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
10 January 2026 in Melbourne, supported by Stupid Fuck the Silly Clown and Handgrenade Hearts. The Last Chance Rock & Roll Bar is turning 10 and celebrating with what appears to be a special show every month throughout 2026. And it is off to a very silly start. I like
6 January 2026 in Melbourne, supported by Twine. I never really went through a [subgenre of] hardcore phase, not at the time anyway. One thing about hardcore (broadly) that does appeal to me is its urgency, but other things about it have put me off. It can be a bit
It's been an uncharacteristically long period of time since my last blog post, during which work careened towards the ultimate knocking-off for the year and I subsequently entered full holiday mode. I'd like to say summer mode, but it was 16 degrees today in Melbourne, with
5 December 2025 in Melbourne, supported by Charm of Finches and A.C. Saunders. Once again we find ourselves at the Corner Hotel in Richmond to see a Kristin Hersh project, this time with her band Throwing Muses. The Corner I like, but it's a funny mixture of
21 November 2025 in Melbourne, supported by Dogworld, Cold/Heat and Girl Version. Just on Friday we were loafing about, nursing/admiring our new Lottie tattoos, when we spotted this show and immediately bought tickets (prudent move, as it ultimately sold out). Dumbhead we discovered at the recent Nighthawks birthday
It's been a lovely day for a bike ride. I rode my pushy from Footscray to Williamstown and then around the bay as far as Cheetham Wetlands. This is a trip that involves crossing a lot of creeks. Stony Creek, Paisley Drain (does that count as a creek?
9 November 2025 in Castlemaine, supported by Lost Animal and The Electric Heads. Eating pizza at the Theatre Royal bar before the show, I noticed a series of grommies walking in carrying instruments and said, I bet one of the supports is local schoolkids. Right I was. The first support,
Several years ago we discovered The Midland Hotel in Castlemaine, a hotel built in the Victorian era and updated to the Art Deco style in the 1930s and which takes up what feels like a whole block right outside the train station. It's an excellent place. (It doesn&
We finally made it to see the Western Bulldogs just before the regular season ended. We played the Saints out at Moorabbin Oval (I'm like the ABC, I don't acknowledge naming rights sponsors). As a dual team household, this was not our first AFLW attendance of
With Tropical Fuck Storm, Cash Savage and the Last Drinks, Party Dozen, Grace Cummins, Exek, NPCede and Loose Lips, 1 November 2025 in Melbourne. Initially I was reluctant to go to this, an all-day outdoor music stage with $100 tickets. These things can tend to involve a lot of queueing
Before I waste a moment of your time let me just say: I can't help with the whole existential crisis part of desk work, the forever-creeping ennui, the black hole of anti-mojo. You're on your own with that. This is about the other aches, the physical
