Dave Warner's Blog, page 11

SYDNEY LAUNCH FOR RIVER OF SALT

Sydney Suburban Soldiers you get your chance to hear me talk about My Life of Crime – discussion and readings from all my crime novels but especially River of Salt PLUS

Music from Tony Durant and me including the song I wrote specially for the book NO GOOD CAN COME FROM THIShttps://open.spotify.com/track/2bldsCxVWp6QINvxGBj7mY?si=RCmoG6gxRiWNIcuUG3g6vA

PLUS Music from Nicole Warner

WHERE?

MANLY SPIRITS 4a 9/13 Winbourne Rd, Brookkvale

WHEN: THURSDAY APRIL 11 6PM

TICKETS WILL BE AVAILABLE SOON FROM EVENTBRITE. COST $10.00

NO GOOD CAN COME FROM THIS

As I was writing my soon to be published novel River of Salt, set in 1963 about a Philly contract killer who flees the life and winds up playing surf guitar in northern NSW, I got to a passage (p33) where main character Blake writes and performs a new song. So clearly could I hear the song in my head that I wrote the song and recorded it with the help of my very, very dear friends Lloyd Gyi on drums, Bill Beare and my wife Nicole on b/vocals with Lloyd, and the wonderful guitar mastery of Martin Cilia who also produced. You can now download the song (CD Baby iTunes etc) or stream (Spotify etc). I hope many of you who buy the book will get into the fun by listening to it as you get to p33.
https://open.spotify.com/track/2bldsCxVWp6QINvxGBj7mY?si=RCmoG6gxRiWNIcuUG3g6vA

Dave Warner in Mandurah on te%

NO FENCES – NICOLE

Being an independent musician and songwriter without the backing of a major label or publisher can be frustrating. Take this song, No Fences. @MartinCilia and I wrote it many years ago as part of an album we were working on for my wife Nicole, who happens to have a very good country-pop voice. But having to raise families and use what cash we had to deliver our own projects (like Surplus and Dearth) meant Nicole has had to patiently wait. Finally we are ready to go and the album will be finished this year. This song however was so pertinent with the whole Mexico-Wall business that we just had to get it out, so it is exactly as recorded back in the 90s. All that’s happened is we’ve had it mastered. I would be thrilled if you would listen to it and if you like it, recommend it to any friends you have, especially those outside Australia. We reckon we write good songs and we don’t do it to make a fortune but to be heard. The song can be downloaded for less than a buck or streamed for about a cent. View it here.

Bicton Breezes

I wrote the song in Brixton in 1976 and it was pivotal in my whole concept of Dave Warner’s from the Suburbs – a band that was going to play all sorts of musical styles that were held together not so much by one dominant musical trademark (like twin guitars or funk etc) but by the conceptual nature of the music being by, about, for, the neglected suburban heartland – those of us who didn’t get a chance to run through subway stations. I have made this You Tube video clip by pairing the song with original family home movies shot in the early 60s. You can see our hold house in some of the shots from the Islander ferry on the way to Rottnest. Click here to watch the video.

COMING YOUR WAY

LIBRARY TOUR 2019 – Dave Warner and Tony Durant – Dave’s Life Of Crime – talk, readings, music, performance poetry, signing of any memorabilia.  Hear about Dave’s newest novel, hear his music with the legendary Tony Durant accompanying.  Contact library for details.

WED MAR 27

ARMADALE LIBRARY   6.30 PM– 8 PM

7 Orchard Avenue Armadale  Western Australia

THU MAR 28

BOYA LIBRARY  11 AM – 12.15 PM

134 Scott St, Boya WA 6056

BUNBURY LIBRARY 6PM – 8PM

Parkfield Street & Hudson Road, Bunbury WA 6230

T: (08)
9792 7203 TTY: 133 677 F: (08) 9792 7184

FRI MAR 29

BUSSELTON
LIBARARY 11 AM

Stanley
Pl, Busselton WA 6280

MON APRIL 1

CANNING LIBRARY 10 AM – 11.30 AM

OSMAN MASNOR  NEED ADDRESS.

SUBIACO LIBRARY  6PM – 8 PM

237
Rokeby Rd, Subiaco WA 6008

TUE APRIL 2

MANDURAH LIBRARY 11 AM – MIDDAY

3 Peel St, Mandurah 6210

ROCKINGHAM LIBRARY  6 PM – 8 PM

Dixon Rd, Rockingham.

WED APRIL 3

TOWN OF VINCENT 10 am -11.30am 

99 Loftus St, Leederville

089 2736095 

BASSENDEAN LIBRARY 6.30 PM – 8PM

46 Old Perth Rd, Bassendean WA 6054

 Phone          
(08) 9279 2966

THU APRIL 4

MELVILLE LIBRARY 6 – 8 PM

431 Canning Highway, Melville

FRI APRIL 5

BACKLOT 6 PM – 8PM   IN CONVERSATION with BOB GORDON.

