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Either i’m getting lazy or too choosy, but these days it takes something a little out of the ordinary in the musical world to shift me from the cosy confines of my inner west abode to the frenzy of the front row. So when an email from a friend recommending a gig in the most [...]

Well, there you have it. Sydney Festival 2010 has come to a triumphant end. I hope you managed to get amongst the action in what was a jam-packed 3 weeks in “our city in summer”.
I’ll leave the reviews to those who are eminently more qualified to do that, suffice to say my highlights from the [...]

Another week in January, another stellar collection of offerings from the Sydney Festival program. Personal highlights included The Books’ clever, funny blend of music, found recordings and video, watching Peter Sellars inspire his 93-strong cast at the Symphony of Psalms rehearsal in Marrickville Town Hall, Lynette Wallworth’s powerful humanistic works, the stage presence of Six Characters [...]

How terribly sad it is that the very venue I mentioned in my last post about the early days of the band Wolfmother is now closed, indefinitely. If the Hopetoun Hotel’s doors were to remain so it would be a very sad day for Sydney’s, indeed Australia’s, musical community.

Some great Australian and international bands have graced her small but perfectly formed [...]

I wandered up to the Enmore Theatre last Saturday to shoot Wolfmother, which got me thinking about the first time I saw them.
Back in May 2004 I got a call from a friend asking if I wanted to check out another friend’s brother’s new band with the slightly odd moniker of Wolfmother, who were playing their first gig [...]

bob log blog. try saying that a few times quickly.
bob log iii was in town to kick off  the annandale hotel’s (my local) 9th birthday week of gigs. it has been around much longer, but there was a period of time back in the late 90’s where it wasn’t a live music venue, so it’s 9 years [...]