A different take on graffiti at the Fitzroy nursery on Brunswick St.
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Monthly archives: May 2009
Toodouri Korean BBQ on Victoria St, North Melbourne
To my vegan and vegetarian friends: please don’t read this post. It’s not for you. It’s about Korean BBQ. They don’t put tofu on the BBQ. Read about the delicious vegan food available at Wabi Sabi Salon instead. Now, on with the review of Toodouri Korean BBQ on Victoria St. I recently ate there for the first time with a friend who is a regular and really enjoyed the meal and the experience.
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Fitzroy history – indulging in a drunken orgy
As reported in the Age, the National Library of Australia has released a beta of Australian Newspapers, a website that publishes archives of Australian newspapers. It’s an amazing new online resource for historical research, and it contains a lot of stories about Fitzroy. I’m going to use it to find curious stories to continue my series of posts about the history of Fitzroy. The first story is about a drunken orgy that occurred in January 1916.…
Swapmeet at Rose St Markets
SneakerFreaker is holding a swapmeet tomorrow at the Rose St markets.
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Found Sound in Carlton
On 20 May 2009 I attended a performance at Found Sound: the experimental instrument project on Bouverie St in Carlton. Found Sound is a series of musical and sound art events featuring performers playing experimental instruments. This night’s performers were Pia van Gelder with her amazing voice mask and James Hullick manipulating robotic sound sculptures.
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Philhellene Greek restaurant in Moonee Ponds
Reader, I must confess that while I enjoy exploring Melbourne and do willingly leave the inner north regularly, my knowledge of the inner west is very poor. Long before Fitzroyalty started I used to spend a lot of time in St Kilda and Elwood. The inner south and inner east are areas I get to occasionally, and I like going to the London tavern in Richmond and even had a great breakfast in Malvern. The inner north I know better, and I am confident of finding a good breakfast in Thornbury, for example.…
another Night Cat mural update
Work continues sporadically on the Night Cat mural on Young St. The dates I use are the days I took the photos, and don’t necessarily reflect the dates of the work. This spray can character had a temporary face (17 May 2009) that was later replaced (24 May 2009).
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sex, free will and personal responsibility
I’ve been following the football group sex news with detached bemusement. I have no moral issue with consensual group sex, and am bored by the petty moralising that the media is indulging in. Safe, sane and consensual sex can take many forms. I am primarily interested in whether the parties involved are sane and whether their behaviour is consensual.
Physical experiences like sex can have great emotional power. It is common for people to consent to behaviour that others define as exploitative, humiliating, degrading or dangerous.…
News Ltd: we would like to spam you
As part of my ongoing analysis of legacy media’s lame attempts to understand social media, I’ve reported on the new site The Punch that News Ltd is planning to launch in June 2009. I tried to sign up for notifications about the site, but refused to follow through with it when I read their greedy and spammy terms and conditions:
Thank you [email address]. To complete your subscription, please read and agree to the Disclosure Statement (below), Privacy Policy and the Terms & Conditions and then click the submit button.
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