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Andy Hazel @andyhazel.bsky.social · 17h

I noticed it and immediately assumed the rest of the world had been pronouncing it incorrectly for decades. LOVE this Artemis Fowl episode.

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Dave Graney @davegraney.bsky.social · 19h

I never normally get any kind of review or feedback but this tour is something people can approach more easily. Here is a lovely, thoughtful piece on our Sydney show last Friday. (though I am not into any kind of karate movement as perceived here) cityhub.com.au/dave-graney-...

Dave Graney & The Coral Snakes Revisit ‘The Soft ‘N’ Sexy Sound’ at Factory Theatre

90s Australian rock icon Dave Graney and the Coral Snakes took the audience back to another era at Marrickville’s Factory Theatre.

cityhub.com.au

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Andy Hazel @andyhazel.bsky.social · 23h

So many jawdropping facts, and some jovial idiocy, in this thread...

rax ‘levon honkers’ king @raxkingisdead.bsky.social · 1d

you ever think about those real weird overlaps. like tennessee williams might have listened to the ramones

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Andy Hazel @andyhazel.bsky.social · 1d

A stellar deep dive into the Venice smash hit and major awards player A House of Dynamite: @nadinewhitney.bsky.social speaks with Kathryn Bigelow, Rebecca Ferguson, Jason Clarke, Anthony Ramos, Tracy Letts, and Noah Oppenheim for @thecurb.com.au:

Inside a House of Dynamite - The Curb | Film and Culture

Kathryn Bigelow’s A House of Dynamite tracks the response to an unattributed nuclear warhead that is destined to land on an American city. The film moves in three terrifying segments replaying the sam...

www.thecurb.com.au

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6 News Australia @6newsau.bsky.social · 1d

🚨 NEW: 58% of Australians agree that a genocide is happening in Gaza, according to a YouGov poll commissioned by the Australia Palestine Advocacy Network

88% of Greens voters and 72% of Labor voters were among those who agreed with the UN report on Gaza

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Charlie Brigden @filmsonwax.bsky.social · 2d

With TRON ARES about to hit, here’s a bit I wrote for @crooked-marquee.bsky.social on the original TRON and it’s fabulous composer, the amazing Wendy Carlos

Pixel Perfect: How Wendy Carlos Gave an Extra Dimension to Tron

How synthesizer innovator Wendy Carlos created a combination orchestral/synth score for Disney’s big-budget adventure ‘Tron.’

crookedmarquee.com

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Andy Hazel @andyhazel.bsky.social · 1d

No mention of second-billed Gwyneth Paltrow at all in these first-look reviews of Marty Supreme? Very strange.

‘Marty Supreme’ Brings Down the House as Surprise NYFF Screening: ‘Major, Exhilarating Filmmaking’ and Timothée Chalamet’s ‘Best Performance Yet’

Benny Safdie directs Timothée Chalamet in the new movie 'Marty Supreme.' See the first reactions to the film.

www.indiewire.com

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Andy Hazel @andyhazel.bsky.social · 1d

Crikey’s inaugural Alan Bond Award for Corporate Misconduct, is... QANTAS.

"Strength-in-depth is needed to be a truly awful company, and Qantas has delivered that in spades over recent years, with an enviable record of offending in pretty much every way a company can in Australia."

And Australia's worst company is...

The inaugural winner of the Alan Bond Award for Corporate Misconduct goes to an Australian icon that has truly demonstrated awfulness across a wide range of criteria.

www.crikey.com.au

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The Nerve @thenerve.news · 4d

Thank you for all the support out there. We are blown away - and so grateful 🙏💪

Press Gazette @pressgazette.co.uk · 5d

Launch by ex-Observer staff of The Nerve has "hugely exceeded our expectations" in its first week with a beta website and its first newsletter

"We’ve shown what a small, dedicated, collaborative team of women – who’ve worked together for years – can do" pressgazette.co.uk/news/new-lau...

New launch from ex-Observer staff nears 1,000 paying subscribers in a week

The Nerve, the new publication launched by former Observer journalists including Carole Cadwalladr, topped 900 paying subscribers in a week.

pressgazette.co.uk

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Andy Hazel @andyhazel.bsky.social · 5d

You’re so lucky! She is the coolest.

