Boorna Waanginy (Trees speaking) is a nocturnal excursion through Karda Katta (Kings Park) - a trek through the 6 indigenous seasons of the South West of Western Australia and one I look forward to seeing. It runs
Fri 8 Feb, 8pm-11pm
Sat 9 Feb, 8pm-11pm
Sun 10 Feb, 8pm-11pm
Mon 11 Feb, 8pm-11pm
Last entry at 10.30pm.
I really want to get to this. #nyungar #noongar #westernaustralia #indigenous
https://www.perthfestival.com.au/experience/boorna-waanginy
Thursday, 31 January 2019
In case you didn' t see it. Take action to save your stuff now.
In case you didn' t see it. Take action to save your stuff now.
Originally shared by Edward Morbius
Frequently asked questions about the Google+ shutdown - Google+ Help
Carefully buried in Google's announcement today of an April 2, 2019 shutdown date, was a link to a FAQ addressing at least some of the questions many of us have had over the shutdown, effects, timing, and more. This is Google's official FAQ on the G+ shutdown and may be useful.
Key takeaways:
Your data will not be available after April 2. Data export must occur before the shutdown.
Google will begin deleting most user data associated with G+ immediately following the April 2 shutdown. There are a few exceptions (some categories of photos, legal mandates), and some surprising inclusions. It appears Google want this data gone, gone, gone. If you don't, you're going to have to do something about it now.
The actual deletion may take some months. I suspect this has to do with how data were stored and addressed in different versions of G+, and it's likely that most data will be deleted fairly quickly. Expect little or no grace period. Though there may be the odd relics remaining.
There will be additional Community export capability at some point in "early March", including content, but only for public communities. If you're running a private community, Google Data Takeout will not offer you the ability to archive content from it. And this ability applies to Community Owners and Moderators only.
Google photos previously retained after deleting G+ accounts will now be deleted. See the FAQ for more.
There are no provisions offered for remaining in contact via Google/Google+ itself. You will have to establish external contact methods, much as we've been encouraging here for months.
Google+ content (mostly comments) on Blogger will be removed after the shutdown: "All your Google+ comments on all sites will be deleted starting April 2, 2019."
*There are some interesting edge cases for G Suite users. Including products, service, and/or content which won't work or will be deleted. See the FAQ and its references.
Use of other Google services, we're assured, will not be affected.
https://support.google.com/plus/answer/9217723
https://support.google.com/plus/answer/9217723
Originally shared by Edward Morbius
Frequently asked questions about the Google+ shutdown - Google+ Help
Carefully buried in Google's announcement today of an April 2, 2019 shutdown date, was a link to a FAQ addressing at least some of the questions many of us have had over the shutdown, effects, timing, and more. This is Google's official FAQ on the G+ shutdown and may be useful.
Key takeaways:
Your data will not be available after April 2. Data export must occur before the shutdown.
Google will begin deleting most user data associated with G+ immediately following the April 2 shutdown. There are a few exceptions (some categories of photos, legal mandates), and some surprising inclusions. It appears Google want this data gone, gone, gone. If you don't, you're going to have to do something about it now.
The actual deletion may take some months. I suspect this has to do with how data were stored and addressed in different versions of G+, and it's likely that most data will be deleted fairly quickly. Expect little or no grace period. Though there may be the odd relics remaining.
There will be additional Community export capability at some point in "early March", including content, but only for public communities. If you're running a private community, Google Data Takeout will not offer you the ability to archive content from it. And this ability applies to Community Owners and Moderators only.
Google photos previously retained after deleting G+ accounts will now be deleted. See the FAQ for more.
There are no provisions offered for remaining in contact via Google/Google+ itself. You will have to establish external contact methods, much as we've been encouraging here for months.
Google+ content (mostly comments) on Blogger will be removed after the shutdown: "All your Google+ comments on all sites will be deleted starting April 2, 2019."
*There are some interesting edge cases for G Suite users. Including products, service, and/or content which won't work or will be deleted. See the FAQ and its references.
Use of other Google services, we're assured, will not be affected.
https://support.google.com/plus/answer/9217723
https://support.google.com/plus/answer/9217723
Imagine a goldstone building of Neoclassical Art Deco design - built for the education of girls, later as a bastion...