21 Simpson St Leederville, 6005

This will be a ticketed event, only 50 tickets. Phil Bailey joins Dave, Tony and Nicole.

TUE APRIL 16

WOW WOY 2.30- 4.00

Cnr Blackwall Rd & Oval Ave, Woy Woy NSW 2256

CLUB OF ORIGIN

An idea of mine back in the mid-90s when East Fremantle were supplying top footballers across the land. I’d still like to see it – a Club of Origin style FA Cup. No it won’t happen but it’s a more enjoyable read than the usual  tripe you’ll be subjected to in the big papers or … God help me, the Official AFL Website.

FISHNETS AND SHOWTUNES

DAVE’S AUDIO BOOKS OUT NOW

If you like a good story but have no time to read, try the audio books of my novels Before It Breaks and Clear To The Horizon for your listening pleasure. The books are read by Ric Herbert and the publisher is Wave Sound. I’m sure these would make good companions for a trip over the Nullarbor or up through the Pilbara and Kimberley.

HOME GROUND ADVANTAGE VIA BIASED UMPIRING

The Shaun Giles article on the bias enjoyed by Victorian teams in the Grand Final was a step in the right direction but the analysis of Darren O’Shaughnessy (sports data analyst) seriously undersells the advantage which Victorian sides have. This is because his numbers appear to be blanket. He concludes that umpiring advantage is 1.5 to 2 free kicks per game in favour of the home side but this lumps all interstate games as simply Home and Away. In fact, there are four distinct categories of Home and Away games which are: Home Vic v Away Vic,  Home Non-Vic v Away Vic, Home Non-Vic v Away Non-Vic, and Home Vic v Away Non-Vic.

It is this last category which is pertinent to discussions of umpiring bias in relation to Home Victorian Finals. The bias in this category is traditionally higher than the others. That is, a Victorian side forced to play interstate is less likely to be disadvantaged than a Non-Vic side playing in Victoria. (Or Tasmania)

The other important dimension to this argument is that the games that genuinely provoke the outrage of fans are not ones where there is a one or two free-kick differential but a LARGE differential in the free kick count. We saw earlier this year how outraged Victorians were when West Coast got their usual lop-sided free kick count against St Kilda in Perth.  Much was made of the EAGLES BIAS but in typical Melbourne Media fashion they failed to turn the spotlight on their own doorstep. I have been looking at such games for over a decade and the bias towards Victorian teams in Games Of Large Differential (GOLD) is significant, especially in the relevant category of HOME VICTORIAN versus AWAY NON VICTORIAN side, which is what we have had in the last five grand finals.

I define a GOLD game as one in which one side gets 56% or more of the free kicks (the other obviously gets 44% or less)

Since 2013 in GOLD games played in VICTORIA OR TASMANIA with a HOME VIC SIDE hosting an away INTERSTATE SIDE the breakdown has been thus; (* qualifying games n.i. finals)

YEAR        GOLD GAMES                        IN VIC FAVOUR                              IN INTERSTATE FAVOUR

2013                28                                                    21                                                                  7

2014                27                                                    21                                                                  6

2015                25                                                    20                                                                   5

2016                21                                                    19                                                                   2

2017                25                                                    20                                                                   5

2018                19                                                    16                                                                    3

It is quite clear than in the games where there is a lopsided free kick count the Home Victorian Side has a massive advantage being at the very least three times more likely to get the bias in their favour.  While it is generally the case that finals and grand finals will see less biased umpiring than qualifying rounds, this cannot be taken for granted. 2016 was the nadir for Interstate sides with the ratio ten to one in favour of the Vic Home sides and this culminated in the disgraceful 2016 Grand Final umpiring  exhibition.

Emphasising the lack of AFL credibility is the fact the Mat Stevic one of the umpires from that game will be umpiring the 2018 grand final. That is a sad indictment not only of those in charge of umpiring but of the AFL itself and of the supposedly independent media who have ignored the HGA issue for years, perhaps because many of them have a vested interest in the Grand Final being played in Melbourne.

We all know that if the Eagles win on Saturday the HGA debate will be swept under the carpet for another five years and if they lose, the AFL will make meaningless statements about granting more MCG access.

While I don’t buy the argument that the MCG has to be used for the Grand Final because of its capacity (I am sure just as many members of the finalists could be accommodated at most interstate venues), there is one fair solution:  Since no Interstate Team can host the Grand Final regardless of its ranking, no Victorian team should host a semi-final against an Interstate team regardless of its ranking. This would truly level the playing field.