3 Little Gigs at Melbourne Fringe

Hey bros – exciting news! I will be doing a stand-up show at the 2013 Melbourne Fringe Festival! Last year I did a show with my improv group The Improv Conspiracy – it was awesome. This is is a lot more pressure because like um you actually have to write material and the burden/pressure of […]

Being a Ryan Gosling Expert in Sunday Life

I have found myself in the position of “Ryan Gosling expert”, following the hysteria of #Goslingwatch. If you are unfamiliar, that was a successful hashtag that I created in regard to rumours that Ryan Gosling was in Australia that were never actually proven. Contrary to some extremely defamatory accusations – I didn’t make it up […]

This. Tonight.

Pretty pumped that my DJ alter-ego (DJ Rosefacekillah) has been invited to play at Hip Hop Hotties (formerly Hip Hop Hoochies) tonight at the Laundry. It’s a hip hop/R&B night run by women and featuring pretty much an all female DJ line-up. The theme is “Crushes”. So come down and crush on all the lovely […]

Internships: I Went on Another Twitter Rant But This Time I Ended Up on TV

So last night I had my prime time TV debut – on Channel 10’s The Project. Well it was my debut if you don’t count being a quiz contestant on Recovery circa 1998, or an audience member on (the new, terrible) Hey Hey It’s Saturday, Live at the Chapel and supportive friend on Who Wants […]

‘I Am Eleven’ Interview with Nick Huggins

Update: I watched the Cinemix ‘I Am Eleven’ screening as part of Melbourne Music Week. On second viewing I cried just as much, if not more as I did the first time. The live score was beautiful and we even got to meet Jack and Jamirah at the end. Jack was 18 and had moved […]

We Have Reached a Musical Zenith

And people are saying that everything in music has already been done. I give to you: hip hop and whale noises. I’m sure there is a dreadlocked, 21 year old bongo drumming backpacker in Byron Bay that would literally keel over and die upon hearing the culmination of these two most important spiritual elements. I […]

How to Turn an Unsubstantiated Gossip Rumour Into a National News Story via The Social Mediaz

I saw Drive three times last year AT THE CINEMA. I effing love that movie. I effing love Ryan Gosling. The Notebook? GET OUT OF MY FACE OMG IT/HE IS SO BEAUTIFUL. So when I found out that he MIGHT BE IN MELBOURNE I felt the need to scream it from the digital rooftop. UPDATE: […]

The Power of Kimbra…and Monkeys

I caught up with my friend Stu for lunch yesterday. He is a musician. “Hey, so I just checked youtube yesterday and my video has had like 200,000 views,” he told me over a coffee. “Isn’t that weird? Last time I looked it was 4,000.” “Uh-huh,” I said, thinking he probably meant to say 20,000 views. […]

This is Why You Shouldn’t Be Mean to People on the Internet

…Even if it’s hilarious. Rose versus famous and highly respected writer and philosopher Alain de Botton. @operation_rosie I’m so sorry, that must be pretty bad. Apologies. — Alain de Botton (@alaindebotton) May 4, 2012 He has 204,000 followers. Let this be a lesson children!!

Azari & iii: Hungry For Future

I wrote this story in November 2011 for the Future Music Festival. It was published in Beat Magazine (Melbourne), The Brag (Sydney) and Scene (Brisbane). The show at the Forum was probably my gig of the year so far. Anyone else trying to compete, two words: Cat. Walk. In a scene that continues to be […]