Lifes Glorious Landmarks

You know, the things that really hit you as core moments in lifes progression. Your first trip to the shops without your mom, your first pint, farting in front of the in-laws, your first gig with the beegees etc. A guy here at work just asked me for mortgage advice! Wow, that really sunk in. Mortgage! Whats next? 

Ah ah ah ah stayin alive, stayin alive.....

Soooooooooooo, I was minding my own business at work, eating an apple, and got booked to do a gig with the Bee Gees. Apparently they are short a viola player. Who isnt? So its on the 11th of November in a stadium with an 40,000 person capacity (seated) and another few thousand standing. With all the amplification and speakers invloved, this will officially be the loudest I will have ever played my viola. Beat that Yuri Bashmet! 

Weekly Rielly Photo

Another image of the worlds most photographed dog. 

Valley of the Giants

Just to give you an idea of the size of the trees in that forrest we went to (see below) here is me INSIDE one of the older ones. 

Im gunning for ya Moby Dick

Here I am on the bow of the whaling vessel in that whaleworld place. These guns were ruthless! The whales didnt have a chance! Grenade mounted at the top, exploded internally, then they pumped air into the carcass so it would float long enough for the ship to drop back its load of whales and come back for that one. Unbelievable cruelty and it only stopped over here in 1987! Unreal. 

Wheres Tarazan?

Here is Mom and me on a gantry suspended 60 feet in the air in a Kauri tree forrest near Albany. These trees were MASSIVE and it was incredible being up in the branches! 

FORE

Here is another one from a few weeks ago. We all went out golfing in Mandurah. Right on the coast. Lovely course. 

Transformers

Not sure if you guys are interested the new transformers film (7th April 2007) but apparrantly this is what Megatron is gonna look like...

Thaar she blows

Here is a picture from a few weeks back that I forgot to post, of Mom, George and a "small" whale skeleton down in whaleworld in Albany, which is an old whaling station. Amazing exhibits and very educational! 

Radio Ga Ga

We were on a local community radio station again last night promoting the band. We played 4 songs and plugged a few of our regular gigs. We were on in the first hour of the show from 9-10 which is available to download from this site in the archive section (for the next week) http://www.radiofremantle.com/archives.htm the show is called "folking around" and we are in part 1. Starts after 30 mins, our best song is on at 48 mins.

Nice radio station, questionable wallpaper though!

Heres the man of the moment, Bill Hale, keeping the show on the road

Here we are after the show, after we signed all the autographs from the thousands of fans we had time for a quick photo. 

Weekly Reilly Gazette

In keeping with tradition of being the worlds most photographed dog, here is Reily on one of her walks last week. The 'burb where we live has a lot of parks nearby so we are never more that 5 mins away from letting her have a real tear around a field chasing sticks. 

Winter.............

Well, its nearly the end of August and so officially winter is over:

http://www.weatherzone.com.au/forecasts/district.jsp?district=W00

Well, with a min of 9 and a max of 26 today, who can argue with that!

Gigwatch

I was doing a gig the other day in a resteraunt/boating club right on (in) the river and these two fellows were hanging around the place. We didnt see them once the gig started (they may have been on the menu for the meal.....)
 

New Playstation Game...

 

Mom In Perth

Hi Guys. Here is mom arriving at teh docks the other day after a tour of the river. She has been having a great time here and she has lots of great photos on her blog: http://suzukipat.blogspot.com/ if you fancy seeing some of the sights of WA. 

Rock’n’Roll lifestyle again!

We are back gigging! We are regulars in 3 bars now. Here is one of our posters from a pub just down the road we played in last Saturday. It all looked a bit rough at the start, but it all turned out great! The crowd was an odd looking bunch but came up trumps! 

No Smoking

Yup, the no smoking regulations have kicked in here, and it seems to be working grand. 

I'm Back

Hi Guys, sorry there has not been an update in a while, I was away on holidays with my mom. We went on a trip around Southern WA for a week. There are plenty photos of what we have been up to on her blog: http://suzukipat.blogspot.com/ if you want to check that out.

It was a fantastic break and as with all holidays it was WAY too short.

Here is a picture of the back window of my car. UP CORK

Whazzzup

Another one from late last night. Last people to leave the bar, and acting accordingly! 

Irish Bar in Perth

Here we are after our gig last night. We played pretty good, got the place hopping, and the management are going to have us on there every week, starting in a few weeks once they give the current band the heave-ho. Woo hoo! 

The Black Velvet Band ride again

We got our first gig in town (finally). All our gigs have been miles away for the last few months. http://www.jboreillys.com.au/ is an Irish bar in Perth that anyone who has passed through here would be familiar with. Its a pretty good place for food and beer (excellent pints of guinness) and tonight, they are featuring the worlds BEST irish band. Us. We are getting a night "on trial", and if it works out they will have us as a weekly group! Fingers crossed!

The Red Cross Package.....

Here it is. The essential supplies for surviving abroad! Chipsticks. The ultimate crisp. Ultimate hangover cure, ultimate snack, ultimate desert, ultimate chips substitute when too rushed between gigs to wait for actual food. As one of the primary food sources, ithas infinite uses!

And the grand facilitators/deliverers of the package, the McCarthy brothers Declan and Sean. Over here for a week of golfing, leisure and booze.

The Ballad of Ricky Bobby

My buddy from college, Trevor Spring (http://www.trevorspring.blogspot.com/) went to see Will Ferrells new film in Texas a few hours ago and got me this signed poster. Its in the post as we speak and will soon be adorning the mantlepiece! 

More Dogbeach Action

In keeping with the trend of having at least 1 photo of Reilly per week on the blog, here is the latest one of us on the dog-beach last weekend. She is getting better at the whole retrieving thing, she now chases after the frisbee/ball/stick that you throw, and pickes it up, but thats where it stops, she doesnt know to return it yet. Actually, she is probably out-thinking me. She knows that if she brings it back, I am only going to throw it away again! Wow, she is so advanced!!!