Sheamus Duggan | The Enthusiast

Review: Not Your Ordinary Doctor by Jim Leavesley

February 3, 2011 By Sheamus Duggan

Billed as a quirky collection of medicos who’ve achieved renown or notoriety, this compendium is as dull a read as the five-year-old magazines in your GP’s waiting room.

Review: Little Joy by My Disco

November 26, 2010 By Sheamus Duggan

If minimalist three-piece My Disco were the Star Wars trilogy, this would be their Empire Strikes Back. We like it because it’s a scoundrel.

Review: Soul-Crushing Vicissitudes of Fortune!

April 15, 2010 By Sheamus Duggan

Andrew Lawrence endeavours to tread a line between hilarity and offensiveness. If only his mind was focused on this admirable cause.

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.