There’s a deep dark secret I like to keep from most of my new acquaintances. I am hopelessly fascinated by economics. Economics books take up an embarrassingly large portion of my bookshelves and the majority of my podcasts library is, you guessed it, economics-related. Why the need for secrecy? Well, if I’m completely honest dear…
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Alt-J played the Hordern Pavilion on Wednesday night with support from Snakadaktal and City Calm Down. Gwendolyn Lee was there and brings us these photos from the pit.
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“Thanks for having me back.” Oh, James. You are so welcome. I wasn’t exactly sure what to expect from a James Blake show. I’d mistakenly relegated his second album Overgrown to my personal list of atmospheric background music. That’s not to say I didn’t think he was a stunning vocalist and his hypnotic, electronic soul…
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In it’s eight year, the Possible Worlds Film Festival has broadened its focus, premiering ten films from the United States in addition to the usual Canadian cinematic experiences offered to Australia. Within the ten Canadian films on the programme sits exploitative drama Diego Star, a probing look at social justice directed by up and comer, Frédérick Pelletier. The Diego…
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In an unspecific time in an unspecified part of Israel, Amram Mufradi (David Tassa) is on a mission. It is his dying father’s last wish to hear ‘The Ballad of a Weeping Spring’, a song written by his band, the Turquoise Ensemble, 20 years before, but as yet unperformed due to a tragedy that has echoed through…
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