Brisbane Impro Comedy: All Together Now, Sunday April 5th
“All Together Now” is on Sunday April 5th at 7.30pm, and it’s ten bucks to get in. It’s at the Arts Theatre, 210 Petrie Terrace, Brisbane – click here for a Google Map.
Brisbane Parkour: 2009 Sampler Video
This video by YouTube user AkumaWolfy shows some people from the local Parkour (free running) scence showing us their moves. If you’re interested, leave a comment at the YouTube video or check out the Parkour The Puppeteer MySpace page about Parkour in Brisbane that AkumaWolfy’s profile links to.
Parkour or free running is the skill and art of moving around obstacles in modern urban landscapes by running, jumping through and over gaps, often using rails, balconies, ledges, bannisters and more.
Reports of #nocleanfeed #nocensorship forum hosted by @newmatilda
Nic Suzor from Electronic Frontiers Australia speaks at “The Tangled Web“, a forum on internet censorship organised by newmatilda.com. New Matilda’s Twitter account is here, and their overview of the internet censorship debate in Australia is here.
On Tuesday March 24th 2009, newmatilda.com, a website with “Independent news, analysis and satire covering politics, consumerism, international affairs, and culture.”, presented “The Tangled Web“, a forum about Internet censorship.
Michael Meloni of somebodythinkofthechildren.com, a blog discussing censorship and moral panic, used CoverItLive to send out a live call of what was happening at the anti-censorship forum, which you can read if you click here.
Meloni was joined by media commentator Stigherrian and Mark Newton, an employee of iiNet who has been a big public critic of the Australian Government’s plans to censor the Internet, who commented online. There were plenty of comments from people taking part online, and you can read it all if you click here.
Irene Graham, a meticulously detailed anti-censorship campaigner at libertus.net, and Senator Scott Ludlam, a member of the Australian Greens elected from Western Australia in 2007, who has questioned Senator Conroy about the Government’s censorship plans:
Kieran Salsone, of the Websinthe blog and NoCharCom online comic, also did a live call of the foru, which you can read here for the next fifty days or so (the latest messages are at the top, so you are reading backwards). After that link stops working, you can still click here for screenshots of the coverage.
Peter Black, law lecturer at QUT and author at Freedom to Differ, speaks at “The Tangled Web“, a forum about Internet Censorship organised by newmatilda.com, hosted by the Queensland University of Technology on Tuesday March 24 2009.
The forum was sound-recorded, and Peter Black said the recording should be online soon.
Rod McGuinness, Managing Editor of New Matilda magazine, which organised the forum on Internet censorship.
Brisbane Photos and Videos: The Who play Brisbane 24 March 2009
This photo by flickr user adam_weathered shows Pete Townshend of famous rock band The Who playing last night, Tuesday March 24th 2009, at the Brisbane Entertainment Centre.
For more of adam_weathered’s photos of last night’s gig by The Who, click here, and to visit his website, click here.
And this video by YouTube user DNQ1986 shows The Who playing their hit “You Better You Bet“:
Brisbane Film Festivals: German Film Festival, April 15-28 2009
There are twenty-two films being shown. Der Baader Meinhof Komplex, and Die Entdeckung der Currywurst (The Invention of the Curried Sausage) have both got me interested.
The full program and showing times for the Brisbane films are here, and you can book here – prices for most films are $15 adult and $13.50 concession.
Brisbane Creative Commons photos: "in for repairs"
“in for repairs” by khrawlings
This photo of an old lightship (at the Maritime Museum at Southbank, I think) is by flickr user khrawlings.
khrawlings has licenced this photo under a Creative Commons Attribution licence, which means you can use it for any reason you like as long as you give khrawlings credit and link to the page where the photo originally is.
For more info on Creative Commons in Australia, see the CCau website.
Brisbane Film: Queer Film Festival, April 3-9
Mom I Didn’t Kill Your Daughter, about two female-to-male transgendered lovers in Israel.
Passion and Power: The Technology of Orgasm, the story of the vibrator
and Blood on the Flat Track: The Rise of the Rat City Rollergirls, a documentary about the rise of roller derby in the USA.
Ticket details are here.
Brisbane Theatre: He Died with a Falafel In His Hand
UPDATE: Looking for the revival of He Died with a Felafel In His Hand in January 2010? Click here!.
END UPDATE
Next Friday, March 27th, the Arts Theatre production of “He Died With A Falafel In His Hand” is opening. The play is an adaptation of Brisbane author John Birmingham‘s classic book about the horrors of share-house living – you can buy the book from Amazon here.
