A disappointing Sunday

 

I was not able to see the choir this weekend as l wasn't well on Sunday. Disappointing.

See you Wednesday:)

Books, the good and not so good

All sorts of books today:)

Debussy plays Debussy | Clair de Lune (1913)

As some of you may know l am learning the piano.

The student who's lesson is before mine is 10 years old, and, l was told this week that this sweet little girl started piano lessons at age 4. I'm quite a bit older than that. I wish l had started earlier but it's never too late and l love my lessons.

This is the piece l want to be able to play. Debussy was a wonderful composer and Clair de Lune is such  beautiful, almost ethereal music. This rendition is by Debussy himself.

What a treat.

Back to Black review

RTSF 2020 Rock That Swing Ball (Saturday) – Killer Boogie

Love Swing music and swing dancing.

Wiener Philharmoniker Bolero Video

Wiener Philharmoniker - Maurice Ravel - Bolero - Regente Gustavo Dudamel...

I hope you all listen to this until the end.

No Melbourne Arts today; Ravel's Bolero instead.

Maurice Ravel 1875-1937. French composer and pianist. Contemporary, and sometime critic, of Claude Debussy. An intense, sensual piece of music. Absolutely brilliant.

Performance in 2010 by Wiener Philharmoniker (Vienna Philharmonic) Orchestra. This orchestra has been performing since 1842 and this production was lead by Venezuelan Conductor Gustavo Dudamel Ramirez.

Enjoy.

A visit to The Lume

See and listen to my visit to The Lume.

This gallery is a space all of its' own. If you ever visit Melbourne l would recommend a visit to The Lume.

I've been to The Lume

Books and more on Friday

Missing my record player

Friday is changing. 

There will still be books; l won't stop reading.

It's just that l don't always finish the book in time for Friday and there are other things l would like to talk about. So Friday is changing to books and more and today the post is about the more.

I have a very simple record player.

As you can see nothing fancy at all, but, it is mine and l love it.

It's not working at the moment. That makes me sad as l recently bought this beauty.

Nat King Cole had a beautiful voice and was gone much too soon.

Tony Bennett was a wonderful singer too.

 If you're wondering where l bought these records l will tell you, Op Shops. They are usually a few dollars, a bit banged up and may be scratched. The Nat King Cole record doesn't even have a plastic sleeve. It just sits in the cardboard. 

Always check before buying 2nd hand records.

Vinyl has a sound all of its' own. I do play a lot of music through YouTube, especially The Wicked North. For all that l don't know if l will ever completely give up vinyl records. I have maybe 20 or so and they will sit patiently on the table until my player is fixed, which, fingers crossed maybe next week.

How many of you still have a record player? Am l the only one?

Let me know in the comments.

Melbourne Arts 12/04..... video

Melbourne Arts starting 12/04/24.......

