QPAC is applauding 25 years!

At QPAC last weekend (saturday 24 April) celebrations included good music on a FREE afternoon of funk and grooves in the Cascade Court. Featuring Chukale (Afro-Cuban), The View from Madeleine’s Couch (Brazilian), with headlining act Katie Noonan and The Captains.



The View from Madeleine’s Couch bring the harmonies and deep rhythms of Brazil to Brisbane through the talents of vibraphonist Kym Ambrose, bassist Owen Newcomb and the captivating voice of Anje West who sings in both Portuguese and English.



Chukale Australia’s finest Afro-Cuban Salsa band. A talented and highly professional ensemble with a genuine passion for authentic Latin music.









The afternoon ends, with the Australian band Katie Noonan and The Captains. Katie Noonan and her new band ‘The Captains’ ( Cameron Deyell – guitar, Stu Hunter – keys/bass, Declan Kelly – drums) have been building a vessel of exciting new songs for their new album Emperor's Box.










Home made VIDEO of the 3 bands performance.




Behind the scene of the new clip for 'Page One' by Katie Noonan and The Captains from the forthcoming album 'Emperors Box'. To purchase and for more information, head to Katienoonan.

Kangaroos, Koalas & Snakes

Australian wide life at Lone Pine Sanctuary.

Mary & Max

Last weekend, me and Nick rented the movie Mary & Max, what a beautiful surprise ! Adam Elliot has a unique way of looking at the world. MARY AND MAX is not a film with a strong dramatic arc, it’s a film about details, funny, sad details that encompass the characters in a compassionate embrace.

The film is sublime. It’s funny and insightful as it creates very different worlds for its two characters, and yet it doesn’t shy away from the harsher aspects of the lives of Mary and Max.



Le film s'ouvre sur cette note "Inspiré d'une histoire vraie" : Adam Elliott a en fait puisé l'idée de départ dans la correspondance qu'il entretient depuis vingt ans avec un home d'âge mûr, juif new-yorkais. Le film est donc un hommage à cette amitié à travers les océans et les différences culturelles.

Mary and Max est une histoire d'amitié entre deux personnages que tout oppose : Mary, une petite fille de huit ans habitant la banlieue de Melbourne, et Max un vieux monsieur vivant à New-York, souffrant de la maladie d'Asperger (forme d'autisme). Ces deux êtres solitaires vont s'allier d'amitié via une correspondance sur plus de vingt ans, malgré les milliers de kilomètres qui les séparent.

Je crois, sans exagérer, que tout m'a plu dans ce film. Bravo l'australie, bravo Adam Elliott.