After putting it off for way too long, I’ve finally set up a way for readers to more easily make donations to support my work in creating this blog. The service is called Buy Me a Coffee, and here’s the link if you want to donate. It’s super easy to do and you don’t need … Continue reading Buy me a coffee
If you know me, you might have been surprised that I had to be talked into seeing Ride for the first time at the Enmore Theatre in Sydney early this month. The Oxford band are touring in (COVID-delayed) celebration of the 30th anniversary of Nowhere, their 1990 debut LP and their masterpiece; the first part … Continue reading Ride live in Sydney: A transcendent Nowhere retrospective rides a new wave of shoegaze
This is late, embarrassingly late. I made a draft list in January, but held off writing it up because I wanted to listen to a few more things and make some final decisions. Then for a bunch of reasons I couldn’t get around to it. My energy was consumed by my essays about Don’t Look … Continue reading A belated list of the best albums of 2021
My name is Jim, and I‘m a writer, DJ, presenter and activist based in Sydney. This is a blog about culture and politics — a home for my ideas and for my writing that’s not published elsewhere. I write primarily about film and music, with some forays into TV, popular fiction and comic books. But … Continue reading Who I am and why I’m doing this
Under the Paving Stones 