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Technical writer ... with interests in film, music, Perth Glory, Newcastle United and ... my beautiful wife, son and dog. Freo bound.
Funeral Parade of Roses. Unbelievable fun with jokes and ideas zinging around in rapid fire. On top of that, deeply empathetic and touching. Reminded me of my favourite Godard not in style but in inventiveness and as an ideas machine. As soon as my watch finished, immediately bought a physical copy
November 11, 2025 at 7:18 AM
Funeral Parade of Roses. Unbelievable fun with jokes and ideas zinging around in rapid fire. On top of that, deeply empathetic and touching. Reminded me of my favourite Godard not in style but in inventiveness and as an ideas machine. As soon as my watch finished, immediately bought a physical copy
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ATTN: If you were on the Sandwich Guy jury and you'd like to chat, my Signal is in my bio. I'll keep you anonymous! Please share this post!
November 7, 2025 at 1:57 AM
ATTN: If you were on the Sandwich Guy jury and you'd like to chat, my Signal is in my bio. I'll keep you anonymous! Please share this post!
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Happy birthday to the brilliant Lindy Morrison. Here's a glorious Go-Betweens performance filmed for Australian TV in 1987. It boasts their best line-up and a short but sweet set including Bye Bye Pride, Right Here, Cut It Out, Spring Rain, Cattle and Cane…
youtu.be/4ALbPfCFfkQ
youtu.be/4ALbPfCFfkQ
The Go-Betweens - Live in studio (Rock Arena 1987) (HD 60fps)
YouTube video by The 80s, a Decade of Music (Master Noise HD 60fps)
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November 2, 2025 at 9:06 AM
Happy birthday to the brilliant Lindy Morrison. Here's a glorious Go-Betweens performance filmed for Australian TV in 1987. It boasts their best line-up and a short but sweet set including Bye Bye Pride, Right Here, Cut It Out, Spring Rain, Cattle and Cane…
youtu.be/4ALbPfCFfkQ
youtu.be/4ALbPfCFfkQ
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What an absolute treasure Diane Keaton was. Her wit never tired, nor did her style.
October 11, 2025 at 8:30 PM
What an absolute treasure Diane Keaton was. Her wit never tired, nor did her style.
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The best vowel is obviously 'O' while the worst is 'E', which isn't even symmetrical.
September 20, 2025 at 9:55 AM
The best vowel is obviously 'O' while the worst is 'E', which isn't even symmetrical.
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Everyone moves up a slot on the Most Handsome Living Man list now.
September 16, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Everyone moves up a slot on the Most Handsome Living Man list now.
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Arts criticism is vitally important, whether it's for TV, movies, comic books, or anything else. It's more than a binary good/bad; it's a way of contextualizing the emotional, political, or other themes of a piece as well as laying out connections and comparisons through deep historical knowledge.
September 16, 2025 at 1:23 AM
Arts criticism is vitally important, whether it's for TV, movies, comic books, or anything else. It's more than a binary good/bad; it's a way of contextualizing the emotional, political, or other themes of a piece as well as laying out connections and comparisons through deep historical knowledge.
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Anyone in need of a serotonin boost should watch this
August 11, 2025 at 12:43 AM
Anyone in need of a serotonin boost should watch this
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Twenty years ago, this was merely a paragraph of speculative fiction in an unwritten late work from J.G. Ballard.
The village of Dean has entered a lockdown for the imminent arrival of US vice-president JD Vance. All entrances to the village (between Chipping Norton and Charlbury) are closed to non-residents, with police stationed at every road and even footpath.
August 11, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Twenty years ago, this was merely a paragraph of speculative fiction in an unwritten late work from J.G. Ballard.
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"Tomorrow belongs to me."
On the left is a post today from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. On the right is literal Nazi propaganda from the 1930s.
![@DHSgov on X: Remember your Homeland’s Heritage.
New Life in a New Land - Morgan Weistling
[Painting of a family]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:eppsmw5nfmdzhfeymtzd3xbe/bafkreifufhjor4i5ijjyh2cuswhmtmoybnr7rzjg3pdi6ow3udhtbuxhnu@jpeg)
![Nazi propaganda: "The Nazi Party secures the national community"
[Painting of a German family]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:eppsmw5nfmdzhfeymtzd3xbe/bafkreidjr6b3w65abp2xtc5qax7rxhupvocfkvdvh23gfwlrnr7f555nmu@jpeg)
July 15, 2025 at 12:31 AM
"Tomorrow belongs to me."
