Lachlan Walter

Writer. Critic. Author. Nursery hand (the garden kind, not the baby kind). Music lover. Working class intellectual. Energetic daydreamer. Outdoorsy bookworm.

[Lachlan Walter @LachWalter79]

Can anyone ever make us feel these things again?

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happiness and sadness, optimism and pessimism, ennui and joy. His music made me smile and cry, sometimes simultaneously, in a way that no music had before.

Now, I feel a hole in my heart knowing that Brian is dead and that the world has lost a musical oracle, and I wonder...

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Later in life, having grown up a fair bit and dropped any musical idea of "us vs them", I bought Pet Sounds and a greatest hits compilation on a whim, and was floored upon first listen by how Brian captured and blended the essential dichotomy of life: beauty and ugliness...

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...myself in the alt-rock of the decade and the "weird s**t" I unearthed independently.

Obviously, to an outsider teen in a country town whose identity partly rested on the outsider-adjacent music they were obsessed with, Brian Wilson and The Beach Boys were just a bit... naff.

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My thoughts on the death of Brian Wilson:

I grew up a musical omnivore, coming of age during the 1990s. Back then, I devoured and contextualised the heavier 60s/70s rock, blues, soul and post-punk fed to me by my family as long as my memory stretches back, as well as losing...

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Bendi-Con!

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Friends, acquaintances, friends and acquaintances to be: I'll be at Bendi-Con this Sunday, selling my books and talking the talk and walking the walk. Come say g'day!

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Clunes, day two.

We're gonna need a bigger coffee...

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Hey Clunes, it's nice to be back.

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Only a little over twelve hours until kick off. I'll be there, selling my books and talking all things Australian spec-fic, hopefully y'all will be there too.

[Clunes Booktown @clunesbooktown]

📚✨ 2024 Clunes Booktown Program Announce! March 23-24, dive into a world of books, ideas, & culture in historic Clunes. Free entry, top authors like Helen Garner, Tony Birch & more! Panels, book bazaar and music await. Join us for a weekend in Victoria's literary heartland.

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I don't think there has ever been a better lesson for life than "enjoy every sandwich."

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Damn, I've been away so long that the joint is full of cobwebs...

Anyway, I'm back with a bit of self-promotion for y'all - my first article of the year, proudly nestled here in the latest issue of Aurealis.

Dig in!

[Aurealis @AurealisMag]

Stephen Higgins is at the helm of our first issue for 2024, Aurealis #167. In it you'll three top stories: Michael Gardener's unnerving 'Changeling', Arden Baker's immersive 'The Combat Pilot's Dictionary' and Christopher Yusko's suspensful 'Feeding the Trolls'.
#Aurealis

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Here we are at Ballarat Pop-Con: Another lovely spring weekend, another lovely gathering of SF fans. Come down and say g'day!

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This scruffy, lazy-ish writer (writerus scruffii slackius) has decided to get off his derriere and sell/promote his works at another great SF market (and hopefully shoot the breeze with some lovely locals).

Come on down! Say g'day! Take a book or two away with you!

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Clunes, day 2. Writer man needs all the coffee.

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Ok Clunes, bring it on.

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I'll be there, selling my books and talking all things Australian spec-fic. Will you?

[Clunes Booktown @clunesbooktown]

Get ready to immerse yourself in Clunes from cover to cover. Grab your tickets via the 🔗👇or at the gate. Please remember there is NO cash at the gates, save it for buying books. There will be books, LOTS of books!

https://t.co/z5Tyq08yet

🎨 by Pauline O'Shannessy-Dowling

[Lachlan Walter @LachWalter79]

As far as I'm concerned, any recently discovered review might as well be a new review.

https://t.co/mTUDRSW8P8

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I've been very quiet here lately as I work to finish my next book, but with Clunes coming up I figured I'd better get back into it.

And so, without further ado, here's a recent article of mine which has just found a home on my website.

https://t.co/n7GMXjSNTk

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New Coke vs Coke Classic: marketing at its most cynical and manipulative.

https://t.co/ryVMCUUTWC