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I was not one of those people who grew up immersed in music, especially not rap music. I was just exiting a nu metal phase that had lasted a good few years when the Marshall Mathers LP was released. I ...

While everyone else is reflecting on what came out this year, I’m going to be different (I always was contrary). There are a lot of things I have loved this year that I was very late to jump on the ...

I was minding my own business in class one day when another girl (who knew I was absolutely mad about Prince) decided to do her best to piss me off. ‘Prince’s cover of “Kiss” is terrible,’ she said. Some might ...

In the wake of acting legend Peter O’Toole’s death, there has been much nostalgic reminiscing across the media. Much of the nostalgia has centered on him (and his famous friends) being classic hellraisers – with the media wondering where such ...

When we grow up, parents will often warn us not to wear out our welcome. It is a good lesson to learn. And everyone will have experienced getting completely and utterly sick of something or someone at some point in ...

I have never thought of myself as a feminist. Now hold on, before you go getting out your hatchets ready to tear me to shreds, let me explain myself. I absolutely believe in equality for women – but more than ...

HO HO HO! Terry Pratchett’s Discworld* has its own fan traditions. I love watching what can happen when you put a lot of Discworld fans in a room together, and Hogswatch is one of the many events where this phenomenon ...

Mike Tyson. Iron Mike. The baddest man on the planet. Five foot ten of unstoppable, unfettered carnage. A disciplined machine of purpose and destruction. Effectively orphaned at 16, Tyson took up boxing in juvenile detention, falling under the wing of ...

Pop Verse spoke to Perth group Anton Franc‘s Jamie Kuzich about the band’s latest EP, All This Talk. Their folktronic sound has made them a hit as far away as Germany. They continue to make interesting music, with a focus on ...

What an age we live in; we can talk to friends around the globe, peruse films, songs and books, order a pizza and hurl bad tempered avian objects at precariously perched green pigs; all from the comfort of one’s own ...