Crimped

For my Grandmother She is old and crimped like a pinched-off string Yes­ter­day was filled with memor­ies of buttercups She made dolls of moun­tain devils when they were babes Tomor­row, a glass of sherry on her own, in her room Yes­ter­day was...

Balm to the soul

Ah, music. Once again, my saviour, my hope, my heart. Waves and waves of energy, sweet, strong light, tabla teas­ing double bass, drums entwined with key­boards, roils of suc­cour caus­ing bodily response, dance and energy back, call and response, and to end on Lei...

Uh oh, what have I let myself in for?

From drjon: A: Any regrets? Sure. Lots. B: You live an amaz­ingly hectic and dense life. What don’t you manage to fit in, that you really wish you could? More sex. Ser­i­ously, more read­ing time. And I wish I could fit in trips to the forests for...

Wow, that was quick!

From ozgenre: 1. Given your exper­i­ence in the pub­lish­ing field, what do you see (apart from inde­pend­ent press recog­ni­tion) as being the real defi­cit in the Aus­tralian press/media, and how can we, in real­ity, fix it? The race for AB con­sumers at the...

Saturday night entertainment

I’m on my way to The Bird at Revolver Upstairs tonight. I meant to organ­ise a crowd to go. I’d call it spur of the moment but it’s actu­ally just dis­or­gan­isa­tion (it’s been in my diary for weeks). Ah well… Anyhow, they’re an awe­some drum n’ bass...

Interview Meme

Okay, I give in. I quite like this inter­view meme I’m seeing on… well… just about all my friend’s journ­als. And I’m look­ing for dis­trac­tion right now, so let me have it. Inter­view me! Leave five ques­tions for me in a response to this post...