A poor student working a summer job Stateside in 1989, I paid $500 (just about everything I had) for a pair of tickets for The Who doing Tommy at Radio City Music Hall as they weren’t selling singles, then sold one outside the venue to a tout (sorry) for $300, so worked out $200 for one ticket...
After decades of living, which repetitive things do you find most tedious on a daily basis - teeth cleaning? Flossing? Choosing your underwear for the day? Washing? Dealing with other people? Cooking meals? Your family? Pooping? Going outside? Getting dressed? Commuting? Mindless NSC threads?
Into The Fire by Gregg Hurwitz, the latest in the Orphan X series.
Just finished A Delayed Life by Dita Kraus, the autobiography by the woman The Librarian of Auschwitz was based on.
We’re not exactly a big draw, Aussies in the squad or not. Many football fans in this country have never heard of us, let alone in Oz, plus we’re a Premier League team in name only, whereas many would consider the aforementioned as teams with PL credentials/pedigree.
BBC 6 draws a significant listenership from the USA. No other station needed, unless Shaun Keaveny is on, although thankfully of late he’s been replaced by the excellent Tom Ravenscroft, son of John Peel.
Free snack size Texan bars given out for every song sung.
Free trial size cans of Diet Tizer for anyone in the ESL who stays beyond the 77th minute of any match of their choosing.
Indeed, utter entitled crap people expecting to get served up a footballing masterclass before they’ll deign to open their gob. That said, if we do win another game this season we could dust off an old Goldstone favourite “You’re shit and you know you are...”. Used to love that one., it’s...