Articles by James Keast

Billy Bragg Return to Mermaid Avenue

PUBLISHED Nov 17, 2016

Billy Bragg is engaging in a little historical fantasising. "I believe that, had he lived long enough, [Woody Guthrie] would have been one...

Hannibal

Ridley Scott

PUBLISHED Nov 17, 2016

Reclusive and snail-paced author Thomas Harris doesn't appear to like having his books turned into movies. At least that's what the evidenc...

Luther Wright and The Wrongs Why Rebuild The Wall?

PUBLISHED Nov 17, 2016

It's the easiest assignment you could give a music journalist - a one question interview: why? Why would Luther Wright and the Wrongs, an o...

The Dish

Rob Sitch

PUBLISHED Nov 17, 2016

In the middle of a sheep paddock, in the middle of Australia, there is a dish. A satellite dish. And not just any satellite dish, but the l...

15 Minutes

John Herzfeld

PUBLISHED Nov 17, 2016

When Andy Warhol sagely commented on the length and nature of "everyone's" famous destiny, it wasn't a bequest - it was social commentary,...

Sigur Rós

20,000 Icelanders Can't Be Wrong

PUBLISHED Nov 17, 2016

For months now, fans with an ear to the ground have been buzzing about a band they're not even sure how to pronounce. They've been wanderin...

Way of the Gun

Christopher McQuarrie

PUBLISHED Nov 17, 2016

The first moment of anticipation for "Way of the Gun" comes from its writer and director, Christopher McQuarrie, the man responsible for th...

Tennessee Twin

PUBLISHED Nov 17, 2016

Former Olympia, WA resident and puppeteer Cindy Wolfe wanted to form a country band with her twin sister Allison. But since Allison has bee...