Shows
ANGELFIREDFossil Fools & Festival FallaciesA timestamp before the US election, when we were suffering from meme burnout and deemed all of politics "boring", when prime minister Albo let his Specsavers slip to do the most boomer thing ever (buy a house), when Pesto the Penguin still wore fur, and the Laneway Festival lineup dropped in time to save summer retail by sending jean shorts and ribbon sales skyrocketing. 2024-11-2541 min
ANGELFIREDSXSW Sydney 2024: Lanyards, Maypoles & Modern RelationshipsWe returned to Sydney for the SXSW 2024 conference, a Midsummer-esque celebration where industry folk dance around Darling Harbour in vibrant lanyards, hoping to meet their future co-founder, investor, mentor, team, employer or trauma-bonded-friend.
Our last dance around the maypole ended in a decadent and debaucherous 5-night fling at the Abercrombie, so we approached the 'Capitalism Playground' differently this year, exercising our brains at panel talks and putting our bodies on the line for branded activations.
Night time, our time, was reserved for matters of the musical heart, but we'll...2024-11-081h 13
ANGELFIREDAFL Grand Final: Flaglions & FandomsAs a new dabbler in the dark arts of sportsmanship, I graciously handed over the AFL premiership bragging rights to the pod's resident Brisbane Lions supporter precisely one month ago (sans hissy fit).
The flag hasn't got to Harry's head, so it's now safe to release our post-win recount of watching the big dance at The Royal Derby, attending the pep rally at Brunswick Street Oval (spiritual home to the Lions aka the Roys), and learning a bittersweet lesson in letting go with retiree and Letterboxd lord, Big Joe Daniher. RAWR XD.2024-10-2627 min
ANGELFIREDBigsound 2024: The Pride Of Brisbane TownNow that the Lions have secured the flag, we can throw it back to the beginning of the finals, when BELIEVE was a mantra and not a prophecy when Joe Daniher still played footy, when two tragics headed north amidst crucial games to attend Bigsound but not the Gabba.[ TOPICS ] (00:00:00) AFL Fan Wags & The Fan Wagon(00:18:05) Recap: Autograph Hunting at the Brisbane Lions Open Training & Captains Run(00:31:19) Recap: Bigsound – In The Valley (But Not The Gabba), Hype Vs Career Building For Artists, Proof Of Concept: Armlock, Dust, Bel Ai...2024-10-1256 min
ANGELFIREDDirty Laundry (Done Dirt Cheap)You're all bleeding heart and morally elite until that one robbery, the canon event that fundamentally changes you, be it a pickpocket on Euro Summer or a dryer pincher at your local laundromat. We unpack the conundrum of consumption and charity in an age of excess of everything except for the footy.
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(00:00:00) Not In My Laundromat (The Moral Conundrum Of Stolen Sheets)
(00:21:17) Temu And Rampant Individualism
(00:28:13) Avon Doesn’t Die, It Reinvents Itself
(00:35:36) Footy Finals Tipping2024-09-1041 min
ANGELFIREDOlympic Gamed The System: Patriot Prime Time & Ray Gun LoreWe're reporting from the pit of Olympic Gooch Week (the sunken place between the end of Patriot Prime Time and the start of the Paralympics) as our brains recover from the rot of hyper-fixation on sports we only care about every four years. Gold medal counts were muddled when a Karenesque plot unravelled beside a novelty-sized boom box, where an unlikely protagonist called 'Dr. Ray Gun' left the world questioning: is the sports world elite or simply elitist?
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(00:00:00) Wide World Of Sports We Only Care About Every 4 Years
(00:07:50) Basketball...2024-08-1743 min
ANGELFIREDNumbness (As A Feeling)We're so Bret-coded.
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(00:00:00) Numbness As A Feeling
(00:13:11) You Can’t Spell Kawaii without AI
(00:16:16) Service Dog Imposters & The Pomeranian In Speed Dealers
(00:23:19) Erewhon Smoothies & Status
(00:29:10) Scenester Sightings
(00:37:28) Food Talk: Ggiata VS Uncle Paulies VS Subway, Maru VS Alfred Coffee, From Chipotle To Kernel
(00:43:54) Another Whinge About Tipping2024-07-2946 min
ANGELFIREDShakedown At The SphereThe first rule of Vegas is: you do not talk about Vegas. The second rule of Vegas is: you DO NOT talk about Vegas! Third rule of Vegas: someone yells "stop!", goes limp, taps out, the podcast is over.
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(00:00:00) Our Impulsive Trip To Las Vegas
(00:10:04) An Introduction To The Vegas Strip
(00:18:01) Review: Raising Canes Chicken Fingers
(00:24:29) Review: Dead & Company Live @ The Sphere
(00:56:00) Recap: The Grateful Dead Forever @ The Venetian
2024-07-1858 min
ANGELFIREDSilver Lake CowboysWelcome back to the City of Angels, where money yaps and faces are snatched, where nepotism wears a Bass Shop Pro trucker, and expats congregate in clusters around mid-bodies of water. Dangling organic carrots and Erewhon smoothies don’t serve C like they used to, but we'll still dabble for the bit and the boredom.
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(00:00:00) Livin’ La Vida Los Angeles & The American Dream
(00:18:10) Coffeenomics & Salary Cuck Care Packages
(00:22:59) Supermarket Tiers & Erewhon Elitism
(00:27:11) The Contramar Red & Green Grilled Snapper
(00:28:21) Is Quiet Luxury Edging Towards Oodi...2024-06-2946 min
ANGELFIREDTrainspotting: The Great American Rail TripWe're not the Francis Bourgeois strain of Rail Fans who geek from the sidelines; we're the Renton and Sick Boy kind that freak it from the inside.
We rode the westbound Texas Eagle train with the kind of characters that inspire cinema, embarking on a multi-day journey across the Wild West of Texas, the Deserts of New Mexico and Arizona, and the Californian farmlands.
Wedged between these vast landscapes, we caught glimpses of life in borderlands and one-horse towns, where liberty exists in isolation, but modernity is only a...2024-06-1134 min
ANGELFIREDClear Eyes! Full Hearts! Can’t Lose!Clear eyes! Full hearts! Can’t lose! Friday Night Lights sold us on Texas Football, so we snuck into the home of the Texas Longhorns to see what all the fuss was about. The Cybertruck and Crypto-pilled tech utopia in East Austin was reminiscent of most gentrified cities in America. However, the thrifting, dining, and bar scenes still felt more Texan than Dasha. We found the Texas we’ve always known about in the shadows of The Capitol, and the H-E-B supermarket by Boggy Creek, where meat trays came in heart-shaped packaging and local hospitality was abundant.
