I’ve been invited to give an (ArtsSA funded) guest lecture in ‘Short Stories and Their Writers’ course next semester. The topic I’m to wax poetic about for 50 mins?Does ‘new’ writing interrogate paradoxes, demarcations, exclusions, margins or peripheries?How new is new? When is new? How long can new be new? How do we recognise writing that…… Continue reading One more Yay!
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Blarp and Yay!
The Blarp roll:Michael Jackson. The whole thing makes me sad.Farah Fawcett. At the risk of sounding irreverant, she got totally ripped off. Listening to the radio this morning on the way in to work, I heard her death announced as a two-second sound byte appendage to the much more news-worthy news of M.J.’s untimely demise.…… Continue reading Blarp and Yay!
Mad about Marimbas
About a year ago, we went to see a performance of ‘Minimalist’ music as part of the Musica Viva series. The venue was an old 1930s office building that had been modified (not renovated so much as slightly gutted) and converted into an entertainment hall. The walls seemed to stretch up forever, affording the most…… Continue reading Mad about Marimbas
Things I learned this weekend
That if I force myself to, I can squeeze out 2,000 good thesis words in one day (Friday)That I have 7 stories for the ‘Good Window’ cycle, and have started more than a few of themThat compiling all of the random notes I’d written by hand and putting them on the computer meant that I…… Continue reading Things I learned this weekend
Random thoughts from a sleepy head
As per flinthart’s excellent recommendation, I am listening to Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan sing ‘Zulf Ko Sawan Ki Raton Ka Badal Kahne Lage’ — his voice is incredible, the beat is enchanting, the combination of instruments fantastic. Plus, because of the crappy youtube reception on the video I’m watching, it appears as though the instrument…… Continue reading Random thoughts from a sleepy head
Rita Hall: Museum Studies 1969-2009
Went to see a fabulous art exhibit this weekend at the South Australian Museum:OK, so the show was largely comprised of images of dead birds, but I am inexplicably fascinated by such images, especially when the birds have got museum/taxonomist’s tags attached to them. (This does not make me a freak, honestly. In this case,…… Continue reading Rita Hall: Museum Studies 1969-2009
*tap tap tap* Testing, 1,2,3…
Is this thing on?So, yes. It has been a while since I’ve posted, and I can’t guarantee it won’t be another while until the next one appears. We are still sans-internetz at home (although that is being remedied now that the lovely Chad is well and truly tired of hearing me whinge about it) which…… Continue reading *tap tap tap* Testing, 1,2,3…
A sign of the times…
So much to catch up on, so much to comment on (the Easter bad luck weekend, the Amazon fiasco, the parallel importation stuff that’s going on) but instead I’m going to make a brief observation about the state of things in my world lately. I’m trying to rid myself of my thesis (current word count…… Continue reading A sign of the times…
I know it’s not just me…
I can’t possibly be the only one to think this satellite looks like a Dalek…
So slack
I’ve been neglecting my poor LJ account for the past couple of weeks… That’s the problem with having no internet connection at home. That’s also the problem with trying to check LJ on your mobile because you’re obsessed with the internet and can’t possibly not be hooked up at home for much longer — the mobile won’t play nice when…… Continue reading So slack
Lisa L. Hannett 