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Father O’Way and Burb Dylan

24 Tuesday May 2011

Posted by Mark in Mark

≈ 18 Comments

Tags

Father O'Way, fiction, humor, humour

Burb Dylan – Unlive

Hi. Father “Sandy” O’Way here. I have just landed an interview with Burb Dylan, you know, the singer. Anyhoo, apparently he has turned 71 for the tenth time. Here’s a transcript.

FOW: So Burb you are now 71 again, how does it feel?

BD: Sandy, you know, well the times they are a changing.

FOW: Hmm, yes well, I believe that you recently revealed that you were a heroin addict. When I was a kid my favourite heroine was Maureen O’Hara, do you remember her?

BD: Yes, sure do, in them pirate movies, I mean was she knocking on heavens door.

FOW: I believe you have lost money on the stock market?

BD: Yes Sandy, just like a rolling stone.

FOW: Hey Burb, are you going to answer me every time with a line from one of your songs?

BD: Just like a woman, I’m stuck in the middle with you.

FOW: But I’m a bloke

BD: Well hey Mr Tamborine man play a song for me

FOW: Do you think that you have succumbed to capitalism?

BD: Well Sandy, no matter what, you gotta serve somebody.

FOW: To wrap up Burb what’s the best advice you have for your audience?

BD: I think that lay lady lay, if not for you of course, Oh sister, forever young, tangled in blue, forever young with the joker man, so one day I will be released and can then shelter from the storm.

FOW: This is getting nowhere!

The Revolution Will Not Be Televised

22 Sunday May 2011

Posted by Mark in Bands at the Pig's Arms, Warrigal Mirriyuula

≈ 48 Comments

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Argent, Arlo Guthrie, Billy Holiday, Curtis Mayfield, Edwin Star, Eric Clapton, Frank Zappa, Gil Scott Heron, Graham Nash, Iggy Pop, Jimmi Hendrix, music, Phil Collins, Pink Floyd, r Eric Burdon, Sam Cook, The Mothers Of Invention, Tim Rose, Tower Of Power, Warrigal

By Warrigal Mirryuula

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rGaRtqrlGy8

Gil Scott Heron The Revolution Will Not Be Televised

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=56_eUJzWOTg

Tower Of Power Only So Much Oil

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h4ZyuULy9zs

Billy Holiday Strange Fruit

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SQU4torUz-Q

Sam Cook A Change Is Gonna Come

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1vP6IWjqn8o

Curtis Mayfield People Get Ready

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uPDc3V66kaI&feature=fvst

Jimmi Hendrix All Along The Watchtower

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VMKRgVwaXK4

Eric Clapton Border Song

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CAUfIJZ0rP4

Phil Collins In The Air Tonight

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GguFmYRryz8&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r2nn1HtMzuk&feature=related

Arlo Guthrie Alice’s Restaurant (Parts 01 and 02)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TiVFfOOm_GI

The Mothers Of Invention More Trouble Every Day

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YfUB4Wv5ooI

Frank Zappa I’m The Slime

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cw05xgp5Gw8

Frank Zappa The Torture Never Stops

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xXpL8XICJrc

Iggy Pop I’m Bored

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qKWqEXoD–8

Tim Rose Come Away Melinda

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_d8C4AIFgUg

Edwin Starr WAR!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E6m1qgnUw74

Eric Burdon Sixteen Tons

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fEFsBF1X1ow

Graham Nash Chicago

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FBnSWJHawQQ

Argent Hold Your Head Up

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tkJNyQfAprY

Pink Floyd Comfortably Numb

Keywords: Gil Scott Heron,  Tower Of Power,  Billy Holiday,  Sam Cook,  Curtis Mayfield,  Jimmi Hendrix,  Eric Clapton,  Phil Collins, Arlo Guthrie, The Mothers Of Invention,  Frank Zappa, Iggy Pop, Tim Rose, Edwin Star,r Eric Burdon, Graham Nash, Argent, Pink Floyd

O’Way on the Trail

19 Thursday May 2011

Posted by Mark in Mark

≈ 19 Comments

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Father O'Way, fiction, humor, humour

Osama Ben Lardin before seals

Hi. Father O’Way here. Just thought I’d let you know that I have had an exclusive interview with , you know, with the chief villain,  Osama Ben Lardin,  who is on holidays in YouBetYaStan. Here’s a transcript.

