Category Archives: Culture
Slightlly un-miffed
So it turns that The Mastermind is not showing in Perth at the same time as its general release around the rest of the country is because it’ll be playing as part of the Perth Festival from 1 December to … Continue reading
Miffed
The new Kelly Reichardt film with Josh O’Conner, The Mastermind, is coming out across Australia on 23 October. Yay! Everywhere except Western Australia. Wait — what — why?
Video killed the radio star?
Midway through Take This Waltz the Michelle Williams character rides a carnival attraction with her rickshaw-pulling artist object of desire and we’re swept into a romantic reverie, seduced by the motion, darkness and music (Buggles!) and then — bang — … Continue reading
The Phantom Thread
Far stranger, funnier, and more emotional than I’d expected. Vicky Krieps as Alma is more than a match for Lewis’ Reynolds. Though always ready to stand up for herself, her move to dramatically alter the power balance is unexpected and … Continue reading
Shame Into Love
You can combine rituals. Change rituals. Exorcise old crusty rituals that hold pain instead of beauty. Build brand-new rituals to convert shame into love. You can wear a red shirt every Tuesday and it means you are holy. You can … Continue reading
Revenge of the Seats
An artful and sinister, in a dark side of the force kind of way, arrangement of chairs and light at PS Art Space.
Pushing a bit of me out into the world
I’m lucky enough to have a job where the busyness ebbs and flows. Some weeks are very intense — long hours and almost no me time — and others are way less so — I know when I’ll start and … Continue reading
Kalamunda Photo Walk
I went on a nice group photo walk in the Perth hills last Sunday. Heavy rain had been forecast but the skies got their downpouring out of the way before dawn.
Maria Somerville – Corrib
Maria Somerville’s Luster has been my go-to car album for the last month — such a lush and enchanting sound.
Tomato Cheese Toast
Yesterday I cancelled my NYTimes subscription as a mental health measure – too much Trump, too much focus on the power players and fuck all on the people who suffer from their crimes. And today they post an absolutely delicious … Continue reading
Pavements
I watched Pavements last night and although I had a few laughs it was not my cup of tea. I sat down to write about why it didn’t work for me but that just seems like a waste of my … Continue reading
Pavements is Coming
I was beginning to worry that maybe I’d have to wait years to see Pavements here in Perth. Not so! A little while back the Revelations Film Festival released its program for this year and, you guessed it, Pavements is … Continue reading
Star Wars: An Unexpected Voice
The other day I put on one of the later episodes of the second season of Andor as background sound while I cleaned the kitchen. I had seen it a couple of times already so my eyes didn’t need to … Continue reading
Pedestrian Unfriendly
Walking to the bus after a great Goolugatup Sounds event at Goolugatup Heathcote in Applecross I was struck by how pedestrian unfriendly this part of the neighbourhood is — huge expanses of verge and grass but not a footpath in … Continue reading
Einstürzende Neubauten – Blume
I wonder if I really enjoyed Einstürzende Neubauten’s Tabula Rasa as much as I thought I did back in the day. I know I was definitely capable of talking myself into “liking” things that I thought I should so who … Continue reading
Lime Garden – Love Song
So stoked that the video for Lime Garden’s “Love Song” is way more unhinged than I had any reason to expect. If only I could remember their name when searching on YouTube or trying to ask Siri to play them … Continue reading
Aritist and Fan-centric Music Streaming
I don’t care about the framing of this video, which is how Apple can beat Spotify, but I like the suggestion of how a more artist-friendly streaming service could run, which is basically that the company takes 10% of what … Continue reading
A Typical Severance Episode
One thing I love about Severance is that there’s no such thing, especially in this second season, as a “typical” Severance episode. Love and also kinda hate. Because after last week’s emotional rollercoaster revelations about Gemma Scout aka Ms Casey, … Continue reading
The Hardest Working Font in Manhattan
Marcin Wichary’s deep dive into the engraving font Gorton is one of the most beautiful things I’ve seen on the internet in ages. Even if you’re not a font person — I certainly am not — you’ll find this fascinating … Continue reading
The Oscar Cup
So the awards season has finally come to a close. We can get back to thinking about movies as art and entertainment and not talking them and all the people involved in making them like racehorses or sports teams.