The Cooper's were BYO, bames, I got them around the corner, from Acland Cellars, though Pure Pop are applying for a liquor license.
No electric, all acoustic, with about a third of the set on banjo.
I had an interesting chat with both of them afterwards, especially Kim, about the ''Don't Look Back'' shows, but I am not going to spill here.

I would like to hear everything on the Lexicon Devil roster. Loud.

Yesterday's dinner- 3 kilos of boned pork shoulder, opened up, smothered in BBQ sauce and re-rolled, then cooked over hickory chips for three hours.
Before:

After:

I just saw them play an hour long set, for free, in the sunlit backyard of Pure Pop Records, in front of about 30-40 people. You could smoke, you could drink (no Port Phillip beer tax on my $11.99 Coopers six pack, bamesjaker!), and they were excellent.
Ron Peno gets better with age- I am looking forward to seeing him reunited with Brett Myers at the Don't Look Back show- and Kim Salmon's guitar and banjo playing was a revelation.
All good. Where were you?

Fucken formatting hid my huge

Thank you x

Someone was kind enough to give me these last night:

and

I never had a copy of ''Inner City Sound''- this is the original pressing, which are renowned for falling apart- but it's in perfect condition. ''The New Music'' is not quite as good, but an interesting snapshot nevertheless.

How come ''Turkey Shoot'' isn't on the list?

And John Hillcoat is apparently going to film ''The Road''.

Modi is fine in person.
BA can write very witty PMs at times.
Matt C needs to be told to calm down now and again.
I have PMed Brimstone asking with him to stop fucking up threads with his imbecilic, self centred bullshit, and he just doesn't get it. I would happily have the same conversation to his face.

Rach is a sweetie.
Paulie IS a cunt.

This is my first post of the day, can you guess why?

that bunch of crooks at la porchetta.

''Traditional'' Italian owners, then, hughsie?