Bernard Zuel
@bernardzuel.bsky.social
Writer & critic (SMH, Guardian, Rhythms & everything found at bernardzuel.net) teacher (Sydney University), podcaster, host/facilitator (anywhere you want me), media trainer (you talk, I help). Opinions definitely are those of my employer - moi.
It must be love (or effective selective hearing, which may mean the same thing after all) when the Dylan-hater hears all 7mins of Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again twice in 2 days without a note of (quite justifiable) protest. Not sure a 3rd day is advisable though. #knowyourlimits
November 30, 2025 at 1:13 AM
It must be love (or effective selective hearing, which may mean the same thing after all) when the Dylan-hater hears all 7mins of Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again twice in 2 days without a note of (quite justifiable) protest. Not sure a 3rd day is advisable though. #knowyourlimits
Too early for a cocktail darhhhling? Oh heavens, no. Make mine an Old Fashioned. #morningpop #allthatlounge
November 29, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Too early for a cocktail darhhhling? Oh heavens, no. Make mine an Old Fashioned. #morningpop #allthatlounge
Get the day started right. #morningpop #jetpoweredpop
November 28, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Get the day started right. #morningpop #jetpoweredpop
Saturday read (& listen) #4. Come hither for a playlist-for-all giving Courtney Barnett, Depeche Mode & Petula Clark; Bad//Dreems, Lisa O'Neill & Voice Of The Beehive; Robyn, The Church & Living Colour; Madonna, Jenny Lewis & L7; Pat Benatar, Tristen +10 more
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open.spotify.com/playlist/0Tw...
November 28, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Saturday read (& listen) #4. Come hither for a playlist-for-all giving Courtney Barnett, Depeche Mode & Petula Clark; Bad//Dreems, Lisa O'Neill & Voice Of The Beehive; Robyn, The Church & Living Colour; Madonna, Jenny Lewis & L7; Pat Benatar, Tristen +10 more
open.spotify.com/playlist/0Tw...
open.spotify.com/playlist/0Tw...
Saturday read #3. Completing the 2-part interview with the mouthpiece of Melbourne's ultimate (check it: it's science) pop group, Icecream Hands, brings us popes, bedpans, melancholy-meeting-boisterous, & even a hint of prog. Yes? Topographically, maybe.
www.bernardzuel.net/post/the-ble...
www.bernardzuel.net/post/the-ble...
THE BLESSED FEW - A PAPAL DISPENSATION FOR ICECREAM HANDS part 2
TIME FLIES? Well it doesn’t dawdle Charles Jenkins, erstwhile frontman of a bunch of Melbourne pop bon vivants, sometime teacher, user of cricket metaphors and weekly maker of instant songs for a radi...
www.bernardzuel.net
November 28, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Saturday read #3. Completing the 2-part interview with the mouthpiece of Melbourne's ultimate (check it: it's science) pop group, Icecream Hands, brings us popes, bedpans, melancholy-meeting-boisterous, & even a hint of prog. Yes? Topographically, maybe.
www.bernardzuel.net/post/the-ble...
www.bernardzuel.net/post/the-ble...
Saturday read #2. Awards dripping from their backpacks, acclaim raining down on them, & we've all been soaking in Amyl And The Sniffers. But beyond wet metaphors, what did WindBackWednesday find going back to their debut? Have a sniff & find out.
www.bernardzuel.net/post/snort-w...
www.bernardzuel.net/post/snort-w...
SNORT! WIND BACK WEDNESDAY’S FIRST WHIFF OF AMYL AND THE SNIFFERS
Keep this up and they might get somewhere eh?Not a bad ARIAs last week for little Melbourne triers, Amyl And The Sniffers: album of the year, best group, best rock album and best cover art. All while ...
www.bernardzuel.net
November 28, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Saturday read #2. Awards dripping from their backpacks, acclaim raining down on them, & we've all been soaking in Amyl And The Sniffers. But beyond wet metaphors, what did WindBackWednesday find going back to their debut? Have a sniff & find out.
www.bernardzuel.net/post/snort-w...
www.bernardzuel.net/post/snort-w...
