Fringe Weekly Blogs

The biggest mistakes are really

The biggest mistakes are really the smallest. Like when you tell a white lie and you get found out. Like when you promise a friend you won’t make a fuss on their birthday, when you already know the...

Dirt is a catalyst for change.

Dirt is a catalyst for change. If there’s one thing we learned from the mayoral cleanup, it’s that the shocking state of the city keeps a whole lot of people employed, who cruise on the promise of ...

God bless chai seeds.

God bless chai seeds. They make boring drinks crunchy and clean out your arteries. And that’s it for those Mexican herbs. I can’t think what else they can do besides feed birds — birds with clean a...

The image of the century is apparently

The image of the century is apparently a picture of thousands of fans worshipping Harry Styles, in a packed stadium, while staring lovingly into their phones. It’s mind-boggling, and shows how crow...

Love is the feeling

FringeFringe of sharing pretty much anything with someone you need in your life. Last month on 6 October Instagram turned 15 years old, and I had a feeling of terrible nostalgia for the early days ...

My mama said that life is like

My mama said that life is like a floppy disk. Once you find your information, you just cannot store it all on a skinny plastic donut. Off the top of my head, I can’t remember how much you could act...

Art is not seasonal

Art is not seasonal. Real art cannot be age restricted. Real art never really belongs to an art movement. Real art transcends its own market. And that’s the art of extreme optimism. I want to live ...

Who wants to go steady

Who wants to go steady with a meme? If I was single I’d refuse to date someone who calls themselves an influencer, although I also wanted to go viral somewhere along the way.If I was a morpheme (co...

Andy Warhol never got to use email

Andy Warhol never got to use email or make up a password. That’s weird. Although, I guess it’s not too weird when you consider that neither Rembrandt nor Van Gogh would even understand the word “pa...

Hands up if you hate donuts.

Hands up if you hate donuts. Not hands up as in you’ve got a gun pointed at you, rather confess that you have negative feelings towards the world’s most beloved sugar rush.In the universe of Artifi...

If you don’t know who Kal-El is, you may want to enrol

If you don’t know who Kal-El is, you may want to enrol at a better school of pop art. The name is the original Krypton language version of someone called Clarke Kent. That should get you over the h...

The lunar eclipse made humanity seem not-so important

The lunar eclipse made humanity seem not-so important. Halfway through the night of the blood moon I got a floating feeling, almost like seasickness. I had to pull back from staring skyward and I a...

Don’t wear camouflage.

Don’t wear camouflage. Especially ironic camouflage, like army fatigues in gross orange and pink, and then think you look cool. Battledress is for battle, and party dress is for parties. And stay a...

Suddenly I’m hearing the croaking of frogs.

Suddenly I’m hearing the croaking of frogs. Not for a minute but the whole friggin night. This is next level. I guess there must be a running stormwater drain, or perhaps one of my neighbours has a...

You cannot say ‘get real’ to an anti-realist.

You cannot say ‘get real’ to an anti-realist. You can say ‘get surreal’ which would imply that you’re wishing them a higher degree of imagination, in their engagement with life’s banality. It tak...