The Outlandish Watch Poetry Project by Pascalle Burton, featuring Nathan Shepherdson, David Stavanger and music by The Stress of Leisure. Available on 7″ vinyl from The Stress of Leisure store and The Outpost Store.… Continue reading
Schmuck Jewellery for TWENTY FIVE SEVENTY FIVE Laser cut wood and mixed materials Inspired by the pieces exhibited in the Scmuckmuseum in Pforzheim, Germany. Pictured: Firma Wehrle & Co Pforzheim circa 1884 Earrings… Continue reading
The video clip for Sex Time – available on 7″ vinyl and on the The Stress of Leisure’s upcoming album. Directed by Sean Young and starring Conor Dowling and Olivia Porter, with expertise from… Continue reading
As part of my small run of poetry readings in support of my collection About the Author is Dead (available through Cordite Books), I will be a part of the Queensland Writers Centre Literary Salon with Alice… Continue reading
I will be doing a small run of poetry readings over May, June and July in support of my collection, About the Author is Dead, which is out through Cordite Books. The first is… Continue reading
After touring with Custard last year in support of their latest album The Common Touch, The Stress of Leisure is set to do it all again for their North Queensland tour. We’ll be… Continue reading
My debut collection About the Author is Dead is now available to purchase from Cordite Publishing (and soon to be available in North America from Small Press Distribution). Warmest thanks to Kent MacCarter for… Continue reading
The Stress of Leisure came in at number 7 in the 4ZZZ Hot 100 on New Years Day for the song I Wanna Be Adult! We are grateful for the support of our vital… Continue reading
Here is The Stress of Leisure’s video for Pulled Pork, the opening track on Eruption Bounce. It’s the second single from the album, following I Wanna Be Adult. This video springs from the warped mind of Ian… Continue reading
24 Hour Gym will present the songs of 24 Hour Gym Volume 1 at 5pm, Thursday 7 December at the Poetry and the Essay conference at the Victoria University of Wellington’s Poetry and the Essay… Continue reading
I have five poems included in the Queensland chapter of Australian Book Review’s second series of States of Poetry, edited by Felicity Plunkett: stones sequence sucked (after Samuel Beckett’s Molloy) a less tangible currency (after The New… Continue reading
We’ve launched our album Eruption Bounce (out through Plus One Records) and we’ve been playing a bunch of shows to celebrate: Sunday 1 October w/ Moody Beach and The Gametes @ The Foundry, Brisbane Saturday… Continue reading
As part of the Brisbane Writers Festival, I will be taking part in The Fanciful Fiction Auxiliary on Saturday 9 September at 7pm in the Top Shelf bar (right beside the State Library of… Continue reading
Here is The Stress of Leisure’s video for I Wanna Be Adult, which is fashioned after the hit television show Come Dine with Me. It’s the first single from our upcoming album, Eruption Bounce. With Phil… Continue reading
The Stress of Leisure will be supporting Japan’s Shonen Knife when they play The Zoo on Thursday 21 September. Also supporting is I Heart Hiroshima.
My piece ‘Generation Loss (after Alvin Lucier)’ has been shortlisted for the QUT Digital Literature Award, alongside works by Mez Breeze, Jason Nelson, David Thomas Henry Wright with Karen Lowry and Julia Lane, and Marianna… Continue reading
I’ll be doing a couple of Leonard Cohen poems for the Travelling Light: Leonard Cohen Tribute at Queensland Poetry Festival on Thursday, August 24 at 8:30pm. There is a stellar line-up of LC fans, including Ben Salter, Ben… Continue reading
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The eighth issue of the zine Today, the voice you speak with may not be your own is available and…
Simon Munro‘s Borrowed Verse project, bringing poets and songwriters together, is working to get an album out through pozible – check out the rewards and consider backing it: https://pozible.com/project/borrowed-verse-poetry-in-song. There are wonderful people… Continue reading
As part of the Wonderland 2016, I will be taking part in The Fanciful Fiction Auxiliary‘s Mills and Boom! at the Brisbane Powerhouse on Sunday 4th December. The Fanciful Fiction Auxiliary (FFA) is… Continue reading
The Stress Of Leisure will be playing with former The Go-Betweens member Adele Pickvance at The Triffid‘s Streets of Your Town: A Tribute to the Go-Betweens on Friday 2nd December.… Continue reading
My piece Unspooling UN/SPOOL has been included in the gorgeous print and performance project A book of small things by artist Panayiotis Michael (Cyprus). The project includes fantastic work by Maria Petrides, Isabel Carvalho, Peter Eramian,… Continue reading
My poem endowed through marriage with an aristocratic title (after Baroness Elsa von Freytag-Loringhoven, nee Plötz) has been included in Hunter Publishers’ Contemporary Australian Feminist Poetry edited by Bonny Cassidy & Jessica L. Wilkinson. The anthology will… Continue reading
The Stress of Leisure is looking forward to play Sonic Masala Fest again on Saturday 13th August at Greenslopes Bowls Club from 11am. poster art by Phoebe Paradise Wrap your eyes around the… Continue reading
My piece the death of the author (after Roland Barthes) – a poetic deconstruction of the essay of the same name – is available for free download over at Stale Objects (SOd press) as… Continue reading
The Stress of Leisure will be partaking in two tribute nights this month, covering the songs of both Iggy Pop and David Bowie. First up, is Lust for Life: a tribute to Iggy Pop at… Continue reading
My piece Generation Loss (after Alvin Lucier), including second generation: text compression and third generation: Alvin standing outside (stick to your guns), appears in Issue 55 of Cordite Poetry Review: FUTURE MACHINES edited by the wonderful Bella Li. It… Continue reading