2024-05-291h 09
ANGELFIREDLet It LingerInterpolating songs with rants about vices that grip our futile lives, sing it with me! But I'm in so deep. You know I'm such a fool for you (sport). You got me wrapped around your finger (nicotine). Do you have to let it linger? (Yes, sadly).
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(00:00:00) The Nicotine Chokehold
(00:28:05) Cheerleadercore & Centreing On Caricatures
(00:41:30) Manufacturing Sports Lore
(00:51:18) Nobody Asked For ALDI Merch
2024-04-2259 min
ANGELFIREDThird Act TwistThe current state of pop culture is Nolanesque, skirting dangerously close to the Lynchian edge. Is all hope lost, or can an unbeknownst hero save our damsel in distress?
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(00:00:00) Splendour In The Grass Is Officially Cancelled
(00:35:21) The AFL Drug Kerfuffle
(00:46:21) Euphoria Season 3 Has Been Shelved2024-04-0652 min
ANGELFIREDDopamine DetoxWe’re redlining on empty and verging on a full-blown dopamine detox with the floppery of our footy teams this season. A conformity commute to the city before 9 AM sent Mia over the edge and Harry is at his wits end over Ponzi scheme start-ups.
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(00:00:00) Justice For Jocks
(00:16:28) The Conformity Commute & The Salary Trap
(00:26:48) The Dystopian Future, Door Dash Drones & Shein Start-Ups
(00:44:25) Adult Sweet Treats & The Sandwich Gold Rush
(00:51:12) Hot Cross Bun Remixes, The Microwave Supremacy & Washing Machine Settings
2024-03-251h 00
ANGELFIREDThe Crisis CrisisMisuse of the word ‘crisis’ is at an all-time high. May we suggest subbing out the word ‘crisis’ for ‘crikey’ when things aren’t that bad?
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(00:00:00) Crisis Is The New Chaos
(00:04:34) The Alleged Festival Crisis
(00:08:16) Albo’s Daily Crisis Needle
(00:14:15) The Taylor Swift & P!nk-182 Crisis
(00:30:46) The Birthday Cake Face Crisis
(00:36:24) Fred again.. Lives At Saltburn
(00:42:09) Dogs Are Appropriating Seeing-Eye-Dog Swag
(00:49:57) Late Film Reviews: Saltburn, Pearl, Top Gun Maverick
2024-03-111h 05
ANGELFIREDTactical Tree ChangeWe yanked our heads out of the cloud and onto the road to seek truth through a tree change. Out in the wild west of Victoria, we touched dirt and spoke to strangers, admired hay bales and witnessed some of the finest disruptive marketing tactics deployed by locals firsthand.
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(00:00:00) On The Road To The Wild West Of Victoria
(00:10:03) The Giant Scone, Hay Bale Art, Candle Making Childcare
(00:17:31) Raw Dogging The Radio (Driving Sans AUX Cord)
(00:20:57) Copping A Kerwin Frost Box Adult Happy Meal
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ANGELFIREDTaste MakerHarry’s fontcore establishment hunger has birthed a sletter called ‘Taste Maker’, which rivals the Jack Antonoff clout table at The Grammys, and has better reviews than the new Sofia Coppola flop ‘Priscilla’ BUT will it satiate like Madame Web promises to? Sub to find out – https://tastemakerguide.substack.com
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(00:00:00) Harry’s New Foodie Sletter: Taste Maker
(00:08:03) Review: The 2024 Grammys
(00:34:38) Review: Priscilla (It Was Mid, Soz Sofia)
(00:52:28) We’ve Been Baited By Madame Web
2024-02-1356 min
ANGELFIREDNumbcoreForgive us Father for we have Sinner! We’ve fallen into an accidental dopamine detox post-tennis season. In a meagher attempt to rediscover meaning, we travelled west to perceive the next gen of hotties at the ticketed Boiler Room event and then into the city to rally with the ratios.
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(00:00:00) Dopamine Detox: Post-Australian Open 2024
(00:07:22) The "Whatever Hat Will Do" Epidemic
(00:11:32) The "Tree Hugging Tennis Player" Style Crisis
(00:18:20) Heading West To Boiler Room
(00:30:15) Naarmcore, Normcore, Numbcore
(00:33:57) Fontcore Slacktivism vs Who Gives A Cr...2024-02-0344 min
ANGELFIREDAus Open 2024We returned to Brandland lathered in La Roche-Posay SPF50+ for the Australian Open 2024 season. We checked in on our boy Ben Shelton post-on signing, but sadly, no autographs were hunted by Harry this year. We neglected our Fishbowl kink to smash ghost kitchen grub and bin-chicken Nachos whilst creative directing custom flavour concepts courtside for a future Messina serve.
2024-01-2357 min
ANGELFIREDSummer In Byron BayWe logged off for our annual summer trip to Byron Bay to rest and rejuvenate, but the podcasting paparazzi never sleeps. We ate the rich, reviewed the food scene, loitered the industrial estate and tried our hand at the La Sportiva lifestyle with damning effects.
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(00:00:00) Gooch Week In Byron Bay
(00:01:11) Celebrity Sightings: Troye Sivan, Shannon Bennett and Erica Packer, Joe Daniher, Josh Heuston
(00:13:47) Koalas, Dropbears And The Anti-Speeding Conspiracy
(00:15:35) Double Demerits: I Fell Off A Bike And Into A Parked Hilux
(00:29:44) Confiscating Mia's...2024-01-0459 min
ANGELFIREDMusic In 2023: Triple J & Spotify WrappedThe dregs of the industry crawled their way back from the Meredith bush to attend the Virgin Music and Four Tone Artists Christmas Party for one last ‘Cheers’ before logging off for the summer. We unwrap our year on Spotify and unpack the glory days of Triple J before addressing the lump of coal delivery of pre-holiday redundancies.
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(00:00:00) PSA: Where Are Our Mushroom Party Invites?
(00:04:07) Recap: The Virgin Music and Four Tone Artists Christmas Party
(00:05:56) An Ode To The Great Australian Meat Raffle
(00:08:40) Childhood Lunch Box...2023-12-2148 min
ANGELFIREDMeredith Music Festival 2023: Mud Pits & MoshingThe divide between Gorp Life and Gorp Lite has never been more evident than at Meredith Music Festival when The Sup transformed into a mud pit instead of a mosh pit. Real-tree camo and ponchos were all that sheathed us from the sludge, but we gladly took our Salomon’s to the dirt for a front-row viewing of Caroline Polachek.[TOPICS](00:00:00) En Route To Meredith Music Festival(00:07:44) Secret Diary Of A Bartender(00:13:38) Surviving Our Tent Flooding(00:17:17) Review: Caroline Polachek(00:29:23) Review: Flowdan(00:30:00) Encores Ar...2023-12-1840 min
ANGELFIREDSpilt Milk Festival ft. Jade ZoeWe hopped in the Volkswagen with our number 1 ticket holder, Jade Zoe, for a good old Australian road trip to Spilt Milk Festival in Ballarat. Our truck stop investigations explored the political undertones of sports drinks and homogenous fashion choices before we arrived in the country for a day of live music, rural hospitality, and field reporting from inside of the artist area.
