Sitting in the wings waiting to enter the press pit, neon yellow media sticker placed firmly on my chest to identify me as a Photographer, the nervous energy builds in my chest. Final camera checks are done as the adrenalin pumps through my veins. There is no time for preparation, no chance to survey the…
Category: live review
[Live Review] Imagine Dragons
Imagine Dragons Brisbane Riverstage September 5 : Triple J winners British India warmed up the 5,000 strong crowd at the Brisbane Riverstage as an eclectic mix of young hipsters, parents and children came out to see Imagine Dragons perform under the stars on the warm spring evening. The Las Vegas natives proved that they had…
[Live Review] The Last Flapper
The Last Flapper Brisbane Fringe Festival Starring Rebecca Elise Lamb Reload Cafe, August 22: There is nothing more tragic to live your life in another person’s shadow. To be talented and beautiful and never get recognition for that. The life of Zelda Fitzgerald was such a tragic tale, always in the shadow of her famous…
[ Live Review] The Grates
What seems like an entourage of misfits entering the stage call themselves The Grates. Bedecked in black turtle necks and capes the guitarists take their place ready to begin. Patience Hodgson the lead singer enters dressed in a orange fur cape that looks to be home made, a menagerie of stuffed toys, Kewpie dolls and…
[Movie Review] Irrational Man
We all have moments of melancholy when the deep current of life’s tribulations drag us down, drowning us in sorrow and despair. Abe Lucas ( Joaquin Phoenix) is an over weight philosophy professor drowning in his own despair and has lost all zest for life when he moves to a small town to teach at…
[Movie Review] Mission : Impossible Rogue Nation
As the iconic music plays, from the first few opening scenes of the new Mission: Impossible movie, Rouge Nation it is clear that it is going to be an edge of the seat nail-biting action movie and one hell of a ride. Ethan Hunt ( Tom Cruise) is on the International chase for a terrorist…
[Movie Review] Amy
She was an old soul, a jazz singer with an amazing voice and a penchant for fast living and hard drugs. She was Amy Winehouse and the world has never know a voice like hers and never will again. Directed by Asif Kapadi and simply titled ” Amy” the movie is a collection of both…
[Movie Review] Magic Mike XXL
In 2012 Magic Mike became one of the most successful films about men that was for women. Millions of women the rushed to cinemas, guiltless to watch Channing Tatum and company as they gyrated and thrusted their way into female fantasies the world over. It was a first, a movie made purely for the enjoyment…
[Live Review] Queensland Cabaret Presents Transformer
Queensland Cabaret Presents Transformer the Album in Concert June 20: The 1960s saw the summer of love on Haight- Ashbury, the art of Andy Warhol and his muse Candy Darling along with music that would shape a generation. It was Hendrix, Woodstock and free love. The 60s also produced one of the most influential bands…
[Live Review] Ash Grunwald
Ash Grunwald The Triffid June 19 The petite blonde Brisbane girl Sahara Beck warms up the crowd for her short set at The Triffid. This talented guitar playing powerhouse has been a favorite opener for many musicians in Brisbane lately and is making quite a name for herself with her mellow music yet resounding voice….