 FOW: So, Obama, mate, is it okay to call you Barrick?

OBL: My name is Osama, Obama is the president of the United States of America.

FOW: Wow, I love that band, you know, “Lump sits alone in a lonely heart dah dah dah da, yeah, She’s lump, she’s lump she’s in my head. She’s lump, she’s lump,  she might be dead, yeah, dah, dah, dah, da, dah, da”

OBL: No, you fool, my sworn enemy

FOW: Speaking of that, do you think Barry Hall should have stayed with  the Swans?

OBL: Hall and Swans, who are they, just kill.

FOW: Do you think Jamie Soward is the real play maker?

OBL: Just kill them and then find out

FOW: Do you think Shame Worn was fined to much for telling a zarking stupid cricket secretary that he was a zarking stupid cricket secretary?

OBL: Who the zark is Shame Worn I jus wanna kill yeah, man.

FOW: Will Mark Webber be able to repeat the feat of Alan Jones?

OBL: I’m coming to kill you !

FOW: Hand on a minute Ossie, there’s someone at the door

12.3 The Birthday Final

06 Friday May 2011

Posted by Mark in Mark

≈ 11 Comments

Tags

Australia, cricket, Father O'Way, humor, humour, science fiction

Pic by Warrigal

The story so far, Sandy, that’s me, I have to reset the expiry date on Gordon’s One Card. The only place I can do that is at the bottom of a mountain guarded by a blood thirsty war tribe on a distant planet. Sounds fun, not.

The girls are out fighting the Stumponian Battle Fleet while I look for every hiding place I can find. Not into this fighting thing. Alas the S.S. Julian II has been able to beam me down into the room at the bottom of Mount TheKerb that houses the ATM. The bad part is only I could get through and I’ve come face to face with the evil Lord Axelrod the Marauder, who also turns out to have been my brother David in a previous life, being mine. One scary dude let me tell you.

“So Sandy we finally meet” grins Axelrod. Yeah, great. Just what I needed.

“Ur, um, yeah, like, you know, like I have to reset the card er, um, like, you know what I mean Alexrod” I stammer.

“We fight to the death with swords” he reply’s thrusting  the weapon in my direction.

“Hey look, I did that trip with Dad and he didn’t come off to good” I relate, thinking about Lord Deaf Visions untimely death. “Look how about hand paper scissors or draughts, occupational health and safety and all that” I plead.

“You have been sent for the bail as well Sandy” says Alexrod “so we fight to the death”

Zark. Why does everything in space involve a fight. I mean just can’t we all love one another plus I’m a coward and just want to get the zark out of here.

I didn’t last long in the sword fight and in less than a few minutes Alexrod has me pinned in the corner and is about to kill me when the Helvi-bot arrives and kicks Alexrods sword away while simultaneously shooting him in the arm. Who says women can’t multi-task.

I reset the expiry date and pick up the bail while Helvi holds a gun on Alexrod. Wow, you wait till I tell my work buddies. “Waddya do in the holidays Sandy?” they will ask to which I might just say “Oh, held a murderous tribal leader with a gun or two in an intergalactic war where cricket rules”. To which they reply “That Sandy is one crazy dude”.

I examine Alexrods wounds and say “Not to bad, you’ll live”

“Don’t worry Sandy, I’ll be Bach” replies Alexrod.

“No, I think you mean back don’t you?”

Worst Songs Ever

01 Sunday May 2011

Posted by Mark in Bands at the Pig's Arms, Mark

≈ 60 Comments

Tags

music

Following on from one hit wonders here’s a chance to post the worst songs ever. Now we all know that it comes down to taste and there’s no accounting for that so be gentle now.

Cheers

Hung

One Hit Wonders

30 Saturday Apr 2011

Posted by Mark in Bands at the Pig's Arms, Mark

≈ 88 Comments

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music

Picture: Lehan Winifred Ramsay

Hi, Hung here. Lets post our favourite one hit wonders.

Recessional Redux

22 Friday Apr 2011

Posted by Mark in Pig Psalms, Warrigal Mirriyuula

≈ 21 Comments

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fiction, humor, humour, Pig Psalm, Pig's Psalm, Pigs Arms, Poem, Warrigal

Pictures by Warrigal Mirriyuula

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Recessional Redux by Warrigal Mirriyuula

Merve of our hotel, known of old—

Lord of the beer which tastes so fine.

