Another year, another super-soaking of inner Newcastle with a spray of the bizarre to the sublime. Density of programming, and that everything happens alongside the National Young Writers Festival, Sound Summit ( a gathering of independent record labels and artists), … Continue reading
by j p, October 9, 2009 1 Comment
2008 marks a decade of the TINA festival, which each year brings together people from all ends of the country ( and globe) to Newcastle for a weekend of gigs, workshops, exhibitions, installations, panels and general mayhem. It’s actually an … Continue reading
by j p, September 29, 2008 1 Comment
Fond of getting their electrical freak on, The International Dorkbot ‘movement’ is an interconnected hard & software hacking community of sorts, spread from Barcelona to Mumbai, Rotterdam to Melbourne and San Francisco. Members of Dorkbot Ghent, the Belgian node of … Continue reading
by j p, September 20, 2004 0 comments
The vast possibilities of music, Example 1: Frontside 5-0 grind on the steps of a gargantuan Mozart statue in Vienna. Wolfgang Amadeus looking down at a fallen skater soaking music thru a scraped shin. Sharp pain soothed by a passing, … Continue reading
by j p, September 17, 2002 0 comments
Peeps b.gettin their freek on in Newcastle again soon, with the return of the good ship Electrofringe, sailing thru from Oct 2-7 alongside the National young writers fest & the Sound Summit. Will be interviewing a few of the guest … Continue reading
by j p, August 9, 2002 0 comments