The Life and Times of Peter Green
updated 10 June 2026
 PG & Ignatius Jones (Jimmy & The Boys) just another night at the Rocky Horror Show. |
May 25thLast show for Split Enz in Adelaide. It all seemed to be over rather quickly. A good reaction to the tour. Still a few things coming up, the book from Noel around the costumes should be great.I drop my mobile into my phone Dr at Monbulk, get rid of the bug that has infected it, I think he will have to wipe the entire thing. So be it. I just want a phone that's a phone, everything else is secondary. Radio is making a bit of big deal that Skyhooks won the Most Popular Aussie band vote. The grand final against Crowded House. Skyhooks at 64%. Crowded House 36%. I have noticed a lot more Skyhooks on radio today. Life in the old girl yet. Congratulations Skyhook fans. May 26thI head off to the charity and it's nice and clear at Kalorama. As soon as I hit the Tourist Road at Montrose it's fog city. So thick and thankfully very few cars. Smart people are sleeping in today, I'm not one of them.I work on a Goth display in my Book Cave area. It looks great. By lunch time people have bought most of the items. Cool we get this funky younger crowd now. My boss Libby has a great eye for items too. All day people tell me how much they love the Book Cave area. Which is really nice. I put out another 100 CD's , I find a Skyhooks "Latest & Greatest" and it sells straight away. OK I shamelessly put it on display. I make home-made Pizza for dinner and we binge out on Fringe. We are late to this series but we waited till we got Amazon Prime. It's really great. May 27thHappy Birthday to Neil Mullane. 68 -the years roll on by- hope it's a good one old friend. I send him a nice email.I had this sweet family come up to me at Food Bank this morning and they were so sincere in their gratitude , little moments like this make it all worthwhile. They are such good people who volunteer each Wednesday. After Food Bank I drive to Monbulk and pick up my phone, we had to wipe the entire thing to get rid of the bug. Annoying as I lost a few things but I have cursed the idiots who do such thing so right this minute a stray asteroid has squashed them hopefully. All our Wednesday YouTube videos are hitting their target numbers within a day or so. Incredible, people are loving the page. We sometimes put up clips that we know, most of our viewers would have no clue who they are. But it's good to broaden your musical boundaries, so if you enjoy our clips, check out some of the more obscure ones. Like this, which we are trying for 163 more views. Thank you for the support: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BprFZXyi0NA Mark makes me dinner tonight, how lucky am I! May 28thWe have Andy Whites sold out show at Merri Creek tonight. I've had to do very little promo around this one, nice that it has sold out for him.Beforehand Mark and myself head to Eastlands, we have handfuls of JB vouchers to use and we need 3 new house phones. They have exactly what we need so the vouchers cover all the costs. We both have some other vouchers so he scores a triple pack of black Bonds t-shirts (on special too) and I get some grey wool tracksuit pants for Winter. They feel nice and snug. I want warmth this Winter. New oven trays and a bag full of other bits and pieces. So much new road work on the freeway, I make a wrong turn but it's easy to correct. We get a park almost out the front of the Tavern. Arrive right on time. Into the intimate backroom music area. Andy so happy to see us, huge hugs all round and it's his Birthday. Tony is doing the sound, so it will be pretty good. During soundcheck Laura and Kevin turn up so I walk them to their front row section. Andy is happy they are at the front. The room soon fills up, a passionate crowd. Mr Whites in fine form, some good stories and a few songs he hasn't played for awhile. In the middle of the set I start singing "Happy Birthday". The crowd joins in. Mark jokes- "Imagine if no one else sang with you...". Yikes. Not funny. It's a good show, a solid encore and we say our goodbyes. I have an early morning tomorrow so want to get home before 1.00. Good to see some familiar faces. One of them goes up to Laura and says what a great job she did working the Split Enz "Murder" puppets. I watch her surprised expression- so cute. A bit predictable I know but the Crowd did sing The Beatles classic "When I'm 64" in honour of AW's 64th birthday. A few overseas dates for Andy (plus he has his new book). June 14th- Correggio, Italy- Festa di Casa Spastic. June 26th- Toronto, ON-Canada- Sellers & Newell Second hand Books, July 5th Calgary, AB, Canada -Ironwood Stage & Grill. May 29thTo watch the Kylie documentary or not to watch the Kylie documentary that is todays decision.Hard to believe that our beloved mate Bongo has been gone for 6 months today. The sadness is still in our hearts, it still seems surreal. A nice chat with Skyhooks Greg today. Around a possible live track, I suggested a few things. If nothing else it will be appreciated via the Skyhooks Facebook