The Life and Times of Peter Green
updated 8 September 2026
 "Split Enz Sporting True Colours Tour. 1980." The good old days when it was $5 to see two great bands. |
September 7thI snuggle deep into the bed this morning, Midnight feels the same way. Absolute miserable weather outside. Fog, wind, rain . You can see it in the eyes of the people who visit the bakery, they are over Winter, the grey, all of us lacking Vitamin D.Al and Ian join me which is always great, both older men and I enjoy their council. Wise around their fields of work and life in general. Both different but they like a good joke too. Simone and Polly are in charge of the bakery and I see them creep out a smile at some of our comments. It's my haven at times, and I get some work done away from the internet and phones. Plus I genuinely like most of the locals. Except for crab woman who is an arsehole. It's the sort of day that I just like spending time in the office with Mark. So that's the plan. Miss Midnight too, who wanders in to see her Dads. She explores the office and archives and finally settles on her pillow. The subtle sound of little cat snores floating off into the sky. I see that Amyl and the Sniffers have their new live album Truth or Consequence out today. It's recorded at El Coyote in Los Angeles. Yes our old favourite Mexican food haunt, where I celebrated several birthdays. Great parties. This will go well for the Sniffers. September 8thIt was a long day, my friend Ian arrived at the charity very early so I went in and got loads of work done.I carried the super hero fish tanks back out and reconnected it up in the store. Not sure why I sell so many movie super heroes when they are sitting in a glitter fish tank but I do. By 3.00 my leg was aching a bit, second lot of Physio tomorrow , it has improved a bit. So that is good. I try some sleepy mix tea tonight before I go to bed and it must of worked as I didn't hear the rainstorm that apparently hit the mountain last night. I make Lasagne for dinner , it always seems like too much for me so I consume 3/4, the rest in the fridge. September 9thFree coffee at the Olinda bakery, so thank you girls.Food Bank seems a bit light on the items for the boxes but we do what we can. I drop some in to people who didn't turn up. I want to say "we are not a delivery service" but I bite my tongue. It's a bit frustrating though. I just wish people would call us. Happy 18th Birthday Angus, we will all see him on Friday . Remember being 18, no neither do I. HA! The suns out, the suns gone, the rain starts and the sky goes grey. I arrive at Monbulk and it buckets down. My timing is good, I am in the supermarket getting Middy her food, and by the time I exit it is sunny again. Markys Youtube Wednesday is a special one. 47 years ago today, teenage Mark and Peter attended the 2 day Mushroom Rock event at the Capitol Theatre in Sydney. A host of Mushroom bands but it was Split Enz that we both danced and cheered the loudest. So 2 songs from that- I See Red and Charlie. Both excellent audio, thanks to Marky. Mark says this is his favourite live version of Charlie, and I think he is right. 895 videos on the YouTube channel now, how incredible is that? You can check them out here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=znAykN4DY_w By 3.00 I am off to Physio. Phil is great, he is patient, explains all the strengthening exercises , and laughs at my bad jokes. He gives me a rubber exercise strap which looks like it may be from Sexyland (no not really) and I find it really helps focus on the exercise. He runs through all my scans and overall nothing really bad. It's going to take awhile but I am convinced my leg will repair itself with some help. When I leave I feel rather confident, he knows what he is doing. September 10thCrazy early morning drivers, I saw one idiot driving at double the speed and weaving in and out of traffic, after all of his stupidity he is stuck at the lights next to me. A truck cuts him off which is some sort of road karma.I bring home some blue and red micro glitter for the MIM/Bowie clapper board. 20 of them arrived today for the wall at Tin Star Studios. They all get tagged around the videos or documentaries that we have done. Hopefully they will look cool. I make some pinwheels, and I use up all the pastry so we end up with 3 times the amount, so absolutely full. They end up being our dinner. September 11th25 years since the Twin Towers which means 25 years since the celebration of our Skyhooks lead singer Shirl at the Palais. I remember after the gathering of several thousand we arrived home to 55 Greville street and by chance turned on that very first News report around a plane hitting the tower. Like everyone else we stayed captivated to the screen for the next 24 hrs. People stayed over and we all lived in the lounge room in front of the TV.I make schnitzel parma burgers for dinner. September 12thAt Bourkes Lookout and find 4 cool 45's next to the can recycle bin. The Beatles- 2 picture covers- "Hits" and "Requests". Both vinyl EPs. Billy Thorpe's Poison Ivy on the original Linda Lee label and Slade's "Merry Xmas Everybody". How cool is that?Mark gets me the Amyl and the Sniffers live at El Coyote album. Covers and some originals, hell they cover Slim Dusty's "Lights on the Hill" in between "Little Bit Punk and Little Bit Country" and "Bag of Cocaine". It's a rough but kind of wonderful live oddity. Thank you Marky. September 13thHappy Birthday to Stephen Cummings from