Within whose red brick walls he holds

Dominion over spirit and wine,

Publican host, be with us yet,

Same again mate , lest we forget!

The tumult and the shouting dies

The roadcrew and the bands depart

Still stands Merve with broom in hand,

He sweeps and mumbles, lets go a fart.

Publican host, be with us yet,

Same again mate, lest we forget!

Home called, the punters melt away

The doors are locked, the “useful” paid

And all the beer is pissed away

To empty bladders for another day.

Licensing Sergeant, spare us yet,

Same again mate, lest we forget!

If, drunk with too much Trotters, we loose

Wild tongues that have not Merve in awe

Such bruisings as will turn to puce

Our arses, he’ll kick and say no more.

Publican host, be with us yet,

Same again mate, lest we forget!

Poor battered souls that put their trust

In reeking loo and threadbare carpet

Will all be dust that builds on dust,

So “Staffies” for all Granny, there’s a poppet.

For frantic boasts and foolish words,

Are the staples of life for dear old Merve.

Swingin’Like Tiger Woods

08 Friday Apr 2011

Posted by Mark in Bands at the Pig's Arms, Warrigal Mirriyuula

≈ 16 Comments

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Australia, Barry White, Benny Goodman, Big Bad Voodoo, Billy Field, Brian Setzer Orchestra, Cherry Poppin’ Daddies, Chuck “Wagon” Maultsby and The Wheels, George Melly, humour, Joe Jackson, music, Non Stop Dancers, The Porkers, The Specials, Warrigal

Jumpin’, Jivin’ an’ Swingin’ Like Tiger Woods

By Warrigal Mirriyuula

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qDQpZT3GhDg&feature=related

Duke Ellington It Don’t Mean A Thing

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iP6IUqrFHjw&feature=related

The Ink Spots Java Jive

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e0ffdwBUL78

Mary Ford & Les Paul How High The Moon (“Does that mean 24 tracks?” the host asks innocently. Yes! It Does! This was the first time this was done and it represents a huge leap forward for multi-track recording. The sort of thing you can buy 64 digital tracks of for under two hundred bucks and stick it on your computer these days.)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=027HcOsmsic

Gino Vanelli Jack Miraculous

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uk6fcGL1DI0&feature=fvsr

The Mavericks Tonight The Boogie Let Me Down (Go hard you good thing! Watch the guitarist, and the drummer, oh look, just watch them all! What a band!)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4MfDmu5WB_0&feature=related

Raul Malo A Fool Such As I (Because you simply can’t have too much of a good thing!)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BhJLqeAUcA0&feature=related

Chuck “Wagon” Maultsby and The Wheels My Girlfriend Passed Out In Her Food

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1IqH3uliwJY&playnext=1&list=PL6B48D9D21F287BCA

Cherry Poppin’ Daddies Zoot Suit Riot

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_tYFC4aWyo8

Joe Jackson Jumpin’ Jive (You can hear why FOH guys call the Entertainment Centre the “empty container centre”.)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aHWcN5YxuYc

Brian Setzer Orchestra Jump Jive an’ Wail (This Stray Cat isn’t aging well.)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=62ZSQUyU00s

Benny Goodman Sing Sing Sing

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U7KLA52Xy2g&feature=related

Non Stop Dancers Shake This city (Trivia: Larry Van Kriedt, the tall angular sax player, is the son of Dave Brubeck Quartet saxophonist Dave Van Kriedt.)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1WhhSBgd3KI

The Specials Ghost Town (The Specials go cruising for Caspar in MJ’s Zephyr)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QyCjExc72Xw

Joe Jackson Beat Crazy

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VO-UdXViyo0

Barry White The Time Is Right

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iBBJZDCk6tY

George Melly My Canary’s Got Circles Under His Eyes

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xphZkAiJve0

Big Bad Voodoo Daddy King of Swing

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eETES1xP-IM

Billy Field Bad Habits

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vhtGUt703oA

The Porkers Swingin’ Like Tiger Woods (This Newcastle band should be our house band. Whaddayarekkon?)

Keywords: Chuck “Wagon” Maultsby and The Wheels, Cherry Poppin’ Daddies, Joe Jackson, Brian Setzer Orchestra, Benny Goodman, Non Stop Dancers, The Specials, Barry White, George Melly, Big Bad Voodoo, Billy Field,The Porkers

Tonight The Boogie Let Me Down (Go hard you good thing! Watch the guitarist, and the drummer, oh look, just watch them all! What a band!)

