Category Archive: opinion

Culture-shock, identity and acceptance

Somethingyousaid.com’s Harriet Cheney considers the extreme differences between one area of a country and another: I relocated from Sydney to Darwin and a part of me got lost. The extreme culture-shock that I… Read More

Reasons Tony Abbott is bad for Australia

While it’s difficult to conjure a single reason why anyone would willingly place an abhorrent, gaffe-prone, anachronism of a human-being in charge of their country, bewilderingly, Tony Abbott this weekend became Australia’s Prime… Read More

Cassettes make a comeback

Somethingyousaid.com’s 25ThC considers the unlikely resurgence of cassettes: People of a certain age like myself will no doubt recall the beauty of the cassette era. Unlike vinyl before it – which you simply… Read More

How to: Request songs from a DJ

Ah the life of a DJ. International jet-set travel, huge paycheques and glamorous women throwing themselves at you for cheeky BJ’s behind the decks. I’m sure superstar DJ’s do have that lifestyle, but… Read More

Dating, non-responses and Nathaniel P

Something You Said’s Elaina Ransford explains that everyone knows Nathaniel: Remember that awesome scene in Midnight in Paris when the Hemingway character says that he knows he’ll hate the main character’s book because… Read More

Fuck Abbott, Fuck Censorship

Hooray! Something You Said’s buddy, Isabella Manfredi, of Sydney band The Preatures, has won first place in this year’s Vanda and Young Songwriting Comp – the most prestigious songwriting prize in Australia. But, wait, she’s… Read More

Opinion: Elfy Scott on veganism

Average Joe Veganism and why the Naysayers can Fuck Right Off. I would consider myself a thoroughly devoted follower of something I like to refer to as ‘average Joe veganism’. I’m unfaltering in… Read More

Olly cooks with Annabel Langbein

Somethingyousaid.com’s Oliver Heath hangs with New Zealand food personality AnnabeI Langbein:  As much as I occasionally enjoy a beer and burger, I’ve been a little bothered lately by how extreme popular eating habits are.… Read More

Fashion’s weighty problem

Former model Tenley Nordstrom discusses a constantly-debated argument from a different angle: Just about every other week there seems to be controversy stirring up over too-thin models. The level of discussion ranges widely… Read More

Music: a game of Truth or Dare

Ever found yourself reluctantly admitting to loving a band you just didn’t? Or praising the incredibly unique composition of your then-boyfriend’s all time favorite song? Or how’s about going so far as to… Read More

Joy Division. Play Loud Or Perish

THE BEST ALBUM NEVER MADE? – by g. william rex We all have “defining” moments of varying intensity in our lives. One of mine occurred thirty-three years ago. I had just finished law… Read More

Alcohol and the Wonderful Decline

Somethingyousaid.com’s Elfy Scott questions her love/hate relationship with booze.  I wake to debilitating nausea and the sense that I’m not entirely sure which one of my orifices is about to erupt. My morning… Read More