Watching the yachts leave for the Sydney to Hobart is a Boxing Day tradition. But today's weather was pretty poor, and using my phone camera just amplified the conditions. I reckon the out of focus effects look a little like an oil painting, with ...
The editor at New Matilda emailed asking for max 140 character answers for a piece. Not sure it's really crowdsourcing when you get contributors for contribs, but NM's one of the original online magazines in a rapidly expanding field. Here's what I sent in. Where are the best fish and chips ...
I drove out to Auburn for a citizenship ceremony this week. If you've never attended one, and I hadn't before this, you're probably imagining one of those momentous Australia Day citizenship ceremonies, with the PM and various outstanding Australians talking about what the country means to them....
Everyone talks about how much things have changed in music, but no one talks about instores. It was the ultimate fan gig, with the band playing in a tiny room, just metres away. When Redd Kross did an instore at Waterfront Records, I was blown away to hear them playing acoustic. Hanging ...
Wandering around book shops is one of my favourite things to do, although, like record shops, I'm often paralysed by choice. At this huge shop in Brisbane, all I could manage was a Patrick White and two children's books (including one called Vic ...
I present a weekly art/ideas show on FBI Radio in Sydney, and whenever you click on the website to listen online, you get this message. Listening to FBi outside of Sydney? Where are you? We’re curious! Email whereintheworld@fbiradio.com and let us know. The result is this - you might need to toggle ...
Ever since I moved out of home, my books and CDs have floated around in a range of ad hoc arrangements. Rickety Ikea bookshelves, milk crates, vertical stacks. No more. Having bookshelves that reach up to the ceiling is one of those life's ...
Michaela Gleave's snowstorm outside the Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, on the weekend, was a gorgeously unlikely spectacle. Two industrial sized fans blowing foam across the grass, while a host of photographers snapped shots, and a busker performed magic tricks - oh and the ...
Triple J cops a lot of flack in Australia, but it shouldn't and not for the usual reasons. Even with changes in media distribution, it still carries a hell of a lot of sway in exposing new acts and national exposure. So it's no wonder people have a lot invested in ...
Canvas had a writing special yesterday. I interviewed Reif Larsen, author of the fantastical debut novel The Selected Works of TS Spivet, plus artist Emily Floyd, and Liz Keen from 12words.com.au. We put the call out on Twitter for 12 word stories, and got some good ones. Sleepless night. Tired. ...
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