Out of the mouths of children...
After a particularly ferocious lion-like roar, Mr four-and-a-half said “Ow, that hurt my breath!”. I said, “You mean it hurt your throat”. He replied, “No. It hurt my……words”.
February 2010
3 posts
As many concerts I can remember...still racking my brains
I first began compiling a list of concerts I have been to as a journal on Last.fm almost three years ago. My recollection for the early years is patchy and I am sure I have missed quite a few, but a bit of googling has helped with a few dates. If anyone can remember going to something with me that is not on the list, let me know!
Pre-1986
1980 Studio audience of Countdown - Gore Hill Studios, Sydney. “Live” bands included Mi-Sex and Moscow was #1 on the charts.
1982 (approx.) Radiators and Australian Crawl - A paddock somewhere outside Nowra, NSW
1985 (approx.) Sandii and the Sunsetz - Tivoli, Sydney
1987-1991 - University
1988 Pink Floyd - Entertainment Centre, Sydney (30 January)
1988 Nick Cave reading from And the Ass Saw the Angel - Mandolin Theatre (23 March)
Shriekback - Holme Building, Sydney University
They Might Be Giants - Holme Building, Sydney University
1990 Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - Enmore Theatre (July)
1990 Depeche Mode - Hordern Pavillion, Sydney (31 August)
Soul II Soul - Hordern Pavillion, Sydney
Run DMC - Hordern Pavillion, Sydney
Painters & Dockers - Tivoli, Sydney
Hunters and Collectors - Wentworth, Sydney Uni
Andy 500 - Strawberry Hills Hotel (a few occasions)
Tex Perkins - somewhere on Parramatta Rd, Sydney
Concrete Blonde and Andy Prieboy - Selinas, Sydney
The Hummingbirds - various occasions
Crowded House - Wentworth, Sydney Uni
The Crystal Set, Mental as Anything - Selinas, Sydney
Dream Warriors - Paddington?, Sydney
Faith No More - The Venue, Dee Why, Sydney
Bob Downe - Metro, Sydney
1991-1995 - England
1992 The Sugarcubes - Brixton Academy, London
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - Brixton Academy, London
1992 Shonen Knife - The Junction, Cambridge (4 December)
1992 Directions In Groove - Kinsellas, Sydney
Ministry - Brixton Academy, London
Salt n Pepa - The Corn Exchange, Cambridge
The Cramps - The Corn Exchange, Cambridge
Colonel Hathi’s Dawn Patrol - Cambridge on various occasions at various locations
The Cure - The Corn Exchange, Cambridge
Ministry - Brixton Academy, London
They Might Be Giants - Islington, London
Shriekback - Islington (The Garage?), London
1994 The Ramones - The Astoria, London
The Whitlams - Atlas, Sydney
1998 Portishead - Hordern Pavillion, Sydney (27 April)
Kaempfert Zone
They Might Be Giants - Metro, Sydney
Massive Attack - Enmore Theatre, Sydney
Jungle Brothers - Metro, Sydney
Bob Downe - Metro, Sydney
The Cruel Sea
TISM
The Radium Club Hepsters - Various dates and venues
The Prodigy and Regurgitator - Selinas, Sydney
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - Metro, Sydney
2000 Ute Lemper - Sydney Opera House
Monsieur Camembert and Marsala
2004 Taraf de Haidouks - State Theatre, Sydney (January)
2004 Elvis Costello - State Theatre, Sydney (November)
2006 U2 - Telstra Stadium, Sydney (10 November)
2006 Camille O’Sullivan - Sydney Opera House
2007 Gotan Project - Sydney Opera House
2007 Monsieur Camembert - The Vanguard, 2007 Sydney
2007 Monsieur Camembert & Guests - The Vanguard, 2007 Sydney (14 April)
2007 Herbie Hancock - State Theatre, Sydney (23 April)
2007 The Radium Club Hepsters - Darling Harbour Jazz & Blues Festival, Sydney (11 June)
2007 Monsieur Camembert - The Factory, Sydney (23 June)
2007 The Bad Plus - Jazz Cafe Camden, London (18 July)
2007 Camerata Portena - Sydney Opera House
2007 The Stems, Radio Birdman, Hoodoo Gurus - Enmore Theatre (14 September)
2007 Laurie Anderson - Sydney Opera House (22 October)
2008 Pink Martini - Riverside Theatre, Sydney (8 January)
2008 Sufjan Stevens - State Theatre, Sydney (13 January)
2008 CocoRosie - The Factory, Sydney (8 March)
2008 Jesus and Mary Chain, The Rakes - Enmore Theatre, Sydney (2 April)
2008 DJ Shadow and Cut Chemist - The Big Top, Luna Park, Sydney (19 April)
2008 Sonny Rollins - Sydney Opera House (1 June)
2008 Barry Adamson - The Factory, Enmore, Sydney (20 June)
2008 Emir Kusturica and the no-smoking orchestra - Sydney Opera House (29 June)
2008 The Breeders - The Metro, Sydney (2 August)
2009 Gary Numan - Enmore Theatre (5 March)
2009 Lee Scratch Perry - Sydney Opera House (11 June)
2010 Antony and the Johnsons - Sydney Opera House (31 January)
"National Debt for Beginners"
I just started reading National Debt for Beginners by Simon Johnson (of Baseline Scenario) and James Kwak. I haven’t got very far, but I suspect it is going to irritate me as is has not started well. Early on they introduce the simplistic monetarist argument:
Another way to close a budget gap is for the Federal Reserve to “print” another $100 billion or so, but that can lead to inflation. Imagine there were the same amount of stuff in the world, but suddenly everyone had twice as much money: The price of everything would simply double, and no one would be any better off.
This is, of course, an unrealistic scenario that which provides no real insight into macro-economics. There can never be “the same amount of stuff in the world” under different government spending scenarios, since “stuff” includes all economic activity generated in exchange for money: goods and services. Since the level of economic activity varies with, among other things, changes in government fiscal activity, it is simply not meaningful to say that if the government had spent less there would have been the same amount of “stuff” but less money in the system, therefore less inflation. In situation such as the one the US currently faces, with government inaction there would be a lot less stuff too, and it should be pretty clear that inflation is the least of the US’s worries at the moment.
Anyway, I will keep reading and see if the article improves.
January 2010
11 posts
A few more Jervis Bay photos
Finally got the photos off my camera (as opposed to just the iPhone snaps). The beaches here are Summercloud Bay and Murray’s Beach, both in the Booderee National Park.
