Happiness in marriage is entirely a matter of chance you know. There will always be vexation and grief, and you’re better to know as little as possible of the defects of your marriage partner. You know it is not sound. You would never act like that yourself. Well it seems that Jane will not. so […]
Category Archives: Articles
January
27
Kinetic Jazz Festival – Voice and masks. (Festival Review)
posted by lisathatcher
I heard the voice of an angel this weekend. The sublime Tanya Sparke, supported by the very famous Peter Dasent. All works performed were written by Sparke while on residency in Bundanoon. Here is a sample of the exquisite voice of Tanya Sparke: What is truly remarkable about Sparke is not so much her voice, […]
January
26
Kinetic Jazz Festival – Muscians affected by Space. (festival review)
posted by lisathatcher
I haven’t been lucky enough to get to every evening of the Kinetic Jazz festival, but what I have seen has been stunning. Apparently much of the program has been especially designed for the festival, with a variety of performance styles and sizes. There is the known eighteen piece Kinetic Jazz Orchestra and then some […]
January
26
Kinetic Jazz Festival Coverage (article / festival)
posted by lisathatcher
Very close to my home, the amazing Kinetic Jazz festival is taking place, and I am lucky enough to be able to pop in and give a bit of festival coverage on this wonderful event. The purpose of this wonderful event is to give some of Australia’s best Jazz musicians the chance to perform in […]
January
06
Short and Sweet – a little bit of this and a little bit of that in ten minutes. (Theatre)
posted by lisathatcher
Well, hot on the heels of The Now Now music festival, I’ll be heading off to The Short and Sweet theatre festival. Short+Sweet began life in Newtown (Sydney, and my home base) has expanded nationally to Melbourne, the Central Coast, Canberra, Brisbane, Adelaide, Newcastle, Townsville and Rockhampton; as well as internationally to Auckland, Malaysia, Singapore, […]
January
05
The NOW now festival – A Festival of Exploratory / Spontaneous / Experimental / Improvised / Outsider / Other Musics.
posted by lisathatcher
January is always a busy time for Sydney-siders with our festival on and all, but this year I’ve decided to stick to the lesser known realms (even though Nick – i am madly in love with you – Cave is in town) and check out some art projects and such. I’ll be attending the Now Now festival – […]
December
31
A little rest that’s over now.
posted by lisathatcher
Hello my lovely treasured readers… Well I took a sort of unscheduled break throughout December and it has been wonderful for the psyche, but also for the inspiration. As of tomorrow the posts start fresh and I have a slew of beautiful music, stunning books and exciting films to talk about. The silly season was not so silly […]
December
21
Preview of This is The End – Just cause i’m a James Franco fan… oh and the end of the world thingy…
posted by lisathatcher
A little treat for those of you who don’t mind adult themes. The Mayans have predicted the world will end today. In preparation for the end of the world, stars Seth Rogen and James Franco have recorded a special introduction to the first clip from their new film THIS IS THE END. The comedy This […]
December
08
Mo Yan’s Nobel Prize Lecture
posted by lisathatcher
I just had a lovely moment reading Mo Yan’s Nobel Prize Lecture. There are moments like this: “I am a storyteller, so I am going to tell you some stories. When I was a third-grade student in the 1960s, my school organized a field trip to an exhibit of suffering, where, under the direction of […]
December
03
Into the Mirror – Shelly Wall makes us look deeper into what appears to be there. (Theatre Review)
posted by lisathatcher
“I hate it. I hate that mirror; it has tormented me since childhood. Each night I would kneel before it and pray. Do you know what its like to be haunted by an image you know is there, you can feel it, but you can’t see it? I would stand in front of the mirror […]
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