by Ian Bell | Sep 9, 2021 | Music, News, Pop Culture
[NEWS] by Ian Bell… welcoming the return of ABBA. What crazy times we live in: corruption, extremism, little or no compassion for the rights of humans and animals, we have terrorism, fake information, war, the growing gap between the poor and wealthy, global...
by Ian Bell | Feb 28, 2021 | Adelaide Festivals, Adelaide Fringe 2021, Live Music, Music, Reviews
[MUSIC ~ AUS] The Moa (open-air) at Gluttony, Sat 27 Feb. “He’s joined that stupid club,” Kurt Cobain’s mother is believed to have said on the news of her sons passing death in 1994. ‘The ‘club’ is a mythical clique of rockers who all died before their 28th Birthday:...
by Dave Bradley | Aug 17, 2020 | Book, Books, Reviews
Oliver Stone (Hachette Australia) 2020, 342pp, RRP: Paperback $35.00. The multi-multi-award-winning Stone’s first of what should be several properly autobiographical tomes is a sometimes intense, occasionally overly personal memoir that, perhaps, is too overloaded...
by Dave Bradley | Dec 19, 2019 | Book, Books, Reviews
Mick Wall (Hachette Australia) 2019, 310pp, paperback RRP $32.99 Indefatigable rock and roll biographer Wall has previously turned out very readable but somewhat conventional books upon Metallica, Guns N’ Roses, Black Sabbath, Foo Fighters, Lou Reed, Prince and many...
by David Robinson | Aug 1, 2019 | Live Music, Music, Reviews
[MUSIC ~ UK] Governor Hindmarsh Hotel, Wed 31 Jul. It’s a sold-out show at The Gov tonight, where the masses have assembled to get as close as they can to a live performance from the late, lamented Doors. The Doors Alive, a UK tribute outfit that have been...