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On the Henson Park hill with the Newtown Jets (The Roar)
Features August 5, 2014 Tags: Newtown Jets, Rugby League No CommentsLang Park is my favourite place in Brisbane. Henson Park is my favourite place in Sydney. I’ve only played on one of them.
Flashback to 2002: Ivan Gough and Melbourne prog (inthemix)
Features April 30, 2014 Tags: inthemix, Ivan Gough, Music No CommentsLegendary DJ/producer Ivan Gough digs deep into the memory banks for the story behind Zero Tolerance Recordings and Melbourne’s dark prog sound.
“That the country has recovered from Pol Pot and his miscreants from the Khmer Rouge slaughtering a quarter of the population between 1975-79 is achievement enough; that its people are so full of hope and humour seems nothing short of a miracle.”
The story of The Story Of The Drum That Never Was
Music March 13, 2014 Tags: D-Ko, Making Music No CommentsHow a New Year’s Eve tribal jam in the Woodford Festival Chai Tent inspired one of the best tunes I ever wrote.
Rainbow Serpent: 72 hours lost in the doof (inthemix)
Features February 6, 2014 Tags: inthemix, Music, Rainbow Serpent No CommentsI set out to write the best story about Rainbow Serpent ever written. I think I succeeded.
Strawberry Fields: Queensland’s iconic 1994 outdoor rave (inthemix)
Features January 28, 2014 Tags: inthemix, Music, Strawberry Fields 2 CommentsThe inside story of Queensland dance music’s Woodstock, as told by the major players.
Investigating the ‘Australian Sound’ of 2013-14 (inthemix)
Features January 21, 2014 Tags: Australian Sound, inthemix, Music No CommentsA deep-dive into the so-called ‘Australian Sound’ phenomenon featuring Kilter, Oisima, KLP and Dizz1 but not Flume.
Going postal in Harlem
Travel January 13, 2014 Tags: Harlem, New York City, US Postal Service No CommentsI walked into a post office in Harlem to send some trinkets home to Australia. I emerged 75 minutes later after a close encounter with the ‘real’ America.
Rugby league, the Rabbitohs and Redfern Now (The Roar)
Features November 6, 2013 Tags: Redfern, Rugby League, South Sydney Rabbitohs, The Roar No CommentsRedfern was the spiritual home away from home in Sydney this Queenslander didn’t know he’d been missing.