Commitment is fun. The notion of committing to a thing or a person is undoubtedly exciting in one sense as it allows for the illusion that you have any kind of control over a senseless and chaotic universe. There may be no god taking score and...
Let's ease into functionality together. 10) Jane Fonda: What Can I Do? 10th September What: Join Jane Fonda for a live discussion of her most recent book. In What Can I Do?, Fonda weaves her deeply personal journey as an activist alongside conversations with and speeches by leading climate scientists...
It's going to be a wet one. 10) Ferran Palau: Live 9th September What: Ferran Palau’s songs play with everything: what’s there and what isn’t, pop and R&B, metaphysics and mundanity, sentences that are as tweetable as they are enigmatic. Shaping time with your hands, and asking questions. Experience him...
Temptation is something invariably variable. For instance, this morning we had the temptation to smoke a cigarette, which we did. But just now we had the temptation to use a confusing and ultimately sh***y turn of phrase, which we did. Temptation is never satisfied, it’s simply the...
Death is something that we all have to deal with until we don’t. Which is when we’re dead. As with most things, it’s the swirling vortex of implications and the psychological need to always act in favour of self-preservation that has us going into debt for...
Keep your chin up. Your neck's gotten fatter and angles help. 10) Viennese Night 1st September What: Clink your glasses to an evening of champagne-filled romance and melody featuring excerpts from Franz Lehár’s most popular titles such as The Merry Widow, The Land of Smiles and Giuditta, as well as...
Shoot for the moon. It's not technically a crime yet and gunplay can be tension-relieving. 10) Lillie Mae: Live 1st September What: Lillie Mae Rische is an American singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist known to bluegrass and country fans as a member of all-sibling outfits the Risches and Jypsi. Rock fans...
Being aware of one’s limitations is an important part of self-preservation. It’s mainly why we don’t try to walk off the roofs of high-rises more often. We’ve learnt from life experience that we will not be able to fly, and we don’t have the courage...
Cynicism is an important tool at every stage in life. It’s how you learn not to trust authority figures after the sixth time your mother promises she isn’t going to take a belt to your arse if you just sincerely apologise for sh***ing your pants during...
Regret is an interesting phenomenon. It makes you feel like the a***hole you are and does nothing to prevent recurrence of thing it throws into sharp relief. So perhaps then it’s a good psychological microcosm of the greater cyclical pointlessness of life. When it doesn’t cause...