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. ...
Driving through Woy Woy on the weekend, I couldn't help but notice the St John the Baptist Catholic Church. I didn't have a camera, so just snapped with my mobile. It's a bit scrappy, but you can see more in a project overview from the building's designer PMDL....
If you think about your links to other people as strings in a spider's web - a pretty well used metaphor, I know - then, some are strong (friends, enemies), some weak (acquaintances, friends of friends, and so on). Every year, the web grows. There are limits to how many people ...
It's been a while in the making, but our 23rd issue is out. That's Grant Hunter's crazed marsupial/bunny cover for Cyclic Defrost #23. Inside you can find Grant's favourite record sleeves and an in-depth interview with the Novocastrian - by Shaun Prescott, who also ...
I looked down to work out what I'd fit into my favourites for the year and then all of a sudden it was a different year. Things I liked last year included all of the following and undoubtedly loads more that have faded into the mesh of was it 2006 or ...
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