I’ve mentioned the ABC TV show Big Ideas before. I tend to record the various episodes on IQ and review them at my leisure. There’s no particular theme to Big Ideas and I can easily be put off viewing a particular episode just by scanning the synopsis, but sometimes the description is so inscrutable that…
A riff on the original shot taken by Robert Hitchcock at the Wild Thyme Café on Saturday 14.12.13
..also was invited by landed gentry and aristocracy into the country houses of Central Europe.’ These days he is a relatively unknown figure, but during WWII he pulled off one of the more extraordinary stunts of the conflict. It was made into a passable film with an entirely miscast Dirk Bogarde, but achieved true immortality…
Dealer of the month Vale Matt Moffitt 20.8.03 Sydney Matt Moffitt of Matt Finish has died in his sleep in Sydney. He was 47. Geoff Marr, who played bass for Matt Moffitt in a recent line-up of the band told Undercover News Matt died in his sleep on Wednesday night from a suspected seizure. Matt…
Alkira’s dyslexic songbook The week that wasn’t.. 31.7.06 – For some reason I thought it was August already when I awoke this morning. Maybe it was because I felt like a horse’s arse, August 1st being every horse’s birthday and all, but in any event, when I got to the bank I found out that…
Dealer of the month Again we’re not talking about a CD retailer this month – they can wait until we eventually release some new product and we need to suck up. No, this month we’re talking about Music Junction, my handily located musical instrument dealer next to the Rivoli in Camberwell – well, East Hawthorn…
1) The fountain (check out the big version) 2) The REB shows off its temporary green coat 3) The shot of the show.. Arty farty smarty party 21.4.06 – As I struggle to learn by heart the fat wad of lyrics for the upcoming Schumann Show on Anzac Day, I ruefully reflect on Black Friday,…