Down For Tomorrow: Embracing Vulnerability
Sydney-based indie-punk act Down For Tomorrow have written a piece for us about vulnerability and imperfection.
Category Archive: opinion
Band photos on dating apps: am I a tosser?
The Lulu Raes’ drummer Tom wrote a piece for us about the do’s and don’ts of posting band photos on dating apps.
Opinion: Houg on doing it yourself
Houg has just released his latest single, Boy. Here, he tells us about doing things DIY and what’s he’s learnt.
Love’s voice is louder than hate. #lovewins
The colours of the rainbow brightened our Facebook newsfeeds last week as users updated their profile pictures in response to the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling in favour of marriage equality. Same-sex couples can… Read More
Friedrich Nietzsche on Pop Music
In the second instalment of our new series, Chloe Mayne looks at legendary German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche and his thoughts on popular music: What’s the role of music in our lives? More importantly,… Read More
Martin Buber on Treating One Another Better
Chloe Mayne looks at one of the most striking works by Jewish philosopher Martin Buber: How can we adjust the way that we interact with the world in order to value it in… Read More
Thank you and Goodnight, Carter USM
This weekend, Carter The Unstoppable Sex Machine will, over a quarter of a Century since forming, cease to be unstoppable. Bobby Townsend pays his respects: Eastbourne, in East Sussex, isn’t exactly at the… Read More
(Kinda) seeing Arcade Fire at The Forum
Tenley Nordstrom checked out Arcade Fire’s gig last week. Well, she would have done if she could have seen/heard what was happening… Let’s face it, a lot of concerts these days are expensive,… Read More
Cheap Living Vs Being a Dirty Hipster
Part One: The Ownership of Cool. Poor is cool, you know, as long as it’s the right kind. The ‘correct’ type of poor in the West usually involves being young, educated, not-on-too-many-drugs and… Read More
China and institutionalised amnesia
I’m standing at exit A of the Second Worker’s Cultural Palace metro station and it’s 3pm. All the details are correct, I’ve checked three times in the last 15 minutes. Sweat is sliding… Read More
Breaking up with American Apparel
When you write a break-up letter and don’t hear back you know it’s really over, as somethingyousaid’s Oliver Heath discovers: We were done, and I’d decided to pull the plug in a letter,… Read More
Greetings From Wycliffe Well
Nathan Roche searches for extra-terrestrial activity in Australia’s Northern Territory: The question is begging to be asked: “At what point does a small town realise it has no economy and must lie its way… Read More