MACS blurb

This is the blurb going out to the CSAA forum list this arvo, summarising what happened on Friday. On Friday afternoon Graeme Turner and I launched the first meeting of Monthly MACS, a new cross-institutional network of Media and Cultural Studies researchers working across Brisbane. The meetings are aimed at early career researchers, particularly postgraduate [...]

DIY lives

onya melbourne, home of politics by gaffer tape!

macs massive

thank you brisbane!! friday’s macs launch brought out lots of groovy people who promise to make this network fun and useful for all involved. it was so great to see researchers from all three unis coming together to share their work and experiences. not to mention the fabulous brainstorming session at the pub after… i [...]

so many happy things

can i just personally thank the australian today for making the election so easy to navigate? whenever this newspaper takes such lengths to tell me how bad something is, it gives me so much more joy to support it. The consumate Greg Sheridan: ‘This election will probably see the emergence of the Greens as Australia’s [...]

soundtrack to war

George Gittoes’ Soundtrack to War screens on the ABC tonight. Parts of it were lifted for Michael Moore’s F911–the bits that I found some of the most disturbing, when soldiers talk about the cds they listen to on patrol. I want to find a way to talk about this in the Italian Effect paper, perhaps [...]

blowing the bubble

regurgitator finally went in to the bubble last night to start recording their new album and make tv/music history. congratulations paul! i almost forgive you for dropping ccst2220. maybe you can let me sleep on the couch at one of your european condos in a few months’ time. that is, once you’ve finished the backlog [...]

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