Jumping on the Twilight bandwagon, I reviewed the New Moon soundtrack for Tom Magazine. It's actually very good. Read here.
VARIOUS ARTISTS
New Moon Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (Warner)
First things first. This album will sell like hotcakes, only better, if not just for the Twilight saga logo, and the fold-out poster found inside the cover. Oh Em Gee. You can have Robert Patterson on your wall. The rest of us who aren’t obsessed by this glittery vamp-mance of epic proportions will boycott it for the same reasons. I’ll admit that I only wanted to listen to this album because of the Death Cab for Cutie contribution, ‘Meet Me at the Equinox’ - more on that later. But as a collection of original tracks exclusive to the soundtrack, how does it rate? Admittedly, ‘twihard’ or not, the whole collection is amazing.
Etc. Etc.
Wednesday, November 18, 2009
Updates and inspirations: Gingerbread - Eve's Harvest
So excited to hear a short story I wrote last semester, 'Gingerbread' has been accepted for a new anthology featuring emerging female writers, 'Eve's Harvest'. Won't be out for quite some time now - Feburary at the earliest, but until then, muchly excited! May now get around to writing a bit more fiction to see what else I can get out there.
Wednesday, November 11, 2009
Feature: 'The Grinch' for Unisex Magazine
Friday, October 30, 2009
Updates and inspirations: Sunset Sounds
The lovely people at Tom Mag are sending me to review Sunset Sounds soon... it just wouldn't be a festival without Yves Klein Blue!
Thursday, October 22, 2009
Updates and inspirations: QUT Online Journalism
Was given a prize for being amungst the three finalists for the QUT Online Journalism 'Great Ones' award for my stories on Subtropic.com.au. Whoo, free USB!
Tuesday, October 20, 2009
Feature: various for QUTE Issue 4
Have four articles in the latest issue of QUT zine, QUTE. Click to enlarge.
Scans up!
Scans up!
Tuesday, September 22, 2009
News: various for Subtropic Online
Some feature news pieces for Subtropic.com.au, a QUT journalism collaboration.
Hot rods and cool cats hit West End
Thousands of revellers from around Australia and internationally cruised to the 10th Greazefest Kustom Kulture Festival in West End last weekend.
Organisers say it is the largest celebration of vintage cars and fashion, rockabilly music, lowbrow art, and tattooing in the Southern Hemisphere.
The four-day event sold out its late night performances on Friday and Saturday nights.
The celebrations culminated in the all-ages hot rod show on Sunday, where vintage and customised car lovers young and old could get a taste of yesteryear.
The festival included some of the premier rockabilly acts in the world, Marti Brom – based in the US, Australia’s The Satellites, and Johnny Law and The Pistol Packin’ Daddies.
Etc.
Hawkins graces Myer’s Brisbane spring-summer launch.
Australian model Jennifer Hawkins hit the catwalk in Myer Brisbane last week to debut the store’s Spring-Summer collection.
The arrival of Hawkins on the runway caused a stir with the crowd, with many lining up afterwards to score an autograph.
Ex-Miss Universe Hawkins was not the only one to elicit cheers and wolf whistles from the audience – with shirtless male models and a trio of plus-sized models also crowd pleasers.
Etc.
Cruelty concerns won't deter Warwick rodeo
Cruelty concerns forced wild horse racing off the Warwick rodeo program on Queensland’s Darling Downs, but animal welfare groups say they cannot target other events.
The Warwick Show Association cancelled the event a week before the RSPCA planned to approach them with concerns, following the animal welfare group’s successful bid to stop the event at the Mt Isa rodeo.
The Warwick rodeo is regulated by the Australian Professional Rodeo Association, which does not sanction wild horse racing or the tactics such as ‘ear biting’ used during the event.
RSPCA Queensland spokesman Michael Beatty said they see the cancellation as a victory and believe there would be grounds to prosecute riders for animal cruelty if it continued.
“We believe, certainly in the past there’s been clear evidence of cruelty to the animals in the wild horse races,” Mr Beatty said.
Etc.
Hot rods and cool cats hit West End
Thousands of revellers from around Australia and internationally cruised to the 10th Greazefest Kustom Kulture Festival in West End last weekend.
Organisers say it is the largest celebration of vintage cars and fashion, rockabilly music, lowbrow art, and tattooing in the Southern Hemisphere.
The four-day event sold out its late night performances on Friday and Saturday nights.
The celebrations culminated in the all-ages hot rod show on Sunday, where vintage and customised car lovers young and old could get a taste of yesteryear.
The festival included some of the premier rockabilly acts in the world, Marti Brom – based in the US, Australia’s The Satellites, and Johnny Law and The Pistol Packin’ Daddies.
Etc.
Hawkins graces Myer’s Brisbane spring-summer launch.
Australian model Jennifer Hawkins hit the catwalk in Myer Brisbane last week to debut the store’s Spring-Summer collection.
The arrival of Hawkins on the runway caused a stir with the crowd, with many lining up afterwards to score an autograph.
