JOKER: The Villain We Deserve
Spoiler alert; I’m writing about the newly released Joker and, as much as I’ll try to avoid specific plot details, I’m sure to give...
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Liam Carroll
- Oct 12, 2019
- 3 min
A Review of 'Wake in Fright'
I stumbled upon Kenneth Cook’s masterpiece two days ago while killing time before a meeting, waltzing about in a Barangaroo bookshop I...
Liam Carroll
- Oct 2, 2019
- 3 min
The Timeless Art of Giving a F*ck
In this age of Aspirational Nihilism, where not giving a f*ck (with subtlety) has become inspirational, where the lure of stale mediocrity w
Liam Carroll
- Sep 12, 2019
- 4 min
Poor Elly, So Much Ado About Abbie
Apologies, I’ve been lazy this year in my Bachelor dedication. Rest assured though, I’ve kept a knowing finger on its throbbing pulse...
Liam Carroll
- Jul 12, 2019
- 4 min
Find a steep hill and sprint up it! Everyday. Because one day it might just save your life.
Like most Australians, most humans in general really, I live on the coast. I wouldn’t have it any other way. To surf, swim, squish sand betw
Liam Carroll
- Jul 11, 2019
- 5 min
Don’t Diss the Comments Section, You’re Missing the YouTube Goldmine.
You were on your way home when you died.
It was a car accident. Nothing particularly remarkable, but fatal nonetheless. You left behind a w
Liam Carroll
- Jul 9, 2019
- 5 min
“About Time” for a Rom-Com about the Love Between Father and Son
“About Time” does, for the most part, fool you into believing this is a story about a young man who is desperate for love, to find the girl
Liam Carroll
- Jun 27, 2019
- 4 min
In a World Obsessed with Conflict, How Can a Kookaburra Save Your Soul…and Your Story?
I suppose it’s always been this way, an ever-repeating global path of least resistance towards basking in conflict. I’ve become acutely...
Liam Carroll
- May 1, 2019
- 6 min
The Scorpio Dilemma
The Scorpios roaming contemporary life find themselves in a strange bind, possessing a sting in their tail that can bring anyone of any...
Liam Carroll
- Apr 30, 2019
- 8 min
The Long Night Battle for Winterfell: When Game of Thrones Lost the Plot
I feel so bad, so dirty, even contemplating writing a bad word about the wonder of George R.R.’s creation. And knowing that George’s...
Liam Carroll
- Mar 22, 2019
- 5 min
It Doesn’t Care: The Precocious Zen Master Wisdom of Mark Richard Anderson
To earn some sweet extra dosh in my teens, during the golden age of the mid 90’s, I used to pick up my much younger sister Eloise, and...
Liam Carroll
- Jan 8, 2019
- 5 min
An Irish Grill at The Pantry, Kilkee, County Clare. Pop Would've Loved It.
To have family in Ireland is not to have relatives alive this very day, no, it’s to have Gaelic blood coursing your veins.
Liam J. Carroll
- May 15, 2018
- 4 min
Do You Believe the Universe Can Talk to You?
I was never big on the paranormal, more as a defence mechanism than a true disbelief. Sneaking a viewing of Poltergeist as a young’un led...
Liam Carroll
- Mar 16, 2018
- 3 min
What Gives Birth to a Novel?
I didn't grow up yearning to be an author. I tried my hand at a few things; dish pigging, brick cleaning, physiotherapy, commodities...
Liam Carroll
- Jan 24, 2018
- 3 min
January 26: National Forgiveness Day?
History is not up for debate. There are historical facts that we can't run from, can't hide from, can't simply change because horrific...