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July
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Norm Sweeney dies
1.7.09 - I had an e-mail from the Darcys a few days ago informing me that Norm Sweeney, ('one of the good ones'), had died on the night of Friday 26th. It wasn't entirely unexpected, as Gil Matthews told me he'd heard that Norm hadn't long when I was in the Aztec office a week ago. Norm was one of the Sydney clique of roadies, so Spectrum only came across him every now and then. The last time was on the LWTTT tour back in 2002, and I recall he wasn't too well even then. Norm was ever the gentleman and always fastidiously turned out - often leaving in his sartorial wake the musos in his care..

Breathing Space Too still on track
1.7.09 - Speaking of Aztec, I spoke to Ted Lethborg again today and the BST discs have arrived in the office and we're now just waiting on the digipacs, (covers), which Ted expects should be in sometime next week.

Ross Wilson's '5 Decades of Cool' concert
1.7.09 - I had reason to contact Ross Wilson last week (I was looking to find the whereabouts of former DC saxophonist, Jerry Noone), and in the flurry of e-mails that followed, Ross asked if I'd be interested in showing up to play bass on a couple of Party Machine numbers at his 45th anniversary gig at the Palais on Friday August 14th. (See the concert flyer for more details). I said I would..
 
 
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