Everyone is an authoethnographer

January 27, 2015

University life is impoverished at the most obvious level by diminishing levels of public funding, and this situation reflects (although not always among the public) a growing lack of interest Read the full article…

Recording at Pughouse

January 20, 2015

At long last I’ve gone into the studio and recorded the program of music I performed at the Salon last May under the title ‘Reimagining the Sacred’. I chose Pughouse Read the full article…

The 6×3 notes

January 19, 2015

Dear reader, I wrote these notes for the Origin re-release of Browne, Costello & Grabowsky’s landmark album 6×3. I submitted them and asked to see the proofs before they were Read the full article…

Genesis of identity in Australian improvised music

December 1, 2014

Paper presented at ‘The charisma of dissonance: The 37th international conference of The Musicological Society of Australia,’ 1 December 2014. The thing with jazz, as we’re all told, is to Read the full article…

New work, a month without booze, and R.E.M.

August 11, 2014

Just recently I finished (I think) writing seven pieces for what I’m calling a double trio – piano, bass, drums, violin, viola and cello. This work is going to be Read the full article…