“In the winter time
When all the leaves are brown
And the wind blows so chill…”
I was thinking this morning that what my site needed more than anything else was more Steve Miller. What better way to fill that requirement than as accompaniment to a smugly self-satisfied post about the Australian winter.
One of the 900,000 things that [...]
Archive for June, 2008
In the winter time
Flashback: I have all I requested and I do not want what I haven’t got
Despite coming to age in the 80’s, I just do not like 80’s music. It’s OK to hear a single now and then, and the early part of the decade (before my time) produced some good stuff. But what I think of as 80’s music is that horrible synthetic post-new-wave-dance pop. I mean, some of [...]
Happy (un)Father’s Day
If you are a man, have reproduced and live in North America, most of Europe, Asia and Africa – then chances are you woke up this morning to be greeted with a breakfast of runny eggs and burnt waffles and, depending on career choice, a new tie/hammer/hand gun. But if you’re me, you were [...]
MP3s of the Week: Dandys, Swedes & Japanese
14 Jun 2008 at 19:22
A Free Man
American artists, British Artists, Canadian Artists, Electronica, Hip-Hop, Indie Pop, MP3 of the Week, Psychedelia
Let’s kick it off with the vastly underrated Wolf Parade. The Canadian quartet’s 2005 debut “Apologies to the Queen Mary” was one of that year’s best albums that you might not have heard. Their sophomore effort, “At Mount Zoomer, is due out in North America on Tuesday from Sub Pop. What I’ve heard so far [...]
Free To A Good Home…
I’ve got an extra copy of the Mono in VCF album that I reviewed the other day on A Free Man. I’d like to give it away to a reader and thought we could play a little game of “Name That Tune”. Have a listen to the song I’ve posted below. If you can [...]
Free To A Good Home…
I’ve got an extra copy of the Mono in VCF album that I reviewed the other day. I’d like to give it away to a reader and thought we could play a little game of “Name That Tune”. Have a listen to the song I’ve posted below. If you can identify the song name, [...]
Not quite Science Tuesday: Life after the lab
Regular readers may remember about a month of whinging and hand wringing about my lack of employment, demoralization and general shittiness. Funny, that. Just a week or so after taking on one job I’ve now been offered, and am likely to accept, a second. The writing gig is only part time, so I’ve been looking [...]
The Good, The Bad & The Queen
Today’s a bank holiday in Australia, apparently in recognition of The Queen’s birthday. I’m not sure which queen we’re honoring. The current monarch Elizabeth II was born in April and the last ruling queen, Victoria, in May. (Lest you worry – this is Wikipedia info, I’m not a closet royalist). Whether it’s in honor of one of [...]
Smashing up the kindness of strangers
I’ve moved around a lot in my time. I’ve lived on both coasts of the U.S., as well as the north, south and middle. I’ve lived in Canada. I’ve lived in Britain. I live in Australia. One of the things that I’ve learned is that with every move there’s a period of time in which [...]
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