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DOGS IN SPACETHE EXFORDTHE FABULOUS MARQUISESTHE HISTORY OF ROMETHE HIVETHE JUMP CLUBTHE MODELSTHE NATURAL MINDTHE OVALSTHE RED CLOCKTHE REELSTHE SYLPHTHE TRUTHTHE WITCHESTHEBAINETIM McKEWTIM McLAUGHLANTIMETITUS ANDRONICUSTOAD LICKINGTODAY TONIGHTTONY HARDINGTOTALITARIANISMTOWERS OF SILENCETRAVELLING TO USATRIPLE TREATTRUE BLOODTURTLETURTLESTVTWO-STROKE PETROLThe SwarmUSA CUSTOMSUSA IMMIGRATIONVACCINESVANSTONEVENALITYVENGEANCEVIKTOR FRANKLVILIS SEJAVKAVINCENT’S POWDERSVINESVODAPHONE ARENAVOORLOPERVanillaVanillinWARDROBEWARREN COLEMANWARREN ELLISWARTSWELFAREWENTWORTH ELECTORATEWHACKWHITE CHALKWHITE TAIL SPIDERSWIGGLESWILLIAM GIBSONWINGED DEITYWONDERWORKWORK CHOICESWORLD SERIES CRICKETYEATSYOUNG TALENT TEAMYOUNG TALENT TIMEZIGGY STARDUSTZOE ELLENBERGZOLOFTZOMBIESZOROASTRIANbaldieblackberrybridiecivilisationcivilizationcryptexemeraldsencrustationsenvyformalinidentityjealousykilbeyorgonespapyruspiñatapolinskipollutionsapphirestelepathyA Diary of The Ulterior wars <p></p>http://sailsofoblivion.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)Blogger300125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1367839961931530504.post-1011986540452868351Tue, 18 Sep 2012 05:24:00 +00002012-09-18T15:24:00.442+10:00POLLY http://sailsofoblivion.blogspot.com/2012/09/distressed-plasticene-hood-ornament.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1367839961931530504.post-161730925981301852Tue, 18 Sep 2012 01:10:00 +00002012-09-18T13:51:08.844+10:00ART An intrepid researcher dares The Gully of the Zipper Crab, only to be methodically eviscerated by an entity only one man - subsequently driven insane by the effort - has lived to describe. Suffice to say, the abomination which dwells in this barren gully - nursing its profound and bitter hostility over the long centuries, writhing idly in a noisome slime-pond of its own excretions - is http://sailsofoblivion.blogspot.com/2012/09/the-gully-of-zipper-crab.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1367839961931530504.post-2413096585239507211Mon, 03 Sep 2012 01:44:00 +00002012-09-03T12:11:05.677+10:00AMBERGRIS THE PLAYBIRDSDeathLYNNE ELLISMt WaverleyNATUREQUERULOUSTHEATRE Because the seasons are changing, so do the habits of the birds. With Spring, they are more obvious about the place, flirting, fluttering, dive-bombing... and, doubtless, it is this flurry that leads so many to their doom.For a few years now, there has been a pair of crested pigeons living a few doors down from me on the edge of a park. They are always together when I see them. When I pass, theyhttp://sailsofoblivion.blogspot.com/2012/09/scattering-of-dead.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1367839961931530504.post-8656311005445830187Thu, 30 Aug 2012 13:36:00 +00002012-08-31T00:35:58.372+10:00AMBERGRISAMBERGRIS THE PLAYANTHEA GRECOBEN ANDREWSCARLTON COURTHOUSELA MAMALUCY COWBELLELYNNE ELLISNURINPHIL MOTHERWELLRICHARD HIGGINSTHEATRE I'm having a reading of my play Ambergris at the Carlton Courthouse on Saturday at 2.00pm. (That's Sept 1, 349 Drummond St, Carlton, about 20 metres from the corner of Elgin.) It's late notice, I know, but... sorry... and perhaps some rough, first-draft playwrighting-in-progress is precisely your idea of how to celebrate the first day of Spring. Do come if it takes your fancy.http://sailsofoblivion.blogspot.com/2012/08/public-reading-of-ambergris.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1367839961931530504.post-1142187380838345108Wed, 22 Aug 2012 06:46:00 +00002012-09-03T12:15:42.345+10:00ANIMALSMR BUNNYNATUREROBERT Robert's rat – known variously as Mr Bunny, Zebedee or Nipper – has led an indulgent yet cloistered life, feeding hugely from the trough of his owner's kindness, puncturing the hands of strangers who seek to pet him in his nest, set high on a bookshelf in Robert's densely furnished apartment.When Robert is out and about, Mr Bunny lives in his leather jacket, often peering curiously from a http://sailsofoblivion.blogspot.com/2012/08/did-mr-bunny-get-some.