Imagine a goldstone building of Neoclassical Art Deco design - built for the education of girls, later as a bastion of the Law and left deserted and reimagined as a cinema space, all of this left behind and dropped into a montage of themes and drapery from the Gothic world of Edgar Allen Poe. Night starts to fall.
Hydrate first. Take your reading glasses, if you need them, in a padded pocket, the lights will be dim, and there are messages to be read.
Talking is not permitted. We sink into the suspension of disbelief and it takes quite a bit to be pulled out of it at the end.
Smoke rises from gravestones and figures charge through the twilight - a bell rings. A row of infirmary beds. Deserted prams. A loud, accusatory heartbeat - what's that glow under the floorboards? An untidy nest of clutter behind a stage. A black tunnel of feathers opening out into somewhere unexpected.
Helpful signs - The Pit, The House, The Heights show the way. Tunnels and passages are hidden in plain view. Messages are to be found - voices cry out in fear or supplication or invitation, in the distance or near. It depends where you are in the School.
This is an intense and surprisingly intimate experience. There can be lots of stairs, and crawling through tunnels. It's disorienting and surreal, and very, very dreamlike. Doors seem to open onto new rooms, acts spring up out of nowhere, dark figures move around, ushering. You might be urged to go with some of the main characters, larger than life. The Actress to help her, a Detective might whisk you away for what - a little girl might demand to be read to in a lake of pink bubbles...
It all seems to go on forever.
This is not jump out of the cupboard and scare you boo! horror. It's the slow forbidding horror of unfolding suspense and a fever dream cycling around. The entire setup is ingenious, and huge amount of props and transformation material has been used, and the performers amazing.
I'm still not sure whether I should be pleased or sorry I didn't try to map the place.
There are stairs and tunnels and passages. They can do access friendly tours but they are limited and you need to check with them first. Edit: no longer accessible available.
A big thank you to all the Veiled Ushers who have the most thankless task in this performance.
All that we see or seem is but a dream within a dream.
Highly recommended to people after an immersive experience, who like Gothic horror, surrealistic surroundings and the passion of performers so immersed in their roles that it was quite the a relief to see them emerging into reality after the show.
10/10 Enthralling and on the Sid and Nancy scale: a fun night for all the kids at the H P Lovecraft holiday fun camp with a visit from Dark's Carnival.
There's several more performances. We had an 8:30 one, which was pretty good, as it gave us the option of staying longer to see bits we'd seen the the end of, but not the start of, once we heard the cues and understood what they meant.
#fringeworld #fringeworld2019 #perth #westernaustralia
https://fringeworld.com.au/whats_on/a-midnight-visit-fw2019
Hydrate first. Take your reading glasses, if you need them, in a padded pocket, the lights will be dim, and there are messages to be read.
Talking is not permitted. We sink into the suspension of disbelief and it takes quite a bit to be pulled out of it at the end.
Smoke rises from gravestones and figures charge through the twilight - a bell rings. A row of infirmary beds. Deserted prams. A loud, accusatory heartbeat - what's that glow under the floorboards? An untidy nest of clutter behind a stage. A black tunnel of feathers opening out into somewhere unexpected.
Helpful signs - The Pit, The House, The Heights show the way. Tunnels and passages are hidden in plain view. Messages are to be found - voices cry out in fear or supplication or invitation, in the distance or near. It depends where you are in the School.
This is an intense and surprisingly intimate experience. There can be lots of stairs, and crawling through tunnels. It's disorienting and surreal, and very, very dreamlike. Doors seem to open onto new rooms, acts spring up out of nowhere, dark figures move around, ushering. You might be urged to go with some of the main characters, larger than life. The Actress to help her, a Detective might whisk you away for what - a little girl might demand to be read to in a lake of pink bubbles...
It all seems to go on forever.
This is not jump out of the cupboard and scare you boo! horror. It's the slow forbidding horror of unfolding suspense and a fever dream cycling around. The entire setup is ingenious, and huge amount of props and transformation material has been used, and the performers amazing.
I'm still not sure whether I should be pleased or sorry I didn't try to map the place.
There are stairs and tunnels and passages. They can do access friendly tours but they are limited and you need to check with them first. Edit: no longer accessible available.
A big thank you to all the Veiled Ushers who have the most thankless task in this performance.
