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Your outside is in when your inside is out
Yesterday I went on a search for echidnas with Zoë and Zac. And wouldn't you believe it, they were all hiding from the strange people who had just flown in from Scotland! Never mind because we saw a quoll!! I've only ever seen one before and that was at dusk so seeing one in the morning was a very welcome surprise. Not to be outdone, late this afternoon in a different area of the park, another cheeky quoll bounced in and out of the bush in front of me for about five minutes. My next trick may be a visit in the dark to see if I can spot a bettong. Night vision equipment may be required.
The Doors - Hello, I Love You - https://youtu.be/mTu1GQSyq4I
You only get a minute, better live while you're in it
So, what does being 55 look like? For me it has meant both refusing to accept that I am getting old and then grudgingly making some concessions. I mean, who knew that if you stood up for over 12 hours a day that eventually your feet would complain? Since I can only sit for a maximum of an hour at a time, this is a problem. Harnessing the power of Al Gore's internet, I used A.I. for good and eventually decided to try compression socks. Winning. I'm not quite ready for a walking frame this week.
Don Henley - The Boys of Summer - https://youtu.be/6RUIeX6UCT8
'Cos I'm just a teenage dirtbag, baby
Can I talk about another album cover this time around? Of course I can, it's my blog. When I started listening to AC/DC, buying an LP was a big deal and a significant investment. After saving and saving, I remember having the $13 needed for a record and heading, with my Mum, to Maxfield's Sports and Records in Moe. What a great place that was. Where else could one buy a football, a bicycle, firearms, and the latest music? My first ten speed bike came from there in 1983. Firearms weren't on my list. I had a couple of AC/DC albums dubbed onto cassette courtesy of DJ DaveDubya but choosing one to own was quite the choice to make. In the end I chose their 1978 live album, If You Want Blood (You've Got It). I was sold by the cover; Angus Young, impaled by his own Gibson SG guitar whilst Bon continues to sing. Later on I'd find out that this was a screengrab from the music video. The other reason I chose a live album, their only one at the time, was to get a solid selection of songs. If You Want Blood didn't disappoint. It's recorded at the Apollo Theatre in Glasgow and is razor focussed with only 10 songs and at 52 minutes long. My only slight annoyance at the time was that the song the album is named after wasn't on there.
AC/DC - Bad Boy Boogie (live 1978, Glasgow) - https://youtu.be/E8-LNg7w2LY
I felt the whole world was so jive
A couple of weeks ago I was searching for a song. Normally, song title and lyrics are the only things I can remember while useful things including what I'm meant to be doing at work need to be written down. This song eluded me for a few days though so I thought that if the internet could help me choose socks then it could definitely find a song. I knew the song was a country tune, sung by a female vocalist, was relatively recent, and was about a town that sounded like Waxahatchee. ChatGPT told me a wide range of songs by the artist Waxahatchee but no matter how I asked or refined the question it couldn't find the song. I gave up and was a bit miffed. A few days later I wondered if Waxahatchee could be spelled differently. It can, and in about 20 seconds using a search engine I was in luck. It's hard to believe that artificial intelligence is so smart but couldn't work out a simple spelling error! Here's the song in question.
Miranda Lambert - Waxahachie - https://youtu.be/KDVeN3aH3kg
The Champs-Élysées is a busy street
In an effort to continue to listen to an ever widening range of music I have tried a lot of different artists and tracks. Last week, after looking at a map, I ended up looking for something from France that I might like. What I came up with was a well known French band with a new album. I listened and I liked it. Later I found out that this is actually an album of other people's songs that they like whereas I had thought it was a few covers and their own work. Not to worry, here's a cool track for you, and I have more to explore as a result.
Matmatah - Tombé pour la France - https://youtu.be/dXt-Ep_n_LI
Please remember, World Wide Woozle playlists are here. The song a day for 2026 is also now available on Tidal. Details at the link.
To those of you who have made it to the end, well done and thank you.
See you next time right here,
The Woozle
"With everything I own upon my back, I carry such a heavy load."
Stevie Wright, Hard Road, 1974.
