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Tuesday, 11 October 2005
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Sunday found me at the Beer Garden at The Brickworks Market, to see Steve Gower.
I usually go to the Bacchus Wine Bar at Henley Square, but I'm not that fond of the band that was on.
I remember Steve Gower as a student at Salisbury TAFE,
around the time I started teaching there part time. He had a rhythm
& blues/rockabilly thing happening which was infectious and
swinging.
Here, he was playing solo. He was excellent, playing (mostly) acoustic
guitar, sometimes resonator guitar, one of the best sounding stomp
boxes I've ever heard, and was singing beautifully.
He knew that he knew me from somewhere, so he came to talk to me. When I told him that it was through TAFE,
he said, no it wasn't that, but that he used to come to see me playing
at Little Moby's, 16 years ago! I was amazed that he remembered that!
The band was a kind of acoustic pop trio with Rodney Wade (Harpo), John
Bienvenue, and me. Coincidentally, Little Moby's is the place that is
now Bacchus. I think the same woman still owns it. Naturally she is the mother of an ex-student of mine from Henley High School!
I'll definitely see him again, but maybe not at this venue. On a cold evening, it is very uncomfortable.
6:17:15 PM 
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Home after gig at 2.30 or so,
feeling pretty buzzed about how it went, I watched videos until 4.30.
Woke at 10.00, pottered around, spent the day and the night home alone.
Normally I love being alone, but, maybe because of the post-gig flat, I
was feeling a little lonely and pensive.
Oh well.
Reflecting on the gig, I still feel really good about it artistically, and technically.
What the band needs is the momentum of regular gigs - not too often;
the stuff's just too difficult - but regularly enough to build the
audience.
4:43:44 PM
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Grammy Award-winning singer and Grease star Olivia Newton-John is still
holding out hope that her missing boyfriend will be found.
Hadn't heard anything about this story for ages!
The bloke's been missing since June.
[ABC News: Entertainment (with Mpeg1)]
4:17:40 PM
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