Samuel Webster
Samuel Webster is a freelance writer and the Editor-in-Chief of online arts journal Mood of Monk (http://www.moodofmonk.com). He has a penchant for bad puns, good punnets and smooth coffee. Samuel recently published a book of visual poetry with Sydney Dance Company and is working on his third university degree, a jazz novel, and an artist’s lifestyle which extends itself beyond cheap noodles and insomnia. He tweets at @wiredjazz (http://www.twitter.com/wiredjazz) and blogs at SamuelWebster.com (http://www.samuelwebster.com).
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Bad lyrics: Oooh baby, oh girl, hit me. Please. Hit me.
A few weeks back, Adam Baidawi took to the online newsstands with a statement befitting most thirteen year old girls:…... Read more
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RT @JamieTravers: I'm in Europe and don't care for Eurovision, why is my twitter feed filled with Aussies recounting the bloody thing!?
Ukraine song pinches chord progression from The Verve's Bittersweet Symphony. Fo real #sbseurovision
RT @GerardDaffy: @antsharwood all the talk over there is the grannies will win.they entered to get a church built,feelgood story
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Abbott’s crass logic: trash the Parliament in order save it
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Our special forces don’t always need special treatment
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A good holiday is about unrest, not rest
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They must pay for one’s bitter disappointments
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