Terepai Richmond, drummer for The Whitlams.
Tim Freedman, from The Whitlams.
Tim Freedman from The Whitlams.
Warwick Hornby, bassist for The Whitlams
Warwick Hornby, bassist for The Whitlams
One for the party faithful.
Oil painting of Gough Whitlam depicting a well read, intelligent and compassionate leader.
Oil on canvas
Sometimes endings take longer than it does to close the book. They can linger and waft about the room, not all things sweet can morph…
Sometimes endings take longer than it does to close the book. They can linger and waft about the room, not all things sweet can morph to rot in a blink of an eye. Cosmo says it takes 1/2 as long as the relationship as it does to get over some one. I pick up trivia like that. I don’t even read cosmo. I do read Frankie. Their cute sarcastic “20 things…” lists have much better advice, in my opinion. Some bands should only ever make one album, though if done so, it should be much longer than 12 tracks. The Whitlams. Eternal Night Cap. They didn’t need to make any other album, but they needed that one to last from friday’s jubilation, accross Saturday’s tangle, and stretch out accross sunday’s lazy resolve….ok, and then maybe one last 1 minute instrumental, for monday morning’s up and at ‘em. The only thing more dangerously narcisitic than naval gazing, is holding girl’s hands. The overlocker never stops dying on me. This evening it’s the needle arm, dropped limply in to the guts under the needle plate of the thing, somehow no longer connected to anything inside the upper lit caves, which has led to my current procrastination….or might we call it my spelling massacre? *Adieu
tim freedman, the whitlams
Live at Moomba, 8 March 2009. Unedited image.
Live at Moomba, 8 March 2009. Unedited image.
Unedited image. Live at Moomba, 8 March 2009.
Inspired by the devine tuneage of the Whitlams*
I ran across this quote by a former Australian Prime Minister, Gough Whitlam. “A healthy artistic climate does not depend solely on the work of a handful of supremely gifted individuals. It demands the cultivation of talent and ability at all levels. It demands that everyday work, run-of-the-mill work, esoteric and unpopular work should be given a chance; not so much in the hope that genius may one day spring from it, but because, for those who make the arts their life and work, even modest accomplishment is an end in itself and a value worth encouraging. The pursuit of excellence is a proper goal, but it is not the race itself.” RedBubble has people with all levels of experience and talent. For me this is part of its richness. And in my experience many who start the creative journey discover gifts they did not know they had. I would put myself in this category. But what do people think? is there room in the creative tent for all who would want to enter? And what about work that is unpopular or uncomfortable, where does this fit? Pilgrim Attribution Jail Cell by MayYouThinkArt / Gough Whitlam by Valerie Sherwood / Rada 1 by Remus Grecu / Shy by Priscilla Rodriguez Quote is taken from The Obstacle Race by Germaine Greer (1979 edition). (And a bit of warning there will be s site upgrade for approx 1 hour from 00.00 1 October – GMT/UTC see here for your time.)
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