Joe Wall
@joewall.bsky.social
Writer. Shipwrecked traveler. OZ/NZ/FJ. Cat bloke.
Apropos to nothing at all Thanksgiving-related, here’s a pair of cheeky Sulphur-crested cockatoos spotted in the Sydney Royal Domain.
November 27, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Apropos to nothing at all Thanksgiving-related, here’s a pair of cheeky Sulphur-crested cockatoos spotted in the Sydney Royal Domain.
Sitting on the runway in Sydney. Leaving Australia to return ‘home’. I don’t recommend it. Here was last night’s final sunset in Macquarie Park. Appropriately sublime.
November 24, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Sitting on the runway in Sydney. Leaving Australia to return ‘home’. I don’t recommend it. Here was last night’s final sunset in Macquarie Park. Appropriately sublime.
Hello, Melbourne. Nice to be back.
November 20, 2025 at 1:32 AM
Hello, Melbourne. Nice to be back.
Early Sunday morning in Oz and this #AT40 from ‘78 makes me want to go back to sleep so here’s an actual selfie taken the other day in Sydney Harbour. Cheers, gang.
November 15, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Early Sunday morning in Oz and this #AT40 from ‘78 makes me want to go back to sleep so here’s an actual selfie taken the other day in Sydney Harbour. Cheers, gang.
Sydney, beautiful as always.
November 13, 2025 at 1:44 AM
Sydney, beautiful as always.
1972 dirty 30 sounds fine even when it’s coming up on 4:30 am Sunday in Sydney. Photo was snapped in the inner west suburb of Balmain yesterday. #AT40
November 8, 2025 at 5:28 PM
1972 dirty 30 sounds fine even when it’s coming up on 4:30 am Sunday in Sydney. Photo was snapped in the inner west suburb of Balmain yesterday. #AT40
As someone who loathes E Tennessee but loves Pat Summit, this was a pleasant find in a W Knoxville Kroger.
October 13, 2025 at 7:48 PM
As someone who loathes E Tennessee but loves Pat Summit, this was a pleasant find in a W Knoxville Kroger.
During an #AT40 dud I flipped to the Springsteen channel, where a live show from Jan 2017 in Adelaide AUS was playing. A show I literally drove all night from my home in Melbourne to attend. Because I needed to hear an American decry Trump’s racist policies. Springsteen did not disappoint.
October 11, 2025 at 5:55 PM
During an #AT40 dud I flipped to the Springsteen channel, where a live show from Jan 2017 in Adelaide AUS was playing. A show I literally drove all night from my home in Melbourne to attend. Because I needed to hear an American decry Trump’s racist policies. Springsteen did not disappoint.
With the Yankees playing Boston in a do-or-die game tonight, I thought it appropriate to wear a t-shirt with a 47-year-old box score on the back. I was 12 on Oct 2 1978, but it remains the greatest day of my baseball-fan life.
October 2, 2025 at 5:44 PM
With the Yankees playing Boston in a do-or-die game tonight, I thought it appropriate to wear a t-shirt with a 47-year-old box score on the back. I was 12 on Oct 2 1978, but it remains the greatest day of my baseball-fan life.
A poorly conceived compilation album that marketed the Beatles as 50s-era teens, seemingly inspired by the popularity of ‘Happy Days’.
September 26, 2025 at 2:25 AM
A poorly conceived compilation album that marketed the Beatles as 50s-era teens, seemingly inspired by the popularity of ‘Happy Days’.
September 23, 2025 at 1:38 PM
(my apologies for the non-music-related #AT40 post)
If you find yourself in bed for over a week,
take comfort in the care of Nurse GeddyLee.
If you find yourself in bed for over a week,
take comfort in the care of Nurse GeddyLee.
September 20, 2025 at 5:26 PM
(my apologies for the non-music-related #AT40 post)
If you find yourself in bed for over a week,
take comfort in the care of Nurse GeddyLee.
If you find yourself in bed for over a week,
take comfort in the care of Nurse GeddyLee.
In ANY OTHER country this headline forces introspection and despair. In this ‘proudly Christian state’, only listless shrugs.
September 4, 2025 at 11:03 PM
In ANY OTHER country this headline forces introspection and despair. In this ‘proudly Christian state’, only listless shrugs.
Here’s a clip from Lucero frontman Ben Nichols’ solo show Tues night in Knoxville. This is most of ‘Fading Back Into the Night’ from his brilliant new album Into the Heart of the Mountain.
August 8, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Here’s a clip from Lucero frontman Ben Nichols’ solo show Tues night in Knoxville. This is most of ‘Fading Back Into the Night’ from his brilliant new album Into the Heart of the Mountain.
At 12, I was already a radio geek when WKRP first aired in Sept '78. Its premise kept me glued, despite the show getting knocked around by CBS. All TV shows needed a bombshell in the '70s, but Loni Anderson was different. Confident, serene, tough. RIP to a great one.
August 4, 2025 at 1:53 PM
At 12, I was already a radio geek when WKRP first aired in Sept '78. Its premise kept me glued, despite the show getting knocked around by CBS. All TV shows needed a bombshell in the '70s, but Loni Anderson was different. Confident, serene, tough. RIP to a great one.
July 29, 2025 at 10:11 PM