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.
A compilation of reviews for a bigger coverage assembled from several writers. For several thousand music fans, ravers and simple masochists, the first belly laughs of this final Big Day Out were to be had before reaching the ground. Note the frantic screams of the woman station guard as hundreds of kids tried to pile … Continue reading “Big Day Out 1997, Bassendean Oval, February 2, 1997”
folks, here are 10 of the bands from the line-up. fill in the gaps by inserting The Tearjerks, Externals and Challenger 7 where you think they fit in the narrative. sorry, it’s quite long, but it is afterall ten bands and there is some extra stuff about Dirtbag and Atmosfear for CD launch/going away reasons. … Continue reading “interview | The Big Day Out ’96 – Local Line-up”
BRISBANE–Wrote this in a flourish when dad died. Not quite right then, with so much detail, now found it makes sense.
Adam Connors finds a quiet corner of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) offices in Perth to speak to Grok briefly about his formative years as a Curtin University student, back in the early-to-mid 1990s, when he wrote for Grok Magazine and worked on his Honours in English.
Scrappy Seattle three-piece Nirvana had just knocked Michael Jackson off the top of the Billboard music charts when they played Fisherman’s Wharf Hotel on Queensland’s Gold Coast, 25 years ago today.
2002–Does the closure of Asiaweek, the region’s leading news weekly spell the end of its vision? Since its lightning closure, this is the first time a senior staffer publicly writes about it.
Indonesia is facing several weeks of economic uncertainty and a set of potentially damaging price increases to the president’s re-election campaign next year.
The people of Tonga have, for decades, been moving from their homeland in search of work and a higher standard of living. In fact, the biggest contributor to the economy is remittances from Tongans abroad. Which is why, last year, the Tongan parliament amended citizenship laws to allow Tongans – especially those living overseas – … Continue reading “Tongan dual citizenship overdue”
SYDNEY–Expect a whole lot of new material in the next few weeks as I get some SBS articles and pre-2001 pics up. If you haven’t tried the new search, which now brings you album titles, prices and reviews, without you particularly wanting them, this is for yooou. Lobster on the dishlickers on Sat night coming. … Continue reading “Mental Notes: November 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.
