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The Formative Years – Rockpalast

Blog — September 21, 2020

The Formative Years – Rockpalast In times long before the advent of the internet and its algorhythmic echo chambers along with the possibility to check out any music and gain access to background information anywhere at any time via the push of a button, it proved to be a …

Thus Let Us Drink Beer – Urban Alley

Blog — September 22, 2020

Thus Let Us Drink Beer – Urban Alley   Not unlike it would be the case in North America, specifically the craft beer industry in Australia is dominated by hairy males, with female fronted entities being the exceptions. Case in point: The only female headed brewery we have …

Van Gogh Alive @ Royal Hall of Industries

Blog — September 24, 2020

Van Gogh Alive Royal Hall of Industries Sydney, Australia September 18, 2020 Incepted by Bruce Peterson and brought to life under the helm of his entity Grande Exhibitions the name is not misleading: Van Gogh Alive is a multisensorial, interactive exhibition that set out to …

Water of Life – Wild Turkey Master Keep series

Blog — September 25, 2020

Water of Life – Wild Turkey Master Keep series   Wild Turkey is a benchmark on this earthround with its portfolio that runs the gamut from ubiquitous affordable every day bourbons that are easy to obtain to special edition releases, each of which have not only the mastery …

Thus Let Us Drink Beer – Bodriggy

Blog — September 26, 2020

Thus Let Us Drink Beer – Bodriggy   Bodriggy must be the newest Australian brewery we are covering as part of this series and it was unbeknownst to me until very recently. Thing is once you see the eye-catching designs that adorn Bodriggy’s cans, you would understand that …

The Formative Years – The “Drop”

Blog — September 27, 2020

The Formative Years – The “Drop”   Having been socialized with German punk rock in my early teenage years, the excitement and dangerous aspects I derived from the music I was listening to was to no small extent based on lyrical content and on how radical the messages …

Where the Cold Things Were in the Eighties

Blog — September 28, 2020

The Formative Years – Where the Cold Things Were in the Eighties Apart from the new world, Germany, Japan and the UK, Northern European countries when it came to exciting and genre coining bands with the realm of punk and hardcore during the cold war period. Specifically in the …

Anselm Kiefer - Gallerie Thaddaeus Ropac

Blog — September 29, 2020

Anselm Kiefer - Gallerie Thaddaeus Ropac   I was recently asked what I like so much about Anselm Kiefer. A simple question, yet not that easy to answer: Ever since I first laid eyes on Kiefer’s Wege der Weltweisheit: Die Hermannsschlacht, I felt his art reverberate deep …

Water of Life – Duncan Taylor

Blog — September 30, 2020

Water of Life – Duncan Taylor   If you are remotely into whisky, especially the finer end of the spectrum, chances are that you will have crossed paths with the emissions of Duncan Taylor, an entity that has channelled its alchemy for the last eight decades in diverse …

Princeton University Press

Blog — October 3, 2020

Pornotopia: An Essay on Playboy’s Architecture and Biopolitics Hugh Hefner, the creator of Playboy magazine and the media and entertainment-industry giant it became is no longer with us. No matter what is your stance on what started as an anachronistic alignment with the sexual revolution and as a counterpoint …

Italian Film Festival 2020 @ Palace Cinemas

Blog — October 4, 2020

Italian Film Festival 2020 Palace Cinemas Sydney, Australia   Founded two decades ago by Cav. Antonio Zeccola, who also started with his brothers the Palace Cinema franchise, and being de facto the biggest celebration of Italian movie making outside the confines of “Bel Paese”, the Australian …

Thus Let Us Drink Beer – Holgate + Yarra Valley

Blog — October 5, 2020

Thus Let Us Drink Beer – Holgate Hopinator + Yarra Valley Big Cat Beer Co’s Fable IPA Despite still having potential to gain more visibility, Holgate Brewing has established itself as a veritable heavyweight in the Australian craft beer landscape and after its initial success and a fulminant reception …

David Sedaris – “Holidays on Ice” and “Calypso”

Blog — October 8, 2020

David Sedaris – “Holidays on Ice” and “Calypso” Hachette Australia   David Sedaris is many things – accomplished author, radio host and humourist but first and foremost a master when it comes to observation of the human condition and the often comical side-effects and faux-pas, which he …

The Formative Years – Classical Music

Blog — October 11, 2020

The Formative Years – Classical Music   The fact that the strict principles classical music from the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries adhered to became the foundation of pretty much any musical genre that was going to emerge after the heydays of its original composers should not be surprising …

Columbia University Press

Blog — October 12, 2020

After the Red Army Faction: Gender, Culture, and Militancy The impact the Red Army Faction (RAF) and the implications of its reign of terror have left a lasting imprint not only on Western Germany at the time but also on the development of Germany ever since. This impact does …

Pie International Publishing

Blog — October 14, 2020

Pie International Publishing The name of the publishing house “PIE” is an acronym standing for “Pretty”, “Impressive”, “Entertaining” and was founded by a graphic designer with long-standing experience. Given the founder’s pedigree and expertise, it is not further wondrous that Pie International’s releases have an edge to them that …

What’s Sumatra with you? – Hey Tiger

Blog — October 15, 2020

What’s Sumatra with you? – Hey Tiger   As the Beatles ever so eloquently put it, all you need is love – but a lil’ chocolate every now and then certainly does not hurt, especially if it is being produced in a sustainable manner, i.e. not only by …

The Posthuman Dada Guide: Tzara & Lenin Play Chess

Blog — October 17, 2020

The Posthuman Dada Guide: Tzara & Lenin Play Chess, by Andrei Codrescu Having just had the pleasure of reviewing Sakevi Yokoyama’s oeuvre, triggered me to tumble down the rabbit hole of the Dada movement, the spirit of which to this day proves to be a sheer endless source of …

The Formative Years - Soundtracks

Blog — October 18, 2020

The Formative Years - Soundtracks What makes a great soundtrack? It goes without saying that a movie’s score, i.e. largely instrumental and / or orchestral music between or to convey and intensify the emotions of scene, are an integral component and inextricably linked to what makes a …

Water of Life – Provenance matters

Blog — October 19, 2020

Water of Life – Provenance matters There are many factors that contribute to the creation of a whisky - there is maturation, wood and cask work, the distilling process and – not unlike it is the case with good wine – the terroir along with the local climate. While …