Top 20 Melbourne Cup Day songs
Melbourne Cup Day contains “the race that stops the nation” – but why can’t it be “the race that bops a nation”? Sure, gambling and watching small men flagellating horses […]
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Top 20 Halloween songs
Of all the annual events that require a cracking playlist, Halloween is the most fun to choose music for. Here is a countdown of 20 essentials that should be on […]
The Canyons: film review
THE CANYONS 3/5 Author Bret Easton Ellis has lamented the film adaptations of his books. But, in his defence, they have wavered in quality and insight. When you consider that […]
Room 237: film review
ROOM 237 4/5 Conspiracy theories of most kinds are deliciously seductive. The sensation of having a once drawn curtain parted by a carefully worded whisper seems to tingle the nerve […]
Film reviews: a rainy weekend on the couch
I had a full three days off work and, as my luck would have it, I was struck down with a mysterious illness. My girlfriend says I may have something […]
Splendour In The Grass 2013
After many years of lobbying the bureaucratic powers of Byron Bay to have their festival moved from its long-time home of Belongil Fields to the North Byron Parklands, the promoters […]
This Is The End: film review
THIS IS THE END 4/5 When an antagonising video camera-wielding paparazzi taunts: “Hey, Seth Rogen! You always play the same guy in the same movie. When are you going to do some […]
LIVE REVIEW: Manics preach to the converted
MANIC STREET PREACHERS Hordern Pavillion, Sydney Friday, July 5, 2013 While watching Manic Street Preachers on Friday night, it was easy to forget that you were in Sydney’s Hordern Pavillion […]
Album review: Whitley – Even The Stars Are A Mess
WHITLEY Even The Stars Are A Mess 4/5 (Dew Process) The opening lyrics of Whitley’s third album, Even The Stars Are A Mess, suggest that the songwriter has found harmony both […]
Album review: Kanye West – Yeezus
KANYE WEST Yeezus 4/5 (Roc-A-Fella/Def Jam) Kanye West appeared on the cover of Rolling Stone seven years ago with a crown of thorns, his face caked in drying blood. So […]
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