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1367839961931530504.post-1470847960434922619Wed, 15 Aug 2012 13:35:00 +00002012-08-16T00:17:25.714+10:00 An evening full of teary eyes, projectile vomiting, hands grasping out of pain and fear, and an enema bravely endured. A night walk past looming piles of shadowy hard rubbish, the little black cat following in complete trust, as is her way. Two loads of faecal laundry drying now on the adapted frame of a play-pen. A simple dinner on toast: egg poached in a cyclist's trouser clip, mild salami, http://sailsofoblivion.blogspot.com/2012/08/on-rubbery-black-floor.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1367839961931530504.post-898666659421727814Wed, 28 Sep 2011 00:24:00 +00002011-09-30T01:29:25.350+10:00ANIMALSDRUGSKALEIDE THEATREPOLLYRMITSNATCHESWHACKWRITINGI heard a story the other day about a girl who, being thoroughly wasted, passed out on the couch in an unfamiliar house - to wake with her arm swallowed to the shoulder by an overly ambitious pet python.When people intersect with drugs, when the safe day-time world is penetrated by heavy-lidded Morlocks on Kronic or Crack, on Krank or Can-D, bizarre complications often ensue – a phenomenon I'm http://sailsofoblivion.blogspot.com/2011/09/arm-in-python.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1367839961931530504.post-1370315694252082615Sun, 24 Jul 2011 08:52:00 +00002011-07-24T20:51:54.748+10:001980s35mm FILMACTINGHORRORROBERT CHUTERZOMBIESOn facebook, my old colleague Robert Chuter recently posted some images from a short film of the mid 80’s called ‘Killer Zombies’ made by Zlatco Kasumovic. The prosthetic work, done largely by Vivienne MacGillycuddy, was first class, but for the zombies themselves it was a test of endurance. These are polaroids of a mould of my head being taken.The process resulted in this souvenir - my old http://sailsofoblivion.blogspot.com/2011/07/killer-zombies.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1367839961931530504.post-1327228087162129235Mon, 18 Jul 2011 00:17:00 +00002011-07-18T10:45:53.804+10:00CLIMATE CHANGEJULIA GILLARDPOLITICSROB OAKESHOTTSCIENCEThis morning I heard Rob Oakeshott phrase something rather eloquently on the science of Climate Change. To paraphrase, he asked would you take your child to the doctor if they were sick? Wouldn't you be negligent if you did not? If your car was malfunctioning, wouldn't you take it to a mechanic?This is to say that we rely, sensibly, on experts to inform and advise us on subjects in which we are http://sailsofoblivion.blogspot.com/2011/07/do-you-believe-in-pink-and-plump.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1367839961931530504.post-5301122149697111193Sat, 16 Jul 2011 01:35:00 +00002011-07-16T12:13:59.316+10:00NATUREPLANTSWith the last of the light, we drove to Thompson’s Dam, that vast body of water which supplies most of Melbourne’s water. Particularly during the drought, one was repeatedly shown evidence of its declining volume in newspapers and TV. The slopes of dark broken rock and the installation’s various towers and structures were therefore instantly familiar - none more so than the exposed strata along http://sailsofoblivion.blogspot.com/2011/07/lichen-in-face-of-adversity.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1367839961931530504.post-6931688059897206540Thu, 14 Jul 2011 16:23:00 +00002011-07-16T11:18:13.149+10:00CRUELTYHATREDIGNORANCE. STUPIDITYPOLITICSTONY ABBOTTI was in the country yesterday. East Gippsland. With Polly, her friend Y and Y’s dad. There was a surprising coincidence that day [the meat of which was reported on the evening news and in the following morning’s papers]