Steeling Dan

22 Tuesday Mar 2011

Posted by Mark in Bands at the Pig's Arms

≈ 30 Comments

Hung the Nightfly

 

Following a big whinge to Warrigal we finally get a best of Steely Dan set, thanks WM from HOO and all the SD fans out there….

 

Hung

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FbMnUcM0qhk

Steely Dan Everything Must Go

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AgVKsjYFCJY

Walter Becker Three Picture Deal

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kZYZfqyiuPY

Ben Folds Five Barrytown

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5hw4BIYh-2s

Rickie Lee Jones Show Biz Kids

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4FvwF78Pr5o

Hoops McCann Band Deacon Blues

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VQ_0ExwbWcE&feature=related

Joe Roccisano Orchestra The Goodbye Look

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zPuhBC48J-k

Steely Dan Things I Miss The Most

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wuafolD-ekE

Skunk Baxter and Joe Walsh Reeling In The Years

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QEVHBFguRsI

Duke Ellington & The Cotton Club Orchestra East St Louis Toodle-Oo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n8-m_tMw36A

Steely Dan Babylon Sistas

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0WxM9IDRDm0

The Minutemen Dr. Wu

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CzaaHwvgee0

Herbie Hancock Your Gold Teeth

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dz1JJ96kmOs

MonocleBarbie Dirty Work

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SbH-Ujd-CMY

Stolen Dan Black Cow

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cJyHHVDcZ_k&feature=fvwrel

Kanye West  Champion Kid Charlemagne Mix

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jtOdtMYXrFg

Steely Dan The Last Mall

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gDvKJTYuR9k

Perri The Caves of Altimira

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uQauU9q50zY

Chick, Donald, Walter & Woodrow I Got The News

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x3nsguaPtfM

The Best Rikki Don’t Lose That Number

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YzfwtX2kgOA&feature=related

Steely Dan Hey Nineteen

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qBruAooXPNU

Donald Fagen New Frontier

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wXhl6UBC95g&feature=fvst

Walter Becker Darkling Down

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bs0CaocFAfs

Steely Dan Lunch With Gina

12.2 The Pigs Arms World Cup Team

14 Monday Mar 2011

Posted by Mark in Mark

≈ 24 Comments

Tags

Ashes, Australia, cricket, Father O'Way, fiction, humor, humour

The Pigs Arms First XI by Warrigal Mirriyuula

Here’s the list of the World Cup Pigs Arms Eleven or so……by Hung One On

At the  rear: Hung One On with unravelling brain, Lehan Winifred Ramsay listening for clues, Atomou gaze firmly fixed to the job at hand, Hadron keeping an eye on each way.

Middle row: Merv, Commander Al Foyle in full uniform, Astyages caped and ready for the next journey, Vectis Lad the old fox, Lord Algernon the ICCB representative, Sandshoe as the capped bear, Bishop Bishop wearing his favourite number 3 T-shirt instead of his lucky Pigs Arms T-shirt [hint hint], Helvi with gun in hand.

Front row: GO the artist droid(just), Warrigal the chief sensor who unfortunately couldn’t bring his head as in was in for maintenance, Michael Jones the publican of the Bats Droppings with a spare skull, Big M with battle axe at hand, Throwdough Haggins , Vivienne with Catherine the central controlling computer in her lap, Voice and Neville the navcom illustrating a star, just in case you didn’t know.

Little did they realise but they had to play a game of cricket against the droids at the local village green.

The Pigs Arms won the toss and batted. Here is the scorecard 50 overs per side.

The Pigs Arms XI

Atomou,  bowled Cassandra for 69

GO the artist droid,  Caught Van Gough bowled Lawrence Hargraves for 78

Hung On One retired hurt for 0

Michael Jones,  Caught Sleeping bowled Over for 10

Vivienne, not out 110 and still raging

Helvi, bowled By  Boredom 1

Neville, caught by Bourbon bowled With Coke 30

Big M, not out 55 however several members of the opposing team are nursing wounds

Lehan caught Holding On Bowled by Tsunamis for 50

Astyages bowled by Harpagus for 15

Vectis Lad, run out by a short half nose photo finish for 25

443 off 50 overs. Droid team declared 0/0 as the bar was opened conveniently by Michael Jones.

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