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Review: Bob Mould, Corner Hotel Melbourne 13/3/2013
Every music fan has a golden age, in which you find the artists who help define your tastes. Sugar’s Copper Blue, released in 1992, landed right in the middle of that period for me. Bob Mould’s spiky yet infectiously melodic take on guitar rock was exactly what I was looking for, and while Sugar themselves … Continue reading
Review: Sound City (2013)
Dave Grohl has a resume you could club burglars to death with. He responded to the break up of one of rock’s most influential bands (Nirvana) with one of its most successful (Foo Fighters). He churns out side projects (Probot, Them Crooked Vultures) more regularly than some artists release albums. He’s been a film composer, … Continue reading
What A Bloody Relief, a.k.a. Retrospective: Animal Kingdom (2010)
While I love working as a freelance writer, it does mean I have to watch a lot of Australian film and television. I say have to, because as much as I want to savour the experience it normally ends up being a bit of a chore as a lot of the stuff I watch isn’t … Continue reading
Review: Save Your Legs (2013)
Directed by Boyd Hicklin Written by Brendan Cowell Starring Stephen Curry, Brendan Cowell, Damon Gameau, Pallavi Sharda The Australian film industry may enjoy wringing its collective hands over expressing the Australian identity (Whatever the hell it is this week), but when it comes to wooing crowds and making coin it’s only too happy to … Continue reading
First to be Latest
”Nothing is original. Steal from anywhere that resonates with inspiration or fuels your imagination. Devour old films, new films, music, books, paintings, photographs, poems, dreams, random conversations, architecture, bridges, street signs, trees, clouds, bodies of water, light and shadows. Select only things to steal from that speak directly to your soul. If you do this, … Continue reading
Spam Hour!
A few months into this blog’s existence (And precious few posts to show for it, I admit with some embarrassment) and it’s felt like I’ve been micturating in the cyber-wind. I mean, who’s been reading this stuff, apart from a few friends, a couple of family members and people I’ve lured with cold, hard funds? … Continue reading
A Golden Note in the White Noise
My Daily Thought: Being ‘right’ is easy; say what you want to say loud enough, and people will always believe you. The tough part is saying something of value. It’s been a while since my last blog post, I know. Chalk it down to a lot of ‘real world’ stuff taking the reins for a … Continue reading
To Michael Bay, C/O Sunny Gland Rest Home…
OK, well done, Mike. You got me again. I saw Transformers: One Word Shy of a Roger Waters Lawsuit… sorry, Dark of the Moon. You happy now? You suckered me in again, you bastard. Or to be more accurate, the remains of that ten-year-old me who loved Transformers to death, who warmed my rotten, cynical core into … Continue reading
The Glory of Highlander 2
I’ve never been much of a believer in the concept of ‘guilty pleasures’; to me, if something gives you enjoyment – even if it isn’t of the highest quality - that’s a valid experience that shouldn’t be a source of embarrassment. But that doesn’t mean you can never screw up. Highlander 2 is famous as being … Continue reading
Going Deep
One of the things that attracted me to the idea of setting up this blog thing was that it gave me the opportunity to write stuff that not only I wanted to read, but would be of interest to other people I knew as well. There’s nothing I like more than taking a story, regardless … Continue reading