Andy Hazel @andyhazel.bsky.social · 5d

Well if I do, you can have the swag.

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Andy Hazel @andyhazel.bsky.social · 5d

Well, if either lobby me I’ll be a) surprised, b) keen to find out what that looks like and c) sure to let you know.

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Andy Hazel @andyhazel.bsky.social · 5d

“What's so special about K-pop is the relationship between the idols and the fans,” Kang says. “To honour that, we folded that into the mythology of the film. That's the thing. That connection is this magical force that fuels this whole movie and that protects the world, and that’s in Golden.”

KPop Demon Hunters Talk 'Golden': Inside The Biggest Song Of The Year

“I just heard the few notes of the beginning, and then I just had tears.” HUNTR/X and Maggie Kang, co-director of KPop Demon Hunters, on making 2025’s biggest song.

themusic.com.au

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Andy Hazel @andyhazel.bsky.social · 5d

Nailed it.

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Andy Hazel @andyhazel.bsky.social · 5d

My interview with HUNTR/X, of K-Pop Demon Hunters about writing and recording 'Golden', the biggest song of the year, is now up at @themusiccomau.bsky.social

KPop Demon Hunters Talk 'Golden': Inside The Biggest Song Of The Year

“I just heard the few notes of the beginning, and then I just had tears.” HUNTR/X and Maggie Kang, co-director of KPop Demon Hunters, on making 2025’s biggest song.

themusic.com.au

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Andy Hazel @andyhazel.bsky.social · 5d

My interview with HUNTR/X, of K-Pop Demon Hunters about writing and recording 'Golden', the biggest song of the year, is now up at @themusiccomau.bsky.social

KPop Demon Hunters Talk 'Golden': Inside The Biggest Song Of The Year

“I just heard the few notes of the beginning, and then I just had tears.” HUNTR/X and Maggie Kang, co-director of KPop Demon Hunters, on making 2025’s biggest song.

themusic.com.au

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Andy Hazel @andyhazel.bsky.social · 5d

Seems we have a lot of listening to do!

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Andy Hazel @andyhazel.bsky.social · 5d

The Golden Globes announces the 25 podcasts eligible for Best Podcast category....

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Nick Feik @nickfeik.bsky.social · 6d

Federal governments have known about the gross mismanagement and corruption in their offshore detention operations for years.
Neither the NACC nor the AFP nor Home Affairs nor DFAT - who all know about it - have shown any desire to stop it. Serves their political purposes.

Refugees and asylum seekers on Nauru going hungry despite government spending $1.5m a year for each person

The Australian government is spending millions of dollars a year to house asylum seekers, yet many say they can not afford food and are forced to skip meals

www.theguardian.com

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The Times & Sunday Times @thetimes.com · 5d

New figures suggest that a 25-year-old will need to save £1,000 a month for 40 years to have a chance of a reasonable pension income ⬇️

Gen Z will need £3m for a ‘comfortable’ retirement

www.thetimes.com

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Andy Hazel @andyhazel.bsky.social · 7d

Speaking from experience about this "swanky cafe" era JK, I can concur.

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Jason Overbeck @bentclouds.bsky.social · 10d

No One Waved Goodbye by Tacoma Radar was just reissued by Numero Group. It has a bit of the Scottish twee gentleness of their label mates Camera Obscura but layered with a noisier guitar and narcotic haziness similar to Slowcore bands like Codeine. Definitely one of my favorite discoveries in 2025.

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Andy Hazel @andyhazel.bsky.social · 7d

You know, in disguise?

Andy Hazel @andyhazel.bsky.social · 7d

Is Rosie Red not A League of Their Own's Geena Davis?

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Andy Hazel @andyhazel.bsky.social · 7d

Highlander securing the director and writer of John Wick 4 makes me think there could be some amazing sequences that combine narrative, character development and incredible action. The casting of Russell Crowe as "a swordsman named Ramirez" makes me think hmmm maybe not.