Marcus Kelson
@marcuskelson.bsky.social
Retired journalist, at the ABC for three decades, madly in love with Virginia, 37 years married, swimmer and swim teacher, has reviewed film, music and more for 40 years off and on. No DMs unless l know you.
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2012 at the National Folk Festival - back stage, musical novices, about to play in the final concert before several thousand people; promoting it’s never too late to learn an instrument. I was on Mandolin, Virginia on the fiddle. Photo by Gavin Freeborn.
just rewatched the new version of Frankenstein - what a difference a couple of days make and as a former film reviewer I always did this - was a bit dark on it and now I think it to be a masterpeice, and the first to seriously address the Prometheus aspect Shelley took from her husband...
November 11, 2025 at 6:24 AM
just rewatched the new version of Frankenstein - what a difference a couple of days make and as a former film reviewer I always did this - was a bit dark on it and now I think it to be a masterpeice, and the first to seriously address the Prometheus aspect Shelley took from her husband...
just had another crack at the latest Frankenstein, after not being impressed the other day - well clearly I was in a mood because this was sensational...
November 11, 2025 at 6:08 AM
just had another crack at the latest Frankenstein, after not being impressed the other day - well clearly I was in a mood because this was sensational...
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November 11, 2025 at 4:17 AM
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going offline having saturated myself in Australian political history after what happened 50 years ago today which was incredibly important, catastrophic etc, with this, my favourite politician after Gough, of course Bob was there - they were of a time of Titans..
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4GHU...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4GHU...
Former Prime Minister Paul Keating on the dismissal
YouTube video by Museum of Australian Democracy at Old Parliament House
www.youtube.com
November 11, 2025 at 3:22 AM
going offline having saturated myself in Australian political history after what happened 50 years ago today which was incredibly important, catastrophic etc, with this, my favourite politician after Gough, of course Bob was there - they were of a time of Titans..
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4GHU...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4GHU...
2012 at the National Folk Festival - back stage, musical novices, about to play in the final concert before several thousand people; promoting it’s never too late to learn an instrument. I was on Mandolin, Virginia on the fiddle. Photo by Gavin Freeborn.
November 11, 2025 at 3:01 AM
2012 at the National Folk Festival - back stage, musical novices, about to play in the final concert before several thousand people; promoting it’s never too late to learn an instrument. I was on Mandolin, Virginia on the fiddle. Photo by Gavin Freeborn.
Garry MacDonald on the panel now with Troy Bramston after his Gunston performance on this day at Parliament House 50 years ago..
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5wnI...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5wnI...
The dismissal 50th anniversary panel discussions | MoAD
YouTube video by Museum of Australian Democracy at Old Parliament House
www.youtube.com
November 11, 2025 at 2:37 AM
Garry MacDonald on the panel now with Troy Bramston after his Gunston performance on this day at Parliament House 50 years ago..
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5wnI...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5wnI...
OK so I am deep in Gough reflection today given what happened 50 years ago in my town when I was a teenager and it galvanised my political thinking from an early age - here is the amazing @grogsgamut.bsky.social
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
Gough dreamed of a country that never was, and asked why not?
The point.com.au
thepoint.com.au
November 11, 2025 at 2:34 AM
OK so I am deep in Gough reflection today given what happened 50 years ago in my town when I was a teenager and it galvanised my political thinking from an early age - here is the amazing @grogsgamut.bsky.social
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
Reposted by Marcus Kelson
This is probably the only story you will read about Gough’s left nut today…beautiful piece by Mike Bowers
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
11th November 1975, a pivotal moment for Australian politics and me
The point.com.au
thepoint.com.au
November 10, 2025 at 7:01 PM
This is probably the only story you will read about Gough’s left nut today…beautiful piece by Mike Bowers
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
so right now on the panel discussion are four of Sir John Kerr's A de C's busily rewriting the history of this day in 1975...might wait for the next one - FYI :)
November 11, 2025 at 1:58 AM
so right now on the panel discussion are four of Sir John Kerr's A de C's busily rewriting the history of this day in 1975...might wait for the next one - FYI :)
looks like Niki Savva is about to host the next session ...
www.youtube.com/live/5wnIN_b...
www.youtube.com/live/5wnIN_b...
The dismissal 50th anniversary panel discussions | MoAD
YouTube video by Museum of Australian Democracy at Old Parliament House
www.youtube.com
November 11, 2025 at 1:31 AM
looks like Niki Savva is about to host the next session ...
www.youtube.com/live/5wnIN_b...
www.youtube.com/live/5wnIN_b...
there's a bunch of stuff happening at Old Parliament House today, just watched a panel discussion, don't know what is on next but here's the link...
www.youtube.com/live/5wnIN_b...
www.youtube.com/live/5wnIN_b...
The dismissal 50th anniversary panel discussions | MoAD
YouTube video by Museum of Australian Democracy at Old Parliament House
www.youtube.com
November 11, 2025 at 1:25 AM
there's a bunch of stuff happening at Old Parliament House today, just watched a panel discussion, don't know what is on next but here's the link...
www.youtube.com/live/5wnIN_b...
www.youtube.com/live/5wnIN_b...
a most excellent read...
new newsletter today about the shortsightedness of political films and how we interpret them featuring One Battle After Another, Parasite, Civil War, Eddington, and a Marxist-Maoist essay from Jean-Luc Godard
goodones.beehiiv.com/p/the-myopia...
goodones.beehiiv.com/p/the-myopia...
