Samuel Webster

• Beginner’s Guide To (not) Planking

  May 16, 2011

  Yep, we’ve reached the point in human civilization where our greatest endeavour towards a spectacle is to mimic an inanimate object.

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• The Steps are Nothing: Interview with Rafael Bonachela

  April 23, 2011

  “You’re always writing, aren’t you?” The personal attention struck me kindly, something I would soon find as natural as his coy smile. “I’m going to get a coffee. Can I get you anything?”

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• Deadly Rhetoric: Sarah Palin and the shooting of Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords

  January 9, 2011

  After Columbine, America sought people to blame. After today’s massacre, a great proportion is blaming the rhetoric of Sarah Palin. Why not look for preventative measures over momentary triggers? Why not treat the means, instead of the cause?

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• Misinterprotato – The Gentle War (review)

  November 29, 2010

  Given the creative possibilities one’s brain can explore with combinations of interpretation and potato, this Brisbane trio is certainly hard to resist.

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• Andy Bull – We’re Too Young (review)

  September 22, 2010

  Andy Bull focuses on what it means to be a work in progress; approaching lyricism with a sensitivity and wisdom he may just admit he doesn’t yet deserve.

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• I’d prefer that you burn the Qur’an in private.

  September 14, 2010

  Pastor Jones is not responsible for the syndication of his hate; that information was put in the hands of people who should know the consequences of their actions and chose to run with it anyway.

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• Calling poets, writers and filmmakers.

  August 16, 2010

  Music criticism is terrible. It has to be said. And yes, I understand the hypocrisy of that statement, knowing that I have often dabbled (and still do) in the genre. The reason why I can make such a statement is that I don’t believe it’s the writers who are making this form so incredibly banal and restrictive.

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• Video: Methuselah’s Last (read at PPR #16)

  May 25, 2010

  My short story, Methuselah’s Last, read at Penguin Plays Rough (Newtown) on the 19th of May, 2010.
  Shot on iPhone

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• Penguin Plays Rough – May 19th

  May 10, 2010

  I’ve been asked to speak at what is looking to be a wonderful evening of story-telling.

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• In defense of the modern gamer

  April 8, 2010

  Given that the video game industry raked in US$11.7 billion in 2008, it seems foolishly tunnel-visioned to perpetuate the myth that gaming is a niche market for the socially inept.

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• Experiment: Phase Poetry

  February 24, 2010

  An experiment in form.

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• Brendan Maclean – White Canvas (EP Review)

  February 5, 2010

  One gets the feeling that this EP is sitting under past lovers doormats, left after nightfall with genuine regret. White Canvas was not designed as a series of tracks, but a small journal of melodic missives.

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• The Magnificent Dead Letter Chorus (Trespass Interview)

  December 20, 2009

  Interview/Review for Trespass Magazine

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• Don’t Be Dirty: Why Internet Censorship is About More Than Pornography

  December 5, 2009

  As Kevin Rudd ventures forward with his plan to censor Australia’s Internet access, I feel like this is a perfect example to explain why I think that this kind of blanket censorship is fundamentally flawed.

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• Rule #57: Writer’s Block Does Not Exist

  November 25, 2009

  There are ways in which technology can be used (against its intentions) to inspire.

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