Posts made during August, 2011
Party food, 1974 style.
Wednesday, August 31st, 2011
It’s the book launch of ‘Tell Them to Get Lost’ tomorrow night (which you can order here!), so I thought I’d give you a taste of the food we might eat if we were in 1974. Although you probably wouldn’t want to eat it, because those hip cats in 1974 ate some weird shit. I found some recipe cards from 1974 and looking at the things on offer was enough to turn me off my dinner. Even some of the names would make you reach for a bucket. I mean who would eat something called ‘Fluffy Mackerel Pudding’ or ‘Chilled Celery Log’. Here are some of my favourite recipe cards… (read more)
1974 fashion tips for the cool dudes.
Sunday, August 28th, 2011
Hey man, it’s only three days until the book launch of ‘Tell Them to Get Lost’, so here are some way-out fashion tips for the cool dudes. You’ll find threads that are, according to a 1974 Myer catalogue, ‘ready to relax and cut to really swing’ and where ‘Shirt plus pant add up to a wonderful east life’. And who wouldn’t look good, and perhaps sweat a little bit, in ‘dashing slacks in crimpolene and hand-washable polyester.’ But before you dress up you’ll need some underwear that combines ‘Comfort AND fashion with heat resistant waist band’… (read more)
1974 fashion tips for the fab chicks.
Thursday, August 25th, 2011
It’s only one week until the book launch of ‘Tell Them to Get Lost’, so I thought I’d share some 1974 fashion tips on what to wear on the night. I’ve actually got a Myer catalogue (an Australian department store) from 1974 where (according to the copy in the catalogue) caftan comes with ‘flair and a bubbly interest in nylon’ and ’skirts swirl and lurex shimmers’. And, even more impressively, you can look glamorous in ‘voluptuous velvety velour’. I’ll start the fashion tips show with some fab looks for the groovy chicks… (read more)
Tonight we’re going to party like it’s 1974.
Monday, August 15th, 2011
Yeah man, all you cool cats are invited along to my far-out 1974 slide show and fab book launch. Get on down to the grooves of David Essex, Paper Lace, Blue Swede and Barry White while eating brightly coloured Cocktail Onions, Pigs in a Blanket and Deviled eggs and downing a few Creme de Menthes and Harvey Wallbangers. BYO joints. And don’t forget your car keys for the bowl.
It’s at Readings Books 112 Acland Street St Kilda starting at 6.30. Can you dig it? It’ll be a real trip, baby… (read more)
A box of books.
Thursday, August 11th, 2011
My new book ‘Tell Them to Get Lost’ arrived today. In fact, I got a whole box of them. The book looks great and it’s always such a buzz holding the book in your hands for the first time. Here’s the blurb from the back of the book: When Tony Wheeler wrote Lonely Planet’s first-ever shoestring guidebook, South-East Asia offered ‘cheap and interesting travel without the constantly oppressing misery of some of the less fortunate parts of Asia’. Certain ‘hotspots’ in the region attracted the tourist crowds, but there were many ‘untouched places’ too. So have Tony’s recommendations stood the test of time?… (read more)