As the lights dimmed on the sellout crowd, a collective breath was taken. The anticipation was palpable. I was one of the many ‘first-timers’; too young to catch Lloyd Cole & The Commotions when they played Festival Hall in the late 80’s and for one reason or another missed his show a few years back at [...]
Entries Tagged as ‘events & opportunities’
November 5, 2009
Free tickets to Motherlode launch at Avid Reader
Motherlode is the first major collection of Australian women’s poetry in over a decade. More than 120 poets share the telling of a very contemporary story of identity – how we see ourselves as and in relation to mothers, grandmothers and children. Past icons such as Judith Wright, Gwen Harwood, Dorothy Hewitt and Oodgeroo Noonuccal [...]
November 3, 2009
Do the Deadnote!
“The Deadnotes are low key, low skill and lo-fi…” or so says Clive Bell of British indie music bible The Wire.
So if you are anywhere near Brisbane this Thursday night (November 5) and avant-art is your thing, look no further than The Deadnotes ‘Orange Trumpet’ LP launch party at the IMA.
The gig kicks off at [...]
October 31, 2009
Miscellaneous Voices
Miscellaneous Press are getting behind the blogging revolution and have put the call out for the best submissions of poetry, fiction, non-fiction and artwork by Australian bloggers to be featured in their forthcoming publication, Miscellaneous Voices: Australian Blog Writing 2009. All of the details are now up on the site, so get your best work [...]
October 28, 2009
SpeedPoets: last drinks for 2009
If you are anywhere near Brisbane this coming Sunday (November 1), and you like your poetry live, then head along to SpeedPoets. This Sunday brings the curtain down on the events eighth year and there is no plan of slowing down… SpeedPoets will take a break over summer and return in March 2010, well rested and [...]
October 21, 2009
Words or Whatever
Looking for some poetry and spoken word in your life this Saturday night? Well, look no further than Words or Whatever at Blackstar Cafe, in Brisbane’s West End. And with Sista Loops, Bille Brown, Fred Leone & Julie Beveridge all doing their thing (as well as Sheish and I), it is bound to be bristling with energy. [...]
October 6, 2009
Want to know the 10 Rules of Rock ‘n’ Roll?
Brisbane icon, Robert Forster, is about to dish out the facts in his first book, The 10 Rules of Rock ‘n’ Roll: Collected Music Writings 2005 – 2009 (Black Inc). As one of the founding members of The Go-Betweens (along with the late G.W. McLennan), Forster is responsible for penning some of this country’s best loved songs. [...]
September 30, 2009
SpeedPoets 8.7 featuring Alan Jefferies & Bruce Dorlova
Well, it is almost that time of the month again… time for the gathering that is SpeedPoets. So, if you are anywhere in the vicinity of Brisbane this Sunday (October 4), pack up your poems and head on down to The Alibi Room (720 Brunswick St. New Farm), from 2pm. This month features poetry sets [...]
September 18, 2009
Launched!
Well, The Stillest Hour is now well and truly launched. Last night, Sheish and I shared the stage with Helen Avery and Hinemoana Baker, and for a few tracks, Hinemoana, Sheish and this Lost Shark formed a three-piece with me sitting in on drums. For those of you who were there, you would have seen that playing drums makes [...]
