Oasis’ Definitely Maybe and the end of indie
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times ...
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nostalgia
Early-1990s UK indie bands: the definitive list
1990s UK indie bands were the best bands.
dress young
This poem was first published in Page Seventeen (2010) and also appeared in my privately-published chapbook Final Friday (2010).
Neenish tarts, bus shelters, Wagga Wagga and me
Never thought I'd use these four 'terms' in the same sentence but there you go - if life was a Venn diagram, there are several shaded areas in which me and neenish tarts would intersect.
My Cordite Top Eleven!
In this post, I look back on my years as Managing Editor of Cordite Poetry Review, and pick my top eleven choicest moments from what has been a thrilling, exhausting and ultimately life-affirming rollercoaster ride of love and passion.
‘Space Invaders’ (1980)
Just a little Youtube number in honour of Invasion Day (previously known as Australia Day).
Photo Memories: Karlskrona 2011
In celebration of my impending departure from K-Town, here's a little gallery of images taken throughout 2011 that, for me anyway, brings back some lovely memoreez ...
Mother Russia
'Mother Russia' was my first published poem, and the first poem I ever performed in public. It appeared in 1991 in Textbase, a short-lived journal put out by the people who ran the Reasonably Good Cafe on Abercrombie Street in Chippendale, Sydney. I remember attending the launch and reading my poem. Afterwards someone told me I read as if I was calling the races at Harold Park.
Wireless
This poem was published in Overland in 2012.