On Wednesday, in Frankston [Melbourne] a woman, who was a Greens party member, had been invited to a community meeting on the Carbon Tax to be hosted by Tony Abbott. But it http://sailsofoblivion.blogspot.com/2011/07/abhorrent.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1367839961931530504.post-5497015191498357960Mon, 11 Jul 2011 03:30:00 +00002011-07-11T13:39:24.529+10:00DEADLY SPORESHCVHEALTHLAWSPASMO-NEMIGRONSlowly, with certainty, day by day, I’m emerging from the woes of the past 27 months. I still have plenty to agonise over as I flail in my bed at night, but it’s of a far different order than what has gone before.All that remains of the legal fiasco is a three-weekly visit to an unpleasant office in Oakleigh, where doors snap shut with the finality of jail cells. But after the many trials and http://sailsofoblivion.blogspot.com/2011/07/then-fevers-came-seemingly-at-random.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1367839961931530504.post-7022316558052574737Sat, 09 Jul 2011 02:20:00 +00002011-07-11T13:59:32.742+10:00NATUREPOLLYSPACESTEVE KILBEYLast night, after catching the final train home from a dreamy night at Cherry watching Steve Kilbey and Ricky Maymi's enigmatic tribute to the mysterious David Neal (in addition to a beautiful set from some unnamed Triffid remnants and a session of ab-zen counseling over liqueur coffee) my sleep was profound and my spirit rose through the upper airs into the realms of the firmament. Here, to my http://sailsofoblivion.blogspot.com/2011/07/peripatetic-insile.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1367839961931530504.post-3738023523047510436Fri, 08 Jul 2011 01:22:00 +00002011-07-08T11:27:39.616+10:00POLLYhttp://sailsofoblivion.blogspot.com/2011/07/why-coming-generations-may-find.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1367839961931530504.post-4871237836067141170Fri, 24 Jun 2011 02:24:00 +00002011-06-24T12:46:31.025+10:00CLIMATE CHANGEDEADLY SPORESFUNGUSMt WaverleyNATUREPOLITICSThis morning on the ABC News Breakfast show, Mal Brough presented us an old chestnut which seems to be coming back into its own : why should Australia lead the world in reducing its carbon emissions (and why should we bother, as we're such a small polluter on the global scale). When Barry Jones responded, I was hoping he'd give the right answer. It would be good to hear the right answer clearly http://sailsofoblivion.blogspot.com/2011/06/earth-stars.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1367839961931530504.post-385630819952098899Sat, 16 Apr 2011 14:08:00 +00002011-04-17T00:16:20.485+10:00ANDREW PARKGUS TILLHEP CINTERFERONJOSH LORDLYREBIRD LOUNGEMICK LEWISMUSICPROG ROCKTHE EARSTHE OVALSThe Lyrebird Lounge is a tiny place, a shop front, but its size possibly had a bit to do with how wonderful the atmosphere became. Andrew had to sit on a couch with keyboard resting on his lap. I had to vocalise over an antique Galaga console. It was reminiscent of the old Exford Hotel, or perhaps the 475 Club from days of yore.These latter-day shows by The Ears - without intending to overblow http://sailsofoblivion.blogspot.com/2011/04/ears-lyrebird-april-fifteen.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1367839961931530504.post-1689146375364845418Thu, 14 Apr 2011 10:19:00 +00002011-04-15T08:09:10.920+10:00HCVINSECTSINTERFERONLAWNATURETHE EARSIt’s taken a few weeks for my black internal weather to disperse - but disperse it appears to be doing. The long long ordeal by law is petering out via an endless series of interviews with agents of Correctional Services Victoria, and no longer do I prepare myself mentally, late at night, for jail.The other trial, the drug trial, continues ... and, at week twelve, I should know soon if it’s had http://sailsofoblivion.blogspot.com/2011/04/cupboard-moth.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1367839961931530504.post-6863167100199144363Thu, 24 Mar 2011 11:15:00 +00002011-03-24T22:17:16.879+11:00MY LITTLE PROBLEMA monstrous bellowing of gratitude. To those many many friends, who have supported me over the past two years. Those who put up their hand for the Ears Reunion at The Corner ... Those who vouched for my character, gave of their time ... Those whose sympathetic, compassionate words buttressed my spirit against the fear and uncertainty ...And all those others.Two years and twenty three hours, http://sailsofoblivion.blogspot.com/2011/03/monstrous-bellowing-of-gratitude.