Watching the movie musical The Music Man introduces viewers to the apparently authentic Iowan expression ‘Great Honk!’ It reminds me of the phrase ‘Hokey Sailors’, which I associate with the central Darling Downs in Queensland. Famously The Music Man‘s creator Meredith Wilson was supposed to have earned more money from the Beatle’s cover of the …
Why aren’t they playing an NRL game at Kougari Oval? Why is wondering where the games will be played more interesting than the games themselves? (Draws count as correct) NRL (last round 7/8; season tally 113/160) Melbourne Penrith Easts Souths Wests Manly New Zealand Newcastle AFL (last round 5/9; season tally 110/180) Richmond Western Bulldogs …
Schmigadoon is a series in which two contemporary characters find themselves in a town that appears to be a movie musical. It’s amusing. It’s clear that the creators and performers love the form; their understanding of the culture that gave rise to the form is more clouded. Which makes it less than an homage, not …
Farther Along by Josh Garrels borrows a refrain from the old song as a device to structure his new lyrics and music. From Garrels’ classic Love & War & The Sea Inbetween. There is so much that we will only understand by and by. And one day when the sky rolls back on us Some …
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