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Akashic Books – Depeche Mode and Washington DC HC

Blog — May 28, 2021

Akashic Books – Depeche Mode and Washington DC hardcore   What started as an independent publisher founded by the former bassist of Girls Against Boys and ex-member of Dischord’s Soulside in Brooklyn at the end of the 1990s has since seen an evolution that established Akashic Books as …

Music in the Sky @ UNSW Roundhouse

Blog — May 29, 2021

Music in the Sky UNSW Roundhouse Sydney, Australia May 29, 2021   Immersive audio-visual synaesthetic events have experienced quite an advent on terra australis as we have covered lately e.g. via the Monet & Friends and Van Gogh extravaganzas. Created by Keith Hong, Music …

Lydia Lunch and Quincy Troupe

Blog — May 30, 2021

Seven Stories Publishing Lydia Lunch and Quincy Troupe   Lydia Lunch has always been known for her dry humorous raunchy and raw approach to channelling her alchemy, i.e. spoken-word and performance art, fuelled by anger and outrage. Defiant in tone and style, So Real It Hurts meanders …

Midnight Peat, StrangeLove and Seven Zero Eight

Blog — May 31, 2021

Water of Life Midnight Peat, StrangeLove and Seven Zero Eight   We have covered Bladnoch Distillery the first incarnation of its offshoot Pure Scot not too long ago. While Bladnoch has a history of more than two hundred years, its two blends, i.e. Pure Scot, and Pure …

Semi Permanent X Highsnobiety hotel takeover

Blog — June 1, 2021

Semi Permanent X Highsnobiety hotel takeover Sydney, Australia May 26-27, 2021 While one might from a distance label the entity known as Semi Permanent as a host for creative experiences and design festivals, the aforementioned categorization does not really do justice to how they channel their …

Me and Mr. Cigar by Gibby Haynes

Blog — June 2, 2021

Me and Mr. Cigar Gibby Haynes Soho Teen   The Butthole Surfers have had an immense influence on me during my formative years, given that they broke the mould with their idiosyncratic melange of punk infused psychedelic, noise and a welcome dose of black humours. …

Fashions fade, style is eternal

Blog — June 4, 2021

Fashions fade, style is eternal – an afternoon with Jeff Lack.   Fashion and grooming. Love it or act like you take yourself too seriously to care about what you look like, fact is that no matter how far removed you might perceive yourself to be from the …

Thus Let Us Drink Beer – Akasha x Robert Stein

Blog — June 5, 2021

Thus Let Us Drink Beer – Akasha x Robert Stein Collaboration As we have previously covered, what Dave Padden and his crew have accomplished with Akasha Brewing within its six years of existence is quite something, with especially recent releases pushing the envelope in hoppy excellence and knocking …

Audio = Ground-Zero

Blog — June 6, 2021

Audio =-Ground-Zero For People Who Listen   No matter if it is movies or music – sound reigns supreme. Listening to sound at its best is a delight. It is literally every time that I experience a great sound system that I discover additional layers and ideas …

American Psycho: The Musical @ Sydney Opera House

Blog — June 8, 2021

American Psycho – The Musical Sydney Opera House June 8, 2021   I have always enjoyed Bret Easton Ellis’ oeuvre and was specifically delighted when American Psycho was on the literary canon for one of my courses on U- and Dystopian Literature. Given the greatness …

Hip-Hop Architecture book review

Blog — June 9, 2021

Hip-Hop Architecture Bloomsbury Visual Arts   Hip Hop, the way it was incepted, could not have more epitomized the concept of a movement, pertaining to all areas of life – be it politically, socially or culturally. Needless to say, what it has evolved to sometimes only is …

Come from Away @ Capitol Theatre

Blog — June 10, 2021

Come from Away Capitol Theatre Sydney, Australia June 9, 2021   Now, what are the ingredients for a great musical? The cohesive progression of the story via integration of dialogue, an effective musical score with leitmotifs, a sharp choreography and believable characters are integral …

Water of Life - Whisky Live

Blog — June 11, 2021

Water of Life - Whisky Live Randwick Racecourse Sydney, Australia June 5, 2021   Now, this one has been for the longest time in the making. While we have covered quite an array of whisk(e)y tastings over the course of this series, one of the …

Amy Shark @ Qudos Live Arena

Blog — June 13, 2021

Amy Shark Qudos Live Arena Sydney, Australia June 12, 2021 Between the time when I first saw Amy incarnate at the beginning of her career when she still performed under the moniker Cushway within the confines of a pub show and tonight’s incarnation at one …

Ed Kuepper and Jim White @ Sydney Opera House

Blog — June 13, 2021

Ed Kuepper and Jim White Opera House Sydney, Australia June 13, 2021 My first exposure to Ed Kuepper and his oeuvre must have been in the early 1990s, when I acquired a Spanish pressing of The Saints’ (I’m) Stranded LP on Harvest Records, which curiously …

Tinnies and Tomahawks

Blog — June 14, 2021

Thus Let Us Drink Beer (and eat meat) Tinnies and Tomahawks There are many benefits to vegetarian and vegan eating and I tend to live a vegetarian lifestyle 99% of the time. However, I love great steak and every now and then I treat myself to …

Noosa Heads/Fortune + Ginny Pig Distilleries

Blog — June 15, 2021

Water of Life Noosa Heads Distillery / Fortune + Ginny Pig Distillery   Amongst the myriad of gin distilleries mushrooming on terra australis there is no shortage when it comes to the distilling of innovative and varied gins. However, every now and then one comes across a …

The Formative Years – Riot Grrrl Cardi B

Blog — June 16, 2021

The Formative Years – Riot Grrrl Cardi B Part of my formative years were shaped and influenced by the underground feminist punk movement that emerged out of Washington and the greater Pacific Northwest at the early 1990s and what eventually became known as “riot grrrl” spearheaded by bands like …

Fashion Crimes & Pier Paolo Pasolini book reviews

Blog — June 18, 2021

Bloomsbury Publishing Fashion Crimes: Dressing for Deviance    The use of symbolism and coding in fashion and the implications as well as the perceptions it results in, is an interesting field that goes far beyond of what fashion stands for at face value. With Fashion Crime: …

Water of Life - Glenfiddich Grand Cru

Blog — June 19, 2021

Water of Life - Glenfiddich Grand Cru   Having lived on four continents and with a weak spot for a wee dram of good Scotch hardwired into my DNA, I have grown to appreciate certain brands that can be banked on to be on the menu of etablisssements …