The Formative Years – ACME 7”
In 1993, I received a demo tape “Menschenmaschine” by a band from the Northern regions of Germany that had just changed its name from New Deal. The artwork, new band logo and presentation did not exactly catch my eye and it …
Jeremy Kirwan-Ward: You Can See It From Here
Fremantle Press
One of the qualities of art is to offer to grind a new lens and the opportunity to transform and change viewpoints, which can result in one recalibrating one’s outlook. With Australia’s unique rugged landscape, there …
Thus Let Us Drink Beer – The Velvet Sledgehammer
If Hobart’s Museum of Old and New Art – MONA is not of your bucket list of places to visit, we cannot be friends. Opened at the beginning of 2011, October of the same year saw my first …
Water of Life - Kings Cross Distillery
It was about high time for Sydney to have its own locally grown gin distillery and since July this year. While Australia has a myriad of gin distillers, up until July this year there was a King Cross Distillery shaped …
The Triffids
Fremantle Press
Vagabond Holes: David McComb & The Triffids
Despite having left a legacy of fantastic music and an album that should not be missing from the record collection of anyone remotely into independent music (my entry point recommendation would be the classic …
Karl Hagemeister - Das Licht, das ewig wechselt
Wienand Verlag
“…das Licht, das ewig wechselt” is a tribute and compendium of Karl Hagemeister’s oeuvre.
Now, chances are that the villages in the German region of Brandenburg, which is where Karl Hagemeister grew up …
Thus Let Us Drink Beer - Jetty Road Brewery
Due to COVID-19 restrictions, visits to the local watering hole have become few and far between, however, when possible they are occurrences to be savoured. During a recent one, the owner and craft beer enthusiast of my local …
The Formative Years – Maximumrocknroll
There are many ways to skin a cat when it comes to the creation of a fanzine.
Having the core interests and common denominator somewhat defined as it was the case with punk rock in the 1980s and the potential audience having …
The Sports Shoe: A History from Field to Fashion
Bloomsbury Visual Arts
Both my wallet and my better half praise the fact that my sneaker collecting days are over, with only a few remnants remaining that I am unlikely to ever part with. Not that I …
Thus Let Us Drink Beer – Tallboy and Moose Brewery
Quite an extravagant name, you might quip when you pick up a can that emitted from the Tallboy and Moose Brewery. Then again, after a bit of research and learning more about both the physical features, i.e. …
Water of Life - Spring Bay single malt whisky
Having had a firm focus on the distilling scene in Tasmania for the longest time, I feel borderline embarrassed to have missed out on one – a feeling that is counteracted with sheer delight when I get to …
Water of Life – Bladnoch x Boilermaker House collaboration
If you follow this series, you would notice that the term “boilermaker” makes frequent appearances. Pretty simple in nature as far as the concept is concerned, in essence and in this context, it usually refers to the pairing …
Luminous World
Light.
Nuances.
Shadows.
Endless variations and spectra.
The perception and (dis-)appearance of contours.
Wavelengths.
The intersection of the spiritual and the mundane.
Enlightenment.
Seeing the light as the ultimate spiritual experience.
Light can be many things and exists …
The Fundamentals of Graphic Design
Bloomsbury Publishing
What do you associate with “Graphic Design”?
Aestheticism?
Form vs function in the two-dimensional space?
A realm of individuality?
Eccentricity?
Ornamental crinkum-crankum?
Whatever your personal interpretation is, here is finally an introductory book …
The Formative Years – Rocket from the Crypt
Given that it was released on Nemesis Records, I ordered the first Pitchfork album blindly and while it did not exactly blow my mind – mainly due to the rhythm section - I liked the way the songs were written, …
Water of Life - Aberlour A'Bunadh
Speyside’s Aberlour is a much fabled about distillery – one that releases its emissions in idiosyncratic batches, which might vary a tad in terms of quality, yet have the common denominator of having the same copper-ruby appearance derived from its exclusive …
Cult Status
As Phillip Seymour Hoffman once quipped, you can view anything as a “cult” and some might claim that a “cult” is a religion with no political power, or is it?
Media luminary Tim Duggan takes us on an insightful journey down the rabbit hole of what …
Thus Let Us Drink Beer – 3 Ravens Special editions
The story and evolution of 3 Ravens sound familiar: Having emerged from a microbrewery, the emissions were received well by the local community, demand outstripped the supply of their mainly European expressions and things started to be …
Water of Life – W + A
The world of whisky is a varied one with a myriad of offerings that cater to tastes and preferences of all kinds. Once you determine your favourite drops and delve a bit into the rabbit holes flooded by the water of …
Music and sports - Puma
The notion that music and sports make a formidable duo is something that is hard to argue with. The relationship stretches across different domains, be it crowds chanting along to fire up their teams or themed music performances that have become integral …
