It was Cheers which famously asked “Wouldn’t you like to get away?” Well, yes we would and the further away from real life the better thank you very much. A nice fictional locale with none of the banal or trying trappings of the everyday would be quite lovely thank you Continue Reading
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I am an extrovert gay man living in Sydney who loves Indian food, current affairs, music, film and reading, caramel anything, and a beautiful guy called Steve who makes every day a delight. I am trying to get two novels in a trilogy ready for e-publication, love my iPhone & iPod, and am secretly Canadian in my soul. Life is fun, exciting and joyful and I aim to make the absolute most of it!
Songs, songs and more songs #16: Dizzy Fae, DUCKWRTH, Soaky Siren, Dillon Francis, Bombay Bicycle Club + Eurovision 2020 update
Great songs are often, though not always, a beguiling mix of insightful, meaningful lyrics and a great supremely-catchy melody. All five of the songs in this week’s post fit the bill and then some, reflecting the fact that while you can capture ears easily enough with an irresistible melody, capturing Continue Reading
Book review: Lost and Wanted by Nell Freudenberger
Life is, in many ways, a bittersweet mix of opportunities seized and chances lost. This all too flawed and earthbound state of affairs is not necessarily the result of poor decision-making or impetuous planning; it’s often simply the consequence of sliding doors rising up to meet us, necessitating that a Continue Reading
The short and the short of it: The close enough to reach otherworldliness of The Moon’s Milk
SNAPSHOTSeven and a half years in the making, The Moon’s Milk is an entirely handmade stop motion animated short about a time when the moon was close enough to be reached by ladder. Narrated by Tom Waits, the film chronicles the last expedition of Captain Millipede and his crew to Continue Reading
Horse Museum – There’s a new Dr Seuss on the loose!
SNAPSHOTThe story follows a horse as it guides a group through a museum looking at the real-life examples of how artists have imagined the humble horse. It includes reproductions of more than 30 artworks about horses, from artists like Pablo Picasso to Susan Rothenberg and Jackson Pollock. And there are Continue Reading
Fear the Walking Dead: “Channel 5” (S5, E15 review)
SPOILERS AHEAD … AND COLLAPSING BRIDGES, LONG EXHAUSTING WALKS IN THE COUNTRYSIDE … AND CRUSHING DISAPPOINTMENT Now it may surprise you learn that public relations is still a thing in the zaombie apocalypse. That’s not so much because the undead are spruiking the marginal benefits of being eaten by them Continue Reading
Welcome to the inequitable new ice age: Snowpiercer (Part 1: Extinction) comic
SNAPSHOTThe prequel story to the New York Times bestselling Snowpiercer graphic novel series that inspired both movie and TV adaptations. Perfect for fans of post-apocalyptic sci-fi! The Snowpiercer saga continues with this brand new story by original artist Jean-Marc Rochette and Eisner nominated writer, Matz. Set before the extinction event Continue Reading
Book review: The Lemoncholy Life of Annie Aster by Scott Wilbanks
Belonging, truly belonging, to a group of people, family or otherwise, is one of the great defining attributes of being human. While it’s healthy to define ourselves in our terms as anyone who has ever been part of a dysfunctionally intrusive group will tell you, there is so much to Continue Reading
Weekend movie poster art: The just out of reach answers of Ad Astra
SNAPSHOTBrad Pitt and Tommy Lee Jones to star in James Gray’s Ad Astra. The sci-fi epic will feature Jones as the father of Pitt’s character who, 20 years ago, left his son on a mission to Neptune in the search for extraterrestrial life. Pitt’s character, named Roy McBride, then sets Continue Reading
Book review: Children of Time by Adrian Tchaikovsky
If there is a creed for science fiction, and no doubt someone somewhere has attempted one since people, most people anyway, tend to love immutable rules, it must surely be to (a) to be expansively imaginative and (b) weave in penetratingly substantial examination of the contrarily complex nature of humanity. Continue Reading