Bernard Zuel
@bernardzuel.bsky.social
Writer & critic (SMH, Guardian, Rhythms & everything found at bernardzuel.net) teacher (Sydney University), podcaster, host/facilitator (anywhere you want me), media trainer (you talk, I help). Opinions definitely are those of my employer - moi.
How do you get from Birdman to Duran Duran via a DJ who was definitely not in a bowtie? Where does the western suburbs begin & Richard Clapton end? Are you really going to punch me out? These are only some of the things at play in What Comes To Mind. You in?
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WHAT COMES TO MIND … RICHARD CLAPTON AND A YEAH HUP!
Here we have the next instalment in What Comes To Mind, an alternative series in the Wind Back Wednesday space, based on the work of the brilliant photographer Stuart Spence.Each time, he will dig out...
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February 11, 2026 at 2:56 AM
How do you get from Birdman to Duran Duran via a DJ who was definitely not in a bowtie? Where does the western suburbs begin & Richard Clapton end? Are you really going to punch me out? These are only some of the things at play in What Comes To Mind. You in?
www.bernardzuel.net/post/what-co...
www.bernardzuel.net/post/what-co...
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Absolutely love @amyremeikis.bsky.social noting each time "The Israeli president, Isaac Herzog, who has been credibly accused of inciting the commission of genocide"
Facts
live.thepoint.com.au
Facts
live.thepoint.com.au
The Point Live: Angus Taylor, supporters, expected to make moves on Liberal leadership
All eyes are on Angus Taylor who is expected to resign from the shadow front bench ahead of his leadership challenge against Sussan Ley. All the day's events, with factchecks, as it happens.
live.thepoint.com.au
February 11, 2026 at 1:37 AM
Absolutely love @amyremeikis.bsky.social noting each time "The Israeli president, Isaac Herzog, who has been credibly accused of inciting the commission of genocide"
Facts
live.thepoint.com.au
Facts
live.thepoint.com.au
Minns would suggest otherwise.
February 11, 2026 at 12:38 AM
Minns would suggest otherwise.
it's becoming clear that many people have forgotten that yes, this is exactly what the catholic right wing of the nsw labor party produces
February 10, 2026 at 11:53 PM
it's becoming clear that many people have forgotten that yes, this is exactly what the catholic right wing of the nsw labor party produces
Legislate in haste, repent at leisure (though the Minns govt doesn't do repentance oddly enough). www.smh.com.au/politics/nsw...
NSW anti-protest laws were rushed through to keep the peace. They’ve failed
NSW is now one of the most draconian anti-protest jurisdictions in the democratic world, with anti-protest rules that violate international law.
www.smh.com.au
February 10, 2026 at 10:37 PM
Legislate in haste, repent at leisure (though the Minns govt doesn't do repentance oddly enough). www.smh.com.au/politics/nsw...
People complaining they couldn’t understand what Bad Bunny was singing clearly did not have teen years trying to work out what the hell Michael Stipe was singing on early REM albums.
February 10, 2026 at 9:43 PM
People complaining they couldn’t understand what Bad Bunny was singing clearly did not have teen years trying to work out what the hell Michael Stipe was singing on early REM albums.
February 10, 2026 at 9:18 PM
I’ve got the 21st century breathing down my neck. #morningpop #wednesdayvinyl #thesmiths #thequeenisdead
February 10, 2026 at 8:25 PM
I’ve got the 21st century breathing down my neck. #morningpop #wednesdayvinyl #thesmiths #thequeenisdead
Stop that shining, you're assaulting NSW police.
February 10, 2026 at 8:17 PM
Stop that shining, you're assaulting NSW police.
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Fantastic work over the past decade from the wonderful Lenore..
www.theguardian.com/media/2026/f...
www.theguardian.com/media/2026/f...
Lenore Taylor resigns as Guardian Australia editor after 10 years of leadership
Australia’s longest-serving editor credited with transforming a fledgling news organisation into the fourth most-read news website
www.theguardian.com
February 10, 2026 at 7:01 PM
Fantastic work over the past decade from the wonderful Lenore..
www.theguardian.com/media/2026/f...
www.theguardian.com/media/2026/f...
