I hear that Madame Sousou on Brunswick St is expanding next door into the space formerly occupied by Dada Cuts / Heading Out / GI Joes hair salons.
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Monthly archives: June 2010
this is definitely art 1 – lego in the footpath
No, you’ve got it completely wrong, I expect people to say. You idiot, it’s for blind people to know where the footpath ends so they don’t keep walking into the street without stopping. I say you’re not interrogating the site with a sufficiently critical eye.…
highly sort (sic) after – vigilante editor vs real estate
Literacy is wasted on real estate people. If only it were possible to identify potential real estate agents at an early age. They could be left alone to drool over German car catalogues for the next decade instead of wasting taxpayers’ money trying in vain to teach them how to write and how to tell the truth.…
Fitzroy history – 14-16 Gertrude St
This c1978 photo of 14-16 Gertrude St is simply described as ‘houses’, which is not very helpful. I do not know if it was already a doctor’s surgery at this time, but it is now. The building seems to have changed little in the past 30 years.…
i am someone else
More alleged art in a laneway. Nice 80s costume. Do you have anything to say?
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tell me where to go – Mario’s pizza on Johston St
As promised in my new ‘tell me where to go‘ review project, I have reviewed the winner of my first poll – Mario’s pizza on Johnston St. I went there on a cold Sunday night and ordered two medium pizzas: a capricciosa (ham, mushrooms, anchovies and olives) and a vulcano (hot salami, olives, capers and chilli).…
mermen
Poster on a laneway wall off Rose St. I’m assuming it’s for a band? If it’s not advertising it may be art. I hope it’s advertising…
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lunch at the Rochester Commercial Wine Tavern, Rochester
On a recent motorcycle road trip I passed through the tiny Victorian town of Rochester, and stopped at the Rochester Commercial Wine Tavern for lunch. Their veal schnitzel with very garlicky mash and sauteed vegetables was delicious and was exactly what I needed to warm my insides and placate my hunger.…
live from the Night Cat on Johnston St
Two good recent videos of band performing at the Night Cat on Johnston St.
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