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Oooossshh-ah!

A lad at my work took this picture on Monday morning, this truck was seen scudding round the CBD ushering in a cheerful start to the week for the ex-pat community in Sydney. There's slightly less of them here than there are arsed-off Aussies, which made it all the funnier. (click on the pic to get a bigger version, this was taken on the corner of George Street and Bridge Street). The story's on The Current's website here

Big licks & scissor kicks

Went to see Paul Weller at the Enmore Theatre last night and he was stunning. Best gig I've been to in a long time, which ain't saying as much as it used to as I ain't been to tons since Arcade Fire at the same place in January, but he banged out the classics and the gaff was going potty. Played That's Entertainment, Eton Rifles, Shout To The Top and Town Called Malice as well as all the solo staples, of which Whirlpool's End was probably my pick.
Needless to say the place was 80% British lads, and when I say lads obviously I was one of the youngest there. The last time he was in Australia was 23 years ago so there were quite a few Aussies who'd never seen him before. As an experience of British culture it was better than going to the football on Saturday, the mighty A-League starting with the 'big' Sydney vs Melbourne clash. Needless to say it was 0-0 and a dire match, but there was a bit of aggro both in and outside the ground before the match, so things are slowly improving! 16,000 ain't a terrible crowd either considering the Swans were playing at home against top of the table Geelong at the same time in the Aussie Rules.

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