All that we see or seem is but a dream within a dream.
Highly recommended to people after an immersive experience, who like Gothic horror, surrealistic surroundings and the passion of performers so immersed in their roles that it was quite the a relief to see them emerging into reality after the show.
10/10 Enthralling and on the Sid and Nancy scale: a fun night for all the kids at the H P Lovecraft holiday fun camp with a visit from Dark's Carnival.
There's several more performances. We had an 8:30 one, which was pretty good, as it gave us the option of staying longer to see bits we'd seen the the end of, but not the start of, once we heard the cues and understood what they meant.
#fringeworld #fringeworld2019 #perth #westernaustralia
https://fringeworld.com.au/whats_on/a-midnight-visit-fw2019
Make a note if you want to find me after Google Plus is no more.
Make a note if you want to find me after Google Plus is no more. https://leecetheartist.dreamwidth.org/ is the best place for my extended ramblings and reviews. Sometimes both at once.
leeece is me if you're looking for me through Google's email system.
leeece is me if you're looking for me through Google's email system.
We regretfully are cancelling gaming for tomorrow night, we are caught between Fringe and Wadjemup, and are going to...
We regretfully are cancelling gaming for tomorrow night, we are caught between Fringe and Wadjemup, and are going to need the time.
Tuesday, 29 January 2019
The producer of Werewolf: Live contacted The West Australian Boardgame Association which resulted the producer...
The producer of Werewolf: Live contacted The West Australian Boardgame Association which resulted the producer Vivienne and performer Jon rocking up to WABA Thornlie on Saturday. Despite this being one of the quieter meets due to the Australia Day Long Weekend we were able to garner enough interest to have Jon run several sessions. In this game - based on the original card game Mafia, villagers sleep each night, but a werewolf or werewolves are amongst them, so each night someone wakes up dead. It's the villagers, and their hidden Seer that must find and lynch the werewolves (or use traditional werewolf killing methods) before it's too late and the werewolves outnumber the villagers and they run wild.
A mixture of suspense, horror and black humour is made even more atmospheric by props and enthusiasm. Jon, in his cloak (brave fellow, it was a hot Australia Day outside) and surrounded by trappings of mystery and black silk table coverings led us through the story with flair and humour. With his energy and funny patter we were all soon cheerfully either dead or trying not to be so.
There were props galore, and we all got to wear splendid hats. We're going to see the full effect on Thursday night - with the music and lighting, as I am joining the audience at the State Theatre Centre on Thursday night - details here if you want to come join me and Rob.
So what will happen there is that Jon will lead a bunch of professional comedians through the game, joined by one audience member, which should be most amusing to watch! I'll bring back a review of the actual performance, so until Thursday! (or most probably Friday as it's gonna be a late night)
It should certainly be a contrast to A National Park, which we're also seeing that night. There's 4 performances only - the 31st January, and the 1,2, and 3rd of February so check it out.
#fringeworld #fringeworld2019 #boardgames
https://fringeworld.com.au/whats_on/werewolf-live-fw2019
A mixture of suspense, horror and black humour is made even more atmospheric by props and enthusiasm. Jon, in his cloak (brave fellow, it was a hot Australia Day outside) and surrounded by trappings of mystery and black silk table coverings led us through the story with flair and humour. With his energy and funny patter we were all soon cheerfully either dead or trying not to be so.
There were props galore, and we all got to wear splendid hats. We're going to see the full effect on Thursday night - with the music and lighting, as I am joining the audience at the State Theatre Centre on Thursday night - details here if you want to come join me and Rob.
So what will happen there is that Jon will lead a bunch of professional comedians through the game, joined by one audience member, which should be most amusing to watch! I'll bring back a review of the actual performance, so until Thursday! (or most probably Friday as it's gonna be a late night)
It should certainly be a contrast to A National Park, which we're also seeing that night. There's 4 performances only - the 31st January, and the 1,2, and 3rd of February so check it out.
#fringeworld #fringeworld2019 #boardgames
https://fringeworld.com.au/whats_on/werewolf-live-fw2019
Friday, 25 January 2019
Last night was the first Wet Sounds concert for the 2019 Perth Fringe.
Last night was the first Wet Sounds concert for the 2019 Perth Fringe.
