JM Donellan

Category: art

  • SOUNDS OF SPRING REVIEW (simulcast from 4zzz)

    You’d be forgiven for thinking that 2009’s Sounds of Spring was a government conspiracy to lure all the violent bogans in Brisbane into one concentrated area for scientific observation. Whilst shirtless, ass-grabbing, beer can-hurling jerks are an unfortunate certainty at just about any festival, today it seems like they constitute the vast majority of the…

  • NEW DAN BROWN NOVEL LEAKED ON THE INTERNET!

    With less than one week until the highly anticipated release of Dan Brown’s new ‘novel’, millions of ‘readers’ around the world are bursting with expectation. The novel is a sequel to the Da Vinci code, which has been hailed as a publishing phenomenon and was the bestselling adult hardback of all time. (Editor’s note: this…

  • HOUSEMATE WANTED (OR: would you live here?)

    Oh hi. How are you? Reading the noticeboard huh? That’s nice, see anything good? Hey listen if you’re looking for a room then you could come and stay with us. No, seriously. For just $120 a week you could live at our place. It’s a really nice house, I mean, it’s not like a mansion…

  • PEOPLE (AND OBJECTS) I WOULD RATHER BE THAN DAN BROWN

    Often when I mention to people that I am a writer, their eyes light up and they say : "Oh! So you’re going to be the next Dan Brown!" Here, for the record, is a list of people and objects that I would RATHER be than the aforementioned ‘writer.’ THE MOULDY STRAWBERRY IN MY REFRIGERATOR…

  • A BOOK. ITS COVER.

    They say you shouldn’t judge a book by its cover, but lets face it, for most people their only other option is Oprah. Lord only knows the chances of me getting my book on that show are about as good as North Korea hosting the next Olympic games.    This would never happen. And if…

  • ULTIMATE COLLABORATIONS

    Recently I had the pleasure of being smacked in the face by the film RIP: a remix manifesto. I’ll leave you to investigate, remix and otherwise alter this film on your own, but it got me thinking about the nature and merits of collaboration. Have you ever been asked: ‘who would be in your ultimate…

  • PROMETHEUS VS PROGENY

    Lately I’m beginning to wonder if its normal for artists to have to endure the irritating assumption that not being in a full time job is the result of some kind of personal failure rather than intent. Those who operate exclusively within the generally accepted norms of society (attire, sexual preference, religion, employment, diet etc…

  • ART, FICTION, FASHIONISTAS

    It occurs to me that Brisbane is experiencing much the same problem as I did after a growth spurt at age fifteen. Prior to this sudden and unexpected metamorphosis I was the shortest kid in my grade and, to put it lightly, I was carrying more than my fair share of puppy fat. Enough to…