another quick maribyrnong trip

So today was a quick trip to the Maribyrnong, but only because I wanted to go to Poynton's (I've never been there before) to get some potting mix and a big pot, but crikey, the big pots were ugly and expensive, so I didn't get a big pot I just made do. Now I have way too much potting mix but whatever. Maybe I should get some more plants. I also went to this:

A record fair at Northcote Theatre which to be honest got me riled up a bit, sorry, I know what a cliche I am but there was just way too much Pink Floyd and Fleetwood Mac for sale and I cbf. I wanted to get Laura a copy of Abba's album The Visitors but I couldn't find any and I also wasn't sure whether Abba counted as '70s pop' or '80s pop' or 'Female', presumably they are not 'Male'. There was one stall which was totally random about whether it categorised solo artists by first or last name, maybe they had their reasons but that bugged me, let's be honest, the whole thing bugged me. One positive was that I sold my copy of Hex Enduction Hour at Eddy's stall, apparently for way cheaper than I might conceivably have sold it but as I said to Eddy and Guy, I should have taken it into the street and smashed it I feel so much better not having that racist bullshit in the house. I know what you're going to say - I still have my copy of Don Juan's Reckless Daughter in the original sleeve but, well, perhaps there's a difference between a song about how much someone hates seeing black people on tv and a picture of someone pretending to be a black person because they like black people. But I admit both positions are entitled and it's troublesome and I'm going to work on how I feel about it. 

Have you been to this place? It's the Uniting Church op shop in High Street Northcote and it's freakin' amazing. 

Go!!! 

 

churchill today

I ran a tour of Churchill with Open House Latrobe today, I was pretty pleased with how it went, good attendees and I learned a lot, as I knew I would. Above is not Churchill, it's a building in Morwell which surely was once a theatre, and now is or was the Amber Lounge, whatever that is or was. I was in Morwell for 40 minutes between getting off the train and getting on the bus, and I enjoyed myself. It is Oktoberfest in Morwell today. Also, they have an NQR. Can you believe that? 

I guess it no longer has a Bright-a-Print though. 

This is a monument in Churchill which I hadn't seen before. I thought it was actually depicting actual people but no it isn't. It's vague in all kinds of ways. If you can't read the plaque it says 'This service memorial is dedicated to the people of Churchill who have served their country and community in times of war, natural disaster and crisis. The sculptor, Paul Jesse, has included a colourful and optimistic side to the sculpture, representing home, family, community and the future. The dark side represents the calamities that have challenged our nation or locality. The spirals of mosaics represent our service people, moving between community and calamity, representing a flow of thoughts, love, fear, concern and dreams.'

Back of the Hazelwood shopping centre. I found out today why it is called that - because the Churchill shopping centre is adjacent, it's a big supermarket and a Reject shop. 

Nice bit of the Federation University campus. 

Once we set off on the tour, we saw this highlight, a cat in a trailer. It was surprised to see us. 

You are not allowed to call this the cigar. It is the Churchill Town Symbol. 

This is me leaving Morwell to come back home. I was very pleased by how the whole thing went (maybe I said that) I am very tired now. 

if you're reading this i have been in churchill today

I'll tell you about it later. 

prayers to sweet granny lard for some sanity

I suppose it's Trump that is making me so sick of America. I was listening to Conan O'Brien's podcast which I often do, and he was talking about going to Casablanca and joking about things happening to him that have resonances with the film Casablanca, and no-one else in Casablanca was interested in this. To which one clearly thinks, yeah, why on earth would they be interested in that? Because it's a load of fucking bullshit. It's like that British thing of laughing at people's surnames, like they don't know what their surname is. I guess it's generally a white thing, using the world like it was a filmstrip created to amuse them. 
 

moreibyrnong

This afternoon Perry and I walked a different section of the Maribyrnong, near the Anglers, if that's what it's called, on the west bank. Most of the buildings seem to date from the 1960s. 

This house (below) is super empty. I have never seen a house so empty. 

Fabulous bird.

So this stepped feature looks like it's at the end of the street doesn't it. Well it is. But there is a river inbetween. 

On the way back. 

Very satisfactory overall. Next time I think we will explore the hilly residential part near Highpoint, pretty sure I've never been there. 

1 groom st is a industrial

When was the last time I told you how much I enjoy this building, in Clifton Hill, on the corner of Alexandra Pde E and Groom St? You possibly don't even recall, but I know I've discussed it. I saw it again last week and it was a nice experience. I wonder what it's like inside. the exterior seems to be an amalgam of three or four different walls, but I particularly like the archway. 

I just went searching on various keywords to discover when I actually did last tell you how much I enjoy this building and I couldn't find any evidence. That's a nuisance. I am pretty sure I did some research into it and it had some kind of social significance that wasn't just being a building at the heart of a shoe and boot manufacturing area. 

At this point all I can tell you is the important information from Domain or something similarly stupid that '1 Groom Street, Clifton Hill VIC 3068 is a Industrial, with 3 bedrooms, and 1 bathroom'.