Nicole Abadee and Griffith Review Editor, Carody Culver, tuck into a smorgasbord of culinary subjects about Griffith Review 78: A Matter of Taste.

The 78th edition of Griffith Review serves up a delectable array of essays, fiction and reportage about what we eat and how we talk about it. It explores food as spectacle and status symbol, as fad and fantasy, as capital and cultural currency. If we are what we eat, then who are we in the twenty-first century?

Carody Culver, Editor Of Griffith Review, interviewed on Books, Books, Books about A Matter Of Taste

Way back in 1993, an alt-rock three-piece called Regurgitator began life as a side project in the Brisbane suburbs. By 1995, they’d signed with Warner Music Group, and their debut album, Tu-Plang, was released the following year. But it was 1997’s Unit – featuring the mega-hits ‘I Like Your Old Stuff Better Than Your New Stuff’ and ‘Polyester Girl’, among others – that lodged Regurgitator firmly in Australia’s popular music consciousness, positioning them as a band able to fuse musical styles and influences without taking any of it too seriously. In this wide-ranging conversation – which has been lightly edited and condensed for clarity – 4ZZZ Programming Co-ordinator Ian Powne talks art, authenticity and mashed potato with two of the band’s founding members, Quan Yeomans and Ben Ely.

For more from Griffith Review 79: Counterfeit Culture, head to https://www.griffithreview.com/editions/counterfeit-culture/

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