Piracy Is Not A Crime, It’s The Status Quo I haven’t paid for music in years and probably won’t for years to come. This may have something to do…
London Film Festival: AN EDUCATION An Education refers to the blossoming relationship between sixteen-year-old Jenny (Carey Muligan), a top student, aiming for a place a…
London Film Festival: BRIGHT STAR A Jane Campion film is an intimate affair. As the only Palme D’or winning ‘female’ filmmaker (she has won twice),…
Visual Arts: The Second Blow Gian Manik’s current solo exhibition is a freeze frame of that moment in horror film where the heroine, now bloodied…
I Am Better Than You – Everybody Loves Child Porn This morning I was alerted to this. A South Australian school has banned hugging between students of opposite sex. “We…
Visual Arts: Go Font Ur Self* Last Thursday night, Peer Group Gallery (which I’m told on average would house four people and two dogs) became a…
Culture + Events: World of Women (WOW) Film Festival For me a good festival is not just the works screened but the vibe and friendliness with which patrons can…
I Am Better Than You – Conspiracy to Commit Stupid Everyone entertains conspiracy theories at one point or another. Over the years some comedy gems have come marching out of…
Theatre: How To Act Around Cops Given the success of Tarantino’s latest offering in Inglourious Basterds (and pretty much his entire back catalogue), there are certainly…
FILM: Fame For Fame, we may blame Baz Lurhmann. Putting aside the string of cheesy 80s films that form this one’s heritage…
3 GIVEAWAY: Oasis ‘Be Here Now’ 25th Anniversary Vinyl This competition is now closed. Read the winning entries here. Oasis‘ Platinum-selling third album, Be Here Now, turns 25 on 21st…
4 Splendour In The Grass 2013 Rumours In Full Swing – Cold War Kids, Bob Dylan & More So we’ve officially exhausted the summer festival season, and now we’re slowly lurching towards mid-year, looking for any tasty morsels…
5 Bloc Party – Four Bloc Party fans were somewhat disillusioned when the London group went on hiatus toward the end of 2009. Four, the…
6 Muse, Birds of Tokyo – Entertainment Centre, Brisbane 10/12/13 Almost precisely three years since their last Australian tour, England’s finest alt-rock freedom-fighters, Muse, made their triumphant return to Brisbane…
7 The Weeknd Unveils Two New Tracks & The Big-Name Artists On His New Album New Weeknd in time for the weekend.
8 Half Moon Run – The Triffid, Brisbane 11/01/2017 "Crashing guitar licks and sweeping washes of synthesised sounds": Half Moon Run are a captivating live act.