Surry Hills Festival

October 13, 2007 By 5 Comments
Surry Hills Festival

"Have you ever seen the cover of the Shine album by Frida?", I said to my friend Andrew this afternoon. As soon as I'd finished asking the question, I instantly recognised the obscurity of the popular cultural reference I'd just asked him to consider. Of course he replied no, but still laughed when I observed one of the women using a hula-hoop in the dance space at today's Surry Hills Festival looked just like Frida on the front cover of her 1984 English language solo Cd. "The one in flouro … [Read more...]

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Robyn (Live in Sydney)

September 16, 2007 By 8 Comments
Robyn at Oxford Art Factory, Sydney Australia

Until my friend Patrick messaged me the other week, asking if I wanted to go see her perform live in Sydney, I had only a vague knowledge of Swedish pop star, Robyn. In the intervening period, I visited her myspace and listened to a few songs which I thought were really quite good. It was then I remembered having heard her song "With Every Heartbeat" sometime earlier on the radio. I also chatted with my half-Swedish colleague, Carrie who told me a little about her history as a Swedish … [Read more...]

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Newcastle Disaster

June 9, 2007 By Leave a Comment

As you may have heard, the people of Newcastle have experienced strong winds and flooding in the last day. I just spoke with my friend Kate in Newcastle to make sure she's okay and she is, although she has lost quite a few windows and her backyard is covered in glass. Although she lives right in town, she's escaped the flooding that has affected Hunter Street, because she lives on the higher part of the old sand dunes. One of the many consequences of the winds has been the stranding of … [Read more...]

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Gays and Greys (Cher In Concert)

March 12, 2005 By Leave a Comment

It's Saturday afternoon and I've just woken up from a brief nap. It's been an incredibly busy week and so I thought a brief nap was in keeping with my efforts until the phone rang and then, my mobile rang at the same time which I interpreted as a sign that I probably shouldn't waste too much of my Saturday, even though I have been tired today. That said, I've woken up and I'm feeling fine... in fact, feeling quite good about life at the moment, as most things in my life seem to be going … [Read more...]

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