It's a world where Eva Cassidy, Radio Birdman, Vance Joy & Richard Clapton were entangled. It's a time when choosing sides mattered. It's a view from just outside the moment. It's What Comes To Mind & you're invited ...
... to apologise or recognise.
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... to apologise or recognise.
www.bernardzuel.net/post/what-co...
WHAT COMES TO MIND … RICHARD CLAPTON AND A YEAH HUP!
Here we have the next instalment in What Comes To Mind, an alternative series in the Wind Back Wednesday space, based on the work of the brilliant photographer Stuart Spence.Each time, he will dig out...
www.bernardzuel.net
February 10, 2026 at 7:55 PM
It's a world where Eva Cassidy, Radio Birdman, Vance Joy & Richard Clapton were entangled. It's a time when choosing sides mattered. It's a view from just outside the moment. It's What Comes To Mind & you're invited ...
... to apologise or recognise.
www.bernardzuel.net/post/what-co...
... to apologise or recognise.
www.bernardzuel.net/post/what-co...
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"We urgently need to see this for what it is. Mandelson’s grovelling to the sinister rich is disgraceful, disgusting, deceitful, a crushing of women’s rights and of democracy. But it is not a deviation from the system. It is a manifestation of it."
February 10, 2026 at 6:23 PM
"We urgently need to see this for what it is. Mandelson’s grovelling to the sinister rich is disgraceful, disgusting, deceitful, a crushing of women’s rights and of democracy. But it is not a deviation from the system. It is a manifestation of it."
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We knew from the moment we heard it that “social cohesion” would be one of those Orwellian terms which would be used to cover all manner of state sanctioned abuse and deprivation of civic freedoms.
It fuels the very unrest it pretends to seek to quell.
It fuels the very unrest it pretends to seek to quell.
February 10, 2026 at 12:13 AM
We knew from the moment we heard it that “social cohesion” would be one of those Orwellian terms which would be used to cover all manner of state sanctioned abuse and deprivation of civic freedoms.
It fuels the very unrest it pretends to seek to quell.
It fuels the very unrest it pretends to seek to quell.
Like classic country shows it began with Donna Summer loving to love you, had the dance-around-the-bedroom zest of Holy Smoke, told a lover there's Bed No breakfast & came home with a description of This Is How A Woman Leaves. @marenmorris.bsky.social spotted live
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www.bernardzuel.net/post/maren-m...
MAREN MORRIS LIVE: REVIEW
MAREN MORRISEnmore Theatre, February 7 DONNA SUMMER’S Love To Love You Baby as the play-on music for a multiple Country Music Association-winner with three number one singles on the country chart? Why...
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February 10, 2026 at 1:54 AM
Like classic country shows it began with Donna Summer loving to love you, had the dance-around-the-bedroom zest of Holy Smoke, told a lover there's Bed No breakfast & came home with a description of This Is How A Woman Leaves. @marenmorris.bsky.social spotted live
www.bernardzuel.net/post/maren-m...
www.bernardzuel.net/post/maren-m...
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It wasn’t impossible - the cops where there to incite violence. And Albanese (and everyone else) knew this would happen and he let it.
February 9, 2026 at 9:41 PM
It wasn’t impossible - the cops where there to incite violence. And Albanese (and everyone else) knew this would happen and he let it.
February 9, 2026 at 9:42 PM
Watching @marenmorris.bsky.social make questions of genre vs period, denim vs glitter, bitter vs revenge not so much irrelevant as mere grist for the mill. Showtime in Enmore.
www.bernardzuel.net/post/maren-m...
www.bernardzuel.net/post/maren-m...
