Sydney Lyric February 18 8/10 Our brains are hard-wired to do this stuff: to fill in the missing number, letter or word; to complete a sentence or extrapolate the meaning of a look. So when we see a life-size, artificial horse clearly being manipulated by three puppeteers, we’ll expunge the…
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The Playhouse, February 16 9/10 Thirty-three years on, and the Necks continue to pursue the art of the slow-cooked anti-climax. As of this concert they have now played in all six internal Sydney Opera House venues: the Studio, Joan Sutherland Theatre, Concert Hall, Utzon Room, Drama Theatre and the Playhouse.…
Destructive streaming services are not going to stop him. Nor are people smearing their shoddy videos across YouTube like so much audio-visual graffiti. No, Pat Metheny remains committed to the album as a work of art. When the guitarist, who has popularised sonic adventuring like few others, returns to these…