The Casualties
Jake Kolatis & Rick Lopez from The Casualties In October 2011, I interviewed Jake Kolatis and Rick Lopez from The Casualties just before their show at The Hi-Fi Bar in Brisbane. We sat and had a...
View ArticleRiot Grrl
Right at the end of my living in London stint I started working at Pogo Café in Hackney. I also found myself in the middle of a riot. One of the maddogs I used to work with It was high summer and...
View ArticleLimp Wrist
photo by Bad Bitch#1 Last Friday night Bad Bitch#1, Tater Tot and I had plans to go to M.I.A. at The Enmore; it is the reason why I cut short my holiday on the Coast to drive back early to Sydney....
View ArticleKeith Morris
In October 2011, I interviewed Keith Morris whilst he was on the road with OFF!. We had a yarn about ‘what is wrong with the world’, the Pied Piper paradigm, his experiences with Black Flag and Circle...
View ArticleWatching
The drugs were wearing off and the Fear was kicking in as I walked home from the party through the midnight park. I took in the old-but-not-quite-ancient trees. They were all so beautiful – broad,...
View ArticleOpeth Reporteth
After having seen Tragedy the night before and being crushed by their utterly filthy heaviness, last night I was looking forward to something for a nice contrast - something interspersed with more...
View ArticleChoose Life
[Full disclosure: I have impeccable taste in music and I am therefore fully qualified to make this assessment.] A half-arsed picture for a half-arsed band Dear vague band I just walked out of, You...
View ArticleThe Tale of Two Wolves, Decolonised
Intraterra (detail) An old Christian evangelist is teaching his grandson about life by way of misrepresenting and homogenising American Indian spiritual lore. “A fight is going on inside me,” he said...
View ArticleCan You Hear The Music?: A Series of Questions to Overcome Musical Xenophobia...
A cult is a cult is a cult. All followers think they are the chosen ones – the only ones who get it and truly understand what their messiah is saying. Admittedly, in a world full of doubt and...
View ArticleA Portal To The Past
Chemtrails (work in progress) (an excerpt from my Poland story – a very rough draft) There was a small nick on the floor where the bed had landed. Nothing major, but it stood out in her vision against...
View ArticleLeave Me Alone, Thankyou, Bye
Obey the Graffiti An open letter to various fuckwits and assorted psychic vampires, and to anyone else this may concern: I don’t want to be constantly engaged in the selfish concern-trolling of...
View ArticleSilent Front – Trust
Selfie Front Silent Front are a three-piece from London who formed in the late 90s. They’re well-respected and much adored within the local DIY music community as evidenced by their dedicated...
View ArticleBut You Don’t Look Aboriginal
When you tell me ‘you don’t look Aboriginal’, you are denying that I am Aboriginal. To deny that I am Aboriginal is to deny that my grandmother was taken by welfare because she was Aboriginal, by the...
View ArticlePride, Purpose and Perspectives
This time one week ago I got the shits when confronted with the knowledge that my friends’ black babies are dealing with the shit I, my brothers, my Mum and everyone else, have dealt with all our...
View ArticleHobo Pro Tip #1
Without a washing machine, it’s smarter to just hand wash your smalls in the shower each day. You’re more likely to only want to wash the big things once they start to smell a bit. When you have a...
View ArticleHobo Pro Tip #2
Hone your senses and carry shiny metal weapons. If you are sitting in your van and feel someone looking at you, figure out where it’s coming from. Once you’ve established there’s a man in a white van...
View ArticleHobo Pro Tip #3
Unless you can pull food and diesel out of your arse, sometimes you’ll have to go to work and usually this takes place in an area with other humans around. Regardless of your options for places to...
View ArticleHobo Pro Tip #5
Become a sprouter. As a weak and unhealthy vegan, you will somehow need to get your daily supply of rabbit food so that you maintain a steady protein deficiency. But how does one get food without...
View ArticleHobo Pro Tip #6
Breakfast is the most important meal of the day. When you’re in Road Warrior Mode, the options to break your fast are endless – you can cook pancakes, fried brekkies, scrambled tofu, porridge or...
View ArticleWhat Fire Has Taught me About Love and Communion, Part 1
I have been out in the mountains for five days, alone Studying the ways of fire Alone, but not lonely The campfires of my ancestors above me kept me in safety and in love Constellations sharply...
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