This essay looks at whether book learning or trade learning is better for a critic. Actually, it turns out that neither of the two is what makes a critic great. When I was an undergraduate at uni, from 1999 until 2002, editing and professional writing was fairly well at its peak in terms of tertiary offerings. …
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Jul 02
GUEST BLOG: Breaking open the 1991 time capsule of music
A guest blog by Damian ‘Damo’ Rieck: a bit of rock, metal, hip-hop, and stuff in between. . . . and finally after 7 hours of digging up dirt underneath some backyard gum tree with his hands (the shovel snapped in two just 6 hours before), our hero Damo, with Leticia supervising very closely (with hard-hat …
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Nov 24
EVENT REVIEW: Obituary @ The Gov (Adelaide), 21 Nov 2009
Some would say that this show kicks the shit out of all the previous shows this year; but I’m not going to go there any more or make comparisons because it’s too hard after the year of awesome tours we’ve had. Suffice it to say that it was killer. One thing about going to shows …
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Nov 18
Clubs assisted by new Federal Court ruling
I don’t often post this sort of news here, but I love to see it when people are told they need to be responsible. With that in mind, then, I will repost it in its entirety from Christie Elezier’s Music Business News: Federal court ruling helps clubs A landmark Federal High Court ruling last week …
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