Work can be a tough place to maintain, or even locate, your dignity. A morning meeting of nodding heads and broken spirits, a client who prizes sycophancy over originality from her servants, I mean, … [Read more...]
khe sanh… que sera, sera
August 2, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Cold Chisel got me thinking. On Sunday night, 33 years after Khe Sanh was first released, this lighters in the air, vodka bottles on the piano anthem, entered the Australian Top 40 for the first … [Read more...]
the first and the last
July 19, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Which is the love that lives forever: the first or the last? The first love stings with its youth, its heat, its discovery and uncertainty, and is jealously kept, like a ruby dark-as-blood, in the … [Read more...]
live and let try
July 6, 2011 By Leave a Comment
To try - trying - is getting tricky. Perhaps the use of these loaded words as a verb and an adjective doesn’t help. try, verb: to attempt to do or accomplish. trying, adjective: extremely … [Read more...]
soundtrack soundcheck
June 21, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Unless you’ve been trapped under something heavy for the last couple of days, you’ve probably seen Bridesmaids. Or you’ve at least been titillated, confused or revolted by snippets of … [Read more...]
the dolly lama
June 6, 2011 By 1 Comment
Things are going to change and Dolly Parton is going to help me. I don’t know her, I’ve never met her, I’ve never even seen her in the ripe but uniquely unyielding flesh, though I will when … [Read more...]
no more big O
May 25, 2011 By 3 Comments
There are always compelling reasons to wag school, uni, work, whatever... but here’s the top five: Oprah, Bo, Hope, Ridge and Brooke. This week we’ll see the last ever shows from number one - … [Read more...]
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