Nov 10, 2021Why Tame Impala’s “The Less I Know The Better” Music Video Is Really About Epistemological AnxietyIt’s Psychological Theory vs. filmmakers CANADA — If you haven’t seen the video, here it is, watch it. Because A) it is a great song, and B) it is a great music video. Are you ready to go all BA-English-Literature on this shit? The directors of the video contend that the concept of the gorilla stealing the…Tame Impala3 min read
Published in C U LTR Magazine·Jul 21, 2020The Best Article Ideas For If You’re In A RutWell, when I say “best”… — by Harvey James If you find yourself at the bottom of an article-less ditch with nothing but pumpkin seeds of doubt to sustain you. Have no fear. While you could go to www.articlegenerator.com, just don’t. They’re boring, they stink and are a major existential threat to this article. I understand…Satire4 min read
Jul 10, 2020Professional Email Checker: Have You Got What it Takes?Admit it…. It’s what you do all day anyway by Harvey James Hi. It’s Steve here. Founder of U-Mail: the no.4 solutions problems systems managements networks equipments persons things and nouns company in Oregon. Have you ever thought: “all I do is check these fucking emails all day?” Why not…Fiction4 min read
Published in C U LTR Magazine·Apr 18, 2020Gordon Ramsey Ranks Covid-19 Talking Heads by Their Interior DesignsIf you’re donning a frilly lampshade, I couldn’t care less about your macroeconomic modelling… — by Harvey James “Coronavirus was invented by Mark Zuckerberg to make us take the tape off our webcams” writes Twitter genius, Joel Golby. …Comedy7 min read
Published in C U LTR Magazine·Mar 28, 2020The Best Drinks For The Coronavirus Lockdownpandemic cocktails, tasty tipples, quarantinis, you name it… — by Harvey James COVID-19: the biggest isolated piss-up the world has ever known. The pubs may be gone, but you can’t take the Great British public’s inalienable right to imbibe alcohol. But what do you reach for as a global pandemic closes in and suffocates society, likely changing life as…Covid 194 min read
Published in C U LTR Magazine·Mar 27, 2020The World’s Fastest Ageing TV Show IntroductionBecause… Covid — by Harvey James COVID-19 has changed everything. Now, alarmingly for TV producers even the relevancy of TV shows. They’re ageing faster than ‘herd immunity’ or the Japanese population. Have you noticed recently how close everybody used to be to each other on TV? Or that they used to shake hands…TV Series3 min read
Published in C U LTR Magazine·Dec 18, 2019Why Liverpool Won The Premier League (based on Jürgen Klopp’s aesthetic alone).Where tiny differences count. Aesthetics might just pip it. — By Harvey James You can tell a lot about someone by the way they dress. Go into the inner city district and you can see everyone wearing suits. That’s how you know they’re all pricks. Go into Shoreditch and everyone is wearing tattoos, beards and clothing imported from Japan. That’s…Sports4 min read
Dec 17, 2019How To Be A Freelance WriterHere’s what THEY don’t tell you — an irreverent, truthful guide to living the dream. — By Harvey James These hot tips, freshly baked from the oven of life experience and suffering, are the essentials that the professionals at the top of their game aren’t revealing. Here to bypass the years of toil, here’s my unique guide to working as a freelance writer. Hold on to…Coffee5 min read
Published in C U LTR Magazine·Oct 9, 2019The Secret Instagram Tax on Eating OutIn the new age of hospitality, does our social media obsession have a price? — As you nestle into a bouquet of flowers candidly cupping a petal, or squat next to an artistic splay of bread knives on the wall, just know, that killer photo will be added to your bill at the end. I asked Twitter the simple question: “Would you pay more money…Social Media7 min read
Published in The Startup·Sep 27, 2019Social Media Detox — I did Scroll Free September before it was coolBefore it was even September — By Harvey James After reading about the benefits of decluttering which stems from the Scandi principle of Hygge I turned off social media notifications. Bold, right? This is my journey into social media detoxification. But when I was bored I would slip straight back in. After waking up, I would…Social Media5 min read
