21 August in Melbourne, supported by Colbey. I think at this point I can admit that I like photos of my view when it's blocked by lots of people. In this case, I could have easily found my way through the crowd to a spot up the front
On the request of Sky Hulk reader Emma, I am here to recount my household's spurtled way with porridge. Most spurtles are about 30 cm long but the spurtle I chose for us last week is a wee cutty-spurtle, at 20 cm. While longer spurtles are good
18 July 2026 in Melbourne, supported by Jungle Jim Smith. This one was a little gig, the kind where you feel like you might be the only genuine punters in the room, and everyone else is the band's friends and family. All the same, Gippslanders GW3 and Jungle
Australian Sheep and Wool Show at Bendigo Showgrounds, 17 July 2026. After having such a nice day last year I was guaranteed to drag myself to the sheep show again. This year it was a solo mission, and I caught the train and shuttle bus instead of driving and having
All year a family of black swans has been living nearby, between Edgewater lagoon and Dynon Road crossing over the Maribyrnong. There were seven - two adults and five cygnets. I took this photo of them back in January, when the cygnets first started venturing out. Today I saw the last
June 26 to 28 in Castlemaine. The hook for this one was Secret Mall Apartment, the documentary film that tells the story of a group of artists in Rhode Island who built a hidden apartment inside a huge shopping centre and kept it undetected for four years. Of course, it
4 June 2026 in Melbourne, part of RISING festival. It's felt like a struggle to find interesting theatre of late. For the last few years, I've been a bit put off after experiencing some patronising, preaching-to-the-choir productions, and it's been hard
30 May 2026 in Melbourne, supported by Chris Brokaw and Fancy Weapon. Tortoise is one of those bands where it's an automatic 'yes' when you see they're touring. Okay, it's only happened to me twice so far, but still. Last time it
28 May 2026 in Melbourne. Over the past few months I have been getting into old movies, lots of classic noir and such things. At some point my attention was drawn to the 1957 Billy Wilder film Witness for the Prosecution which stars Charles Laughton, Marlene Dietrich and Tyrone Power.
23 May 2026 in Melbourne, supported by Pollyman and Snake Thighs. We return to the Curtin, the site of many a good show. I've been intrigued by Don't Thank Me, Spank Me! (DTMSM) for a while now, not only for their unrelentingly silly band name. Their
Fantastic Film Festival Australia, 23 April to 15 May. Film festival mode is now complete having been to Lido to see another 30 movies since Hokum. I keep the film reviews and reflections to my Letterboxd account so I won't be repeating all that here. Instead, a few
We are back in film festival mode! Indeed, one of the best times of the year. We have been Fantastic Film Festival Australia superfans for a while now, and in 2025 we took time off work and bought VIP passes. It was so good we're doing it again