Will Colvin
William Colvin is a film student, musician, and word-maker. He is mildly interested in penguins, greatly interested in leopard seals, and spends a great deal of time in the bath.
Articles by Will Colvin
Age is no excuse for making bad music
Disappointed by 80s rockers charging you a fortune to go through the motions on their greatest hits in echoing stadiums?…... Read more
A Motley performance from an ageing Crue
Vince Neil is fat and out of breath. He can’t hit the notes. He flops around the stage like a…... Read more
Computer games that are also works of genius
I’m not a fan of absolutes, and expressions of genius are all too often made without thinking. That being said,…... Read more
The coolest video games don’t need to be censored
I was reading Stuart McDowell’s fun-loving article about murder and I found myself feeling a strange a sense of deja-vu.…... Read more
Highway To Hell, first stop Redfern, then Lidcombe
Thousands of old people, watching a group of old men dance around in front of the Hogwarts Express. This is…... Read more
Unsocial commentary - the artless art of online abuse
In “Network”, Sidney Lumet’s groundbreaking 1976 media satire, disgruntled TV anchor Howard Beale successfully urged his viewers to lean out…... Read more
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La dole cheque vita is not so sweet on $16 a day
Your task is simple. Here is $115.50. It must last one week. You have no savings, no assets, but thankfully…
Those greedy ATMs gobble up more than your card
We’ve been talking a lot about interest rates this week. And the 30 per cent of us who have mortgages…
Wrap of the week: It’s the economy, stupid
There is a touch of Lleyton Hewitt about Julia Gillard. It is not merely that both are redheads or that…
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choice ringside rantings
From: Punch on: Open thread 09/02/2012
marley says:
I'm one of the older ones, so I've certainly seen a few changes in my time. When I started school I learned to write with a nib pen, dipped in an inkwell (no, I'm not kidding). My mother became a dab hand at getting inkstains out of my clothes. Flicking ink at one another in the classroom was an essential… [read more]From: I’d rather have a piece of toast than listen to crap lyrics
Erick says:
Led Zeppelin are responsible for my all-time favourite mixed metaphor: "There you sit, sit and stare, like a book on a shelf rusting." (Misty Mountain Hop) I laugh every time I hear it. Hmmm, I believe I've decided what to play on the way to work today. [read more]Gentle jabs to the ribs
No wuckin forries. These nuckin futs are tuckin fops
Well, puck me with a fitchfork. The F-word is apparently an acceptable part of Australian speech. That’s… Read more
