ABC reports NSW paid $175m, 53% of budget, to make Furiosa. Federal producer offsets are a tax secret, so we can’t know, but likely the people of Australia paid another $133m (40%). Is AU well-served by screen policy that spends $11 per Aussie on 1 film? abc.net.au/news/2024-05-2…

After Falco comes autoplay of Fish, well done YouTube algo, well done

Laughing, thinking about the ethics of Schadenfreude, laughing again, feeling shame about it....

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Jason Clare and the government have got the international student policy badly wrong. They genuinely do not seem to understand that the international student caps will cost thousands and thousands of university jobs

This sounds a lot better than when I try to explain that there are different ways to theorise what music is, and/or what role it plays

Tony Moore, Mark Gibson, Chris McAuliffe on their book with Maura Edmond: Fringe to Famous podbean.com/eas/pb-378wj-1…

Oh! I've just realised today is official publication day for my book... I've yet to see one in the wild but @sallysharp has sent me proof it does actually exist. All she had to do was say some nice words about it on the back cover... Obligatory link: bloomsbury.com/uk/corporate-l…

What is "fake" music?