MAREN MORRIS LIVE: REVIEW
MAREN MORRISEnmore Theatre, February 7 DONNA SUMMER’S Love To Love You Baby as the play-on music for a multiple Country Music Association-winner with three number one singles on the country chart? Why...
www.bernardzuel.net
February 9, 2026 at 8:09 PM
Watching @marenmorris.bsky.social make questions of genre vs period, denim vs glitter, bitter vs revenge not so much irrelevant as mere grist for the mill. Showtime in Enmore.
www.bernardzuel.net/post/maren-m...
www.bernardzuel.net/post/maren-m...
Sometimes you can’t see that all you need is one thing, if it’s right, you could sleep at night. But it can take some time. #morningpop #tuesdayvinyl #joejackson #bodyandsoul
February 9, 2026 at 7:47 PM
Sometimes you can’t see that all you need is one thing, if it’s right, you could sleep at night. But it can take some time. #morningpop #tuesdayvinyl #joejackson #bodyandsoul
The solemn promise of NSW Police: we will have social cohesion and respect for all if we have to break every one of your ribs to get it. Peace out.
February 9, 2026 at 7:23 PM
The solemn promise of NSW Police: we will have social cohesion and respect for all if we have to break every one of your ribs to get it. Peace out.
I've changed my life completely, I've seen the lightning leave me
And my baby just can't take her eyes off me
And my baby just can't take her eyes off me
February 9, 2026 at 10:03 AM
I've changed my life completely, I've seen the lightning leave me
And my baby just can't take her eyes off me
And my baby just can't take her eyes off me
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-Cop grabs guy with his hands up by the shirt
-Cop trips over his own bike, dragging guy with him by his bag
-Other cops start viciously *punching* guy as the unco bike cop drags him along?
Would almost be funny if it wasn't so disgusting. Psychos.
-Cop trips over his own bike, dragging guy with him by his bag
-Other cops start viciously *punching* guy as the unco bike cop drags him along?
Would almost be funny if it wasn't so disgusting. Psychos.
Shared with us from Sydney happening now. He had his hands up.
February 9, 2026 at 9:57 AM
-Cop grabs guy with his hands up by the shirt
-Cop trips over his own bike, dragging guy with him by his bag
-Other cops start viciously *punching* guy as the unco bike cop drags him along?
Would almost be funny if it wasn't so disgusting. Psychos.
-Cop trips over his own bike, dragging guy with him by his bag
-Other cops start viciously *punching* guy as the unco bike cop drags him along?
Would almost be funny if it wasn't so disgusting. Psychos.
I've changed my life completely, I've seen the lightning leave me
And my baby just can't take her eyes off me
And my baby just can't take her eyes off me
February 9, 2026 at 10:02 AM
I've changed my life completely, I've seen the lightning leave me
And my baby just can't take her eyes off me
And my baby just can't take her eyes off me
Why does the ABC continue to treat disgraced and discarded former blackshirt leader Mike Pezzullo as a credible voice on anything?
February 9, 2026 at 8:15 AM
Why does the ABC continue to treat disgraced and discarded former blackshirt leader Mike Pezzullo as a credible voice on anything?
Have at this new playlist. It has Dusty Springfield, Tessa Rose Jack & Kneecap; Belle&Seb's Stevie Jackson, Curtis Mayfield & The Anchoress; A$AP Rocky, The Clouds & Clydie King; Radhika/Love/Mitchell, Memorials & Public Enemy, Wanda Felicia +12 more artists.
open.spotify.com/playlist/1r7...
open.spotify.com/playlist/1r7...
February 9, 2026 at 2:46 AM
Have at this new playlist. It has Dusty Springfield, Tessa Rose Jack & Kneecap; Belle&Seb's Stevie Jackson, Curtis Mayfield & The Anchoress; A$AP Rocky, The Clouds & Clydie King; Radhika/Love/Mitchell, Memorials & Public Enemy, Wanda Felicia +12 more artists.
open.spotify.com/playlist/1r7...
open.spotify.com/playlist/1r7...
the singing may not be top shelf but the beverages and supplements are not to be sniffed at.
February 9, 2026 at 1:25 AM
the singing may not be top shelf but the beverages and supplements are not to be sniffed at.