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The Surreal Silliness of the WWE in our Horrible New Reality
While the coronavirus has cancelled most things, it has not yet managed to cancel the WWE. These guys truly embody the expression “the show must go on”. But without a crowd, the WWE is…something to see.
Genoa, Italy — Fremantle's soul sister
It was as if I had awoken in Fremantle, Western Australia, yet I was a very far 13,682 kilometres away.
How I Turned Writing Into My Career
This is a sign for those battling with the desire to be creative for a living – or more specifically, turn their writing talents into actual work.
Why Blockbuster Has Gone Bust
In the Perth suburb Morley, the second to last Blockbuster store in the world has just closed its doors. Now, there is just one Blockbuster standing in Bend, Oregon in the United States.
Great Gable gives a mountain of a show for their latest EP Modern Interactions
I remember seeing [Great Gable] around two years ago, playing to about 15 people at the 459 Bar. Yes guys, I remember your cover of Paul Simon’s ’50 Ways To Leave Your Lover’. A truly great choice. Anyways, before this gets a little off track, Gable closed their set with the powerhouse new Foals guitar-tinged track ‘All Day Long’. Leaving the room ringing as they left, it did not take much to see why these guys pull the crowd they do.
The Deuce "Pilot" Review
James Francos, the 70s, the porno industry. The new bingo for Peak TV.
FILM REVIEW: Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon deliver yet another funny journey on "The Trip To Spain"
Byrdon and Coogan return with their delightful blend of the comedic and the culinary. In this case, The Trip to Spain delivers precisely what we’ve come to expect from the series. Beautiful scenery, amazing food and a couple of weather beaten male comedians who flit between self-deprecation and vanity.
James Cameron's "Terminator 2: Judgment Day" Returns to the theatres in 3D
Judgement Day is a historic accomplishment, one that merits a proper re-watch, not a mere piecemeal revisit through scenes on YoTube or TV
A Ghost Story: an existential saga lacking in humanity
A Ghost Story takes a cosmic scope, but I can’t help feeling that it could have been so much pure and meant so much more if the lens was microcosmic. A study of grief and loss of love with grounding by Rooney Mara’s solar-plexus thumping performance would have been a brilliant thesis statement in its honest simplicity
When bad-taste becomes great: Kirin J Callinan LIVE
With a fervent belief that true commitment to bad-taste transforms it into something fashionable, fun and infectious, Kirin is a lot to take in.
Patterns of panic: The Necks play the Rosemount
I couldn’t think of anything more terrifying than playing a delicate set of acoustic jazzy music to room full of mostly black overcoat-clad, chin stroking, forty-something, ultra-discerning listeners. But for The Necks, that is the thesis for their completely improvised performances.
Editor's Note: Is there a point to written-form websites like this one?
Reading what you sow: our co-founder reflects on Isolated Nation and conducts an in-depth analysis on the state of written-form media in Australia.
Instagram Nation: The essential grams to follow in 2017
New year, new you baby. Out with the old, in with the new. Time to cleanse your follow feed... We bring you our top Instagram accounts to follow in 2017.
TEDxPerth back for 2016!
Feeling like a rousing day of more than a dozen TEDxTalks? Mid-October has just the thing for you, plus a special opportunity in store.
POP VULTURE: Piddington Society's Nick van Hattem
With good hair, good ideas and a passion for justice, Nick van Hattem is a lawyer and head of The Piddington Society. We interviewed him as part of our Pop Vulture series because lawyers are cool too.
The URBEX Effect - South West WA
Urban exploration (URBEX) photography gives the euphoria that certainly can’t be matched by your standard photography adventure. It’s the feeling of jumping fences, lifting man holes, squeezing through tiny gaps and going into a place of unknown that intrigues me the most.
POP VULTURE: Goon Daddy
Goon Daddy is the veritable Queen of Memes. She has single-handedly captured the essence of so many Perth subcultures which makes her perfect for our Pop Vulture series.
Bibliophilia Obscura: Ern Malley, Australian Modernism and Continuing Inspiration
This is a story about a dead poet who was posthumously immortalised from obscurity by a rising star with a passion for literature, poetry and art. This is a story of the two men who brought them together. This is the story of the most celebrated Australian poet that never lived and the greatest literary hoax in our history.
SAD GIRLS COLLECTIVE: Opening Night
Sad Girls is a perth-based female-led artists collective, looking for the answers to life and making art in the process. Read about their launch here.