Category: Other Stuff

It’s my birthday. I want a parade!

Posted by Warwick McFadyen | Jun 20, 2025 | Other Stuff, Society | 0

World beware, cower and tremble, Taco Man is upon us

by Warwick McFadyen | Jun 2, 2025 | Other Stuff, Society | 0 |

Trump always chickens out. Thus began the serving of a smorgasbord of ridicule for the president, writes Warwick McFadyen.

One’s the boss, the other is merely the president

by Rohan Connolly | May 23, 2025 | Other Stuff, Society | 0 |

Bruce Springsteen spoke out recently on how he saw the state of his beloved America and the fitness of Donald Trump to hold office, writes Warwick McFadyen. Of course, Trump reacted.

Finally, Warren Zevon gets to reside in hall of fame

by Warwick McFadyen | May 9, 2025 | Other Stuff, Sound | 1 |

Warren Zevon is to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. It’s about time, says Warwick McFadyen.

Birmingham’s Black Sabbath the pride of the town

by Warwick McFadyen | Feb 10, 2025 | Other Stuff, Sound | 0 |

The City of Birmingham has given Black Sabbath’s founders the status of Freemen of their home town.

Sound

A wordsmith of progrock universe has left this earth

by Warwick McFadyen | Nov 19, 2024 | Other Stuff, Sound | 0 |

Pete Sinfield, lyricist extraordinaire, has died. Let the synthesisers and angels lament his passing.

Morello rages against the dying of the right to justice

by Warwick McFadyen | Jun 17, 2024 | Other Stuff, Sound | 0 |
Hey hey, my my, taking a dive into Neil Young

by Warwick McFadyen | May 28, 2024 | Other Stuff, Sound | 1 |

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

Is it really just a short leap from First Fleet to Mars?

by Warwick McFadyen | Jan 29, 2025 | Other Stuff, Society | 0 |

It takes a certain talent of imagination, and a stretch of belief, to comprehend one Coalition member's utterances on Australia Day, says Warwick McFadyen.

The Trump reality show is back, and wackier than ever

by Warwick McFadyen | Jan 13, 2025 | Other Stuff, Society | 0 |
Be informed, watch, act, evacuate: the words lit by fire

by Warwick McFadyen | Jan 2, 2025 | Other Stuff, Society | 0 |

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 |
Close your eyes and open your ears

by Warwick McFadyen | May 30, 2023 | Other Stuff, Sound | 0 |
It’s mostly more of the same from Metallica

by Ronny Lerner | Apr 27, 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”.