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Seven Songs in the Life of a Pearl Jam Fan

Pearl Jam is about to embark on their sixth tour of Australia, and while many will be awaiting well-known tunes such as “Alive” and “Better Man”, others will ...
On January 13, 2014 / By Shaun Campbell
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Dear Vampire Weekend, Will You Be My New Steely Dan?

A middle-aged man wistfully trying to recapture past glories, hoping to relive the electric charge of youthful adventure, manfully staring down the growing sense of his own obsolescence. ...
On January 6, 2014 / By Engel Schmidl
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The Day I Had Pizza with Porn Star Kitten Natividad

I am no expert. I’m not a bra-fitter, plastic surgeon or professional photographer of glamour models. I don’t work in a strip club or make blue films. But ...
On December 6, 2013 / By Engel Schmidl
Pop Culture
Meet the World’s Sleaziest Clarinet Player (and it’s not Woody Allen)

Sometimes the internet takes you to a place you should never go. A place filled with strippers, fast cars and clarinets. And African guerrilla soldiers taunting a chimpanzee ...
On November 27, 2013 / By Engel Schmidl
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The Best Damn Wrestling Promotion on the Planet: Pro Wrestling Guerrilla

On the 24th of May 1999, approximately 11 million Americans tuned in to either WCW Monday Nitro or WWF RAW is WAR. This represented the peak of the ...
On November 26, 2013 / By Justin Civitillo
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Send in the Clowns: Campbell Newman vs Insane Clown Posse

American hip hop duo Insane Clown Posse are touring Australia next month, but Queensland Premier Campbell Newman might have something to say about the self-proclaimed “wicked clowns” disgracing ...
On November 22, 2013 / By Engel Schmidl
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A Tale of Two Bands Lost: Nirvana and the Powder Monkeys

History, as we’re often told, is written by the winners. And if you were to count the number of words expended on the 20th anniversary release of Nirvana’s ...
On November 14, 2013 / By Engel Schmidl
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From VU to Lulu: Five Lou Reed ‘Random Maniac’ Moments

The obituaries have been written and the tributes have poured in for Lou Reed following his death on October 27 at the age of 71. One of the ...
On November 4, 2013 / By Engel Schmidl
Football
Uli Island Discs: Uli Hesse on Bundesliga, Baseball and Oz Underground Rock

Shoot Farken Q&A: German football writer Uli Hesse. I was writing a story about the transformation of German football and what Australia could learn from it when I ...
On November 2, 2013 / By Engel Schmidl
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In the Shadow of the Marquee Moon: The Song that Defined Television’s Rock ‘N’ Roll Legacy

Part of the mid-70s New York rock scene that spawned the likes of Blondie, The Ramones and Talking Heads, Television will be playing their critically acclaimed album Marquee ...
On October 22, 2013 / By Engel Schmidl
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Six Musical Steps from Justin Bieber to a Late 19th Century Minstrel Troupe

Justin Bieber, a 21st century minstrel Here’s how, in six easy steps, you get from Justin Bieber to the Rabbit’s Foot Company, an African-American travelling minstrel troupe that ...
On October 22, 2013 / By Engel Schmidl
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What Happens when Bulgaria’s King of the Clarinet Plays Space Jazz at a Gypsy Wedding

Jacques Tati eat your heart out. This is a wonderfully absurd and compelling 30-minute video shot, by a true master of the wedding video craft, to VHS/Hi8 of ...
On October 22, 2013 / By Engel Schmidl