About bloody time

by | May 24, 2006 | Uncategorized

Mal Brough says we should remove the per­pet­rat­ors of crime from the scene rather than the victim. What a novel idea. Funny how male viol­ence against women and chil­dren is the only one where we reg­u­larly require the victim to relo­cate ‘for her safety’...

Geoffrey Robertson, I love you

by | May 24, 2006 | Uncategorized

Only Geof­frey Robertson could actu­ally ask Amanda Van­stone on national tele­vi­sion to recite the second verse of the national anthem and catch her out on “for those who’ve come across the sea/we’ve bound­less plains to share” and then actu­ally say to her, “It...

Music and magic

by | May 23, 2006 | Uncategorized

Thursday night I dropped by the Sten­cil Fest­ival Open­ing night (and wrote up a story for {ariel flux}). Friday night I dropped down to Café Quince down the road from my new place to listen to Phil Car­roll and Ernie Gruner play tunes from all over...