11 Mar 2009 at 12:00
A Free Man
Australia, Music, guest post
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I’ve asked some of my favorite bloggers to hold down the fort while I’m lazing the days away on Kangaroo Island. To kick things off, I’ve got one of the best music bloggers I’ve found – Agnes of It All Started With Carbon Monoxide – to talk to us about vacation music…
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Hello Saferide - "2006":
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Hello Saferide - "Anna" [3:10m]:
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Hello Saferide - "San Francisco" [3:24m]:
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09 Mar 2009 at 14:59
A Free Man
Australia, Photos
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Today is a public holiday in South Australia – for the Adelaide Cup. That’s right, the entire state is shutting down for a horse race. It’s probably a good thing that the British kept Australia under their imperial thumb for so long or we’d likely be firmly entrenched in the third world by now.
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The Dandy Warhols - "Everyday Should Be A Holiday" [4:02m]:
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I was in the office for my writing job today. For those of you who are new around here, one of my jobs is as a scientific writer for a company that tests anti-cancer therapeutics. There are a couple of people in the office of whom I’m particularly fond. Our receptionist is a young Canadian [...]
Jason Collett - "Love Song for Canada" (Live) [3:32m]:
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OK, first off we are not on fire. Thanks for all the e-mails and comments, but the fires that you’ve seen in the news are in Victoria and we’re in South Australia. For American readers, that’s about the distance between Florida and Texas. Frequent commenter and occasional guest poster Jamie asked why so many people [...]
Okkervil River - "Solo" [3:45m]:
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30 Jan 2009 at 21:17
A Free Man
Australia, Boy Z
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It’s not getting any cooler Down Under as the sun goes down on our fourth 40C plus day in a row. We’re apparently in the midst of an historic heat wave. It’s been so hot that the trains aren’t running because the tracks bowed in the heat. Let me rephrase – it is so hot [...]
The Modern Lovers - "Ice Cream Man" [3:08m]:
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28 Jan 2009 at 17:34
A Free Man
Australia
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Note, in particular, the low for Thursday.
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The Jimi Hendrix Experience - "Long Hot Summer Night":
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26 Jan 2009 at 22:29
A Free Man
Australia, Family, Photos
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A long weekend in photos…
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Lou Reed - "Perfect Day":
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I’m stacked all up against deadlines again this week. The pace of industry is a tough thing for a gentle academic like myself to get my head around. I shan’t leave you in the lurch, though. You may remember that last week I wrote what I thought was a pretty innocuous post that set off [...]
Pavement - "Unfair" (Live) [2:43m]:
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13 Jan 2009 at 11:15
A Free Man
Australia, Boy Z
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There are probably more Australians living in Britain than there are living in Australia*. In parts of London, it’s almost impossible to buy a coffee or order a meal without being met with that nasal Aussie twang. One of the things that I found strange is that, among an incredibly pale people, the Colonials (as [...]
Nick Drake - "Things Behind the Sun" [3:53m]:
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09 Jan 2009 at 23:02
A Free Man
Australia, Photos
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I wasn’t planning to post today, but I couldn’t abide looking at the photo of those McDonald’s kids at the top of my page all weekend long. Not only, as Alice pointed out, is it basically child abuse but one of my big fears as a parent. So, here’s some photos of summer in Oz [...]
Husky Rescue - "Summertime Cowboy":
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