Monthly Archives: January 2010
Forever Young: JD Salinger 01/01/1919 – 28/01/2010
JD Salinger lived much of his life as an intensely private man, born the son of a kosher cheese salesman, he was drafted into the army in 1942 and was among those who landed at Utah Beach on D-Day, … Continue reading
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Riverbend Books Feature Poet #2 – Betsy Turcot
Betsy Turcot is originally from Vermont, USA. She received a Bachelor of Arts in English Literature and Secondary Education at Saint Michael’s College in Vermont. There, she was a member and captain of the collegiate field hockey team. She … Continue reading
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Cutting Open the Dawn
Days shuffle bent-backed into the cortex. Pour another Cuervo on ice and juice it. Slice the lemon like a party hack. Knife the surface. The slightest cut only increases the chances. It’s good to curl your fingers in summer around … Continue reading
Getting to know yourself with the Dirty Three
Last night, I opened my live music account for 2010 at The Tivoli, with Laughing Clowns and Dirty Three joining forces as part of the Don’t Look Back concert series. The Don’t Look Back concerts emerged out of the legendary … Continue reading
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Patti Smith’s first book of prose
Bohemian goddess Patti Smith has just released her first book of prose, a memoir, a-la-Bob Dylan’s Chronicles vol. 1, titled Just Kids which details her remarkable relationship with photographer, Robert Mapplethorpe and the romanticism and mythmaking of their life in New York in the late 60′s/early … Continue reading
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Riverbend Books feature poet #1: Bronwyn Lea
The live poetry scene in Brisbane is starting to wake from its Summer slumber and one of the events to look forward to is the first of the Riverbend Books – Poetry on the Deck readings on Tuesday February 23. … Continue reading
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Air for the Birds pt II – poems by Glen Sheppard and Mike Russell
Statue by Glen Sheppard I stand tall and proud, looking down over the ages Don’t know the wonders I have seen Many people worship me / but the truth is I’m just a piece of work. Groups adore me, … Continue reading
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Air for the Birds – Ghostboy & the Brotherhood of the Wordless
If you don’t already have it marked in bright red (or whatever colour takes your fancy) on your 2010 calendar, then grab said pen and mark Saturday January 30, as the day you head across to State Library of QLD … Continue reading
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Netting the Memories
A few wild handfuls of rock flung out from the harbour, they have rooted these feet in waters treacherous with flux and history. In cross-currents of the warm Pacific, fishermen fought with coils of heaving net, the hammering rain, … Continue reading
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