Archive for January, 2014

Home-Made Pornography OR, The Girl in the Red Photo and the Trouble She Caused

Posted in Love letters, Pornography, Writing with tags , , , , , , , , on January 30, 2014 by Jarrod Boyle

More than anything else, this piece has gotten me into a lot of trouble. And, I expect,  will continue to do so. Even though it was inspired by one woman, it has come to involve a number of others, none of whom were happy about it. Continue reading

Glorious Chaos

Posted in Music, Observation with tags , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on January 25, 2014 by Jarrod Boyle

“What I’ve always loved about heavy metal is that it’s rebel music.”

-Buzz Osborne,

The Melvins

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I first saw High on Fire at the Soundwave festival in 2010. Continue reading

Zen for Violent Men

Posted in Fitness, Observation with tags , , , , , on January 19, 2014 by Jarrod Boyle

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“Weight training is Zen for violent men.”

-Gregory David Roberts. Continue reading

Perfect Day

Posted in Fitness, Jokes with tags , , , , , , on January 14, 2014 by Jarrod Boyle
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Paul Johnston, proprietor of Olympia Gym, is visible sticking his head out the front door to find out why the hell I was standing in the middle of the street, staring at my iPhone.

It was 42 degrees today. I hit the weights at the great Olympia gym in South Melbourne and then went and splashed around at the beach near Middle Park pier. Perfect holidays are made of this.

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Imogen Hall – ‘Archipelago’

Posted in Observation with tags , , , on January 12, 2014 by Jarrod Boyle

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Imogen Hall is a spectacular photographer. Continue reading