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The Surreal Silliness of the WWE in our Horrible New Reality
While the coronavirus has cancelled most things, it has not yet managed to cancel the WWE. These guys truly embody the expression “the show must go on”. But without a crowd, the WWE is…something to see.
Combating Burnout – A Goal for 2020
And here’s why you need to recognise it.
Genoa, Italy — Fremantle's soul sister
It was as if I had awoken in Fremantle, Western Australia, yet I was a very far 13,682 kilometres away.
How I Turned Writing Into My Career
This is a sign for those battling with the desire to be creative for a living – or more specifically, turn their writing talents into actual work.
Why Blockbuster Has Gone Bust
In the Perth suburb Morley, the second to last Blockbuster store in the world has just closed its doors. Now, there is just one Blockbuster standing in Bend, Oregon in the United States.
Great Gable gives a mountain of a show for their latest EP Modern Interactions
I remember seeing [Great Gable] around two years ago, playing to about 15 people at the 459 Bar. Yes guys, I remember your cover of Paul Simon’s ’50 Ways To Leave Your Lover’. A truly great choice. Anyways, before this gets a little off track, Gable closed their set with the powerhouse new Foals guitar-tinged track ‘All Day Long’. Leaving the room ringing as they left, it did not take much to see why these guys pull the crowd they do.
The Deuce "Pilot" Review
James Francos, the 70s, the porno industry. The new bingo for Peak TV.
FILM REVIEW: Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon deliver yet another funny journey on "The Trip To Spain"
Byrdon and Coogan return with their delightful blend of the comedic and the culinary. In this case, The Trip to Spain delivers precisely what we’ve come to expect from the series. Beautiful scenery, amazing food and a couple of weather beaten male comedians who flit between self-deprecation and vanity.
James Cameron's "Terminator 2: Judgment Day" Returns to the theatres in 3D
Judgement Day is a historic accomplishment, one that merits a proper re-watch, not a mere piecemeal revisit through scenes on YoTube or TV
A Ghost Story: an existential saga lacking in humanity
A Ghost Story takes a cosmic scope, but I can’t help feeling that it could have been so much pure and meant so much more if the lens was microcosmic. A study of grief and loss of love with grounding by Rooney Mara’s solar-plexus thumping performance would have been a brilliant thesis statement in its honest simplicity
When bad-taste becomes great: Kirin J Callinan LIVE
With a fervent belief that true commitment to bad-taste transforms it into something fashionable, fun and infectious, Kirin is a lot to take in.
Patterns of panic: The Necks play the Rosemount
I couldn’t think of anything more terrifying than playing a delicate set of acoustic jazzy music to room full of mostly black overcoat-clad, chin stroking, forty-something, ultra-discerning listeners. But for The Necks, that is the thesis for their completely improvised performances.
Death in the Outback
Healthcare in Australia’s Aboriginal communities is hindered by a long history of racial discord between very different cultures. Georgina Kenyon discovers the story of one young woman who died in the 1980s, and asks whether anything has changed since.
Online mating and dating: A grand Tindeavour
There is no denying it, Tinder is weird. It is a rapid-fire environment of skin-deep swiping. But, humans are weirder. Tinder is merely a tool; it's utility is entirely dependent on the tool-wielder. If you're looking for a screw with a hammer in-hand, you probably won't nail it.
Editor's Note: Is there a point to written-form websites like this one?
Reading what you sow: our co-founder reflects on Isolated Nation and conducts an in-depth analysis on the state of written-form media in Australia.
Instagram Nation: The essential grams to follow in 2017
New year, new you baby. Out with the old, in with the new. Time to cleanse your follow feed... We bring you our top Instagram accounts to follow in 2017.
Cafe Nation (vol. 1) : Perth's best hidden gem cafes
In the first volume of Cafe Nation , the our team got together to celebrate the “hidden gem” cafes in Perth/WA suburbia.
OPINION NATION: Twenty Five And A Day
Our resident live music writer Tanaya weighs in on what it means to be 25.
OPINION NATION: Sad Girl Army
Sad Girl Theory is a permission slip: feminism doesn’t need to advocate for how awesome and fun being a girl is. We explore this theory in our next issue of Opinion Nation.