Brisbane Buses – only ONE seat?
I’ve blogged before about how the Inner Northern Busway is a great idea. But even the best ideas need to have all the little details thought through. The picture shows you the scene at the Roma Street Bus Station’s inbound platform. And I’d love to know which genius thought that a major bus station only needs one seat.
Brisbane Music: The Whats
This video is The Whats’ clip for their song “All Mouth No Trousers”; it was uploaded by thumperpyp.
You can hear All Mouth No Trousers and five other songs by The Whats at their MySpace page, if you click here.
Brisbane Photos: The Throbbing Heart of the Metropolis
This photo by flickr user Ozventure must have been taken from the walk-bridges that you can see in the photo, near the Turbot St end. The photo is looking directly down Creek St, and you can see cars on Ann St.
I really like the sense of movement and action in this photo.
Brisbane Military History: History Alive Re-Enactment THIS WEEKEND at Fort Lytton
The Queensland Living History Federation presents History Alive 2008 this weekend at Fort Lytton National Park. It’s a weekend of military re-enactment, from Roman times right through to the Vietnam War.
The YouTube video above, by lapinblancdusd shows a History Alive re-enactment of the Battle of Emtsa in 1919, when Australian soldiers fought Bolshevik revolutionaries during the Western intervention that tried to crush the Russian Revolution.
If you’d like to see some photos from previous History Alive weekends, including Napoleonic dragoons (horse-mounted infantry), soldiers with matchlocks, knights and Roman legionaries, click here to see them at flickr.
Brisbane Music: The Millionaire$ FREE TONIGHT at Rics Bar, Brunswick St Mall, Fortitude Valley.
I normally like to keep this blog reserved for bands from Brisbane, but I heard The Millionaire$ today while I was listening to Dangergirl on “Aloha from the Crypt” on 4ZZZ radio and I just have to plug them. The song I heard was a great cover of George Michael’s “Faith” – instead of just trying to sound like George Michael, they’ve really made it into something that sounds like their own creation.
If you click here you can hear the “Faith” cover on their MySpace page. And if you want to hear them live, The Millionaire$ are playing TONIGHT for FREE, Thursday June 5th, at Ric’s Bar in the Brunswick St Mall, Fortitude Valley (see below for map)
Brisbane Graffiti: Train at Albion
I was waiting for a train at Albion station today when this carriage pulled up with some artwork on it. So I pulled out my new cameraphone and grabbed a quick shot.
The new phone means I can bring you on-the-spot photos and videos when things are happening around Brisbane.
Brisbane Rocky Horror Picture Show: Friday June 13th at the Globe Cinema
The Rocky Horror Picture Show is on on Friday June 13th at Brisbane’s cult cinema, the Globe Theatre, at 220 Brunswick St, Fortitude Valley (see map below). The YouTube videos above by AbleProductions give you a look at the floorshow from one of the previous screenings there.
To book tickets, don’t call the Globe, call Kristian Fletcher on 07 3397 5847 and have a credit card handy. Tickets are $13 and there might be a booking fee. There just might be some tickets available on the door on the night, but don’t count on it.
Kristian has helpfully provided the Rocky Horror Picture Show Audience Participation Script, split into four parts, so if you want to know exactly what to yell out right through the movie, have a look at:
Brisbane Queer: Violence Memorial Service this Friday, 6pm Southbank
This Friday at 6pm, there’s a memorial service for all gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender and intersexed people who have been victims of violence or who have been locked up because of their sexuality. The service has been organised by the Metropolitan Community Church Brisbane
“This moving service will embrace all spiritual journeys towards freedom and acceptance which builds bridges in liberating and uniting those that have been oppressed by hatred, disregard and violence All GLBTI people are invited to this interfaith candlelight vigil, please bring a single candle of remembrance and hope. Meet at the Nepalese Pagoda at South Bank Parklands at 6pm.”
Brisbane Sports Cars: hardtuned.net meet
This photo by flickr user Danshaku shows some of the sports cars that turned up for the fortnightly northside meet organised on the hardtuned.net forums.
Hardtuned.net is a website for lovers of sports cars – if you want to know what’s going on in Brisbane, have a look at their Queensland forum, which you can see if you click here.
Brisbane Mountain Biking: The Gap
This YouTube vid by taxdodger75 shows “my mte greg going down his fav track near home…..great fun”. The video says it’s “The Gap Downhill Mountain Bike Trail”, and I’m guessing that this trail at Mountain Bike Review is the one in the video.
If you’d like to find out more about mountain biking trails in Brisbane, click here to go to a list of trails in Australia. Scroll down to the bottom of the list to see three trails in Brisbane, and then click the “Next 50″ button to see more.