Sigh. Katrina analysis…

Ganked from art­broken and patchworkkid: Go read this. It is a very well thought-out ana­lysis of how racial fear and pre­ju­dice in New Orleans caused unne­ces­sary deaths, fol­low­ing a New York Times art­icle about how few deaths were actu­ally caused by...
Melbourne vs Perth

Melbourne vs Perth

Ah, Mel­bourne, how I love you! Today was a glor­i­ous Mel­bourne day, sunny and filled with art and light. I love Mel­bourne coffee, a darker roast, smoother on the tongue than double-shot lattes with weaker roasts in over West (every­one over...

Serenity and art murder

Saw Serenity last night with wilds­oda. Bril­liant. As so many of my other friends are post­ing, I’ll also quote: “I am a leaf on the wind…” It’s almost a per­fect film: superb dia­logue, although delivered a little too cas­u­ally at times and hard...

My friends are so amazing

In the last few days, I’ve received a DVD from my friend Max in Sydney who filmed Cana­dian diva Ember Swift on her last Aus­tralian tour and is now making a DVD for them (mine’s an advance sample… don’t actu­ally know when the real thing will be out) and...