I received some lovely gifts for Christmas. I'd tell you about them, but I'm wary of implicitly creating the appearance that I favour the...

The Queensland Floods My wife and I went to the movies on the weekend. We opted for some fairly mindless entertainment, settling on the...

I've just been reading about (and watching excerpts of) Ricky Gervais' performance as host of the 2011 Golden Globes. I have to say, it...

Whilst driving today, I noticed a sticker on the back a ute which simply read, "Extreme Motorbikes". Even now, I'm wondering what it...

For all of their accessibility and popular success, Tame Impala are really quite an odd band. For a start, they only exist (as a band) in...

Sometimes, less is more. J. William Parker might not have coined that phrase, but he sure does understand it. There is an otherworldly...

I'm not a monarchist by any stretch of the imagination, but I've long admired King George VI, the man who never wanted to be King. And...

I don't know if you've noticed, but when the worlds of swimming and running are held to mutual account, there are some disturbing...

I love books, and as a general rule, I love bookshops. To be truthful, I'm especially fond of secondhand bookshops, driven as I am by the...

Radiohead have long been a band determined to plough their own particular musical furrow. That they've achieved as much success as they...

It's probably fair to say that Tom Waits' voice is an acquired taste. There are people who find Bruce Springsteen's voice a little too...

The Mercy Seat - Cave Version & Cash Version I came across this snippet in an interview Nick Cave gave in 2017 that included the...

Midnight Oil Review: Fremantle Arts Centre, October 30, 2017. Midnight Oil just played two concerts in Perth. And yes, I went to both of...

Some thoughts on the lives and deaths of Andrew and Myuran... Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran. These two were, at one time, foolish and...

RJ Hawke has left us. Kris Kristofferson once wrote a song about Johnny Cash, and it included the couplet, 'He's a walking contradiction;...

Ok, let's be clear; this is the first time I've gone to two concerts in a week since 2009. I don't normally leave the house this often....

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I was shocked and appalled to see Matt Renshaw retire hurt, (or more accurately, retire - squirts) on the first day of Australia's first...

It’s an interesting time to be an Australian. I’m not sure I’d call it exciting (as Prime Minister Turnbull might prefer), but you’d have...

ADAM GOODES The hard thing about wanting to post something about the booing of Adam Goodes is knowing where to begin and when to step...