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.
The loudest if not finest of Creation Records’ glory days, Swervedriver never lost that feeling. Their drummer Jez, mouthy and blunt, speaks of their Anglo/US cross-references, the then-current Creation crop and their glorious guitar attack being two men with one brain (1996; 17 mins)
While the majority of the UK music scene is measuring each others’ hair length, IQ and ‘Beatleness’, some bands are actually getting down to business and writing great music. Once again it is led by Swervedriver, a band originally from Oxford but who now command one of their biggest audiences in America, the traditional graveyard … Continue reading “interview | Swervedriver (1995)”
Engineers of the Soul: Ideology in Xi Jinping’s China by John Garnaut
WAROONA–Wrangling two kids under ten years of age in this town is like caging animals.
One year on from the pro-democracy protests that brought Hong Kong to a standstill, organisers admit that China’s Communist leadership shows no sign of budging on reform, but a spark could reignite the movement.
WAROONA–By golly does having the hire car make a huge difference when in a country town. Headed up to Perth and the Pt Walter foreshore with Gene, Jacq and Chris for a bit of seagull chasing.
Large Western media organisations could do nothing but shake their heads this week as reports came out of China that $US7 billion dollars was to flow into state media. While newspapers, television, radio, and even internet properties in the Western world were being gutted by their parent organisations, China spoke of expanding its reach in … Continue reading “Huge cash injection for China state media”
SYDNEY–Just got off an Allnighta shift for FBI, tracklistng follows. Now a casual on the SBS radio news desk several days a week. Sorting out my move into the lovely old house at the bottom of Darling St. 15 metres to the ferry pier. Nice.
HONG KONG–After finally working out a reliable way to get analogue cassette archives of radio interviews onto my machine, here they are streaming online, under the title Broadcast: The Eels’ E; The Posies‘ Ken Stringfellow; Weezer‘s Brian Bell; The 3Ds‘ Dave Saunders; Shonen Knife‘s Naoko Yamano; Butthole Surfers‘ King Coffey; Lush‘s Phillip King; Tripping Daisy‘s … Continue reading “Mental Notes: May 2003”
We like to watch. But while we sometimes may not like to be watched, which wanton watching are we worried with?