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(00:00:00) Road Trip To Spilt Milk With Jade Zoe
(00:07:00) Expressing Your Politics With Gatorade, Powerade & Maximus
(00:16:33) Pod Discourse VS Small Talk
(00:20:46) Truck Stop...2023-12-051h 06
ANGELFIREDOn Ya BikeVocal shitposting is our bread and butter, so we’re perceiving wildly and running our mouths about the city-country divide, bodies of water, drink trends, modes of transport and the goodest white ‘it’ boys (most notably Harry Styles).
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(00:00:00) The Good Old Days
(00:02:40) I Dyed My Hair Black & Sustainable Haircut Anxiety
(00:06:50) Sydney, Test Cricket And The Young Murdoch Dream
(00:00:00) Bodies Bodies Bodies Of Water Debate: Oceans, Creeks, Rivers, Ponds, Man-Made Lakes, Indoor Pools (That Families Pee In)
(00:13:15) Meredith Music Festival, Bartender Appreciation & Disrupting The City-C...2023-11-2950 min
ANGELFIREDAria Awards 2023: Afters At The Ace & AbercrombieWe embraced masochism and flew back to Sydney for the warm weather and washed nights of fancy feasting and post-Aria Awards shenanigans.
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(00:00:00) En Route To Sydney (Again)
(00:04:05) Review: Ester
(00:29:18) The Pains Of Being Cropped Out
(00:36:00) Review: Aria Awards Afters - Our Sadistic Return To The Abercrombie, The Lansdowne Lock-In, The Lure Of The Ace Hotel, The Morning After At Paramount2023-11-211h 06
ANGELFIREDSXSW Sydney 2023 Recap: AI Avoidance & The AbercrombieI arrived at SXSW Sydney with clear objectives: avoid AI and see Dust play live. Mission accomplished. Harry fed his academic appetite with weird panels by day, before joining our crew of industry misfits to search for new music by night. After hours at the Abercrombie had us in a choke hold for five mornings in a row, which inevitably led to sinister repercussions. No regrets.
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(00:00:00) Throwback To SXSW Austin + Arriving At SXSW Sydney (Ft. A Brief Encounter With MD Colin Daniels)
(00:12:57) The Haymarket To UTS Tap Out Tunnel2023-11-0859 min
ANGELFIREDHow Long Gone Live: Sit Down Comedy with CB & TJNo Gods, no Masters - just CB, TJ, and a theatre full of tropes. We went full Gonzo from the foyer to the afters and mingled with the fitted freaks of the local Goners community.
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(00:00:00) Perceiving The Fits, The Tropes & The Vibe
(00:42:22) Review: How Long Gone Live
(00:54:36) Meet Me In The Foyer: CB & TJ IRL
(00:57:44) Afterparty Shenanigans
(01:03:25) Post-Pod Clarity2023-10-311h 17
ANGELFIREDCome DownNo thoughts, just sports. I've unleashed my inner cheerleader and it feels good to purge the rage again. Clear eyes! Full hearts! Can't lose!
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(00:00:00) Smooth Brain Content: Sports, AR, Magic Eye
(00:11:00) Understanding Jock Mia
(00:16:11) We’re Voting YES
(00:23:01) Brand Spons Wishlist: LoBros, Heaps Normal, Barry Non-Alc, Fishbowl
(00:25:18) Review: The Footy Festival & Parade
(00:36:26) Review: Listen Out Festival
(00:48:09) Review: The AFL Grand Final
(00:51:07) Review: The NRL Grand Final
(00:52:08) Shoutout Video Steezy
(00:52:27) Weird News Report: Emotional Su...2023-10-101h 00
ANGELFIREDWeebs WorldIt’s a weeb kind of week with the Barry Drop, the Baz Lenka Cotton On Collab and the JPEGMAFIA show at The Forum. Big in Japan or Big into Japan? We review the latest romcom releases: ‘When a Wild Fox Girl Meets a Push Pull Boy’ (Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce), the sequel ‘When a Panda Dunks Girl Meets a Samba Boy’ (Gabriette and Matty Healy), and the third instalment ‘When a Magpie Girl Meets a Lions Boy’ (Mia and Harry).
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(00:00:00) Long Weekend Agenda: Fuck Up Nights @ Hexpo, Grand Final Weekend, Liste...2023-09-2743 min
ANGELFIREDOn The Road To The Holy GrailHarry makes his fortune in Jetstar bucks after a post-Bigsound flight cancellation in Brisbane and indulges in a taste test of astronaut broccoli before Eagle Rocking his way into the Qantas Lounge to assess the complimentary menu of unsalted snacks and big milk jugs. Meanwhile, back in Melbourne, I’ve caught finals fever and have broken up with my childhood footy team to scope out some new boys to shower in adoration. I’ve bypassed my family lineage of Hawthorn supporters and I’m doing the big dance with Collingwood, Carlton and Richmond. Who will win my heart? As we awa...2023-09-211h 11
ANGELFIREDFine DiningAfter being catfished by a helveticacore bistro and suffering from dehydration at a vibeless pizzeria, we went full Seinfeld & Costanza on fine dining and its “fine” dining. Yada Yada Yada! We misplaced the red reading glasses required for ABC viewing, so we made our own Gruen Transfer assessments of primal celebrity fetishism in the perfume industry and the anti-ageism rhetoric in youth-relevant brand campaigns.
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(00:00:00) Status Updates: A Dexie A Day, Mia’s Author Era, Harry’s Bigsound Trip
(00:06:57) Being Catfished By Helveticacore Bistros & Fontcore Establishments
(00:43:04) Gruen Transfer Cosplay: F...2023-09-051h 09
ANGELFIREDSimpathiser: Meet Me At The Back RoomMeet me in the bathroom? Nah, meet me in the BACK ROOM! We’re revisiting house parties and promoter guest lists, MySpace bulletins and Tumblr scenesters, YouTube wormholes and Soundcloud sub-genres, streaming algorithms and Boiler Room cameos, status anxiety at the club to social anxiety of digging with the heads. Our new favs are a lot like our old ones. It’s hard not to simp over artists who were your salvation. You really had to be there. †
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(00:00:00) House Tour: From The Couch To The Dining Room
(00:02:24) Review: The Barbie...2023-08-201h 15
ANGELFIREDFamily Trip ft. Jae BunnyIt’s too easy to post wholesome family trip content online, but what really goes down on the tour bus? Jae returns to the pod to air out some post-travel demons after our recent holiday in the Philippines. We love our bread, we love our butter, we love our vapes and each other. Tap in as the Besorio sisters shed some light on navigating family dynamics and personal space, the gaslighting that comes with addiction and indulging in relaxation when you don’t need it.
