1. The Deuce. So often the things I look forward to most are overwhelmed by my expectations and don’t meet those expectations. With HBO’s The Deuce, it didn’t happen like that. The Deuce was better than I could have hoped for. With writers like George Pelecanos, David Simon and Megan Abbott involved, this look at the birth of an industry and a neighbourhood is perfectly slow moving, patiently creating layers of detail and character, and I can’t wait for the next season. Continue reading
Highlights of highlights 2
Another trawl through the archives and a chance for you to catch up… with 2008 or 2009 or 2010…. Continue reading
Bandcamp right on time by Long List Rat
When I was younger I spent a lot of time in my bedroom studying onanism. I still have an interest and sometimes wonder what young people do in their bedrooms these days. If you listen to bandcamp it would appear a lot of the youth of today spend many hours in their bedrooms… writing music? Recently I travelled to New York for the first time and had the opportunity to see some live music at the Bowery Ballroom in Delancey Street Lower Manhattan. Continue reading
Highlights of highlights
Getting into the australianrules.com.au archives isn’t easy. We’ve changed platforms (or whatever they’re called) four times and there have been changes of computers along the way. However with Best of season coming up we took a look through the lists we could find and came up with these snippets…
Look out for Best of 2017 contributions coming soon and please send us yours… Continue reading
Cricket FLASHBACK
Flicking through the messy australianrules.com.au archive this week I came across this from February 2009… Continue reading
Song for Elijah
Wantok music has released Song for Elijah (Wrap Our Arms Around You) as a dedication to Elijah Doughty from Kalgoorlie-Boulder, Western Australia. Continue reading
A disturbing story of everyday evil
A look at The Teacher (M)
It’s 1983 in Slovakian capital Bratislava and a middle-school class is awaiting the arrival of a new teacher to start the academic year. Continue reading
Life and work in an outer Parisian suburb by Richard Jones
A look at The Midwife (PG)
Catherine Frot and Catherine Deneuve rate as two of the best-known and most famous French actors of their generation. Continue reading
The Pink Rat by Song List Rat
I had always thought Jonathan Richman was the most silly song writer in all the world. That was until Ariel Pink arrived two decades later. Continue reading
Queen Elizabeth Oval, Bendigo, Victoria
Top level footy and cricket (and probably other things) have been played at QEO since the 1890s. Continue reading
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