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Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum: three cheers for Crikey

Media / November 18, 2013 / 6 minutes of reading

Dear Crikey, First, I’m sorry for all this fuss. I wasn’t talking about a revolution; I just wanted to get paid, and you picked the wrong guy at the wrong time to ask for a charity donation. I’ve had one foot in and the other foot out of journalism all year, partially as a result of […]

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You can’t have me: why I said no to Crikey

Media / November 8, 2013 / 9 minutes of reading

Nearly 20 years ago, my first piece of journalism was published. For a music fan, it was an auspicious beginning: I saw a young You Am I supporting rock behemoths the Beasts of Bourbon at the Mansfield Tavern, one of those great suburban beer barns that gave up on live music long ago. One band was

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