I was caught walking home with a pep in my step: 'Make Love, Not Instruments' by Hat Trick Review

‘The Spare Keys’ in Make Love, Not Instruments take you by the hand on a vocal journey, sonically stunning with a rich setlist of showtunes, mid-century love songs and modern belters.

Culture, MusicHugo Anthony HaySeptember 19, 2023review, a capella, sydney fringe festival, the spare keys

The dark economy of McBucks

In conclusion, fuck McDonald’s. Never work there. Never encourage your kids to work there either. If I’m ever desperate for cash, would I go back? I wouldn’t bet on it.

Culture, ISSUE 09Edward GaySeptember 13, 2023sydney, mcdonalds, maccas, mcbucks, corporate greed, corporate, labour

Sandstone Futurism

Sandstone Futurism is neither a proposal, nor a hypothetical solution, but rather, an inevitable utilisation of our environment.

Culture, ISSUE 09Felix AshfordSeptember 13, 2023architecture, sydney, sandstone, futurism, visionary

Hard times for Mr Dickens

Eventually, he was lost to the mists of time, and a Charles Dickens Statue diaspora sprawled across Sydney.

CultureAriana HaghighiSeptember 13, 2023Charles Dickens, statue, sydney, literature, art, forgotten, ariana, haghigi, ariana haghighi

Uncloaking witchcraft: exploring Paganism as a Muslim

Real-life paganism is beyond the blood, drama, and telekinetic miracles on television and is rooted in natural connection to the Earth’s seasons.

CultureMisbah AnsariSeptember 13, 2023australia, wiccan rituals, witch, self-reflection, perspective, islam, paganism, muslim

Anatomising the N64

Anatomising the N64 isn’t hard when you can peer into the bottle green motherboard, the nucleus of hypnotic rotating graphics, and the labyrinth that allows you to fire off that blue shell.

CultureAmelia RainesAugust 25, 2023culture, Nintendo, N64, nostalgia

Heavenly bodies descending

Many things change across time; many things remain stagnant. Our angels do both.

CultureLameah NayeemAugust 25, 2023opinion, film, Neon Genesis Evangelion, angels, Renaissance, art, religion

Eulogy to the notes app

Open sesame

Show your truths to me

CultureEmily O'BrienAugust 24, 2023internet, technology, poetry, notes, notes app, apple

Long Live the Drag Kings and Queens.

This series of photographs places drag artists in the everyday realm – from convenience stores to adult shops – capturing their glamour even through the most mundane of activities.

CultureBipasha ChakrabortyAugust 22, 2023drag, identity, queer, photography

I have a parasocial relationship with a man from the 16th century

You talk to me as if I exist. I am not real. I am not Cosimo. I am oil paint on a panel.

Art, CultureChina MeldrumAugust 20, 2023art, Renaissance, Art Gallery of NSW

Artificial stupidity

Humans are smart. Unfortunately, humans are also annoying, trite, boring, unimaginative, clichéd, derivative, etc, etc, etc. AI seemingly thrives off all of these worst aspects.

CultureHuw BradshawAugust 7, 2023Wes Anderson, Tim Burton, AI, technology, opinion, film