Captain Rock

This is an Aussie work that I bought 40 yar ago.  The track I have featured below was a bit of an anthem when ever the group got together.  It is more remembered for "The Home among the Gumtrees".  The Pirate reminds me of Jack Black from that other School of Rock.  Converting these old records to digital is taking longer than I thought. This one does not have silence between tracks but a series of jokes and other voice overs.

John Fawkner to be Revisted

Had some stitches out today which I thought was the end of the procedure. Not so fast.  Seems that one of the areas that was removed, has sent out some shoots as it were.  Means I have to go back and do the procedure all over again.  This one has a particular name of Morphoeic.  Bottom line is don't get sunburnt. Seems it takes years for these things to grow bigger but those spreading roots are the start.  The diagram illustrates my problem exactly, even showing what was cut (dotted line) and the roots left behind.

RMIT revisited

Went for a ride to get the circulation going and ended up at RMIT. They are still squeezing more buildings into an ever decreasing space.  But at the same time there seems to be more green lawn around than I remember.  They have taken over Melbourne Gaol for one thing. We were at the gaol for a Christmas Party a few years back and there were no students lounging around so it must be a recent development. A previous expansion of RMIT into the gaol's space unearthed 13 bodies in unmarked graves originating from the gallows pole.  It was always a good story when we went into the building they put there.

Marquee for Gaol House Rock

More Grass

Audacious Music Conversion

The Audacity software would have to be one of the best freeware programs I have downloaded. It is used to record songs on vinyl and convert them to digital MP3s.  I have finished the stack of 45s which amounted  to 80 records for 180 songs.  Around 10 were EPs .  It took another 5 days to get through that lot.
I have now read the manual  prior to trying an LP. Sgt Peppers was the first on the shelf.  The multiple track process works quite well but is still a fiddly thing when entering track titles etc.  I would estimate around 1 hr per LP for its conversion to MP3s.
My Sgt Peppers is one of the original editions complete with the paper cut outs in mint condition. This is one of the more valuable copies but there are still thousands out there. I paid $4 for it.

Warrior of the Isles

This book was destined for the scrap heap but I retrieved it.  A lot of these fantasy yarns are hard enough to keep track of, with the various family lines and histories merging and parting. But when you throw in ancient Scottish language that you need to translate all the time, it adds to the confusion. Bairn means child, ken means know. The're always going wee this and bonny that.  This was a debut story, I don't think I will seek out her next book.

Old 55

Continuing the digital conversion theme, I have started on the ancient vinyl record pile that accumulated over the years before CDs. I have waded through 64 songs from last century and that is only about  one quarter of the 45s that are in the cupboard.  The quality is reasonable but there are some "noisy" recordings.  Do any of these ring a bell? Aussie bands like Axiom, Madderlake and Chain.  These 64 songs took me three days to convert to wav files.

I remember when I was Young - 1973

The Skin you're in

Just spent 7 hours in the John Fawkner hospital getting a few facial skin issues excised.  The actual excisement was 15 minutes but the first four hours was in a chair until a bed was available.  My main problem was a spot on my cheek that wouldn't heal.  Wearing hats and applying sunblock doesn't stop these BCCs appearing if you were sun burnt when you were 12 years old.  I started a new book and got half way through.

BCC begone