In the Australian media, the line between what the ‘public interest’ and what the public is ‘interested in’ is blurry, particularly with respect to the discussion of anything sexual or traditionally private. The ethics surrounding the dissemination of this information become hairier when we introduce the concept of utilitarianism and attempt to ( Read more... )

Everyone loves having a little more cash in their wallet. As a uni student you’re in the position where you have a lot of time and not a lot of money to spend in that time. There’s a few tricks to the trade you’ll discover as you settle in, but it’s always nice to be prepared before you start to save a little cash on the side. Your unions, ( Read more... )

Although I myself am not a college student, I am well aware of the transformation referred to as the “Fresher Five”. Even without the tasty catering it’s easy enough to put on weight in your years at university. High levels of stress combined with irregular sleep patterns, bad nutrition and erratic working hours are all factors. You’re probably too ( Read more... )

Welcome to O-Week, your introduction to the next few years of your life. As you stroll down the lanes of stalls packed to the brim full of tee shirts, free lollies and your enthusiastic cohort, you’ll catch a glimpse of the awesome potential that student life holds for your time at uni and your life after school.

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Bluesfest 2011 was an introduction to a whole new world of music. The blues and roots festival was alive with its own organic music of laughter and residual booming background bass, a genre of music festival unto itself. I was warned that attending Bluesfest would be a week-long hell of a ride. It was a musical sandwich of road trip, tripping ( Read more... )

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I turned 20 the other day. Whoopee. I also had an assignment due at midnight that night, a deifnition article for my music journalism class. Whoopee. Students across the course addressed a plethora of material, one even addressing the issue of defining silence - I'll give you a hint, it's just a whole lot of paragraph breaks and a period - but I ( Read more... )

It was under peculiar circumstances that I met Sydney-based independent artists Renny Field and Kent Eastwood in one of our friend’s backyard. They’d just performed their first ever house concert, a trend that’s taking off on Sydney’s Northern Beaches amongst a small circle of independent artists. When I caught up with them the next night at Sydney ( Read more... )

DRAFT: photos, links and editing to come. What? What's that? The sound of a deadline, flying over head..There are very few musicians that can claim that opening for Woodstock was not the highlight of their career. In the eyes of those who stayed for the midnight-snack-esque nature of the private encore in the family lounge room, Renny Field and ( Read more... )

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