Davey Dreamnation

DNRC062 | 7″ | 2007 | DELETED
Having been forced to change their name from The Avian Conspiracy before even forming, The Avian Sars somehow managed to morph from an incendiary three piece into a quietist quartet for the recording sessions that led to this, their one and only single. Bizarrely recorded three times in four [...]

just where the instrumental kicks in
i’m down at reception signing names
now she’s back from hell’s other wing
stirring up trouble beneath our skins
clouds sown with rain seeds as down
systems beyond the understanding of
space entrepreneurs see their boring
powers & if they want to photograph
me from space they’re welcome to it
just remember they’ll be dead some
day too (just [...]

 
This magnificently-crafted construction, located within the grounds of the University of Melbourne, demonstrates the breathtaking potential of modern architecture, a topic upon which I have recently had occasion to reflect. The smooth, elegant and organic lines of this mysteriously artistic building remind me somewhat of a gum tree, with its attendant leaves, bark and sap. [...]

Future pranksters The In Jokes (pictured) will release their debut (in fact, only) single on the highly respected [dnrc] label some time in 2007. Find out its fate by visiting the [dnrc] site today. Or tomorrow. I mean, it’ll still be there then. The picture above, taken by a [dnrc] administrative assistant at a recent [...]

                                                cigarette 
                                          distant
                                    a
                              from
                        smoke
                  like
            disappear
      will
we

two hearts rushing into the freaky world
busted compromised lonely to be pitied -
smashed our glasses & instead went blind
no way back thrashed beaten or overcome 
& so we attacked the world & it worked -
put our divisions into place & attacked
attacked their betrayals & coded silence
coded our response to meet unmet demands
why do you do what [...]

Last year Australian poet Cath Vidler set up a new online magazine called Snorkel, the aim of which is to showcase the best in Australian and New Zealand poets (plus I guess anyone else who’s good). I submitted a couple of poems for the first issue (read them here) and I’ve now managed to sneak [...]

If anyone is in any doubt that Melbourne is the cultural capital of the known world, then the website of the St Kilda Writers’ Festival 2006 should set them straight. While only in its second year, the festival boasts a pretty impressive guest list: Tony Birch, Henry Reynolds, Tara Moss, Inga Clendinnen and (ahem) Mystic [...]

& if i ever do learn a word of dutch
as in really learn it learn its body
then the only word i want to know
is kus [...]

Download There’s A Wild Jack Russell In the Moon (1.91Mb)
Recorded live at Babble by Sean M. Whelan on February 1 2006 as part of my feature set. If you listen carefully, you can hear the sound of a piano, coming out of the speakers of a very old Walkman. Sit back and imagine me pretending [...]

The towers of her private agony shut out even the night, no lamps or open windows - just two red lights on top blinking away her tears, so the airplanes won’t get smashed. And who was I to be there, looking up at the dizzying heights grown crooked, in the rain, without her face? Someone [...]

Lock up your bandannas, plectrums and notebooks, people - there’s a man on the streets who’s aiming to break your heart, like the way Wilco said they were trying, only this time succeeding. The man who introduced the world to Catholic Autistic Terrific, who is now in the middle of a post-Balderdash hangover to rival [...]