Saturday read #1. That seasonal scourge, Christmas songs & Christmas albums, is upon us. Can anyone justify doing one? The Audreys & Jules take on the challenge to explain, rebut & celebrate their own. Can they convince a sceptic? Can they win you over?
www.bernardzuel.net/post/dear-go...
www.bernardzuel.net/post/dear-go...
DEAR GOD NO, NOT CHRISTMAS SONGS. PLEASE STOP! BUT WAIT, THE AUDREYS & JULES MOUNT A DEFENCE
It’s coming on Christmas, they’re chopping down hymns, they’re putting up Buble and songs so bad it’s a sin. Oh I wish I had headphones I could hide away in. (With apologies to J. Mitchell.) YEAH, IT’...
www.bernardzuel.net
November 28, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Saturday read #1. That seasonal scourge, Christmas songs & Christmas albums, is upon us. Can anyone justify doing one? The Audreys & Jules take on the challenge to explain, rebut & celebrate their own. Can they convince a sceptic? Can they win you over?
www.bernardzuel.net/post/dear-go...
www.bernardzuel.net/post/dear-go...
Was it the removal of a third nipple or merely "a non-essential organ" that inspired some of the latest pop-with-pop-characteristics album from Icecream Hands? Why does Charles Jenkin say "when we get together I kinda feel like it's just 1975"? Tell us!
www.bernardzuel.net/post/the-ble...
www.bernardzuel.net/post/the-ble...
THE BLESSED FEW - A PAPAL DISPENSATION FOR ICECREAM HANDS part 2
TIME FLIES? Well it doesn’t dawdle Charles Jenkins, erstwhile frontman of a bunch of Melbourne pop bon vivants, sometime teacher, user of cricket metaphors and weekly maker of instant songs for a radi...
www.bernardzuel.net
November 28, 2025 at 1:07 AM
Was it the removal of a third nipple or merely "a non-essential organ" that inspired some of the latest pop-with-pop-characteristics album from Icecream Hands? Why does Charles Jenkin say "when we get together I kinda feel like it's just 1975"? Tell us!
www.bernardzuel.net/post/the-ble...
www.bernardzuel.net/post/the-ble...
God save strawberry jam and all the different varieties. #morningpop #thekinks #thevillagegreenpreservationsociety
November 27, 2025 at 9:07 PM
God save strawberry jam and all the different varieties. #morningpop #thekinks #thevillagegreenpreservationsociety
November 27, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Reposted by Bernard Zuel
Every year Tesla ranks as the worst for road worthiness amongst ALL brands, not just EV.
Every. Single. Year.
💩 🤡 🚗
Every. Single. Year.
💩 🤡 🚗
Tesla Model Y Is The Most Defective Car This Year, Germany Says - Jalopnik
The report comes from TÜV SÜD, a German auditing, inspection, and certification firm, and is based on data collected from about 9.5 million vehicle inspections.
www.jalopnik.com
November 27, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Every year Tesla ranks as the worst for road worthiness amongst ALL brands, not just EV.
Every. Single. Year.
💩 🤡 🚗
Every. Single. Year.
💩 🤡 🚗
The rock opera that might shake the papacy, how a mix of prog, Carpenters & the golden '60s explains things, a shadow on the sunshine, & the band's impact on gross national happiness - part 2 of the Icecream Hands interview is everything, & a bit more.
www.bernardzuel.net/post/the-ble...
www.bernardzuel.net/post/the-ble...
THE BLESSED FEW - A PAPAL DISPENSATION FOR ICECREAM HANDS part 2
TIME FLIES? Well it doesn’t dawdle Charles Jenkins, erstwhile frontman of a bunch of Melbourne pop bon vivants, sometime teacher, user of cricket metaphors and weekly maker of instant songs for a radi...
www.bernardzuel.net
November 27, 2025 at 8:22 PM
The rock opera that might shake the papacy, how a mix of prog, Carpenters & the golden '60s explains things, a shadow on the sunshine, & the band's impact on gross national happiness - part 2 of the Icecream Hands interview is everything, & a bit more.
www.bernardzuel.net/post/the-ble...
www.bernardzuel.net/post/the-ble...
