The Life and Times of Peter Green
updated 29 July 2026
 Hey Mick, "Foreign Tongues" is #1 in Melbourne. |
July 6thA rather restless night and wake to find the East Lawn frozen. It must of been cold. The blades of grass are all standing on end like some frozen punk rockers hairdo! The Sun is out but no warmth, which makes me feel even colder. Normally I am ok with Winter but when we get near the halfway mark I tend to get a bit over it and dream about heading to Magnetic. I will hold that thought as long as I can and we can escape in a few months.Happy Birthday to Sue. We give her a call and yes we sing. We always sing in the most extreme voices that we can. Yes Mark and myself are still 14 year old boys, so friggin' childish. I grab Marky and we head to Olinda Bakery for a bit of a project think tank. I have an idea for a piece of the next documentary and Mark just rolls his eyes, the Producer in him lets me get away with almost every thing I want. It's cool and no I am not saying, not even to you guys. It's way too soon. July 7thIt has been one of those moments where it was hard to focus on the F/16 diary. Just a long list of things to do so I have stopped and started so more than likely this one will be late or a three week release. I have been so good lately, well and truly onto it. Oh well after thirty years I guess I can occasionally take my time.You can tell Winter has set in, the fog is so thick, I could only do 20kms to head off mountain today. Some Wallabys were feeding by the side of the road so I snail drove past and waved. They looked up and continued grazing, I was no threat. The newly expanded Angliss Hospital near the mountain opens in a week. I like that the state government focuses on health. We are this aging population , we will need it down the track. Mark makes some of his amazing sausage rolls, so filling, they will do us for dinner. July 8thThe Internet is down, it is the end of the world as we know it. Good, we can all do with some time away from the Net.Markys Youtube Wednesday video , "I Got You" from the ENZ NYE Auckland millennium gig. It hits its target number within an hour. Has 1400 people enjoying it already. A few new faces at Food Bank and some more volunteers, we are a well oiled machine now. Feeding the Hills and happy to do so. We light our first fire for Winter tonight. Midnight curls up in front, very homely. It's really nice, the lounge room is so snug. Thank you Mark for getting all the wood and lighting it up. July 9thI grab some fuel on the way to charity and cool, double Qantas points. It all trickles into my account. I'm sure they are worth about 2 cents each.So strange, Bon Scott from AC/DC would have turned 80 today. I imagine what he would be like and it just makes me laugh. I play "Dirty Deeds..." while I am working in the office. So glad we saw AC/DC with Bon at Wollongong when we were mere teenagers. A great show and this huge insane street riot afterwards. If it's not Bon, it's not on. The US military launches even more strikes against Iran. Trumps peace plan absolute bullshit. How many innocent people will die during this rubbish. July 10thMums back in hospital and has been for a few days. The joys of old age. Thank god my sister lives nearby.Derryn Hinch and Bonnie Tyler die. It happens in threes, awaiting one more death today, hope it isn't us? I have some sort of annoying sore throat again, probably from someone coughing at the charity or Food Bank. It will disappear but it is annoying. No good deed goes unpunished. Our Skyhooks Facebook page, almost at 22,000 followers, so that is cool. July 11thI do some yard work on this grey Saturday. Trim a cracked tree branch near the main foundation and fill the green in. I head up to the garage and chop some wood outside for our nightly fire. My arm muscles are enjoying it. The wood splitter for the tougher bits. Chop! Chop! Chop!July 12thThe Kalorama sniffles have nearly departed. Bombard myself with liquid vitamin C.I'm reading a book on the artist Banksy , it's a lightweight read so I've almost finished it in one day. I like his stuff. There was a Banksy original on the wall at Greville street. I always wondered when Robin (Banksy's real name) was in town, he had a family connection with Australia so that would be when I guess. July 13thSam Neill dies, age 78. I write a small piece and it seems to go everywhere in social media. Loads of nice comments and messages. Sad, as he was a really decent genuine human.I think Andy White arrives home today, will let him recover and contact me when he wants. July 14thSad to see the wildfires rage across Ontario Canada. Trying