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Classic quotes from the Australian street press – 2: Washington
Second up, complete nonsense about everyone’s favourite Australian pop saviour. Sorry, that should read *more* complete nonsense. “The title track, ‘How to Tame Lions’, is just a dream for the senses....
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Classic quotes from the Australian street press – 3: Angus and Julia Stone
Is the writer or the editor more at fault here? “Their trademark gentle acoustic offering that acted more as a gentle outline…” You decide. “For folk singers, turning up the amp can be the difference...
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Classic quotes from the Australian street press – 4: Animal Collective*
As Shaun Prescott writes on Facebook, “HAHAHA look how many times this guy references Animal Collective”… This would actually be a pretty neat way of damning a band with faint praise, except – uh –...
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Classic quotes from the Australian street press – 5: U2
“I’m fair-minded. If U2 ever made a good record I’d give it a good review” – Everett True (Collapse Board), lecture to Southampton Solent University students, 17/1/11 MORAL: No cooks? No broth.
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The 12 Worst Questions Asked by Australian Media at Snoop Dogg’s Only...
by Bianca Valentino Thursday I attended US hip-hop personality Snoop Dogg’s only Australian press conference for the release of latest album Doggumentary, held at the Jupiters Hotel & Casino...
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10 Most Read Entries on Collapse Board, 11.04.11 – 18.04.11
No surprise about the top entry. Also, female writers represent! For the first time since I started these charts, there are as many female writers featured as male. Well, excluding me … 1. Odd Future...
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These people are the enemy
I couldn’t let the following exchange of views pass without comment. There seems to be a certain type of person who hates anything that doesn’t support their worldview … I have no idea why, maybe they...
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Classic quotes from the Australian mainstream press – 1: Explosions In The Sky
I don’t care if the writer (Rachel Olding) is paraphrasing another writer, or is simply hiding her embarrassment at using such a crass (and badly-written) metaphor behind the time-honoured device of...
View ArticleClassic quotes from the Australian street press – 7: Brody Dalle
From the review of the new Brody Dalle album, Diploid Love, in yesterday’s MX, the free paper that they hand out at train and bus stations in Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne. Not a music publication...
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