love out loud: sometimes i’m always gone
In my (ultimately unsuccessful) quest to finish all the uni work that would be due while I was in the United States before I left Australia, and having realised some years ago that I work best late at night, I spent a lot of time strung out on coffee. The unfortunate result of this was [...]
book review: jung chang, wild swans
I received an obscure package during the summertime of last year. Its content, tightly swallowed in glorious bubble wrap, was Jung Chang’s family memoir, Wild Swans. The back blurb gave me an impression that it was an anti-communist manifesto. Politicking books are a chore to go through for me. But because it was sent by [...]
hip hop appreciation
Instead of giving you faithful readers another lovely album review, I decided to write about something that’s been on my mind since Saturday night. It is partly spawned by watching a ridiculous amount of Cee Lo Green’s “Fuck You” video, listening to soul music at work, my roommate buying me Stevie Wonder on vinyl, paying [...]
bumbershoot, 2010
A decision to make an impromptu visit to the U.S. in September was made a lot easier by Bumbershoot, Seattle’s Music & Arts Festival, over the Labor Day weekend at Seattle Center. For the non U.S. residents amongst you, this means September 4th through 6th at the place where that funny looking thing that makes [...]
television: sookie stackhouse vs. bella swan
Lex Rosenberg, in the second installment of her ‘True Blood’ three-part special, compares the protagonist Sookie Stackhouse with ‘The Twilight Saga’s Bella Swan. May the best woman win.
Erin Flannery
Erin Flannery has a remarkable ability to make black, white and neutral shades look full of life; to tell an enchantingly playful story using silhouettes and the simplest of shapes. Inspired by fashion, contemporary culture and everything weird and wonderful, Erin creates stunning images of girls and women using acrylics, aerosol, pencil and other materials [...]
film review: despicable me
Kimberley Carey reviews ‘Despicable Me,’ which can be defined as “absolute cuteness.”
love out loud: to censor or not to censor?
A few days ago, I had my first experience with outwardly not being told something because Bob Dylan was concerned I might write about it. He eventually told me because he tells me everything (even though he likes to pretend this isn’t the case) but it did raise an issue that has become rather pressing [...]
my love affair with channel 10
When I got my first television set, I stopped caring so much about having close relationships – Andy Warhol. I was a television addict. No. Seriously, I was. I knew what was on at every time of the day. I was my very own TV guide. Most days, I would ‘study’ while watching Dr Phil, [...]
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