Asked to defend or explain their move into Christmas music, Jules & The Audreys' Taasha Coates refer to songs that are "Christmas around the edges", Dolly giving hope, sadness not holly, mothers on YouTube, & a song "too sacred to touch". So do we forgive?
www.bernardzuel.net/post/dear-go...
www.bernardzuel.net/post/dear-go...
DEAR GOD NO, NOT CHRISTMAS SONGS. PLEASE STOP! BUT WAIT, THE AUDREYS & JULES MOUNT A DEFENCE
It’s coming on Christmas, they’re chopping down hymns, they’re putting up Buble and songs so bad it’s a sin. Oh I wish I had headphones I could hide away in. (With apologies to J. Mitchell.) YEAH, IT’...
www.bernardzuel.net
November 27, 2025 at 2:10 AM
Asked to defend or explain their move into Christmas music, Jules & The Audreys' Taasha Coates refer to songs that are "Christmas around the edges", Dolly giving hope, sadness not holly, mothers on YouTube, & a song "too sacred to touch". So do we forgive?
www.bernardzuel.net/post/dear-go...
www.bernardzuel.net/post/dear-go...
It's the scourge of the season, bah humbug & curses on you Buble, Mariah etc. So can someone justify making a Christmas record? The Audreys & Jules proffer a case for theirs: "Could we fight back in the tiniest way with some quality Christmas content?” Hmm,
www.bernardzuel.net/post/dear-go...
www.bernardzuel.net/post/dear-go...
DEAR GOD NO, NOT CHRISTMAS SONGS. PLEASE STOP! BUT WAIT, THE AUDREYS & JULES MOUNT A DEFENCE
It’s coming on Christmas, they’re chopping down hymns, they’re putting up Buble and songs so bad it’s a sin. Oh I wish I had headphones I could hide away in. (With apologies to J. Mitchell.) YEAH, IT’...
www.bernardzuel.net
November 26, 2025 at 9:04 PM
It's the scourge of the season, bah humbug & curses on you Buble, Mariah etc. So can someone justify making a Christmas record? The Audreys & Jules proffer a case for theirs: "Could we fight back in the tiniest way with some quality Christmas content?” Hmm,
www.bernardzuel.net/post/dear-go...
www.bernardzuel.net/post/dear-go...
Fractured the spell. #morningpop #graceofmyheart
November 26, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Fractured the spell. #morningpop #graceofmyheart
Your midweek reminder to run hard to play this week's playlist which has Madonna, Depeche Mode & Austra; The Gnomes, Bad//Dreems & Petula Clark; Jenny Lewis & ZHU+Vancouver Sleep Clinic+Daniel Johns; Courtney Barnett, Pat Benatar & Charm Of Finches +13 more tracks.
open.spotify.com/playlist/0Tw...
open.spotify.com/playlist/0Tw...
November 26, 2025 at 5:13 AM
Your midweek reminder to run hard to play this week's playlist which has Madonna, Depeche Mode & Austra; The Gnomes, Bad//Dreems & Petula Clark; Jenny Lewis & ZHU+Vancouver Sleep Clinic+Daniel Johns; Courtney Barnett, Pat Benatar & Charm Of Finches +13 more tracks.
open.spotify.com/playlist/0Tw...
open.spotify.com/playlist/0Tw...
Sharpies children-of-Lobby, post-Birdman kids turning to the Tatts, & shit ton of up yours attitude. WindBackWednesday gets back to ground floor/early doors Amyl And The Sniffers. Fun! Noise! Noisy fun!!
www.bernardzuel.net/post/snort-w...
www.bernardzuel.net/post/snort-w...
