Yes, I know today’s Friday.
This may be in part inspired by my recent-ish reunions with former Torrens Park Cub Pack alumni Ben Glazier, Jeremy Cochran, and via t’internet, Alex Brooks.  Or maybe it’s the product of a mind desperately searching for stuff to make lists of.
In any case – here’s a list of 10 of my favourite songs that we’d sing at Cub camps.  Typically the campfire would be led by our Group Leader – initially Frank Brooks, then Terry Arnott – and the Torrens Park tradition seemed to include …

Possibly the finest Top Ten I’ve ever assembled. It’s bewilderingly good.

This is largely inspired by last night’s gig, Ade Edmonson & The Bad Shepherds – I turned to The Puzzler and said “How far do you reckon that distance is between me & Ade?”, and he said “About 50 feet?”. And almost instantly I came up with this list. And technically it was before midnight, so it’s still a Tuesday list. Alphabetical order, sort of.

With the 40th anniversary of Monty Python’s Flying Circus happening this week, and prompted by having spotted another similar list, I thought maybe I’d apply my brain power to the topic of which are my favourite Python sketches (thereby resulting in a far superior list).  By “sketch”, I’ve sort of included pieces from the movies, as well.  Chocks away…
1. The Last Supper
I totally lose my shit every time I watch this.

The actual painting of Michelangelo’s The Last Supper is on the wall of a church in Milan, but as it …

An attempt at a list of my top ten pubs. In London, I mean. I think it was closer to twelve. Unless you count the other 20 or so listed at the bottom. Oh boy, this is tricky.

What? Where’d this idea come from? Oh well… here goes anyway…  I guess it’s worth stating that it’s the top ten from my perspective – if any audiences thought differently they’re more than welcome to keep it to themselves.  So, in no particular order, but definitely the top 10:
Don’t Worry, Be Happy – Flinders University Choral Society, “Clunk” concert
The Clunk concert was a bit of a collection of amusing material – in as far as choral stuff ever is – which was put together as a Christmas concert.  Every single …

When I say “whisky” (for anyone not 100% clear on this), I mean Single Malt Scotch Whisky – not Bourbon, or Irish whiskey, or blended whiskey, or any of the other things that go by a similar name.  Whisky is something which has brought me many new experiences ever since first tasting it in around 1993.  Accumulating – and then demolishing – a modest collection back in Australia, my transition to this side of the world has meant greater access to a greater variety of styles, and it seems silly …

Tricky, this one – many people would argue that one’s top ten albums are one of the most important and revealing lists a person can publicly make.  I’ve always maintained that in my hypothetical Desert Island Discs list, I’d take 5 copies of Dark Side Of The Moon just in case one or two of them got scratched.  Unfortunately though in the context of one’s top ten albums that only leaves you with a list of six different albums.
If we’re talking top 10 in that sense:
1. Dark Side of the …

Being careful here not to make the same mistake as a British TV poll of the public regarding their top 100 cartoons: this is specifically a list of the cartoons/series, rather than a list of some series, some characters.  And it’s all cartoons, too — no other forms of animation.
1. Daffy Duck / Looney Tunes & Merrie Melodies
Immediately breaking the rules in the preamble, I’ve gone and singled out Daffy.  Don’t get me wrong — Bugs, Elmer, Foghorn Leghorn, Marvin, Wile E. Coyote, Porky, et al are all amazing (for …

Andrew O’Neill: Rocker and part time union card-carrying transvestite Andrew O’Neill turned up at a benefit gig in King’s Cross recently that Dancing Dave, Housemate James & I went to.  Good mix of one-liners, non-sequitirs, and generally pretty sharp material.  Will definitely go check him out again I think — maybe wouldn’t put him at number 1 in a top ten, but it’s alphabetical, so get off my case (OK, so I’m clearly covering here for the fact I can’t remember a thing the guy said other than I found …