Word-whore. I write 'em. I talk 'em. Information, politics, media, and the cybers. I drink. I use bad words. All publication is a political act. All communication is propaganda. All art is pornography. All business is personal. All hail Eris! Vive les poissons rouges sauvages!
Australian author and reprobate John Birmingham joins me yet again for another conversation about everything from China to gonzo journalism, from Australia’s federal budget to Irish scammers.
Continue reading “The 9pm One Podcast, Two Systems, and a Ladydisease with John Birmingham”
The 9pm Autumn Series 2021 continues with this delightfully chaotic conversation with cartoonist and artist — yes it’s Tasmania’s own Jon Kudelka.
Continue reading “The 9pm Snakes, Steaks, and Mistakes with Jon Kudelka”
Monday 12 to Sunday 18 October 2020 was a good week. I wrote an interesting article. We made some videos for ZDNet that will appear very soon. And most significantly, I launched a crowdfunding campaign that I hope will help me make it through November and December.
Continue reading “Weekly Wrap 542: Cicadas cyber videos, and crowdfunding”
As the weeks drag on, all I feel like saying is that my week of Monday 20 to Sunday 26 July 2020 was much the same as so many others this year. I got a few things done, yet didn’t stray far from home I hope you and yours are doing well in these Quarantimes.
Continue reading “Weekly Wrap 530: Standing in fear by the half-open COVIDoor”
This episode it’s all about the year that was 2019, as it dissolves in unreality and disappears in a cloud of bushfire smoke.
Continue reading “The 9pm Arch Window of the Self-Pleasuring Breakdown of Reality”
What a surprise! The result of Australia’s federal election was the opposite of what nearly all the pundits had been predicting. And in a sense, nothing actually changed.
Continue reading “The 9pm Arch Window of the Curious Equilibrium”