Bernard O’Dowd: rewriting the colonial wizard of Oz
What happens when you cross a rhyming sonnet (written on the eve of the federation of Australia) with a 21st-century, post-avant sensibility?
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Essays
Long-form rants, explorations, flights of fancy.
‘Guard these moments well’: the lyrics of Chris de Burgh
We need to talk about Chris de Burgh’s lyrics.
“Out of petrol”: Kraftwerk på Cirkus
After taking an eternity to write my review of Animal Collective live in concert, I’ve decided to turn over a new leaf and get snappy. So, without further ado, some words and pictures from last week’s Kraftwerk gig at Cirkus…
Animal Collective live in Leuven and Stockholm
Documenting my Animal Collective journey, from 2008 to 2012.
Poem Communities
Growing up in the 1980s in rural Australia, I immersed myself in two passions: reading books and playing sport. I was never much one for football or cricket, preferring instead cross-country running, endless laps of the pool and, perhaps most vitally, tennis.
Chris de Burgh: Crusader (1979)
Eagle-eyed readers would already be aware of my previous tutorial, wherein I demonstrated the art of writing a one hundie, two hundie, three hundie and therefore five hundie record review. In this tutorial, using the 'find and replace' function, I show how this template can be used to write a review of any other band or musical recording. Take, for example, this re-working of the 300 word Deerhunter review into a review of Chris de Burgh's Crusader.
LOL: Issue 1 and the Internet Post-Avant
Well, that was interesting!
Chris de Burgh: At the End of a Perfect Day (1977)
I’ve been flat out digging through the online archives of the Chris de Burgh website, in particular the vast wealth of information contained within the Man On the Line (MotL) section, wherein Chris personally responds to questions and queries. While,…
Chris de Burgh: Spanish Train and Other Stories (1975)
A little-known fact about this collection is that it was banned in South Africa at the time, due to mentions of the 'devil' in the title poem.
