MUSIC
When Mark Lizotte rolls into towns around Australia, people still
tend to ask him where he has been. In the early '90s, the artist
known as Diesel was everywhere.
MUSIC
"What's a dilettante?" I ask Tim Rogers, frontman for You Am I,
trying to find a roundabout way of asking why the band gave their
latest album its name.
ARTS
The fracas about standards and nepotism at Opera Australia has
turned to "seething anger."
ENTERTAINMENT
When you think summer in Sydney, don't just think cricket or tennis
- think fireworks, jazz in the park and open-air cinemas.
ARTS
Bryce Courtenay was bemused when he received a letter from
Archbishop Desmond Tutu, asking him to take part in a multimedia
exhibition about the world's wisest citizens.
MUSIC
We all know that when we attend a concert by a "legend" we are
likely to have to carry a portion of the show ourselves. We want
our memories affirmed and we carry the excitement of just being in
their presence.
BOOKS
JM Coetzee is one of 12 authors in the running for Australia's
richest book prize.
ARTS
Moira Finucane brings an incredible hour of burlesque to the opera
house, reports Fiona Rutkay.
STAY IN TOUCH
Stay in touch: It was the divorce predicted by the tattle
rags as soon as they returned from the honeymoon, as news broke
that the marriage of Madonna and Guy Ritchie was over.
ARTS
Interaction is the key to many of this year's sculptures by the
sea.
MUSIC
LIKE a loyal dog, jazz just won't go away. It can be undernourished
and maltreated by the media and deprived of affection by punters
but it sticks around, confident enough in its own worth to be
patient.
ARTS
I Pod, therefore I sleep, discovers Charles Purcell.
ARTS
Sydney's private parts go on show, reports Ellie Harvey.
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