“You listen to music that scares people.” I remember the day a work colleague said this to me. The conversation started among a group of us about what music we each liked and which bands we regularly listened to. At the time, I was hesitant to reveal the music I listened to but I divulged …
There just might be some travel truth in the age-old saying “the best things in life are free” as discovered in Lonely Planet’s latest travel tome of tips. In The Best Things in Life are Free, you’ll find over 800 pages filled with free and oh-so-cheap travel recommendations from across 60 cities around the globe. …
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Tamworth is known as the country music capital of Australia. Stories of hardship and heartbreak while living on the land have turned into bloodlines of the countless ballads sung by esteemed country music artists over the decades. Many musicians have travelled the hard, dusty road to Tamworth to perform at the the town’s annual Tamworth …
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A restaurant can be measured by its dessert menu and a place where this is no further from the truth is The Reverence Hotel. Though The Rev (as it’s fondly known by its faithful patrons) is actually a live venue with adjoining bar, which just happens to have a killer Mexican-slanted menu with loads of …
Australia has a reputation for being hot and arid. Yet Melbourne defies this reputation when the autumn and winter months arrive. Sure, it gets hot and steamy during summer but winter in the most liveable city in the world gets bitterly cold and wet. Despite the chills, there’s still fun to be found in this …
A heavy wooden door is held ajar, announcing a stairwell that’s poorly lit. It feels like I’m scaling the stairs at Ding Dong Lounge back in Melbourne. Rather, it’s House of Music in Thamel, Kathmandu. This is a live music venue and, just like Ding Dong, is dedicated to Nepal’s upcoming musos and underground artists. …
Belgrave, nestled in the leafy surrounds of The Dandenongs in Melbourne’s outer east, is home to End of the Line Festival. The aptly named festival (Belgrave is in fact the end of the Belgrave train line) made its debut in 2012 and achieved resounding attention for its showcase of musicians, performers and artists who live …
‘I stake my hopes in 1972 in large part on the energy, the wisdom and the conscience of young Americans.’ George McGovern spoke with Rolling Stone during his presidential campaign in 1972. His statement, emblazoned across the magazine’s cover (Issue 110, June 8), reeked of McGovern’s yearning to grasp the motivations of America’s disenfranchised in …
