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Draining the Pool For You (1984) – The Go-Betweens

Posted on November 11, 2021 by observationblogger — 16 Comments

The Go-Betweens is the quintessential Australian indie-rock band who produced the quintessential Australian indie-rock sound. This is not your pro-typical rock band hence ‘indie’, but they went out on a limb to change the landscape of music and while they…

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Posted in Music

Richmond Tigers win the AFL premiership 2019 (Special Edition)

Posted on October 1, 2019 by observationblogger — 4 Comments

This post is to celebrate this weekend’s win of my beloved Richmond Tigers in the AFL premiership final. Australian Rules or Australian Football League (AFL) to be exact has a religious-like following in Melbourne. If I had a dollar for…

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Posted in Sport and Adventure

Richmond Tigers have a chance of making the final eight!

Posted on August 24, 2014 by observationblogger — Leave a comment

Updated 30 August 2014: The Richmond Tigers did make the final eight after a tense win against the Sydney Swans to make it 9 wins in a row! Back in June the Tigers had a 3-10 record and the finals…

Tagged with: Australian football, Gaelic Football, melbourne, Melbourne Cricket Ground, Richmond tigers, Tom Hafey
Posted in Sport and Adventure

Eli Glasman ‘The Boy’s Own Manual to Being a Proper Jew’

Posted on January 8, 2014 by observationblogger — 2 Comments

I had the good fortune to read Eli Glasman’s blog this morning which contains several entertaining articles I thought I would share with you. Eli comes from the same beautiful part of the world that I do – Melbourne, Australia.…