“West arrived in Beijing with vague hopes of writing a book. He is now one of few Australian memoirists with a US publishing deal.” More

Shocked. Then pleased to my toes. I received this email today from my friends at China Radio International, Beijing. More

You don’t ‘hang’ in Tiananmen. There’s nothing to see. A dozen vans patrol tourists. It’s hard to get in; with streets petitioned, the massive square is an island. There’s an eerie dialogue between Mao’s eyes and his mausoleum; he watches over his own dead body. I feel like I’m trespassing on a grave. In Tiananmen, you walk through the shadow of China’s struggle for order. More

Last night we performed our Remixing History gig at the MCA as part of a festival that seems to have three names (to compensate for something, Sydney?). Creative Sydney, which is part of Vivid Sydney which is part of Luminous Sydney. Creative, vivid AND luminous! Like a Sydney drag queen, or a coked-up private school girl puking in the Cross.  We’re three times cooler than Melbourne! More

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