Play Nice Random Chat Thread VI

[Hojuman]

Oh s**t...

Went to a traditional funeral service down at Framlingham for a young indigenous girl many years ago. Had to get permission from Uncle Banjo to enter and it was by a beautiful little river in the bush.
Music provided by Archie, Ruby & Shane Howard.

Magic.

 

[ferball]

LOL - I did security for him once.

It was in Lismore during Naidoc week or the fisrt ever reconcilliation week or something. Decades ago, in the late 90s. They'd played just after Butterboy record came out.

After the gig and everyone in the place wanted to meet Archie and Ruby and shake their hand and what not. And he's a .... well was a shy fella, really. It was hectic hey cos we had to be friendly and really cool but still not let anyone in. It was incredible how much people loved him. Lismore is in Bundjalung country and that night during the gig a Bundjalung Elder came out and said "we claim Archie as one of us up here even tho he was born down south" and recited his lineage and even Archie was a little shocked at how well they knew it.

It was really hopeful time back then. Its hard to put a finger on it but I think we've lost something since.

I never knew him that well, just from around a bit in Melbourne and I'd see him ever now and then, up here or even at the airport (where he had to go do some record business and turned down an invite to go get on it.) A mate of mine made him a bong once. It was two feet tall made of this beautiful ornate jar and some plastic piping that he painted with this incredible desert scene. Archie not being from the desert but that didn't matter. That was before he'd even put out a record. He still remembered it years later whenever we'd catch up. Even years after he stopped choofing (afaik anyway).

There was something about him, he'd done it hard yet still never stopped trying to be the best he could and bring the best he could out of the people around him. And I know he was tough and could fight okay but after the 90s he always had the most gentle presence.

RIP

 

[ferball]

 

[Hojuman]

Bunnings ?

 

[gokangas]

Bunnings ?

Year 11 STEM class at just about any good school.

 

[Kangaroos4eva]

Some astonishing photos:

Russia's military suffers heavy toll from its Ukraine invasion | Reuters.com

A service member of pro-Russian troops sits next to a body of a serviceman killed during fighting in the city of Mariupol, Ukraine, March 31. REUTERS/Chingis Kondarov

mobile.reuters.com

 

[koshari]

give the man in the teal shirt a victoria cross right now and he bravely uses young terrified girl as a human shield.

 

[HELLSBELLS]

Fellow Shinboners,

Mates son Morgs is trying to fund a trip to Tennant Creek to run a football tournament for indigenous kids.
Morgs is a great kid doing great things.

Any donation would be appreciated

Donate to Barkly Region Community Outreach, organized by Morgan Cutler

Hello my name is Morgan. I am a student in the Collingwood Magpies Sport and Business P… Morgan Cutler needs your support for Barkly Region Community Outreach

www.gofundme.com

 

[archereleven]

Archie Roach has passed away in Warnambool [emoji852]

Saw him in Broome a few years back, great story teller...

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[bennymate]

Look at the little ****er go!

 

[Val Keating]

Listening to the audiobook “the gulag archipelago” at the moment. Absolutely brutal

 

[bengrina]

Listening to the audiobook “the gulag archipelago” at the moment. Absolutely brutal

Will have to check it out.

Damage Done is also a great read. About an aussie that gets caught trafficking heroin back in the 70's or 80's and spends 10 years in the Bangkok Hilton

 

[blackshadow]

Listening to the audiobook “the gulag archipelago” at the moment. Absolutely brutal

Solzhenitsyn was an absolutely amazing writer. What happened to him was chilling and he somehow managed to get it onto the page and convey it to the reader.
I've never got into audio books. Always preferred books or kindle.

Will have to check it out.

Damage Done is also a great read. About an aussie that gets caught trafficking heroin back in the 70's or 80's and spends 10 years in the Bangkok Hilton

Sounds interesting.

Have you read Shantaram?

 

[bengrina]

Solzhenitsyn was an absolutely amazing writer. What happened to him was chilling and he somehow managed to get it onto the page and convey it to the reader.
I've never got into audio books. Always preferred books or kindle.

Sounds interesting.

Have you read Shantaram?

will add to list

 

[Hojuman]

Listening to the audiobook “the gulag archipelago” at the moment. Absolutely brutal

Yr.11 reading list at school in the 70's.

 

[Massive Unit]

Sounds interesting.

Have you read Shantaram?

This one was recommended to me recently by a work colleague

 

[blackshadow]

This one was recommended to me recently by a work colleague

Written by an Aussie, loosely autobiographical, escapes from Pentridge and flees to India.

 

[bengrina]

Has anyone seen Better Call Saul? I was a huge fan of Breaking Bad and watched the first 3 seasons of BCS but it was just too slow. I've heard it gets really good from season 4 onwards?

 

[Val Keating]

Yr.11 reading list at school in the 70's.

All 3 books or the abridged version?

Was compulsory reading in Russian schools after the soviets collapsed, unfortunately the author passed away before that happened.

 

[Hojuman]

All 3 books or the abridged version?

Was compulsory reading in Russian schools after the soviets collapsed, unfortunately the author passed away before that happened.

Abridged.

 

[Val Keating]

Abridged.

We had to read the crucible. Would have much rather have read The Gulag archipelago, though at that age I probably wouldn’t have cared to read it anyway.

I was too much of a smart arse looking for a laugh. Just like how we had to describe why the character in the crucible stretched his arms out when he was being tried, I knew the answer was that he was doing it to represent Jesus on the cross, I said that he put his arms out to say “what the **** bro” got a few cheep laughs and some detentions…that I never turned up for. Jeez I was such a little prick.

 

[Val Keating]

Solzhenitsyn was an absolutely amazing writer. What happened to him was chilling and he somehow managed to get it onto the page and convey it to the reader.
I've never got into audio books. Always preferred books or kindle.

Sounds interesting.

Have you read Shantaram?

I listen to audiobooks while working on my own or driving, or working on the house. Makes boring tasks so much better. Sometimes I’ll look for things to do just so I can listen.

 

[Val Keating]

Will have to check it out.

Damage Done is also a great read. About an aussie that gets caught trafficking heroin back in the 70's or 80's and spends 10 years in the Bangkok Hilton

It’s basically a cautionary tale about a captured society, some would say mass hypnosis. People that think they’re doing something for the greater good are capable of extreme evil because they can tell themselves that they’re serving a greater purpose.

It’s really chilling because you can see how society can be captured like that.

 

[ferball]

It’s basically a cautionary tale about a captured society, some would say mass hypnosis. People that think they’re doing something for the greater good are capable of extreme evil because they can tell themselves that they’re serving a greater purpose.

It’s really chilling because you can see how society can be captured like that.

Darkness at Noon is good like that too.

 

[Val Keating]

Darkness at Noon is good like that too.

What’s that about?