My friend Craig Schuftan is a brilliant sound producer. After leaving triple j, he moved to Berlin, where he created this work. It's a deeply creative response to a cassette he found in an op shop.....Audio art that your ears will thank you for. on.soundcloud.com/TmyrvlizH0R1...

Why on earth is the ABC platforming 2GB presenters on its news website? There are so many ways to report on John Laws death. All far more interesting than this. Laws was at 2UE when at his peak. It's simply lazy.

On ya @robbieb.bsky.social So very well said!

Once ran the numbers on John Laws’ claim he had 2 million listeners. Had less than 200k. Published it. He rang, abused me, sent lawyers, heavied my fill-in editor who buckled meekly and gave Laws op-ed space in which he defamed me. Not 1 word of my original piece was changed/corrected.

John Laws is dead. One of Australia's most successful broadcasters. As a teenager I rang his show. We argued for 10mins on air. He hung up on me with the words "you're obviously a loser in life & going nowhere. Goodbye."

One of the country's best music journalists, writing about one of Australia's greatest musicians. Lovely stuff. www.theguardian.com/music/2025/n...

Bubble....meet pin.

I knew things were getting bad, but...

Off to enjoy the mighty sounds of Youthgroup tonight, at the Landsdowne Hotel, in Sydney. A fitting night to see them too, considering the title of their last album.....

David Bowie, Brian Eno and Robert Fripp with sound engineer Colin Thurston, Hansa Studios, Berlin, 1977 by Christian Simonpietri

Is this real? If so, what a bunch of spineless pricks.

Murdoch's daily tele in Sydney, doing its very best to hamper any action on climate change. Different day, same old crap from the nepo-billionaire crowd.

This ought to be engraved somewhere.

Couldn't help but feel like the world was a bit shit atm. So, put this record on....and...voilaa....it was suddenly so much better.

Tell 'em they're dreaming!!!

I camped behind the pub earlier this year, & ate a counter meal. Let me tell ya, it's pretty run down, a bit grubby and to my eyes, worth nowhere near $50m. But hey..... www.smh.com.au/business/com...

Lols

If you're in Sydney Wed, I'd love to see you for the final Dust & Groove, at the Petersham Bowlo. My guest, the wonderfully talented and very fun Mark Callaghan (Gangajang/Riptides). A great singer with an extensive career behind the scenes in the music biz. Come events.humanitix.com/dust-and-gro...

I was lucky enough to work with David many years ago, doing studio sound for SBS-TV, when he hosted the Movie Show. He was unfailingly polite, generous and the ultimate professional. What a giant legacy. Vale. www.theguardian.com/film/2025/au...

If you're in Sydney this Wednesday night, come join us at the Petersham Bowlo for another Dust & Groove. This month featuring Frenzal Rhomb guitarist, yacht rock lover & ABC host Dr Lindsay McDougall. Gonna be a hoot! events.humanitix.com/dust-and-gro...

Quite a few.

Bit of a thing going on today, on the Sydney Harbour Bridge.

Motherfucking wind farms…

Australian journalists rapidly learning what it's like to report in China these days. At least they weren't being tailed by drones. Which happened to a certain BBC reporter. Isn't that right Stephen? 👂👁️

If you're going to spiral, try heading up, not down. (Benesse House, Naoshima Island, Japan)

Howdy, if you're in Sydney and feel like some terrific music (& converstion) Dust & Groove returns to the Petersham Bowlo tomorrow night. My guest is the gloriously voiced Abby Dobson (Leonardos Bride). It's gonna be a hoot. Tix at the link. www.thepbc.org.au/whats-on

Good get here by The Klaxon

As a photographer and after a few pints of Guinness in my local tonight, and it being a Saturday… time for some music. Here’s Freddie Mercury on 35mm film 40 years ago here in Ireland… from my old negatives

If one is censured by a nation's Parliament for behaviour officially found to be "corrosive of trust in government", and is referred to an anti-corruption commission for misleading its Cabinet about the "crude and cruel" Robodebt scheme, how is one then eligible for said country's highest honour?

What a record.

Vale to one of the greatest photographers of all time. Extraordinary catalogue of work.

Yes, yes & yes.

Spookily post-apocalyptic on the Pacific Highway today.

Dear bluesky, please applaud the long awaited arrival of...erm...blue sky.

I just found a turtle, wandering across my front lawn.

It just won't stop.

Pretty dire situation here on the mid North coast. Heart goes out to all those affected. And there are loads.Big thanks to the awesome folk out in the rain rescuing & helping. You're awesome.

Power's been out since breakfast. Rain keeps sheeting down unrelentingly. Looks like it's gonna be a romantic dinner for one.

Greetings from the mid North coast of NSW..... Where the rain is starting to feel biblical.

Big thanks to Eurovision for having me as a judge this year. A fun & thrilling experience. Congratulations to all the talented folk involved. & well done J.J & Austria!.

....or - hear me out - they could take it down and replace it with a uniform belonging to a VC recipient who hasn't been found to be a war criminal.

G'day Australia.

Hungry little birds on a mission. Captured in the Kimberly region of North Western Australia.

Not gonna lie... Would do that if I had the core strength.

Dinner is on the stove.

Perhaps Tim Wilson can tell us how much the Liberal Party spent on his campaign, and how big were the cheques that Advance, Australians for Prosperity and other Atlas and Liberal-aligned organisations cashed on his behalf to shoehorn him back into Goldstein?

In France in the late 1970s, Toyota mailed out promotional envelopes that folded into a hand-held vinyl record player. The envelope contained a record, a needle was placed on it, and when the record was turned, you could hear an audio recording about the Toyota Corolla.

Check out the comments. A pulitzer for the cartoonist who resigned in disgust, at the Post's cowardice.

Margaret Simons with an excellent analysis on why the murdoch media is becoming so impotent in Oz. Yay. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Scientists have linked fossil fuel companies to specific climate harms for the first time, with five Australian oil, gas and coal companies potentially responsible for $900bn in loss and damage from extreme heat alone. Latest from me in The Guardian this morning.