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Internet dating
Hello there potential lover. I hope that you are having a nice day. Recently I broke up with the most amazing girl in the world, thus obliterating my last remaining vestiges of belief in the existence of real and eternal love. As a result, I am now resigning myself to what my generation…
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Love Letter to Lisbon (OR Art in the Time of Recession).
Recently I was travelling with an economist, an artist and a doctor. I know that sounds like the set up for a joke, but it’s actually just the first sentence of a love letter. (Or possibly essay. Or a tweet in need of serious editing, I don’t know you, read it and let me…
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A story, an experiment.
I’d like you to be part of an experiment please. Don’t worry, it’s not one of those crazy ones where they inject you with an unstable chemical compound or see what happens when you mix human and reptile DNA or anything like that. Anyone who’s ever read sci-fi knows that’s never a good idea. Unless…
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Love Letter To Brisbane pt 1: Books & Bars
Listen, here’s the thing; I love this city, and feel like a lot of people overlook the good things in their own cities and spend too much time complaining about the traffic and such. So I’m going to put together a couple of posts celebrating some of my favourite things about Brisbane, starting with this…
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4C arts collective: Thank you and goodnight.
Listen, internet. Sometimes good things happen. Sometimes these things last a day, or week, or a few years or even longer still. Sometimes they last for too long, sometimes for not long enough and sometimes just the right amount. When the things in question end you basically have three options; be sad that…
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Vandal Newman
My Dearest BCC, I am writing to commend you on your extremely well thought out allocation of 13.5 million dollars to the anti-graffiti campaign. Although I must say, whilst I was overjoyed that such a vast sum is allocated to the aggressive removal of the inexplicably pandemic desire for human beings to express themselves creatively,…
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7 Best Writing Albums
It’s often said that writing about music is like dancing about architecture, which always just makes me think “Yeah, I want to see more dances about architecture!” However, speaking in my capacity as a sometime musician, occasional music journalist, part time radio DJ and all the time lovably cantankerous author, I thought I’d share a few of…
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The Next Big Thing
I was selected by my friend Rebecca Bloomer to be part of this blog chain called The Next Big Thing, where authors pick some of their friends and favourites to talk about upcoming works. Thanks to Rebecca for the nomination, I have in turn nominated Mandy Beaumont and Daniel Wynne. 1) What is the working title of…
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IT’S THE INAUGURAL SUPER MAGICAL XMAS TIME EXPLOSIONS AND FUNTIMES SALE!!!
Zeb is just $9.95 (+p&h) between now and the arrival of the fat guy in the red suit. INCLUDES FREE IMAGINARY FRIEND & AIR GUITAR AND THIS MANY EXCLAMATION MARKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (Australia only) Serving suggestions:
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Zeb launch video
Here’s a little video of the launch party put together by one of my Write Club student’s parents. It is the only known recording of the Ruckus Music, so I assume in the distant future ethnomusicologists will be studying it as part of their Book Related Music: Ridiculous Media Partnerships of the Early 21st Century…