Swarm the eager masses unto the scene. Wandering lost and weary from the wilderness beyond, marvel in the world of installation. Eyeballs are sent for and the ears are rounded out to pick up the noses and tongues for the tasting of the culture and atmosphere of an experience not unlike the school excursions of old.
Ethan Switch - Sunday, 8 August 2010
Scavenging meagre food scraps from the midnight meal crossing the Pacific Ocean to entertain the gut for the hours long layover fails to sustain the dancing attention-seeking portions of your brain. The Culture Beast needs a chomp. One fix is at the far end of the International Terminal of SFO.
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Ethan Switch - Tuesday, 9 December 2008
Bounciness in a moving walkway, or travelator, is a fine thing in the rush of connecting flights way too close to each other and without a pause for breath. Pounding the pace of the run between planes, there's a saving grace on the ankles and heels feeling the give of each stride. Truly a thing to be thankful for before sitting in your own sweat for the next four or five hours between a man spelunking his own nose and a woman in the crash position for the entirety of the flight.
Read the rest of North Connect Art Gallery of San Francisco Airport review
Belvedere Jehosophat - Tuesday, 13 February 2007
Charles Darwin, famous for his theory of evolution of species by natural selection, was, as you may or may not know, born on the 12th of February, 1809. Darwin Day, far more than just commemorating the man, aims to celebrate science and humanity in general. In aid of this, two speakers were organised for an event hosted by the Humanist Society of New South Wales to be held at The Sydney Mechanics' School of the Arts: Dr. Andrew Simpson and Dr. Robin Holliday.
Read the rest of Darwin Day, 2007 - The Sydney Mechanics' School of the Arts - 12/02/07 review
Ethan Switch - Tuesday, 6 February 2007
And so this was removed.
Read the rest of Lizettapalooza - Undisclosed South West Sydney location - 03/02/07 review
Ethan Switch - Tuesday, 16 January 2007
Distraction is watching the flashes smash against the flickering play of lights from merchandise spread aplenty from the stands. Much as the force of bright ruins the natural colours of a shot in the dark. Tickets and passes to the show cough up the little reminder, "No photography or recording devices allowed."
Read the rest of Walking With Dinosaurs: The Live Experience - Acer Arena - 14/01/07 review
Ethan Switch - Sunday, 10 December 2006
Benito Di Fonzo walks ahead smoking a stick with disregard. Such is the state that he casually tosses the butt at the foot of the steps to the State Library of New South Wales, a bin only a few metres away. None of that though, smokers find they own their own rules to the environment and those in their vicinity. Die and we all die together, the ethos of those who sign up to the addiction.
Read the rest of NSW Poetry Slam 06 Final - Members' Room, Mitchell Wing, State Library NSW - 07/12/06 review
Ethan Switch - Thursday, 24 August 2006
To the captives in seats rigid and bitch painful to really sit in for long periods, hosts of the event, Popcorn Taxi lets no time pass before reeling into subscriptions and such for their outfit. Ceiling work is pretty ornate and decorative.
Read the rest of An evening with Kevin Smith - State Theatre - 22/08/06 review
Ethan Switch - Friday, 4 August 2006
Free flowing flutes with bubbly billowing out of the huge white doors of the Stables Theatre. No smashing of glasses and a house facing front toward the Theatre crashes out with its arm hanging in the gutter, the belt is still clean and tight around the upper arm.
Read the rest of Griffin Award - The Stables Theatre - 03/08/06 review
Jimmy Weasel - Saturday, 24 June 2006
10am is when the doors open, and a lot of the crowd seem to be mad keen on getting in. Many/most were piling into the hot chocolate stand for a sludgy dose of something hot and sweet. Swissway was the company behind the throng - apparently the only outlet within the compound providing such. Not a lot of serious buyers though. Most were there just for the tasting. In fact, most of the horde were there for the same reasons.
Read the rest of Good Food & Wine Show - June 24th 2006 review
Ethan Switch - Monday, 29 May 2006
St. Stephens is dead quiet. Decrepit etchings on the headstones of the graveyard around the car hole don't speak much at all. With the temperature freezing the lobes off ears, nothing changes with the morning session of the church keeping it on the hush.
Read the rest of Australian National Yo-Yo Championships 2006 - St Stephens Hall, Newtown - 28/05/06 review
Ethan Switch - Monday, 3 April 2006
Customs House on a Saturday afternoon in Circular Quay. People in the cafe on the lower floor clanging away with deep bottles of sparkling waters more powerful than those from a hose. Gulls on the pavers outside hunt down in three and the kicks aren't doing anything for they fear nothing now they have the taste of rat's blood.
Read the rest of Toilet Door Poetry - The Live Experience - Barnet Long Room, Customs House - 01/04/06 review
Ethan Switch - Friday, 9 December 2005
Worlds collide at the State Library of NSW. In one spectrum, a largely over 35 crowd from the State Library's Under 35 club Christmas Party, void of all symbolism and dead fat men swinging from the ceilings. In the other, spectators on the hunt for the finals of the inaugural Sydney Poetry Slam; the bardic and cathartic rhythmic event of the year.
Read the rest of Sydney Poetry Slam 05 Finals - State Library of NSW Galleries - 08/12/05 review
Ethan Switch - Friday, 2 September 2005
And so as the great and indefatigable once pondered, "Why do places such as this often have the best acoustics?"
Read the rest of The Dreaded Second Book - The Galleries, Mitchell Wing, State Library of NSW - 01/09/05 review
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