tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1801294530366692016.comments2010-07-11T12:52:49.894+10:00sarsaparilla liteAmpersand Duckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12245377686193859488noreply@blogger.comBlogger65125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1801294530366692016.post-90267720717638347532010-01-08T13:10:41.865+11:002010-01-08T13:10:41.865+11:00Only just found Sarsparilla again. Have missed it....Only just found Sarsparilla again. Have missed it. Welcome back!Barbara Tempertonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15223605974999097856noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1801294530366692016.post-87135207256929046192009-10-20T22:34:04.056+11:002009-10-20T22:34:04.056+11:00Here here! These are but some of the reasons I lef...Here here! These are but some of the reasons I left Alice in the first place! However, the last time I visited, about 5 years ago I went to a hip hop club and saw some aboriginal kids getting into that scene, I felt it was a shame that they have to embrace american black culture, but at least it's something they can feel a part of and some, if not most, hip hop music does have a really positive message about accumulating skills and picking yourself up outta the dirt and so on. <br /><br />I have mixed feelings about coming back in 2 weeks' time and have to admit I hope to find that things have changed somewhat in my 20 year abscence. On the other hand, I'm also wondering what I could do whilst I'm there to be part of the solution, or at the least, not part of the problem!<br /><br />Also, I'd love to see the film, maybe someone has a copy of it on DVD? It's the first I've heard of it. Ahhh.. so many things to find out about in the new chapter of the adventure.Just Kazhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08558608891867867356noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1801294530366692016.post-46822468328861391652009-09-19T09:40:54.378+10:002009-09-19T09:40:54.378+10:00Great post!
On the topic of pay phones, long told...Great post!<br /><br />On the topic of pay phones, long told urban legends always make me think twice about using them ;-)Nichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06445205612328763156noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1801294530366692016.post-60726247042959045902009-09-17T14:16:02.860+10:002009-09-17T14:16:02.860+10:00"... just as it is sometimes nice to leave it..."... just as it is sometimes nice to leave it behind and become un-contactable." - same here! :)<br /><br />I miss the good old days which we write letters to friends. While nowadays, we SMS...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1801294530366692016.post-30065019933965889172009-09-14T16:19:20.775+10:002009-09-14T16:19:20.775+10:00On the topic of the non-existent public phone - th...On the topic of the non-existent public phone - there is an interesting site called:<br />‘Pay Phone Memorial: Phone Portraits’ by Markuz Wernli Saito<br />This link shows a series of his photos:<br />http://www.momentarium.org/experiments/payphone/photos.shtml<br />And this is a film of him taking the photos:<br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yGUvt2BzTpU<br />It’s definitely worth checking out.Jaydehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04990993760135942892noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1801294530366692016.post-56527777826778924132009-09-12T12:15:01.297+10:002009-09-12T12:15:01.297+10:00Except that vinyl records still work!
That was e...Except that vinyl records still work! <br /><br />That was exquisite, thank you.Ampersand Duckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12245377686193859488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1801294530366692016.post-17968008953402232012009-09-11T12:19:57.213+10:002009-09-11T12:19:57.213+10:00Do public phone booths still exist!? This piece is...Do public phone booths still exist!? This piece is a lovely little reminder of the objects we take for granted in our everyday landscapes. You never know, just as vinyl records have become nostalgic symbols of an golden, old-school musical past, so too, may the humble, gum-encrusted public phone booth find a place in our technocratic future to come.AVoiczhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11061634507391212679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1801294530366692016.post-28220180694713032352009-09-10T18:39:44.795+10:002009-09-10T18:39:44.795+10:00This post makes me want a couple of potato cakes c...This post makes me want a couple of potato cakes crusted with salt and dripping in vinegar.Meredith Joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00977264379899180896noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1801294530366692016.post-91961122203050380912009-09-10T12:17:43.876+10:002009-09-10T12:17:43.876+10:00Thanks so much for this El--I've only just got...Thanks so much for this El--I've only just got to it and found it very affecting.Meredith Joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00977264379899180896noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1801294530366692016.post-52552623882662828772009-08-11T04:07:33.686+10:002009-08-11T04:07:33.686+10:00If 'The Truth' isssss a form of mourning, ...If 'The Truth' isssss a form of mourning, then I must be the weepingest person on Earth.