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(00:00:00) Managing Addiction: Mia VS Vapes
(0...2023-08-081h 34
ANGELFIREDLocating The VoidI returned from the Motherland and fell into the void. I’ve since escaped thanks to Harry’s light, fresh after his first AAA Splendour In The Grass experience. Despite being "Sober Kings" we aren’t quite raw dogging life and undertake a therapy session about the many vices that keep us impure.
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(00:00:00) Vapes Are Demon Nectar
(00:04:23) Therapy Sesh: Locating The Void (And Ways To Escape It)
(00:07:52) ADHDisms
(00:15:12) Travelling Throws You Off Your Pivot
(00:17:20) Sobriety Vices VS Raw Dogging Life
(00:20:41) AAA Recap...2023-07-3052 min
ANGELFIREDPop MachineOur source codes are now sauce hoes, lost in their likeness sold as starter pack identities to the masses. The gentrification of the gentrified! Is it the human condition to destroy art in favour of commerce or are we simply inhumane?
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(00:00:00) The Angelfired Set Makeover
(00:00:54) Big Spoon VS Lil Spoon
(00:06:08) What’s The Deal With Sleeping Habits?
(00:11:51) My Late Awakening To Vampire Academy And True Blood
(00:13:42) Unpacking Olivia Rodrigo’s ‘Vampire’
(00:19:06) The Intellectualisation Of The Pop Machine
(00:23:43) Taylor Swift Down Under
(00:25...2023-07-121h 04
ANGELFIREDLife After The Idol FinalePost-nut clarity has unleashed the truth serum: The Idol is mid. Moodboard-captioncore-aesthetic excellence may be in check but the plot holes are deeper than an indie softboi quoting Baudelaire. This is not the pod to leave a stone unturned, so we do our very best to dig through the vapour and find meaning beyond the hottie with the hairbrush.
2023-07-0532 min
ANGELFIREDThe Idol Et Al
Pearl clutchers beware! The Idol is good. Don’t come for us. Cum for the show instead. If you’re still reading, we also review the Iceage, Varg2™, Kahukx and New Wave live shows and spotlight wedding-bouquet-catching Jae and resident Coles slut Curtis Stone.
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(00:00:00) Review: The Idol (So Far, So Good)(00:22:45) Review: Iceage Live @ The Forum(00:32:30) A Chance Encounter With Iceage(00:39:05) Review: Varg2™ Live @ Misc(00:43:34) Review: Kahukx And New Wave Live @ Laundry(00:45:23) Jae Caught A Wedding Bouquet(00:48:07) Curtis Stone Is A Coles Slut
2023-06-2453 min
ANGELFIREDEthel Cain EtcYeehaw, it’s Meemaw season! A chance sighting of Ethel Cain in the streets followed by seeing her perform live at Rising Festival doms the pod, but that doesn’t stop us from overanalysing Throwing Fits memes, relevant TV shows, pets and their owner's disgusting behaviours, the designer apple and nerd goggle warpath and the Macca’s mafia.
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(00:00:00) A Chance Encounter With Ethel Cain
(0015:21) Review: Debby Friday and Desire Marea Live @ Max Watt’s
(00:15:46) Salem and Ethel Cain’s Depop Shop
(00:17:23) Review: Ethel Cain Live
(00...2023-06-161h 04
ANGELFIREDQuestion TimeWhat do a flea market, a billy cart derby, and question time have in common? A sinister underbelly uncovered by us. Harry and I cross utopian borders from the hills of Bangalow to the Nation’s Capital to compare the streets to the senate whilst high on Sudafed.
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(00:00:00) Recap: Habitat Flea Market Sale
(00:08:53) The Bucket Of Fuccboi Novels
(00:10:13) The Best Gems Eva
(00:11:00) The School Fete’s Underage Gambling Ring
(00:13:22) Recap: The Bangalow Billy Cart Derby
(00:15:05) Fashion On The Field: Kidcore
(0...2023-06-0957 min
ANGELFIREDSuccessionSpoiler alerts are rife as Harry and I review the final episode of Succession. We perceive the micro nuances of the characters and the macro elitism of the show's entirety as we say one final “fuck off” to the capitalist pigathon that had us gripped to the teet over 4 seasons.
2023-05-3056 min
ANGELFIREDSwan DiveMy reformer pilates training served me well at the annual vintage sale, which I narrowly escaped with my designer bundle in arms. To celebrate my haul, Harry and I ate tinned fish and tiramisu at a fontcore establishment with hotties on staff. A pit stop at a “famous pies” spot led to disappointment, followed by heavy discourse around the emerging Brad and Edna tropes in the rural town pie gentrification wave.
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(00:00:00) Barnacle Banter
(00:01:33) Swan Diving At The Annual Vintage Sale
(00:16:24) Koala’s Are Being Vaccinated For Chlamydia
...2023-05-2754 min
ANGELFIREDThe ShardsIn The Shards, Bret Easton Ellis reflects on high school in the pre-internet liberation of the 80s, where insecurity is too often mistaken for sincerity. The Shards showcases "numbness as a mask" worn by emotionally stunted teenagers vs the "numbness as a feeling" characterised by the morally depraved cast of Less Than Zero. The ability to "feel in excess" validates our paranoia about the horrors of the human condition, where even the rich and beautiful are damned to uncontrollable jealousy, unfulfilled yearning and unrequited love.
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(00:00:00) Book Review: The Shards
(00:47:58...2023-05-251h 00
ANGELFIREDScene KidsI travelled back to my scene days at the all-ages Maggie Lindemann show at Prince of Wales, which got me thinking about ex-scene kids and their altering habits as they age up. Harry and I discuss Aubrey Plaza, Travis Barker, Pete Davidson, Phoebe Bridgers, Matty Healy, Grimes and "the agenda" of Big Milk, Big Sugar, Big Nicotine, Big Manscape, Big Paywall and Big AI.
