Alexei Leonov, the first human to walk in space (and here) on March 18 1965, was presented with the band's CD Columbus of the Cosmos at The Australian Embassy in Moscow in December 2010 (see article further down)

Phil, Michael, me, Don and Dingo at the Semaphore Workers Club

Dingo likes singing this after a gig at The Semaphore Workers Club

Performing at the St Peter's fair 2004 in the park next to 3D Radio

New Years Eve 2004.  It always helps to have a good bottom end.

I enjoyed playing "i still haven't found what i'm looking for " past one of the local churches. This version was filmed in the front bar of The Grace Emily Feb 2008

Here's a weird crossover. Tony Irvine used to live at Aroona Rd Croydon with Rodney and Dave from The Primitive Painters and had a synth band called The Psychotronix who also used to jam at the house. I remember being introduced to Patrizia who was the singer. She went on to marry Mike Rann and be known as Sasha. How did that happen? click here.

2007

Captain Carbunkle and The Cosmonaughts! I hung around to watch The Basics who had Wouter (Wally) De Backer on drums. What a great band. We had a long chat after the gig about his sound sampling for his solo project Gotye for which he, as a singer songwriter, won the Aria Award for Best Male Artist in the year of this gig, 2007. He also won this award in 2011 as well 5 others including one for the single "somebody that i used to know."  The awards continue with a 3 Grammy awards in 2013 presented by Prince. This gig had a good mix of bands. The Satellites were good as usual, as were Slingshot Dragster.

Look at photos from the Semaphore Music Festival Sun Oct 4th 2009 here

Watch Pat Malone performed at The Wheatsheaf on 26.12.2010 below

There's Keith from The Seekers

The Stars are shinning brightly although they are not on stage yet.

Shots of the album launch at The Wheatsheaf  25.10.09

Watch Back home in Adelaide below

What's Tom pointing at ?

The songs to appear on Cosmology and the tempos

Yuri Gagarin, the first human in space on April 12 1961. More info here

Tom whistling great gig in the sky on 12.4 2010 at the Columbus of the cosmos CD Launch. This gig occured 2 days after the Smolensk air crash where all 96 Polish passengers on board where killed while travelling to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the Katyn massacre. My mother's uncle was in this massacre. More info here

Guess who's drinking again !

I feel alright

Alexei Leonov unfortunately failed in his ambition to catch The Lonely Cosmonauts perform in Moscow but did receive a copy of this album (see below for the article in SA Life magazine) to make up for it. The CD bed tracks were recorded on the 27th and 28th of April 2010 with extra percussion added on Voskhod 2 on 27th May 2010.

Such a good feeling to be honouring Miroslaw Hermaszewski's legacy and here at my "Little Sparrow" tribute

Click here for 30 pages of images and information on Miroslaw Hermaszewski

Lucky for Phil he didn't turn up to this photo shoot. We should have spent more time like we did for the one below. The wall behind the band looks great though. That's a 1966 Ludwig Burgundy Sparkle Jazz Festival Snare and here for Ludwig display and colour finishes

One of the attempts to get sponsorship to Moscow was to record a song for Cooper's Ale

What a great looking band. Many hours were spent to get just the right shot for this important magazine at the Semaphore Workers Club on 2.9.2011

The above article documents Michael's "trip" to Moscow for the 50th anniversary of Yuri Gagarin's historic flight as the first  human in space

Even Colonel Garan Jr, the US astronaut who visited the International Space Station in April 2011 with two Russian Cosmonauts to commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of Gagarin journey, heard the CD

It was good talking to Ben from The Woohoo Revue about vintage drums

Be careful when riding your bike

Below is The wheatsheaf gig on 8.7.2011

A real treat to play acoustically in the garden for Dingo's housing co-op halloween party on 5.11.2011. Hey isn't that
Guy Fawkes Day as well ?  Let the Fireworks explode.

What a great night with a tasty bbq and salads cooked by Tom Moore.  Jane Reilly, the weather presenter, dressed in a green wig, seemed to be enjoying the Lonely Cosmonauts warning me not to eat the Blue Pony badges in the bowl as they were not lollies. Thanks Jane.
The concert band played some well known tunes and Mario, Sav and Jack from Travi's band proved to be a class act. They should have played "Ride your Pony" by Lee Dorsey. Thanks for retrieving my bass drum pedal Mario. It's such a bad feeling when you think you have lost something like your bass drum pedal, as it's such an important part of your kit that you can't afford to lose.

Click here at Canberra Jazz Blog for a review of this gig

The scroll engraved 1923 Ludwig Black Beauty Snare Drum above shines beautifully
Click here also for some modern engraving

Photos for the Parks Alive weekend gig in Heywood Park for the Unley Council on Sunday 1 April 2012.  Picture Dean Martin.
This time Don couldn't make the photo shoot. Last time it was Phil. Who's next? Eventually there will be a shoot where nobody turns up. We could print a photo with no one in it. Very Lonely for the Cosmonauts.

The Lonely Cosmonauts conquer Heywood Park!  Click here. (You can put a spin on anything)

Nice place for a gig at the Magill Club (Uren St Magill) on 5.5.2012. Let's hope the music takes off again. Great all you can eat BBQ on Friday nights

Always a great gig at The Wheaty

Really good to play a gig at The Gov with The Steve Brown Band. Thanks for letting me use your kit Jeff. I must get that photo of my bass drum in the dressing room shower recess

How Lovely to be Lonely. How Lonely to be Lovely.

Click here for my old school mate "Charles"

 Last gigs at The Wheaty