Mental Notes January 2023: All the Rest Are Strangers
BRISBANE—I haven’t done a music review for 23 years, literally, so I sipped a few Coopers on the balcony and did this for a friend. Or possibly enemy, as no-one likes a reviewer.
No More Pain
Chinese history painted over in fresco farce
Officials are planning to return frescoes at a Qing Dynasty-era temple back to their original form after they were painted over during restorations.
Mental Notes July 2010
MELBOURNE–We’ve just had a bit of a live cross to Liam at the World Cup final on our morning edition of Radio Australia’s Pacific Beat program which went down a treat. Here’s what happened…
Mental Notes: January 2004
SYDNEY–Jolly new year what! Can’t go into the finer details right now, I have to feign employment at this juncture. In the meantime check the FBI Weekend Overhang tracklists from last weekend. Streaming MP3s online very soon, or even now maybe :) Big ups to the posse. Have a very kinderpool 2004.
Mental Notes: January 2003
HONG KONG–Welcome 2003! Bro Todd and I have had a blast, though a head cold is conspiring to derail my best attempts at an irresponsible tour guide operation.
Mental Notes: September 2002
HONG KONG–hi x, well, i’m at one of those infamously seldom very-fucking-low points again, but they certainly are starting to become more frequent. i’ve just spent a good 20 minutes on the hong kong patio of a friend bawling alone, having just come off the phone with another grrrl i fell for who had to … Continue reading “Mental Notes: September 2002”
Dinosaur Jr, Sunday September 28, 1997
Metropolis Perth For the many kids who saw the end of the pop and pulp Countdown generation mutate into the all-embracing Rage regeneration, Dinosaur Jr has alway signified low-brow indie rawk and roll. In its early years, ABC TV’s Rage would screen the video of Dinosaur Jr’s Freak Scene every weekend as the epitome of … Continue reading “Dinosaur Jr, Sunday September 28, 1997”
Toni Childs, Sunday November 23, 1996
The Regal Theatre, Subiaco Have you ever felt that you have successfully progressed, set new standards, moved on … while everyone clings to your past glories? Such is the case with Toni Childs who, at the beginning of her latest Australian tour, is faced with having to let her latest material sit dormant while the … Continue reading “Toni Childs, Sunday November 23, 1996”
Engineers of the soul
Engineers of the Soul: Ideology in Xi Jinping’s China by John Garnaut
Somme at 100
With a blow of the whistles at 7:30am on July 1, 1916, tens of thousands of British troops went over the top and advanced on German lines in positions abutting the River Somme in France.
