for your questioning in Senate Estimates this evening on management culture in universities: here’s just some of what the Fair Work Ombudsman told the committee (forgive my paraphrasing), echoing what we in the sector already know: 🧵
If you're into it then genuinely more power to you, you do you – but i have to say these earlybird ticket prices are roughly about how much you'd have to pay me to attend literally any convention
Genuinely looks like one of the concerts of the year tonight, free, at the bowl, the MSO with ELAURA, HVSH, Nomad, Ag Johnson, and Sagnam Ensemble, conducted by
“The survey results were less positive about the student experience at university, with undergraduate coursework satisfaction rates at … their lowest level in more than a decade.”
With most classes online and most academics casuals, hardly a shock.
Absolutely incredible how much better the second Indiana Jones 5 trailer was from the first and that the sole difference is that this time they used the original John Williams arrangement of the Raiders March and not some 2023 virtual instrument trailer hackery
Always literally a pleasure to play a new Williams score, especially for a Spielberg film. Maybe some would find The Fabelmans sedate, but to me it’s irresistible as a 91 year old composer’s portrait of an old friend’s childhood.
Particularly pleased to be playing Kenneth Lampl’s score for Sissy today. Super different from what you generally gear in today’s horror movies, and Australian too!
- this time I’m playing the best new release soundtracks, including everything from Glass Onion, new John Williams with The Fabelmans, and local horror film kicking goals, Sissy.
Kristen Stewart earned an Oscar nomination for playing Princess Diana. Now she's taking on another real-life woman in Kirsten Johnson's Susan Sontag biopic. https://variety.com/2023/film/news/kristen-stewart-susan-sontag-biopic-kirsten-johnson-1235519168/…
Burt Bacharach, the legendary songwriter behind a string of huge hits, has died.
Watch him talk about composing perfect pop songs on the Tonight programme in 1964 on the BBC Archive YouTube channel: https://youtu.be/VrqKWsm8d4M
Check out our cheeky new Wood & Weather trailer!
A god-game set in a tiny wooden open-world.
Take control of a flying ethereal hand.
Change the weather!
Impress and inspire the little people.
Music by Dan Golding.
More info on Steam:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1677010/Wood__Weather…
Check out our cheeky new Wood & Weather trailer!
A god-game set in a tiny wooden open-world.
Take control of a flying ethereal hand.
Change the weather!
Impress and inspire the little people.
Music by Dan Golding.
More info on Steam:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1677010/Wood__Weather…
As an Indian it's wild how often I get asked what I think about Rudyard Kipling as an Indian and how infrequently I get asked what I think about Charles Dickens as an Indian, only one of these dudes had a burning personal passion for genocide of all Indians and it wasnt Kipling
Check out our cheeky new Wood & Weather trailer!
🏡 A god-game set in a tiny wooden open-world.
👉 Take control of a flying ethereal hand.
🌦 Change the weather!
💡 Impress and inspire the little people.
🎷 Music by Dan Golding.
More info on Steam:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1677010/Wood__Weather…
some thoughts on magic and technology
~ revealing the magician’s thread that weaves between ~ Penn and Teller ~ Red Dead Online ~ Arthur C Clarke ~ & ~ The Rehearsal
What if someone attended the minister’s next press conference and just popped a call to Centrelink on speakerphone. Answered before the end of the presser or nah?
This story about Budd Schulberg racing to find Nazi film footage for the Nuremberg trials & getting access to the vaults at Neubabelsberg after connecting with a Soviet major who had written two books about John Ford is incredible.
A day of firsts - first new Screen Sounds for 2023, and first Screen Sounds in the new time of Sundays at 3pm coming up.
I’m looking forward to the year ahead today - a preview of what soundtracks to listen out for in 2023. Coming up soon on @ABCClassic! https://abc.net.au/classic/programs/screen-sounds…
Honestly if ever a score deserved a current day Disney-level rerecording, it’s Menken’s Little Mermaid. The original was produced pretty tightly with a tiny orchestra. Despite the new version missing those original great singers it’ll be great to hear Menken’s work properly shine
A day of firsts - first new Screen Sounds for 2023, and first Screen Sounds in the new time of Sundays at 3pm coming up.
I’m looking forward to the year ahead today - a preview of what soundtracks to listen out for in 2023. Coming up soon on
Dating apps have become hugely popular, with millions of Australians now meeting each other online.
But many of the people using them say the apps are rife with abuse and sexual harassment that often goes unchecked.
Interview with Professor @KathAlburyhttps://abc.net.au/radio/programs/abc-news-daily/dating-app-safety/101912022…
Tudge sought legal advice from DHS chief counsel Annette Musolino... to use a loophole and release Cauzzo’s personal Centrelink record. The full machinery of government was then set towards smearing the reputation of the 28yo florist and musician. https://thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/politics/2023/02/04/fw-urgent-tudge-leaked-personal-data-cow-welfare-critics…
The Freeplay Independent Games Festival, a genuine institution of indie games in Aus that dates to 2004, is recruiting TWO paid positions: Creative Director and General Manager.
Totally unique opportunity to shape game culture. Closes 24 Feb, so get in.
) are hiring a new leadership team to take us into our third decade – a Creative Director and a General Manager!
We're offering both these roles on 2 year contracts at $79,040 pa at 0.3 FTE ($23,712 pro rated). #ausarts#artsjobs