But I only just bought a Mariona shirt!

From the LFC site:

Smith has the ability to play as a midfielder but believes she's now found the position best suited to her skillset. "I have to say, since I've been here [at Sporting], the right wing is kind of my spot," she revealed. "I love taking players on one-v-one facing up but even [with] my physicality and speed to get by players. So, I definitely think left or right wing, but mainly right wing is where I've been playing a lot and been the best in."

I didn't realise she is very young, too. Looks like 'pool mostly played her on the right. I wonder if she would be a good option on the left, as well.

Hopefully we are at the the "Let's agree to meet in the middle and here's a nice bottle of whisky" stage of big Vic negotiations

Good point. I nicked the description from an indicative menu on their website as I forgot to note what it said on the menu when I went there. Clearly they altered it since then. Will edit title of ~~point~~ post. I definitely did eat it!

Jan 1992, p.28

the alternative music scene has grown to the point where it's no longer the alternative anymore; it has in fact become part of the mainstream.

Which is both good and bad. No, rock isn't dead--if it were, there wouldn't be much point in this magazine-but it is, as Paul Westerberg said in our Soul of Rock'n'Roll issue, going underground. True innovation is being pushed farther and farther from the mainstream, while the mainstream itself expands to encompass fringes it once scarcely noticed. Five years ago the thought of Sonic Youth being on a major label would have been as unthink. able as it would have been undesirable; today it would seem a gross injustice if they weren't. And hell, why not- seems like the majors these days are buying up anything that moves, or at least moves noisily, as long as the band in question has some sort of independent credibility and/ or following. This is good for the bands in the short run, and for some even in the long run, but the overall effect is hardly salutary, especially as it concerns the health of the independent system, which until now has developed and nurtured these bands.

Most likely, this mainstream bloat will deflate somewhat in the next couple of years as the majors realize that it's probably not a good idea to sign every half assed jangly guitar rock band that comes their way.

Seriously, there were so many ads.

Callistemon! Edit - Callistemon citrinus has been reclassified as Melaleuca citrina. AKA the common red bottlebrush, crimson bottlebrush or lemon bottlebrush. It's endemic to Eastern Australia. Therefore...

PS - not weird in the slightest

@remindme@mstdn.social in 5 minutes

I used a poker machine once. Put in $5//10 came out on top by $5/10. Never touched one again. Drive them all into the desert and drop a bomb on them, IMO.

I liked the previous one 😢