Guardian Australia’s weekend wrap of essential reads from the past seven days, selected by Kris Swales
to get the latest news direct to your inbox once 2023 hits its stride. Five Great Reads will continue throughout the holiday period.1. Father Yod and the Ya Ho Wha 13
Before founding his utopian cult, Father Yod was a successful restaurateur and pioneer of vegetarian dining, with customers including John Lennon.Modern music has myriad bands whose influence is more profound than their commercial impact: the Velvet Underground, most famously, with Talk Talk and Kyuss more recent examples.and counting Sonic Youth’s Thurston Moore and superproducer Rick Rubin as fans.
“You come at the king, you best not miss,” Omar Little memorably drawled in The Wire. It’s a sentiment David Shariatmadari may be able to relate to, having been handed the Herculean task of“It sounds easy in theory: come up with an idea for a game, simple but strangely addictive, get some tech geniuses to build it and – hey presto! – global fame, a slew of imitators and radio appearances coming out of my ears. The only problem was, well, I’m not the world’s biggest puzzle person.
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