Author Archives: AHC McDonald

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About AHC McDonald

Comedian, artist, photographer and critic. From 2007 to 2017 ran the culture and satire site The Worst of Perth

The Hidden

Posted on July 8, 2015 by AHC McDonald

Illusiver noted this public art hidden behind Melville Council. If I recall the piece was part of Fremantle Sculpture by The Sea, an altogether more positively scaled event compared to the rather lopsided Cottesloe. But why is this hidden? Or … Continue reading →

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Arbiters

Posted on July 7, 2015 by AHC McDonald

The architecture mag is now online. (Autumn 2015). Where myself, She-Ra AND Alannah opine on the city. Finally the right three are together.

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Ground Zero

Posted on July 6, 2015 by AHC McDonald

How many years has this Guildford Hotel crap been going on? I would have been happy with demolition by now. What do we think of the new proposal? I admit that at first I was of the opinion that the … Continue reading →

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Seamen

Posted on July 3, 2015 by AHC McDonald

Well I guess the kerning is ok. By Reign of Error. Fremantle. Should have got a tagger in to do the sign. I would have gone “Club Seaman”. 

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Wonky Eye

Posted on July 2, 2015 by AHC McDonald

This split level eyed woman on the Beaufort Arrondissement has annoyed me for years. Always want to get out and lower the top one. Maybe why I never quite join the Beaufort Street Network.  

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Lurk

Posted on July 1, 2015 by AHC McDonald

I’ll pretend I know what this means. Subiaco. I think I took this myself.  

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Kanga Art

Posted on June 30, 2015 by AHC McDonald

Sigh. I get the feeling we’re stalling in our post vibrant project sometimes. CBD.  

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Steve’s

Posted on June 29, 2015 by AHC McDonald

Pete F reminds us that there is still a Steve’s Tavern in Nedlands. The only question is why is there still a Steve’s? I remember in the 80s when you could spill out of Steve’s, piss in a pensioner’s letterbox, … Continue reading →

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Pruned Vibrancy

Posted on June 26, 2015 by AHC McDonald

I’m sad to say that two days after the blooming Fords post was up, there was a savage reduction in Bedford post vibrancy. It’s gone, assumedly after reading this organ. I can visualise a scenario, possibly with a spouse storming … Continue reading →

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Four Backwards Steps

Posted on June 25, 2015 by AHC McDonald

Come on Perth, I thought we were Post Vibrant now? We are backsliding back to pre vibrancy. 4 examples. 1: The shitty bronze of Governor Stirling,(recently shamed as some kind of Pedo by Dodgy Perth – the Gov, not the … Continue reading →

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