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New York Movie (Edward Hopper, 1939).

An eternal truth. #ClarenceClemons #Springsteen #Jungleland

A holiday at Mentone (Charles Conder, 1888).

I think my favourite moment was when the PA played Credence's "Fortunate Son". For younger readers, that's the song about how you could avoid serving in Vietnam if you were a rich kid. #Trump is being trolled by his own DJ. #Parade

Yesterday's Vinnies bargain find. And while there's some well-wrought tales of urban and personal alienation, it remains entirely worth it just for that couple of minutes of Jools Holland's piano solo in Uncertain Smile. It remains glorious. #TheThe #SoulMining

I believe I speak for many of us when I merely say: "Eat shit, Linda". #auspol

Like Bob, I find it saves time. #TheZenOfBob

Nathan Lane's 6ft 3, 215lb physique of course being a exact match for Donald's. I'm thinking Sean Hayes for Elon. Similar arm-waving clumsy physicality. #TrumpTheMusical

I thought there could be no funny phrase than "Shadow Treasurer Angus Taylor", but "Shadow Treasurer Ted O'Brien" is as close as fuck is to swearing. #auspol

Hacienda Espresso Café, Hunter Street (Max Dupain, 1957).

A wander around a dusty flash-drive in a drawer found something lost from the archives of them ol' writing days of mine. Here, posterity - have a five-minute distraction. #pjharvey #hope6demolitionproject beatsurrenderings.blogspot.com/2025/05/the-...

Buy new record. Play three times in a row. Yeah, one of those. Terrific. #MattBerninger #GetSunk

Hmm. Personally, I think it should have been split into two grey areas. But that's probably just me. #SchrodingersCat

Under the Jacaranda (R.Godfrey Rivers, 1903).

If Richard Flanagan novels are like a 400-page Drones' song, Ronni Salt's are Don Walker's arid blues - dry observations and asides, which come back and bite you three chapters later. And if "Valdene had a Pekingese named Elvis..." isn't already a Tex, Don & Charlie lyric, it should be. #Gunnawah

Implement Blue (Margaret Preston, 1927).

Bound east (Harold Cazneaux, 1910).

In light of today's schism I am reminded of The Lord Our Gough's reply to the Coalition Whip of the time's declaration: "I am a Country Member!" "Yes, we remember." #auspol

Moonlight (Koho Shoda, 1933).

At the terminus, Argyle Street Millers Point (John Ward/City of Sydney Archives, 1971).

What makes "Leader of the free world"* such an sour, insecure, crude child? Whining at Springsteen or Taylor Swift. Every grievance is a tantrum. Every criticism pierces his thin skin. Even the cult must be beginning to think it odd. No, they probably don't, do they... (*Pending.) #Trump

The "gift" 747-8 the Qataris are flickpassing to #Trump is a 13 year old airframe, that they've been trying to flog it since 2020. One's already been fobbed off to Turkiye's Erdogan, but essentially it's the aviation equivalent of a VF Commodore left in the garage. www.forbes.com/sites/jeremy...

Sadly, there was no credit on the photo, but if you want some idea of what the communion of a #Springsteen show can be like... (This was Manchester earlier this week, apparently.)

Psyche Revived by Cupid’s Kiss (Antonio Canova, 1793).

Illustration for Kelvinator advertisement (Max Dupain, 1936).

Row of Trees (Jan Mankes, 1915).

So, the #MetGala. Some cutting edge style. For others, a fancy dress night for dickheads with too much money. Supplementary question: Does Anna Wintour know that the likes of Andre 3000 are mightily taking the piss from her and her event? #JustSayin'

The hapless Dan Tehan will probably get the Opposition Leader job against a rampant ALP. *Well Done Angus is toxic, even in his own party. *Hastie will bide his time. *Susssan? Hahahahahaaa. So Dan gets to be this generation's Billy Sneddon or Brendan Nelson. Poor bastard. #AusVotes2025 #auspol

The buckets Hollie Hughes and Andrew Gee dropped on Well Done Angus this morning on Radio National suggest he'll get nowhere near the big chair. The open expression of distaste for him - particularly from Hughes - was old-fashioned Labor levels of venom. Most amusing. #auspol

Democratic duty done, and rewarded. #DemocracySausage #Election2025 #auspol

I'm actually no great shakes for Albanese - but between avoiding the apology to the stolen generations, and this utterly sociopathic outburst, #Dutton has proved himself nothing but a low-rent, dog-whistling, deadshit. #Biloela #Election2025 #auspol www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

As election day approaches, a blessing: May your judgement be good, your pencil be sharp, and the onions not soak through to the serviette before you're finished eating. #Election2025 #auspol

So team, how's that winning back of #Kooyong looking? #Election2025 #auspol

As Hunter S. Thompson may or may not have said... "The music business is a cruel and shallow money trench, a long plastic hallway where thieves and pimps run free, and good men die like dogs. There's also a negative side." #Bluesfest #AustralianMusic

Hesse is a Monday kinda mood.

The Park (Jeffrey Smart, 1959).

...And repeat. Some weeks they're Pharlap, some weeks they're Radish. #NRLRoostersDragons #AnzacDay #EastsToWin

"It's great to see all those people at the Dawn Service - well, you can't actually see them because it's dark..." - Barnaby Joyce already in top form this morning. #RNBreakfast #AnzacDay #auspol

Oh. My. Goodness. #LUFC

Pretty much.

Antibes (Jeffrey Smart, 1965).

I've always found avoiding hearing anything by Coldplay can help. #Depression www.nme.com/news/music/c...

The Kongouro of New Holland (George Stubbs, 1772).

If my team were a racehorse, they'd be swabbed. But yay!, anyway. #NRLBroncosRoosters

You will, of course, read the captions in Jarvis' voice. #Pulp #SpikeIsland youtu.be/-27a1ugJX8U?...

Chortle. #Penguins #Tariffs

So, let's call that Thursday.

Or let's just call it Wednesday.

To get one offside call utterly wrong may be regarded as a misfortune; to have it happen twice both looks like carelessness. Or sheer fucking ineptitude. #LUFC #MOT #MIDLEE