Ross Clelland

Escalators (Max Dupain, 1952).

So, Saturday...

Lotus Pond (Ray Morimura, 2007).

Apollo Bay Weatherboard (Peter O'Doherty, 2011).

I still hesitate and steel myself when approaching a new McEwan - I'm still scarred in my heart and soul over what he did to me with Atonement (IYKYK...), and there's hints extant this takes a twist in its second half.
You better be careful with me, Ian.
#WhatWeCanKnow

Jimmy Kimmel Asked to Apologize and Pay Charlie Kirk's Family if He Wants Suspension Lifted by Nation's Largest ABC Affiliate Jimmy Kimmel has been given a list of demands for 'Jimmy Kimmel Live!' to return to air by Sinclair, the broadcasting company with the nation's largest ABC affiliate group, after the show was pulled i...

Wait, I thought it was just about ratings, and not a freedom of speech/revenge thing?
But if #Kimmel apologised for what he said and paid a bribe, sorry, "donation" they'd put him back on air?
Fucking grifting bullshit.
But absolutely no surprise.
people.com/jimmy-kimmel...

Oddly, having watched American politics for 50 years, I don't recall anybody - let alone a President - bringing up the apparently crucial pressing issue of "Why doesn't the White House have a ballroom?".
#JustSayin'
#Kimmel

Playground at Mondragone (Jeffrey Smart, 1998).

Peter Hook: Shining a Light, following New Orders. His name in Light, so to speak. He is, almost universally, known as “Hooky”. Developing a bass sound so distinctive many are still trying...

Finding Hooky is touring again next year, I recalled I had a couple of agreeable chats with him back when.
This would be one of those interactions, with a few changed tenses and minor updates.
Have a squiz, or not. Suit yourself.
#JoyDivision
#NewOrder
beatsurrenderings.blogspot.com/2025/09/pete...

Adelaide (Max Dupain, 1946).

Thank you local street library, read right to left I believe I'll take that as a comment.*
(*Possibly on the current state of the Liberal Party...)
#Turnbull
#ABiggerPicture
#auspol

The hand-wringing self-righteousness from some of the conservative side is outstanding, and without a hint of self-reflection.
"Why can't the violent radical left have a civil debate?"
Here's some MAGA indulging in civil debate...
#CharlieKirk

In the now darkly ironic department...
#CharlieKirk

First Dog. Nail, head, etc.
#auspol

NSW locks in great koala national park and brings in immediate ban on logging Minns government to create one of the largest national parks in the state as forest advocates welcome ‘historic’ victory

I do reckon Chris Minns missed a trick by not calling the #GreatKoalaNationalPark legislation "TheBlinkyBill".
#auspol
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

I'm sure it's absolutely a coincidence that multiple courts on the east coast sided with #BrittanyHiggins, while the well-connected with the Western Australian establishment #LindaReynolds won a case in Perth so decisively.
Yes, absolutely a coincidence.😏
#auspol

Memo: Assorted media news sources.
You know, soundtracking *every* story about the Murdoch's trust fund settlement with the theme from Succession really is getting predictable and boring.
Please cut it out.
Thanks.

Shinbashi in Rain (Kasamatsu Shiro, 1935).

Hide and seek (Jeffrey Smart, 1962).

Given the confusion over Thomas Sewell's Australia/New Zealand citizenship status, how about we just send Ferret to Nauru for a few months while it's all sorted out?
#CampSovereignty
#PlasticineNazi
#auspol

R Class Tram No.1755 turning from Lower Fort Street into George Street North, Millers Point (Peter Sage, 1958).

Woot.
Hold my calls.
#SlowHorses9
#ClownTown

It has been suggested expelling both the Iranian and Israeli ambassadors - and sending them out on the same flight...
#auspol

The Turquoise Prince (Brett Whiteley, 1979).

Nick Cave - The Red Hand Files - Issue #333 - 50 QUESTIONS No. 4 Will you please do another 50 yes/no/I don’t know/go fuck yourself answers? Love you. Yes. Nick, love ya, means it, but answering every question “yes” or “no” takes zero effort. Do better. FITZ, BOSTON, USA. Go fuck yourself

Nicholas keeps it simple.
Brevity being the soul of something or other.
#TheRedHandFiles
#YesNoGoFuckYourself
www.theredhandfiles.com/50-questions...

Newtown bespoke security zone.

I'm no body language expert, but one of these guys appears to have pretty obviously comprehensively owned the other one, no?
#Trump
#Putin
#AlaskaSummit

Legendary film critic David Stratton dies aged 85 His family announced his death on Thursday afternoon, saying he died peacefully in hospital near his home in the Blue Mountains.

Bugger.
While he and Margaret often clashed so gloriously, they both followed my much loved Clive James maxim of it being the easiest thing in the world to say something's rubbish, while the real trick is explaining why it was.
Vale.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-08...

YouTube video by Paul Kelly Paul Kelly - Rita Wrote A Letter (Official Video)

Paul Kelly does not owe you a happy ending.
#RitaWroteALetter
#Seventy
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Coalition vows to revoke Australia's recognition of a Palestinian state Opposition Leader Sussan Ley has pledged to reverse recognition of a Palestinian state a day after the government's much-anticipated announcement, as Prime Minister Anthony Albanese accused the Israel...

Given Susssan's chances in the next election are veering somewhere between Buckley's & None, this could be the day's most irrelevant statement.
Although Tim Wilson has had a go too, and is running her close.
#Palestine
#auspol
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