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  • Coming soon to K-Town!

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    Things have taken a turn for the untold here in Karlskrona, with today’s unveiling by Talan ‘Mad Skillz’ Memmott of a poster advertising the upcoming Cabaret Voltage event. Scheduled to rock the Scandinavian e-lit scene in a manner not witnessed since the last Icelandic ash cloud, Cabaret Voltage will be the final event in a…

  • Tang

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    Hangul on the wall of Yi Sang House, Seoul. Tang can mean ‘bang’ (as in the sound a gun makes; bang, of course, means ‘room’), or ‘bath’, or ‘soup’.

  • Sparrow dabang (참새 다방)

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    Yi Sang (1910–37) was an avant-garde Korean poet. I wrote this poem after visiting Yi Sang House in Seoul as part of the Cordite poets’ tour in 2011. Read the Hangul version, ‘참새 다방’.

  • “Riverina”

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    hills without trees and dried-up rivers intravenously wind their way through towns verging on sleepytime status as down in a park people light barbecues or play football ruckmen and rovers all blend into one in the twilight as seeing the ball gets harder noses get bruised laughter echoes down concrete canals from under leaves and…

  • Brace-face

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    The day I got the braces put on my face was not the happiest day of my life, to be perfectly honest. In fact, it was horrible. The weather was wild and windy, and the procedure took about four hours. I’d be lying if I said it didn’t hurt. It hurt like hell. Once they…

  • Cordite 35.1: Oz-Ko (Hoju-Hanguk)

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    Cordite Poetry Review No. 35.1: Oz-Ko (Hoju-Hanguk) Poetry editor: David Prater Hangul translations: 김재현 (Kim Gaihyun) and 김성현 (Kim Sunghyun) Released: 1 May 2011 Cover image: Ivy Alvarez Pandora archive (NLA)

  • Third impressions of Korea

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    I took these photos during the Cordite poets’ tour of Korea in 2011.

  • Welcome to the world of Feng Haag Shuiling™

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    Inhale this exclusive and sentimental bare-all catalogue, complete with links to further evidence of Shuiling.

  • Davves: “Pre-Soak” b/w “Detailed Image Package”

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    DNRC102 | 7″ single | 2011

  • Engelska | Nederländska | Svenska

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    cookie kiss good piss bra cheek thanks child smart never sugar cat guy always also everyone breakfast sweetie fast new please or bye life day and train no yes sluice sale koekje kus goed plas beha wang bedankt kind slim nooit suiker kat vent altijd ook allemaal ontbijt liefert snel nieuw alstublieft of doei leven…

  • Scaramouche found alive and well in a cave in the Goulburn Valley

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    In a possible sign that megalomaniac musical artiste Davey Dreamnation is set to rise from his post-DNRC slumber, news agencies are today reporting that the chanteuse’s long-time collaborator and manager, the incorrigible Scaramouche, has been found alive and well in a cave in the Goulburn Valley, despite rumours that he had suffered a fatal quiche…

  • Trending

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    pls re-tweet & follow this if you can: CSI Fallujah trending, mission accomplished & war on terror continues unabated on the day obama died i was buying candles in abbottabad inadvertantly i liveblogged the whole damn cash transaction check your receipts, people – the asteroids have not landed she was a real mars crosser -…

  • Define ‘The Best’ …

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    I’m not usually one for competitions, but in this case I’ve made an exception: I’ve gone ahead and nominated Davey Dreamnation for consideration in the Sydney Writers Centre’s Best Australian Blogs 2011 competition. Why? Well, partly because there’s some cool prizes involved, but also because in this age of social media, I still believe in…

  • Call for Works for ELMCIP Anthology

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    Electronic Literature as a Model of Creativity and Innovation in Practice (ELMCIP), a collaborative research project funded by the Humanities in the European Research Area (HERA) JRP for Creativity and Innovation, seeks submissions of electronic literature from European writers and practitioners for its upcoming anthology. The editors of the anthology – namely Maria Engberg, Talan…

  • Saltö, Karlskrona

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    KA127, your work here is done. Take a load off.