(00:00:00) Tour Review: Maggie Lindemann @ Prince Of Wales
(00:03:51) Head Banging Starring Jae’s Illuminati hair
(00:04:51) Venn Diagram: Joe Rogan X Maggie Lindemann
(00:05:35) Big Milk Is On...2023-05-1642 min
ANGELFIREDSweet EnoughWe drove to Brisbane for the day to see our fav extroverted sad girl chef Alison Roman on her ‘Sweet Enough’ book tour. What happens when two emo girlies make eye contact? Well, Harry (The Menace) booked us literal front-row centre seats for the show so I could find out.
(00:00:00) End Of The Bad Boy Era: My Big Return To Reformer Pilates
(00:02:51) Coronation Chicken Musings
(00:04:44) Prince Harry’s Influencer Rate Card
(00:05:47) Err… What Is The Royal’s Last Name?
(00:08:04) Ye Olde Tradition VS YouTube Lighting
(00:08:5...2023-05-1045 min
ANGELFIREDPart Of The BandAfter seeing The 1975 'At Their Very Best' on tour, surviving the emotional turmoil of the Matty Healy and Taylor Swift dating rumours and witnessing the coronation of the wrong King (it should've been you Matty), we callback to our first listen to 'Being Funny In A Foreign Language' during album release week. Rest assured that our takes have aged like a fine (non-alcoholic) wine, as has the record.
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(00:00:00) Springing The Mic On Harry For His Candid Takes
(00:11:57) Track By Track Assessment With Mia
(00:25:37) Last Words On The...2023-05-0729 min
ANGELFIREDAbout YouAfter a brief co-appearance in Sydney, Harry and I are trying one of those “zoom-arrest-pod-things” from separate cities. Distance makes the heart grow fonder, but the same can’t be said about vampire reboots, fashion icon bootlegs, milk moves and rappers going goofy. Yikes!
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(00:00:00) From The Suburbs To The Seaside
(00:01:35) That Big Pharma Good Good
(00:02:29) Sydney Recap: Pellegrino 2000
(00:03:45) Sydney Recap: TNSW @ The Lansdowne
(00:04:46) Sydney Recap: The 1975 @ Qudos Bank Arena
(00:10:37) The Dirty Hit Org Change
(00:16:46) Coachella Recap: r/frankocean
(00:2...2023-04-2750 min
ANGELFIREDSubway DomBetween alt kids in political families, the token Asian girl on Dave, the Superbad supremacy and the #footlongontour bus - we’re feeling seen af rn. This week, we sympathise with Charli XCX and Barbie Ferreira, demonise Trump and Minor Figures and regress into #babycore as we indulge in water bottle culture and the vape contradiction. Uh, Wabi-sabi anyone?
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(00:00:00) Hush Money and Political Fashion Creds
(00:01:37) Charli XCX And The Samsung Ransom Retainer
(00:02:50) Media Watching And Pedestrian Patrick Baiting
(00:04:50) Trump’s Zoom Arrest And Melania’s Invest...2023-04-201h 19
ANGELFIREDThe HundredIt’s Succession season, and we are guilty of stimulating HBO’s SEO on this episode (along with every other ageing youth publication lol). We do NOT mention THAT meme but we do spoil everything via a certified crash course in Shakespeare. The impending return of Dave, The Bear and The White Lotus births an impromptu writer's room for a Kitchen Confidential show and a Succession prequel, aptly titled The Ascent’ It’s not all fantasy! We keep it real with hottie watch and emoji analysis while Harry (The Intellectual) hides his Kindle inside a copy of Infinite Jest.
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ANGELFIREDBad Boy EraI’m in my bad boy era (again). Self-loathing has inverted into self-indulgence and I’m back on Instagram, dabbling in vapes and have attempted to quit sleep in favour of reading The Shards. I joined the Hydralyte hive after a dehydration scare, which had absolutely no influence on my rare merch cops from The Garden and Frost Children. Meanwhile, Harry has been busy on his own (mostly secondhand) shopping spree and is proudly sporting a fresh haircut which sparks an outburst about price transparency and the onset of QR code-related depression.
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ANGELFIREDUnsolicited PrimeWe’re dishing out unsolicited festival reviews once again, dusty off the back of Golden Plains and in anticipation of the upcoming return of Iceage, Dev Hynes and the debut tour of our Meemaw Ethel Cain. We sit through an episode of Australian Idol as a form of self-harm and stare into the void of hedonism as we unpack the state of capitalism and the internet while abstaining from downing bottles of Prime.
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(00:00:00) We Survived Golden Plains!
(00:01:44) The Final Inner Varnika
(00:04:40) Golden Plains - Carly Rae Jepsen Revie...2023-03-2957 min
ANGELFIREDEuro Summer Pt. 2 ft. Jae Bunny⊹✎ 𝕻𝖆𝖗𝖙 2 𝖔𝖋 2 𝖎𝖓 𝖔𝖚𝖗 𝕰𝖚𝖗𝖔𝖕𝖊 𝖙𝖗𝖆𝖛𝖊𝖑 𝖉𝖎𝖆𝖗𝖎𝖊𝖘 ✎⊹ It’s too easy to curate the perfect holiday album online, but what starts as a fairytale can quickly become an episode of ‘The Amazing Race’. What really goes down in transit? Harry, Jae, and I sit down for our second group therapy session after *that* Euro summer trip together to shed some light on the reality of escapism.
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(00:00:00) Mia Meets Her Berlin Demons
(00:06:33) Harry’s “Reddit Friend”
(00:15:53) From The Berlin Wall To The Berlin Mall
(00:17:57) Friends Fix Things (For Now)
(00:19:53) Crying At Voo Store After The Cobblestone Ordeal
(00:26:20) Don’t Call Him Daddy
(00:27:25) Paris And The...2023-03-2253 min
ANGELFIREDEuro Summer Pt. 1 ft. Jae Bunny⊹✎ 𝕻𝖆𝖗𝖙 1 𝖔𝖋 2 𝖎𝖓 𝖔𝖚𝖗 𝕰𝖚𝖗𝖔𝖕𝖊 𝖙𝖗𝖆𝖛𝖊𝖑 𝖉𝖎𝖆𝖗𝖎𝖊𝖘 ✎⊹ It’s too easy to curate the perfect holiday album online, but what starts as a fairytale can quickly become an episode of ‘The Amazing Race’. What really goes down in transit? Harry, Jae, and I sit down for our first group therapy session after *that* Euro summer trip together to shed some light on the reality of escapism.
