The Life and Times of Peter Green
updated 8 September 2026
 Tony Williams rather awesome water colour of my Grandfathers house at Wollongong. |
August 24thA nice morning chat with young Charlie girl. She's still super perky, she was one of the bakery girls. She is fun, we like fun.I do my washing, oh domestic bliss. I talk to Nigel Griggs about a photo idea, and he agrees to it so we will take some action around this over the next week or so. It will be fun. August 25thI will be glad when Winter has departed, I usually can face it but we held off on escaping this year so Winter feels endless. Even Ailsa Craig's house bones are cold and things seem more wet. Drying pyjamas and towels becomes a daily chore. Bring on some sunshine.Markys Youtube Wednesday goes through the roof and we hit our target within a few hours. So thought I'd give one of our slower videos a mention. An Interview with Tim Finn on MTV. Tim needs 351 views to hit the target , so if you the reader can spare a minute , click on the link below - we thank you. Do it for Tim, nag bugger that, do it for US! Ha! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bSIcZu2-G4c August 26thSo my first day at Physio and it's an hour session. Phil is brilliant and he seems very happy with my stretch capability. Very patient and talks me through everything. A nice guy too and I feel I can trust him and he knows what he is doing. It's going to take a little while , it could be a hundred times worse, so I am focused and wanting to repair this. The good thing is that the many tests have shown how lucky I am, ticking so many things off the list and all of them for people "my age". So I'm in pretty good shape.The USA debt has hit $40 TRILLION. The U.S. debt has risen by $16 trillion during Trumps 2 terms. No wonder so many of his business ventures ended in disaster , he is useless. Poor America. Sad news comes in that Dolly Parton has died. Aged 80. This happens in threes... someone else will be in the news no doubt. She was amazing and had a heart the size of Texas, I loved all her charity work . August 27thEarly morning and I take some cans to the recycle machine and usually give the $ direct to Radio RRR. This nice guy rocks up and gives me three huge bags of cans , "use the money for whatever you want". How cool is he. I love the recycle system in Victoria, another success story... and a positive way to start my day.I am still shocked by the Himalayan flooding. What a terrible loss of life. Make some calls and we have medical supplies on the way. They are going into Nepal, I don't trust China with our stock. Making my day even sadder, the news rolls in that Rocky Horror star Tim Curry dies (like Dolly- aged 80). We adore Frank N Furter, so it's going to be Rocky Horror on our screen tonight. What a shit day. I spend most of it talking in my Frank N Furter voice. Several big trees are down on the Tourist rd, so the Police have it blocked off and closed. Thankfully I know my local area and take the fire trail home, which comes out near our house. If ever there is bushfire it's one of our many escapes off the mountain. I guess a fire up here is only a matter of time. August 28thIt's one of those Fridays, "Fiddly Friday" where I have a large page full of annoying little "To Do" things, pretty much all of them that I have been putting off doing. Not that I am being slack, just other things are more of a priority. You know like finding a real space ship, or a Donald Trump Voodoo Doll where the pins actually work! The good things in life. So head down, arse up and get this list ticked off Mr Green. The oddest thing, probably is "Air the chicken suit"!August 29thHappy Birthday to my gorgeous sister Jennifer. Her present arrived on time, and the second present will be next week. I am the first to phone, insanely early. I even beat my Mum, she is nearly always the first.It also means our Skyhooks lead singer Shirl has been gone for 25 years now. That seems so long and so very wrong. An exceptional singer and the most brilliant aussie front man. RIP Shirl. We have dinner at Dudley's tonight, which is rather busy. We head across the road and buy ice creams at the Olinda Fish and Chip shop and head home and just chill out watching documentaries on streaming. August 30thI'm sitting at the bakery sipping my coffee watching the fog roll in. It actually is rolling, it's kind of stunning. I defrost my fingers on the pie oven inside.Mark decides it's time for a Sunday video, and he has found Boom Crash Opera at The Baxter Tavern, that we filmed way back in July 1991. Neither of us can remember the gig which is very strange. So "Talk About It" got picked from the excellent "These Here Are Crazy Times" album. Mr Vallance replaces Richard Pleasance and Spocky tells us that this was the 2nd show with him. So maybe that's why we were at