DOWN The Mall knows even less about the National Rugby League than about the AFL but that doesn’t stop us from spotting brilliance when we see it.
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The coach of a team called The Roosters, Trent Robinson, got in hot water this week when he launched a clearly-worded critique of the referee at the game which they (surprise surprise) lost.
Normally, we’d say: “Diddums”. Monday news is always full of depressive sport coaches offering up such linguistic gems as: The boys let themselves down. They let the team down. They let the sport down.
But this was different. If only for one truly great moment in journalism, when the Sydney Morning Herald article on the critique was headed:
“Roosters coach Trent Robinson’s rant a fine whine, not just a case of sour grapes.”
All over the nation, sub-editors were weeping in envy.
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Sometimes, the headlines are brilliant for the wrong reasons.
The Guardian’s Australian online edition was covering the Manus Island detainees issue, and it seems to be regarded as a matter of life and death to The Guardian.
“Labor MPs reportedly call for Manus Island men to be brought to Australia – live.”
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How are you feeling this morning? A bit older?
Stand by to have that feeling amplified.
Groovin The Moo is on in Bendigo today, and DTM is a fan of the concept of GTM. In the past we’ve had a bit to do with providing late night sausage sizzles for GTM fans as they drift back through the Bendigo railway station in the evening and they’re usually a fun bunch of kids just having a good time.
But it doesn’t help those of us worried about aging, as we watch mobs of party fans wearing animal onesies or who are clearly unable to afford much clothing.
Here’s a way to test your hip-hop hipster happiness. This is the list of bands performing.
Jarryd James, Alison Wonderland, Boo Seeka, Boy & Bear, British India, Client Liaison, Danny Brown (USA), Drapht, DZ Deathrays, Emma Louise, Golden Features, Harts, Illy, In Hearts Wake, MS MR (USA), Ngaiire, Odesza (USA), Ratatat (USA), Remi, The Rubens, SAFIA, Twenty One Pilots (USA), Vallis Alps.
Sadly, Mutemath and Vic Mensa couldn’t make it.
Any recognition? Nothing? Not in your CD cabinet? Congratulations. You are now officially old.
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To prove the ageing point, we note that the 2007 GTM line up included:
Silverchair, The Black Keys, Hilltop Hoods, John Butler Trio and You Am I.
Yep, got some of them on the shelf.
