Who keeps hiding my neurofen?

NEW AUSTRALIAN CITIZENSHIP TEST

GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

1. Do you understand the meaning, but are unable to explain the origin of the term "died in the arse"?

2. What is a mole?

3. Are these terms related: chuck a sickie; chuck a spaz; chuck a U-ey?

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So this song has caused quite a bit of controversy in Australia as of late, with both of the potential prime ministers laying into comedians telling them to 'lift their game' and that 'it's not funny'. Someone mentioned to me it was the Donald Bradman quip that got Johnny pissed off... anyways, I'm not really sure it should've made election banter ( Read more... )

Jaberwocky - An Intricate Interrogation of the Carol Classic

It's a Yam! Productions have never ceased to amaze me with their creativity and their sheer inertia to recreate exciting theatre using what are generally considered outmoded techniques. Their background in recreating mid-20th century radio plays lent to not only humorous in their writing, ( Read more... )

Something beautiful seems to transpire when Barrie Kosky puts his head to a piece of theatre, whether it be some musical note that draws everything into perspective, a revelry to aesthetic simplicity that then explodes into thematic depths, or the fortuitous beauty of a moth fluttering through a light adding to an already rich atmospheric backdrop ( Read more... )

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Last night I saw Stephen Page's Kin at the Malthouse. Overall, I found this a profoundly touching, albeit brief show, which sat somewhere comfortably between dance and performance, without being inaccessible. Page's work, roughly speaking, examined a few things to do with growing up as an indigenous child in contemporary Australia, and the troubles ( Read more... )

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Well, after listening and relistening to the Cat Empire's new cd... I have decided that either Felix has spat the dummy or Harry has decided to slink away a little quietly. 10 of the 14 tracks feature Felix as a singer 8 of those 10 tracks feature Felix as the only singer. Not to mention I don't think there's a single mention of Harry singing in ( Read more... )

Well, what could quite possibly be what has been hailed as one of the most exciting exhibitions to come to Melbourne in quite some time, I have now seen - and just in time! I'm still unconvinced by the NGV redesign though. But more of that in a minute.

Given all the things I had heard about this exhibition, I had envisioned a big white room hung ( Read more... )