Truth, the Ministry of Love, and behind them the Ministry of Peace and the Ministry of Plenty - everything is just fine..
watching tv cop thriller, The Sinner, (Netflix) with Bill Pullman, someone commented they didn't find him convincing enough - just starting series 2, thoughts are that he is playing a barely functional character who can only just see himself through the prism of crime solving...just a thought :)
great name too...
well now that makes sense...not this...
what could possibly go wrong...
as yes I've been meaning to give that one a nudge, it's on the dance card :)
last, winter, well last year's winter, was pretty brutal and the flu was also high, but as this story reads influenza A has been the real bastard...haven't had anything since the first COVID outbreak, touch wood, so apart from swimming I stay far away from the madding crowd.
I think so...
OK lock yourselves in, I just watched Australian prison drama Inside (2024 - Netflix) with the incredible Guy Pearce, an almost unrecognisable Cosmo Jarvis and newcomer Vincent Miller, gripping, taut, morally complex, challenging and utterly brilliant.
Further evidence my best efforts to kill off the weeping cherry over winter was a dismal failure …
If l ever bought a pair of these I’d expect people to slap me and slap me hard..
it is fucked - and of course Pauline Hanson turned up to a demo here in Canberra today...they are utterly vile...
and like in the US, a lot of it has to do with the failings of the centrist parties to grasp the nettle and the zeigeist.
OK so none of the big tennis matches for a few hours...so how about this... www.youtube.com/watch?v=JrEJ...
this will fail miserably...
and that is the part we often miss, self love and acceptance is so crucial..
the end of a relationship carries its own weight, it is a form of grief, and with that comes all the triggers and warnings...one day at a time, one foot in front of the other...it is all we can do until the scars start to heal...
this year, one of my great joys has been falling in love with music all over again - life long collector, obsessive, reviewer in print and on ABC radio, the last few trips around the sun have been clouded by depression and the rest, from which I've been emerging... www.youtube.com/watch?v=q8e1...
not too shabby eh?
in the 60's south american bosa nova was the bomb...mum and dad would play this stuff all the time - mum used to smoke cocktail sobranies...very strong memories of all that..
I absolutely love it...watch at least two or three times a year...did you know that Amelie's love interest in the film, played by Matthieu Kassovitz, also wrote and directed the social thriller and breakthrough film for Vincent Casell, La Haine, in 1995?
sorry about the ex-part...
Alan Stivell - now there's a name I haven't heard in decades :)
when people say they know music, you have to ask the question, do they really? www.youtube.com/watch?v=0rPL...
gungahlin.
Had a delightful walk in Namadgi National Park today along the Granite Tors Walking Track with the Greens Bushwalking Club. Snow, roos, red breasted robins and great company.
oh dear...
Bunnings here is across the road from this place...
currently saving every penny for a trip to Japan in October with the fam, so maybe later in the year :)
lead should have been the Marathon...
bless.
that's totally fair.
fanfuckingtastic.
Miss “Mad As Hell” This is so good!
OK I'm in :)
I see these anti-immigration rallies are really hitting a nerve...
I've got her first album somewhere, think I might need to get the other two...
but painful nonetheless..
some doctors should be de-registered, I just went to the chemist one day and told them to jab me up...
absolutely gorgeous...
now you may or may not know one of my favourite modern films is Amelie, and Jann Tiersen's music for it always has me welling up inside...and this version on harp is simply exquisite... www.youtube.com/watch?v=u6sB...