Be In The Black Before The Red and Green with The Melbourne International Arts Festival

It's easy to be provoked in the era we're living in. There's so much to be angry about. Politics, the economy, mass poverty, the environment, Metallica cancelling their Australian tour and Michael Bublé not cancelling his Australian tour. But provocation doesn't necessarily involve anger. One can...

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The Louder of Two Evils: Coffs Harbour International Buskers & Comedy Festival

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...

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Top 10 things On in Brisbane this week 29/09/2019

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...

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Top 10 Melbourne Culture On this week 29/09/2019

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...

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Top 10 Melbourne Revelry On this week 29/09/2019

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...

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Top 10 Sydney Culture On this week 29/09/2019

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...

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Top 10 Sydney Revelry On this week 29/09/2019

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...

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Burning Seed: The Burn That Doesn’t Need Penicillin, a Green Alternative or the Death of Corporate Media

Being conscious on a macrocosmic scale is exhausting. To do an act that could be considered a moral one is to commit to a point in the future when you realise you've wiped out a species or decimated an economy or been genuinely appreciative of the...

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How Many Roads Must a Man Walk Down? None if He’s Got a Chrysler. Gun It To Folk By the Sea.

'Romantic nationalism'. An interesting phrase equally at home in both a pro-Nazi and anti-Nazi narrative. And equally applicable and inapplicable to the genre of folk music. A nonthreatening musical genre whose pliable appeal is representative of the pliability of human morality. Folk is rooted in the vaguely...

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