Month: October 2015
Ooh ahh…
After a few hiccups (weather related) the sandblaster has finally landed…
Oh yeah, that’s what we’re talkin’ about.
Henceforth to be referred to as the Lady Abyss, she’s the last of the big ticket items (only mere odds and sods to go.) Time to rock n’roll.
[Big thanks to Shane (Pace Logistics) and Rob (ABSS). n(Ed)]
New Gang member…
The Dark Chook has joined Guard-en gnome Neddie on the nightwatch…
Very, very cute (but does swear a lot!!)
Ooh ahh…
And there was light…
…even the sink’s got an inner glow.
Meanwhile, Megsie’s steaming station’s in place (Studio Bitch is a treasure, we tells ya)…
More excitements on the morrow.
Workshops of the World…
…is a ripper new website that explores workshops/studios across the globe….
Gate 8, Adelaide.
The site (brainchild of the Debster and Christine Cholewa) has only just been floated and is destined to grow like Topsy – it’s a humdinger.
Submissions are welcome, get on board. Check it out here.
Back to the install…
Melbourne notes…
Megsie’s new fave beer (when in Melbs at least)…
…and Sir Galahad found his spiritual home at the Waiters tonight (where Megsie was getting down and nostalgic with Tuppie and Rosco)…
After all these years the Waiters still totally hits the mark – transports you back and gives you a yearning for the 60’s/70’s; you know, for places like the Paradiso in Lygon St. Beyond good. Thank the lordy Pelligrini’s, Don Camillo’s and the Waiters still exist.
Sadly they’d run out of cassata, so Megsie and Tup settled for/split a baci and tartufo (Everest of course, what the hell else is there?) Oh happy days. There is a goddie and sometimes he’s Italian.
What’s trending…
Looks like Poor Toms is going off…
We’re loving that! Hardly surprising, we know, because it’s sooo scrumptious. Just the ticket for our Spring Carnival bevies…
[Thanks, Jac, for the article. n(Ed)]
Granny rehab to date…
For all of you inquiring, Granny’s recovery genes are second to none and she’s doing splendidly. We’ve been quietly enlivening the experience with all the standard treats and doing the rounds of some of our fave cultural hotspots (with Gary and Sir Galahad)…
Other highlights so far: Chick and Cobi’s show at Fehily Contemporary…
(Check out pics from the show, Ascent into Darkness: Culture, faith and ritual: reverence to repulsion, here.)
And then there was Lurid Beauty: Australian Surrealism and its Echoes at the NGV…
Stuart Ringholt, Untitled Baroque
Robert Klippel/James Gleeson, No. 35 Madame Sophie Sesostoris (a pre-raphaelite satire)
Eric Thake, Salvation from the evils of earthly existence, oil on canvas
Rosslynd Piggot, High Bed
Louise Hearman, Untitled #475, #1339, #994(detail), oil on composition board
Vivienne Binns, Untitled (all), blue ballpoint pen
Anne Wallace, Damaged, oil on canvas
Tom Moore, Self-preservation, glass, wood
Greatest Hits, Melbourne (Gavin Bell, Jarrah de Kuijer, Simon McGlinn), Untitled, taxidermied cat, electric components
Megsie’s been catching up with old pals…
(Helen, Julz, Louise)
And Granny had her birthday…
And so it goes.
[We caught up with Andre too, at last – lovely. n(Ed)]
Granny turns 85!!…
It’s Granny’s birthday and she woke to a cracker birthday treat from Phil (courtesy of a Dan Murphy’s bloke at the door.) What a wonderful way to start the day. (Thanks Phil – Granny’s thrilled, and your sister’s not unhappy neither!)
We’re off to Cookie for a birthday lunch (thank’s Minnie for the timely recommendation) and then we’ll just take it from there.
Meanwhile, back at the Hideout, Studio Bitch cracks on with Megsie’s benches…
…bless him.
Prisoners of the Crown 