There's a new companion in the Tardis, if you haven't already heard. Pearl Mackie. She'll play Bill. I'm not about to judge her debut from two minutes on screen. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YaLficIRInM I posit the main difficulty with a completely new companion, is explaining. Most of the audience is familiar with The Doctor and his world and this new … Continue reading Foots the Bill?
Stuff I Like
Filled with references to stuff I like in music, film, tv, reading, writing, online etc.
Ugly House
Close to where I used to live, there was the ugliest house in its long street. It was a small square single storey weatherboard, marooned on a slightly bigger square of uneven, greying concrete that filled up almost the entire empty yard behind a rusting wire fence knit with straggling weeds. That old home, with its … Continue reading Ugly House
Review: lessons on appropriation
The Dandenong Ranges, just on the edge of Melbourne, is full of Devonshire tea, tourists and the tallest flowing plants in the world. The other day I visited a particularly green and serene bit: William Ricketts Sanctuary. For decades this artist lived on the side of a mountain and dedicated his art and life to the … Continue reading Review: lessons on appropriation
Filling the void
Few things are as intimidating as a blank page. It's a truism that, well, holds true, still. At least for me. I worked out, some-when, that fixing this is mostly about momentum. My ancient, rickety high school knowledge of physics and the difficulty of starting anything has helped me reach this realisation. But once started, sometimes … Continue reading Filling the void
Exhibition Review: things borrowed, all of them blue
I ducked in to see Alchemy of Colour at the National Gallery of Victoria, as a kind of respite. It was a dark retreat from a Friday afternoon in the city. It was quiet, and peaceful. It was everything I needed. It was blue. Although the exhibit closes on April 3, most of the works are … Continue reading Exhibition Review: things borrowed, all of them blue
I can has art now
I've made a book. Or rather written/illustrated/compiled a thing. It's been a late rush, as it's due in a couple of weeks, but it's all coming together, almost like a plan. It's for the Sketch Book Project, which is run by Brooklyn Art Library. My lil book will be kept there and will be available … Continue reading I can has art now
The supermarketness of it all
It's not lethal or anything, yet this vice around my head is unrelenting, despite the pain killers (making me dopey). Or that could be the cortisone leaving me sleepless. But it's just (another) sinus infection. Never mind noises are too loud, light is too bright, and standing suddenly elicits a shooting agony and a weird dizziness. … Continue reading The supermarketness of it all
Murder, they all wrote
I'm in a couple of online writing groups. The questions that get the biggest responses are not about reviews or like when to use the Oxford comma - or whether to capitalise the Oxford comma. There may not be consensus, but it doesn't capture the imagination. The most recent question about research did though. We … Continue reading Murder, they all wrote
Review: Ideation & Lucy
This year I attended Melbourne's White Night after years of not. It seemed a little like it had jumped the shark and many attendees were less than impressed. The highlight was Ideation at the State Library of Victoria, staged in the domed Reading Room. It was a spectacular and moving visual paean to human knowledge and the … Continue reading Review: Ideation & Lucy
A review: abominable TV
The Abominable Bride, the next instalment of Sherlock, aired in Australia. Well I say aired. It was available via BBC Worldwide (through proper pay TV) and via subscription streaming TV and it also screened at selected cinemas for about 2.5 seconds. Needless to say, I missed these. It's typical Steven Moffat and Mark Gatiss, self-referential, messing … Continue reading A review: abominable TV
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