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“i asked chatgpt” “i asked grok” well i asked brian wilson and he showed me the sound of god
June 11, 2025 at 7:09 PM
“i asked chatgpt” “i asked grok” well i asked brian wilson and he showed me the sound of god
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"Brian Wilson, he made all his records with four tracks, but you couldn't make his records if you had a HUNDRED tracks today." "That ear – I mean, Jesus, he’s got to will that to the Smithsonian." — Bob Dylan
RIP Brian Wilson
RIP Brian Wilson
June 11, 2025 at 4:47 PM
"Brian Wilson, he made all his records with four tracks, but you couldn't make his records if you had a HUNDRED tracks today." "That ear – I mean, Jesus, he’s got to will that to the Smithsonian." — Bob Dylan
RIP Brian Wilson
RIP Brian Wilson
From Surf’s Up, music and lyrics by Brian Wilson and Van Dyke Parks. Heart is broken by Brian’s death.
June 11, 2025 at 9:23 PM
From Surf’s Up, music and lyrics by Brian Wilson and Van Dyke Parks. Heart is broken by Brian’s death.
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This world-renowned Iranian director was barred from making films in his own country. Now, he has come to Sydney under a veil of secrecy to promote his latest work, which is based on his interrogations in prison.
This filmmaker couldn't say he was coming to Sydney until he was on the plane
This world-renowned Iranian director was barred from making films in his own country. Now, he has come to Sydney under a veil of secrecy to promote his latest work, which is based on his interrogations in prison.
www.abc.net.au
June 10, 2025 at 4:58 AM
This world-renowned Iranian director was barred from making films in his own country. Now, he has come to Sydney under a veil of secrecy to promote his latest work, which is based on his interrogations in prison.
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anything that at any point you loved but then became too cool for, know that someday you will turn back to that thing and say "oh. no. you were fine, you were more than fine. it is I who was cringe"
May 16, 2025 at 2:35 AM
anything that at any point you loved but then became too cool for, know that someday you will turn back to that thing and say "oh. no. you were fine, you were more than fine. it is I who was cringe"
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1950 via Sidney Skolsky:
“Ida Lupino relates this incident as being mainly responsible for her turning from actress to director.” …
“I discovered,” says Ida Lupino, “that no one listens to an actress. So became a director in self-defense.”
“Ida Lupino relates this incident as being mainly responsible for her turning from actress to director.” …
“I discovered,” says Ida Lupino, “that no one listens to an actress. So became a director in self-defense.”
May 5, 2025 at 7:08 PM
1950 via Sidney Skolsky:
“Ida Lupino relates this incident as being mainly responsible for her turning from actress to director.” …
“I discovered,” says Ida Lupino, “that no one listens to an actress. So became a director in self-defense.”
“Ida Lupino relates this incident as being mainly responsible for her turning from actress to director.” …
“I discovered,” says Ida Lupino, “that no one listens to an actress. So became a director in self-defense.”
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Just got a message from a mate: “Can Peter Dutton get a ‘Goodbye From Country’?”
😂
😂
May 3, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Just got a message from a mate: “Can Peter Dutton get a ‘Goodbye From Country’?”
😂
😂
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Back in 1991, David Bowie went to the Pixies/Pere Ubu show at Oberlin College. And the student newspaper the Oberlin Review interviewed him! So great.
April 26, 2025 at 2:56 AM
Back in 1991, David Bowie went to the Pixies/Pere Ubu show at Oberlin College. And the student newspaper the Oberlin Review interviewed him! So great.
If only the new pope is as thoughtful and progressive as Francis was. In these times …
April 21, 2025 at 9:27 AM
If only the new pope is as thoughtful and progressive as Francis was. In these times …
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Old message from my friend Simon: “Promised you a list of names of poisonous British mushrooms. I realise now that it reads like a list of rejected Cocteau Twins song titles.”
April 20, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Old message from my friend Simon: “Promised you a list of names of poisonous British mushrooms. I realise now that it reads like a list of rejected Cocteau Twins song titles.”
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Neither Anthony Albanese nor Peter Dutton mentioned the two obvious reforms that would help to solve the housing crisis: scrapping or reducing negative gearing and removing the capital gains tax discount for investors.
April 14, 2025 at 2:05 AM
Neither Anthony Albanese nor Peter Dutton mentioned the two obvious reforms that would help to solve the housing crisis: scrapping or reducing negative gearing and removing the capital gains tax discount for investors.