Chris Salisbury
There is a light and it never goes out
- Reposted by Chris SalisburyI'm not sure I ever saw a heavier, louder or more masculine gig than Mark of Cain at the Doghouse in Hobart. This makes me so happy.
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- came here only to say STOP WHAT YOU’RE DOING AND PLAY THIS TUNE REALLY FKN LOUD you’ll be glad you did 8m 17s later : youtu.be/gIsnb1TKYjE?...
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- Reposted by Chris SalisburyJames is the most instinctive and natural of broadcasters: a skill that presents as casual ease, but is in fact a rare and honed genius. A craft. And he listened … that’s the trick. I loved every second of the many hours we nattered together on air. He’s the best. www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02...
- 2 February 1912: ‘Black Friday’ (or ‘Baton Friday’) in Brisbane amid Australia’s first general strike. After days of mass strike action in support of sacked tramway workers, Queensland police and ‘specials’ unleashed violent baton charges on marching unionists in the streets of central Brisbane #otd
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- Reposted by Chris SalisburySteve Bannon interfered in the 2019 Australian federal election, as part of a global effort to stifle climate action. He should face investigation under Australia’s foreign interference laws. #auspol www.smh.com.au/politics/fed...
- ‘Wildcard’
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- Reposted by Chris SalisburyUnderwhelming public responses in the wake of the alleged attack on an Invasion Day rally in Perth leave First Nations people across Australia feeling their "pain matters less".
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- yeah it’s nice ‘n’ all but it’s no QUEENSLAND PARLIAMENTARY ANNEXE (1979)
- Kuwait Embassy in Tokyo, by Kenzo Tange (1970) r/brutalism
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- Reposted by Chris SalisburyI wrote a belated tribute to one of my teachers, the late, legendary Graeme Turner. An enormous loss to Australian cultural studies and critical thinking. www.patreon.com/posts/149223...
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- it looks like you're trying to write a policy, would you like help with that 📎
- BREAKING: Free AI training will be offered to every adult in the UK, with short courses to teach people how to use simple AI tools effectively in the workplace. Technology Secretary Liz Kendall tells #BBCBreakfast about the scheme
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- Wishing a happy ‘Eric Cantona kung-fu kicked a racist yob in the crowd at Selhurst Park’ day to all who celebrate 👑 🎉 www.theguardian.com/football/202...
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- Reposted by Chris Salisburyme walking into the cinema to see wuthering heights
- Expo Oz spotted in the wild! :D
- remembering Mark E. Smith of #TheFall today, as he’d want to be remembered 🖤
- 8 years ago today English singer and songwriter Mark E. Smith from Manchester post-punk band The Fall died aged 60 after a long illness with lung and kidney cancer, January 24, 2018 Photo: WENN Rights Ltd #RipMarkESmith #punkrock #postpunk #thefall #markesmith #history #punkrockhistory #otd
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- *historical Queensland election result spider senses tingling*
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- In the 1930s, Torres Strait pearlers were subjected to racist and controlling measures by government officials until their collective action won them freedom www.sbs.com.au/nitv/article...
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- Was reminded recently of the existence of these photos (that I’d posted about previously) taken at the inaugural Kingaroy Peanut Festival in 1959. Revisiting these pics, I was surprised to learn that the first Peanut Festival Queen pictured here is Moya Hayden, mother of former test cricketer Matt 🥜
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- Can i borrow a feeling?
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- For those of us who can remember it, 1986 was a great year for album releases, many highlighted in this nice read - The Smiths, Beastie Boys, Hüsker Dü, R.E.M. etc. Kudos for the nod to The Triffids’ excellent Born Sandy Devotional too 💙 www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...
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- (one for the aussie 80s kids)
- Life can be (and sure has been lately) pretty brutal. Despite the heaviness of *everything*, when a win comes along it feels right to stop and acknowledge it. Cos who knows how far away the next one might be 🥂
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- Remember that time three years ago when park rangers in far north Queensland discovered a giant, record-sized cane toad they dubbed Toadzilla? Good times. Simpler times www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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- [historian narrator’s voice]: we are *always* living through precedented times
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