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Bands and artists I have seen.....

1973 * Slade, Sydney Showground Ross Ryan Kevin Borich Chain Chariot Railroad Gin John Myall and the Bluesbreakers (John McVie and Mick Taylor) Austentaysus Tim ....  Keystone Angels Billy Thorpe and the Aztecs Angels Cold Chisel Santana Fleetwood Mac Peter Green Roy Buchanan Bob Marley and the Wailers Jackson Browne The Donnas Budgie Lou Reed Hush Finch The Leftards 2026 George Thorogood  Bob Dylan 78  Lindisfarne  1977 * AC/DC, Wollongong Town Hall  1976 * Melanie Safka, Wollongong Town Hall. Status Quo Crosby, Stills and Nash  Kim Wilde 2025 The Sunnyboys   

Holy Spirit revelation 2026

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Holy Spirit: Guests, Hosts & the Holy Ghost 2022 | Revelation 2026 | Tolkien's Holy Spirit 2021 | Tom Bombadil - Evolution 2017 | This really happened ..... During the early morning of Friday, 10 July 2026, the present writer woke with a feeling of happiness and joy, brought about by a realisation concerning the Holy Spirit; namely, that the Holy Spirit had been there all along throughout his life, offering assistance and guidance, through the good, the bad and the ugly. The writer now knew this. It was a profound revelation. But, how did this come to pass? What was the origin and nature of the somebody, or some thing, that had put these realizations and feelings into the writer's consciousness? Was it the actual Holy Spirit communicating with the writer? It could have been, and most probably was, though it was not in the form of a voice being heard; rather, it was a knowing, a feeling, an assuredness that came that morning. And it was as profound as ...

Walking

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Walk, don't run The writer recently came across an interesting YouTube presentation on the dynamics of walking and how it affects every part of the body in a positive way. In fact, it is one of the core actions of human beings alongside breathing, eating and sleeping. The presentation is as follows: Walking is the only exercise your body was designed for , The Feynman Way , 14 March 2026, YouTube, duration: 28.01 minutes. Another presentation from around the same time offered a similar analysis of the importance of walking, outside of the familiar exercise paradigm. The truth about how much you should be walking , the mindbodygreen podcast , 3 May 2026, YouTube, duration: 41.12 minutes. Both these videos are revelatory. Why? Because, like the issue of eating eggs, the public message in recent years around walking has been mixed. The writer had recently seen a YouTube video by a medical physician - real or AI??? - which spoke of the dangers of walking. .... However...

Archives - looking back at being an Archivist 1986 / 2026

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Archives : Archives on the Net | Archiving memory | Business & Labour archiving | Class of '86 | Ephemera In Archives | Grant publication mandates | Looking back... | Heaven, Hell & Canberra | Utopian Cinema - Metropolis | Saving the National Film and Sound Archive of Australia | Streaming the Archive | Surfing the Internet | Contents Introduction Politics & legislation Schellenberg 1954 References -------------- 1. Introduction When, at the end of November 1986, the present writer finished the one-year full-time Postgraduate Diploma in Information Management (Archives Administration) course at the University of New South Wales, Sydney, he walked out feeling like an archivist, ready to take on the task professionally. That feeling has continued to the present day and will be with him to the grave. Such was the influence not only of those presenting the course - Pete Orlovich, Anne Pederson and assistants ...

Dying - thoughts on the process

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Michael Organ & family: A9X | Archives |  Dying | Film | Health | Keith Organ interview 1998 | LPs / Records | Love | Music | Parliament 2002-2004 | Phantasmagoria |  Poems & Songs | Posters | Roma Organ @ St Mary's ( Interview 2019 ) / Interview 1998 / In Memorium | Terry Organ | Uncle Jack Crutchley WWII | Uncle Jack Speirs WWI | Uncle Sonny WWI | Will | 1. Ending of days The writer was faced with personal immortality sometime around the age of 69. Up until that point there was pride in the fact of going to a doctor and the question initially being asked: "What are you on?" to which the response was: "Nothing." That changed early in 2026 when faced with (1) scoliosis of the spine; (2) hernias; (3) high blood pressure; (4) relationship breakdown and stress; (5) isolation and loneliness. All of these combined, with the imminent onset of 70, meant that for the first time, the write...

Greens

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| Greens archive | Senator Kerrie Nettle, Michael Organ MHR and Senator Bob Brown, 23 October 2003 A chronological listing of blogs and other material related to the author's involvement with the Australian Greens on the local, state and federal level over time since 2002. 2002 Nick Brash, Australian Greens Cunningham By-Election , October 2002, YouTube, duration: 19.36 minutes. A Brash Ideas Production, Made in Wollongong, on the occasion of the Cunningham By-Election win by Michael Organ. Features Australian Greens senators Bob Brown and Kerrie Nettle. Some footage relating to the 2004 general election is also included. [Video] Various, Australian Greens Cunningham By-Election , October 2002, duration: 14.23. Various news reportage concerning the the Cunningham By-Election win by Michael Organ. Interviews feature Senator Bob Brown. [Video] [ Australian Federal Parliament - from 19 October 2002] Speeches to the Australian Federal Parliament, Government House,...

Jimi Hendrix Gibson Flying V 1967 copy

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Jimi Hendrix: Catfish Blues | Flying V 1967 | Flying V 1967 copy | Martin Sharp poster | 1. Psychedelic TV studio, Paris, 10 October 1967. One of the most iconic electric guitars from the 1960s is the sunburst metallic finish Sparkling Burgundy (dark brown) Jimi Hendrix 1967 Gibson Flying V known as Love Drops , which he hand-painted during the first week of July of that year and then featured in live gigs and television appearances through to at least February 1968. It has also been noted that the guitar was used for the recording of All Along the Watchtower (February - July 1968), which is undoubtedly Hendrix's finest and best known recording. The guitar was eventually passed on to Mick Cox of Eire Apparent at the beginning of 1969. Cox subsequently had it over-painted in black, before selling it in 1973. Ken Hensley of Uriah Heep was the eventual new owner, though never made aware of its Hendrix connection (McGuinness 2020). In the early 1990s the guitar...