“My Father’s Suitcase flies because it shows not only the marks of mistreatment so authentically but also the marks where Garden took hold of herself and held on for dear life.”
The Piano vs Damon Smith
“That Yamaha grand, lid open fully, was not a brain but a beast, and Damon Smith wasn’t here to tame it. He was here to taunt it, to dare it to snap that lid on his fingers.”
Because I’m Not Myself, You See, by Ariane Beeston
“The first line of this book is one of the best I have ever read: ‘I’m on my way home from work when my baby turns into a dragon.’ “
Hearing the Sound of Music like it’s the first time
“Songs I have heard a million times somehow sounded tonight like they were coming out of real people’s mouths for the first time, as if they’d just thought of what to say but couldn’t find any other way than to sing it.”
The EJ Isolation Sessions 1-8
“It’s equal-access art, live music at its liveliest, entertainment that jumps out of screens of all sizes. And all from the back of an EJ, our vote for 2020’s car of the year”
Iso Beautiful: The Electro-Pop album made for surviving Lockdown 2.0
“Out of Melbourne’s great southern lockdown comes the Aussie iso album we need to get us through with sense of humour and sanity intact.”
Review: Alora’s Dreams by Jamie Shelly and Sam Surka
“It’s often said that the best picture books for all but the youngest of kids contain at least a little bit of darkness”
Review: The Death Of Discovery by David Cosma
“I’m getting too old for rubbish music, and if I’m not mistaken, so are Mr Cosma and his colleagues”
27.5.17
Desert Companion! Beautifully, brutally Dry river bed sleeps.
26.5.17
So you want to know How ugly you really are? Fall in love! Have kids!
The Normal Grown-Up 