This video shows some of what’s in store: the video is NOT SAFE FOR KIDS OR WORK (just like the show):
You can see dates and times of performances here until the show opens. Once the show opens, you can find performance details here. The show runs until Saturday May 2, over 17 performances. Tickets are $25 for adults and $20 concession.
The show is at the Brisbane Arts Theatre, 210 Petrie Tce, Brisbane City (click here for a Google Map).
If you’re on Facebook, you can join the play’s group here
John Birmingham writes the Blunt Instrument blog at the Brisbane Times, and his personal blog Cheeseburger Gothic is here
UPDATE, April 22nd: There’s been some controversy about the rather “adult” nature of the play. A “home reviewer” on ABC local radio 612AM only gave the play 5/10, and a member of the Arts Theatre took exception to the “gratuitous obscenity and pornography” in the play – despite the play making about $30 000 for the Arts Theatre, which is badly in need of the cash.
(BTW, there’s no pornography on display – the most “pornographic” it gets is girls wearing only a bra on their top while still in a skirt, and a guy naked with his hands covering his penis. And the obscenity isn’t gratuitous, you have to pay to see it).
I went to see the play on Sunday April 19th and loved it. And I got lucky – author John Birmingham gave an hour-long talk after the play was finished, so I basically got two shows for the price of one. Some of the topics he talked about included his time working for the Defence Department, the history of the Falafel book, and the hunched-shouldered resentment of one of the people who served as a model for a character in the book. You can listen to the talk if you click here.
UPDATE 2: Read Rave Magazine’s review of Falafel – click here
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Easterfest (Australian Gospel Music Festival) at Toowoomba April 10-12 2009
If you want to know more about which local acts you should see at Easterfest, the Queensland artists playing at Easterfest 2009 include:
Nainby, shown here perfoming “Rain Down”. Nainby’s website is here, and the Nainby MySpace page is here.
JMX*2000 – click here for their MySpace page
Chris Poulsen Trio, shown in this video performing “Riverside Expressway”. Chris Poulsen Trio’s website is here, and their MySpace page is here.
Cindy-Leigh Boske – this video playlist shows her performing “You’re Beautiful” and “It’s Gonna Take Time” in Disneyland, USA. Cindy-Leigh Boske’s MySpace page is here, and her main website is here.
Citipointe Live (shown in this video singing “You Reign”) – click here for their YouTube channel, and click here for their website, and here for their MySpace page.
Tim Nelson, performing “Hide and Seek”, Tim Nelson on Triple J Unearthed, and his MySpace page
Scat Jazz, performing George Gershwin’s “I Got Rhythm”. Their MySpace page is here, their website is here and their YouTube channel is here.
Don’t Come Monday, shown here performing their song “The Start”. Don’t Come Monday’s MySpace page is here.
Mark Lowndes (seen here performing “Butterfly”) – Mark Lowndes’ MySpace page is here.
Fatis Valour – this video shows Callum Galloway playing their song “I Fall”. Fatis Valour’s MySpace page is here.
Mibus, seen in this video performing “Baruch Adonai”. Mibus’ MySpace page is here.
The Smart – this video is the film clip for their song “Smithereens”. The Smart’s MySpace page is here.
Jason McGregor, who’s covering Steely Dan’s “Josie” in this video. Jason’s MySpace page is here.
Roby Curtis, performing his song “To Change” in this video. Roby Curtis’ MySpace page is here.
Mike Frost and the Icemen, seen here playing at the Queenstown Jazz Festival 2008 in New Zealand. Mike Frost and the Icemen’s MySpace page is here, and their website is here. (It’s Geocities! I thought that was completely dead now!)
Guests Only
Jonathan White
Andrew Boardman
Christopher Wayne
Peter Pelicaan
Dave Larkin
Old Boys Gospel Band
Caleb Baker
Ada Richards
Rob Steffer and Des Dougherty
Ripple Effect
Holly Miranda Lovell
Psalm Blues Band
MPT Trio
Brisbane Zombie Walk: Postponed due to Problems and Setbacks
The reason is that this year the organisers of the Walk will have to pay for Police to be there – just like the organisers of huge sports events have to, except that the Zombie Walk isn’t designed to make money. It’s entirely possible that this is because of some moronic behaviour last year that resulted in an injury.
But all is not lost! It just means some fundraising events will be held this year so the organisers can afford to pay for the police. So if you’d like to help out, you might want to send an email off to zombie@brisbanezombiewalk.com
