Review: Barren Earth - The Devil's Resolve (The Big Issue)
Live Review: Michael Chamberlin - Joy & Despair (The Pun)
By his own admission, Michael Chamberlin lives in a constant state of either joy or despair – no grey areas to be found in his life of loneliness, bewilderment and often crippling neuroses. A screenwriter by trade, Michael has written for Skithouse, Rove Live and Adam Hills in Gordon St. Tonight, and has even lent words to the legendary John Cleese. A veteran comedy writer and stand-up comic, Chamberlin has won acclaim far and wide for the last decade, but it seems that his dream joyride has now run into a wall built by despair.
Read the rest as well as many more 2012 MICF reviews at The Pun.
Live Review: Dave Purcell - Mix Tape (The Pun)
Dave Purcell looked a bit cramped on the Butterfly Club stage for Mix Tape, flanked by an upright piano and accompanied by his guitarist and drummer. The audience numbered no more than 20, but the room which scarcely fitted 15 was heat-choked. Our backs ached on the wooden “pews” during this hour long set comprised of stand-up, self-deprecating storytelling and music.
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