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1367839961931530504.post-6334110096104582333Thu, 03 Feb 2011 12:21:00 +00002011-02-04T00:01:11.972+11:00BMS790052BRUCE BUTLERDRUGSHCVHEALTHINSECTSINTERFERONPOLLYRIBAVIRINROBERTFor better or for worse, I’ve enrolled myself in the trial of a new drug which may be a potent HCV inhibitor. It’s a triple therapy: as well as the study drug, I’m on the standard-of-care - peg-interferon and ribavirin: a toxic cocktail which tends to cause anaemia, flu-like symptoms and a genocide of the neutrophils, those fundamental elements of the innate immune system which are seen most http://sailsofoblivion.blogspot.com/2011/02/my-intimate-blood-borne-saboteur.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1367839961931530504.post-7479371201816497935Thu, 20 Jan 2011 12:36:00 +00002011-01-20T23:45:41.275+11:00BIRDSBOOKSNATUREPOLLYThis is a sad and compelling something, encountered by Polly on our driveway."I don't know what it is," she said. "But if I look at it again, I'll vomit."In a night or two I will have finished reading her Enid Blyton's Faraway Tree trilogy. Next will be Arabel's Raven.http://sailsofoblivion.blogspot.com/2011/01/dead-chick.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1367839961931530504.post-864890794340546876Thu, 20 Jan 2011 07:31:00 +00002011-01-20T23:36:09.080+11:00INSECTSJ G BALLARDNATURETHE GREY CREEKDown at the Grey Creek, since the rain, there is a super-abundance of dragonflies and their smaller cousins the damselflies. In my experience, there have never been so many. They are hovering, flashing bolts of iridescence, almost surreal in their variety, like echoes from J G Ballard’s The Crystal World. They are hypnotic, suggestive of fairy tales, and cousins to the butterflies in that they http://sailsofoblivion.blogspot.com/2011/01/i-try-my-hand-at-oding.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1367839961931530504.post-9068405106141141497Mon, 10 Jan 2011 05:30:00 +00002011-01-20T23:48:43.737+11:00http://sailsofoblivion.blogspot.com/2011/01/donalds-christmas-fear-2010.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1367839961931530504.post-5923928760431658849Sun, 12 Dec 2010 23:44:00 +00002010-12-13T11:21:49.822+11:00BIRDSINSECTSMt WaverleyWalking Polly to school today, there were more musk lorikeets than I have ever seen in Mt Waverley. I love these birds - so much sweeter and gentler than the brash, squawking rainbow lorikeets who vastly outnumber them.This is the best I could do by way of photos.About a month ago, the house was burgled while we were taking Polly to school. My camera was taken, and my ipod - two things I find it http://sailsofoblivion.blogspot.com/2010/12/soulless-machinations.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1367839961931530504.post-6452991588970206720Sun, 05 Dec 2010 06:18:00 +00002010-12-05T17:31:04.051+11:00BEARGARDENCATHY McQUADEKERRI SIMPSONMUSICSIMON POLINSKITHE EARSThough I may have crystallised my brain in the aftermath, Thursday’s show came off pretty well. Perhaps there weren’t quite enough people there to deal entirely with Steve Lucas’s chronic back, but it was fulsome nevertheless. Every time I saw him, Lucas lay entirely prone on in one of the upstairs band rooms, his voice growly with painkillers, barely lifting his head as he pursued quiet http://sailsofoblivion.blogspot.com/2010/12/lucas-aid.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1367839961931530504.post-7844675162459459692Wed, 24 Nov 2010 20:17:00 +00002010-11-25T07:59:56.421+11:00BEARGARDENCATSCIGARETTESCOUNTDOWNHEALTHLAWTHE EARSI realised the other day - perhaps belatedly - why I’m seeing so many old-fashioned cigarette cases, particularly in the hands of women. It’s the images of diseased flesh, of course, which the arbiters of social control place with good intent on the commercial packaging, Evidently, some have begun to weary of carrying about with them, on open display, these increasingly nasty, glutinous, http://sailsofoblivion.blogspot.com/2010/11/pressure-release.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)1