Months go by. In Spring, I went to Nick Cave and Warren Ellis, in Summer, I saw Mick Harvey. Suddenly, it's mid-Autumn in the Southern Hemisphere & it's getting cold.
Where Summer went
5 years or no time at all
Writing On 1st September this year, I happened to be in Byron Bay, a beachside location on Australia's New South Wales eastern coast. I was sitting outside with a cup of tea, on a mild, sunny afternoon, that was not quite warm but definitely not cold, and therefore a vast improvement on Melbourne's recent weather. From... Continue Reading →
The Sound of the City
Yesterday I read a post by a fellow Melbourne blogger, on her site Sampling Station, where she asked, what does your hometown sound like? I started to write a reply in the comments section, but of course, that became too long very quickly and I realised I would have to reply via a post instead. Perhaps I should begin... Continue Reading →
Autoluminescent. Thanks to Rowland S Howard for that one.
Autoluminescent. It's a good word. What does it mean? According to one online dictionary: "Capable of emitting luminous rays spontaneously and without excitation from other bodies: said of the so-called radioactive substances." It's also the title of a new biopic that screened at this year's Melbourne International Film Festival, about Aussie musician, Rowland S Howard, who... Continue Reading →
The Beastie Boys Bandit and other rock related criminals
Police in Portland, Oregon, are apparently flummoxed by a bandit they've dubbed "The Beastie Boy Bandit" - because the dude keeps on turning up at banks wearing bad wigs, polyester suits and fake moustaches, looking for all the world like he's paying homage to the Beastie Boys in their well known clip for Sabotage. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z5rRZdiu1UE... Continue Reading →
Blathering About Nothing 