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(00:00:00) Group Therapy Commences: Planning The Amazing Race
(00:06:18) The Singapore Airport Layover: Expectations vs Reality
(00:10:06) The Heathrow Layover: Pret and Four Tet
(00:10:49) Woofing In Denmark + Geography Lessons with Jae
(00:17:20) Unsafe Behaviour
(00:19:49) It’s Always Sunny In Sweden (Without SIM C...2023-03-161h 16
ANGELFIREDI DigressHarry and I digress from the alluring hellscape of LA to an analytical autopsy of Hipsterisms after listening to Matty Healy on The B.E.E Podcast. We address the corporate tongue wags at the relevancy of youth culture, the spokenwordification of text, the evolution of memes, the lore of celebrities and how their clout can kill trends. ☹ 𝓘𝓷 𝓵𝓸𝓿𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝓶𝓮𝓶𝓸𝓻𝔂 𝓸𝓯 𝓙𝓲𝓫𝓫𝓲𝓽𝔃 ☹ ₂₀₂₀₋₂₀₂₂ ♱
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(00:00:00) Matty Healy on the Bret Easton Ellis Pod
(00:03:59) Less Than Zero And The Alluring Hellscape Of LA
(00:10:24) The Objectification Of Youth Culture
(00:11:21) Podcasters Are The New Bloggers
(00:14:21) Ins & Outs Are OUT!
(00:15:34) …You Can Be A Troll And NOT Be An Ince...2023-03-091h 15
ANGELFIREDSmash The ShopfrontWe’re talking facades this week because what you see isn’t always what you get. Will the final season of Succession follow the King Lear lore? Does the censorship of Roald Dahl promote inclusivity or remove accountability? Do community guidelines help us or censor us? If social media is just a shopfront for capitalism, then why are we so obsessed with it? Are we all just a bunch of wannabe capitalists? Would a capitalist simp for yellow tags at the supermarket? Surely not.
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(00:00:00) Pharrell for LV vs Daniel Lee for Burb...2023-02-2859 min
ANGELFIREDHard Launch Hot PotatoHow well do you know your neighbours? This week, we peek underneath the surface of Australia’s most family-friendly franchise: The Wiggles. Why are these dudes hanging out with a dinosaur? What’s the deal with Jeff only waking up for a fat bag? What in the name of nepotism is this new blue Wiggle up to? The hard launch hot potato of Chambie/Role Model, Em Rata/Eric Andre, Pharrell Williams/Louis Vuitton is deep-fried by Harry Styles bodying Timothee Chalamet in yet another unstylish rampage. Does this explain why musicians become actors or why Gen Z can’t act...2023-02-201h 06
ANGELFIREDLaneway Festival 2023POV: It's 2020. Harry and I are front row at Sydney Laneway Festival, watching The 1975 in the pouring rain. The pandemic is looming but the lockdowns haven't started yet. We have no idea how significant this moment is.
This memory foreshadows our return to Melbourne Laneway Festival in 2023. The commemorative merch dates serve as a polarising reminder that time has indeed passed, and nothing is certain, not even the former Footscray location of our favourite festival. Harry and I feel like Bill and Ted while travelling back to the new site at Flemington, haunted by its ghosts of f...2023-02-151h 14
ANGELFIREDArts Agendas & Alarm BellsWe’re cranky off a vape come down and it’s being rapidly worsened by wokeist-pitch-deck-films and irrational fears about Toadzilla and the other “T word”. Could all of our problems be solved by medicinal MDMA and mushrooms? Only Albo and his arts agenda can save us now.
Read Harry's Op-Ed About Labor’s National Culture Policy: https://themusicnetwork.com/national-cultural-policy-opinion/
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(00:00:00) Vapes Anon
(00:12:05) Medicinal MDMA & Mushrooms
(00:15:05) Toadzilla
(00:18:59) You People Film Review
(00:34:25) Sushi Terrorism
(00:38:42) Labor’s National Culture Policy2023-02-0653 min
ANGELFIREDChasing Clout DemonsThe curated niches we find comfort in aren’t underground they're clout-mined micro-trends absorbed by algorithms to hive-mind us into the icky oblivion of mass consumption. Is anything good in excess? Are internet friends real friends? How do we escape the echo chamber of clout and co-signs? Is the pursuit of relevancy just a gambling addiction? How do we exit the Matrix if we kind of like it in here?
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(00:00:00) The Devil Wears Rage
(00:04:30) Bret Easton Ellis In Excess
(00:06:53) Pure Gluttony
(00:12:18) Atlanta: The Seediness Of Fam...2023-02-041h 09
ANGELFIREDAus Open ExcursionThe Australian Open is in full swing so Harry and I head on an excursion to brandland to critique activations and observe the behaviours of execs, influencers and punters on-ground. As we desperately search for Oat Milk on-premise, we realise that Lavazza has a first-drop contract locked so we’re forced to down a soy cap as we A&R the next big social media stars of tennis. We watch Ben Shelton and Alexei Poppyrin win one for the boys and award outfit of the day to The Kokk despite losing a game against Andy Murray. Harry gets a ta...2023-01-201h 10
ANGELFIREDYung Lean LiveYung Lean was wrapping up his 'Stardust' tour in Melbourne, so we scurried back just in time for Harry to say 'Hej Hej' to his favourite Swedish cousin. How has the Yung Lean crowd held up after the second wave of 'Ginseng Strip 2002' virality? What differentiates a drainer and a sad boy? How much realtree camo does it take to become a forest? We perceive the fandom wildly, muse over minimalism vs. maximalism, and reflect on our evolving faith in the church of Lean.
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(00:00:00) Post-Lean-Hangover
(00:01:12) Venue Appreciation
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ANGELFIREDFalls Festival 2023Harry and I have emerged from our post-Falls Festival cocoon as haggard butterflies with just enough flutter to bash out a pod. We're dishing out retrospective commentary on brand activations, lobster boys, festival fashion, and live music with ratings inclusive. Pitchfork, who? Suffer through our unsolicited performance feedback of Genesis Owusu, Anna Lunoe, DMAs, Amine, Lil Nas X, DJ Seinfeld, Mall Grab, Peggy Gou, Rico Nasty, Amyl and The Sniffers, Arctic Monkeys, and more.
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(00:00:00) Post-Falls-Ramble
(00:00:42) Lobster Boys
(00:02:12) Brand Activations Breakdown
(00:06:46) Merch Analysis
(00:08:19) Genesis Owusu Review2023-01-0245 min
ANGELFIREDFitzroy BoysThe Fitzroy Garage Sesh has caused a global uproar among ex-hipsters and current vest lovers. Is this a reaction to the rise of Aussie narcissism or just another conversation about classism? How has the ~gentrification of vintage~ and the #baileysmithification of the mullet impacted our ability to read virtue signals? Skaters and DJs have always been the blueprint for jocks to buy into. What's changed? Harry and I unpack the TikTok video that became a Falls Festival doof stick.
