by David Robinson | Nov 13, 2018 | Interviews, Live Music, Music
by David Robinson. In 1980, the last time he toured Australia, Eric Goulden (aka Wreckless Eric) was enjoying great success on the back of a number of UK singles. Songs like Reconnez Cherie and the unforgettable Whole Wide World had propelled him into the centre of...
by Dave Bradley | Jun 9, 2018 | Adelaide Festivals, Cabaret, Live Music, Reviews
[AUSTRALIA ~ ADELAIDE PREMIERE] Dunstan Playhouse, Fri 8 Jun. Director Rob Reiner’s, sorry, Marti DiBergi’s fake, sorry, VERY REAL documentary This Is Spinal Tap (1984) has a formidable following, and it took Tim Rogers and You Am I to realise that the band’s...
by Lynette Washington | Aug 24, 2015 | Books, Reviews
Sean Michaels (Bloomsbury) 2015, 347pp, RRP $19.99 Leon Termen is a scientific genius. Among many other things, he invented the Theremin, a musical instrument unlike any other. In the 1920s he leaves his homeland Russia to, ostensibly, promote his instrument in the...