Human being. American/Australian. Head of Talks and Ideas @sydneyoperahouse. (This is a personal account.) Ex @penamerica, @abcnews, @sydneywritersfest (he/him)
Joined April 2009
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Chip Rolley retweeted
21 Jul 2025
Curious. A new festival for the open-minded who want to learn more about the challenging world in which we find ourselves. Click on link for details.
sydneyoperahouse.com/curious
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4 Nov 2024
I’m greenlighting this script.
4 Nov 2024
When this is over, the crew of skells, miscreants, weirdos, sex criminals, blood-drinking night fiends, traitors, spies, degenerate gamblers, goat-porn aficionados, frauds, serial killers, goons and men who know how deep to bury a body to keep the coyotes off it are going to have to get jobs.
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3 Nov 2023
At work, sobbing quietly at my desk. I am so sorry to read this news. Ady Barkan was a hero. youtube.com/watch?v=HQcdrmzZ…
2 Nov 2023
Hi all, this is Ady’s wife, Rachael. I’m devastated to share the news that Ady has died from complications of ALS. You probably knew Ady as a healthcare activist. But more importantly he was a wonderful dad and my life partner for 18 years. [1/4]
ALT A photo of a family on a path outdoors. A man is seated in a wheelchair with a woman standing to his right and a toddler girl standing next to her. A young boy stands to the left of the man.
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21 Oct 2023
RT @MondayStory: URGENT: do I know anyone near the Budawangs in NSW? My cousin is camping there. He’s been waiting for a kidney transplant…
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13 Oct 2023
We have been given this extraordinary chance to begin healing our country. I will forever be in awe of @mdavisqlder, Pat Anderson, Marcia Langton, Pat Dodson, Noel Pearson, and so so many more for their overwhelming kindness, dedication, and wisdom.
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23 Sep 2023
Is it unsettling to anyone else when a journalist on a news chat show refers to a politician solely by their first name?
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Chip Rolley retweeted
14 Feb 2023
Some Andy Warhol screen tests — that’s Beck’s mom, Bibbe Hansen, on the upper right, along with a bunch of poets — Allen Ginsberg, Edwin Denby, Ron Padgett, Ted Berrigan, and Ed Sanders (of the Fugs)
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23 Aug 2023
In the US you are not allowed to smile for a passport photo but apparently you can for a mugshot.
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23 Aug 2023
OF Barbie’s First Disobedience, and the Fruit Of that Forbidden Tree, whose mortal tast Brought Death into the World, and all our woe…
23 Aug 2023
The Deep Parallels Between 'Barbie' and John Milton’s 'Paradise Lost' | @lithub pw-ne.ws/ff358
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Chip Rolley retweeted
17 Aug 2023
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28 Jul 2023
So looking forward to this event on Sunday @sydneyoperahouse, which has been sold out forever. We just scraped and put final tix on sale. sydneyoperahouse.com/talks-a…
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28 Jul 2023
So looking forward to this event on Sunday @sydneyoperahouse, which has been sold out forever. We just scraped and put final tix on sale. sydneyoperahouse.com/talks-a…
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27 Jul 2023
This feels so much like the worst gut punch. Astonishingly beautiful voice. One of the best we have ever heard in popular music, and it came with so much conviction, so much fight. Forever in awe of her. And grateful she shared her talent. RIP, dear Sinead irishtimes.com/culture/music…
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27 Jul 2023
Sinead singing Danny Boy on an Irish TV show in 1993.
But say a prayer to God for our dear’st Ireland
I know She’ll hear and help to set her free.
m.youtube.com/watch?time_con…
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Chip Rolley retweeted
26 Jul 2023
"How did you sleep?"
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22 Jul 2023
What an extraordinary human being he was. More than a singer and exquisite stylist, he stood for justice and lifted people’s hearts. Thinking of my mom and my Italian American grandmother today. 💔
21 Jul 2023
Tony Bennett, a singer whose audience-embracing persona helped spread the American songbook around the world, died on Friday in Manhattan. He was 96. His career was remarkable for both its longevity and its consistency. nyti.ms/3Q85wkS
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30 Jun 2023
I love chickpeas but enough already.
30 Jun 2023
"Try these. They're a life-changing experience." A lighter, easier take on classic American potato salad, this version uses canned chickpeas in place of potatoes and favors Greek yogurt over mayonnaise. nyti.ms/3Nr6tCX
ALT Chickpea Salad With Fresh Herbs and Scallions. Photo: Ryan Liebe for The New York Times. Food Stylist: Simon Andrews.
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26 Jun 2023
Great episode. Very moving story about Megan Davis paired with solid informative reporting on the background to the Voice.
26 Jun 2023
Stream 'A Voice From the Heart' #AustralianStory with Megan Davis:
ABC iview: bit.ly/44hD8k3
YouTube: bit.ly/46kjyWi
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26 Jun 2023
Beautiful moment at Glastonbury as the crowd pulls Lewis Capaldi through his set. ❤️ 😭
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19 Jun 2023
Excellent @4corners tonight!
The line, “Everything the Circus thinks is gold is shit,” kept running through my mind.
19 Jun 2023
Unmasking the Australian spy who sold ASIO's secrets to the Soviets.
abc.net.au/news/2023-06-19/r…
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