Dreams and reality

It is a little like waking up from a dream this week. It’s Thursday already, but I still feel like it might not be safe to open my eyes. (Oh no! I just did! And look what happened…) The fact that I literally partied all night on Saturday may have something to do with my [...]

Domestic journalism

Yesterday I made my first film for the You Decide 2007 website. It was very time consuming, so I might not make too many more, but it was a good way to appreciate how much work is involved in trying to do something even this tiny. I’m not computer illiterate, but I don’t veer too [...]

Weird

A bit spooked today! After a very odd morning of accidents and inconveniences, I was working on a document for Crazy John’s mobile phone company this afternoon only to hear that Crazy John himself died suddenly of an assumed heart-attack this morning. So tragic: he was taking a morning walk, he’d given up the fags [...]

The kids are all right

Only five weeks to go…

Ryan candidate forum, UQ Thursday

As part of the lead up to the election the NTEU UQ branch has organized a candidates forum at St Lucia campus for the seat of Ryan featuring Ross Daniels, ALP, Jim Page, Democrats, Evan Jones, Greens, Charles Worringham, Independent, and Michael Johnson, Liberal (to be confirmed). Qld Senate candidates have also been invited. When: [...]

You Decide

It’s the Brisbane Writers Festival and the Valley Fiesta this weekend – just as the weather looks like warming up for good this time. I actually can’t find much I’d like to go to at either, but I’ll be heading to the Crikey session this afternoon to support discussion of alternative publishing. I noticed last [...]

Conditions on the ground (post-Post Transit)

Guy has written an important comment that I don’t want to get lost, as it adds depth and context to the partial picture I gave of the UEL conference. His final remarks are crucial: and give some concrete form to the complaints about neoliberalism that echoed around the event. I always wonder why there aren’t [...]

Geert Lovink interviews Andrew Ross

“I’d like to see new media tacticians think more about sustainable income models for everyone rather than focus primarily on the livelihoods of creatives or high-skill knowledge workers.” Read more here.

Holidays and domestic bliss

Last week I had a mini-holiday before the conference season kicks off. Proof: It involved staying at a yuppie enclave (a “resort” of beach “shacks” – contradiction much?) but then sneaking through the caravan park to play on the swings and live out my childish fantasies of unrealised beachside holidays. I never got to experience [...]

Pride Politics in the Pub tonight

Are Queers butch enough for the union? …from Blundstones and blue singlets, to Mr. Humphries and Smithers… …Join some of Brisbane’s leading wits for a debate about Queers in the union movement – breaking down stereotypes and discussing union ideals… Party afterwards with Dj V and then kick on upstairs at Sporties Thurs, 21 June [...]

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