Over recent days I've been making notes towards a requiem. David Chisholm referred to one earlier today and there was a wonderful discussion about the form on Radio National's Rhythm Divine a couple of days ago. They played Sculthorpe's Requiem, eight compelling movements with a haunting didjeridu part performed by William Barton. The requiem is … Continue Reading ››
On Friday 17 June I'll be recording and releasing a song of mine, HOW LOW CAN YOU GO, as a personal contribution to the National Day of Action being coordinated by The Protagonists.
Go to HOW LOW CAN YOU GO for times, location and other details.
A couple of weeks ago a learned, well travelled friend with an acute legal mind sent me a brief message. She was in-transit, leaving a forum in Hong Kong.
"The world has become a scary place," she wrote.
These few words hit me in the proverbial guts. For said friend to admit such a thing - given … Continue Reading ››
Yesterday I saw another future. It was akin to hearing my first radio, seeing Armstrong step onto the moon, picking up a portapak and shooting video, and that extrodinary moment we knew we could code hyperlinks onto a web page. However this was virtually real, immersive, uncomfortably intrusive and yet emphatic.
Grant McHerron: … Continue Reading ››
Something in the order of 2300 submissions had been made come midnight 17 July 2015. The Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs Committee website indicated only 93 had been uploaded, but it appears they were overrun by submissions their server could not keep up with all that incoming. Here's … Continue Reading ››
