for some reason i just though of the interesting pic on the cover of the 1999 debut album from basement jaxx.
here is a section of it:



some songs/sounds on the album are ok in my opinion - but i don't like all of them. somehow i like the cover however ...

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mr sandman, bring me a dream ...

it seems that dan was right, and also my original impression on seeing what i later thought was a hearse was accurate - it probably was just a black holden "sandman", the iconic australian "shaggin' wagon" from the 1970s.

this is based on the following pics which do show that the sandman's back hatch was high, with it's bottom above the top of the tail-lights. maybe the lower panel/flap (with "sandman" on it) also folds down, like on a ute? also, i guess that a hearse would be more likely to have long windows along the upper side panels.

anyhow, i am not a petrol-head, but here's a little bit of australian motoring history via some classic sandman pics:







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quite a few of my friends enjoy playing a bit of poker, usually against each other & for money. unlike them, i've never really played poker prior to the past year, and i am still getting my head around the various hands and more importantly, which hands beat other hands. so i usually just go along to poker nights at friends' houses mostly for the social outing, to have a few drinks & catch up with mates, maybe play just a little bit (& usually lose), or deal (the cards, that is).

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i've been taking a few pics on my mobile phone camera when driving to work in the mornings - don't worry, i've generally been doing this SAFELY, usually when stopped at lights, etc.

the other day i saw a black car driving quite quickly up ahead of me. at first i was wondering was it a legendary "holden sandman" station wagon from the 1970s? one of those vehicles with the curious nick-name of the "shaggin' wagon"!

i caught up with it at a t-junction, and took the pic below.

i actually now think it is probably a ex-hearse .... that's right, a vehicle that used to carry coffins - coffins with bodies in them - around, to & from funerals, graveyards, crematoria, etc. what do u think?



the driver was wearing what looked like an interesting funky little hat, and after it turned left onto the next street it took at at considerable speed up the hill & into the distance ... late for an appointment?

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driving to work, early winter.

looking towards brisbane cbd from the hill at paddington/bardon on which sits the governor of queensland's house, as i roll down fernberg road in neutral.

i'll miss days & weather like this ...



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