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The John Curtin Hotel is a home for Melbourne’s musicians, activists and unionists. Shutting it down is a loss for our cultural heritage

Image: AAP Image/Lukas Coch News the prominent live music venue The John Curtin Hotel is up for sale, with the current lease expiring at the...

Life is (still) a Cabaret: revisiting Bob Fosse’s groundbreaking film, 50 years on

Image: IMDB In the 1970s, many critics and filmgoers had given up on the movie musical. While the mid-60s had seen the phenomenal successes of...

Volcanoes, plague, famine and endless winter: Welcome to 536, what historians and scientists believe was the ‘worst year to be alive’

Image: Wikimedia Commons It’s only February and already 2022 is shaping up badly. A huge volcanic eruption off the coast of Tonga, the prospect of...

Codecracking, community and competition: why the word puzzle Wordle has become a new online obsession

Image: Shutterstock Wordle is a quick English-language word game developed by software engineer Josh Wardle, as a unique gift for his partner, released in October 2021. It’s...

Who is Joe Rogan, and why does Spotify love him so much?

Joe Rogan Experience/YouTube Joe Rogan is described on his website as “stand up comic, mixed martial arts fanatic, psychedelic adventurer, host of The Joe Rogan Experience podcast.”...

Cities are made from more than buildings and roads. They are also made by ambiences – how a city makes you feel

Image: Ryoji Iwata/Unsplash How does a city feel? Energetic, unnerving, invigorating, relaxing? This is a key question often asked by designers who consider the ambience of...

Makeshift screens, censored films and ASIO: how the Melbourne International Film Festival began 70 years ago

Featured picture: Author provided. On the Australia Day weekend in 1952, a group of die-hard film buffs put on a film festival. They had selected...

Legendary band Yothu Yindi and their trailblazing call for a treaty

Image: Yothu Yindi performing at the closing ceremony of the Sydney Olympic Games in 2000. Dave Hunt/AAP Review: Writing in the Sand: The Epic Story of...

The messy history of our modern, Western calendar

Image: Wikimedia Commons For something that’s meant to lend order to our lives, the modern Western calendar has a messy history. The mess, in part, comes...

5 things to know about Mary, the mother of Jesus

Jan van Eyck, The Ghent Altarpiece, 1432. Virgin Mary detail. Wikimedia Commons Mary, the mother of Jesus, is unquestionably the senior saint within the Christian tradition....
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Mick Pacholli

Mick created TAGG - The Alternative Gig Guide in 1979 with Helmut Katterl, the world's first real Street Magazine. He had been involved with his fathers publishing business, Toorak Times and associated publications since 1972.  Mick was also involved in Melbourne's music scene for a number of years opening venues, discovering and managing bands and providing information and support for the industry. Mick has also created a number of local festivals and is involved in not for profit and supporting local charities.