http://www.crikey.com.au now with extra source Fri, 10 Feb 2012 05:25:37 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/11/05/daily-proposition-listen-to-an-album-that-drones/ http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/11/05/daily-proposition-listen-to-an-album-that-drones/#comments Fri, 05 Nov 2010 02:04:11 +0000 Tim Dunlop http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=183184 http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/11/05/daily-proposition-listen-to-an-album-that-drones/feed/ 1 http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/10/13/daily-proposition-connect-the-rock-dots/ http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/10/13/daily-proposition-connect-the-rock-dots/#comments Wed, 13 Oct 2010 02:15:13 +0000 Tim Dunlop http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=177942 http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/10/13/daily-proposition-connect-the-rock-dots/feed/ 0 http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/09/27/daily-proposition-hang-out-in-the-treme/ http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/09/27/daily-proposition-hang-out-in-the-treme/#comments Mon, 27 Sep 2010 03:19:14 +0000 Tim Dunlop http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=174434 Treme is a 10-part HBO series that dramatises the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina’s effect on the people of New Orleans. It is so good that it bears repeated viewing.]]> http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/09/27/daily-proposition-hang-out-in-the-treme/feed/ 0 http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/07/15/daily-proposition-meet-the-pill-popping-two-timing-nurse/ http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/07/15/daily-proposition-meet-the-pill-popping-two-timing-nurse/#comments Thu, 15 Jul 2010 03:04:22 +0000 Tim Dunlop http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=153247 Nurse Jackie is a fascinating tale of a woman working a shit job in the shit conditions of the US public health system while maintaining some semblance of a normal life with her family.]]> http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/07/15/daily-proposition-meet-the-pill-popping-two-timing-nurse/feed/ 0 http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/07/13/daily-proposition-discover-the-killer-music-app/ http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/07/13/daily-proposition-discover-the-killer-music-app/#comments Tue, 13 Jul 2010 03:01:45 +0000 Tim Dunlop http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=152533 We Are Hunted.]]> http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/07/13/daily-proposition-discover-the-killer-music-app/feed/ 0 http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/07/01/daily-proposition-read-a-love-story-between-father-and-son/ http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/07/01/daily-proposition-read-a-love-story-between-father-and-son/#comments Thu, 01 Jul 2010 03:13:24 +0000 Tim Dunlop http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=149358 Gilead came to me under false pretences. A review called it southern gothic and it ain't southern gothic. What it is is a beautifully written story in the form of a dying man's letter to his young son.]]> http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/07/01/daily-proposition-read-a-love-story-between-father-and-son/feed/ 3 http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/06/11/daily-proposition-take-a-trip-with-weeds/ http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/06/11/daily-proposition-take-a-trip-with-weeds/#comments Fri, 11 Jun 2010 03:04:02 +0000 Tim Dunlop http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=145402 Weeds is a family show in the sense that heroin is a headache tablet. But it's a great bit of TV viewing, with a sixth season due to air in August.]]> http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/06/11/daily-proposition-take-a-trip-with-weeds/feed/ 5 http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/06/07/daily-proposition-stay-inside-with-guitar-heroes/ http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/06/07/daily-proposition-stay-inside-with-guitar-heroes/#comments Mon, 07 Jun 2010 03:07:44 +0000 Tim Dunlop http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=144062 It Might Get Loud. Tim Dunlop watches.]]> http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/06/07/daily-proposition-stay-inside-with-guitar-heroes/feed/ 2 http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/04/29/daily-proposition-watch-an-hbo-flop-thats-gnarly-dude/ http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/04/29/daily-proposition-watch-an-hbo-flop-thats-gnarly-dude/#comments Thu, 29 Apr 2010 03:34:44 +0000 Tim Dunlop http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=134179 John From Cincinnati is that rare thing: an HBO flop. It went to air in the US in late 2007 and lasted for only a single, ten-episode season. But don't let that put you off.]]