by Ian Cochrane | Dec 11, 2012 | Americas, Oceania, Utopia
Upright sleeves of vinyl records – Mayall, Joplin and Bloomfield – sit above a dishevelled shelf of seventy assorted blues CDs, and these days an under-used turntable. I read the CD titles from left to right, tucking in a Broonzy and dusting off a Burnside. I grab...
by Ian Cochrane | Dec 4, 2012 | Oceania, Utopia
They sit in the kitchen – Mr and Mrs L – overlooking a backyard of woodpiles, wheelbarrows and tussocks of native grass. It’s early summer. The pungent scent of rambling Chinese jasmine wafts across the yard and mingles with the smell of last night’s rain. The weekend...
by Ian Cochrane | Nov 30, 2012 | Americas, Oceania, Utopia
“I have sent for you and I am glad to see you. I am going to talk to you after awhile about your relatives who are dead and gone.’” – Wovoka, Paiute American Indian prophet From Pierre I catch the first available...
by Cameron Tampling | Aug 4, 2012 | Asia, Oceania, Utopia
A signed hard copy of Indian Summers – the perfect gift for lovers of all things Indian – is a tactile, beautifully presented collection of 13 stories complete with a mosaic of richly coloured photos; equally at home in a backpack or on a coffee table. The...