page. Dinner from the Olinda Fish and Chip shop tonight. Kebabs and a few fresh onion rings. I drive into the fog to the fish shop, I might never return? May 30thGrey and the wind has a bite to it. Winter arrives on Monday but this is a taste of what is to come. Winters gnarly breath.I give our mate Fen Fairy a call. Thankfully her present and card arrived. I never know with Australia Post. Happy Birthday Fen Fairy. It's the kind of day to stay in the office and archive. I work on a few of the Crowded House t-shirts that Nick Seymour donated. Just picked 2. Rewashed and cleaned and ready for the archives. It's time consuming but they look good. One from the Aussie "Better be home late than never" 1988 tour and the other from the E.A.T. (Ethiopia Aid Tonight) gig from Sydney, also in 1988. Mark has found 5 Crowdies songs from the EAT concert so he is working on them. I run the first t-shirt on our various fan social media pages. Archives and some extra information around the tour. Fans seem to like such things. We have also photographed them in the studio so they look good on Richard the Mannequin. May 31stI call into Burkes Look Out this foggy sunday and pick up a few more micro plastics. I see the council have added a recycle area in the car park which is very good.I'm blown away as there is a really nice detailed post on ME on the Australian Music Industry 60s 70s 80s Facebook page. It gets some crazy amount of likes and comments. I'm kind of humbled by it and my phone lights up all day from people who have read it. I say to Mark "hey I want to meet that guy". He laughs. A sweet moment. My current boss Libby calls and our beloved previous boss Carol has passed away. Sadness rolls over me, it happened quickly. I only saw her a few weeks ago. She was a decent person who did so many good things. Condolences to her family. June 1stWinter arrives and usually this time of year Mark gets his case of tonsillitis. But every 5th year it is me, and yes you guessed it, I have tonsillitis. Plus my friend at work gave me a bit of a flu bug so double whammy. I'm going to try and get rid of this naturally without antibiotics, if I fail I'll bite the bullet and get the pills.Happy Birthday to our gorgeous mate Wendy C in Queensland. This gal has the biggest heart - a good friend. We hope your day is sensational. Looking around for a cool Birthday present for her. June 2ndNo sleep due to Tonsillitis so I feel like shit. I have a weird urge to have a potato cake with my morning coffee at the Garden Cafe- now thats odd. My throat feels swollen and that endless swallowing. Coffee doesn't taste like coffee. So my taste buds are out of whack.I start at the charity at 8.00. Libby knows I am not well so will probably go home early. I try to get as much done as possible in case I am sick for a few days. The Chaplin arrives for us around our deceased mate. I mention a few fun memories, he gives me his card in case I need to talk. I'm just letting some grieving happen, and my close friends at work we kind of hang out and talk it through. Feel ok, just sad. So it's normal. As always it makes you think of your own clock ticking down. When I go will I be remembered as someone who did good things and maybe left the planet in better shape.? Who knows. I try so hard to be a good person. I leave early and Marky puts me straight into bed, old person hot water bottle etc. I sleep the rest of the day away. Midnight climbs in next to me, my furry nurse. June 3rdI force myself to get up and go to Food Bank. So extra sad as I find out that gorgeous Gladys the greyhound has passed away. I last a few hours at Food Bank. Andrew says I am "very quiet" basically I have no voice, well, a small husky one. I could spend a day being paid to do phone sex- it really is a tad sexy, painful but sexy.Markys YouTube Wednesday. Two songs from the EAT concert in Sydney (September 9th 1988). Crowded House at their best. "Something so Strong" and "Don't Dream It's Over". In the middle of SSS Neil without any effort slides into Paul Kelly's "Leaps and Bounds". I think it's the lack of sleep but these 2 live clips manage a few tears rolling down my face- very odd. They were such good days . Love the smiles from Nick and Paul. You can enjoy the EAT videos here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TcGA_6ZL-ic June 4thMaureen R. donates some items to the Skyhooks Archives. They arrive at PO Box 50. A few things we needed in the archives so this is great. Nice that people contact us if they have potential items to donate.I drive past a few film vans arriving in the mountains - I think it's the extra footage for the Dispatcher tv show. Filming in one of our forests. Thankfully I'm about 80% back on deck, the tonsillitis is retreating. Still a bit claggy and aching but a vast improvement , it doesn't feel like I have been swallowing razor blades. No work for me though, as I need more sleep. Sounds boring but sometimes you surrender to it. I realise that Doc Neeson from The Angels has been gone 12 years today. What a great lead singer and always lovely to us. Some