Louise Pratt Speaks Out
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Newly elected Australian senator Louise Pratt has broken with Australian Labor Policy in her maiden speech, challenging Kevin Rudd on same-sex marriage.
Daknees loves food, music, women and some men - not necessarily in that order...a through-neck bass guitar, black, fender telecaster and trusty steel-string acoustic keep her amused when she isn't practising kung fu or eating & drinking (with) the best Sydney has to offer...
Interests
Songwriting, listening to music, going to gigs, food & wine, film, learning languages, literature, surfing the net, theatre & art, ferry rides, stargazing, falling in love
Favourite Things
Fave Music
Bjork, New Order, The Smiths, The Cure, Kraftwerk, The Police, Simon & Garfunkel, Queen, Smashing Pumpkins, Throwing Muses, Indigo Girls, Lloyd Cole, The Pixies, Radiohead, Elliot Smith, Tori Amos, Goldfrapp, Kate Bush, Madonna, KD Lang, The New Pornographers, Tegan & Sara, AnHorse, Death Cab for Cutie, The Killers, Mates of State, Bach, Mozart, Debussy, Nina Simone, Esbjorn Svensson Trio, Keith Jarrett, Miles Davis and many more
Fave Movies
Dune, Baraka, The Piano, Three Colours Blue, anything by Hal Hartley, Bladerunner, anything by Wang Kar Wai or Beat Takeshi, The Qatsi Trilogy, Star Wars-The Empire Strikes Back, The Wall, Buena Vista Social Club
Fave Books
The Dune Trilogy, Orlando, The Passion, Fun Home or Dykes to watch out for (Alison Bechdel's Graphic novels/comics), Norwegian Wood or anything else by Haruki Murakami, Stardust & Neil Gaiman's other graphic novels, Wuthering Heights, Iris Murdoch novels, Paul Theroux's travel writing
Her Favourite Content ~ 5
CD - Holly Throsby - A Loud Call
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Full of soaring love and heartbreak, Holly Throsby’s third album A Loud Call, is more of what we like about her – albeit a little fuller, deeper, and a louder call to the romantic in us all.
Goldfrapp Shows Announced
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Alison Goldfrapp and Will Gregory make up the modern music icon that we know as Goldfrapp. They're coming to Australia soon as part of the Parklife line up. Today they've announced that they'll be doing a couple more shows while they're here.
Bloc Party Get Intimate
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About a year ago, Kele Okereke from the UK band Bloc Party made headlines when he came out during an interview. 12 months later he's making headlines again, with his band's new album Intimacy.
Lesbianism: The New Black
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A report in the Sydney Morning Herald last week rated the Top 10 global trends currently sweeping the world. And what do you think number one is? Forget street wear, fluoro or fauxhawks, the number one worldwide trend at the moment: lesbian culture.
Events She's Going To
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Events She Went To
Sydney Food and Wine Fair
Sat 1st Nov - Sat 1st Nov ~ Hyde Park North
This year will see one of Sydney’s longest standing and most popular events come of age, as the Sydney Food & Wine Fair proudly supported by the City of Sydney celebrates its 18th year.
