Archive for November, 2005

BRILLIANT FUTURE - A SAMPLER

Sunday, November 20th, 2005

While drinking Absinthe with the poet and singer Fakie Wilde recently, we reflected upon the successes and the shortcomings of our 2003-2004 project Brilliant Future. We originally landed a 4 book deal with Impressed Publishing, who, shortly after the release and initial worldwide release of Book One - The Butchers Saga, in paperback, folded due […]

IR REFORMS PHOTOS

Wednesday, November 16th, 2005

In my photography gallery a new series I shot yesterday (15.11) of the anti Industrial Reforms protest that took place nationally here in Australia. I shot about 300 photographs, but I think the best ones are of when the mounted police in riot gear spotted me lurking about behind a pole right in the middle […]

The Anti-Terrorism Bill 2005

Monday, November 14th, 2005

“Bracks splits with PM on sedition law - Mr Bracks said Victoria’s Racial and Religious Tolerance Act dealt with the use of violent language and threats without limiting free speech.” While it might seem that Mr Bracks is on the side of Commonsense rather than the Commonwealth, this is typical politician sleight of semantics in […]

POETRY = TERRORISM?

Sunday, November 13th, 2005

All Tyrants believe Poets to be their worst enemies - Yevgeny Yevtushenko - Russian Poet
I have noticed a disturbing tendency for news reporters to quote poetry when talking about terrorism attacks. Here is the most glaring example - in this article the author quotes both Auden and Wallace-Crabbe, it begins - As Melburnians go about […]