Peter Maddern

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RAW: Katie Noonan & Elixir Announce First Seed Ripening Tour Dates

With Katie Noonan’s trio of 14 years Elixir about to release their long awaited second album First Seed Ripening, and in the wake of their recent national tour supporting the American jazz legend Ron Carter, the group have now announced that they will be heading out around the country to launch said exquisite new album.

RAW: Are House Prices About To Collapse?

For the commentariat – political, media and economic – the force of the mining boom has blocked out hearing those damn tolling bells of struggle everywhere else. Still, it would not be the first time that ‘the experts’ ignored the warning signs in pursuit of the peddling a glowing good news story that keeps them relevant.

RAW: Fashion Friday – American Apparel – Profile

AA’s range, whether of a retrospective or contemporary nature, is concerned with accentuating the physical form, which is evident in their rather promiscuous ad campaigns.

RAW: Facebook Fatigue Part 2

Two years ago, Facebook was the hippest thing around, a narcissist’s nirvana where everyone around the planet could gaze and be mesmerised by the beauty of it all. Not so now.

RAW: Speaking In Tongues – 4.5K

The potential for human folly, for the search for something beyond what is more than adequate is well explored in Andrew Bovell’s 1996 classic Speaking In Tongues now brilliantly revived and presented by the State Theatre Company. 4.5K

RAW: Future Entertainment Presents ‘Godskitchen’ – 1st Oct – Adel Gaol

After a phenomenal response to Godskitchen in Adelaide last year, Future Entertainment and Subconscious Entertainment had no option other than to take the event even further in 2011.

RAW: Sista Act – Women of Country – Nexus 7pm – th July

Sista Act: Women of Country features seven South Australian Aboriginal women from different language groups and diverse backgrounds who come together to share their experiences about the unique role that Aboriginal women play in society, both historically and today. See post for details

RAW: FEAR and ACID TEST – World Premieres At Accompanists’ Festival

The Accompanists’ Guild is thrilled to present new works by Australian composers written especially for the 2011 Festival. See post for details.

RAW: Facebook Fatigue – Part 1

Although it would appear I am jumping off an internet craze, I am apparently jumping on to another one. I am joining the millions globally who are deactivating their Facebook accounts.

RAW: Experimenta at MONA – From 5th August

Experimenta is inviting art lovers, foodies, adventurers, the curious and inquisitive, to join them for a weekend of art and indulgence at Australia’s newest cultural icon, The Museum of Old and New Art (MONA) in Tasmania.