Julia Dowling
@latelyivebeen.bsky.social
Music and books and books about music
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Cyndi Lauper absolutely never misses. ♥️ “True Colors” at the Rock Hall induction.
November 9, 2025 at 4:56 AM
Cyndi Lauper absolutely never misses. ♥️ “True Colors” at the Rock Hall induction.
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Surprise — Katie and Allison Crutchfield's new band with MJ Lenderman and Brad Cook is called Snocaps, and their debut album is out now:
Katie & Allison Crutchfield, MJ Lenderman, & Brad Cook Are Snocaps — Hear Their Surprise Debut Album
We knew something was afoot, we just didn’t know we’d be getting so much of it so quickly.
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October 31, 2025 at 4:02 AM
Surprise — Katie and Allison Crutchfield's new band with MJ Lenderman and Brad Cook is called Snocaps, and their debut album is out now:
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My colleagues and I are embarking on the first history of grandparenting in Australia, you can be involved too grandparentsaustralia.net
October 30, 2025 at 11:57 PM
My colleagues and I are embarking on the first history of grandparenting in Australia, you can be involved too grandparentsaustralia.net
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This is an absolutely amazing piece of work - the ABC spent five years (!) working on this interactive feature that brings together First Nations oral histories spanning 65,000 years
www.abc.net.au/news/deeptim...
www.abc.net.au/news/deeptim...
Australia is seen as a young country — but do you really know its ancient story?
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples' story goes way, way back… take an awe-inspiring journey into Deep Time.
www.abc.net.au
October 19, 2025 at 11:34 PM
This is an absolutely amazing piece of work - the ABC spent five years (!) working on this interactive feature that brings together First Nations oral histories spanning 65,000 years
www.abc.net.au/news/deeptim...
www.abc.net.au/news/deeptim...
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In honor of National Poetry Day, the greatest parody rewrite of all time:
October 2, 2025 at 3:17 PM
In honor of National Poetry Day, the greatest parody rewrite of all time:
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coates is genuinely a generational writer
September 17, 2025 at 4:50 AM
coates is genuinely a generational writer
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When reporting on racist rallies, it’s important the media don’t fall for the shadowy language used by organisers.
Neo-Nazis and racist rallies: why it’s important the Australian media call them for what they are
theconversation.com
September 2, 2025 at 8:50 AM
When reporting on racist rallies, it’s important the media don’t fall for the shadowy language used by organisers.
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Huge news. This is a win for the artistic community who collectively rejected this racist censorship from the start and never let up - particularly Khaled’s peers who refused to take up the poisoned pavilion. Solidarity in action.
July 2, 2025 at 7:20 AM
Huge news. This is a win for the artistic community who collectively rejected this racist censorship from the start and never let up - particularly Khaled’s peers who refused to take up the poisoned pavilion. Solidarity in action.
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The latest Greenhouse Gas Emissions figures are out, and we are nowhere near on track for the (woeful and inadequate) 43% below 2005 levels by 2030
May 30, 2025 at 4:19 AM
The latest Greenhouse Gas Emissions figures are out, and we are nowhere near on track for the (woeful and inadequate) 43% below 2005 levels by 2030
Lorde surprises fans by crashing Lorde club night in Sydney: ‘She almost refused to leave’ www.theguardian.com/music/2025/m...
Lorde surprises fans by crashing Lorde club night in Sydney: ‘She almost refused to leave’
New Zealand singer makes ‘impromptu decision’ to turn up at Mary’s Underground, ‘singing along, soaking it up’ with fans
www.theguardian.com
May 26, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Lorde surprises fans by crashing Lorde club night in Sydney: ‘She almost refused to leave’ www.theguardian.com/music/2025/m...
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Excellent news! www.nytimes.com/2025/05/20/a...
Breuer Building Gets Landmark Status Before Sotheby’s Moves In
www.nytimes.com
May 20, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Excellent news! www.nytimes.com/2025/05/20/a...
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February 28, 2025 at 4:35 PM
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Always great to see Sydney covered in pride this time of year - streets, public transport, shops, offices, everywhere!
🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ Trans rights are human rights
🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ Trans rights are human rights
February 20, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Always great to see Sydney covered in pride this time of year - streets, public transport, shops, offices, everywhere!
🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ Trans rights are human rights
🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ Trans rights are human rights
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Trans and gender-diverse children are loved and deserve to thrive. Making them the target of political attacks, here in Australia just as in the US, are contemptible
February 11, 2025 at 1:24 AM
Trans and gender-diverse children are loved and deserve to thrive. Making them the target of political attacks, here in Australia just as in the US, are contemptible
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What an extraordinary, devastating essay. www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Sophie Smith · Sleeping Women: On the Pelicot trial
Gisèle Pelicot doesn’t conceive of her now ex-husband or the other men who raped her as ‘bad apples’, aberrations...
www.lrb.co.uk
January 2, 2025 at 10:17 PM
What an extraordinary, devastating essay. www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
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I’ve made the post-9/11 comparison before, but there really is a growing, and depressing, familiarity with how the media and politicians are treating this current moment and the War on Terror era. It shows how nothing structurally has shifted in the past 20 years re policing Arabs and Muslims.
December 17, 2024 at 9:37 AM
I’ve made the post-9/11 comparison before, but there really is a growing, and depressing, familiarity with how the media and politicians are treating this current moment and the War on Terror era. It shows how nothing structurally has shifted in the past 20 years re policing Arabs and Muslims.
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What a relief that we can legislate our way to social cohesion by limiting protest.
December 17, 2024 at 11:27 AM
What a relief that we can legislate our way to social cohesion by limiting protest.
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The Victorian government is introducing laws to suppress peaceful protest, including a ban on masks. The new laws on "attachment devices" look like a straightforward gift to big polluters, stopping environmental protesters from locking on. www.abc.net.au/news/2024-12...
Victoria unveils ban on protester face masks, locks and glue
The Victorian government has pledged to introduce a raft of new restrictions on protesters, including banning protests from being held near places of worship.
www.abc.net.au
December 17, 2024 at 7:54 AM
The Victorian government is introducing laws to suppress peaceful protest, including a ban on masks. The new laws on "attachment devices" look like a straightforward gift to big polluters, stopping environmental protesters from locking on. www.abc.net.au/news/2024-12...
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
Day 15
#booksky
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#bookchallenge
Day 15
#booksky
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#bookchallenge
December 16, 2024 at 10:58 AM
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
Day 15
#booksky
💙📚
#bookchallenge
Day 15
#booksky
💙📚
#bookchallenge
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
Day 14
#booksky
💙📚
#bookchallenge
Day 14
#booksky
💙📚
#bookchallenge
December 11, 2024 at 8:27 AM
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
Day 14
#booksky
💙📚
#bookchallenge
Day 14
#booksky
💙📚
#bookchallenge
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
Day 13
#booksky
💙📚
#bookchallenge
Day 13
#booksky
💙📚
#bookchallenge
December 9, 2024 at 10:39 AM
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
Day 13
#booksky
💙📚
#bookchallenge
Day 13
#booksky
💙📚
#bookchallenge
Choose 20 records that have stayed with you or influenced you. One record per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. (Day 1)
#Records
#RecordSky
#RecordChallenge
#Records
#RecordSky
#RecordChallenge
December 9, 2024 at 10:35 AM
Choose 20 records that have stayed with you or influenced you. One record per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. (Day 1)
#Records
#RecordSky
#RecordChallenge
#Records
#RecordSky
#RecordChallenge