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Marcus Kelson

@marcuskelson.bsky.social

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Retired journalist, at the ABC for three decades, madly in love with Virginia, 37 years married, swimmer and swim teacher, has reviewed film, music and more for 40 years off and on. No DMs unless l know you.

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Marcus Kelson @marcuskelson.bsky.social · Apr 29

April 30 1988 - still happy, committed, madly in love these 37 years later, what a blast it has been and will continue to be for the next 37…well 💕🍾💥🔥

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 18h

On this date, Matthew Shephard died 27 years ago. He was beaten, tortured, and left for dead on fence for being gay. Please keep him and his wonderful mother Judy in your thoughts. And let's all work for a world where such horrific things do not happen to anyone. ❤️🏳️‍🌈

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Marcus Kelson @marcuskelson.bsky.social · 5h

Yeah l gave it some thought and got a perfect - bloody nuicance though…

Marcus Kelson @marcuskelson.bsky.social · 6h

Connections
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Well fuck me…

Marcus Kelson @marcuskelson.bsky.social · 6h

People doing cover versions are always going to draw incredible praise or harsh condemnation - it is the nature of these things but after all these decades time to loosen the belt on the trousers after lunch :)

Marcus Kelson @marcuskelson.bsky.social · 6h

I have no words…

Marcus Kelson @marcuskelson.bsky.social · 6h

Oh for God’s sake time for a holiday mate…

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Marcus Kelson @marcuskelson.bsky.social · 9h

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Blag - still got there in the end though…

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Marcus Kelson @marcuskelson.bsky.social · 11h

Did anyone not know Rick Springfield is Australian?
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Eleanor Rigby - by ZOOT (Better than Beatles version!)

YouTube video by RevolutionaryRocket

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Marcus Kelson @marcuskelson.bsky.social · 11h

I wouldn’t underestimate him for a minute but hey I’ve been wrong before now…

Marcus Kelson @marcuskelson.bsky.social · 11h

Most European cities never needed cars in the first place - they were built hundreds of years ago…

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Marcus Kelson @marcuskelson.bsky.social · 11h

But you’re right about the French clocks and Mahler - that fifth Symphony is bloody hard work and not much fun either …

Marcus Kelson @marcuskelson.bsky.social · 11h

Oh l give Keating plenty of credit l was there the entire time l just felt he took his foot off the accelerator towards the end…

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Marcus Kelson @marcuskelson.bsky.social · 11h

He has been an astonishing disappointment.

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Marcus Kelson @marcuskelson.bsky.social · 13h

It is so bloody weird last night we were on one of the main boulevards - busy but not busy like Fortnum’s at Christmas, yes we did - idiot Australians good god - and then we went down a side street into the old quarter and in felt like the 17th century - breathtaking …

Marcus Kelson @marcuskelson.bsky.social · 13h

If l was even half paying attention, and sadly l wasn’t, that came decades later, l would have absolutely torn a fire trail through all that precious and pretentious rhetoric - that said Python already did that trick and much funnier than l could have ever been :)

Marcus Kelson @marcuskelson.bsky.social · 13h

It in other words - coalition down the toilet…

Kevin Bonham @kevinbonham.bsky.social · 1d

#ResolvePM ALP 34 L-NP 28 Green 11 ON 12 IND 9 other 7

Their 2PP 55.0 to ALP (respondent prefs)
My 2025 prefs estimate 55.5 to ALP

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Marcus Kelson @marcuskelson.bsky.social · 13h

My thinking, nascent though it is, is that Albo is more or less in the same place Keating was in 1993, to the victor the spoils and all that and now more or less over the struggle and a bit bored and complacent - time for Chalmers l reckon..

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Marcus Kelson @marcuskelson.bsky.social · 13h

I’m watching some existential ding ding on Tik Tok saying you can’t live anywhere but the present - well l would say you can by also imagining the future - you just have to wait until it gets here...yes l have a degree in philosophy, yes l was a total nightmare at university.

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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 16h

As of now there is nothing Albanese's govt has done that has changed the country in any structural way.

No change at all to how the fundamental debates of the nation are addressed.

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Marcus Kelson @marcuskelson.bsky.social · 15h

It’s brilliant - we had an air b’n’b in one of the busiest parts of Tokyo one stop down from Shinjuku, quiet back street, so quiet could have been the countryside …

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Marcus Kelson @marcuskelson.bsky.social · 15h

I had to walk for an hour afterwards …

Marcus Kelson @marcuskelson.bsky.social · 15h

Genius.

Marcus Kelson @marcuskelson.bsky.social · 15h

Now in recent times I’ve become quite a fan of the Tik-Toks, so much weird and wonderful content but today came across an English bloke my age, 64, talking about the five things he should have done 20-30 years ago but didn’t, fuck me dead - this is why we call them whinging poms.

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Marcus Kelson @marcuskelson.bsky.social · 15h

Now look I’m not going to say the toilets are the best thing about Japan, or am l?

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Marcus Kelson @marcuskelson.bsky.social · 17h

Just saw a new news update on the NY Times website - he’s off to Israel then Egypt for peace talks on Gaza…which suits me just fine..

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