<br /><br />Yikes! I just once again viewed this vid I did and moi 'tis the weepingest.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_m6qC6FCiY0" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_m6qC6FCiY0</a>https://www.blogger.com/profile/03037704048671379868noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1801294530366692016.post-38169135738458320522009-06-23T02:16:26.312+10:002009-06-23T02:16:26.312+10:00And how very fine to have this terrific (though sa...And how very fine to have this terrific (though sad) sample here! Thanks El (and DT.)genevievehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02895689949182365454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1801294530366692016.post-88932032238591678792009-06-15T00:35:29.354+10:002009-06-15T00:35:29.354+10:00I loved the Brack Retrospective. Two days and 10 b...I loved the Brack Retrospective. Two days and 10 blogs later, I realise that people change their mind about both style and content all the time. But two things worry me about Brack's Melbourne paintings, particularly of the 1950s. <br /><br />Firstly you say that Brack’s widow described Brack’s Melbourne paintings as little more than “sneering” jibes at “people who don’t know the right words”. <br /><br />Secondly Hieronymous the Anonymous reported that Brack came to disavow much of this early work, later in his career.<br /><br />I have created a link to your post, many thanks.<br />Hels<br />Art and Architecture, mainly<br />http://melbourneblogger.blogspot.com/Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1801294530366692016.post-52548216409351960502009-05-29T14:38:15.843+10:002009-05-29T14:38:15.843+10:00Remember Aden Ridgeway? As far as I could tell he...Remember Aden Ridgeway? As far as I could tell he was a member of a political party called the "Aboriginal Democrats".<br /><br />It's a very annoying practice.Zoehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01546885088503890394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1801294530366692016.post-44625101671264039302009-05-21T09:22:54.621+10:002009-05-21T09:22:54.621+10:00Sad news; I think we'll all miss him. The earlies...Sad news; I think we'll all miss him. The earliest things I remember seeing him in were his regular appearances as the police inspector in those old Miss Marple films (the ones with Margaret Rutherford and the funky harpsichord theme). In his style, he was one of the last of that mid-century generation of actors, who could take on any role: he knew how to focus on the nuances of character rather than rely grandstanding or the method, and how to work as part of an ensemble, lifting everyone else up with him.Ben.Hhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11879705585399028153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1801294530366692016.post-52114731139786101512009-05-16T11:13:00.000+10:002009-05-16T11:13:00.000+10:00I had a great time this morning rewatching a lot o...I had a great time this morning rewatching a lot of Charlie the Wonderdog episodes on YouTube. The dog was the star, but Charles Tingwell was great, absolutely marvellous in fact. I think I enjoyed the Enid Blytonesque narrative more than the parody, actually, so the fact that Tingwell played it all with a straight face made it so much better.TimThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10333303180015967125noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1801294530366692016.post-17228755057409497302009-05-15T19:08:00.000+10:002009-05-15T19:08:00.000+10:00I got an SMS from my daughter about Bud's passing ...I got an SMS from my daughter about Bud's passing today. He was well loved, and Gramps (and the QC turn) turned out to be a big part of that. Vale.genevievehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02895689949182365454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1801294530366692016.post-65058861889907714722009-05-15T14:36:00.000+10:002009-05-15T14:36:00.000+10:00All that and he blogged too!All that and he blogged too!Kirsty Leishmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05168866917829955549noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1801294530366692016.post-7682588341897602462009-05-12T14:54:00.000+10:002009-05-12T14:54:00.000+10:00Great review Tim.Great review Tim.TimThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10333303180015967125noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1801294530366692016.post-66410977553407787892009-05-12T14:19:00.000+10:002009-05-12T14:19:00.000+10:00I generally get quite irritated by cynical dismiss...<I>I generally get quite irritated by cynical dismissals of suburbia</I>.