I live in Petersham, a cool inner-west suburb of Sydney. I was absolutely delighted, then, to discover the 'sham, a blog with rich observations of life in Petersham. It's the creation of Lucas Ihlein in his capacity as artist-in-residence during April and May 2006. From what I understand, his work was commissioned by Marrickville Council and after he had lived, written about and photographed his experiences, he created an exhibition which has been shown in Petersham (naturally) and in Adelaide.
Highlights I've discovered so far are his venture into the closed-down Majestic roller-rink, his long bike-ride with the mayor, and his description of the jelly-wrestling at The Oxford Tavern. His engagement with locals through the comments and various meetups organised therein is charming. It's awesome to read about so much local flavour on the Internet, and I sincerely thank Lucas for his effort and Marrickville Council for supporting it.
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About Let it Bleed
Let it Bleed is a companion blog to Midnight Rambler (see links to recent entries below). Both blogs contain items of interest to the author, but Bleed is short and sharp while Rambler is long and laborious.
The URL let-it-bleeed is a consequence of pollution in the blogspot.com namespace.
The image above is cropped from a Jackson Pollock painting.