the show , checking out the new line up. It's really worth watching this one, another great aussie band that should have made it overseas. Check out the clip here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J5421yzhF3A August 31stLast day of Winter and it is so nice outside. Maybe we are skipping Spring totally. It's nice to have some warmth on the mountain.A nice message from Aussie music legend Ross Wilson. For those overseas he was in 2 iconic Australian bands- Daddy Cool and Mondo Rock. He also produced the first 3 Skyhooks albums. Anyway he said Yes to being in front of our cameras at Tin Star Studios for the upcoming "Skyhooks 1976" documentary. So we are rather thrilled by that. He is currently holidaying in Greece before heading home for more live shows. It's almost Spring so I have put the Dahlia bulbs in, donated to us by some friends on Ridge Road. I do love my Dahlias. September 1stHappy Birthday to our lovely Laura. I have mailed off a card and present but Aussie Post is so slow up here. It will arrive in 2030.Our Tin Star Studios Facebook page just had its 300th follower. So great that people love what we do. So if you are on FB please follow our page. September 2ndIt's Wednesday so that means Markys YouTube Wednesday. It's a real gem this one. The rarely played "In The Lowlands". This is the first time this song has appeared on our YouTube page and bang! Straight away it gets 1000 views and by the end of the week it hits 2800+. I filmed this at the Royal Court Theatre, Liverpool. The very first time we (well CH) played Liverpool. June 20th 1992 and one of the first times "Lowlands" started the set.Anyway, enjoy it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9a_LYQ-vHIE Happy Birthday to our friend Spock from Boom Crash Opera. Mark and myself have a really nice long chat with him. We are all determined to catch up. My purchase for Tin Star Studios today- 20 clapper boards. Some may say wishful thinking. But each clip or documentary we make, we use a clapper board. It is more of a historical art thing as we really don't use them in a practical sense anymore. I am thinking of covering one of the walls of Tin Star with clapper boards, all individually related to things we have filmed. Our HESSIE (A Tribute To Paul Hester) has climbed past 50,000 views now. It's such a beloved documentary, we are very happy how it turned out. Producer Mark certainly put the hours in on that one. September 3rdMy friend Kris at work surprised me with a gorgeous azure blue Bass guitar today. I love it, so I guess I will have to learn how to play bass now. Luckily Nigel Griggs is only a short drive away if I get stuck or talented Greg Macainsh. I'm wondering if either have the patience to deal with my slow learning capacity around musical instruments. HA! Anyway it is a beautiful kind gift.September 4thI mail the house artwork to my sister. I send it express as I worry Australia Post will crush it or lose it.I get the crew at the Olinda bakery to sign the birthday card for our mate Angus. We all hate him as he is turning 18. So envious.. imagine being 18 again. He's a good guy and 18 is a special birthday so we make the effort. I have a rare second coffee at the bakery after I mail Sis's parcel. Locals Tamara and Rohan drop in and we have a fun chat. Tamara now following Tin Star Studios (we are up to 326 followers so that is exciting). Nice couple. September 5thI wake up very early again so first in at the bakery, grab fresh bread rolls and my coffee. I have my work book with me so do a few drawings for the documentary and some lists of ideas. The brain is ticking away this morning.It is still early so I decide to go off mountain to the charity and give them an hour or so of my time. The Book Cave looks fantastic when I depart, and it's filling up with the Saturday crowd, mostly buying music today. We start watching "Chances" an aussie soap drama from 1991. Horrified by some of the outfits and hairstyles. But that's part of the fun isn't it? Happy Birthday to guitarist Bob Spencer who turns 69. He was the youngest of the Skyhooks, he also played in The Angels. Have a great day Bob. September 6thIt's about 16 weeks till Christmas, isn't that a shock? Strangely enough I have 4 Christmas presents aside already.Lots of wild geese on the side of the road, as I drive through the fog this morning. Loads of them. A fox in Torquay is Victoria's first H5 bird flu mammal death. It's starting to jump species. I make Mark a chocolate cake this afternoon... Tammy Bakers got a lot on her plate!!! He said it's the best one yet. I'm not sure I believe him. Hang in let me see (eats cake while typing) OK it's pretty good. So with a mouthful of cake and a now sticky keyboard I wave goodbye to you all. Be kind to people. xPeter |
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