the ABC reports that a proposal to introduce a .xxx domain has been rejected by ICANN. curiously it was not the porn industry that was behind the plan, but a couple of conservative us senators who thought that it would make porn easier to control – they reckon if they ban sexually charged (sic) [...]
more than one aussie has been ribbing me this week following the loss of the netherlandic team of cricket minnows by 229 runs in their world cup match against australia – since then the event has become completely overshadowed by the murder of the pakistan coach following their loss against ireland – and no one [...]
i am struck by the pictures of the memorial service for rinie mulder, who was shot dead by police in one of my old stamping grounds ondiep, (which means shallow, not deep) in utrecht, the netherlands last week – in what looks more like a celebration of a victory of oranje (the netherlandic football team), [...]
possibly the worst film ever made in australia (and there have been some stinkers!) is surely somersault by cate shortland (2004) – it is a complete mystery to me how it won so many awards – so sam worthington is ok in a blokey sort of way, and the decoder ring soundtrack is pretty good [...]
the quest for global interpretations and grand narratives is always a mistaken one, assuming a shapeliness in human affairs and a simplicity in human motivation never encountered in muddy actuality. nowadays no one much hankers for the panoramic view of where we all were and where we are all going, once offered by marxism or [...]
Hamilton Leithauser can’t sing. Not that that’s a problem in today’s modern world if you want to make and record music. Look at Britney Spears. And it certainly doesn’t stop Hamilton Leithauser.
Hamilton Leithauser doesn’t play guitar very well either. Fortunately for Hamilton Leithauser, Paul Maroon, who is the principal guitarist in The Walkmen is a [...]
A country is considered the more civilised the more the wisdom and efficiency of its laws hinder a weak man from becoming too weak and a powerful one too powerful – If This Is A Man (1947)
reading primo levi’s survival in auschwitz (originally pulished in 1947 as if this is a man) – the amazing [...]