How to Lose Your Soul by Summer – by Lucy Watson
The other day I left my book at home. Not a disaster, true. But on this particular night, I had no social plans and I wanted to take myself out for dinner on the way home from work. I do this a fair bit, as I enjoy eating in restaurants alone, for various reasons. Anyway, […]
Making Tea. Cafes, You’re Doing It Wrong – by Lucy Watson
So, I don’t drink coffee. Weird, I know. Let’s just move past that. Because this isn’t about coffee. This is about tea. Proper, delicious, old fashioned tea. Not fruit tea, or green tea, or chai, or sleepy time. I mean English Breakfast, Earl Grey, Darjeeling, Melbourne Breakfast, milk-on-the-side tea. And why am I talking about […]
Fear of Dandenong – by Aidan “Taco” Jones
Once again we reach Saturday and find me running on very little sleep after three days’ activities. Last night I went down to Dandenong to do some standup at an open mic night in a local pool hall… what a strange experience. I’d never been to Dandenong before last night, and my only experience or […]
Always Hawthorn – by Stacey Mahon
My favourite day of the year is almost here. I’ve got my crew organised, my outfit picked out and washed, and a make-up artist ready to go. And of course by “make-up artist” I mean the lovely ladies at The G with the brown and yellow face paint. I also may be lying about my […]
Purple Prick or Poo & Wee? – by Tom Watson
If the question in the title makes no sense to you whatsoever then I am afraid you are frighteningly unprepared for one of the social events of the season – the Grand Final Day barbeque. But fear not my beloved readers. Your faithful expert on the weird and wonderful world of sport is here to […]
Cashed Up, Crazy, Cool – by Rebecca Pickett
Two years ago I moved from Perth to Melbourne. Same company, same job, different city. People will sometimes say to me “Does anyone still use travel agents?”, to which I then reply, smiling – iPhone on table, drinking my jar of organic rooftop cider and waiting for the beardy man to deliver my delicious pulled […]
On Tour – by Edna Sway
Touring. It’s a hell of a thing. I’ve been on a few different types of tours around Australia and below is a quick list of things that I’ve experienced during this time. Ok, here goes: Flying, driving, trying to get as much sleep wherever you can, learning how to sleep, sleeping in parks, not showering, […]
FIFO Fun for an Easy Rider – by Tom Watson
Night falls over this heaving cosmopolitan metropolis and a bead of sweat trickles from my forehead. The lights of Southbank are shining brightly, and the Crown flame throwers hard at work wasting natural resources under the guise of wonder and entertainment, as I pedal briskly to keep pace with my travelling partners. I had only […]
Table for One – by Lucy Watson
“Table for one, please.” A phrase that seems to instill panic and the fear of seering judgement in many. As if the idea of sitting alone in a public space will deem them outcasts, pariahs. The girl who ate her lunch alone in the school library. The boy who had no friends. “I could […]
Smoke (No Longer) Gets in My Eye – by Nick Caddaye
An anniversary has passed us by without any commemoration. July 1st marked six years since smoking was banned in pubs and clubs. Six, long clean years… But the time for silence has ended and I must speak for those whose lack of trachea mean they cannot speak for themselves. For I am prepared to […]