Category: Blogging
Day-to-day minutiae.
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Seoul Redux, Asialink and PC Bangs 2.0
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Korea! Korea! Korea! Korea!
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Postscript: Utrecht, January 2009
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I heart Utrecht.
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“Simple, isn’t it?”
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foam:e, Laurie Duggan and Hip Hop
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Laurie Duggan doesn’t like hip hop.
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Stats & Google Snax
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I’m a stats obsessive, I’ll admit it.
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As I was only just saying, the November 2008 issue of Time Out Amsterdam features not one but two chunks of text by meh. While both were about music, only the second, a review of the untold Microcastle album by Deerhunter, was based on music I had actually heard, and liked.
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Notes Towards an Imaginary Thesis: “Stanzaland”
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In 1983 the American Library Association (ALA) produced a poster featuring the character of Yoda from George Lucas‚Äô Star Wars (1982). In the poster, which bore the title ‘READ – and The Force is with you’, the Jedi Master Yoda carried his trademark cane, as well as a red, hardbound book.
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Upcoming Gigs in Utrecht and Montreal!
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I’m busting with excitement.
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My 2008 Publications
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In 2008, on the poetry front, A821.4 appeared in PFS Post (USA), ‚ÄòGreat Big Star’ in FourW, Sunbathing in Overland, ‚ÄòO’Dowd Seeks Whitman’ in Going Down Swinging (#27), B’rel’n and Bushpo in Cordite Poetry Review (#29), ‚ÄòRain Loop’ in Meanjin, ‚ÄòKerry’ in Famous Reporter, ‚ÄòNieuw Holland’ in Island (#113), ‚ÄòDe Kraai en het Paard’ in…
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Dear Overland, please do not go on strike.
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The strange thing about being overseas is that I’m still habitually sending my poems to Australian – as opposed to Dutch or European – magazines. Maybe that’s because my work is still written primarily for an Australian audience. But what does that mean, exactly?
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Yes, yes, I know …
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… i know, I know, yes …
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Time Out Amsterdam (Part II)
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Further to my post from a couple of weeks ago about Time Out Amsterdam, I can now proudly say that I’m a published author here in the Netherlands! Not just once, but three times! Bam!
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My new job …
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It’s hard to believe that I’ve been in the Netherlands for seven months now – it seems like only yesterday I was sitting in the Lambs Go Bar drinking tequila shots and then attempting to say goodbye to all of my friends in Oz. And yet here I am, with very little to show for…
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Simon Vinkenoog & Time Out Amsterdam
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Time Out has just started an Amsterdam-based monthly magazine and I’m happy to say I’ve got a story in the classical music section of their second issue, due out in November! The magazine’s website is pretty empty at the moment but it does feature one interesting video, a series of vox pops with residents of…
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We Will Disappear finally appears in Europa!
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It’s been a long time coming, but copies of my debut poetry collection We Will Disappear have finally landed on these nether shores. Over the fold I’ve posted some pics of the box and its contents. Yays.