Shannon McKeogh | The Enthusiast

Review: Josh Pyke, Love Lies Theatre Tour, Forum Theatre, Melbourne

May 14, 2012 By Shannon McKeogh

Beardy singer-songwriter Josh Pyke doesn’t look especially theatrical, but in Melbourne, he and his multi-talented band wove a hypnotic kind of onstage magic.

The Panics: did not cause a fluster, except from that one guy in black.

Review: The Panics, Palace Theatre, Melbourne

October 25, 2011 By Shannon McKeogh

Their sweet, harmonious riffs have become a soundtrack to twentysomething Aussie life, but the Panics struggled to inspire more than fond swaying in an oddly sluggish crowd.

Columns

The Stupid Question: Does Alum Work Like It Does In Cartoons?

In cartoons, alum puckered Sylvester The Cat’s mouth into a cat’s arse. Will this chemical compound do the same to your natural predators?

The Tough Question: Has Liz & Dick Killed Grant Bowler’s Hollywood Dream?

Critics revelled in spewing venom across the Linsday Lohan-helmed flop biopic Liz & Dick. But how did her Aussie (enough) co-star Grant Bowler fare?

The Stupid Question: Who Are The Independent Olympic Athletes?

Even the Olympics has indie cred: “I’m so cool I qualified for the Olympics before my nation’s sovereignty was even recognised, man”.

Literary Magazine Primer: n+1

Fresh New York writing outlet n+1 ably (but irregularly) blows the cobwebs out of the stuffy lit-mag genre. Here’s a cheat sheet for the anti-literary magazine literary magazine.