Review: ASTROWORLD
It is easily one of the most anticipated albums of 2018. Finally, Travis Scott’s third studio album – ASTROWORLD – has finally arrived. Despite being let down by a 2016…
An Ode to Joyce.
“People in the Kmart, people in the local pub, they don’t care about the Paris agreement, it means nothing to them, it has no purpose” – Barnaby Joyce. The sour-faced…
The Beatles: A Retrospective
Were they fake cultural monoliths to the Baby Boomers or musical greats? There’s an edgy, spiteful contrarianism that continues to linger over The Beatles’ brilliance. From the Guardian citing them…
Still Looking at You, UWA
Yesterday we here at Pelican published an article detailing the university’s decision to allow an event run by the Australian Family Association to be hosted at Octagon Lecture Theatre. Later…
The Weird and Wonderful World of the Ig Nobel Prize
The annual Ig Nobel Prize ceremonies were begun in 1991 by the Annals of Improbable Research in an effort to “celebrate the unusual, honour the imaginative — and spur people’s…
UWA Offers to Host Alex Jones on Campus, Permanently
Conspiracy theorist and absurdist character actor Alex Jones has been offered a permanent tenured position at the University of Western Australia, following his expulsion from a number of prominent social…
So, WTF is Anime?
Anime. At some point in time everyone has heard the word before if not actually seen one themselves. Normally associated with things like Japan, Dragon Ball Z, and Pokémon, anime…
The Story of a Man – No Friend but the Mountains review
Behrouz Boochani’s newly released book No Friend but the Mountains is more than a refugee’s memoirs or a political opinion piece. In fact, it’s a book that resists classification. It’s…
Review: Threshold
Threshold can be seen as a direct reflection of our contemporary social and political climate, where Australians’ demands for transparency from their government and media outlets is rendered through the…
Looking at you UWA … again
In the most recent in a string of gaffes for the University, UWA will serve as the Perth venue for a nationwide tour by a prominent anti-gay US physician. This…