> http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/04/29/daily-proposition-watch-an-hbo-flop-thats-gnarly-dude/feed/ 2 http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/03/18/daily-proposition-american-splendor-3rd-greatest-movie-ever/ http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/03/18/daily-proposition-american-splendor-3rd-greatest-movie-ever/#comments Thu, 18 Mar 2010 02:09:17 +0000 Tim Dunlop http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=124145 American Splendor is the third greatest movie ever made. Forget I said that. I don't want to build up expectations too high.]]> http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/03/18/daily-proposition-american-splendor-3rd-greatest-movie-ever/feed/ 5 http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/02/09/music-copyrights-and-wrongs-money-hits-the-right-note-doesnt-it/ http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/02/09/music-copyrights-and-wrongs-money-hits-the-right-note-doesnt-it/#comments Tue, 09 Feb 2010 02:20:45 +0000 Tim Dunlop http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=115213 http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/02/09/music-copyrights-and-wrongs-money-hits-the-right-note-doesnt-it/feed/ 0 http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/02/04/daily-proposition-get-lost-no-really/ http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/02/04/daily-proposition-get-lost-no-really/#comments Thu, 04 Feb 2010 02:41:18 +0000 Tim Dunlop http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=114118 Lost is due in Australia soon. If you want a truly engaging bit of mindless commercial television then get thee to a DVD store and rent or buy it. It's a hoot.]]> http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/02/04/daily-proposition-get-lost-no-really/feed/ 3 http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/01/21/rock-out-with-great-music-and-fat-bastards/ http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/01/21/rock-out-with-great-music-and-fat-bastards/#comments Thu, 21 Jan 2010 02:11:48 +0000 Tim Dunlop http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=111127 Seven Ages of Rock, currently showing on ABC TV, doesn't just wallow in the glory days of the 1960s. There's some genuinely wonderful footage -- and it's not too wanky or self-important either.]]> http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/01/21/rock-out-with-great-music-and-fat-bastards/feed/ 7 http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/12/21/twenty-favourites-for-2009-part-two-songs-edition/ http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/12/21/twenty-favourites-for-2009-part-two-songs-edition/#comments Mon, 21 Dec 2009 02:33:44 +0000 Tim Dunlop http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=107384 Australian Idol whiz kid Lisa Mitchell, to a "choral/chant/funeral/wedding piece" by Serbian composer Goran Bregović, Tim Dunlop gives his top twenty songs of the year.]]> http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/12/21/twenty-favourites-for-2009-part-two-songs-edition/feed/ 0 http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/12/18/johnnys-in-the-basement-my-top-10-albums-of-2009/ http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/12/18/johnnys-in-the-basement-my-top-10-albums-of-2009/#comments Fri, 18 Dec 2009 02:30:09 +0000 Tim Dunlop http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=106916 http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/12/18/johnnys-in-the-basement-my-top-10-albums-of-2009/feed/ 0 http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/11/06/hey-victorian-government-leave-britney-alone/ http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/11/06/hey-victorian-government-leave-britney-alone/#comments Fri, 06 Nov 2009 02:00:00 +0000 Tim Dunlop http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/11/06/hey-victorian-government-leave-britney-alone/ http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/11/06/hey-victorian-government-leave-britney-alone/feed/ 14 http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/08/14/vale-les-paul-symbol-maker-of-rock/ http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/08/14/vale-les-paul-symbol-maker-of-rock/#comments Fri, 14 Aug 2009 03:00:00 +0000 Tim Dunlop http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/08/14/vale-les-paul-symbol-maker-of-rock/ http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/08/14/vale-les-paul-symbol-maker-of-rock/feed/ 2 http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/06/26/dead-wednesday-on-friday-michael-jackson-rip/ http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/06/26/dead-wednesday-on-friday-michael-jackson-rip/#comments Fri, 26 Jun 2009 04:00:00 +0000 Tim Dunlop http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/06/26/dead-wednesday-on-friday-michael-jackson-rip/ The LA Times, Michael Jackson has died. Well, what choice did he have? Asks Tim Dunlop.]]> http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/06/26/dead-wednesday-on-friday-michael-jackson-rip/feed/ 10