Watch the TikTok vid: https://www.tiktok.com/@andydavie/video/7179823602588503298?is_from_webapp=v1&item...2022-12-2932 min
ANGELFIREDNepo BabiesHollywood is a cult, so the Nepo baby list holds no surprises. It’s the closeted Nepo babies that walk among us that you should worry about. They’re in your sharehouse. They’re at your local thrift store. They’re at your kick ons shouting the loudest about social issues they’ve seen trending online. You can’t choose your wealth, but you can distribute it. If you are a masked rich kid: EXPOSE YOURSELF. Own your truth, use your privilege and help out your middle-class mates. We need access, co-signs and hush money too.
Glaze y...2022-12-2022 min
ANGELFIREDTwitter Bans & Tweet HuggersTwitter is imploding at the mercy of mean Mr. Musk. The hive mind is fragmenting! On one end, we have 'The Paranoid' scrambling to find a new platform to fill their impending Twitter-shaped void. On the other, we have 'The Tweet Huggers' ready to weather the storm of censorship, guarding their mid-2000s-built micro-community for dear life. What is next for the voyeurs? And where will all the shit posters go? Harry and I offer up some alternatives for our fellow displaced millennials.2022-12-1912 min
ANGELFIREDDystopian RetailHarry and I discuss the dystopian future of retail after The Fabricant posed the question: ‘Will physical fashion become obsolete?’, Australian department store David Jones is sold as a ‘Christmas Bargain’ for $150Million to private investors, and SHEIN is named the top brand of the year. Harry (The Economist) breaks down the bleak state of inflation reflected in alternative milk, coffee, and cinema prices and I (The Forecaster) expand on #customisationcore via Boba, Starbies, and Froyo. Will there be a referendum on napkin distribution and compulsory hankies? There is really only one way to solve this disaster: MAGIC.
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ANGELFIREDCursed Looks ft. Jae BunnyWTF is Y2K? A hashtag that once swept the internet has infiltrated the real world and spawned countless subgenres of throwaway trends. Does anyone know what the millennium bug was? Who actually watched 2000s-era MTV? Why does everyone look so pristine at the club? What happened to hot messy trashbags? Jae and I revisit some of our cursed looks over the years and try to make sense of how we arrived in a world dominated by SHEIN.
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The Snapback Era, Dip Dye/Balayage, Primary School Looks, Bowler Hats, Creepers, Tumblr, T...2022-12-1356 min
ANGELFIREDVibe Shifts & Indie SleazeSean Monahan coined the term ‘Vibe Shift’ via his 8Ball substack in 2021 and suggested a return to rock. We suffered through the ‘Indie Sleaze’ headlines, fearful for the return of American Apparel galaxy leggings. Was his prophecy fulfilled? In The Guardian, Sean predicts a return to the real world. Is 2023 the year of logging off? Harry and I discuss the likelihood of social media death. Read the article: https://www.theguardian.com/fashion/2022/dec/19/how-can-you-spot-a-vibe-shift-that-transforms-popular-culture-ask-me-i-literally-invented-the-term2022-12-1228 min
ANGELFIREDBest Of 2022: Wrapped RevealHarry and I rank the best (and some of the worst) of 2022. Are we aligned? Mostly. Are we the same? Definitely not. Neither of us shared our Spotify Wrapped results publicly due to shame about our top listens, so we reveal all in this time capsule episode to humble ourselves and make better life decisions in 2023. [ TOPICS ]Song Of The YearArtist Of The YearAlbum Of The YearLive Show Of The YearSpotify Wrapped EXPOSEDTV Show Of The Year2022-12-1148 min
ANGELFIREDRejecting PaceI’ve been feeling good about purging my demons vs post-rationalising to avoid pain. I thrive in playing a villain, but masking as a hero feels fake af. I suppose growth is not feeling the need to be either. Can I replace vapes with Yoga with Adrienne? Maybe not. I’m yearning for tension and friction - am I existential, relaxed or just bored? I’m resisting the orbs of conformity that circle me. I must reject their retiree pace at all costs.2022-10-1028 min
ANGELFIREDShe’s Got A TV EyeHarry is blasting hold music over speaker phone and is sending me back to my call centre days. I was not alone! There was once upon a time when every creative I knew worked in one, committed to the Mi Goreng diet. Before being crowned with my headset, I spent the height of the MTV era selling Foxtel inside malls and at events. Now those were some wild times. I’ll always love TV, but I’ve converted to podcast supremacy. See you never Mr Murdoch!2022-10-0827 min
ANGELFIREDSinister FrequenciesWedding season is officially over. I'm fragile but still standing - not bad for the matrimony grinch! The weekend shenanigans were a mash-up of BJ Novak’s ‘Vengeance’' and ‘The Blair Witch Project’, soundtracked by Enya and starring a pair of demonic cats (tbh, this is really just the story of how my slasher script 'Farm II Table’ wrote itself).2022-10-0626 min
ANGELFIREDAwkward GirlI woke up crying today because weddings make me feel emo. Maybe because I don’t want one? And even if I did, who would give a speech about me, and what could they possibly say? Perhaps this is just a symptom of my eldest daughter's curse of perpetually feeling unworthy. Boo hoo! Despite feeling offbeat, I was happy for the bride and groom and had fun at the reception. Being social does not come naturally to me, but I enjoy it. I suppose practice makes it easier, but if being an awkward girl is my identity, then why should I...2022-10-0429 min
ANGELFIREDLana Del Rey ForeverAn interview with Ethel Cain prompts me to reflect on my experience growing up around the church. While the terror of sin plagued me, it was the secrecy of sexuality that proved most curious and cursed for me. How do we identify our sexual awakening? Much like Ethel Cain, Lana Del Rey stands at the altar of the sub-dom-confused. I recall my time as an artist liaison to her in the 'Born To Die' era. The world needs pop stars, LDR forever.
