Many thousands of books have been written about how to play the guitar; it is probably the most popular subject in all music publishing. Yet surprisingly little is written about guitarists and what a decidedly strange group of feral creatures they are. True, there are a lot of guitarist jokes. I have several favourites. For…
by Pat MacStuttles, Theobogan Your Theobogan’s readers want to know Bruce’s story. It’s quite a yarn, and here’s a smidge of it – fair dinkum, 100 per cent trumeau! It’s the 1970s, and the 1950s are at full throttle in the West Australian bush. Dust. Silly-sillies. Sirens. Moustaches! A Ford Falcon GTO muscle car, chased,…
The American Journal of Psychiatry (AJP) has issued a major correction. The authors and editors of an October 2019 study, entitled “Reduction in mental health treatment utilisation among transgender individuals after gender-affirming surgeries: a total population study,” have retracted its primary conclusion. Letters to the editor by 12 authors, including ourselves, led to a reanalysis…
