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Wide angle reviews,
interviews and opinion
by writer Graham Reid
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WAYNE MACAULEY INTERVIEWED (2013): You want fries with that book?
If you're a fan of MasterChef and have glossy recipe books on your shelves, then Melbourne's Wayne Macauley has a novel for you. If you despise... more >>
Timothy Leary: You Can Be Anyone This Time Around (1970)
Older, if not wiser, "heads" will know exactly who Dr Timothy Leary was -- an advocate of the widespread use of LSD to change cultural... more >>
Bernard Butler: Woman I Know (1998)
Was it Bob Dylan who said something to the effect, "amateurs borrow, professionals steal"? Not to encourage plagiarism, but Bernard... more >>
Marilyn Monroe: You'd Be Surprised (1956)
Although it's hardly surprising that Marilyn Monroe would sing a song as suggestive as this interest alights on who wrote it. Yep, the man also... more >>
Terry Allen: Bottom of the World (Allen/Southbound)
On the basis of his excellent Lubbock on Everything of '79, you'd probably always give country singer Allen the benefit of the doubt. But this... more >>
JOSH RICHARDSON OF FLAVOR CRYSTALS INTERVIEWED (2013): And the dream goes on
There's something important we need to know from Josh Richardson of the Minneapolis psyche-rock band Flavor Crystals: Is that square where Mary... more >>
The Veils: Time Stays, We Go (Rough Trade)
For my money Finn Andrews of the Veils wrote one the finest songs of the past five years with the exceptional Us Godless Teenagers on the 2011 EP... more >>
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Deerhunter: Monomania (4AD)
Mainman Bradford Cox keeps busy: this is Deerhunter's sixth album and he has a parallel career as the more experimental Atlas Sound. Increasingly... more >>
THE BARGAIN BUY: Various Artists; 100 Hits, 80s
Yes, it's easy to tick off who isn't represented among these 100 hits of the decade that discovered synths -- Prince, Madonna, Bowie, every decent... more >>
Salon Kingsadore: Anti-Borneo Magic (Sarang Bang)
The Auckland Observatory last year was
the perfect venue for Salon Kingsadore. While planets shifted and an
astral journey past the rings of... more >>
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