Read the Ethel Cain Feature On Hero Mag: https://hero-magazine.com/article/189013/ethel-cains-music-is-an-unforgiving-portrait-of-southern-baptist-america2022-10-0228 min
ANGELFIREDWedding SeasonI’m edging between sober elitism and the self-loathing of being a former trashbag. I don’t want to be a boring loser but I can’t afford to relapse again. I have hay fever, vape woes, and there is an Oatly shortage in Byron Bay. Lord save me. My social battery is quaking in anticipation of the dual wedding long weekend that is approaching. I’ve got many thoughts about the tradition of marriage, a talking point that does not bode well against the Pinterest board fantasy I will soon be entering. A retiree bullied me yesterday for wearing a black...2022-10-0128 min
ANGELFIREDSubreddit MisfitsI spent the ungodly hours of this morning indulging in sad country music, which led me to my first listen of Ethel Cain’s discography. I resisted the Popcast recommendation for long enough to arrive here after her debut album, which is my favourite time to discover an artist. I’m late (according to r/ethelcain) but I am still early in the grand scheme of things. I’ve been looking for an artist to fill the void I’ve felt since Spike Fuck stopped releasing music. I see that Ethel Cain mirrors my sad girl troll energy, so I can now...2022-09-2824 min
ANGELFIREDDirtbags UniteI’ve peeked over the edge. Flawed humans are fascinating, I suppose that includes me too. I enjoy observing the other as it reinforces the fact that I’m different. Seeing the bigger picture helps to position my politics, not skew them. Regardless, I’m not one to preach. Broadcasting subjective opinions are my truth, not a universal truth. Debate is necessary, but it’s not my purpose to convert. People change through education and literacy. How can we evolve without access? We should speak. We should also listen. I’m documenting my opinions because I never want to forget how I feel...2022-09-2628 min
ANGELFIREDHome Sweet HomeI'm relieved to be off-road for a moment. Despite all of the bumps, I feel relaxed. I reflect on my share house experiences in contrast to the shared house situation I find myself in. I've lived for six months without a home. I was an only child for my formative years, so sharing is a learned skill. It wasn't easy, but living with siblings primed me for the chaos of housemates. I had no idea what to expect when I moved out. My first share house was tragic, but it was beautiful. I wrote poetry on my typewriter, content in my...2022-09-2436 min
ANGELFIREDBrain DrainerLockdown was great for my introverted side and destructive to my extroverted side. Once I finished my Master's degree, I had the space to face some of my newly formed addictions: dexies and success. I considered doing AA but got cold feet. Instead, I took on acts of service to focus on being a problem solver for others instead of working on mine. Big mistake. It's time to focus on what I do best: writing. I love it, but it hates me. I need help, so I crack open a copy of ‘The Artists Way'. There is a freehand writing st...2022-09-2225 min
ANGELFIREDVideo EzyerI am yearning for the physicality of things. I remember the pure joy of the Scholastic Book Fair and our family trips to Video Ezy, Blockbuster and Movieland. Without the immersive cinematic experience at our disposal, is the future of entertainment just a digitally fragmented streaming system? Is this progress or regression? I rewatch some episodes of Kath and Kim, which is a mirror to the suburbia I know so well. Is comedy simply an analysis of the mundane?2022-09-2041 min
ANGELFIREDTransient UtopiaI am Post-Instagram and I am okay. My Therapist once asked me to timeline the milestones that define me. I subconsciously outlined my different social handles. Do I really love the internet or is this Stockholm syndrome? My recent viewing of ‘The White Lotus’ has me questioning the economic landscape of the Byron Bay that was and the post-Hemsworth Byron Bay that I find myself in. It is wedding season in town. We have two different weddings to attend next weekend, so naturally, I do my research via a screening of the classic comedy ‘Bridesmaids’.2022-09-1834 min
ANGELFIREDDeactivate Or DieIt’s raining in Byron Bay. I’m at The Roadhouse overwhelmed by a creative blockage. ‘Unpublished writing is still valid’ is my mantra for today. As I analyse my creative process, I wonder if my formal training in media and marketing has stopped my ability to play. I’m struggling to tune into one of the many ADHD radio stations in my mind. Something is particularly off right now. And then I realise: it’s Instagram. Again.2022-09-1642 min
ANGELFIREDSerenity NowOn my walk to the dentist, I digest the landscape that shaped me. The suburbs are still the suburbs, but the energy has shifted slightly with the construction of freeways that did not exist in my youth. Freeways and the internet create freedom. I wonder how different I would be if I were born today. Seeing the places that haunt me is strangely comforting. Serenity now!2022-09-1433 min
ANGELFIREDGrasslightI’m coming down off the high of my travels. I sit in my parent's house in a mess heap, thinking of the seemingly perfect life I left behind. It has been months since I pulled the rip cord on stability to chase the greener grass of creative freedom. I’ve reached the other side now, but the green grass I’ve yearned for is actually mud. Was my old life built on mud too? If everything is mud, can I just feel content already?2022-09-1221 min
ANGELFIREDFreaks & PeaksI am in Seattle after a three-day train trip to pursue my lifelong dream of visiting a place both wonderful and strange: Twin Peaks. The Lynchian madness is undeniable upon entry into this town. I make necessary stops by The R&R diner, The Great Northern Hotel and The Waterfall. An unexpected Twin Peaks meets Gossip Girl fanfic crossover occurs when Taylor Momsen stops by Seattle to play with her band 'The Pretty Reckless'. Welcome to my Tumblr fantasy.2022-08-3039 min
ANGELFIREDTony SopranoI have arrived in New Jersey. I am nowhere near the shore or the countryside - I'm in an attic above a house inhabited by a woman named Barb. The Airbnb isn't rural at all, it's actually in the deep suburbs of West Orange. I recall Tony Soprano being from around the neighbourhood and am happy to find that I am a short twelve-minute Uber from the Soprano family home in Caldwell. Naturally, I drop by to pay my respects to the notorious Mr Soprano.2022-08-0718 min
ANGELFIREDFame GamesI have a bit of a cry, a bit of sleep and now I’m hungry. I’m not here to take risks so a trip to Nando’s is inevitable. I haven’t seen many people like us in DC, so when three guys appear dressed in black I pay attention. It turns out to be ericdoa and friends who are on tour with The Kid Laroi. Action leads action and we find ourselves at Laroi’s birthday show. From Sydney to the world!2022-08-0546 min
ANGELFIREDDC SoftcoreDay two in DC. I’m feeling fearful. I tend to feel nervous around wealthy neighbourhoods. I’m yet to find the hardcore scene but I have stumbled across some sick record stores. Maybe the scene is in the suburbs? And what’s the deal with every monument being under permanent construction?2022-08-0329 min
ANGELFIREDTo Be A24 PilledI’m currently in DC searching for the hardcore scene but all I can see is law and order. I take a break from my hunt to muse on the A24 effect after watching ‘Bodies Bodies Bodies’ at Williamsburg Cinema last night. To think I’d been outside of the SXSW premiere with delusions of actually getting in! I also missed the premiere of ‘Everything Everywhere All At Once’, which in hindsight, was probably for the best…2022-08-0236 min
ANGELFIREDWelcome To The Grief ParadeI’m sitting on a deck in Brooklyn reading a Lydia Lunch book under a flight path. As a passing plane rumbles above me, I stop to consider the words of my recently deceased aunt. “It’s lonely being alone”, her voice whispers in my memory. I’m in New York City with my sister and my boyfriend. I’m not alone, so why do I feel so lonely?2022-08-0114 min