one fellow's political coverage, music ramblings and general hijinks across decades under a range of guises at several locations often in a state of awe.
In Fiji, one person has died from typhoid and more cases of the disease are emerging just days after tropical cyclone Gene swept through the country. The victim was a 33-year-old woman from the northern village of Nailou.
Interview with Lisa Gerrard I was dressed in pyjamas when I first confronted Dead Can Dance – the imagescape of 1993’s Baraka was flowing over me with The Host of Seraphim, from Dead Can Dance’s 1988 tome, The Serpent’s Egg, invading my soul. The theatre was full, but I think I had been standing throughout … Continue reading “Dead Can Dance, Capturing the Spiritchaser”
By former and current Grok staff The history of Grok Magazine, the official student publication of Curtin University, begins exactly 50 years ago, in April 1969, only a couple of months after the creation of the Western Australian Institute of Technology (WAIT) Student Guild.
Engineers of the Soul: Ideology in Xi Jinping’s China by John Garnaut
Where harebrained site ideas are tried and tested.
El Nino-driven drought and frosts in the normally tropical highlands in Papua New Guinea and Solomon Islands has brought Tasmania-like weather to the region, a regional administrator said.
By Nic Mclellan. Originally posted in Overland, Spring 2013
As 2009 and the decade draws to a close, let’s now take a look back on a year which has seen some momentous events take place in this, our Pacific home. Bookended by the intractable political situation in Fiji and Papua New Guinea’s unchartered future with its new energy wealth, the year 2009 will instead … Continue reading “Pacific Beat 2009 year in review”
From WorldWide Religious News.
Hunter S. ThompsonNew Journalism’s Dark Prince ‘Gonzo’ Journalist Thompson Kills SelfBy Elaine Woo, LA Times Staff Writer
