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  • WAM in 1996 documentary chockers with heaps of bonza players

    June 9, 2024

    This from the socials, a find by Circus Murders’ Roly, it’s something I need to archive too. Check … more

  • Mental Notes January 2023: All the Rest Are Strangers

    January 8, 2023

    BRISBANE—I haven’t done a music review for 23 years, literally, so I sipped a few Coopers on the … more

Surrealpolitik

ABC News / Radio Australia / Australia Plus / Australia Network / SBS News / DigiTimes / Time Magazine / Asiaweek / more
  • From the archive: Social media and moderation in the 2000s

    January 25, 2025

    Newly-found 2007 interview with Radio Australia’s In the Loop where I attempt to explain how social media works.

  • Award for ‘The stolen star’

    December 9, 2021

    My name’s on this gong for assisting with a few bits and pieces.

Music

RTRFM Radio / The West Australian / The Australian / Canberra Times / more

A hundred-odd articles and interviews for The Australian, The West Australian, and others, including Ash | The Stems | Herbie Hancock | Alice Cooper | AC/DC | Dead Can Dance | Elastica | Lush | Beasts of Bourbon | Jebediah | Swervedriver | Dick Dale | Mr Bungle | Fugazi | Superchunk | Spank | Marilyn Manson | Bluetile Lounge | Cinema Prague | Money Mark | Babes in Toyland | Magic Dirt | Polvo | 808 State and a lot more.

 

Mix

Bay FM Radio / link to podcast
  • mix | You’re Gonna Like This ft Mess Esque and Jane Weaver

    May 9, 2025

    Lots of new and interesting Australian music today with The Electorate and Dusken Lights from Sydney, Brisbane/Melbourne’s Mess Esque , Darwin’s Emma Rowe, and more sacks – oops, tracks – from Perth’s Pond and Thermos Cardy.

  • mix | You’re Gonna Like This ft Grace Cummings and Stereolab

    May 2, 2025

    I’m totally abusing my position by playing 3 songs by my favourite band *ever* as Stereolab releases their first song in 15 years. Mary Hansen from Maryborough is the lead on one. Naarm’s Annie-Rose Maloney, Grace Cummings, and Mika James ably back the greats.

Broadcast

Bay FM Radio / FBI Radio / RTRFM Radio / more

A collection of interviews and live mixes from my time at RTRFM in Perth 1990-’98, FBI Radio in Sydney 2003-’05, and Bay FM from 2025. Includes interviews with Weezer | Butch Vig from Garbage | Butthole Surfers | The Posies | Shonen Knife | Primus | Lush | Swervedriver | The Eels | Morphine | Carla Werner and more.

Video

Much handicam waving with friends popping through my hometowns of the time. The mountains around Lijiang, China where your faithful videographer sings The Sound of Music in bad Mandarin accompanied by goats. Also adventures in Taiwan, indie clubbing in Tokyo, night crawling in Hong Kong and more.

Galleries

Moments before we all carried multimedia devices. Notably since then I hardly take any. | more

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  • mix | You’re Gonna Like This ft Mess Esque and Jane Weaver May 9, 2025
  • mix | You’re Gonna Like This ft Grace Cummings and Stereolab May 2, 2025

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