not to think about how many animals died.Mum has discovered the joys of pumpkin soup while in hospital. She sounds ok, about to be given her own private room so that is good. I keep looking at our main guest room here at the Kalorama house. We do a bit of filming in the room, but I think I'm going to suggest to Mark that we make it a full studio for video and photos. Which means a big shake up and moving everything, including the Queen size bed. I'll let the idea germinate for a bit. July 15thFood Bank today and some new faces. We have a great bunch of volunteers and get the job done.Markys YouTube Wednesday - that fabulous Neil Finn with a live video of Rest Of The Day Off. This is from Chapel off Chapel at Prahran. January 21st 2001. Just around the corner from the 55 Greville street house. Our beloved Hairball the cat was dying that night- so we stayed at home, rather heart broken . Anyway it's a really cool song. So please check it out. Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ar0I3iNbtJA ALONE (Australia) returns tonight so we enjoy that. Sizing up the various people. Set in Sapmi-Finland . Hope it's a good season. July 16thMadonna debuts at #1 on the Aussie charts, will the Rolling Stones bump her off next week?I get up early and drive to JB HI FI and buy Mark the new Stones record "Foreign Tongues". I do spoil him. I like some of the songs, it's a 7/10. A part of me loves the idea that an ancient beast like the Stones can still go top ten all of these years later. I arrive at charity and my boss lets me play the album while I work so that's really cool. I tell her I get more done and that's my lie...sorry story and I'm sticking to it. July 17thI hear Van Morrisons song on Hills radio 99FM. "Reminds me of you". I think I want that one on my funeral music list.Brilliant to see the Numbat population on the rise and off the extinction list. From late 70's where around 300 existed to around 3000 now. Such a cool aussie marsupial. July 18thPlay School aired on the ABC , 60 years ago today.I chat to the film crew at Olinda, they are filming the last few days of the Horror Movie up here on Mt D. The weather is miserable so perfect for it. I start watching Markys amazing Bluray gift of The Vampire Lestat and LOVE it. Majestic vampiric brilliant. Great present thank you Mark. Stones album debuts at #1 in the UK. #2 here in Australia but #1 in Victoria and NSW. July 19th"As I sit here fondling my words, looking for something to write" as my dear friend Lestat once said.... Yes dear reader the diary is late, a 3 week version, good to give poor Deb some time off from my ramblings. I just do not know what to write about. It trickles out. [editor's note: every three weeks is a nice cadence too!]Speaking of Lestat , we are loving the 2nd season of Interview with the Vampire....The Vampire Lestat. The rock n roll life style captured to a tee - and what a gorgeous rock god Lestat is and nutty as a fruit cake. The songs created for the season are pretty good , the right riffs ripped off. Though 7 episodes just isn't enough. Mark puts up a Sunday video on our Youtube channel. When Skyhooks ended, drummer Fred Imants Strauks joined another one of our favourite aussie bands- The Sports. This interview on Sounds also has Martin from the band- so both of them chatting to Donny Sutherland. Mark cut the ending as Donny runs off the set "I really must go..!". We never knew why and if we left it everyone would ask us. Anyway it's from 1981 - an interesting little interview. You can enjoy it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nl3wqft7RvE July 20thSo I have kept it rather quiet but my knee and part of my leg has been aching. I can't recall injuring it, so thought I'd better book in the doctor just to be on the safe side. All of those flights from touring and adventures, hoping it isn't Thrombosis. I always did exercises on the plane. Calf raises, Foot pumps etc.A new movie- "Penny Lane Is Dead" looks fun. Gory horror movie with a bit of queer love thrown in for good measure. July 21stA stunning sunrise, almost apocalyptic - spread across the early morning sky. I utter a big sigh when I see it.Happy Birthday to our good mate Trudi. She is away holidaying at some sunny location, half her luck. Today is grey and wintry cold outside. Even the regular flow of donations at the charity has slowed to a trickle, no one wants to come out in this weather. July 22ndSo I go to my second Dr at Montrose and he wants me to go to hospital today. Just for an ultrasound and an X-ray on my leg. I can tell he thinks thrombosis. I find a vacancy at Box Hill and leave the Dr's straight