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Every time I walk past Petersham Reservoir, I think of Royal Headache's 'High' album cover and @Chris__Richards' electrifying The Washington Post review from July 2017: "On Friday night, Royal Headache was the greatest band in the world." washingtonpost.com/entertainment/…

Stay on your feet and keep applauding for the awards season encore that is the auscritic Awards. This year, from the nation's wealth of underappreciated talent, Late Night with the Devil, Furiosa, Memoir of a Snail and Birdeater lead the nominations... cinemaaustralia.com.au/2025/03/05/lat…

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Trailer for F1 (the new film from Top Gun Maverick director Joseph Ko$inski, starring Brad Pitt) is looking very big, very loud and very Bruckheimer. nbcuni.acemlna.com/lt.php?x=3DZy~…

Peter Dutton has a long record of damaging national security to gain political advantage. Bernard Keane in Crikey: crikey.com.au/2025/03/13/dur…

Camp a Low Hum, perhaps the greatest modern music festival anywhere in the world, is back in 2027. Tickets go on sale 8:30pm April 23, 2025. If they don't sell out by April 28, 2025, the festival won't go ahead. Festival helmsman Ian Jorgensen on why: undertheradar.co.nz/news/22093/Cam…

“I was terrified when I first started playing shows,” Mike Hadreas says. “And the worst things that I could have imagined could have happened did: I sang horribly. I fell. People hated it. I got heckled. Everything happened and it was okay.” satpa.pe/BGRhdqe

You get all these people saying - you’re lucky you were alive at the time of Messi, Ronaldo, Bolt and the Williams, etc, and I get it, it’s nice. I’m just glad I was alive in the time of The Pet Shop Boys.

Great reporting here from Sarah Danckert and @EmmaBreheny in The Age; a sad story for people who like a drink in Melbourne's inner north... theage.com.au/national/victo…

Out of money and looking for revenue, BoM executive planned to start charging for some raw climate data until its people sounded the alarm. Meanwhile, the Australian Climate Service it essentially runs is languishing. thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/environme…

“We have magic in us. And we have to take it seriously. Machines calculate the solution, but we have intuition... and that’s what will save us.” My interview with Natalie Portman and Ugo Bienvenu about their excellent film 'Arco' is now up at IndieWire. indiewire.com/features/inter…

My interview with Cannes Palme d'Or winner Jafar Panahi is now up at The Curb. Panahi was banned from making films, travelling and speaking to journalists for 20 years, placed under house arrest and jailed. A fascinating man and an excellent filmmaker: thecurb.com.au/sydney-film-fe…

Tacoma Radar Loneliness Comes Without a Sound No One Waved Goodbye (2004)

Wes Anderson chatted to me at Cannes about his filmmaking process and his new film, The Phoenician Scheme.. thesaturdaypaper.com.au/culture/film/2…

“So, we’re here to play I Should Coco,” says Gaz Coombes, grinning. “Here’s track four.” My review of Supergrass’s show at the Forum. themusic.com.au/reviews/superg…

It's rare to hear anything new about Twin Peaks and David Lynch, but Luke Georgiades at A A Rabbit’s Foot has managed it: a-rabbitsfoot.com/editorial/conf…

"I’d put anything up my nose, I’d put anything in my fucking mouth, I’d drink anything, I’d fucking smoke anything. We were fearless, man. It was the unknown that was beautiful.” Liam and Noel Gallagher spoke to Martin McKenzie-Murray about OASIS. themonthly.com.au/december-2019-…