Textuary

Reviews

Movies

Accidental Hero
A.I.
Akira
Apollo 13
Citizen Kane
A Clockwork Orange
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Dave
Deliverance
Dungeons & Dragons
Empire of the Sun
The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser
The Godfather I-III
Honey, I Shrunk the Kids
The Hudsucker Proxy
Jacob's Ladder
Mallboy
The Man Who Wasn't There
Midnight Cowboy
Moulin Rouge
O Brother, Where Art Thou?
A Perfect World
The Producers
Reservoir Dogs
Reversal of Fortune
Riff-Raff
Schindler's List
Straw Dogs
Total Recall
Until the End of the World
Vertigo
The Seven Samurai
Wayne's World
Wayne's World 2
Yojimbo

Music

Australian Soundscape, Hot Westerly Winds of Mt. Isa
Clearing the Racks
Coldplay, Parachutes
Crowded House, Woodface
Ben Folds, Rockin' the Suburbs
Garbage, beautifulgarbage
Glide, Disappear Here
Midnight Oil, Diesel & Dust
Midnight Oil live at the Forum 5.5.2001
Muse, Origin of Symmetry
Pulp, Masters of the Universe
Radiohead, Kid A
Ride, Tarantula
Sigur Rós, Ágætis Byrjun
Sunscreem, Ten Mile Bank
U2, Rattle & Hum
Underground Lovers, Rushall Station
Underground Lovers, Mallboy, Evil 94.97, and live at the Evelyn 10.2.2001

See also The Twisted Bell

Books

Archibald Baxter, We Will Not Cease
John Clarke, A Complete Dagg
Philip Gourevitch, We Wish To Inform You...
James Hawes, Dead Long Enough
John Hersey, Hiroshima
Barry Humphries and Nicholas Garland, The Complete Barry McKenzie
David Morgan, Monty Python Speaks!
Roget's International Thesaurus

Other

Andrew Denton
Douglas Adams
Edward Bulwer-Lytton
George Orwell
The Giant Worm, Bass, Victoria
Jeffrey Zeldman Presents
The Kiwi Stand-Up Experience
René Magritte in the Age of Photoshop
The Sydney Olympics Opening Ceremony
The Tate Modern
The 2001 Melbourne Comedy Festival

Textuary contains some of my reviews, fiction and general writing from 1986-2001. For IT-related subjects see Grinding Noises, and for newer writings head to the Speedysnail Archives.

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Stories

Junior Doctor
Games
She Hasn't Changed
24/4/91

See also The Stand-Up

Politics

Australia

Why Do a PhD?
Trusting Aboriginal Tradition
The Republic Referendum
Yes or No? The 1988 Referenda

The World

International Moves Against Apartheid

See also Pacific Islands Politics

Comedy

Stand-Up

Astronaut
Rory's Barbecue
Elictrucuty
Unemployed
Oils Ain't Soap
I Have a Good Memory

Sketches

Drug Store
Real Estate
Rory's Novel
Workshop
Mr Whippy
Job Interview
Pigeon
Prehistory Today
Classical Review
Son of Das Boot
The Write Stuff
Current Affairs
Ties

Random Silliness

The Greenhouse Effect
Data's Contractions
Johnny: A Cautionary Tale
Z-Y-Xs
Fun With Keyboards
2001: An Advertising Odyssey
Coin Reform!

Metacomedy

Comedy Albums

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