tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24338064.post5388770494045807496..comments2024-02-11T19:28:27.997+11:00Comments on Personal Reflections: Monday Forum - Richard Neville, Power Play and the continuing impact of nostalgiaJim Belshawhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10075614280789984767noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24338064.post-49075798353815920382016-08-02T20:11:03.769+10:002016-08-02T20:11:03.769+10:00Sounds wonderful Sue. Knew that you would remember...Sounds wonderful Sue. Knew that you would remember that shot. Gracious living indeed! Jim Belshawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10075614280789984767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24338064.post-19776333161566424832016-08-02T19:59:51.556+10:002016-08-02T19:59:51.556+10:00Hi Jim
I'm reading your post sitting in the ...Hi Jim <br /><br />I'm reading your post sitting in the room where your photo is taken. <br /><br />It's not very different today. Last year the bookcase was moved to a bedroom and replaced with an old dresser. Ye olde drooping light has been replaced by a cane version and heat now surges through a ducted gas heating vent. The old sea grass matting long ago disappeared. <br /><br />Amongst other things, I remember your Uncle Jim holding court in this room between his trips to the snow and Sydney. In fact, this room has very happy memories - tripping the light fantastic down memory lane...I am facing the Liberty of London fabric blind masterminded by Madam Chair (aka dear Margaret S.)and that recalls Peter and Jenny, Chris C, Clancy, Ian M and that's just one political strand!<br /><br />Yes,Jim, gracious living (in the words of Eddy B) still obtains here!<br /><br />Suehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10959624249031770681noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24338064.post-24948814195307306482016-08-02T19:58:16.557+10:002016-08-02T19:58:16.557+10:00Interesting, kvd. Just to record the verse before ...Interesting, kvd. Just to record the verse before going on: <br /><br />Salt of the Earth<br />by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards<br /><br />Raise your glass to the hard working people<br />Lets drink to the uncounted heads<br />Lets think of the wavering millions<br />Who need leaders but get gamblers instead.<br /><br />I have read a fair bit of Orwell. Pushing paper is certainly easier than the coal miner's life.Jim Belshawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10075614280789984767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24338064.post-22400178925353157692016-08-02T17:32:24.993+10:002016-08-02T17:32:24.993+10:00Something to read, and ponder, after a hard day pu...Something to read, and ponder, after a hard day pushing paper from one side of the desk t'other: http://weimarart.blogspot.com.au/2010/12/salt-of-earth.html<br /><br />kvdAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24338064.post-34913852895922126482016-08-02T05:57:52.834+10:002016-08-02T05:57:52.834+10:00Good morning. Noric and Michael. I remember you te...Good morning. Noric and Michael. I remember you telling me about your experiences with A&R, Noric. The firm itself is an example of the rolling change process which took that Australian icon towards effective oblivion. <br /><br />That Altman piece was interesting, Michael. I must admit I don't feel nostalgic about the left politics of the period. From my perspective, there were (are) some very strange views. Still, its interesting trying to trace and measure threads and effects. Jim Belshawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10075614280789984767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24338064.post-18733577840758498122016-08-01T22:28:33.656+10:002016-08-01T22:28:33.656+10:00Jim:
I will give you an answer in five years'...<br />Jim:<br /><br />I will give you an answer in five years' time when my own memoirs are written. :-)<br /><br />Leaving Armidale aged 18, I attended Syd Uni 1970-73. <br /><br />An overlooked book is Donald Horne's Time of Hope (pub 1980): he saw pre 1966 as pre-history; 1966-72 as transition; and from 1972 as the arrival of a new era.<br />Dennis Altman, whose course in politics i took in 1971 discusses Horne's book about 10 paras into this essay: FYI<br />https://griffithreview.com/articles/inside-the-tent/<br /><br />Trust you are keeping well.<br />Michael O'RourkeAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14588363137604719078noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24338064.post-92145254205147659312016-08-01T22:07:57.913+10:002016-08-01T22:07:57.913+10:00My nostalgia story.
On sitting at Angus & Ro...My nostalgia story. <br /><br />On sitting at Angus & Robertson Publishers in the office of Richard Walsh in 1983 for my first job interview as a law graduate I quickly realised I was in the right place. Richard asked me many philosophical questions about the nature of government and its purpose. While answering the questions I noticed a little side table with bottles of spirits and a sign on a wall that read: "Thank you for not farting."<br /><br />I did not fart. I got the job.Noric Dilanchianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07971423154965231907noreply@blogger.com