Category Archives: Stuff

It’s not me, it’s you: Office: Mac 2011 = Crazymaking

Posted on 15 March 2013 by andyq

4 Feb 2013 As an editor, and a mac user, the main tool of my trade is Office: Mac 2011. I wish I had a better tool. Regularly, my documents will suddenly show me a blank dialogue box. Then the … Continue reading →

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Kamahl Extras!

Posted on 31 October 2012 by andyq

Kamahl Interview, Part 2: Extras! When I arrived at Kamahl’s beautiful and spacious home in quiet North Sydney, he asked me to sit down at his table, and apologized if there were any problems with our interview time. He had … Continue reading →

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Here’s Kamahl

Posted on 31 October 2012 by andyq

[In 2009, I had the great privilege to interview one of Australia’s music legends, Kamahl, for Peril Magazine. I recently checked on it to share it with a friend who was recently hanging with Kamahl… and discovered that their archives … Continue reading →

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Our culture stagnating

Posted on 28 June 2012 by andyq

Ages ago, a friend forwarded me an article from Vanity Fair. From January 2012, Kurt Anderson argues that our culture and style has stagnated in reaction to so much technological and political change (we’re exhausted by change and hang onto … Continue reading →

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What I learned in voice class

Posted on 24 June 2012 by andyq

I just finished 8 weeks of ‘Contemporary Singer 2‘ class at the Sydney Conservatorium of music with Edoardo Santone as our teacher. Final concert was last week! Phew. It went well. What I learned My past singing didn’t given me … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Anne Tyler’s Back When We Were Grown Ups

Posted on 26 November 2011 by andyq

Back When We Were Grown Ups by Anne Tyler My rating: 2 of 5 stars I’ve read a few Anne Tyler novels, way back when, and obviously liked them enough to keep returning to them. She creates memorable, fully-dimensional characters … Continue reading →

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Film Review: We need to talk about Kevin

Posted on 17 November 2011 by andyq

The film, ‘We need to talk about Kevin’, has gotten some great reviews – I’d heard the buzz, so when my buddy John told me about free tickets to a preview here in Sydney, I readily agreed. Tilda Swinton is … Continue reading →

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Postcards

Posted on 9 October 2011 by andyq

Remember postcards? That you send through the post? I still see them for sale, but does anyone send them anymore? I certainly don’t. I remember a short phase where e-postcards were created. But it was still easier to just find … Continue reading →

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1992 Application Photo

Posted on 23 August 2011 by andyq

I’m archiving again. I’m kind of always archiving. I used to have the excuse that it was because I was a writer, and I needed to hang onto that sort of thing. Now, I know how to both indulge that … Continue reading →

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New Website 2011

Posted on 9 August 2011 by andyq

When discussing with my pal, Tim, about how to update our other website, our project on sexual racism, I realised that my own website badly needed updating. First of all, while I loved the animation on the front door, I … Continue reading →

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