Review: Eternal Flame, The Bangles – by Jennifer Otter Bickerdike
Russell Forden This is an ‘authorised’ biography of The Bangles, for all that means. But significantly at least one member,…
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Within Temptation at Knotfest, 2025
Within Temptation are a symphonic goth metal band from Holland I like a lot. They’re fronted by a…
Review: The Urusei Yatsura Movies
It’s Japanese for Those Obnoxious Aliens. The original mangas were done by Rumiko Takahashi, a female mangaka who…
Favourite Phases: 2008, DVD burner, recording Rage
In 2008 I got a cheap deal from my older brother on a Panasonic HDD DVD player/recorder. It…
My Favourite Things: Best of the Year, 2024
It was the year when we, namely my family, lost its first member since mum and dad passed…
Scarlett Johansson, by Grover’s Mill (Muse Cycle #6)
This was going to be a rant about all the things I hate. But I also thought I…
Favourite Phases: 1974, The Radio
When I look back on it, 1974 was a special year, especially for things I would later hold…
My Favourite Phases
We all go through phases in our lives. Sudden enthusiasms, interests, obsessions, hobbies that make us devoted to…
Robert Forster At the Brunswick Ballroom, Fri/Sat 15/16 Nov
Robert Forster, formerly of the Go Betweens, has had a pretty impressive solo career since the group broke…
Wed, 9 Oct: Melbourne Trip
Had the day off, which meant a nice cobweb-clearing trip to Melbourne. It was a beautiful sunny day…