@fivegrand1

fivegrand1 has been a member of Linktree for 4 years and joined in August 2021. Resources fivegrand1 has populated their site with include: • An as-always untimely list of the best albums of 2025 • Andor season 2 and the problem of prequelitis • Andor season 2 is revolutionary TV • A painfully sincere tribute to the genius of Jenny Nicholson • 30 years of hating Oasis • The spectacular rise and depressing demise of Charli XCX’s Brat Summer • The 15 best Hey Duggee badges • A reasonably timely list of the best albums of 2024 • The only 5 Christmas albums I can stand • On the 30th anniversary of my marginal DJ career • Joker and the problem of identity • Rewatching Andor as a meditation on Palestine • Revisiting All Over the Place, the Bangles’ criminally underrated 1984 debut LP • The many delights — and the disappointment — of the epic Bluey episode “The Sign” • A belated (as usual) list of the best albums of 2023 • A compilation of my short-form film reviews of 2023 • Elia Suleiman’s Palestine trilogy: The tragic absurdity of occupation • Notes on the politics of Barbie • “Remember what I told you”: Sinéad O’Connor’s incomparable life of rebellion • The greatness of Everything, the Bangles’ melancholy, masterful breakup album • Andor is a refreshing change for Star Wars, and a thrilling and inspiring depiction of revolution • Meg White’s greatness is not up for debate • Let’s talk about Tina Turner’s pivotal contributions to the Mad Max saga • Buy me a coffee • With a new covers LP and a delightful debut novel out at the same time, Susanna Hoffs is thriving • Wednesday’s Rat Saw God: Southern Gothic country shoegaze played with exhilarating intensity • Sydney Film Festival preview: A deliriously good Amitabh Bachchan retro, plus other highlights • Boards of Canada’s Music Has the Right to Children: Cinematic psychedelia, dope beats and audio therapy • A tribute to my grandpa on what would have been his 101st birthday • Jim Poe - Pathways (new techno mix) • A (somewhat less) belated list of the best albums of 2022 • Wet Leg’s debut LP is a raunchy, joyous treat and an instant rock & roll classic • Peter Jackson’s Return of the King is a supreme classic, but here are some things that bug me about it • Ride live in Sydney: A transcendent Nowhere retrospective rides a new wave of shoegaze • Khruangbin live at Sydney Opera House: Sublime space-funk in the grandest of settings • Prey: Groundbreaking Indigenous action-horror that kicks ass • Tame Impala live in Sydney: Uncompromising, euphoric psych-pop for the masses • Bore, thud and blunder: The MCU jumps the shark • New York’s postpunk revival deserves a better documentary than Meet Me in the Bathroom • The exquisite films of Satyajit Ray, cinema’s great humanist • Atlanta season 3 is meandering, implosive and weird — and we need more TV like it • A Bangles page that's not about their looks • LA 92 triggered all my memories of witnessing a historic uprising • The catharsis and redemption of Courtney Barnett live • A belated list of the best albums of 2021 • Firenadoes, koala denialism and hanging loose: Australia’s apocalyptic bushfires prove Don’t Look Up isn’t exaggerating • The power of Don’t Look Up is in the details • Revolution on the Big Screen (talk on Reds for Denver Communists) • Palestinian director Annemarie Jacir’s Wajib is a charming and politically sharp family drama • Tame Impala’s Currents: A contemporary classic of epic, obsessive psychedelic pop • Forty Years Later, Reds Is Still One of the Best Films Ever Made About Revolutionary Politics • Ken Burns’ new Muhammad Ali docu-series is an immersive look at the Greatest of All Time • Bright Lights by Susanna Hoffs: A collection of warm, intimate, impeccably chosen covers • Marvel’s What If…?: Disposable by design, intermittently powerful, ultimately frustrating • Hats off to the legend that is Emma Watkins, as she leaves the Wiggles • Powerful ‘Incarceration Nation’ puts the justice system on trial • Octonauts: Above & Beyond is teaching young kids about the climate emergency • Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: an unsurpassed masterpiece of romance, swordplay and feminism • On the 30th anniversary of my first rave • Not forgotten: the ongoing fight to solve the Bowraville murders • Dry Cleaning’s New Long Leg: Uniquely thrilling surrealist postpunk • Please, stop calling Aliens ‘xenomorphs’ • Gillian Welch’s Time (The Revelator) at 20: A timeless masterpiece of apocalyptic country • Black Widow review: Finally, Natasha Romanoff gets to be a whole person • Recreational Therapy Podcast • The Hunger Games Prequel, Songbirds, Is a Satire on the Ruling Class • Today, We’re All Living in Mad Max’s World