Well, we’ve talked a bit about David McComb on here before, as part of our look at the great Australian musical poets of the 1980s; but this time, let’s look a little bit more at him and his band, The Triffids. If you think Australian music in the 80s began with Men At Work and AC/DC and ended with Kylie and Jason , and there was only INXS in between, then please think again. To be fair, it took me a long time to realise that there was a lot more to discover too. There wa

I realised something a few years back. While as you might suspect, a decent proportion of my music collection comes from the UK and USA,...

For some reason, I have always struggled to get to grips with poetry, which is perhaps somewhat strange considering the passion I have...

For those of you of a certain age, you might think that Australian songwriting begins and ends with Nick Cave, Colin Hay (Men At Work),...

Ah yes - the 'land of plenty' as Men At Work famously referred to Australia - and it is a country that has certainly (groan) produced...