fans run our "The Angels Forever" (One for the fans) little doco that we did. Lots of lovely comments. It ticks over with views. I wonder in many years time if our video creations will be viewed upon as archival relics, time capsules of Australia's musical past. Some are unique, the only place this footage is available. June 5thI slept well last night. A half decent storm hit the mountain and I didn't hear a thing. Mark said someone was chainsawing at 1.00 in the morning. Trees came down along the tourist road. When I left in the morning a part tree was on our nature strip, thankfully NOT one of ours which is a relief. It had fallen across the road from a neighbours place. By the time I get home it's all gone. Maybe the wood gathers grabbed it?I tell Mark the power will go out as they are fixing up fallen power lines, felled by trees. I am feeling better so I go into the Salvos to do a few hours work. Just to help them out. So 3 hours and I am feeling a bit average, A friend tells me that Australia's Greenhouse gas emissions have dropped again. By another 2.1%. Very positive. I have a coffee with Mark and we tell some Joylene Thornbird Hairmouth and Jimmy and the Boys stories to each other. Joylene the bands shock rock transvestite keyboard player - a diamond wit that gave her a aramid coating onstage during the drunken beer barns they played in Australia. A unique creature that made me laugh. She was my great protector a few times too. At a Jimmy & The Boys reunion gig , I went alone as I was in NSW visiting family. Some angry drunken bogan tried to pick a fight with me at the front of the stage. I was happy to stand up for myself but it probably meant missing the gig. Joylene mid song spots me being hassled , leaves her keyboards, walks across the stage , stands in front of said dickhead bogan. Lifts her stylish but garish gown and drops it over his head. Pushing the bogans face into her "growler" (fake vagina)... and says in her most acid voice. "Why don't you fuck off". Well I've never seen someone exit a venue so quickly much to the cheers of the rather drunken crowd. Ignatius pats me on the head and goes "Joy's Growler would scare anyone". God bless you Billy (Joylene) and you too Ignatius. So Mark tells me that he has managed to rescue all three of our "Joylenes Address To The Nation". Each Saturday Joylene would appear on Donny Sutherlands "Sounds" music show in some exotic outfit, and chat to us all like the real Queen of Pop that she was. So we will put these 3 (as one) clips up tomorrow. We know it will be a small viewing audience but we never care. We like it when we put things up for us. Sometimes for the tiniest viewing audience that will just love it is a win. June 6thSad to read that Anthony Head from the Buffy Universe has died. He played Rupert Giles so perfectly. He's been gone for 5 days now, the family keeping it very quiet.Mark keeps asking me "are you sure" about Joylene's Address To The Nation going up tomorrow. Yes lets hit them between the eyes I jokingly reply. The beauty of having a YouTube page with 872 videos, 9760 subscribers and 7,100,000+ views is that I'm glad we put videos up for OURSELVES too. If people love them, that is mighty, if people discover something worthy or even have a chuckle that's a win too. If only 50 people watch dear ol' Joy , so be it. But I'll work some PR magic and hopefully it will be enjoyed. On this gloomy Winter Saturday I do all those little things like empty the wheelbarrow of water in the art room, washing and dry all the towels. Call my Mum, make 2 Pizzas for dinner and snuggle with Midnight in the afternoon. Nothing exotic at all. My energy levels are still rather low, I keep boosting them but I fade fast, so still a tiny bit sick. June 7thI sleep in, almost back to "normal", whatever "normal" is for a guy like me. No fog or rain this morning, and could that be, some sunshine?I venture out for my free coffee and to buy some rolls. A tiny cough but my tonsils feel ok. Ridiculous that it is taking this long, usually my body heals itself quickly. I read an interesting article on the ABC News page- on "physical media" sales- dvds, cds and vinyl. Reasons why it keeps getting popular. It explains why we sell so much at my charity Book Cave. Plus the prices- that's our real secret I guess. Anyway an interesting read and nice to see some of the characters in Melbourne who stuck with vinyl, dvds. Well "Joylenes Address To The Nation" goes up on our YouTube page. 100 views in the first hour. We thought it would have no support but it's been getting views from the most unlikely places. I get a really sweet message from Johnny K from The Hitmen. He's in the Joylenes Dog Show segment , both of us amazed that the Address To The Nation is 45 years old now. So here is the link, feel free to check it out, Joy is fantastic and how cute is "Girlfriend" the dog and what a musical talent she is. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lki82HSZLyg Love life and make it fun, you'll live longer. PG xxxx |
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