Pelican’s Albums of the Year
It’s not quite the end of the year, but it is the end of the Pelican year, so I thought I would get Peli’s music writer community to give us…
My Night of Fun and Glamour at the Baseball
I don’t like sport. Excepting my netball glory days (goal shooter, I was very good, thanks for asking), I have only two vivid sport memories from childhood. The earlier is…
Review: Friday the 14th (UWA Pantomime Society)
Never seen a pantomime? Unsure of what to expect, or wary of awkward cues seeking audience participation? Never fear: this high-energy production from the UWA Pantomime Society will soon see…
Mac Demarco – Another One (Captured Tracks)
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 who’s the sum of…
Federal Emissions Targets Are Totally Inadequate
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 Paris climate…
Hard Times: What Socialist Alternative Can Learn from Wrestling
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 experience, know how to cut a…
Tame Impala – Currents (Interscope)
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…