GARY STEEL is a boomer dad with a 7-year-old who is just as infatuated with Enid Blyton’s creation as he was as a child back in the 1960s.
Books
The Opshop Critique – unbearable music icons and celebrities, ’90s-style
Guest columnist GEORGE HENDERSON is shocked by a book of 1990s interviews with more than a few repugnant personalities.
The other side of this life
GARY STEEL embarks on a journey featuring Satan, brazen defecation, porn and strangulation. It’s a hoot.
John Hanlon – Stealing Smokes REVIEW
GARY STEEL reads an anthology of short stories by the guy who sang ‘Damn The Damn.’ And it’s damn good.
Mike Nesmith’s Infinite Tuesday
GARY STEEL’s interview with Michael Nesmith was a shambles and his concert experience of ‘The Monkees’ was a travesty, but Nesmith’s memoir is a revelation.
Shayne Carter – Dead People I Have Known (Victoria University Press) BOOK REVIEW
Shayne Carter’s incredible memoir gives GARY STEEL a complex.
Ronnie Was Away With The Birds
Was the rock revolution really ground zero for music? GARY STEEL admits the error of his ways.
Sci-fi Author Jerry Pournelle Ascends To Great Gig In The Sky
Sci-fi freak PAT PILCHER farewells one of his favourite authors.