<br /><br /><br />I do too (see <A HREF="http://sternezine.blogspot.com/2005/03/exhibitionism.html" REL="nofollow">here</A>, for instance), however there's something about (some of) Brack's early work that goes beyond cynicism into the realm of despair and loathing. That may be objectionable in itself, but it's certainly interesting.Timhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01361330734876130185noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1801294530366692016.post-10235476998703459892009-05-12T12:08:00.000+10:002009-05-12T12:08:00.000+10:00Well, if this is sub-VCE art criticism, bring it o...Well, if this is sub-VCE art criticism, bring it on. <br /><br />I remember visiting Canberra not long after Brack's death. The National Gallery had managed to put together a retrospective very quickly. I remember being charmed by the warring pencils, but I can't recall much of my response beyond that. <br /><br />I like your observations about Brack's depiction of suburbia. I generally get quite irritated by cynical dismissals of suburbia, but perhaps the suburbs of the 70s and 80s weren't so oppressive as they were imagined by artists and writers in the 40s and 50s. <br /><br />This sentence is so evocative: 'The paintings give off a strange aura: even the pinks and greens feel yellow and brown'.Kirsty Leishmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05168866917829955549noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1801294530366692016.post-32074792137560707922009-05-12T09:00:00.000+10:002009-05-12T09:00:00.000+10:00The whole reception thing has been interesting bec...The whole reception thing has been interesting because I think people in Alice have been more muted, more critical about the film than in the kind of responses from elsewhere. I think the reason is that people in Alice are more used to this scenario (even anaethetised) and as I indicated above, find the film's representation of life in town unbalanced -- or at least think it's more complex and nuanced than what's depicted in the film (tho mind you, there's only so much you can pack into a feature).<br /><br />I also think S+D does have craft flaws but that the emotional punch overrides these factors (which is fine, of course).<br /><br />(God, no wonder no one's posting comments on this blog -- it's so bloody complicated!)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1801294530366692016.post-49967488169822110652009-05-12T08:57:00.000+10:002009-05-12T08:57:00.000+10:00Thanks, Mark. Good point about the artificial leg ...Thanks, Mark. Good point about the artificial leg - Brack was born in 1920 so would have grown up surrounded by WW1 veterans, so perhaps that plays into it too.<br /><br />One thing I wish I'd written about is how Brack's suburban art differs from other representations of the same subject. I think these days if suburbia is depicted critically it is in terms of a rotteness behind a facade. Brack says no, the facade itself is rotten. Violence and despair are implicit in the facade - this stuff, the meat slicers and so forth, are everyday items, out in the open - therefore whatever is behind that must be truly monstrous.Timhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01361330734876130185noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1801294530366692016.post-54592432650339500272009-05-12T07:32:00.000+10:002009-05-12T07:32:00.000+10:00"The best way to make books cheaper for consumers ...<I>"The best way to make books cheaper for consumers would be to make them exempt from the GST. It was always a scandal that books were included in the first place."</I>Why?<br /><br /><I>"Books that are sold in overseas markets often have a smaller royalty – ranging from 6 to 8 per cent – and after that, under the agreements from my original publisher, I lose from 25 to 50 per cent of the gross royalty to the original publisher."</I>So negotiate better royalties with your overseas distributors.<br /><br />Bans on parallel importing say to Australian consumers - <I>you have fewer rights than consumers overseas</I>. You must pay more. You must buy the product in the format we specify, at the time we specify.<br /><br />Anyway, the point will become moot when the ebook market takes over.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1801294530366692016.post-63070626128773765382009-05-11T21:41:00.000+10:002009-05-11T21:41:00.000+10:00Thanks for your different take on Brack, Tim. It's...Thanks for your different take on Brack, Tim. It's brilliant. Move over Robert Hughes. <br /><br />I don't know the artificial leg still life, but considering what I've heard of Brack's left sympathies (though he was no Noel Counihan) I wonder if it was a reference to the then silent trauma of the WW2 veterans who'd returned to the suburbs shell-shocked and horrified, but maintaining the charade of the 'golden age' of post-war boom. <br /><br />I think Brack's perspective on work in that 'golden age' context is also one of the most defining features of his work to me.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1801294530366692016.post-74570021654135106942009-05-11T11:51:00.000+10:002009-05-11T11:51:00.000+10:00Yep, Genevieve is right - it's a terrific piece. I...Yep, Genevieve is right - it's a terrific piece. I've just seen the film and was very 'engaged' by it. I have lived on a remote community where the drug of choice was alcohol, although gunja played a minor role. My wife tells me of her experiences in Hermansburg (spl?), which sound a lot closer to this film's scenario. <br />I left the cinema in tears, pushing past the line of people waiting to get in for the next screening. They must have wondered what was in store for them ... This is a film I'd like to sit down and talk to people about - which is precisely its best effect on an audience.Andrew Burkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13667691610987101902noreply@blogger.com