Category: Other Stuff

When parody can no longer do justice to truth

Posted by John Schumann | Apr 25, 2024 | Other Stuff, Society | 0

Jesus, Nelson Mandela, Abraham Lincoln … and Trump

by Warwick McFadyen | Apr 18, 2024 | Other Stuff, Society | 0 |

Each week something arises on the cultural and political landscape that has been a detonation from Donald Trump. It would be more than a little sad, frightening and laughable, were it were not so serious, writes Warwick McFadyen.

Trump flooding the States with pellets of poison

by Warwick McFadyen | Dec 19, 2023 | Other Stuff, Society | 0 |

Donald Trump is freely evoking fascism and Adolf Hitler at his campaign rallies, writes Warwick McFadyen. It is truly beyond the pale.

When the song and spirit live on through darkness

by Warwick McFadyen | Dec 5, 2023 | Other Stuff, Society | 0 |

The death of Henry Kissinger last week brings to mind the brutal murder and legacy of Chilean singer and poet Víctor Jara, writes Warwick McFadyen.

The Voice: A letter to the 39 per cent (pt.2)

by Martin Flanagan | Oct 30, 2023 | Other Stuff, Society | 4 |

Last week, The Australian newspaper ran a headline which read: “Jacinta Rises To Be Voice of Her People”. Martin Flanagan responds with his second letter to the 39 per cent.

Sound

The Mark Of Cain Interview

by Rohan Connolly | Oct 23, 2023 | Other Stuff, Sound | 0 |

Footyology's Rohan Connolly catches up with The Mark Of Cain bass player Kim Scott to discuss the band's upcoming Australian tour celebrating their seminal 'Ill At Ease' album.

The song that lives within the nation

by Warwick McFadyen | Aug 9, 2023 | Other Stuff, Sound | 0 |
Cry from the forest, cry from the heart

by Warwick McFadyen | Jun 29, 2023 | Other Stuff, Sound | 0 |

Screen

Sam Simmons: from despair to joyous return

by Ian Wilson | Feb 28, 2022 | Other Stuff, Screen | 0 |

Sam Simmons went to a dark place place during the COVID lockdowns, but as Ian Wilson writes, the comedian has made a triumphant return to the stage.

Worried at first sight

by Ian Wilson | Feb 9, 2022 | Other Stuff, Screen | 0 |
Roadrunner – the relentless search for meaning

by Ian Wilson | Nov 2, 2021 | Other Stuff, Screen | 0 |

Society

The Voice: A letter to the 39 per cent

by Martin Flanagan | Oct 16, 2023 | Other Stuff, Society | 16 |

The Voice proposal has been soundly defeated. Martin Flanagan has some observations on how, why, and where to from here for supporters of reconciliation with the Indigenous.

Silencing the voice, living in the middle of nowhere

by Warwick McFadyen | Oct 14, 2023 | Other Stuff, Society | 0 |
The Voice and the chains from whence it seeks freedom

by Warwick McFadyen | Oct 3, 2023 | Other Stuff, Society | 1 |

Sound

Close your eyes and open your ears

by Warwick McFadyen | May 30, 2023 | Other Stuff, Sound | 0 |

A song claiming to be the most relaxing in the world has issued forth from New Zealand, and Warwick McFadyen had a listen.

It’s mostly more of the same from Metallica

by Ronny Lerner | Apr 27, 2023 | Other Stuff, Sound | 0 |
Tom Verlaine, visionary player and poet

by Warwick McFadyen | Jan 30, 2023 | Other Stuff, Sound | 0 |
David Crosby: In harmony to the angels

by Warwick McFadyen | Jan 23, 2023 | Other Stuff, Sound | 1 |
The death of a guitar genius

by Warwick McFadyen | Jan 16, 2023 | Other Stuff, Sound | 0 |

Screen

Hard to find, but ‘Love/Hate’ is worth the effort

by Andrea Connolly | Jul 22, 2021 | Other Stuff, Screen | 1 |

If you’re a fan of shows like “Peaky Blinders”, “Boardwalk Empire” or even “The Sopranos”, says Andrea Connolly, you need to watch Irish gangster drama “Love/Hate”.