We turned up at the HBF Stadium fairly early and just chilled as the support people arrived from Perth Dive. They sold and hired out masks and snorkels for those that didn't have them, and were also providing saftey support in the dive pool where the concert was being held, so during the concert it wasn't unusual to be showered in rising bubbles as a diver released them from their respirator.
This breathtaking concert is a fully immersive experience. You enter the water with the other audience members but they become shapes in the water in the dim and coloured gentle lightshow, moving on the surface and below it, diving deep to get the best sound. The sound track at the surface is harsh and vital, but as you dive it vanishes into a smoother, clearer crystal sound - changing as you rise and descend.
It reminded me of Jarre's Concerts in China, and throw in some Alan Lauris, Mike Oldfield and maybe some 4AD stuff. It is its own unique sound and while certainly novel and original is not a gimmick - there's a real craftsmanship in making your audience part of the medium, and the weaving of the tracks is masterful.
Float on the surface with your ears underwater, float with one ear under and one ear above for a really unique stereo experience, and dive, dive, dive! It's a unique invitation to become a composer yourself, you are effectively doing your own mixing - combining the tracks as you ascend and swim down.
Unfortunately for us, when I enquired I was told that the HBF Stadium doesn't permit mertails, which would have added to the surreal and magical experience for the diving part, but small fins would be fine. There are quite a few people in the water, of all skills, so be aware of other patrons entranced by the novelty and look before you dive.
Goggles and snorkel a necessity - you can hire them. Don't forget the trick with the baby shampoo for the defogging of your goggles before you go.
Highly recommended.
9 out of 10 breathtaking and The Abyss jamming with humpbacks at a laser light show on the Sid and Nancy Scale.
#fringeworld2019 #fringe #underwater #music #perth #fringeworld
https://fringeworld.com.au/whats_on/wet-sounds-fw2019
We turned up at the HBF Stadium fairly early and just chilled as the support people arrived from Perth Dive. They sold and hired out masks and snorkels for those that didn't have them, and were also providing saftey support in the dive pool where the concert was being held, so during the concert it wasn't unusual to be showered in rising bubbles as a diver released them from their respirator.
This breathtaking concert is a fully immersive experience. You enter the water with the other audience members but they become shapes in the water in the dim and coloured gentle lightshow, moving on the surface and below it, diving deep to get the best sound. The sound track at the surface is harsh and vital, but as you dive it vanishes into a smoother, clearer crystal sound - changing as you rise and descend.
It reminded me of Jarre's Concerts in China, and throw in some Alan Lauris, Mike Oldfield and maybe some 4AD stuff. It is its own unique sound and while certainly novel and original is not a gimmick - there's a real craftsmanship in making your audience part of the medium, and the weaving of the tracks is masterful.
Float on the surface with your ears underwater, float with one ear under and one ear above for a really unique stereo experience, and dive, dive, dive! It's a unique invitation to become a composer yourself, you are effectively doing your own mixing - combining the tracks as you ascend and swim down.
Unfortunately for us, when I enquired I was told that the HBF Stadium doesn't permit mertails, which would have added to the surreal and magical experience for the diving part, but small fins would be fine. There are quite a few people in the water, of all skills, so be aware of other patrons entranced by the novelty and look before you dive.
Goggles and snorkel a necessity - you can hire them. Don't forget the trick with the baby shampoo for the defogging of your goggles before you go.
Highly recommended.
9 out of 10 breathtaking and The Abyss jamming with humpbacks at a laser light show on the Sid and Nancy Scale.
#fringeworld2019 #fringe #underwater #music #perth #fringeworld
https://fringeworld.com.au/whats_on/wet-sounds-fw2019
For those in Perth who may be affected by the road closures for the Australia Day Skyworks 2019.
For those in Perth who may be affected by the road closures for the Australia Day Skyworks 2019. Be prepared! More info https://www.visitperth.com.au/events/skyworks I would have liked to get to the Birak concert but I'll be running around a bit that day so hopefully another time. Have a moorditj kedala everyone!
Monday, 21 January 2019
With the opening up of The Perth Girls School as a Fringe venue they've put it to an interesting use.
