The Formative Years – Black Sabbath and Righteous Riffage
If one was to compile a list with the greatest riffs ever written, no doubt Black Sabbath would occupy quite a few spots at the more formidable end of the spectrum. Sometimes a band and their emissions are …
Centre Pompidou – Anselm Kiefer
Located in the fourth arrondissement of Paris, The Centre Pompidou, is quite a sight to behold and sets a contrast to the backdrop of traditional Parisian architecture with its high-tech “inside-out” colour-coded exterior skeleton design courtesy of the architect triumvirate Philip Johnson, …
Yoga: The Secret of Life
powerHouse Books
Given punk’s anti-dogmatic and religious credo, the advent of “Krishna core” was in the was viewed with suspicion, as it seems to be at odds with the nihilistic mindset that it was fuelled by.
Eventually, through bands like …
Affirm Press Australia
Australia is home to quite an array of independent publishers, whose emissions deserve to find a wider international audience. Affirm Press is one of them with their foci firmly set on not only capturing and publishing Australian stories in their broad range of fiction …
Thus Let Us Drink Beer – Rock Brewing Co
Before Rocks Brewing Co’s brewery was incepted in 2014, Rocks was known for channelling its alchemy as a gypsy brewer at different established Sydney breweries to create approachable ales to capture the hoppy equivalent to the characteristics of …
The Formative Years - Muzak
Experimental, EDM, music that evokes a bodily reaction and noise music along with the underground cultures and aesthetics have always fascinated me – an interest that sparked curiosity as to what music can achieve beyond the realms of what is perceived and enjoyed …
Water of Life – Souwester Spirits
Souwester Spirits intrigued me from the moment I learned about both – the fact that it is located in the Southern corner of Western Australia as well as its founder, i.e. Danielle Costley, being a luminary in the realm of winemaking …
Mike Parr: Performances 1971 - 2008
Black Inc. Publishing
Mike Parr’s shadow looms large, both on international terrain but specifically on terra australis. Having emerged on his artistic mission in the early 1970s, his oeuvre encompasses not merely a vast array of media but specifically performances, …
Thus Let Us Drink Beer – Hops to Home
Subscription services can be hit and miss – specifically when it comes to libations. However, beer clubs with subscription models are mushrooming, with the obvious advantage for the customer being about time and convenience whereby you are receiving …
Vogue X Music
Vogue Magazine
To say it with the words of the ever so eloquently Marge: “…Greta Garbo and Monroe, Dietrich and DiMaggio, Marlon Brando, Jimmy Dean on the cover of a magazine. Grace Kelly, Harlow, Jean. Picture of a beauty queen. Gene Kelly, Fred …
Monet & Friends: Life, Light and Colour
Royal Hall of Industries, Moore Park
Sydney, Australia
April 17, 2021
After first incarnating with a multi-sensory ode to the Dutch master van Gogh, 2021 sees the Royal Hall of Industries hosting Melbourne-based Grande Experiences’ homage to the …
Turbonegro, Tom of Finland and High Gloss
My first exposure to Turbonegro must have been via the triumvirate that are the Hot Cars and Spent Contraceptives, Helta Skelta and Never is Forever albums, which entered my rotation in the early 1990s.
However, it was not …
Design Innovation and Integration
BIS Publishers
The times and circumstances we live in force us more than ever to innovate and adapt to new ways of living and working, moving. Being open to change is the vital first step to ensure and facilitate innovative transitions.
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King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard
Enmore Theatre
April 22, 2021
Sydney, Australia
Claiming that the collective known the world over as King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard is “prolific” and “productive” would be an understatement par excellence: The band has steadily pumped out quality …
Thus Let Us Drink Beer – OZ round-up
Green Beacon Red’s Dead IPA, Wayward Brewing’s new sour and Foghorn Brewery
If you have followed this series diligently, you would have recognized that there are a few Australian breweries that not only emit interesting new concoctions on a regular …
Water of Life - Roe & Co.
Despite having more than a weak spot for peated variants, I have always had a failble for Irish whisikies as you would know if you followed this series, with Irish whiskeys being a bit underrepresented yet highly appreciated in the …
High Adventures in the Great Outdoors – Undone
There are no two ways about it: The opposite of “off-the-rack” is gaining in popularity with customization being a feat of exclusivity and luxury. What in the world of bespoke tailoring with clothing being made to individual measurements of …
The Formative Years – Welcome to Venice
It must have been in 1990 that I first came across the Welcome to Venice compilation.
I was instantly hooked and made it my mission to find out more about each of the contributing acts, specifically Suicidal Tendencies, whose self-titled …
Water of Life
Martini (Applewood Coral Gin and Regal Rogue)
There are a myriad of cocktails but only few reliable ones that I’d confidently order in the more remote corners of this earthround with the probably most famous of the gin cocktails, i.e. the Martini, being one of …
We Have Always Been Minimalist
The Construction and Triumph of a Musical Style
Christophe Levaux
Minimalism has always intrigued me – specifically in the realm of music. Having emerged as an antidote to twelve-tone bombast, it soon became a varied genre with idiosyncratic genres and …
