When Leonard Cohen passed away three years ago, I felt a bitter sweet sense of relief. My wife Ann and I briefly met him the morning after his last concert in Perth (November 2013) and were shocked at his physical … Continue reading
Greg Ross
We have much to thank the Italian town of Modena for – Ferrari, Maserati, Lamborghini, the world’s best Balsamic Vinegar and Pavorotti, quite apart from a wonderful medieval history! Mea culpa – I love opera, well, Wagner excepted, I’ve been … Continue reading
The System is Bullshit! I woke up the other night, covered in sweat and screaming from a dreadful dystopian nightmare about FIFO work in a ‘Sliding Doors’ alternate world. It’s taken me a day or two to realise it’s not real and couldn’t … Continue reading
12 months ago, (19th August 2018), I experienced the worst flight of my life, with Etihad, from Abu Dhabi to Perth. What a cock up of an airport is Abu Dhabi, a total shambles! In the transit lounge, people from … Continue reading
Depending on his behaviour, as a boy growing up in Perth, Robert Hitchcock’s mum would either call him her “Little Warragul,” or her “Little Larrikin,” so it was probably inevitable Robert would become a fan of Australia’s most loved larrikin, … Continue reading
Nobody could remain unmoved by the hideous morass of the Israel / Palestine conflict, a nightmare with no end in sight. The situation appears to be out of control, in terms of leader intransigence on both sides and that leads … Continue reading
It’s on again, the queen of talent quests, in every sense of the phrase and as has become our custom, Ann and I took our wine and champers and propped in front of the TV to watch the spectacle. SBS … Continue reading
There are three albums of event photos at the end of this blog. I must admit to a degree of scepticism when Supercars announced the 2019 Perth round would be held at night under lights, I had questions about logistics, … Continue reading
This eve, I am wounded. Now and then, tears well in my eyes, all I can do, is find succor in beautiful music … at this point, the Duet from the Pearl Fishers is playing. I have lived in Australia … Continue reading
Dracula is potentially an artistic minefield, it can so easily tip into Hammer Horror farce, shattering audience illusion, however the WA Ballet company has taken Bram Stoker’s iconic horror story and produced a masterpiece of dance and theatre. Francis Ford … Continue reading