Thus Let Us Drink Beer – Edge Brewing Project
There seems to be a newer ending influx of newly established breweries dabbling in the creation of craft beers with never not “interesting”, but not always delectable results that hit the spot.
Needless to say that I …
Water of Life – Amrut Naarangi and Kadhambam
I have always had a weak spot for sludge metal from New Orleans and Down’s “Bury me in smoke” is a song that we have done a cover version of, however, in a bid to pay homage to my …
ZIRK! CIRCUS SYDNEY OPENING NIGHT
Moore Park
Sydney, Australia
July 6, 2019
As the Colombian sculptor and figurative artists Fernando Botero put it oh so eloquently: “
The circus allows one to be logical and unreal at the same time. In the circus, all …
Aesthetics Equals Politics: New Discourses across Art, Architecture, and Philosophy
The MIT Press
There are a range of quotes that came to mind from the title along, e.g. Paul Rand’s formulation that design can be art or aesthetics, i.e. the idea of beauty, and that the …
Water of Life - KI NO BI gin
Gin has experienced a renaissance and celebration the extent of which is yet to subside. Craft and micro distilleries are popping up left, right and centre including novelty ones and questionable variants.
Now, I have expressed my deep …
Thus Let Us Drink Beer – T Bone Brewing
It is funny how things work.
Sometimes you accidentally come across something you start to hold in high esteem, you get into it and it sends you down the rabbit hole, opening the doors to more discoveries. …
The Streets
Enmore Theatre
Sydney, Australia
July 19, 2019
Alternative hip hop headed by an MC and multi-instrumentalist, huh?
Truth be told, I do not think The Streets had ever left a remarkable blip on my radar – neither before their heyday nor during …
A.Bandit: A Secret Has Two Faces
Prestel Publishing
With the collaboration that we got here, we have a a case par excellence for the resulting whole bigger much bigger than the mere sum of the individual constituents.
On one end of the spectrum we have …
Water of Life – Illegal Mezcal
God, I love a good sipping tequila. It does not have to be in the heat of summer to make this a thing of beauty along with a nice Mexican beer.
Mezcal is territory I ad so far not dabbled …
Thus Let Es Drink Beer - Modus Operandi
My prayers for a great local, bold yet easily accessible IPA that ticks all the right boxes were answered with the fourth one in the core can range for Mona Vale’s master brewers Modus Operandi, who ever since …
Water of Life - Hernö
One of the perks of roaming this earthround is that you get to try local spirits from the source. After a stint in Finland, a local juniper aficionado introduced me to Hernö Distillery for the first-time pre-ambling the experience by highlighting that …
Yeezy and Kanye West
Yeezy Season 3 – 4 Zine
Thames & Hudson
The Yeezy phenomenon is one that ties in with the zeitgeist of artificially created hype and scarcity. Camping outside of store days ahead of a new limited drop has become a common …
Thus Let Us Drink Beer – Stockade Brewing Co
Stockade Brewing Co surprised me a bit as it seemed to have emerged out of nowhere.
Further research revealed that it evolved from the purchase of Australian Independent Brewers (AIB), which subsequently morphed into the contract craft …
Water of Life - Flor de Caña Rum
Nicaragua is a blank spot on my world map.
“Blank” as in it has yet to be visited, I am intrigued about its location and anything emerging from it, catches my interest.
Unbeknownst to me Flor de …
Anselm Kiefer in Conversation with Klaus Dermutz
Seagull Books
I travel the world for many reasons and one think I made sure of, is hunting down Anselm Kiefer’s artistic emissions in museums around the globe while doing so. The man and his ever-expanding body of work …
In vino veritas – Vin Diemen’s Taste of Tasmania
Another instalment as part of my constant push for you to have your mind blown by what Tasmania has to offer: The annual Vin Diemen’s Taste of Tasmania extravaganza is one of the events of the year for …
Philosophy and Poetry : Continental Perspectives
Columbia University Press
Footprint Books
Sure, there is a myriad of treatises and books on schools when it comes to studying the fundamental knowledge of the nature of thought, aestheticism and how it ties in with different styles …
West Side Story
Opera House
August 20, 2019
Sydney, Australia
There are few dance musicals that are as internationally known as the result of the joint effort between the quartet of what has become well established as luminaries in the world of musical, i.e. …
The Simpsons: A Cultural History
Rowman and Littlefield
Using a flipchart to outline the immense influence The Simpsons have had and still have on the fabric of our cultural DNA would hardly to justice to the impact of the show that once derived from The Tracey …
Water of Life – Absinthe Friends
I’ve danced with the ever elusive green fairy many a times and sometimes in more profound ways than other – be it in Berlin or Prague.
There is certainly no shortage of myth, folklore and fabrication around la fee verte …
