Enormity excerpt #03: ‘Awards night’
The early chapters of Enormity set up the decadent lifestyle that Big Bang Theory leads, as well as Jack’s wry interpretation of the situation he finds himself in. He’s at […]
Monthly Archives: December 2012
You’re lucky you don’t get a bullet
You’re lucky you don’t get a bullet by Nick Milligan The man, his son and his daughter step on the train two stops after mine. I can tell that, like […]
Album review: Redcoats – Redcoats
REDCOATS Redcoats 4/5 (Universal) Redcoats sound like four men whose DNA is infused with Deep Purple’s ‘Stormbringer’. The result is a thunderous heavy prog-rock groove reminiscent of their contemporaries Black Mountain. On their […]
Alice Cooper: interview
Every so often you have a moment of clarity where you are reminded of the potentially surreal nature of being a music journalist. For me it was sitting in the […]
Album review: The Weeknd – Trilogy
THE WEEKND Trilogy 4/5 (Universal/XO) Canadian RnB singer and record producer Abel Tesfaye put three songs on Youtube in early 2011 under the moniker The Weeknd. He followed it up […]
Enormity excerpt #02: ‘Generation Ink’
I don’t know exactly when Enormity is set, but it feels as though it’s at the end of this century. The book’s protagonist, Jack, explains that his grandfather’s generation were […]
Coffee with James Mercer of The Shins
One of my fondest memories from my career is the time I interviewed Shins mastermind James Mercer over a coffee at the hotel Blue Sydney at the Woolloomooloo wharves. I […]
Bret Easton Ellis: interview
A few years ago I had the opportunity to interview my literary hero – Bret Easton Ellis. It was a big moment for me, as his books have had a […]
Conversation with Kimbra
This month I interviewed the talented/gorgeous Kimbra. I saw her live at Splendour in the Grass 2012 and she is truly phenomenal. Massive voice, both in range and power. She […]
Enormity excerpt #01: Yacht
I have been writing a novel for nearly four years. It’s finished now. I’ve called it Enormity. It’s a sprawling, surreal story that spans a number of genres – satire, […]
