3.5 Straight Outta Compton Pelican27 August 2015 Biopics aren’t really independent works of art. They’re inherently revisionist in nature, in that the constraints of scriptwriting and running time and the ... Film and Production0 Comments4 views
2.5 Southpaw Pelican24 August 2015 Director: Antoine Fuqua Starring: Jake Gyllenhaal, Rachel McAdams, 50 Cent, Forest Whittaker Admittedly, I was excited for Southpaw. Jake Gyllenhaal transf... Film and Production0 Comments14 views
8 Royal Headache – High (Distant and Vague Recordings) Pelican19 August 2015 In 2009, I put out a call on social media asking what people’s favourite albums of that year were. A friend living on the East Coast, Matt Bellair, shot me a ... Music0 Comments31 views
6.5 Mac Demarco – Another One (Captured Tracks) Pelican12 August 2015 For all the ways Another One is a simple, polished little edible derived straight from countless artists before him, Mac Demarco’s whole thing as a popstar wh... Music0 Comments14 views
Federal Emissions Targets Are Totally Inadequate Pelican11 August 2015 Today the Federal government has announced that it will aim to cut carbon emissions by 26-28% of 2005 levels by 2030. With Julie Bishop heading to the COP21 Par... Politics0 Comments4 views
Hard Times: What Socialist Alternative Can Learn from Wrestling Pelican6 August 2015 The first thing you notice about the Socialist Alternative-led protest against cuts to Arts majors is that none of its speakers, despite their presumed experien... Voice0 Comments28 views
9 Girls Pissing on Girls Pissing – Scrying in Infirmary Architecture (Muzai Records) Pelican5 August 2015 I was prepared to be disappointed on my first listen of Girls Pissing On Girls Pissing’s, Scrying in Infirmary Architecture. From the album’s two preceding ... Music2 Comments568 views
Proposal to cut Arts majors passes through Academic Council Pelican5 August 2015 The UWA Arts Faculty's proposal to cut its Gender Studies, European Studies, and Medieval & Early Modern Studies majors has passed through Academic Council ... Voice0 Comments12 views
Competing political groups campaign against proposed Arts cuts Pelican5 August 2015 Two separate protests against rescinding three UWA Arts majors took place today on campus. The first, endorsed by the UWA Student Guild and their ‘UWA has ... Voice2 Comments21 views
6 Tame Impala – Currents (Interscope) Pelican3 August 2015 I saw Kevin Parker the other day. It was a Thursday, he was drinking with his girlfriend at the Norfolk, doing his best to be remain anonymous in the mixed week... Music2 Comments22 views