Reviews
Beauty restored: Belladonna of Sadness review
There are two starting points when considering Belladonna of Sadness: it’s an ‘adult’ animated film, and it’s a wild psychedelic head trip.
Strangers in a strange land: Midsommar review
It’s a cliché that a good horror movie leaves us afraid of the dark, but what if the sun never goes down?
Still revolving: the Sixties on display
Melbourne Museum’s Revolution: Records and Rebels exhibit is both an in-depth exploration and a nostalgic celebration of the late Sixties.
Personal essays
Between truth and magic
How does one go about becoming something that they don’t believe in?
Bowie, the prettiest star
Two days before David Bowie’s death, he released a final version of himself for the world to interpret.
Creative non-fiction
The Cottage
It’s fifteen days shy of twenty years since Liss and I met, and she’s finally made me the psychedelic shirt I’ve been asking for.
Feature articles
The history behind science’s psychedelic renaissance
Fifty years on from the hippie counterculture, we’re seeing a revival of scientific interest in psychedelic drugs.
Profiles
Roky Erickson: soaring angelic
While the history of rock music is filled with tales of tragic figures, Roky Erickson belongs to a specific variety – the acid casualty.
The sweet side of life
Growing up in a milk bar gave the Assaad brothers a love of lollies and chocolates, and a vision that one day they might open their own shop.
Blog posts
Folk horror: landscapes, folklore and the past catching up with us
I’m interested in how we got away from the past, and how the past still might catch us. I’m interested in history’s ghosts.
Diving deep into Radiohead’s pool
Within a week there was a whole new album, A Moon Shaped Pool. And there I was, lying in bed at five in the morning with headphones on, listening to it as soon as I could.