Tag: "Melbourne Arts Precinct"

Alma Mater
0 Comments. 1,012 Views. Posted 26 Apr 2012 @ 6:31am.
  The realm of childhood is a liminal zone. Unable to fend for ourselves, we are beholden to adults to teach us about the world. Our character, our worldview and our values are already beginning to take shape, many aspects of which will stay with us through our maturity. And yet once we are fully grown, our memories of these formative years remain largely out of reach. UK performance duo... Read More
Australasian World Music Expo First Announcement
0 Comments. 2,245 Views. Posted 11 Aug 2011 @ 3:27pm.
Ever since my Greek grandfather used to wake me up by kindly bashing me across the head with his bouzouki, world music has been a part of my life. Luckily for me and thousands of others, the fourth annual Australasian World Music Expo (AWME) has been announced, ready to infuse the city with the finest roots music from around the world. The expo offers Melbourne audiences an exciting lineup of... Read More
Art Nation Targets Ugly Architecture
0 Comments. 2,598 Views. Posted 11 May 2011 @ 12:35pm.
ABC's art program Art Nation is adding a new eight-week segment that will target the good, the bad and the ugly of Australia's architecture. The new segment Good, Bad or Ugly adopts a spaghetti western style as Melbourne-based architects Stuart Harrison and Simon Knott criticise some of Australia's most controversial buildings and spaces.   Simon Knott is the director of BKK Architects while... Read More
Dead Folk Dance With Graveyard Train
0 Comments. 2,245 Views. Posted 28 Apr 2011 @ 12:57pm.
A whole bunch of kind of surly guys with old instruments moaning songs about wild-west whatevers... we love them. Lagerphones, rattling chains, etc. "Horror-country". Dig it. I saw Graveyard Train at Golden Plains festival this year and they were pretty great. There are a large amount of them and they all sing the same vocal lines and their songs all kind of sound like the song you sing at... Read More
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