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Sophie Payten, the Australian musician known as Gordi, released her Inhuman EP last year. Since then, she’s played some Australian shows with Bon Iver, dropped the one-off single “Broke Scene,” and covered Augie March’s “One Crowded Hour.” Today, we get another cover version from Gordi, and it’s a pretty radical reinvention.

Some truly marry a cultural moment with artistic excellence, others have left us fearful of a country plagued by young people with terrible taste.

Teddy Roosevelt changed the American landscape, establishing the U.S. Forest Service and protecting the magnificent green spaces we cherish today.

Early NYC restaurants, experimental cocktail culture, and other hallmarks of this era.

One-man play to honour life of Tasmanian war correspondent Neil Davis FriFriday 12 updated FriFriday 12 MarMarch 2021 at 11:34pm Neil Davis in Hobart in 1961, using the same model of camera he would use for 11 years of frontline combat photography. ( Print text only Cancel Thirty-five years after renowned war correspondent Neil Davis filmed his own death, his life story has been adapted for the stage. Key points: The Tasmanian left school at 14 and eventually became an ABC cameraman He died whi...

Outdoor pub gets go-ahead Picture: Supplied AN Edithvale pub has been given the green light to open an outdoor summer lounge. At the end of last year, The Crowded Hour’s plans for outdoor dining were thwarted when Kingston Council rejected its proposal (“Council shuts down outdoor dining plans”, Crowded Hour owner Rogan O’Shannessy says that council has since backtracked, and granted him permission to open Friday to Sunday from 6 February until Easter. “This is all down to people po...

Council shuts down outdoor dining plans Picture: Supplied AN Edithvale cafe owner who was planning to introduce outdoor dining this summer says that council’s rejection of his proposal is “a huge opportunity lost”. Kingston Council has been encouraging local venues to expand outdoors during the COVID-19 pandemic – offering free outdoor dining licences and footpath trading permits, as well as dining pop-up licences. Despite that, council struck down a plan for The Crowded Hour to expand...