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The Formative Years – Glitterhouse Records

Blog — January 18, 2021

The Formative Years – Glitterhouse Records   It must have been in the early 1990 that through acquisition of a large fanzine collection, I came across old back issues of The Glitterhouse fanzine from the 1980. Content-wise, it intrigued me as it offered insight into genres I had …

Fashion with a Conscience – Plant Faced Clothing

Blog — January 24, 2021

Fashion with a Conscience – Plant Faced Clothing   Zef culture is an interesting one, as, at least from the outside, it appears to be a movement that has been derived from a state of shame and of national melancholiac sentiments and a way for Afrikaner to self-parody …

Brief Answers to the Big Questions book review

Blog — January 30, 2021

Brief Answers to the Big Questions Stephen Hawking Hachette Publishing   Stephen Hawking’s contributions are not merely limited to physics and cosmology but he had always something meaningful to contribute to current affairs, especially when asked questions that were thrown at him during public appearances. …

Water of Life – Thomson Distillery

Blog — February 4, 2021

Water of Life – Thomson Distillery   Now, this has been for the longest time in the making: An instalment dedicated exclusively to a craft distillery from New Zealand. With Australia whiskies being revered the world over and being touted for at times exorbitant prices, I have …

What’s Sumatra with You? High Voltage Coffee

Blog — February 5, 2021

What’s Sumatra with you? High Voltage Coffee.   As the Descendents put it ever so eloquently “I don't need no booze or drugs/ I just chug-a-lug-o my coffee mug”. Now, my first visits to the US in the early 90s and when those lyrics were penned, were certainly …

Folio Society

Blog — February 6, 2021

Folio Society   What makes for a good publishing house? If you have ever come across a Folio Society edition, you would know that the gold standard has been set in term of carefully curated and crafted books. With a history spanning over seven decades, Folio Society …

The Formative Years – Iconic Venues pt. 2

Blog — February 7, 2021

The Formative Years Iconic venues pt.  On terra australis, there are quite a few iconic venues. When it comes to medium-sized ones, Sydney’s style Enmore Theatre is amongst my favourite for shows. Given that it was erected at the beginning of the century, it is not …

Goya and Brutal Aesthetics (Princeton Univ. Press)

Blog — February 10, 2021

Goya: A Portrait of the Artist Janis Tomlinson Princeton University Press   Claiming that coverage on the life and times of Francisco Goya has been patchy – at least outside the confines of the Spanish language, would be an understatement par excellence. It was about time …

Greenlights by Matthew McConaughey book review

Blog — February 12, 2021

Greenlights Matthew McConaughey Hachette Publishing   Love him, hate him – fact is that you’d be hard pressed to find anyone not remotely familiar with his face or some of the flics he has starred in. Greenlights is McConaughey’s memoir where he reminisces about his …

Drummer Queens @ Lyric Theatre

Blog — February 13, 2021

Drummer Queens Lyric Theatre Sydney, Australia February 10, 2021 Quite a telling name Drummer Queens is, i.e. an all-female cast showcasing a tour de force in terms of powerful rhythms based on drumming, tap dancing and everything in between. In a well-choreographed manner, this original …

Music and Fragrances

Blog — February 14, 2021

High Adventures in the Great Outdoors Music and Fragrances   There are quite a few commonalities between music and fragrances in that at closer inspection, both are based on harmonious compositions and notes that have been arranged and blended together in a concerted manner – all of …

Circa’s Peepshow @ Opera House

Blog — February 14, 2021

Circa’s Peepshow Opera House Sydney, Australia February 7, 2021 Taking elements from the realms of circus burlesque and cabaret, the Australian circus company Circa has refined its own idiosyncratic melange of acrobatic feats with a twist since its inception in 2004. Split into two …

Water of Life – Bourbon Brothers

Blog — February 15, 2021

Water of Life – Bourbon Brothers   I had a conversation the other day with someone who repeatedly toured with Motorhead and was eager to share tour stories about Lemmy’s antics. Needless to say, hilarity ensued as the great man’s legacy looms large and many great tales were …

Vegetarians Do It Better

Blog — February 16, 2021

High Adventures in the Great Outdoors Vegetarians Do It Better   Animal rights and vegetarianism have been the subject of both underground and mainstream movies for the past five decades, the origin of which is fabled to go back to Lennon’s Bungalow Bill from the White Album. …

Dainton Equalizer and Supertrooper

Blog — February 17, 2021

Thus Let Us Drink Beer Dainton Equalizer and Supertrooper   Every now and then when I am on the verge of not feeling overly excited about the colourful barrage of new craft beers that see the light of day on a weekly basis down under, there is …

Music: A Subversive History by Ted Gioia

Blog — February 18, 2021

Music: A Subversive History Ted Gioia Basic Books / Hachette Publishing   Now, summarizing the “history of music” in a little under 500 pages would be a fairly ambitious undertaking at best. However, that is not exactly what Ted Gioia has set out to do, au …

Water of Life – Teeling Distillery

Blog — February 18, 2021

Water of Life – Teeling Distillery   Ah, finally! Teeling Distillery is one that almost got away. For too long it has been in the periphery of my whisky vision and it is high time to finally shed light on what they the Irish distillery has to offer. …

The Formative Years – Iconic Venues pt. 3

Blog — February 19, 2021

The Formative Years – Iconic venues pt. 3 Let us have a look at iconic venues within the realm of punk and hardcore on Teutonic terrain, shall we? A venue in Germany of far-reaching significance for my socialisation with punk and hardcore is the AJZ Homburg. Conspicuously located …

Water of Life – 5Nines

Blog — February 20, 2021

Water of Life – 5Nines   With its vastly diverse climate and geography, the state of South Australia not only produces about half of all wine on terra australis but also has an unrivalled range of grape varieties on offer. When it comes whiskies, it has been …

The Monocle Book of Gentle Living review

Blog — February 21, 2021

The Monocle Book of Gentle Living: A Guide to Slowing Down, Enjoying More and Being Happy Thames & Hudson   For anyone remotely into the cosmos that is Monocle, its style and the lane it has carved for itself along with the immense influence it is having …