Category Archives: Ian’s Posts

This article started as a nerdy dive into a 16th century Chinese novel which was the source and inspiration for the Japanese TV show Monkey, popular in the 1980s. However the article also became a bit of a nostalgia trip … Continue reading →

Dad and daughter at her debut at The Gov yesterday, performing with 6RPM at Club Cool. Thanks to Steve Rees for the pic.

That’s us – 6RPM. We’re on again at The Gov in the Venue for one of our favourite gigs of the year – Club Cool. We’re third band on, playing at 12.45pm to finish off the lunch-time show with a … Continue reading →

Chihuly Nights at the Botanic Gardens. A surprisingly delightful experience on a cool Autumn night. We were lucky enough to visit the Chihuly gallery in Seattle a few years ago and were impressed with his works back then. To see … Continue reading →

Then and now……

My recent rant “Just another day on Facebook” has been published on the online wit and humour magazine Witcraft at www.witcraft.org. You might need to scroll down to 28 March to see it. Thanks to editor Doug Jacquier for the … Continue reading →

Just emerged from Helios at the Adelaide Fringe, in The Yurt at the Migration Museum. An unexpected gem of a one-man show; contemporary story-telling intertwined with ancient Greek legend. An engrossing performance from Wright & Grainger.

Well, they did it. The industrial archeology team visited the site of the old foundry complex where I worked in the late 60s to see if they could find any remaining traces of it. Or is it now just a … Continue reading →

Kudos to Lucia’s in the Central Market. Just ordered coffees and cakes, flashed the card to pay and took our seats outside. The cakes arrived first, followed a couple of minutes later by the coffees, just as ordered and good … Continue reading →

Oh, my! The morning has gone already, but I’ll definitely get stuck in this afternoon, as soon as I’ve checked out these couple of posts proving the existence of Bigfoot and Nessie once and for all. Oh, look at that … Continue reading →