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
11 April 2026 in Melbourne, part of the Melbourne International Comedy Festival (MICF). Back in 2015 we saw Kate Dehnert's show Pony Yell at MICF and it was brilliant. Surreal, magical and very, very silly. Since then I have been keeping an eye out for her shows but
4 April in Melbourne (Footscray), with The Vasco Era, The Night Terrors, Tongue Dissolver, Solsa, Ov Pain, Kinetic Vision, Hospital Pass and Local High School Students Play The Velvet Underground. Footscray deserved this. A whole afternoon and evening of music, perfect weather and excellent vibes in Maddern Square. Maddern Square
Footy is, as they say, back. It's already feeling good to be a Bulldogs fan, what with a surprising win last week (against Brisbane) and an emphatic one this (against GWS). It was fun to not only go to that second game but introduce a friend to this
Just when it seemed the reason for this blog looked settled, perhaps it is not. After a full year of Sky Hulk it was clear that this has become a record of my cultural engagements, more or less. But then, in 2026, it appears that I have eased off on
Look at how cute this bird is!!!
Yesterday started inauspiciously. I once again fell victim to Melbourne's evil air, the kind that when combined with slight paranoia about getting sick utterly convinces you you're coming down with a virus. So you cancel your plans and then later realise you were and are absolutely
Okay, I think I have a new hobby. After much mulling over firstly whether I should take on this rather ambitious project, and secondly what fabric to use, I have successfully made a barn coat! Success is in the eyes of the doer, and while, yes, this coat contains many,
It's a year to the day since my first post! Happy birthday Sky Hulk! With seventy-something posts in the last 12 months I can confidently say this is a thing, and this pleases me greatly. What better way to celebrate than with a paneer tikka pizza that could
23 January 2026 in Melbourne, supported by Milly Strange and NoTurns. This was one of those shows that leaves one wondering where music is wandering off to. Or wandering back to. First band NoTurns is a five-piece playing earnest songwritery rock not dissimilar to Lynyrd Skynyrd. That last part is
Following the highly successful fish shirt project, I was feeling good about the potential of the whole sew-your-own-clothes thing and signed up for a year of Closet Core membership. I like their patterns and the fact they give you one new one per month which takes decision paralysis out of