 Arts Centre

Frankston Arts Centre

The History of British Rock of the 60's & 70's 13/04 7.30pm

John Stephan: A Salute to Roy Orbison 14/04 2pm

Humans 2.0 By Circa 18/04 7.30pm

artscentre.frankston.vic.gov.au

Kingston Arts Centre

Mordialloc Jazz Orchestra Multiple Dates. Check the website

Temporal Perspective: Pilar De La Torre 20/03-20/04

www.kingstonarts.com.au

Blues Clubs

Hume Blues Club

Thursday nights at the Thornbury Bowls Club, free entry

humebluesclub.com

Music Room

45 Kings 14/04 4pm to late

her.melbourne/musicroom

Way Out West Music Club

Harry Manx 14/04 2pm

wowrootsmusic.com

Open Studio Bar

Friefly Horns - Funk Dance Party 12/04 9pm

Tom Riccioni & Call The Doctor 13/04 5pm

Hornstars 13/04 9pm

To The Ends of the Verse 3rd Tuesday of the month 7.30pm

Sarah De La Cerda & Romy Hernandez 17/04 7.30pm

Willebrant with special guest Hipwell 18/04 7.30pm

www.openstudiobar.com.au

Meat Market

meatmarket.org.au

Jazz Clubs

Paris Cat

** Multiple Acts with tickets selling fast. Please look at the website.

pariscat.com.au

Birds Basement

Songs from Smyrne 13/04 6pm

Paul Williamson & The Jazz Alchemists every Wednesday 7.30pm

Jack Jones 18/04 6pm

birdsbasement.com

Uptown Jazz

Julien Wilson's "One Flight Up" Quartet 12/04 8pm

Craig Fermanis Quartet special guest Carl Mackey 13/04 8pm

uptownjazzcafe.com

The Drunken Poet

Traditional Irish Music every Friday 6pm

David Cosma 12/04 8.30pm

Pat McKernan 13/04 3pm

Adam Waldron Trio 13/04 9pm

Steamboat Whistlers 14/04 4pm

The Drunken Poet Shanty Club 14/04 6.30pm

Julien James plays the songs of Jason Isbell16/04 8pm

Katankin 17/04 8pm

Emily Daye 17/04 9pm

Open Mic Night 18/04 5pm

thedrunkenpoet.com.au

Brunswick Ballroom

Pisco Sour 12/04 8.30pm

Songs for Suzanne - The Music and Poetry of Leonard Cohen 13/04 2pm

Lost Ragas 13/04 8.30pm

Not on Your Rider 18/04 8pm

brunswickballroom.com.au

Folk Clubs

Newport Fiddle & Folk Club 

Newport Bush Orchestra 2nd & 4th Monday 7.30pm

nfc.org.au

Victorian Folk Music Club Inc

vfmc.org.au

New Melbourne Folk Club

instagram

Peninsula Folk Club

1st Sunday of the month at Frankston Bowls Club 5.30pm

peninsulafolkclub.org.au

Theatres

Drum Theatre

Spirit of the ANZAC 18/04 10.30pm

drum.greaterdandenong.vic.gov.au

Bunjil Place

Wendy Matthews & Grace Knight - We're Goings to Graceland 12/047.30pm

A Kind of Hush: The Magic of Karen Carpenter 17/04 7pm

www.bunjilplace.com.au

Regent Theatre

Wicked 02/03 - 02/06

marrinergroup.com.au

Forum

Jason Leong (MICF 2024) 17/04-21/04

Michelle Brasier (MICF 2024) 9.30pm

Rueben Kaye - The Kaye Hole (MICF 2024)

forummelbourne.com.au

Forty Five Downstairs

Chamber Music Festival 12/04-24/04

The Exact Dimensions of Hell 18/04-28/04

fortyfivdownstairs.com

The Butterfly Club

F**K Around and Find Out If It's Any Good (MICF 2024) 12/04 10pm

Karate Man - A Live-Action Video Game (MICF 2024) 15/04 5.30pm

Op Shop 'Till You Drop (MICF 2024) 15/04 5.30pm

Don't Go Jason Waterfalls (MICF 2024) 15/04 7pm

Meaty Sue's Big Farma (MICF 2024) 15/04 7pm

thebutterflyclub.com

Her Majesty's Theatre

Chicago 26/03-26/05

hmt.com.au

ftf  

Athenaeum Theatre

Akmal Red Flags 27/03-21/04

Laurence Mooney 27/03-21/04

Sh!tFaced Shakespeare Macbeth 27/03-21/04

Arj Barker 28/03-21/04

Best of the Edinburgh Fest 28/03-21/04

athenaeumtheatre.com.au

Princess Theatre

Wicked 02/03-30/06

www.marrinergroup.com.au

The Round

2024 Regent Solo Concert 10/04 3pm

DIVA - Queenie Van De Zandt 17/04 11am

The Umbilical Brothers - The Distraction 18/04 8pm

www.theround.com.au

Theatre Companies

Beaumaris Theatre Company

beaumaristheatre.com.au

Phoenix Theatre Company

phoenixtheatrecompany.org

Mordialloc Theatre Company

mordialloctheatre.com

Heidelberg Theatre Company

Berlin 19/04-04/05

www.mtc.org.au

Malvern Theatre Company

malverntheatre.com.au

Essendon Theatre Company

essendontheatrecompany.com.au

Williamstown Musical Theatre Company

www.wmtc.org.au

Altona City Theatre

altonacitytheatre.com.au

Museums

The Johnston Collection

Fit For A King: Vincent Jenden Reimagines The Johnston Collection 28/02-05/08/24

johstoncollection.org

Heide Gallery

Surrealist Lee Miller 04/11-14/04

www.heide.com.au

The Dax Centre

www.daxcentre.org

Hellenic Museum

Visitor Voices: Open Symposium Series 3rd Saturday monthly

www.hellenic.org.au

Gallery Smith

Valerie Sparks Sanctuary 07/03-13/04

Water Sky: Intimate And Distant Landscapes, Sue Lovegrove 07/03-13/04

gallerysmith.com.au

Mornington Peninsula Gallery

New Exuberance 02/03-12/05

Sundance Studio: Taking a thread for a walk 02/03-12/05

New Wave 02/03-12/05

www.mprg.mornpen.vic.gov.au

McCelland Gallery

Music at McClelland 3rd Sunday of the month

mcclelland.orb.au

The Lume

Leonardo da Vinci - 500 Years a Genius 16/03-16/06

thelumemelbourne.com

Melbourne International Comedy Festival

www.comedyfestival.com.au

I Love Paris

Waiting for the show- I Love Paris

A tale of 3 books

Melbourne Arts 06/04.....

