A fever dream missive from the edge. There are the late night roadhouses, their sulphur glow radiating sickly into the pallid fog that sags over the road between midnight and dawn, somehow the only meaningful mile marker out here, the quick glance into the eyes of the attendant the only...
Culture
WELCOME TO THE MACHINE – Breaking Down Duality in the Search
What does it mean to grow rich? Is it to have red-blooded adventures and to make a fortune…? Or is it, rather, to have a good family life and to be imbued with a far-reaching and intimate knowledge of one’s homeland…? Is it to retain a capacity for awe and...
SANDFIRE
ROBERT BOGUCKI’S TRIP TO THE VOID By Jimmy O’Keefe The rawest parts of Australia will screw with your head. There are even stretches of blacktop that can cause delirium – a mix of brain fog, horizon haze, and a hiccupping odometer that syncs with your heartbeat. One such place –...
THE SONG THAT DARE NOT SPEAK ITS NAME
FROM ONE LOVER TO ANOTHER AH-AH. Nothing freezes moments like sounds, and these memories are instantly reheated when we return to certain places. You might be the type who’s moved to tears by Radiohead’s ‘OK Computer’, bumping it on the car stereo on lonely nights … Or maybe you’re the...
FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT
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Guardians Of The Cape
Probably the only story you’ll read about cassowaries today…