Final Act Added to Laneway 2017: King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard
We are thrilled to welcome the incomparable Melbourne act KING GIZZARD AND THE LIZARD WIZARD to St. Jerome’s Laneway Festival…
The Liberal Agenda
Commentary examining neoliberalism, economic inequality, and the political forces shaping modern New Zealand society.
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OUTDOOR SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL EXPANDS – BURSTING WITH PERFORMANCE, ART AND MUSIC!
Auckland Outdoor Summer Shakespeare are ramping up the festival feel with even more on offer from 14 February – 11…
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MOVIE REVIEW: Moana vs Sing
Now with any review of Moana, we need to acknowledge upfront that the cultural appropriation by a multi billion dollar monstrosity like Disney is an abomination. Rich white buggers ripping off another peoples culture to make a buck is sickening and we all wish for plague to infect them and their families for their heteropatriachy white cis male interpretations of Pacifica People etc etc etc.
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THE ADVENT OF THE EGO ACTIVIST
If you do not know what an Ego Activist is let me explain. You will have one, or if you’re unlucky, more than one on your timeline. But even if you don’t interact in social media the fact is this year they even infiltrated main stream media.
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This scene is why Princess Leia was such a pop culture feminist icon- RIP Carrie Fisher
…to many of us Princess Leia was the first real embodiment of a feminist character whose equality with men wasn’t even in question. The groundbreakingness of Fisher’s role reset pop culture narratives and gave us a glimpse of a different voice.
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RIP George Michael
RIP George- you hated what Thatcher did to Britain, you supported the Miners Strike and workers rights, you opposed Tony Blair’s wars, and you took on the coppers trying to entrap gay people and soft drug users.
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Movie Review: Rogue One – It’s actually a Documentary about Bernie Sanders
Some people might think that Rogue One is the 8th instalment of the Star Wars franchise.
They’re wrong, it’s actually a futuristic documentary about Bernie Sanders.
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Protestors condemn Russian involvement in atrocities in Aleppo
Wellington, NZ, 16 December – About three dozen people attended a rapidly organised protest outside the Russian Federation’s sprawling embassy in Messines Rd, Wellington.
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Writing 2016
I have all the tools at my disposal for writing, I have a nascent audience, the good lord has seen fit to give me the ability to turn a phrase. Yet, my word count, in the last three months of 2016, has been curiously low. What’s going on here?
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Why I’m saying thank you for the Music
While communities are being torn asunder as I write by human-caused violence, such as we’re witnessing in Aleppo, Turkey and Egypt, I want to devote this post to honouring a snapshot of three communities that are being built around music in New Zealand.