Obituary: Money

Original video located here. Accessed 25th May 2026

Song title: Money

Artist: Pink Floyd

Year: 1973

Why I like this song:

R.I.P. Dick Parry
May his saxophone continue to resonate.

Opinion: Calypso

 
Original video located here. Accessed 8th May 2026

Song title: Calypso

Artist: Spiderbait

Year: 1996

Why I like this song:

Well, the latest inductees for the ARIA Hall of Fame have been announced.
They are: Spiderbait, Kate Cebrano, The Living End, Vika and Linda, Jenny Morris and Gurrumul.

Some thoughts:

• It's good that ARIA have decided to scrap the singular inductee and go back to the group approach - which makes me wonder why it was ditched it the first place.
• Clearly the presence of Spiderbait and Living End is an indication that ARIA are looking beyond the pop well (which is surely looking dry at the moment) and into other avenues. Hopefully this leads somewhere
• A lot of female voices in this clutch of acts. But there's nothing wrong with that and it is clearly an attempt to make up the low number of female acts in the ARIA Hall of Fame. What does remain to be seen however is what happens in the years to follow and whether this is is an isolated incident.
• Certainly this is a step in the right direction but, again, where do we go from here...