Category Archives: Art, music, letters

Bin Laden

Posted on 2 May, 2022 by C.L.

■ Lisa Wilkinson’s tell-all memoir hits the Kmart bargain bins with prices drastically slashed. ■ Doctor Dud: Jill Biden Biography Sells Just 250 Copies in First Week.

Posted in Art, music, letters, Culture | 13 Comments

How good are doggos?

Posted on 14 April, 2022 by C.L.

Simpatico: Working dog whistling demonstration stuns crowd at Sydney’s Royal Easter Show.

Posted in Art, music, letters, Culture | 2 Comments

An Enormous Amount of Artists

Posted on 2 April, 2022 by C.L.

Who won’t finance a bid: Hill End artist cottages out to tender, prompting panic in art community. Mr Sciberras says he has fielded “hundreds of desperate comments” in response to the news. “There is an enormous amount of artists of … Continue reading →

Posted in Art, music, letters, Culture | 6 Comments

‘Hello Americans. We want to thank you for all your sanctions.’

Posted on 11 March, 2022 by C.L.

You’ll have to concentrate on what Natasha from #Russia is saying – which isn’t easy to do. 🙂

Posted in Art, music, letters, Culture | 10 Comments

Don Squixote

Posted on 9 March, 2022 by C.L.
Posted in Art, music, letters, Climate hoax, Politics | 3 Comments

Wanted: Female Plonkers and Brown Mediocrities

Posted on 15 February, 2022 by C.L.

Today, if you are a white male artist, you are not so interesting. It doesn’t mean to say you’re not a great artist – I think it’s more that this isn’t what is ­relevant for people now. You have to … Continue reading →

Posted in Art, music, letters, Left-wing extremism | 5 Comments

When Halls of Fame Run Out of Fame

Posted on 8 February, 2022 by C.L.

The first thing to say about The Complete List of 2022 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Nominees is that at least a third of them are not rock & rollers. Dolly Parton? Dionne Warwick? Lionel Richie? One other name … Continue reading →

Posted in Art, music, letters, History | 9 Comments

$100,000 culturally appropriated

Posted on 4 February, 2022 by C.L.

Let me guess; it’s searing: A memoir of abuse and racism wins Australia’s richest writing prize.

Posted in Art, music, letters, Culture | 3 Comments

A song more 1970s than the Leyland P76

Posted on 27 January, 2022 by C.L.

IN 1974 she became the first Australian recording artist to sell more than one million singles in the US market. (A million and a half, actually). South Australian Sister of Mercy, Sr Janet Mead, made “The Lord’s Prayer” a rock … Continue reading →

Posted in Art, music, letters, History | 8 Comments

On Australia’s Pseudo-Herodotus

Posted on 25 January, 2022 by C.L.

An excellent book review by historian’s historian, Ross Fitzgerald: The Eclipse of Manning Clark.

Posted in Art, music, letters, History | 3 Comments

Needle And The Damage Done

Posted on 25 January, 2022 by C.L.

Neil Young demands his music be removed from Spotify over “fake information about vaccines”.

Posted in Art, music, letters, COVID hysteria | 3 Comments

It was a dark and Stormy Daniels night…

Posted on 16 January, 2022 by C.L.

Michael Avenatti says guards only let him read Trump’s ‘Art of the Deal’ in Manhattan federal jail.

Posted in Art, music, letters, Rule of law | 1 Comment

I’ll take the inflation if we can get back the spirit of the time

Posted on 13 January, 2022 by C.L.

Wall Street Journal: U.S. Inflation Hit 7 per cent in December, Fastest Pace Since 1982. The Billboard Hot 100 for 1982 is rich pickings. What a rocking year for music. I’ve chosen the Go-Gos’ smash hit because it evokes wonderfully … Continue reading →

Posted in Art, music, letters, Economics and the economy | 3 Comments

Santa Gets It

Posted on 24 December, 2021 by C.L.
Posted in Art, music, letters, Culture | 3 Comments

An Early Love

Posted on 22 December, 2021 by C.L.

I remember seeing Linda Ronstadt for the first time on an album cover when I was a teenager and thinking, wow, she’s cuter than any button could hope to be. (Recollection told virtuously). I wasn’t aware then that not only … Continue reading →

Posted in Art, music, letters | 18 Comments

Invoices For

Posted on 22 December, 2021 by C.L.

WRITERS Joanna Murray-Smith and Ben Eltham have a Rodney Dangerfield-themed complaint today in the Sydney Morning Herald on how little Australian leaders – with the exception of Paul Keating – value the arts. As the entirely privately funded Dangerfield might … Continue reading →

Posted in Art, music, letters, Culture | 14 Comments

This was the Western world’s attitude not so very long ago

Posted on 17 December, 2021 by C.L.

I understand why Breitbart ridicules the artistic and cultural decrees of Xi Jinping as tyrannical… Oblivious to the ugly authoritarianism inherent in unelected leaders with multiple executive titles handing down marching orders to conclaves of State- directed “artistic” institutions, the … Continue reading →

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You’ve heard performers talk about working a tough room

Posted on 2 December, 2021 by C.L.

They don’t come much tougher than Sing Sing prison in 1972. The King of The Blues was told the inmates weren’t familiar with the genre but he and Lucille crescendo the assembly into a frenzy of belief in a few … Continue reading →

Posted in Art, music, letters, History | 5 Comments