Paper Trials
On Saturday, I went to Belmont Forum with Rosie after taking her to her swimming lesson. (Which was great, by the way; the girl is a...
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Leonard Cohen
Leonard Cohen, one the greatest poets of all time, has left our world. Even though he was both 82 and in increasingly poor health, this...
Andrew Sachs (7 April 1930 – 23 November 2016)
This...Basil's wife. This...Basil. This...slap on head. In his Manuel guise, Andrew Sachs copped more than a few blows to the head, and...
Malcolm Fraser (21 May 1930 - 20 March 2015)
Vale, Malcolm Fraser. You were a liberal lion in its truest sense; a tireless humanitarian campaigner for dignity, decency, compassion...
Bruce Springsteen & The E-Street Band
CONCERT REVIEW: Bruce Springsteen & The E-Street Band, Jan 27 2017 (Perth Arena) I'm pretty certain that this is the only review I've...
Chuck Berry
Chuck Berry (1926 - 2017) Chuck Berry was a prick. It's fairly well documented. He was busted (and jailed) for tax evasion, filmed women...
Peter Garrett & The Alter Egos
Art Bar, Perth Art Gallery, July 21, 2016. There was supposed to be three of us: myself, Brian Buckley and Daniel Brand; but poor Brian's...
The Lost Boys
Education's Greatest Challenge in the 21st Century. The other week, I learned of the death of a 20 year old man. I knew him. He was a...
Malcolm Young
Malcolm Young (1953 - 2017) Malcolm Young is arguably the most important musician this country has ever produced. Big call? Yes. But...
Star Wars VIII: The Last Jedi
[MAJOR SPOILERS - be warned.] Ok, I've seen TLJ twice now. I loved it the first time, and saw even more to like and appreciate the second...
The Olympics and Seasons of Change
THE OLYMPICS: TIME TO END THE DISCRIMINATION I'm not 'anti' the Winter Olympics. How could I be? I like an event that includes a sport...
That's a bit rough...
Cheating in cricket isn't cool. Cheating isn't cool. 'Sandpaper-gate' reminds all of us that Australian cricketers are role models, and...
Ben Shapiro? Is a thing?
I don't spend a lot of time in the dustier corners of the inter-web, so I've just discovered a bloke by the name of Ben Shapiro. What an...
The Appalling David Leyonhjelm.
When you hear an elected Australian Senator defending his abuse of a fellow Senator by using the argument that 'general abuse' is ok,...
Peppa Patriarchy
One of the cool things about literary readings is that they can be applied to anything. All they do is filter a text's content through a...
Serena Williams and racist cartoons
HOW TO EXPLAIN THE SERENA WILLIAMS CARTOON CONTROVERSY - WHY THE CARTOON IS RACIST. I can understand why some - even many - people might...
Language 101
I hate it when things aren't properly described. I mean, the other day, I heard that a light plane had crashed somewhere. Terrible, of...
Wladislaw 'Wally' Mueller
Wladislaw 'Wally' Mueller (1923 - 2016.) We used to take long walks along the Chapman River. Along narrow tracks of clay-brown dirt, and...
Empire of Minor Things
EMPIRE OF MINOR THINGS The porousness of memory; objects suck it up, leach it out, stilled into the nether-time of otherworldly reaches...
Bohemian Rhapsody
A few friends, knowing that I'm a Queen nut, asked me about the accuracy of the film, Bohemian Rhapsody. So, if you're interested, here...
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