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I didn’t know The Gifthorse for much of their lifespan, but there isn’t a day that goes by where I don’t wish they were still around. LAST NIGHT I DREAMT OF SOMETHING MORE / AND IT OPENED UP MY TIRED EYES. I first heard about the band through Hoist Rocky Online – a now-defunct internet [...]
Everyone has a past life they aren't proud of. In mine, I worked as a music publicist.
Before that though, I worked as a pizza waitress at a death trap dive of a cafe in the hilly Brisbane suburb of Paddington. The boss was a sleaze, my co-workers were addicts of varying persuasion and I kept fucking up people's orders.
I've spent the last month or so at ABC Sunshine Coast, filling in as a producer for their Breakfast and Mornings programs. Here is some audio of the things I've been doing.
Roller derby explained by sophiebenjamin After almost two years of set-backs and hurdles, Toowoomba’s first Roller Derby team will play their first bout in Brisbane this Saturday. “We couldn’t be more excited,” skater Ellen Grinham enthuses. “We’ve had a lot of hurdles to get here, even in the last week we’ve had one skater [...]
Published in the March 2011 issue of Triple J Magazine.
