Fresh from a solid live-to-air on 3CR, local guitar-artist Nicholas Ogburn launched his new album – a fifth – with great aplomb last Friday night at the Acoustic Café in Collingwood.
Australia isn’t known for being generous to eccentrics, especially in the music industry. That’s one of the reasons Jeff Duff isn’t popular.
Outgoing senator Guy Barnett chairs an inquiry into film and literature classification, and hopes to extend the scheme to all "artwork".
Saturday last saw the finals of Deadly Funny for 2011 which saw more amazing comedic talent emerge from Australia's Indigenous and Torres Strait Islander communities.
For me what most illustrates the moribund nature of Sydney's administration is not the public transport(try Melbourne's).
So how much have we have changed since 1987? Formerly, Wall Street conjured images of suits, corruption, women and of course, money, money, money.
By Viscount Doyle of Rabbit Flat: (August 22 2010, on the election of a hung parliament) In this din and bitter bilge Dustily, dankly Fine spots of smoke dust coldly strolling through sunlight beam The Government is fallen No replacement has risen to take its place The cartoon narrative of race and victor is...
It was oddly appropriate that there was a ferocious storm outside on the opening night of Redemption.
In 2010 the judges elected not to compile a shortlist, instead directing that the grant be rolled into a development fund for emerging playwrights. This did not sit well with the Australian theatrical community.
Australia's collective Monty Python obsession is clearly strong as ever, if the last Friday's packed opening night of “Spamalot” - Supa Productions' latest offering - is anything to go by.
We are presented from the beginning with a Macbeth who is probably already mad, or at least has some underlying mental health issues that remain unnamed and undiagnosed in medieval Scotland.
Way to Heaven is a translation of a superb script from Spanish writer Juan Mayorga which details the execution of an elaborate Nazi plan during World War II.
There has been no quest in my life greater than that for knowledge. The drive to learn, to understand the worlds of man and nature, is a need – deep and visceral.
Pulling off a full-length show about Bob Dylan that uses not a single Bob Dylan song was always going to be a challenge, but the team behind The Chronic Ills of Robert Zimmerman have pulled it off masterfully.
Deadly Funny is about finding and supporting the funniest up-and-coming Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander comedians in the country, made more interesting as they compete for a grand prize of $2,000.
By Steven Danno: Dollsquad / Intercontinental Playboys / Platinum Brunette – Sandringham Hotel Newtown 03/2010 From the second Dollsquad hit the Sando stage it was obvious they meant deadly serious business , decked from head to toe in high heeled leather hell , lead singer Joey swinging a massive chain, the band screamed danger...
By Alex Schlotzer It’s an energetic atmosphere at Melbourne Town Hall this fine-ish evening (31/03/10) as comedians and acts spruik their respective shows, as they do every night for their respective seasons. On this night the spruiking was momentarily stopped by the good folk pushing a tram to get it moving again but that’s...
The great thing about ignorance is the opportunity it gives you to learn. In my case I’d never heard of Baterz (real name Barnaby Charles Ward), an Adelaide songwriter who died at the tragically young age of 32 in 2002.
27/01/2010 Contributing regional editor Alex Schlotzer interviews attendees of the Australia Day “Share the Spirit” festival held in Melbourne on Australia Day. Share on Facebook
theangle's contributing regional editor Alex Schlotzer reports on "Share the Spirit" in Melbourne -- an Australia Day festival where Indigenous and non-indigenous people come together to celebrate the sharing the country.
In the final installment of his series, Simon Hukin bemoans the lack of focus on true culture - the Arts in Australia.
In this first of a two-part series, Simon Hukin examines how sport is leaching vital funding from the Arts.
By David Bowden: Let’s get the history lesson out of the way first. Rowland S. Howard is famous primarily for two things – firstly for writing “Shivers” in the band Boys Next Door, which gave us our first glimpse of a young Nick Cave, but more importantly for his role in the band they...
