The Life and Times of Peter Green
updated 4 February 2026
 "The Soho Punk Art TV #5. THE BATMAN". |
January 19thMidnight my furry alarm clock jumps up on me and wakes me up at 7.00. So she let me sleep in for 30 minutes. She loves climbing on us and driving us crazy in the morning.I call into the lookout and the Scottish council guy is there. I've cleaned up loads off micro plastic so I leave him to finish with the general litter, not much at all. I'm sipping my coffee and Sue with Soda arrive. Soda is insanely fluffy. We are joined by Ian and a few other regulars which is great. We talk about world events and some local gossip. Time to head home but I buy us some salad rolls for lunch. We hit the art area and photograph some items for the Crowded House, Split Enz and Skyhooks archives. Mark spends the day scanning Bongos negs. Some excitement as we, ok HE discovers some cool backstage shots from the Hooks Living in the 70's aussie tour. I put up some Enz posts on social media -scatter some images and Gregs "shacket" (shirt jacket) from 1978 Skyhooks. I tell Mark that shacket is indeed a real word. I used it once when I played Scrabble with Neil and Sharon Finn. Home made Pizza for dinner. A real chilled out day. January 20thI bring the Soho Punk Art TV home today , so I can gut it and work on a new creation for the Book Cave at the charity. Maybe I need to change it to Bat Cave as the next TV installation is going to be "The Batman". This is the fifth installation now. The poor old punk TV has so many layers of paint and glitter.I grab a big box of plastic gloves out of my disaster storage box as the Food Bank has ran out , so this should help them. January 21stMy day starts off great, a free Pie at Olinda bakery. It will be all down hill after that-NO! Stay positive Peter, it will be a great day.We donate some $$ to the Go Fund me for Skyhook Tonys brother who lost everything in the recent fires. It's not heaps but it all adds up. Sad to hear Patsy King died. Age 95. We loved her as governor Erica Davidson on tv show Prisoner. When we first arrived in Melbourne, the first tran we jump on near our flat at Toorak, well Patsy/Erica was on the Tram. We were Prisoner fan boy excited. "Maybe she's catching the tram to Wentworth" says Marky. January 22ndA nice cool morning but a heatwave on the way. I work out a few ideas around the next Art Tv installation while I sip my coffee at the Garden Cafe. It's complicated fitting everything inside a small TV.Charity is fun again, such a nice crew. My boss gives me a Bowie lightening bolt ring. Diamantés. OK I paid $2 so not free, which is good as the charity should get something. It's awkward on my finger and will catch on everything but I love it. Ziggy played guitarrrrrrrr! Good grief the Nationals and Liberals are splitting again. Well played PM Albo. All the Libs and Nats had to do was vote separately. They've done it before in 2008 when Labor put forward a bill to deregulate the wheat market. But no, too much ego. I dare say this is the end of the Liberals for sure. Pass the popcorn. KAPUT! The heat has descended. I have the arctic breeze on, and JJJ Australian Music show playing. George Alice with "SOS" I kind of like. Not much else. January 23rdWe allowed several weeks but it only took 2 hours for our Bongo Celebration to sell out at Archies Creek. Impressive because it is so far to travel. Our mate Jeff Jenkins pens an article in The Music , so suddenly our IN box is full of messages. Fives times as many emails as tickets available. Going to be a crazy few weeks. The little press release I pen is the right balance and I hear it mentioned on radio a few times too.I'm driving home from my coffee break and spot John by his road, so I turn the car around and drive him to Olinda so he doesn't have to get the bus, my good deed for the day. John and his boyfriend have stopped and picked me sip when my car was at the mechanics. Nice to return the favour. January 24thI'm not sure what's happening with the Crowded House documentary , I haven't heard from Richard Lowenstein for months so I've stopped creating our lend list, from the archives, till someone gets in contact. Maybe it's in go slow mode?A glorious Saturday but the afternoon weather is going to heat up. I'm in the art room, continuing on THE BATMAN set for the Soho Punk Art Tv - number five. In the afternoon I venture onto the decking and paint up some destroyed buildings for it. They dry so quickly in the sun. I see Jeffs article on the Bongo Celebration peaks at Number 2 trending music article. Maybe it went to #1 that