Ex-Miss Universe Hawkins was not the only one to elicit cheers and wolf whistles from the audience – with shirtless male models and a trio of plus-sized models also crowd pleasers.
Etc.
Cruelty concerns won't deter Warwick rodeo
Cruelty concerns forced wild horse racing off the Warwick rodeo program on Queensland’s Darling Downs, but animal welfare groups say they cannot target other events.
The Warwick Show Association cancelled the event a week before the RSPCA planned to approach them with concerns, following the animal welfare group’s successful bid to stop the event at the Mt Isa rodeo.
The Warwick rodeo is regulated by the Australian Professional Rodeo Association, which does not sanction wild horse racing or the tactics such as ‘ear biting’ used during the event.
RSPCA Queensland spokesman Michael Beatty said they see the cancellation as a victory and believe there would be grounds to prosecute riders for animal cruelty if it continued.
“We believe, certainly in the past there’s been clear evidence of cruelty to the animals in the wild horse races,” Mr Beatty said.
Etc.
Interview: Bluejuice for Tom Magazine
Interview with Bluejuice for Tom Magazine, here.
Bluejuice make the music of pop artists and have the stories of rock stars. The morning after playing a sold out gig at Brisbane’s The Zoo, band members Jake Stone and Stav Yiannoukas chat to Tom Magazine about their upcoming album and tour, jumping rope and breaking bones.
Although tired and facing a day of press junkets, followed by the drive to Coolangatta for their show that night, Yiannoukas and Stone seem rapt with their Brissie gig - at least comparatively.
"No fire extinguisher shutdown incidents this time," Yiannoukas jokes dryly. "Last time we came there was some drunk crazy lady who set off a fire extinguisher, and in about ten seconds the whole room filled with this thick fog which choked everyone and we were evacuated mid song, basically."
Stone explains that having to evacuate 350 drunken people from the venue wasn’t exactly easy.
"We evacuated into the band room, and they were vomiting from the powder, and we had to give them beer so they could wash their mouths and eyes out," Stone says, while Yiannoukas adds, "It was like, please don’t vomit on our gear! It was hilarious."
Bluejuice have been touring nationally to promote ‘Broken Leg’, the lead single from their forthcoming second release, Head of the Hawk. Despite calling Sydney home, they say Brisbane is like a home away from home, and one of their favourite cities to play. Stone says, "Generally the warmer places like Perth, Brissie and Adelaide are more willing to dance and have fun". Good thing too, as their infectious and unabashedly pop sound would get anyone on their feet. That’s the idea, anyway.
"We’re not looking for approval, all we’re really looking for is drunken dancing," Stone says."
Although," Yiannoukas laughs, "not always drunken dancing, sometimes just drunken watching, that can be good too."
When asked if audiences are applauded for getting up and dancing while sober, Yiannoukas laughs as if this is a crazy suggestion.
"Nobody wants anyone to dance when they’re sober," Stone says seriously. "It looks like you’re at a wedding - we’re not that kind of band."
Etc, and so on, and so forth.
Bluejuice make the music of pop artists and have the stories of rock stars. The morning after playing a sold out gig at Brisbane’s The Zoo, band members Jake Stone and Stav Yiannoukas chat to Tom Magazine about their upcoming album and tour, jumping rope and breaking bones.
Although tired and facing a day of press junkets, followed by the drive to Coolangatta for their show that night, Yiannoukas and Stone seem rapt with their Brissie gig - at least comparatively.
"No fire extinguisher shutdown incidents this time," Yiannoukas jokes dryly. "Last time we came there was some drunk crazy lady who set off a fire extinguisher, and in about ten seconds the whole room filled with this thick fog which choked everyone and we were evacuated mid song, basically."
Stone explains that having to evacuate 350 drunken people from the venue wasn’t exactly easy.
"We evacuated into the band room, and they were vomiting from the powder, and we had to give them beer so they could wash their mouths and eyes out," Stone says, while Yiannoukas adds, "It was like, please don’t vomit on our gear! It was hilarious."
Bluejuice have been touring nationally to promote ‘Broken Leg’, the lead single from their forthcoming second release, Head of the Hawk. Despite calling Sydney home, they say Brisbane is like a home away from home, and one of their favourite cities to play. Stone says, "Generally the warmer places like Perth, Brissie and Adelaide are more willing to dance and have fun". Good thing too, as their infectious and unabashedly pop sound would get anyone on their feet. That’s the idea, anyway.
"We’re not looking for approval, all we’re really looking for is drunken dancing," Stone says."
Although," Yiannoukas laughs, "not always drunken dancing, sometimes just drunken watching, that can be good too."
When asked if audiences are applauded for getting up and dancing while sober, Yiannoukas laughs as if this is a crazy suggestion.
"Nobody wants anyone to dance when they’re sober," Stone says seriously. "It looks like you’re at a wedding - we’re not that kind of band."
Etc, and so on, and so forth.
Tuesday, September 15, 2009
Updates and inspirations: Ourbrisbane.com
I thought I'd post a complete list of my interviews and reviews that have featured on ourbrisbane.com. Click here for those, though most of them are quite old now.
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