When was the last time you set foot in your local library? If you have to stop and think, then maybe it’s time you went and checked it out. I am a proud, card-carrying member… always have been and for good reason.
Established in the mid-19th Century, public libraries were seen to be essential to the [...]
Entries Tagged as ‘other stuff’
November 15, 2009
For the love of libraries
September 2, 2009
Takin’ it to the streets…
Not long now until I board the plane for Melbourne with the guitar slinging Sheish Money. We hit the Overload stage as part of Takin’ it to the Streets and Poetic Riffs, so if you are in Melbourne town or its delightful surrounds, make sure you get along.
Overland recently interviewed the irrepresible Santo Cazzati who [...]
July 31, 2009
Black Stump Blues part VIII – Night of the Woolscour
I am still dearly missing Blackall’s big skys and open landscapes… here’s a few photos from a night I spent at the Woolscour. The light and sound of this place is something to be experienced. Hinemoana Baker who I traveled with recorded lots of audio at the Woolscour, so I am sure we will be [...]
July 25, 2009
Time to unravel – British Sea Power, Neruda & Bachinsky
It’s been a long week, but now it’s Saturday and the sun is warming my back as I type… time to unravel. Here’s a few things to ease you in to your weekend. Enjoy it!
British Sea Power – Man of Aran
I love an ambitious project and when I read about this, I knew instantly that I had [...]
July 11, 2009
Everywhere you go is swirlin’
everything you say has water under it…
(The National)
This Lost Shark is back, swimming in his own waterhole and feeling charged with the beauty of the west. Stay tuned for poems and pics over the next few days… those big skys just open me up.
Have also got plenty of QPF Spotlights planned and a few other treats, [...]
July 5, 2009
Serve me the sky, with a big slice of lemon
(The National)
Well, this is me signing out for the next week… the great western lands call me forth with their silences and big skys, but rest assured, there will be much to report when I return.
So for now, check out these snapshots and enjoy your Sunday!
Gregory Corso – The Last Beat
Corso, the streetfighting soul that [...]
July 1, 2009
Welcome, Hinemoana Baker
Well, Hinemoana Baker’s residency has now officially begun!
Last night Hinemoana’s official welcome was held at the Judith Wright Centre of Contemporary Arts. Kate Eltham Mc’d the evening, Indigenous leader, Sam Watson welcomed Hinemoana to country, Theodora Le Souquet (QWC Chair) launched the residency and I was honoured to be invited to perform a short reading and [...]
June 29, 2009
Oodgeroo – bloodline to country
Sam Watson’s new play Oodgeroo – bloodline to country opens today. The play centres around the 1974 hijacking of an aircraft in Dubai by Palestinian terrorists. One of the passengers on that plane was Kath Walker (later to be Oodgeroo Noonuccal). The other central issue is the differing pathways to peace; for Oodgeroo it was [...]
June 28, 2009
Get Your Fix
Another Sunday, and after the grey, weeping sky that prevailed last weekend, it is so good to feel the last of today’s winter sun streaming through my window.
And while I am getting my fix, you should get yours.
Check out this great short film based on the poem A Fix by Herbert Huncke. For many Huncke is better [...]
June 27, 2009
The Suffering Song
Well tonight I finished watching Deadwood. If you have not seen it, I totally recommend you do so. And don’t be put off by the relentless cursing, violence and moral chaos… there is so much more going on. I mean, this is hands down the most linguistically brilliant television dialogue I have encountered.
Just have a look [...]
