Issue 28

..taciturn demeanour would be interpreted today as at least pathologically reserved, if not downright stand-offish. His behaviour even seems a little odd in the context of the era, but perhaps because I missed some of the early series I’ve also missed the rationale for the apparent chip on his shoulder. I wasn’t alive then, despite…

Dick’s Toolbox cont. ..“Brilliance of the Sea” loomed down the channel dragging a tug “The Lourdes” behind as a token optimistic handbrake. The immensity was stunning, people like a myriad coloured dots acned the decks , the sun was momentarily blocked out as if by a partial eclipse. Our fearful eyes followed the boat’s path…

..winner. I hoped it would get better. But it didn’t. Whatever Weiwei turned his hand was boring. Uninspiring. Bloated. Very big and very pointless. I had gone to the National Gallery of Victoria to see the latest blockbuster of Andy Warhol and Ai Weiwei. I went with some trepidation as, whilst I think that Warhol…

..driving-in-the-city impatience and exasperation. It’s a neat trick I jotted down the music that had become my soundtrack and I’ve just checked the dertails on the ABC Classic radio website. It was a guitar piece called Chamber Concerto by Shaun Rigney, whom I’ve not heard of before, played by one Antony Fielding*, whom I’ve not…

Mike’s Pith & Wind cont. ..winner taking home both tubes in triumph. There are endless examples of feeble synchronicity that we all experience daily – we just have to keep our senses alert to the possiblities. I’m not sure what it proves, but cumulatively it can have a pretty disconcerting effect, which might have something…

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