An early poster for Monkey Grip, starring Noni Hazelhurst and Colin Friels. MIFF August 11, 2022 Friday essay: sex, swimming and smudgy louvres – watching Monkey Grip 40 years on Ronnie Scott, RMIT University Ken Cameron’s film of Helen Garner’s Monkey Grip is dark, yearning, weird – and incredibly sexy – writes Ronnie Scott.
Nick Cave’s notebook, now on display in the Australian Music Vault. Dan Magree December 21, 2017 The Australian Music Vault moves the canon beyond pub rock Catherine Strong, RMIT University A new, permanent exhibition, which pays tribute to Australian popular music, represents a coming of age for our industry.
The naming and claiming of public space is a highly political act. Joe Castro/AAP Image September 5, 2014 Amphlett Lane puts rock legacy back on the map, literally Catherine Strong, Monash University When Chrissy Amphlett, lead singer of the iconic Australian rock group The Divinyls, passed away as a result of breast cancer in April last year, it was only a matter of weeks before the question of how…