Can the real Paul Johnson please stand up
Just who is our Vice Chancellor, exactly? “I’m not sure that anyone would ever say administration is the endgame. No one wants to end their days sitting in meetings.” UWA’s…
The Consensus on Lomborg
Pelican speaks to the charismatic Copenhagener about his new role at UWA Interview by Kat Gillespie The announcement that UWA will use a $4 million federal grant to build an…
Skeletons in the Closet
When I left home, and my disposable income became my not-so-disposable income, the first thing I gave up was fashion. For someone who’d grown up on a diet of Country…
Foreign Soil by Maxine Beneba-Clarke
I picked up Foreign Soil because it was on prominent display at Oxford St Books, an independent purveyor of carefully curated wordy things whose taste I trust implicitly. I didn’t…
The First Bad Man by Miranda July
I love everything about you, Miranda July. I love your hair, I love your Facebook presence. I love both of your films – the one everyone liked, and the one…
Vale Terry Pratchett
Words by Morgan Goodman Eight or nine years ago, I came across a worn copy of Night Watch by Terry Pratchett, in a small town library somewhere in WA. It…
Carrie and Lowell – Sufjan Stevens (Asthmatic Kitty)
The softly spoken Sufjan Stevens from Michigan marks a return to his indie folk roots in Carrie and Lowell. Accompanied by plucked acoustic melodies, now more acoustic than electric, Steven’s…
Strangers to Ourselves – Modest Mouse (Epic)
Its been eight long years since Modest Mouse released an album and arguably another three since they made anything worthwhile, but while the drought is over in a physical sense,…
Jenny Death (The Powers that B pt. 2) – Death Grips (Third Worlds/Harvest)
It’s hard to separate Jenny Death from the hype it’s been receiving for the last year. 2014 saw the release of Niggas on the Moon, ostensibly the first half of…
Inside Out
Director: Pete Doctor and Ronaldo Del Carmen Starring: Amy Poehler, Mindy Kaling, Bill Hader, Phyllis Smith Inside Out sees the return of Up director Pete Doctor, and it’s Pixar’s most…