Abandoned buildings don’t need to be cool. We recently ventured down to the Elizabethan village in Armadale. A once bustling tourist attraction, it is now a fenced residential estate consisting of houses of the Elizabethan fashion, to some extent.
Southbound Festival 2014 Review
I’ve often thought that forcing people to travel, organise and commit to see music would mean only the true music lovers (and those rare apt dickheads) would bother to make it out; Southbound Festival 2014 reaffirmed this belief.
Bibliophilia Obscura: Emmanuel Bove and Misery Seeking Company
"What are you doing here?" I asked him. - "I'm waiting, I'm waiting ... I don't know what I'm waiting for. But I'm waiting all right, perhaps to go back home, I don't know." I could see from his expression that he was profoundly sad: "If you'd like to, you could come and talk on the radio, I could set you up with a talkshow." - "It's no use", he answered.
Slanted and Enchanted - The Astor/The Bakery 7/12/13
It was an intense evening, as I anticipated what would happen at Slanted & Enchanted. As I walked in, the regular local acts had already performed, and on the main stage, the headliners’ roadies were hustling around like little rats.
Film Review: Night Train To Lisbon
While I can imagine that it would make the perfect audio-visual companion to its best-selling source material, Night Train to Lisbon struggles to stand on its own.
The Love Junkies - Maybelline
The Love Junkies are a Perth (Thornlie methinks?) based post-grunge three piece who hit hard, and rock equally as hard as some kind of Children Collide x Queens Of The Stone Age x Scratch Acid (melody, groove and freak outs respectively) hybrid sexy dangerous animal.
Ermine Coat - Parking Lots
Parking Lots is an important album, at least as far as Perth music is concerned, precisely because it inspires thought bubbles in those listening to it. Listening to Ermine Coat's second LP, the recently released Parking Lots, may be to feel a mental illness that results in a physical illness.
FOOD SAFARI
The Leederville Food Safari is a truly fantastic experience – just make sure you eat a light lunch!
"Why Aren't They Interested In Politics?" Lessons From The Public Choice School
Next time you worry about politics and the fact that voters aren't armed with the kind of information that you might desire them to be, take solace in the fact that they are probably the rational ones.
Riad Balkisse
We roamed through the dark back alleyways of the foreign cities foreign only to us our hearts in our throats from a drunken left turn that left the night air stale and sour...
Rooftop Movies 2013/14 Summer
Are you a fan of rooftops? Do you dig movies? Do you have friends?
Every Time I Die - Amplifier Bar - 24/10/13
Keith Buckley, always the energetic frontman, encouraged pit wildness, including a circlepit the size of Amps itself (which one unlucky stage diver jumped into, rather stupidly).
Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa @ Luna Leederville
It is hard for me to find fault with this film, with everything coming together quite perfectly. The pacing never feels stale, even when the jokes require the film to move slower, and every joke hits the mark brilliantly
Welcome To The Valley
We were lucky enough to check out the sold out Elmar’s In The Valley venue for some food, music and most importantly alcoholic beverages before heading over to Belvoir Amphitheatre for a great mini-festival.
The Sunshine of Cambodia
I was part of a volunteering team that was to work for Awareness Cambodia International, a Perth-run organization that aims to rebuild Cambodia and its people.
Honey (Miele) - Italian Film Festival
Honey tells an imaginatively provocative and compelling story that cleverly subverts traditional plot conventions - at least, for the majority of its run time. In the hands of a lesser director, the film could run the risk of descending into tear-jerking melodrama due to its sensitive subject matter, but Golino’s meticulous, detached direction prevents the film from going there.
Hello Dear,Please I Need Your Help (A Day in the Life of my Junk Inbox)
Please permit me to introduce myself, my name is Sabrina Kipkalya Kones, 24yrs old female (single) and i'm from Kenya in East Africa. I appeal to you to exercise a little patience and read through my letter because i feel quite safe dealing with you in person...
2013-14 Palace Opera/Ballet Launch: Puccini's Turandot
'Turandot' is the beginning of an exciting program in corporation with the Royal Opera House, and Palace Cinemas. I was fortunate enough to be given the opportunity to attend the advanced screening of this amazing production, as a part of the 2013-14 Palace Opera/Ballet Season Launch.
(Fiction) 741 - Katie Salomon
Each night I dream of a blackened sea, A century long walk along the concrete shores. Riddled with red crabs a Wellsian dystopia, Death marched to the iron shack...
Go Kombi
Take a Trip Down Memory Lane and travel Australia’s South West in a Kombi.