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Comrade

About Me

Art school drop-out (no I lie I actually graduated), feminist, Kate Bush fan, sun-avoider, bleeding heart. My favourite Rage video:

My Interests

I'd like to meet:

dreamers, idealists, margins, and...and...*no Triple J unearthed bands thanks

My Blog

China Photos

I'm just back from China, and I'd like to share some pictures...First from Tokyo, at Loop-line.A cemetary with a view of big Tokyo towers.Big places and interesting things in Beijing.Scaling the mount...
Posted by on Mon, 23 Jul 2007 01:39:00 GMT

Raising Victor Vargas

This movie came out a couple of years ago, but I've just recently found out how good it is. The eponimous character is interesting, but I really liked the insight into the main female protagonist as ...
Posted by on Wed, 23 May 2007 18:51:00 GMT

Boris + SunnO)))

I've made a zine, to be distibuted very poorly soon, and these words are taken from said source...***After enjoying Boris's Feedbacker album many, many times, the opportunity to see the Japanese trio ...
Posted by on Sat, 12 May 2007 22:09:00 GMT

Blendher + Marlinchen + Shakes + Rational Academy

Last night I saw some great sets from some great local bands. Blendher has the singer from Dead Set Love and Mean Streaks?. It started as some slow country-esque songs but then the guitar riffs and ...
Posted by on Sat, 20 Jan 2007 03:29:00 GMT

Pan's Labyrinth

The talk surrounding Pan's Labyrinth is legend in itself; it's hailed as a perfect movie. And yes, I would almost agree. It is a well-written and well-made story of a little girl's hardships in fasc...
Posted by on Sat, 20 Jan 2007 02:59:00 GMT

The Image Factory

I'm mid-way through a book called the Image Factory by Donald Richie. It's an academic book about fads and fashions in Japan, so its not for those who, like, dig fashion and those Harajuku honeys. A...
Posted by on Tue, 09 Jan 2007 20:03:00 GMT

Marie Antoinette

Went and saw Sofia Coppolla's new film on the day it came out, because it is high time I went to the movies and high time I saw a movie featuring the Strokes, the Cure etc in its soundtrack as well as...
Posted by on Tue, 26 Dec 2006 04:10:00 GMT

David Toop

Last night's Syncretism featured legendry British music theorist and performer, David Toop, whose sounds were incredibly soft and dreamy. He introduced his own performance by talking casually about h...
Posted by on Fri, 15 Dec 2006 04:47:00 GMT

Feminist Discussion Night

Last night was November's feminist discussion, focussing on feminism and violence. The topic immediately narrowed to women experiencing domestic violence and the help/lack of help out there, and then...
Posted by on Wed, 29 Nov 2006 15:17:00 GMT

90s Japanese Painting and Feminine Domestique

QUT Art Museum is host to some paintings by contemporary Japanese artists at the moment, in what must be a clever tie-in with 5th Asia-Pacific Trienniel opening in a week. So with the big internation...
Posted by on Wed, 22 Nov 2006 18:56:00 GMT