Feature Columnist: Sir Roger Douglas Feature Columnist: Gareth Hughes Games: Monaco Interactive 5: Game Previews Panda Diplomacy – Not So Black and White Reel Brazil Festival Entering The Corporate World Your Protest Sucks. Sir Rogerotica
 
Feature Columnist: Sir Roger Douglas

Feature Columnist: Sir Roger Douglas

I am always bemused to see people who pay homage to revolutionary leaders like Ernesto Guevara, Fidel Castro, Mao Tse Dong etc. by wearing clothes or eating at trendy restaurants that bear their face. Despite killing millions, they continue to be revered. Maybe it is for their good looks or revolutionary zeal. It is hard [...]

Feature Columnist: Gareth Hughes

Feature Columnist: Gareth Hughes

VSM. Three little letters that stand for Very Silly and Malicious, as well as Voluntary Student Membership. Sir Roger Douglas has a Bill to ram through VSM and this will have a massive negative impact across the country.

Games: Monaco Interactive 5: Game Previews

Games: Monaco Interactive 5: Game Previews

As Craccum’s Games Editor, the closest I usually get to fancy industry parties is drinking a bottle of vodka while watching YouTube and playing Pokemon. And while there’s nothing wrong with that, I was overjoyed when I recently received an invitation to Mi5 (or Monaco Interactive 5), the Kiwi equivalent of E3. What it boiled [...]

Panda Diplomacy – Not So Black and White

Panda Diplomacy – Not So Black and White

China loves Pandas. So much so that they are given to other nations as diplomatic gifts to strengthen ties between two nations. Nixon got one, Edward Heath got one, and not too long ago, Prime Minister John Key was desperate to get his hands on one. This is known as called Panda Diplomacy, but there [...]

Reel Brazil Festival

Reel Brazil Festival

The Reel Brazil Film Festival runs for a week from Thursday (August 26) in Rialto Newmarket, and features films seen and celebrated at festivals all over the world—such as the music documentary Beyond Ipanema: Brazilian Waves in Global Music, and Jean Charles, which tells the story of the man mistakenly killed by British police in [...]

Entering The Corporate World

Entering The Corporate World

It is the second semester, and in a few months many students will be graduating and heading out into the work force for the very first time. If you are doing a non professional degree such as science, arts or commerce then often it is up to you to ensure that you have the right [...]

Your Protest Sucks.

Your Protest Sucks.

When trying to articulate your point just doesn’t work or you don’t understand the arguments involved, there’s nothing like a good old fashioned protest. Don’t think that just walking down Queen Street will cut it though. If you’re going to do something, you might as well do it right. Just follow our guide below and [...]

Sir Rogerotica

Sir Rogerotica

Don’t hate the player, hate the harsh regulatory environment. I’d just come off a double tutorial session of Accounting 311 and Accounting 312. I had been waiting for lift before I realised I had no way of knowing if the elevator contract was awarded as the result of a lowest-priced competitive tender. Then, on my way [...]

DVD: Cold Souls

DVD: Cold Souls

23 August 2010

They say your body loses 21 grams when you die… but what happens when you lose your soul? In this (Charlie) Kaufmanesque dark comedy, Paul Giamatti plays a character called… Paul Giamatti, a theatre actor struggling with the title role in a production of Chekov’s Uncle Vanya. In order to lighten the burden, he goes [...]

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DVD: Samson and Delilah

DVD: Samson and Delilah

23 August 2010

Perhaps the lack of films from an Aboriginal point of view has left politically-correct/leftist critics feeling bereft and desperate to applaud anything. This might explain the accolades heaped upon Samson and Delilah after its theatrical release—including basically every single award given out by the Australian Film Institute. It’s not that the film is really all [...]

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Music: Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers – MOJO

23 August 2010

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers MOJO Warner To avoid confusion, and perhaps a bit of disappointment, I suggest you get “Free Falling” out of your head before you tune in to this one. You won’t find any pop-hooks or party sing-alongs on Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers’ first studio album in 8 years. Their latest release is an [...]

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Theatre: Alfonsina

23 August 2010

A blinding channel of light streams in from the entrance of the Musgrove Theatre, directing our attention to a brightly dressed, somewhat out of place individual: Alfonsina. Alfonsina’s touching journey is a piece of visual adroitness devised by LAB: Research Theatre Company’s as a showcase of three recent UNITEC graduates: Andy Ariel, Katie Burson and [...]

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Music: Mystery Jets – Serotonin

Music: Mystery Jets – Serotonin

23 August 2010

Mystery Jets Serotonin Rogue Trade Records Popular music today is revolving around a certain ‘indie hipster’ genre, which in no way is a bad thing, and Mystery Jets emphasize why we should appreciate this type of music a lot more. Their third studio album, Serotonin, combines the English indie sound that was thrust into the world by artists [...]

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Music: Arcade Fire – The Suburbs

Music: Arcade Fire – The Suburbs

23 August 2010

Arcade Fire The Suburbs EMI, Merge Records In 2004, Arcade Fire introduced themselves to the world through their first full studio album, Funeral. Three years later, Neon Bible (2007) showed us that they’re a real band and still on the scene. Another three years passed, bringing us to 2010 and the largely anticipated release of their third album, [...]

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