History Painting: ‘Thaïs of Athens with Torch’ by Joshua Reynolds, 1781.
The notorious events surrounding the burning of the great ancient Persian capital of Persepolis in 330 BCE by Alexander TheContinue Reading
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Songs about overcoming adversity: ‘To Her Door’ by Paul Kelly.
It’s fair to say Paul Kelly is an icon of the Australian music scene. (He has been inducted into theContinue Reading
Top 10 Red Hot Chilli Peppers Songs.
My obsession with the Red Hot Chili Peppers began in earnest in 1991 with the release of their fifth albumContinue Reading
Classic albums: Pink, ‘I’m Not Dead’ (2006).
Prior to the release of I’m Not Dead (2006) I didn’t care much for Pink musically. I was certainly aware of herContinue Reading
Interview with Infinite & Divine’s Tezzi Persson.
No list of Swedish metal bands would be complete without the addition of newly formed metal band Infinite & Divine.Continue Reading
On my stereo this week: The new Jaguar Jonze’s EP “Antihero’.
Deena Lynch aka Jaguar Jonze, who gained national attention in Australia last year for her performance at Australia’s 2nd annualContinue Reading
History Painting: ‘Hadrian Visiting A Romano British Pottery’ (1884) by Lawrence Alma-Tadema.
Relatively early in the complex state that was the Roman Empire, a man named Hadrian (Publius Aelius Hadrianus), became theContinue Reading
My 2021 Oscar Predictions.
In a year where covid-19 closed almost all movie theatres around the world and all the big studios stalled andContinue Reading
Interview with up-and-coming punk-rock outfit Money Boys.
Coming by way of Melbourne, Australia, Money Boys brings with it a punk-drenched sound that is without a doubt capableContinue Reading
‘Don’t Ask Yourself Why’: Album interview with Jess Locke.
Jess Locke is an extraordinary talent who first taught herself to play the guitar as a teenager growing up onContinue Reading
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