Why Triple J’s decision is wrong
It wasn’t really unexpected, but that didn’t make it any less disappointing. Triple J has opted to move its signature event, the Hottest 100, from Australia Day to the [...]
Popular Culture
Why Australians will once again pirate Game of Thrones
After much anticipation, season six of Game of Thrones will premiere on April 24th. The much loved show is famed for its unpredictability, yet few will be surprised when [...]
2015: what Back to the Future got right
Tomorrow is October 21st, 2015. It has already, and quite rightly, been dubbed Back to the Future Day by film fans around the globe. Yes, it is the day when Marty and Doc [...]
Game of Thrones sexist?! You’re kidding right…
The response was as swift as it was predictable. The usual hyper-feminist brigade who get high on moral outrage have been at it in droves this week, voicing disgust and [...]
Modern television: an offering of dopiness and cruelty
The late American comedian Julius ‘Groucho’ Marx once quipped: “I must say I find television very educational. The minute somebody turns it on, I go to the [...]
Great work Karl, but who should be taking notice?
Karl Stefanovik conducted an interesting experiment this year. He spent the entire year wearing the same suit to expose the double standards of our society. It is a gesture [...]
Pop stars, or strippers?
Am I the only one who thinks that, while there’s certainly no question about Miley Cyrus’s musical talent, there’s just not a whole lot to admire about [...]
Robin Williams – a troubled life that touched us all
Usually when a celebrity passes my reaction is one of removed acknowledgement of the sadness of the situation before moving on. Yet learning of the death of Robin Williams [...]
The five best and the five worst Game of Thrones characters
I like this show. No, I love this show. For a long time I believed that no television program could surpass the heights reached by Lost. I was wrong. The television [...]
Review: Ghost Stories – Coldplay
In a word, solemn. In a sentence, it’s Chris Martin’s final love letter to Gwyneth Paltrow. Ghost Stories is a sharp diversion from what we have come to expect from [...]