The Myopia of Political Films
Looking at the message of One Battle After Another by examining Parasite, Civil War, and Eddington through Jean-Luc Godard's political film theory
goodones.beehiiv.com
November 11, 2025 at 12:58 AM
a most excellent read...
Australian rock legend Dave Graney posted this on Facebook last night...it is Macho by Faberge from 1976, when advertising was so much subtler...
November 11, 2025 at 12:44 AM
Australian rock legend Dave Graney posted this on Facebook last night...it is Macho by Faberge from 1976, when advertising was so much subtler...
great to see Foghorn Leghorn here talking about this on the day the NYTimes publishes an article about the world's powerhouse economy, China, and how it is completely rewiting trade agreements with other countries around the world...
INGRAHAM: They're not the French. They're the Chinese. They spy on us. They steal our intellectual property.
TRUMP: Do you think the French are better?
INGRAHAM: Yeah
TRUMP: I'm not so sure
TRUMP: Do you think the French are better?
INGRAHAM: Yeah
TRUMP: I'm not so sure
November 11, 2025 at 12:35 AM
great to see Foghorn Leghorn here talking about this on the day the NYTimes publishes an article about the world's powerhouse economy, China, and how it is completely rewiting trade agreements with other countries around the world...
for those who may not know - friends not in Australia - this was monumental.
November 11, 2025 at 12:25 AM
for those who may not know - friends not in Australia - this was monumental.
A quick peek into American politics on bluesky today...
November 11, 2025 at 12:17 AM
A quick peek into American politics on bluesky today...
An “Antipodean Machiavelli”, was how Richardson’s former cabinet colleague Neal Blewett once described him, offering that he was “the arch proponent of vested interests”.
www.smh.com.au/national/nsw...
www.smh.com.au/national/nsw...
Long lunches, Swiss bank accounts and a kangaroo scrotum: My decades pursuing Graham Richardson
For a reporter whose career has been spent uncovering crime and corruption, the Labor senator was the one who got away.
www.smh.com.au
November 10, 2025 at 11:57 PM
An “Antipodean Machiavelli”, was how Richardson’s former cabinet colleague Neal Blewett once described him, offering that he was “the arch proponent of vested interests”.
www.smh.com.au/national/nsw...
www.smh.com.au/national/nsw...
Tell that to your colleagues in Congress.
From street marches to court battles to the ballot box - we’ve challenged the power of this exceptionally unpopular president.
The lesson from each success we've had is that we need to ramp the political pressure up, always up, not back down, now more than ever.
The lesson from each success we've had is that we need to ramp the political pressure up, always up, not back down, now more than ever.
November 10, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Tell that to your colleagues in Congress.
On this day 50 years ago the Whitlam Government was dismissed in Australia - an opportunity not to be missed by comedian Norman Gunston …
November 10, 2025 at 11:39 PM
On this day 50 years ago the Whitlam Government was dismissed in Australia - an opportunity not to be missed by comedian Norman Gunston …
Decades ago eminent economist Ross Garnaut predicted the main economic powerhouse of the 21st Century would be China - here’s yet another example of why he was right… www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/c...
A Flood of Green Tech From China Is Upending Global Climate Politics
www.nytimes.com
November 10, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Decades ago eminent economist Ross Garnaut predicted the main economic powerhouse of the 21st Century would be China - here’s yet another example of why he was right… www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/c...
Something for your soul today…
youtu.be/WZn9QZykx10?...
youtu.be/WZn9QZykx10?...
Neil Young - Heart of Gold (Live) [Harvest 50th Anniversary Edition] (Official Music Video)
YouTube video by neilyoungchannel
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November 10, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Something for your soul today…
youtu.be/WZn9QZykx10?...
youtu.be/WZn9QZykx10?...
woke up at two thirty in the morning on the eleventh of the eleventh - fifty years since the Whitlam Government was removed from office by the then Governor General after the conservatives blocked supply legislation in Parliament - a day of infamy and betrayal…
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Gough Whitlam’s dismissal ‘a calculated plot’ to remove elected government via partisan ambush, PM says
Albanese says ‘old suffocating conservatism’ of Menzies era reached out of its political grave to remove a government chosen by voters
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 3:28 PM
woke up at two thirty in the morning on the eleventh of the eleventh - fifty years since the Whitlam Government was removed from office by the then Governor General after the conservatives blocked supply legislation in Parliament - a day of infamy and betrayal…
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Reposted by Marcus Kelson
Senators on the brink of retirement who lived full, wealthy lives and never feared the loss of their own healthcare voting for their constituents to die from their inability to afford the same is treasonous
November 10, 2025 at 2:20 AM
Senators on the brink of retirement who lived full, wealthy lives and never feared the loss of their own healthcare voting for their constituents to die from their inability to afford the same is treasonous
Australian album of the year? Definitely worth a look I’d say :) www.smh.com.au/culture/musi...
Intimate, immersive, beautiful: Is this the best Australian album of the year?
Stella Donnelly’s stunning new album and the other local music releases you need to hear this month.
www.smh.com.au
November 10, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Australian album of the year? Definitely worth a look I’d say :) www.smh.com.au/culture/musi...