By Darragh|Music Writing, Record review, Writing|Be the first to comment!
I reviewed Soundcrane for Rave Magazine a few weeks ago. It’s a record featuring a host of Brisbane artists doing songs connected to Japanese culture, including popular music, TV themes and movie scores. It’s been put out to help raise funds for those suffering as a result of the Japanese earthquake and consequent nuclear [...]
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This interview appeared in Rave Magazine on 10 May, 2011. Peter was a pretty engaging guy. Unfortunately, something went dramatically wrong with my recording equipment and made it difficult to make out some of what he was saying. I recall him being fairly damning of contemporary children’s music but his points were well though out [...]
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Back around the middle of May 2011, I was asked to help put together a special feature for an upcoming ’boutique’ music event in Brisbane by the name of Track and Field for Rave Magazine. This event was being put together by Mucho Bravado and Amplifire Music and featured Ball Park Music, The Jungle Giants, [...]
Continue Reading →By Darragh|General, Internship, Site News, United Nations|Be the first to comment!
It’s been some time since I’ve blogged here. About a year in fact. My bad. I’m sorry, I’ve been busy. Anyway, I’ve finally gotten around to putting something up of use. The UN Internship FAQ. People kept commenting on my blog entries or sending me private message asking questions so I collated their questions and [...]
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The UN Security Council I visited the UN Security Council about two weeks ago. Here is an article I wrote on the experience for the intern newsletter. One of the perks of being an UN intern is the ability to waltz into open Security Council meetings. While attempting to inconspicuously dance your way past security [...]
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I’ve been here now a bit over two weeks and thus far it has been a bit of a blast. My fellow interns are generally a fairly sociable bunch so I have been kept occupied by late night trips to the lower east side, karaoke in the Upper East Side and various jaunts around midtown [...]
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