Category: CULTURE

  • ‘The Double’ / ‘Enemy’ – Film Review Friday

    ‘The Double’ / ‘Enemy’ – Film Review Friday

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    Mason Horsley
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    In 2013, two films released, ‘The Double’ and ‘Enemy’ both following the story of a man meeting his doppelganger, much more handsome, much more charismatic, much more powerful in every way. Both films were based on books, ‘The Double’ on a Dostoyevsky novella and ‘Enemy’ on a Saramago novel, both books following almost the exact…

  • Poo Man

    Poo Man

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    Will Olteanu
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    Poo Man thought he would make a new hat. He had plenty of things to make a hat. He needed a shave too. He had been so involved in his project lately that he was starting to forget to look after himself. Israeli power stations seeped into the afternoon air. The park that Poo Man…

  • The Friend

    The Friend

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    Shay Keats
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    There once was a boy named Craig who was very unfortunate. One of these misfortunes was that his name was Craig, and not something like Daemon, or Link or Zuko (as his fellow classmates were named). Other misfortunes involved said classmates with whom he went to school, and if he were to really pity himself…

  • Served

    Served

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    Kirsten Hammermeister
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    Tonight, I am ethereal, and I glow. With a midnight blue light stretching across my skin, I am an alien. Tonight, you ask for a shot and a cocktail and a cigarette and a resurrection of your soul. And tonight, I am a human-like alien. In a bar, in the rushed streets of nightlife Melbourne.…

  • Almost Famous – Film Review Fridays

    Almost Famous – Film Review Fridays

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    Mason Horsley
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    We’ve all seen and heard the mad escapades of rock stars. Ozzy Osbourne biting into a live bat onstage, Nikki Sixx of Motley Crue sleeping with the wife of Bruce Dickinson (lead singer of Iron Maiden), Eric Clapton challenging George Harrison to a guitar duel over Harrison’s wife, and I’m sure we’ve all seen Billie…

  • Roadkill

    Roadkill

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    The Tert
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    it’s fresh when I pass it by guts glistening in the dim headlights, a red smear of viscera across the dewy morning concrete. as I try and fail to not let my eyes linger, i wonder if, like me, you had a destination in mind.   i see you from around the bend, misshapen lump…

  • Eastwood – Waves of Dreamy and Apocalyptic Sweetness

    Eastwood – Waves of Dreamy and Apocalyptic Sweetness

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    Ronan Colley
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    I rocked up to the UniBar’s Open-Mic around quarter to ten all tired and jaded, but walking into the UniBar around this time was the kind of electric shock needed to make anyone jump out of their skin and bask in the sonic swirls that remind you why ancient cultures worshiped gods of ritual madness…

  • Edition Five: Travel Tuesdays with Serena

    Edition Five: Travel Tuesdays with Serena

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    Serena Emanuele
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    “Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world” Welcome back, readers, to this week’s column where I’ll be writing about the first week of uni on exchange in the UK. I initially thought that studying on exchange would be a cool additional thing to have on my record, which…

  • Strawberry Blonde

    Strawberry Blonde

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    The Tert
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    TW: Pedophilia  By Chloe Payne The shit and piss soaked rug burns into my nostril hairs late in the night. It gurgles and splutters lively out of its host — before setting into a burgundy crisp mess on the wooden floor panels. Crimson specs can be seen on an orange left alone. I begin to…