When the jazz man's testifying a faithless man believes. Which means in the country of jazz's origin its capacity to excite the human soul is only effective about 20% of the time. And due to the rise in nationalist-cum-religious hysteria, that percentage will only decrease. It's a...
New South Wales is experiencing the worst rat infestation in decades. That's right. It's not the ebb and flow of a calm, mercury-infused ocean you're hearing in the sultry twilight hours, it's the tiny claws of a million rats nesting restlessly underground on mountains of abandoned hipster...
Briefly escape from the daily grind; the grinder requires disinfectant. 10) QUT Design Week 29th September-3rd October What: Join QUT at the inaugural QUT Design Week 2019, to learn, engage with, and be inspired by design research, innovation and creativity. QUT Design Week 2019 highlights the potential of design to...
Prepare your stomach juices. Live contemporary theatre isn't exactly a joy to process. 10) Melbourne Vegan Tours 1st Birthday 3rd October What: Melbourne Vegan Tours is turning one! It's been a big year of vegan touring around Melbourne, showcasing the amazing vegan scene that the city has to offer. To...
The Germans are coming. So you might as well drink, dance and drink again up until the point when they arrive. The next world war go by a lot quicker if you're not sober. 10) White pres. Matt Sassari 4th October What: White Noise is kicking Spring off with someone...
This week's as good as it gets. Because humanity's only going to exist for about 5 more years and we haven't set a very high standard. 10) Cirque du Soleil: KURIOS – Cabinet Des Curiosités 5th October-24th November What: Cirque du Soleil will bring its newest creation to Australia: KURIOS...
Feel the music in the air. It'll distract you from the carbon monoxide. 10) The Drifter: Nights Like This 5th October What: The Drifter is Mark Flynn, an Irish producer, DJ and singer. The Drifter's DJ style, like his productions, definitely lean towards the hypnotic, melodic and emotive side of...
There's a problem in contemporary culture that is unique to the present. It has also existed for millennia and will exist for the next five years when the apocalypse hits. How can something unique be so commonplace? We don't know. Frankly we stopped paying attention halfway through...
The world is paralysed between the past and the future. Some call it 'the present'. But that's a little too simplistic-a term that doesn't really account for the complex visceral emotions aroused when one encounters a 21-year-old smoking an e-cigarette wearing watchmakers glasses from the 1800s outside...
Humanity's circling a moral drain. Well, it was. Around 50 years ago. Now it's one of those things stuck to the inside of the drain pipe that not even caustic soda can dissolve. Just a globulus mass of phlegmy lung plaque, pubes and 80s hair gel. Wouldn't it be...