Last night was quite cool. Pete and I met up after uni and hung around his place for a little while, watching 'The Fast Show' and eating garlic bread. Then we headed to Malvern. In Malvern, we went to Jeffrey's Books, a store where Tony Martin was appearing for a reading/signing session for his new book 'A Nest Of Occasionals'. It was great. Tony read from the book, answered questions and signed stuff. I got two copies of his book signed, one for me and one for Michelle. Briefly chatted to him too, asked him whether he was watching the latest 'Curb' season (he's waiting for the DVD release) and Pete asked him about an upcoming project with Shaun Micallef (some sort of New Year's Eve variety show- sounds cool). So that was all very interesting, meeting someone a bit famous that I really admire. Afterwards, I was starving so Pete and I headed to a Chinese restaurant in the city, I can't remember the name but it was good.

'Strikebound' (1984) directed by Richard Lowenstein

An Australian film about a miners strike in the 1930s. It was interesting and worth watching, largely because I haven't seen an Australian film like it before. It had a kind of British sensibility, in the sense that it examined the working class and was quite gritty and political. Given that this was Lowenstein's first feature film, it's a hell of an achievement.