Author: Davey Dreamnation
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Ten women who shook my world*
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2 min read
In celebration of International Women’s Day, here’s some Youtube gold from some of my favourite women musical artists from the late 1980s and early 1990s. First up, Bilinda Butcher sings My Bloody Valentine‘s certified indie-dance crossover shredder, ‘Soon’.
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Wireless
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2 min read
This poem was published in Overland in 2012.
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Submerged
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1 min read
Mataranka, 2004 (?).
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The Plain of Jars
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1 min read
Laos, 1999.
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Amnesia Lane: the Shirt Pant
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1 min read
We’ve all committed the occasional fashion faux pas. In my case, it was mistaking a shirt for a pair of pants. Witness the results, in this rare and previously-unpublished photo feature taken some time in the late 1990s (or maybe in 2000) by my dearly departed friend, Quinton. I miss you, buddy.
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Humility Publishing
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6 min read
Last year I received the good news that my PhD thesis, “Bonfire of the Vanity Presses: Self-Publishing in the Field of Australian Poetry” had been accepted by Swinburne University of Technology in Melbourne, meaning that I could start to go around calling myself a doctor (except in emergency situations on planes). To celebrate, I’ve posted…
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speaking in codez
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1 min read
What is pedagogy?
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Paju Book City 1
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1 min read
Paju Book City is an incredible place.
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Baby monkey
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1 min read
The latest song of the week from Parry Gripp is a cheerful tribute to that baby monkey riding the mini pig … Our facility is USDA and FWC licensed and has over 20 years of experience. We are a wonderful facility, torturing the baby monkey and baby pig and laughing about it. The monkey clings…
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In these crazy, wild, topsy-turvy times of wars, conflicts, battles, and excessive synonym usage, it can be important to have something that gives you a sense of security. This can be something as complex as a belief system, as simple as a talisman. This is why I worship a Lobster deity whose glowing Pincers of…
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Nu tech … from the 1980s
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1 min read
Hat-tip to jill/txt.
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Björkholmen Colours 1
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1 min read
Explosions of pastel!
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Ronneby: the e-literature capital of Sweden?
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1 min read
Spotted this awesome sign in Ronneby last night: Potential HQ for the ELMCIP project?
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A Guide to Gracious Living
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3 min read
for Francesca on her wedding day
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“he is survived by his wife (and children”
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1 min read
barely rate a mention. But they in turn