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A portmanteau. A treasure trove. A time capsule. A poetry book. A diary. A photo album. Memories. Dreams. Wishes. Hopes. An open letter to an unsuspecting public. An intimate confession to close friends. A declaration of intent. A whisper of love. A personal record. An experiment in introspection. A performance space. A political rant. A wild yawp. Why do any of us publish our words and images online? Come, dream with me.Tonight’s Denton
Just watching tonight’s Denton (having finished marking!!! Whee!) and it’s possibly the best I’ve seen. Ever. First the best Richard E Grant interview I’ve ever seen and the best interview of someone hassling Andrew Denton back, and followed by Ciaron O’Reilly, an…
Oh, for goodness’ sake!
In today’s Age: “It was not so much a factional as a generational squirmish, but it was passionately fiery in the grand tradition of grassroots politics.” It’s such a weird error, it took me a moment to work out what it ought to have been and then I had hysterics.…
Sometimes, life gets bleak
In addition to doing all the big picture stuff I do, sometimes my friends remind me there’s little stuff that needs doing too. __alana__ is in a bad place right now, so she’s started the one dollar dream project to help get funds to get a wheelchair accessible house…
Electundra and purpose
Today’s musical styles couldn’t have contrasted more. The afternoon was upbeat reggae and African rhythms in one room, West Papuan and pacific in another and smells of cooking wafting through. This evening was serious young men (and they were all men), black-rimmed…
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Aaagh, not enough time in the day!
I want to alert you all to lots of interesting things and to make interesting commentary about them but until I change the way I’m living, that isn’t going to happen. For now, you should all read patchworkkid’s journal and paracelsus’s journal. I, on the other hand,…
G20 Alternatives Campaign Launch
4th of July – Independence (from Capitalism) Day! BAR 303 High Street Northcote Tim Themi (solo – intense acoustic folk) Pi‑0 (political poet) Pheobe’s Band (High energy folk band) Members of the Board (8 piece reggae/ska/disco/funk) …and a movie to kick things off.…
Journeys to North America…
So, North American readers… I have no idea where some of you live, but it looks like I’ll be heading to California and surrounds in mid-August for a couple of weeks to see journey2master. I definitely want to catch up with you, mizchalmers and there have been vague…
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Days like these…
This evening, I went to the Diversity Seminar at Trades Hall I mentioned a little while back with Carmen Lawrence and Julian Burnside and Bishop Hilton Deakin and Voula Messimeri (FECCA) as speakers, organised by SAVE Australia and Anna Burke, MP. It was an excellent…
Moments of history
My mother sent me a box of mementoes from under her house (and yes, those of you who know my cupboards well enough are going to say, “what!? *more* rubbish?”). In it was a folded piece of A4 paper, made into a card, written on in pencil. “Dear Rosanne, my love” it…
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Snippets
I didn’t go out to Electundra last night because I broke {ariel flux} while trying to upgrade the software it runs on. D’Oh! V. annoying. Ah well, I have a season pass and they have more stuff happening Wednesday, Sunday and then Wednesday again. Also, for those folk…
A poem is a city
Have just seen Factotum at the Nova with Matt, so I thought I’d post this Bukowski poem that’s in it, while I get my head together to write the review for {ariel flux}. A Poem is a City by Charles Bukowskia poem is a city filled with streets and sewers filled with…
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Blast Theory at Sonar
I think you guys might be interested in this project. Anyone want to interview them for {ariel flux}? Blast Theory at Sonar International Festival of Advance Music and Multimedia — Barcelona, Spain 15th,16th,17th June 2006 Blast Theory are proud to present a 3 day…
Phoenix Emberstone
passionate political poet
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