20.03.08: Raw Comedy Semi-Finals - Wed 19 March |
As Jason and I headed over to The Sit Down Comedy Club in Paddington last night, we passed a service station displaying its petrol prices on a noticeboard.I looked at the sign. And I look...
Posted by on Wed, 19 Mar 2008 22:41:00 GMT |
17.03.08: And the nominations are... |
The Australian Speculative Fiction Awards - commonly referred to as the Ditmar Awards - recognise excellence by Australians in Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror. The Ditmars are a proud tr...
Posted by on Sun, 16 Mar 2008 23:42:00 GMT |
12.03.08: Punching movie chatterers in the face - Mon 10 March |
I can't tell you fully how much people talking during movies annoys me. I have few words. In fact, I have LOTS of words!
Jason and I went to the movies on Monday night. I got f...
Posted by on Tue, 11 Mar 2008 23:42:00 GMT |
02.03.08: Future Music Festival + The Chemical Brothers - Doomben Racecourse - Sat 1 March |
With the main purpose of going to the festival being The Chemical Brothers set, we preceeded the event with a leisurely afternoon of drinking and chatting on Southgate's front porch.As the sun...
Posted by on Sat, 01 Mar 2008 23:36:00 GMT |
26.02.08: Jeff Martin - The Coolangatta Hotel - Sat 23 Feb |
Having missed Jeff Martin's previous Brisbane acoustic performance in September 2006, Jason and I were determined to get to this show at the recently renovated Cooly Hotel in Coolangatta.J...
Posted by on Tue, 26 Feb 2008 02:21:00 GMT |
19.02.08: Iron Maiden - Bris Entertainment Centre - Tues 12 Feb |
The week started when Iron Maiden arrived at Brisbane Airport on Monday 11th Feb at 2pm.Jason and I drove out to watch the cleverly named "Ed Force One" (named after Iron Maiden's undead...
Posted by on Tue, 19 Feb 2008 03:36:00 GMT |
09.02.08: Iron Maiden - Melbourne - Wed 6 and Thur 7 Feb |
Just when I thought it couldn't get any better (after seeing Nightwish last Saturday night), I was proved wrong.
Oh, was I proved wrong.
Going to Melbourne to catch Iron Maiden at their ...
Posted by on Fri, 08 Feb 2008 20:05:00 GMT |
03.02.08: Nightwish - The Tivoli - Sat 2 Feb |
It's been three years since Nightwish last visited Australia when they were promoting their album "Once". Since that time they have released another album, 2007's "Dark Passion Play", and...
Posted by on Sat, 02 Feb 2008 18:46:00 GMT |
03.02.08: The Screaming Jets - Waterloo Hotel - Fri 1 Feb |
I had forgotten how hot The Waterloo Hotel could actually get. It had been about five years since I had last seen a gig at this venue and it hadn't changed much in that time.As I entered, the st...
Posted by on Sat, 02 Feb 2008 18:39:00 GMT |
28.01.08: 12th Annual Aurealis Awards - 26 Jan 2008 |
The 12th Annual Aurealis Awards were once again held in Brisbane last Saturday, 26th of January, 2008.The awards are nominated to Australian speculative fiction authors who had work published du...
Posted by on Mon, 28 Jan 2008 03:48:00 GMT |
