Outrage Sunday 188 old time counrty halls

As I pick up my guitar to sing another song
I hear the walls of this old hall – you’ve done this thing too long
You know you’ve been around for years, I guess you’ve shown us all
I talk like this when I reminisce with an old time counrty hall
I joined a tent show as a kid with a dream and an old guitar
The Paul Murray band and Dandy was the star
He taught me lots about the game, today I understand
He was a great magician, Dandy was a fine old man
I’m a howlin’ cattle-hand crooner
I’m an old time dinosaur
Hey, let me sing where the rafters ring
In an old time counrty hall, that’s right
I’ve been on the road for thirty years but Dandy could double that
And you’ll find his faded poster still in some hall way out back
I like to go back stage and dream sometimes and just recall
The shows I’ve had, the good and bad, shared with these counrty halls
Take the old Town Hall Kalgoorlie with it’s old time charm and grace
And your mounting million vibrancies never will replace
All glass and steel and concrete, some large and some too small
So let me sing where the rafters ring in an old time counrty hall, hey
We showed last night in the school of arts and the town was real run-down
You’ll find so many towns like that today as you move around
Yeah, the wind of change is blowin’ up such an economic low
The old time shows we used to know will soon be off the road
Why didn’t I write a tune about the Hideaway and the Shents
That woulda made me more dollars and cents
I’m a howlin’ cattle-hand crooner
I’m an old time dinosaur
Hey, let me sing where the rafters ring
In an old time counrty hall
In an old time counrty hall
In an old time counrty hall

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Vulture

I’ll be a real cultural embarrassador over the next few weeks. My photo on the cover of a poetry magazine, an invited submission to an architecture mag, and most exciting, I will be lecturing creatives on humility next month. I’m like the minister of arts in exile.Regime-Coversm

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Node vs Hub

Is this one of Colin “the Nincompoop” Barnett’s ghost light rail nodes? Or is it a Mark “The Slightly Damp Teatowel” McGowan Metronet Hub. Potato potato? By RR.

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Never Underestimate…

…how low people will go for so little return. And it’s how it should be! Two efforts from Nigel. One in Walpole, one Gnangara. Perhaps the erasure of the traditional owner name in Walpole makes it a little more political? And the Wanneroot joke sign action has been going for at least 30 years.

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protect yourself Tough defamation

Those auto-loaded ads can be funny! But reputation is a serious business. Begin the journey.westdefo

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Gone to the cloud

Sad news. Henk’s Jesus and Dino themed Internet cafe shell has finally moved to the cloud. And been replaced with yet another arrondissement massage centre. I’m no fan of Jesus, but I prefer Henk’s to this. Never has one road serviced so many knotted shoulders and sore necks. What is wrong with Inglewood postures that requires more massage centres than Mt Lawley has Mexican restaurants? Is the artis-anal brick paving uneven? Rubbing salt into Jesus’ wounds is a music shop next door and another fucking wanky barbers. The whole street will be pomade and massage oil soon! Although I think I saw the words Artis-anal Crafts going up nearby. Just up from those eight massage places. You know the ones right? Past that shutdown knock shop.

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Aka Yagan’s Folly

By James N. Roe Street.

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City Beach Shedism?

I have an ominous feeling about my favourite beach City Beach. I hope Shedism isn’t coming to spoil this lovely spot. I haven’t looked for the artist impression in case there is corrugated iron, or worse, mini orb in play. It seems, whether Shedist or not to be too huge for this spot.

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I prefer the kiosk.

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Outrage 187 Fringe binge

I got a bit emotional after my ninth gin & tonic ($10 each) on Friday night. Fringe all gone. After Sculpture by the Sea, it’s back to hearing footy commentary from passing cars for, like, what seems foreva.2015/03/img_0395.jpg

Mind you, the calendar isn’t without interest. There’s another Freemen event in Cottesloe last this month (“Do you want to know proven strategies for defeating all unlawful and unjust parking fines?”) – a bargain at $150. Also it seems there might be a Private Banking Workshop at Perth Zoo soon (cost unknown). I’ve also been meaning to sign up for the (free???) Gnosis and Esotericism classes.

One thing I did achieve was Meditation 101 LIVE! (free!). I experienced the benefit of the enhanced collective energy of meditating with other people, whilst being in the comfort of my own home or office. TLA and Bento have offices: this is what they need! As one of my fellow meditators said: “That was absolutely amazing! I don’t think I have ever fully let go and quieted my mind like that before. I feel so inspired. By the end of the session I was filled with so much love – love for myself, for others, and love coming from Source. Unconditional, pure love. Thank you.”

Another bargain ($30 per session) is the self-discovering path of art journalling: learn tools! “Are you stuck, in a rut, know there is something holding you back, struggling with depression, grief or anxiety? Feel that you are not living the authentic life you should be living? Bring you pastels, crayons, paints and paper and allow your emotions to flow onto the page so that they can be healed. Breathe. You are safe. You don’t need to be arty to attend these classes, you need to be on a journey of self-discovery. Learn tools to build up your resilience, connect with your inner emotions and use them as an inner guidance system. Find support in others, in a community that understands, that will hold you safe while you get in touch with that deeper part of you. and lets have fun……”

 

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Foil Burner

Has this Burner been…covered in foil? The tape is showing! Or is it good? What exactly is going on here? Oh it’s on the arrondissement Mt Lawley. As you were. By bruisin’ Bill O’Slatter.

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