←Volume 30
August 12, 2015
In this Issue:
What’s in Storer
With seven golden guitars and four boys younger than six under her belt, Sara Storer is living the dream. Sure she’s slowed down a little, but the music, just keeps coming ‘Since the family came along the actual performing part has...
Making records on the Heartworn Highway
Heartworn Highway love listening to old vinyl – and it wasn’t just the old songs, it was how they were recorded. The band set out on a retro adventure, recording everything live to tape and pressing onto vinyl to achieve...
Hot mess of Moses
After establishing themselves in the Brisbane music scene, Moses Gunn Collective gained national and international exposure with their recent EP Morning Shakes and the singles Shalala and Mary, scoring rotation on Triple J and community stations.
Cinema review: Last Cab to Darwin
Euthanasia is a difficult subject, but it is dealt with openly and without moralistic brow-beating in this light-hearted but certainly not frivolous movie.
Cinema review: Trainwreck
Ridiculous to say, but I was blinking back the tears at one point before laughing like a drain at the rollicking set-piece that delivers the happy ending which is demanded of the genre but too often arrived at with dollops of treacle.
Giants and Devils bring down curtain in rousing style
All good things come to an end – just ask Michael Clarke.
Culture Roundup 12 August, 2015
A musical inspired by the life of Jimmy Little Lismore; some comedy coming on to the front Berner in Ballina; and Screenworks seeks more innovative online video content in Byron.
Finding Keyes
Taking his stories of growing up in inner-city working-class Sydney to the stage, Perry Keyes is a Redfern boy from the time before it was trendy. His evocative songwriting captures time and place as effortlessly as a smooth-cornered orange-toned Kodak...
Struggling with the growth dream
This waterway on Tallow Beach is still open to the sea. Nearly in tears, I stare at the pelican strutting in the cross currents. The lump of knowledge chokes in my throat and I am lost for words. The camera with its telephoto lens holds the image better than memory.
Byron council risked injunction over EDO rock wall letter
Byron Shire Council’s startling revelations over planning objections and implementation of their Belongil Rock Wall resolution raise fresh concerns over the council’s processes.
West Byron consultation a token gesture: residents
Byron Residents’ Group has described Byron Shire Council’s community consultation for the West Byron Development Control Plan a ‘token gesture’. The group is calling for 'ra real say in the design of the biggest single development in Byron’s history’.
Music Roundup – 12 August, 2015
Return of The Waifs The Waifs return to the Bangalow A&I Hall on Wednesday 21 October. They’ll be playing songs from their new album Beautiful You, to be released next week on 14 August. The wonderful Mia Dyson will be...
Same, different, equal
Not the same but equal is the tagline for the new film Unity by Shaun Monson (Earthlings). Unity takes an in-depth look at what it truly means to be human, to be mortal, and to be incarnate in this...
Mandy Nolan’s Soapbox: Never can say goodbye
How do you finish an email without sounding like a nong? For years I have been ending my emails with ‘cheers, Mandy’. I don’t necessarily like it. I just can’t think of anything better. It’s not like I’d run...
