Category Archives: Review

Book Review: Galeano’s Mirrors: Stories of Almost Everyone

Posted on 13 April 2013 by andyq

Mirrors: Stories of Almost Everyone by Eduardo Hughes Galeano My rating: 4 of 5 stars I read Eduardo Galeano’s Memory of Fire trilogy when I was in my late teens. I wore it with pride, as it seemed to represent … Continue reading →

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Concert Review: Rickie Lee Jones at the Factory Theatre

Posted on 12 March 2013 by andyq

I’ve always found it interesting how we’re drawn to what type of music. It doesn’t matter whether we’ve shared life experience with the singer, or can even understand their language to be drawn in and then either like, or even … Continue reading →

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Books I read in 2012

Posted on 3 March 2013 by andyq

March already, and I never posted this up… Michael Ondaatje’s The Cat’s Table (Fiction) – My god, did I love this. What a great start to the year for reading. Tara Moss’s Split (Crime/Thriller) David Musgrave’s Phantom Limb (Poetry) Barbara … Continue reading →

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Restaurant Review: Momofuku Seibo Redux

Posted on 6 February 2013 by andyq

Even though it hasn’t been all that long since I’ve been to Sydney’s hottest new restaurant (though Movida these days seems to be giving it a run for its money), it was entirely necessary to go again so that the … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Jonathan Franzen’s Strong Motion

Posted on 16 January 2013 by andyq

Strong Motion by Jonathan Franzen My rating: 4 of 5 stars In Jonathan Franzen’s 1992 novel, ‘Strong Motion’, we see the prodigious talent that would bring him worldwide fame with ‘The Corrections’ and the more recent ‘Freedom’. I enjoy reading … Continue reading →

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Concert Review – Radiohead, 12 Nov 12, Sydney

Posted on 12 November 2012 by andyq

It’ll likely be sacrilegious for a Radiohead fan, but what I want to talk about in this review is the set. It was the most amazing set I’ve ever seen for a concert (and both Lady Gaga and Prince pulled … Continue reading →

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Terrible Gay Films: Keep the Lights On

Posted on 28 October 2012 by andyq

It makes sense, when one is in a minority, to seek out images and affirmation of the group one belongs to. So, gay film was certainly a part of my coming out process, and a way to explore and affirm … Continue reading →

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Paris Food Adventures, Day 3: Le Chateaubriand

Posted on 7 April 2011 by andyq

3 days, 6 memorable meals later (not to mention some good pastries and coffee for breakfast). I finished with a bang on Thursday night, 17 March 2011. The original inspiration for my culinary adventure was an article in the New … Continue reading →

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Restaurant Review: Celsius, Adelaide

Posted on 1 December 2010 by andyq

So, when I was in Adelaide for the Feast Festival, last weekend of November 2010, I stopped in to Celsius Restaurant on the way to the theatre. It had just received a review in the Adelaide Review which had more … Continue reading →

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