http://www.dogmaticblog.com Diving Headfirst Into The Underbelly Of The Pop Counterculture! Thu, 02 Jul 2009 00:55:52 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I went through a real serial-killer kick several years ago. Fascinated by the subject and the fact that these monsters had almost celebrity-like status, I read up on a ton of these bad boys and predominantly focussed on the more 'popular' killers. (Ted Bundy, Richard Ramirez, Ed Gein, Albert Fish, ... http://www.dogmaticblog.com/2009/07/01/dear-mr-gacy/ Dressed as the Grim Reaper and holding signs that read, "Alannah Hill: Designer Of Death" members of People For The Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) Asia-Pacific protested outside the flagship Alannah Hill Boutique in Melbourne this afternoon. The protest follows PETA's attempts to talk to Hill about her decision to ... http://www.dogmaticblog.com/2009/06/29/petas-grim-reapers-descend-on-alannah-hill/ Giving Up My iPod For A Walkman. When the Sony Walkman was launched, 30 years ago this week, it started a revolution in portable music. But how does it compare with its digital successors? http://www.dogmaticblog.com/2009/06/29/giving-up-my-ipod-for-a-walkman/ RIP Kodachrome. The film so great that rock stars sang about it is the latest old-school technology to fall under the wheels of the digital revolution http://www.dogmaticblog.com/2009/06/23/rip-kodachrome/ You might have gone down the rabbit hole before. But never with a guide quite as attuned to the fantastic as Tim Burton. Those who have grown curiouser and curiouser about what the offbeat reinventor of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory might conjure up in his version of Alice in Wonderland ... http://www.dogmaticblog.com/2009/06/21/tim-burtons-wonderland/ I was in a weird headspace all week and it was a last minute decision to attend tonight's gig. Still, I didn't want to pass up on the opportunity of photographing an energetic and dynamically visual international rock act - so I tried to psyche myself, get to the gig ... http://www.dogmaticblog.com/2009/06/19/the-69-eyes-live-the-hifi-bar-melbourne-australia/ We're looking for a few outstanding individuals. You want a piece of this blog to call your own? Here is your chance! Take it! Grab it by the horns and stamp your mark on it. If you wanna do album reviews or gig reviews or books or whatever-da-fuck you want... ... http://www.dogmaticblog.com/2009/06/16/i-want-you/ The Bald Facts: Phil Spector Has A Bad Hair Day In Prison. Sporting a nice 'Larry Fine' look isn't he? http://www.dogmaticblog.com/2009/06/10/the-bald-facts-phil-spector-has-a-bad-hair-day-in-prison/ I first got to witness Manson back in February of 1997. Pretty much an unknown in Australia but that is still a gig which I have many fond memories of. They've toured these shores several times since then and for all the newbie Mansonites, here's your chance to see them ... http://www.dogmaticblog.com/2009/06/09/marilyn-manson-to-tour-australia/ With a stench of marijuana and beer in the air, I met up with my contact at Billboard as I had been requested to shoot some shots of Death Metal legends Mortal Angel half an hour before they were to hit the stage. I waited at the foot of a stairwell ... http://www.dogmaticblog.com/2009/06/01/morbid-angel-live-billboard/