The Dust Revival Band Q: What do you get when you cross a top hat, a frockcoat, exposed underwear and bunch of leaves thrown in the air? A: The Dust Revival Band A few weeks ago, I invited my former bandmates from my old folk rock band Dust over to my Meadows suburban retreat for [...]

The Mudskipper How does someone whose only real talent and justification for being alive is the generation of creative stuff – the puffing out of cotton seeds into the mysterious wind of life, the spinning of fairy floss onto sticks for the emotionally ravenous- wind up working on spreadsheets five, long days a week in [...]

When I looked outside my studio doors today, as a late Sunday in the suburbs dripped into evening, this is what I saw. Sunday 19 Feb 2012 Share this:

B(if)tek: Big in Hungary? Happy Chinese New Year! On 23 January, the world ascends into the mystical Year of the Dragon. According to a Chinese astrology site I selected after throwing digital yarrow stalks into the air several times: “A dragon is a legendary creature. All legendary stories about Chinese dragons are from the sky, [...]

I had this fantasy as I dozed off last night: Episode title: Gas bagging Scene: The Emergency Department of All Saints Hospital, New York (fictional setting of Nurse Jackie). The usual crew are hanging around the nurses station. Zoey (mustering courage): Umm. Jackie? How come we’re a major metropolitan hospital and umm….there’s only like…you know…like..there’s [...]