With the opening up of The Perth Girls School as a Fringe venue they've put it to an interesting use. We'll be going to this one - might be a bit scary but very, very cool. Explore the castle like grounds and experience the mystery. I'll let you know what it's like!
https://fringeworld.com.au/whats_on/a-midnight-visit-fw2019
https://fringeworld.com.au/whats_on/a-midnight-visit-fw2019
What with this being the last few months of Google Plus, this will be the last Fringe talking aboutness here.
What with this being the last few months of Google Plus, this will be the last Fringe talking aboutness here. After this is all shut down look on https://leecetheartist.dreamwidth.org/ until I decide where best to take the entirety of this Australian Theatre and Live Performance Reviews community.
Thursday, 17 January 2019
We had a very relaxed day on Monday to recover from Genghiscon over the weekend.
We had a very relaxed day on Monday to recover from Genghiscon over the weekend. Genghiscon was held at St. Georges Residential College, which is one of the oldest buildings you can stay in, in Perth.
Redbrick and creeper growing across the window panes, and lush inner courtyard of grass and a fountain, a chapel. A very pleasant stay. I was suffering from painful unpleasantness from the monthly annoyance for a lot of the convention, unfortunately, which curtailed my activities a good deal. rattfan kept me good company for some of it, and with a view out to UWA and the river and the old fashioned paned glass and roomy student accomodation was at least a pleasant surround! I did get a couple of games of Fireball Island: The Curse of Vulkar, a game of Dinosaur Island with the expansion and water creatures, and a good game of Tzolk'n and what amounted to a speed run of Mysterium where we apparently Could Do No Wrong. So I wasn't exactly cloistered.
The food at St George's is gorgeous. If we're there again I recommend the Sunday dinner especially.
On Tuesday we caught the train to Fremantle, and the ferry to Wadjemup for a wander for a few hours. This was the first of a bunch of research trips for rdm to set up his three days of team building exercises for his work. The new ferry service from Sealink is excellent and far better at secure baggage handling than Rottnest Express, who lost our luggage, and failed to contact us when it turned up. Not a good look.
The sea was calm - almost flat on the way and we had a good crossing - a big change from the winter crossings which are our usual mode.
Then we walked down to the water at Thompson Bay, and paid our respects to mambakoort, Warkal, and jenang in language they would be more familiar with. The djeringkara looked approving, which is good, as they're particulary needed for the special service they perform for wirrun on their way to the sky, and would be very much needed in this spot.
Then we grabbed some lunch, had it on the beach and walked to Bathurst Lighthouse, gathering data for Rob's three sets of quiz questions along the way. On the way back we stopped at the outskirts of the Wadjemup Burial Ground and paid our respects and said sorry about the whole business to the wirrun there. We used Whadjuk wangkaniny - not ideal, as people from all over W.A are buried there and wouldn't have spoken any Noongar at their own boodjar but it's a lot more polite than using English in this circumstance.
Then we walked and walked until we'd walked about 10 km, gathering data. After that, we sat with some icecreams and coffee in the shade at Thompson Bay and rested our feet, and watched the goings on and lovely scenery until it was time to get back on the boat. In Fremantle we visited the Hemp Shop and got [personal profile] rdm some more work shirts, and visited Kakulas Sister on the way back to the train station. We had delicious fondue for dinner and then did our hour's merswimming. It was certainly a full day!
Yesterday was mostly housework and recovery for me, rdm went back to work.
But today we've been invited to the Fringe opening party, as we're Fringe Friends, so it's off to Northbridge for us tonight. Perhaps stopping by Guz Y Gomez first up.
Wednesday, 16 January 2019
With Google Plus winding down, I'm moving this group over to https://mewe.com/join/merfolkandmonofins unless there's...
With Google Plus winding down, I'm moving this group over to https://mewe.com/join/merfolkandmonofins unless there's brilliant ideas forthcoming.
https://mewe.com/join/merfolkandmonofins
https://mewe.com/join/merfolkandmonofins
Friday, 11 January 2019
Monday, 7 January 2019
Hope everyone is having a mertastic time!
Hope everyone is having a mertastic time! In Perth, it was the first really warm evening for swimming last night. Warm southern currents to our Northern Hemisphere mers!
https://photos.app.goo.gl/tJGbEM6Wa324b75V8
https://photos.app.goo.gl/tJGbEM6Wa324b75V8
Friday, 4 January 2019
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