night but I never noticed. That is great though. I chat to Bob Spencer and Fred Imants from the Hooks. Nice to be in contact with them. Good blokes. Archies Creek pop up the Sold Out image on their page. They add a waiting list for any spare tickets that are returned. January 25thHappy Birthday to Malcolm Green of Split Enz fame, he turns 73. Those Enz boys are aging fast. Even youngster Neil Finn is edging close to 70.Smoke from the Otways fire covers parts of Mt Dandenong, so some of the new residents up here start to panic and call the CFA. They get so many panic calls. People just need to have their apps on their phones active and know the different fire alarms at the oval. We keep Midnight inside in case we have to evacuate. Mark hates Summer, he seems more fearful of fire these days, I'm respectful of it , I worry more about windy days, the wind makes fire situation ten times worse. January 26thPublic Holiday. I celebrate this brilliant country every day, I certainly don't need just one day to wave a "made in china" aussie flag. I wish everyone a Happy Willem Janszoon Day just to confuse them. How come Aussie schools don't treach kids about amazing Willem.The March for Australia in Melbourne is a flop, just on 200 people turn up. I'm kind of revolted that One Nation are up on the same stage as Neo Nazi's. I remember seeing the sadness in the old man waving an aussie flag, maybe he is a digger. Imagine what it is like for our diggers seeing ON people waving aussie flag cheering on FUCKING Nazi's. Pauline Hanson doesn't call them out in this, typical, she is gutless wonder. Fuck her and her brain dead political party. Yes it does make me angry. I hate Nazi's. We watch our usual Don's Party. We love that aussie movie and we watch it every 26th. January 27thHot! 46 so around 105. I do go into the charity , get some work done but leave after lunch, I don't want Mark and Midnight up on the mountain alone during such days . Mark doesn't drive so if a fire broke out he'd have to rely on neighbours. It's good to be home and on alert. Thankfully, apart from stinking heat , nothing else happens, no alarms. It is very quiet, I think the residents of Kalorama have all gone off mountain.Oh I did install THE BATMAN at charity today, three different people tried to buy out. Nice reaction from my Book Cave geeks and cool punk shoppers. January 28thMarky's You Tube Wednesday. Some really rare sounding Tim Finn (Audio). Mark spoils everyone with two songs. NOT EVEN CLOSE and PERSUASION. Live at The Continental at Prahran. June 3rd 1999. Check this one out and thank you Marky.We watch The Empty Beach . An aussie thriller mystery, starring Bryan Brown. Set at Bondi beach , filmed in 1985. Title song by Cold Chisels Don Walker, sung by Dragons March Hunter-and it is truly woeful, bad song and a rather terrible movie. January 29thTrump threatens Iran with "major destruction" , as a US Fleet arrives in the Gulf…and so it begins?Renewable energy supplied more power than fossil fuels across Australia, once again. Rooftop solar supplied an average of 4407 megawatts during the quarter-a record amount. Renewable energy delivered 51% of overall supply. We surprise our workmate Kristina with a Birthday cake and singing today. I find this cool faux Fox tail as her present and she loves it and wears it around the store all day. A fun afternoon, everyone in fine form. January 30thI head into the charity for an extra day. It's a sad start as I'm in the Woolworths car park and the Police arrive. They cover over what looks like a dead body. So rare we see such things ,i felt sad for the person.I work the day away, and everyone is happy. I have almost caught up with all the stock. The Book Cave gets the first part of a make over next week. It's a big effort but the final results should be great. January 31stIt seems insane that this month is now over.I organise a few supplies for the Evac Centre. Just some bits and pieces that are always "much needed". Thankfully the weather has improved, maybe some rain tonight, lets hope it hits the Otways fire area. I talk to some of my local CFA people, one of the two Kalorama trucks are heading on down to assist. True heroes. The Melania movie is a flop in Australia. Less than 50 tickets sold around the country on opening day. But Oz was beaten by London where ONE ticket sold during the day. How funny. One has to laugh, I think the movie cost $40 million to make. On that joyous note….. Keep fighting the good fight. Good on you Hoodoo Gurus too. Love PG |
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