The first of a three part segment I have developed called The Rebel Spirit is going to air on Australia’s national broadcaster, Radio National, at 9.00 pm Friday June 4 Aussie time – thats 7.00 am Eastern Yankee time. After that, it will be airing the first Friday in July[…]
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Composing cool tunes for warm people
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Bob and Bing It had been my intention to devote my next posting to an exciting rendition of a planned trip to groovy Asheville, North Carolina, to help celebrate Bob Moog’s birthday. The Bob Moog Foundation, based in Bob’s home town where the original synthesizer factory and archives remain, is[…]
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LA Confidential My feel-good at being in the empty row with extra leg-room evaporated like an inhaled mary-jane cigarillo. The doe-eyed dame with the bub was swaying excited-like towards the seat one over from mine. “You got kids”? she asked. This without any invitation to talk from my eyes or[…]
Read More »I’m doing an interview with groovy LA based internet radio Luxuria tonight Friday 9 April at 9.00 pm Pacific time.
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I Feel Almost Normal The last few weeks I have used this blog not to chronicle my American adventures as usual, but to interview people involved in aspects of Australian cultural life I find inspirational. This is because my quick dash back to Australia in December turned into a four[…]
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This is the third in a series of interviews with people who are committed to aspects of Australian cultural life that I find inspirational. This time I talk to Nick Wilson, electronic noodler and independent label manager about the illustrious history and output of the Australian electronic underground. Nick Wilson[…]
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As I remain in Australia slowly recovering from surgery, I have started a series of interviews with people who embody inspirational aspects of Australian cultural life. This is the second in the series, and it looks at independent, radical filmmaking as practiced by George Gittoes. George Gittoes (b. Sydney, Australia[…]
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For the next few ‘episodes, I am handing over my blog to interviews with people who embody inspirational aspects of Australian culture. First up, an interview with Mike Puleston, long-standing organiser in the Victorian branch of the Australian Greens. When I told Mike I wanted to interview him because I[…]
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Your gravestone epitaph competition As I remain in Melbourne recovering from surgery, I find that I miss Pittsburgh quite a lot – in a yearning sort of way. Which is a bit mysterious given I have only really just moved there. But I think I have figured out the major[…]
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Celebrity death drugs Last week, I was walking down Sydney Rd with Tia my good buddy and fellow veteran of the breast cancer wars. We had just finished lunch at the A1 Middle Eastern Food Store and Cafe, which consisted of a heaping plate of falafel, dips and salad –[…]
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