“Optimism of the will, pessimism of the intellect” – Antonio Gramsci
This is my 70th year of living in Brisbane.… Go to Article
Category: Art
GOMA film: ‘The Daughter of Dawn’
Art tells the story
THREE years ago the not so magnificent seven of us were sitting around, drinking coffee and eating crackers laden with chili-cheese dip.
… Go to Article Munching the Millions
AUSTRALIANS will gamble on two flies. crawling up a wall, they say.
Aussie bookmaker Tom Waterhouse is currently betting on how much Edvard Munch’s painting The Scream will fetch at a Southey’s auction this month.… Go to Article
Will the Pilliga turn into the head of an octopus?
Winangaya dhawun. Respect the land
Kamillaroi elder Maureen Sulter
Attached is the flyer and map of location for the culture ceremony to be held at the Pilliga Protection Camp this Saturday the 16th of November.
… Go to Article Invitation to Pilliga Protection Camp Culture Week
Here is the information regarding the Pilliga Protection Culture Week.
Attached is the flyer and map of location for the culture ceremony to be held at the Pilliga Protection Camp this Saturday the 16th of November.… Go to Article
‘Shiraz’ – the making of the Taj Mahal
Film Review: Shiraz – silent film made by Franz Osten and Himansu Rai in 1928
“Not hands but heart built this / Which stands like a dream”
When we were kids our dad would quote Rudyard Kipling in the shower (or was it a ballard influenced by Kipling).… Go to Article
The Door to the Sun
Story and Drawings by Nyree Divitini
This book was written by Nyree who was then aged six years.
It is published here to encourage other young imaginations.… Go to Article
K’s Pics: ‘Araya’ & ‘Shiraz’ – free films at GOMA
These films look very interesting
Araya
GOMA 9–10 November 2013
http://www.qagoma.qld.gov.au/cinematheque/current/araya
Saturday 2pm & Sun at 11am
‘Araya has lost none of its ability to fascinate and move us with its hypnotic combination of beauty and hardship.… Go to Article
The Philosophical Baby
Today’s show (PShift 9 aug 2013 4zzz fm 102.1) is called ‘The Philosophical Baby’ and is dedicated to young children out there who are exploring the world and trying to find out how it works.… Go to Article
Ken Loach’s new film: The Spirit of ’45
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1000 Warrior March, Brisbane
We assembled at 12 noon, Saturday 9th Feb Musgrave Park at the tent embassy and lit the sacred fire. At 1pm about fifty (50) people marched to the indigenous all stars game at Lang park over the river.… Go to Article
The 17 Group – Alienation
The June meeting of the 17 Group will take place on Wednesday the 6th of June at 7 pm in unit 6 at number 20 Drury St, West End and will be addressed by the writer Lesley Synge, who will read/perform 17 poems influenced by radicalism, the first being a meditation on Marx’s Theory of Alienation inspired by the discovery of a bundle of workers’ ‘Sick notes’ at an abandoned coal mine in Central Qld.… Go to Article
Orango – Murdoch
In 2004, a substantial cache of Shostakovich autographs, sketches, and rejected drafts was discovered in a Moscow archive by the scholar Olga Digonskaya.… Go to Article
Vale Michael Callaghan (1952 – 2012)
In Memorium: Michael Callaghan (1952 – 2012)
It is with regret that we mourn the passing of the Australian political artist and poster designer, Michael Callaghan.… Go to Article
Is it better to run or to stay?
“Can you picture what will be
So limitless and free
Desperately in need of
some strangers hand
In a desperate land”
‘This is the End’
(Jim Morrison/The Doors)
Amara Lakhous has written an interesting novella about those who flee strife and arrive in the west to face racism [mea culpa, I have seen the film but have not read the book].… Go to Article
Phil Monsour – ‘Ghosts of Deir Yassin’: CD Launch April 21, 2012
Hi
We are all set to release the new 12 song CD, Ghosts of Deir Yassin in early 2012. The launch in Brisbane will be held at Souths Leagues Club on the 21st of April 7.30pm and the CD will be available on line in April.… Go to Article
Day small boy pissed in Queen’s wake
I ride your river under the bridge
I take your boat out to the reach
Cos I love that engine roar
But I still don’t know what I’m here for.… Go to Article
‘Decisive Moments’— Henri Cartier-Bresson
Henri Cartier-Bresson’s ‘Decisive Moments’ to Show at Queensland Art Gallery
Henri Cartier-Bresson (1908-2004), the influential French photographer who redefined both photojournalism and his craft as an art form, will be celebrated in a major exhibition at the Queensland Art Gallery from August 27 to November 27, 2011.… Go to Article