SNORT! WIND BACK WEDNESDAY’S FIRST WHIFF OF AMYL AND THE SNIFFERS
Keep this up and they might get somewhere eh?Not a bad ARIAs last week for little Melbourne triers, Amyl And The Sniffers: album of the year, best group, best rock album and best cover art. All while ...
www.bernardzuel.net
November 26, 2025 at 2:35 AM
Sharpies children-of-Lobby, post-Birdman kids turning to the Tatts, & shit ton of up yours attitude. WindBackWednesday gets back to ground floor/early doors Amyl And The Sniffers. Fun! Noise! Noisy fun!!
www.bernardzuel.net/post/snort-w...
www.bernardzuel.net/post/snort-w...
How am I supposed to resist a headline promising me Marina Hyde on what we can learn from RFK's erotic poetry? That's newspaper fish/barrel/shooting there. #stoptryingtomakefelchhappen
November 26, 2025 at 12:39 AM
How am I supposed to resist a headline promising me Marina Hyde on what we can learn from RFK's erotic poetry? That's newspaper fish/barrel/shooting there. #stoptryingtomakefelchhappen
Heard about the ARIA wins or saw them at the AC/DC shows & thought, 'hmm, tell me more'? Or maybe in a zip-zip world you want to remember some of the start. WindBackWednesday helps, going back to Amyl And The Sniffers' debut to say, fuck yeah ya bunch of ....
www.bernardzuel.net/post/snort-w...
www.bernardzuel.net/post/snort-w...
SNORT! WIND BACK WEDNESDAY’S FIRST WHIFF OF AMYL AND THE SNIFFERS
Keep this up and they might get somewhere eh?Not a bad ARIAs last week for little Melbourne triers, Amyl And The Sniffers: album of the year, best group, best rock album and best cover art. All while ...
www.bernardzuel.net
November 25, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Heard about the ARIA wins or saw them at the AC/DC shows & thought, 'hmm, tell me more'? Or maybe in a zip-zip world you want to remember some of the start. WindBackWednesday helps, going back to Amyl And The Sniffers' debut to say, fuck yeah ya bunch of ....
www.bernardzuel.net/post/snort-w...
www.bernardzuel.net/post/snort-w...
November 25, 2025 at 7:40 PM
A pairing made in some guitar pop dream factory, Redd Kross & The Hard Ons+Tim Rogers, jut announced a tour of Australia (well, actually, the east coast - sorry WA, SA, NT) in March 2026.
Dates & tickets from linktr.ee/thehardons
Dates & tickets from linktr.ee/thehardons
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November 24, 2025 at 8:23 PM
A pairing made in some guitar pop dream factory, Redd Kross & The Hard Ons+Tim Rogers, jut announced a tour of Australia (well, actually, the east coast - sorry WA, SA, NT) in March 2026.
Dates & tickets from linktr.ee/thehardons
Dates & tickets from linktr.ee/thehardons
November 24, 2025 at 8:11 PM
November 24, 2025 at 7:29 PM
This week's playlist gives you Austra, The Prodigy & Simon Robert Gibson; Depeche Mode, ZHU+Vancouver Sleep Clinic+Daniel Johns & Jenny Lewis; Petula Clark, Psychedelic Porn Crumpets & Voice Of The Beehive; The Church, Living Color & Bad//Dreems + 12 more.
open.spotify.com/playlist/0Tw...
open.spotify.com/playlist/0Tw...
November 24, 2025 at 2:19 AM
This week's playlist gives you Austra, The Prodigy & Simon Robert Gibson; Depeche Mode, ZHU+Vancouver Sleep Clinic+Daniel Johns & Jenny Lewis; Petula Clark, Psychedelic Porn Crumpets & Voice Of The Beehive; The Church, Living Color & Bad//Dreems + 12 more.
open.spotify.com/playlist/0Tw...
open.spotify.com/playlist/0Tw...
Can’t you feel that sun a-shinin’? Ground hog runnin’ by the country stream. #morningpop #mondayvinyl #bobdylan #newmorning
November 23, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Can’t you feel that sun a-shinin’? Ground hog runnin’ by the country stream. #morningpop #mondayvinyl #bobdylan #newmorning