Apropos nothing in particular we offer the following Errol Flynn quote:
I live polygamously, but I am fascinated by people who appear to live happily monogamously.  from ‘My wicked wicked ways” by Errol Flynn 1959.  (Thanks to Ira Maine for bringing this obscure quote to our attention.)

The Vienese group Mnozil Brass were commissioned by the City of Bayreuth to write and perform a work to celebrate the 200th anniversary of Richard Wagner’s birth.  We, as enthusiastic appreciators of brass,  published an account of their deliberations here.  Listen to their rendition of the William Tell Overture here

Poet/songwriter Andy White joined our pages with “Oh god let me die after bono” – “so that he will not deliver
a filmed tribute
upon my demise”

Cecil Poole discussed Jonathon Franzen’s book “The Kraus Project”, in which Franzen now and Kraus a century ago show “commitment to challenging the techno-social orthodoxies of our day.”  Read on here.

Thank god we have people of the calibre of Quentin Cockburn providing creative solutions for our ailing – dying – motor industry.  His rescue plan, carefully considers the full gamut of variables, whilst offering a rich future.  Send his plan on to your Federal member, and help make this rescue happen.   The plan can be accessed at this link

“For what it is worth I  would not even consider associating the blog with these people.” Ira Maine took exception to Poole’s piece on Franzen and Kraus.  His detailed arguments (to be fully refuted in due course are found here.

Our Musical Dispatch featured a piece from Frank Hardy’s important work on the Wave Hill walk off and strike, the genesis of Aboriginal Land Rights, “The Unlucky Australians”

Then to Poetry Sunday where our Poetry Editor Ira Maine gave us an introduction to John Donne – “a courtier, a superb poet, and a famous seducer” and his poem ‘The Rising Sun’.

Good reading, join the conversation.

Cheers
Cecil Poole