Weekend Wind Down
It’s Spring time! Picnic time! On Sunday my friends and I carried baskets brimful of cupcakes, canapes and sparkling to soak up a tan and enjoy the Canberra-only long weekend. Things are happier when the weather is warmer. Sean Carey – Mothers Sean Carey has performed as part of Bon Iver’s band but shows here … Read more
It’s a Mad Ad World
Mad Men is a period piece television series set in the 1960s in an advertising firm in New York City. The beauty of this series, other than its accurate exploration of feminism, sexisim, homophobia and the expectations placed on men to succeed, is the way its characters are challenged to come up with inventive ways … Read more
This is the way the world ends. Not with a whimper but with a bright shiny light
Okay so like with many anime films, when Katsuhiro Ôtomo’s Akira finished I sat in stunned silence staring blankly at the closing credits and wondered what just happened. Akira feels strangely like a post 9/11 film (though it is a post Hiroshima film), similar to Richard Kelly’s bizarre follow-up to Donnie Darko, Southland Tales. Though … Read more
Talking Like I’m Falling Downstairs
Sparkadia released Postcards in 2008 and it was the song Jealousy which really blew me away. It’s a rare feat for Aussie rock to work so well. Usually it’s Australian dance getting the attention. But this soft stuff is lovely. Talking Like I’m Falling Downstairs is Sparkadia’s new single and they are working on a … Read more
A Revolution of Kings and Queens
Buried somewhere deep in the Australian psyche is a political mentality. Seemingly apathetic and disenfranchised on the night of this year’s election, Australia voted even-handedly. We were to choose between the not very liberal Liberal party and the also not very liberal Labor party. Neither received a majority vote. At present Australia’s future hangs oddly … Read more
