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
I will be talking with multi-award winning poet, rapper, playwright and novelist Kate Tempest on Monday 23rd May at Avid Reader to discuss her debut novel The Bricks that Built the Houses. Kate Tempest is… Continue reading
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In an attempt to remind us all that great literature is very important — with accuracy optional — writer Carody Culver…
Here is The Stress of Leisure’s video for No Idea Is The New Idea from our album Achievement. Featuring (in order of appearance): Renee Vaughan Sutherland, Chris Hetherington, Nicola Scott, Scott Regan, Adam… Continue reading
I will be doing a poetry reading at Kurilpa Poets on Sunday 27th March from 2pm at 91 Cordelia St, South Brisbane, alongside Jem Sparkles and Reverend Hellfire. Entry is $5. Then… Continue reading
Originally posted on Today, the voice you speak with may not be your own:
The seventh issue of the zine Today, the voice you speak with may not be your own is available and…
*** UPDATE: Congratulations to Clan Analogue on Intone: Voice Abstractions’ shortlisting for the Australian Art Music Awards’ Excellence in Experimental Music award. *** I have a track called As if, Philip Tagg (featuring Renee… Continue reading
I will be part of an evening called Borrowed Verse at the Junk Bar on Thursday 10th March from 7:30pm. Borrowed Verse brings songwriters and poets together to create original songs. I have… Continue reading
The Stress of Leisure’s album Achievement has been nominated for 2016 Queensland Music Awards Album of the Year alongside Blank Realm (Illegals In Heaven), Last Dinosaurs (Wellness), Robert Forster (Songs To Play) and Troy Cassar-Daley (Freedom Ride). The awards… Continue reading
After the Party by Andy Warhol Poet Derek Beaulieu (@derekbeaulieu) is erasing Andy Warhol’s a: a novel, leaving only sound effects and punctuation, and asking for sonic responses to the work. More information… Continue reading
The Stress of Leisure will be playing the first gig of 2016 at The Bearded Lady on Thursday 11th February. We are playing with Ultra Material and Figures and will test out some… Continue reading
I am looking forward to running a course called Poetic Practice for Queensland Writers Centre over February and March. It is essentially for new poets and will run each Wednesday night 6–8pm between February… Continue reading
“If we want to live lives of purpose, knowing the past is as important as knowing the present” ~ Graham Willett I am so thrilled to be included in BOLD: Stories from older lesbian,… Continue reading
Originally posted on Today, the voice you speak with may not be your own:
The sixth issue of the zine Today, the voice you speak with may not be your own is available and…
(photo by Almaryse Burton at Queensland Poetry Festival) 24 Hour Gym will perform the songs of 24 Hour Gym Volume 1 at the BAD!SLAM!NO!MEMOIR! in Brisbane on Thursday 5th November and BAD!SLAM!NO!BISCUIT! in Canberra… Continue reading
While I haven’t made an orchestrated effort to tee up a November ‘tour’, I am about to do a bunch of poetry readings in November. I have even managed to get an updated… Continue reading
Now that Jane has returned from her overseas adventures, The Achievement continues. The Stress of Leisure will be playing a string of shows in Sydney, Brisbane and Toowoomba. Dates include: Friday 16th October at… Continue reading
Pounce on a rare opportunity to see 24 Hour Gym perform the songs of 24 Hour Gym Volume 1 at the Queensland Poetry Festival! 24 Hour Gym is an experimental musical and spoken… Continue reading
The fifth issue of the zine Today, the voice you speak with may not be your own is available and this issue the theme is Light. The zine consists of the words, images and… Continue reading
The theme for the 2015 Queensland Poetry Festival is ‘Language is a virus from outer space’. I have been curating a project for the festival that responds to this theme and the future of… Continue reading
After the wonderful Between Two Worlds exhibition at GOMA this year, the David Lynch love keeps coming with the session Quasimodo’s Dream at the Queensland Poetry Festival at 10pm, Saturday 29th August at… Continue reading
The Stress of Leisure will launch album number five, Achievement, on Friday 26th June. Launch dates will start with Brisbane and Melbourne: Friday 26th June at The Bearded Lady in Brisbane, playing with McKisko… Continue reading
Widely regarded as one of Australia’s most accomplished poets, Judith Wright, born on 31 May 1915, was a champion of the environment and a strong advocate for Indigenous rights. On the eve… Continue reading
I am delighted to have a series of work, Every afternoon at precisely the same time (after H.G. Wells’ ‘The First Men in the Moon’) in the 5th and final issue of V+L-A=K Magazine.… Continue reading
Last year, I ran a poetry masterclass as part of the Poetry Gallery at Bleach* Festival. I will be returning to Bond again on Sunday 15th March. The masterclass will also feature a special talk by 2013… Continue reading
