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2010s Featured Music Snippets and Vignettes

Trenna & Public Enemy – 50 years of hip-hop

Public Enemy on stage
"10.35pm say Yeeerrhh, Chuck D." 28 February 2014.

By Greg

You may have noticed that we have just passed the 50th anniversary of the birth of hip-hop.

It wasn’t an anniversary that was on my radar, in fact, neither Trenna or I were big fans of hip-hop. We didn’t dislike it, it was just that there was a lot of other music around. That is until hot one afternoon in December 2013.

Perth International Arts Festival

Each year Perth has an international festival. And each year I … Read the rest ... “Trenna & Public Enemy – 50 years of hip-hop”

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1990s Darwin Featured Household Tips Snippets and Vignettes

The Green Salad Sandwich Maker, and Other Darwin Stories

A smiling Trenna Mahney standing outside
Trenna on Casuarina Drive, ignoring any Mango trees that might be nearby. 16 July 1995.

By Greg

Introduction

I think Trenna’s Darwin letters to my parents convey a lot of the colour and light of our two year stay at the top of Australia. If you haven’t caught up with them I suggest you start them HERE.

There were a few stories from that period that weren’t covered by Trenna’s letters, so I thought I’d cobble together a bunch of them in this post.

Decision to Go

We moved to Darwin so that I could … Read the rest ... “The Green Salad Sandwich Maker, and Other Darwin Stories”