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In the spring of 1976 David Bowie left the hedonistic mayhem of LA for a haunted French chateau to make what would become his 1977 masterpiece 'Low'. Here is the story of a man trying to become a ghost.

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Everything from intangible cool (Snoop Dogg) to extensive philanthropy (Miley Cyrus) can make our eyes drift away from cultural appropriation indiscretions.

#cultural appropriation #diplo #katy perry #miley cyrus #think piece #essay #spook magazine #mia #clinton walker #mahler #appropriation

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PAUL CUMMING x JOHN SAFRAN

Last night’s Sunday Night Safran on Triple J, with eminent broadcasters John Safran and Father Bob McGuire, featured an interview with Paul Cumming about his CNP volume How To Start a Fight. The interview was conducted in an Indonesian hotel lobby, because that’s how we do things.

Listen here, ey. It’s about 45 minuntes in.

Then buy the book.

#boxing #boxing fiction #training #melbourne boxing #john safran #triple j #interview #paul cumming #casuals network press #cnp #father bob

A Chapbook about boxing’s tangled fiction and fact. Out now through Melbourne’s Casuals Network Press: http://casualsnetworkpress.bigcartel.com/product/how-to-start-a-fight-paul-cumming

#how to start a fight #boxing #boxing fiction #non-fiction #essay writing #illustration #paul c cumming #casuals network press #rock marciano #gene tunney #jack dempsey #doherty's gym #australian boxing #melbourne boxing #sports writing

Review for the Melbourne Writers Festival 2014 - Philip Hensher on Handwriting

http://vumwf.blogspot.com.au/2014/08/philip-hensher-in-conversation.html#comment-form

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We speak to CNP launch author Paul Cumming about whatever it is he’ll be writing for us.

Gumbaya Park. Tynong, Victoria. Sunset. The shimmering bronze orb of the August sun is slowly eaten by the horizon. The tractors have finished spluttering, their last rides over for the day. The...