Name: Snarkattack
Dateline: Australian Eastern Standard Time
Weblog: www.snarkattack.info [RSS]
Articles: 18
First Published: Tuesday, May 16, 2006
Last Published: Tuesday, March 27, 2007
She is a former music school rebel who now wrestles with mental illness and various pathological obsessions including but not limited to cats, lipgloss, bath products, any decent literature, poetry, and music. You can catch her various ramblings on her blog. She passes as a published poet in some circles.
Currently listing articles 18-1:
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Book Review: The Truth Will Out: Unmasking the Real Shakespeare by Brenda James & William D. Rubinstein— The literary world is introduced to another possible candidate as the true author of William Shakespeare's work.
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Music review: Goldfrapp - We Are Glitter— Goldfrapp will beat you into submission with some help from various music producers with their first full-length remix album.
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The Bathroom: Microcosm for Fascism, Communism, and Capitalism— If a political ideology doesn't work inside, forget trying to use it outside. Case study: me, brother, and a shared bathroom.
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PC Game Review: Glow Worm— It's just a simple, family-friendly puzzle game, and yet so enjoyably addictive! Besides, who can resist glowworms?
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Book Review: Beginning PHP and MySQL 5: From Novice to Professional (Second Edition) by W. Jason Gilmore— Computer technical books - boring, dry and impossible to follow, right? This one, however, isn't too bad, especially if you're technologically challenged like myself.
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Book Review: Mi Revalueshanary Fren by Linton Kwesi Johnson— Reggae isn't just about cool music, dreadlocks, and hypnotic, near-musical accents. Scrape beneath that surface and take a glimpse into West Indian postcolonialism - 'LKJ'-style.
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Music Review: Richard Dorfmeister vs. Madrid de los Austrias, Grand Slam— What do you get when you mix three Austrian DJs who like tennis and collaborating with one another? This recording, of course.
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Music Review: Faithless - Renaissance 3D— Ah, good ol' Faithless - I sure can hear London calling. It might not be for all, but this compilation is close to my heart.
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Book Review: The Looking Glass Wars by Frank Beddor— Thought you knew everything there was to know about Wonderland and a famous little girl called Alice? Guess again.
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Beauty and Sadness— The constant pursuit of beauty is a constant source of sadness. No, really. Perhaps not for cosmetic surgeons.
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Music Review: György Kurtág, Kafka fragmente op. 24— Embittered by unsavoury music conversatory experiences, it’s not often I listen to classical music. This recording was definitely a worthy exception.
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A Time To Cull— When sociologist Jonathan Dollimore wrote an essay called Desire is Death, I wonder if he meant my lipgloss obsession would be the death of me?
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What's In Your Shower?— I'll tell you mine if you tell me yours — products, that is. Oh heck, here's mine anyway.
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Music Review: BeOmega - Outer Edge of MusiVerse— Music that takes you on a journey? That's up to the listener to decide.
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The Discovery of Beauty: A Personal Account— The worlds of beauty and brains are not mutually exclusive - in fact they're rather dangerous when combined...
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Concert Review: Imaad Wasif with the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, The Forum, Melbourne, Australia July 18th 2006— Hippy singer-songwriter joins no-holds-barred rock band?! What the heck? Hang about, not as crazy as it sounds.
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Sit Down, Shut Up and Soak!— Bathing isn't only about cleanliness. What about relaxation? Remember that old thing? Apparently, we don't.
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DVD Review: Equilibrium— Another dystopian vision for conspicuous consumption! Oh, did I also mention it's a really good film?
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