 

 Arts Centre

Frankston Arts Centre

The Umbilical Brothers: The Distraction 06/04 8pm

Polite Mammals 07/04  11am & 3pm

The Michael Jackson HIStory Show 07/04 7pm

artscentre.frankston.vic.gov.au

Kingston Arts Centre

Mordialloc Jazz Orchestra Multiple Dates. Check the website

Temporal Perspective: Pilar De La Torre 20/03-20/04

www.kingstonarts.com.au

Blues Clubs

Hume Blues Club

Thursday nights at the Thornbury Bowls Club, free entry

humebluesclub.com

Birds Basement

Brett Williams & The Harmonix Experience 10/04 7.30pm

Tokyo Groove Jyoshi 11/04-12/04 7.30pm

birdsbasement.com

Way Out West Music Club

wowrootsmusic.com

Meat Market

meatmarket.org.au

Jazz Clubs

Paris Cat

** Multiple Acts with tickets selling fast. Please look at the website.

pariscat.com.au

Uptown Jazz

Ben Vanderwal Quintet-Guitar-mageddon 06/04 8pm

uptownjazzcafe.com

The Drunken Poet

Closed for Easter until 12/04/24

thedrunkenpoet.com.au

Brunswick Ballroom

Brunswick Big Band 06/04 2pm

Zoe Fox and the Rocket Clocks W Druid Fluids ADL and Heavy Amber 06/04 8pm

The Stetson Family The Stars, If You Look Closely Album Launch 07/04 2pm

Tarab Emsemble 10/04 7.30pm

Songs From Smyrne 11/04 7.30pm

brunswickballroom.com.au

Folk Clubs

Newport Fiddle & Folk Club 

Newport Bush Orchestra 2nd & 4th Monday 7.30pm

nfc.org.au

Victorian Folk Music Club Inc

vfmc.org.au

New Melbourne Folk Club

instagram

Peninsula Folk Club

1st Sunday of the month at Frankston Bowls Club 5.30pm

peninsulafolkclub.org.au

Theatres

Drum Theatre

Sibil 2024 Australian Tour 07/04 7pm

drum.greaterdandenong.vic.gov.au

Bunjil Place

the 70s80s90s show 06/04 7.30pm

Wendy Matthews & Grace Knight - We're Goings to Graceland 12/047.30pm

www.bunjilplace.com.au

Regent Theatre

Wicked 02/03 - 02/06

marrinergroup.com.au

Forum

forummelbourne.com.au

Forty Five Downstairs

Secret Place Louise Tyler 26/03-06/04

Sad Stories in Paint Jane Sinclair 26/03-06/04

All Roads Lead to Rome 05/04 7.30pm

Finding Solace in Remote Sands 09/04-20/04

Seeing Light Geoffrey Falk, Andrew Scollo & Sally Vivian 09/04-20/04

Literary Death Match Melbourne 09/047pm

fortyfivdownstairs.com

The Butterfly Club

Suckers 08/04 5.30pm

Motion Sickness 08/04 5.30pm

Digital Footprint 08/04 8.30pm

Neptune Henriksen - Being a Woman F.... 08/04 10pm

thebutterflyclub.com

Her Majesty's Theatre

Chicago 26/03-26/05

hmt.com.au

ftf  

Athenaeum Theatre

Akmal Red Flags 27/03-21/04

Laurence Mooney 27/03-21/04

Sh!tFaced Shakespeare Macbeth 27/03-21/04

Arj Barker 28/03-21/04

Best of the Edinburgh Fest 28/03-21/04

Murray SawChuck 02/04-07/04

athenaeumtheatre.com.au

Princess Theatre

Wicked 02/03-30/06

www.marrinergroup.com.au

The Round

Eastern Starz Solo Competition 06/04-07/04

2024 Regent Solos Concert 10/04 3pm

www.theround.com.au

Theatre Companies

Beaumaris Theatre Company

beaumaristheatre.com.au

Phoenix Theatre Company

phoenixtheatrecompany.org

Mordialloc Theatre Company

mordialloctheatre.com

Heidelberg Theatre Company

www.mtc.org.au

Malvern Theatre Company

malverntheatre.com.au

Essendon Theatre Company

essendontheatrecompany.com.au

Williamstown Musical Theatre Company

www.wmtc.org.au

Altona City Theatre

altonacitytheatre.com.au

Museums

The Johnston Collection

Fit For A King: Vincent Jenden Reimagines The Johnston Collection 28/02-05/08/24

johstoncollection.org

Heide Gallery

Surrealist Lee Miller 04/11-14/04

www.heide.com.au

The Dax Centre

www.daxcentre.org

Hellenic Museum

Visitor Voices: Open Symposium Series 3rd Saturday monthly

www.hellenic.org.au

Gallery Smith

Valerie Sparks Sanctuary 07/03-13/04

Water Sky: Intimate And Distant Landscapes, Sue Lovegrove 07/03-13/04

gallerysmith.com.au

Mornington Peninsula Gallery

New Exuberance 02/03-12/05

Sundance Studio: Taking a thread for a walk 02/03-12/05

New Wave 02/03-12/05

www.mprg.mornpen.vic.gov.au

McCelland Gallery

Music at McClelland 3rd Sunday of the month

mcclelland.orb.au

The Lume

Leonardo da Vinci - 500 Years a Genius 16/03-16/06

thelumemelbourne.com

Film Review - Wicked Little Letters