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About Me

I work as an entertainment journalist for a big newspaper in a medium-sized city. I also write fiction and (ahem) occasionally perform as a poet. Like many people, I like stuff as you can see in the column on the left.I edited my profile with Thomas' Myspace Editor V4.4

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My Blog

Collette - not for boys

So Martha has leant me a book from the library, two novellas actually, by Collette: Gigi and The Cat. She wants us to read The Cat because the story closely parallels the relationship between me, Patr...
Posted by on Tue, 02 Jun 2009 03:02:00 GMT

All about Alice

I am writing up an Alice Cooper story for this weekend. Here's what I came across in my research. It's from Andrew Denton. What a great quote. I wish I had it.ANDREW DENTON: We've got a photo of you a...
Posted by on Tue, 02 Jun 2009 02:03:00 GMT

The Lindy Hop - fancy a workout?

Found this amazing clip when doing some research for a feature I'm doing on the Wintersun festival for this weekend. (A big double-paged spread on all things retro, from cars, fashion, music, inc. swi...
Posted by on Wed, 20 May 2009 08:44:00 GMT

Alive and Kicking / I like fried chicken

So Jim Kerr from Simple Minds says that they wanted to use the song Alive and Kicking to turn into an ad with the words "I like fried chicken".He turned them down.Stay tuned for the full interview in ...
Posted by on Mon, 18 May 2009 06:04:00 GMT

Euroschmision

Totally gutted that Serbia didn't get through to the finals in Eurovision. I have lost my faith in Eurovision now. (Did I really have any?) Don't know that I'll even bother to watch tomorrow night. Si...
Posted by on Sat, 16 May 2009 04:46:00 GMT

Wolverine part 2 - Hollywood's dirty paws

So Hugh Jackman has had his handprints done outside Graumans Chinese Theatre in Hollywood.(Maybe he should have gotten his claws done?)When I was on holiday there I remember them telling me you had t...
Posted by on Fri, 15 May 2009 17:46:00 GMT

Wolverine electronic WUH? / Font Wars

Saw on TV today: (imagine deep TV ad voice)Wolverine Electronic Claws!!Comes with one claw. Additional claws sold separately.Wuh??How retarded is that? So you either have to buy two or you're handicap...
Posted by on Fri, 15 May 2009 17:11:00 GMT

Hooray for Labour Day

In news of the more ordinary variety, today I marched in the Labour Day parades in Brisbane. Well, actually, I sort of tagged along half way through cos I got there too late to find my own crew (t...
Posted by on Mon, 04 May 2009 01:26:00 GMT

Star Trek - interviews!! ... finally

So recently I got to fly to Sydney, stay at a posh hotel, see the "world" premiere of Star Trek at the Opera House and interview the stars, including on the red carpet.A few friends came too and it wa...
Posted by on Mon, 04 May 2009 01:01:00 GMT

Robert loves Kate, Tom loves Kate, Frank loves Kate... they all love Kate!

News just in: Brisbane's own Kate Miller-Heidke has won the International Songwriting Competition for her single Caught in the Crowd, a sweet song about schoolyard bullying.This is even more impressiv...
Posted by on Tue, 28 Apr 2009 19:48:00 GMT