Category: Music
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Two songs and two books with Gough Whitlam
Like a lot of things with politics, I came to know about Gough late. I was of a generation who inherited his government’s landmark reforms – reforms I’ll forever be thankful for and hold as a model of progressive government – get in there and move things forward, don’t just tinker with the engine to…
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The Arcade Fire, Transgender, Privilege and Voice
The new Arcade Fire video, for the song We Exist, features Andrew Garfield as a trans woman (or a man who likes cross-dressing). I hadn’t seen it until a Facebook friend posted a link to an article by Tom Hawking on culture website Flavorwire, Arcade Fire Have Nothing to Say About the Transgender Experience. Accompanying the link…
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2014 Echuca Riverboats Festival
In early February I travelled down to Echuca for the Riverboats Music Festival by the banks of the Murray River. The main reason I travelled down to the festival was to spend time with some lovely people who I lived and worked with in the Czech Republic. Love0 Share Tweet Share Pin
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Big Day Out 2014 – Arcade Fire FTW
On Sunday 26 January I attended my first Big Day Out music festival in close to twenty years. The impetus originally had been to see Arcade Fire and Blur, then, with Blur pulling out, to see Arcade Fire and have a good time. And I did. Love1 Share Tweet Share Pin