Andrew Stafford
@andrewstafford
Author (Pig City, Something to Believe In), journalist. Views own. Content: music, wildlife/biodiversity, AFL, cats.
Always a good day when you see one of these, let alone this close
Who remembers this? I took a photo for posterity. It lasted about five minutes, of course. October 2021.
To patrons: I promise I’ll be back very soon. Just did a bit of a thing
Au contraire: I will dance on it, then I will piss on it - unless it is on fire, in which case I will pour petrol on it ⛽️
Three pages from my book Pig City (first published 2004) to illustrate the circumstances behind Prehistoric Sounds. The quotes and drawn from my own interviews
If you see this, post an album cover with a motor vehicle on it. Or don’t. (Classic Australian edition)
And as time rolls on, this only becomes more special, in all the ways. The oral history above gives a good insight into the internal dynamics of the band - particularly between Kuepper and Bailey - and how incredibly difficult this reunion was to pull off.
With photojournalist Julian Kingma, Andrew Denton from Go Gentle and Andy Griffiths, whose bum famously went psycho. Andy’s signing queue was immense. After an excellent session on assisted dying at Brisbane Writers Festival
I'm too messy to reply to everyone individually, but thank you. She was an extraordinarily devoted cat and I'm a better person for having had her for the time that I did
The word the Courier-Mail is looking for here is “racist”. Either “Racist Aussie” or “Proud racist” will do.
Priscilla 26/8/10 - 3/10/25 📷 @doktrnick.bsky.social Thank you for all your kind messages, and to everyone on Twitter (previously) and Bluesky who followed her story. There were times she could have easily outlived me. 💔
As a Furtive Guardianista (one of them) I am deeply touched www.theguardian.com/environment/...
One of the loveliest albums I own. Emma has a new record out next Friday (and I’ve had a chat with her about it)
My darling girl is getting on in years - 15 now, and has to (very reluctantly!) share with two other cats and my partner. She suffers from hyperthyroidism, which is well controlled, but also (we think) IBS, which is proving harder to treat, and she’s lost weight. Ping also @barbwodecki.bsky.social
You can make a 💩 joke about your ailing cat on this website and it’s all going fine until the Americans wake up and enter the chat
My cat Priscilla has been very sick, poor thing, but still loves her dad, still wants snuggles, and she’s on a new treatment, so hopefully she’s starting to feel better (hyperthyroidism plus IBD)
Five years today since getting cracked open like an egg. Happy open heart surgery day to me
11.30 this morning, Maleny/Jinibara country. Right next to the Woolworths that caused such a ballyhoo before it was built
