Search results

Blogs by T-vvegas

1,137 total search results — Page 2 of 57

Madonna @ Allphones Arena

Blog — March 21, 2016

Madonna Allphones Arena Sydney, AUS March 19, 2016 Clickbait is a disease. A virus spreading from self-professed arbiters of taste under the veneer of information. According to the narrative of the latest headlines pertaining to Madonna’s Australian performances, M has become a “self-degrading alcoholic clown” because of an experimental, improvised …

Brian Posehn @ Factory Theatre

Blog — April 24, 2016

Brian Posehn Factory Theatre Sydney, Australia April 19, 2016   Humour and comedy is subjective. What one person finds funny another might cringe at. Cue E.B. White. Analysing comedy is like dissecting a frog: You might understand it better at the end but the frog dies as a result of …

Kadavar @ Manning Bar

Blog — May 4, 2016

Kadavar Manning Bar Sydney, Australia April 29, 2016 Kadavar are a Teutonic Teestubenrock band from the Grandfatherland, Berlin. Accomplished retro in sound, appearance, and vintage equipment – Kadavar looks like they were trapped in amber in 1972. The trio combines the filet pieces of the ‘70ies groovy, pompous hard rock, tinges …

Royal Headache @ Bald Face Stag Hotel

Blog — May 17, 2016

Royal Headache at Reverse Charges festival Bald Face Stag Hotel Sydney, Australia May 13, 2016   The monolithic water tower among the mainly Portuguese commercial offerings and vis-à-vis from the Masonic Temple in Petersham, one of Sydney’s inner west suburbs 6km south of its CBD, that graces the cover of Royal …

This Is Hop Hop Festival @ Hordern Pavilion

Blog — May 30, 2016

This is Hip Hop Festival Hordern Pavilion Sydney, Australia May 27, 2016   Hot tub hip-hop time machine: Featuring a nostalgic ‘90s focused line-up with all protagonists having had a substantial impact on all facets of American hip-hop culture throughout the years, the Australian mini-festival “This is Hip Hop” offered …

An Evening with Edward Snowden

Blog — May 30, 2016

An evening with Edward Snowden Big Top, Luna Park Sydney, Australia May 28, 2016 Moral ambiguity. Conflicting values. The need to keep people safe versus concerns about privacy. The boundaries of law. The transparent citizen. What constitutes a “good citizen”? Edward Snowden. Did his act of civil disobedience do his …

Björk Digital @ Carriageworks

Blog — June 9, 2016

Björk Digital Carriageworks Sydney, Australia June 4, 2016 The term “third place” was coined by Ray Oldenburg, an American urban sociologist, most prominently known for his elaborations on the importance of informal gathering places for a functioning civil society, democracy, and civic engagement. In short, where we meet our social …

Steel Panter @ Luna Park

Blog — June 27, 2016

Steel Panther Luna Park Sydney, Australia June 17, 2016 They are the biggest glam rock band that never was from 1985, in 2016.  Steel Panther has become bigger than any act that served as their source material. Histrionic comedy rock? Metal cabaret?                                                           Subversion of the entertainment industry?                                                              Performance art?                                                                               …

Dark Mofo 2016 @ Hobart, Tasmania

Blog — June 29, 2016

Dark Mofo 2016 Hobart, Tasmania Australia June 2016 Dark Mofo is the winter equivalent to MONA FOMA Festival – an outdoor extension of David Walsh’s subversive Disneyland, the home of sex and death, the Museum of Old and New Art, meant to celebrate the winter solstice and wash away …

We Lost the Sea @ Oxford Art Factory

Blog — June 30, 2016

We Lost The Sea Oxford Art Factory Sydney, Australia June 25, 2016   Vita contemplativa. The beauty of reveling in sadness. Saudade. A fond remembrance and the hope to retrieve what is lost by creation of something that provides consolation. The longing for something that is gone but might return …

Parkway Drive @ Sutherland Entertainment Centre

Blog — July 4, 2016

Parkway Drive Entertainment Centre Sutherland, Australia June 26, 2016 Parkway Drive is glam metalcore. “Metal” as in classic metal and anthemic choruses. “Core” as in simple, direct, angry, to the point and crowd-participation inducing. Glam metalcore that marries both camps successfully and thereby creating their own distinctive mélange. Over the …

The Beards @ Metro Theatre

Blog — July 6, 2016

The Beards Metro Theatre Sydney, Australia July 2, 2016   The concept of The Beards is simple – an Australian self-proclaimed “novelty band” from Adelaide that exclusively performs songs around the subject matter of beards. Variations of their monothematicism spans across five albums and their pro-beard agenda has been propagated …

Steve Wozniak @ Australian Technology Park

Blog — September 4, 2016

An evening with Steve Wozniak Australian Technology Park Sydney, Australia August 28, 2016   Think Inc. is a boundary pushing, Australia-based initiative dedicated to the promotion of intellectual discourse by bringing forward thinkers like Maajid Nawaz, Edward Snowden, Dr. Neil deGrasse, et alia down under. Tonight ‘twas Stephen Wozniak’s …

Apocalyptica @ Metro Theatre

Blog — September 27, 2016

Apocalyptica, We Lost the Sea Metro Theatre Australia, AUS September 24,2016 Rumor has it that Ritchie Blackmore tried to get into mastering the cello, the attention-getter among instruments – try to ignore a woman lugging one around, at some point of his career. He came to the conclusion that one …

Sounds of the Suburbs Festival @ Wilbar Lane

Blog — September 28, 2016

Sounds of the Suburbs Festival Wilbar Lane Cronulla, Sydney September 25, 2016 Cronulla, the “place of the pink seashells," is a beachside suburb, about 30 kilometers south of the Sydney central business district in the Sutherland Shire, an area serving as the backdrop for the classic 1981 coming of age …

Totally Unicorn @ Newtown Social Club

Blog — October 1, 2016

Totally Unicorn Newtown Social Club Sydney, AUS September 29, 2016 Do not let the name deter you: You want to see Totally Unicorn in all of their unbridled beauty before they blow up and no longer grace the confines of small clubs with their sweaty, nude, booze-soaked presence. It has …

Cirque du Soleil's Kooza @ Entertainment Quarter

Blog — October 11, 2016

Kooza, Cirque du Soleil Entertainment Quarter Sydney, AUS October 6, 2016 Kooza first premiered in 2007 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada where circus conglomerate Cirque du Soleil, the largest theatrical producer on this earthround, was founded in 1983 as part of the 450th anniversary celebrations of Jacques Cariter’s voyage to Canada. Defining …

Rites of Passage Tattoo Festival @ Olympic Park

Blog — October 18, 2016

Rites of Passage Tattoo Festival Olympic Park Sydney, AUS October 14-16, 2016 While it is questionable if getting a tattoo these days is based on such a spiritual superstructure as a “rite of passage, i.e. cutting yourself away from society, as was once was considered taboo and scrutinized has become recognized and …

Dandy Warhols @ Luna Park

Blog — November 6, 2016

Dandy Warhols Luna Park Sydney, AUS November 4, 2016 “Detached garage rock cool with effervescent pop melodies” sounds like a pretty astute description of the Dandy Warhols’ sound. Touring Australia on the back of their recently released album Distortland, the set list did not only include next songs of …

Destroyer 666 @ Max Watts

Blog — November 13, 2016

Destroyer 666 Max Watts Sydney, AUS November 5, 2016   Max Watts, the name of the venue of tonight’s black and thrash metal proceedings, is a play of the term “maximum wattage,” which seemed appropriate given that Destroyer 666 were holding court. It was a homecoming or sorts as the …