Recognising something as ironic has not been necessary since the tenth exegesis of the sociopolitical and artistic construct of Beavis and Butthead was published. Irony is something that has since existed as a perpetual psychological undercurrent in the human brain, reminding us to not be too...
Flatten that cowlick! Mama's coming home. 10) Jane Fonda: What Can I Do? 15th 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...
Tune in. Tune out. Tune in. Tune out. That's what repetitive dissociation is all about. 10) Calibro 35: Place To Be 17th September What: Calibro 35 (caliber 35) is a cinematic funk Italian band formed in 2007 in Milan. The band has released four albums and several movie soundtracks. Different...
Accepting one’s virtues is a difficult thing. Being that we’re able to question and contemplate our own existence yet still have to suffer the indignity of producing human s**t (hopefully at least three times a week), recognising our own flaws and failures is an easy thing...
Progress is a wicked concept. We’re constantly being told to strive for it, and the really insidious thing about it is that it’s presented to us as the least effortful option. It tends to be pitched after a conversation about comparative failure. You didn’t get the promotion....
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...
Every human is fluid. That’s why we’re constantly attempting to define ourselves. Because we’re dealing with a brain soup of chemical impulse, dark sexual fantasies swirling around the back parts of our heads, acceptable sexual fantasies occupying the most of the rest of our heads...
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...