Category: Peripatetic
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Of Child Soldiers and English Football
It is an unforgettable scenario – sitting with a warlord in a bar in an African jungle, surrounded by child soldiers, and sipping beer while we discuss who will win the FA cup. 15 minutes.
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A Surge of Dead Acid from the Base of the Brain
3. Wollongong in the early 80’s. Burning out from union work, loss of philosophical framework leads to mental breakdown, good bye Australia and hello world. 6 minutes.
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Pubescence in the Bland lands
2 Pubescence in Bland Lands relates to Keon Park in the five years from 1967 to 1972. These are the puberty years. Parts 1 and 3 were written first and then I decided to write this as the connecting part. 3 minutes.
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A shilling for a blow job. Two for a pack of fags
1. Thornbury, Melbourne in the 1960s. A daily newspaper published a Life In The Burbs series where people romanticise their childhood – lines like ‘it was raining and we had to push the car through the mud and vomit and loved it.’ This contribution provided a different perspective, which wisely the editorial team declined. 3…