away.I pull into the hospital car park and an instant parking spot- a good omen. The staff at the medical X-ray are incredible. They are churning the people through , 20 minutes was my wait and my ultrasound person is Maddie (yes same name as my niece) and she is great. I can tell she is exceptional in her field. I'm wearing tight cords so strip to my underpants as I know she's seen it all before. We get along and she says "I'll give you the rock star treatment". I start laughing. "Are you a rockstar?" she jokingly asks. "No I only work for them" I chuckle. She asks if I want to see the inside of my Calf etc. She says most people don't want to, but I really DO. It is amazing , several screens multiple scans. Soon after she tells me she is very happy, no sign of thrombosis. They can fit me in for the X-ray , so I wait another 20 minutes and another excellent staff member looks after me. The lady at the desks has me booked in for an ultrasound of my knee next week. I head off to pay and nope, all covered by Medicare. Amazing. The entire cost of the Dr, Ultrasound and X-ray. $27.00. America would kill to have such an awesome medical system as ours. In fact my parking (which was $17) was almost the most expensive thing. Thank you Box Hill hospital. July 23rdI am heading to charity early in the morning, the sun just coming up and Mountain Radio is playing The Rolling Stones new song "In The Stars" next it is followed by AC/DC's Riff Raff. They both sound great on radio. Nice driving music for me.I shout myself a present, my Crosfill shirt from the States. Yeti/Aliens. Too hard to explain but it is very cool, even though I am shafted with their exchange rate. July 24thThe Stones #1 on Americas rock album chart. Still in the top ten in Australia and so many other countries around the world. So weird that they are not touring to promote it, something feels like it is wrong, and it's not Ronnie Woods as he has some solo shows happening.We are spending most of our time converting the spare bedroom into our film/photo studio. I thought "Tin Star Studios" could be a cool name. What do you think? Mark likes it as well. We move stuff all day, clean, carry lighting rigs and black backing. Midnight is site manager. Intrigued with everything we do. I found a cute old teddy bear under the bed and throw it on my bed. Later I find Midnight asleep cuddled up next to it with her cat paw around Teddy. Way too cute. I buy us some Indian for dinner, too worn out to cook. July 25thLots of wood cutting today, the last of it for our Winter fires. We think we will run out before Winter ends. We have full heating in the house but nothing beats a fire.I notice our Crowded House - Live "Don't Dream It's Over" from the fake Rockarena new years eve show is 3000 views from hitting One Million. So I spend the next 3 days pushing it and the fans respond. This will be our first Million views of our 885 clips. I am determined to get it to 1 million by midnight on Sunday. Mum is still in hospital, I haven't told her or Sis about my knee & leg , don't want them worrying, they have enough on their plate. July 26thIt would have been our Skyhooks guitarist Bob Starkies 74th birthday today (well kind of, his birthdate is "complicated"). We miss him so much. Absolute shit that he died.I have been buying lots of July birthday presents so when our power bill arrives, I avoid opening it for a few days. I have been using the clothes dryer a lot during this wet weather, so expecting a high bill. Imagine my surprise when I open it and it is $58 for three months! Between the solar panels and a GST rebate etc it just bumped the bill down. The power bill for the office is $1.68 in credit. This is fantastic. I hear from Nigel Griggs today, email, and will have to catch up with him soon. Good that he checks in every day. July 27thThe sun shines down on me while I am sipping my coffee at the bakery. Richard turns up with adorable dog Pepsi and we all sit together and enjoy the sunshine.I buy Mark his Birthday cake - another birthday for my best friend- I just love him so much. You'd think after all this time we'd be well & truly over each other, but not true, quite the opposite, which is nice. He is spoilt with messages and presents. A great birthday. When I check our YouTube page I see that "Don't Dream It's Over" (Live) had its millionth view at midnight last night. So thanks everyone - that is so cool. Don't forget to check out all of the other amazing video clips on our page. So another diary has come to an end, I can stop fondling my words now. (LOL). Love PG |
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