The Sports. We saw The Sports play a lot when we were younger, sometimes supporting our Skyhooks boys. Hooks bassist Greg went to film school with Stephen, in fact they sat next to each other in class. SPLIT ENZ did this cool tour with The Sports (Sporting True Colours tour) in March 1980. We saw them at The Palais Theatre in March 1980 and the Enz True Colours album was #2 on the 3XY chart. I hadn't started working for them yet, that was a couple of months away. The week after The Palais show "I Got You" was the #1 single, "True Colours" the #1 album. Both jumped from #2 to top spot that week (March 28th). Gawd I wonder, I somehow went from Happy Birthday Stephen to the Enz at #1. Sorry readers. Waffle-fest!Mark makes us some delicious omelettes for dinner. Really nice. September 14thI was just about to call the election people about working at the November State election and an email arrived saying they will be in contact in October. So thats good. I have a feeling passions will be running high at this Vic State Election.It concerns me that I am already thinking about Christmas. It will be upon us so quickly. I have bought a couple of presents for family already. September 15thGood to have my boss back at the charity. It feels far more calmer when she is around. The day rolls on, I hit the stock and donations hard and manage to get it all done.I had a spare gift card so used it for some groceries. It never feels like you pay when you use a card. I like that. September 16thMarky's YouTube Wednesday, another live video that is instantly loved. It hits 2000 views within 24 hours. I hear from Nick (Seymour) and he really enjoys it too which is nice.It is a bit special- the first time Crowded House performed "She Goes On". It was down the road from our house- at ID's (which became the Continental later on). Dror the owner was on keyboards for the 2 shows. September 10th 1990 and once again Mark has worked the sound and it is great. Tim wasn't in the band yet. I like the simplicity of the footage, so many people are clueless and overdo it with AI and it looks shit on YouTube. It just looks fake, no subtlety about what they are doing. Horrid. You can enjoy it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eKyDwBu-jMM Sad to hear that one of our neighbours' gorgeous Labrador dogs passed away from doggy cancer, they will be heart broken as they love their mutts. September 17thI load $17.20 worth of cans into the recycle machine and donate it to one of the charities. Good to do. Even if it means I have to get up early and be first in line. The state government must be stoked at the success of the recycle can and bottle machines. So many people use them.A bit of an "iffy" day at charity, it didn't feel enjoyable today. By afternoon I just wanted to leave so I did plus my leg and knee ached a tiny bit. Sometimes they forget that it is the volunteers that keep the place open. My friend Wendy is mailing some socks down to donate to Benji sock boy. I've put some aside too , so we will have a half decent box full for him to use for his charity work. We are watching the latest episode of ALONE (USA) and overall, enjoying it. It has an aussie woman as one of the ten and so far she is in the final five. I am feeling patriotic for her. Plus she hasn't murdered any animals yet. September 18thYay I score a free coffee at Olinda bakery (again) . That's always a nice way to start the day. Some of the locals trickle in and sit and we all have a laugh and talk about the local area. I'm settling in up here, it's only taken 20 years.I head home and clean up the art room and garage, mostly everything around the sawing and chopping of wood for our Winter fires. I need to find a larger art box for my paints and spray cans. Tidy up my art table. I call the ATO and speak to a really nice guy and it looks like I found an extra $400 for Marky from old superannuation. It's his money so he might as well have it. The weather has improved. So I am near the side of the house clearing an area, bloody jasmine. I sooooo hate it. The runners are everywhere and deep into the ground. I'm just chopping and cutting it every few days. A huge bluestone garden bed underneath so something good can be planted in that. Or a body of any politicians that piss me off. No! Sorry ASIO I am joking. September 19thI sit with Mark on the decking in the sun reading. The weather is so perfect , absolute goldilocks weather- just right. Midnight curls upside down at our feet, she is a happy kitty.We are still watching Number 96 on Brollie streaming. Two long episodes a week now. Not long till the infamous shark attack episode comes up where 2 tenants are devoured. It is 2 that crap us, so we are on the side of the shark. Ha. Nothing like good aussie soap drama with a shark attack. Jaws comes to Paddo! September 20thSo another diary comes to an end. We decide to put up a video today , one of our rare Sunday clips. I'm archiving several t-shirts from The Sporting True Colours Tour. Split Enz and The Sports hit the road together for 25 aussie shows in March/April 1980. Both bands were playing exceptionally well. A little 8 minute documentary was made. The Enz on the tour bus footage is my favourite- though rather shocked at Neil Finn's skinny frame.You can enjoy it here and a big thank you to Mark for his fine efforts : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5WsqGjtJiZU All the best, and stay happy. Peter xxxxx |
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