Grant Wyeth
@grantwyeth.bsky.social
Writer | Columnist for The Diplomat | Formerly: AP4D, Australian Foreign Affairs, UniMelb. Substack newsletter and essays: https://www.grantwyeth.com
With the 30th anniversary of @suedehq.bsky.social's Coming Up album, I thought I'd write a widescreen review of the record. On how they transitioned from the loss of Bernard Butler to create a pop pastiche of themselves. A concept album about Suede itself.
Coming Up – Suede (1996)
Oh, Class A, Class B, is that the only chemistry between us?
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With the 30th anniversary of @suedehq.bsky.social's Coming Up album, I thought I'd write a widescreen review of the record. On how they transitioned from the loss of Bernard Butler to create a pop pastiche of themselves. A concept album about Suede itself.
Coming Up – Suede (1996)
Oh, Class A, Class B, is that the only chemistry between us?
grantwyeth.com
The death of a 16 year old girl in Sydney last week should lead us to some greater introspection about modern sexual culture. But I suspect it's all too difficult for us to confront.
The Bedroom's Moral Exception
A 16-year-old girl was strangled to death in Sydney. We seem to think the room changes what happened.
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A journey through record stores, across continents, pop mythology, eccentric artists and improbable schemes — chasing the belief that somewhere between music, mischief and memory lies the spark that makes a writer.
How To Be A Writer
Compound Interest
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A short piece of mine on Pete Hegseth's "High T Department of War", and what is going on with the modern man.
High T Fragility
Pete Hegseth's "High T Department of War" reveals modern men's odd self-obsession
grantwyeth.com
The death of a 16 year old girl in Sydney last week should lead us to some greater introspection about modern sexual culture. But I suspect it's all too difficult for us to confront.
The Bedroom's Moral Exception
A 16-year-old girl was strangled to death in Sydney. We seem to think the room changes what happened.
grantwyeth.com
With the conviction of former Red Army Faction (Baader Meinhof gang) member Daniela Klette in Germany yesterday, it’s a good time to re-up my essay on the @lukehaines.bsky.social Baader Meinhof album. Which I think is my best piece of writing.
Baader Meinhof – Baader Meinhof (1996)
The Auteurs and Black Box Recorder's Luke Haines's emblematic concept album about the Red Army Faction
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Here is a review essay I've written about "Rise Above" by Dirty Projectors – the band's reinterpretation of Black Flag's "Damaged" album.
Rise Above – Dirty Projectors (2007)
“Sitting here, I’m a loaded gun waiting to go off”
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A piece of mine on why the persistent use of "The End of History" as an analytical trope is a lazy misreading of Fukuyama's actual arguments.
Ending "The End of History" Trope
Fukuyama's thesis has become a lazy analytical tool, one that is divorced from his actual argument.
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Continuing my attempts to write the most pretentious music reviews here is a exploration of Strawberry Switchblade's pair of Hobbesian songs Since Yesterday and Trees and Flowers. Featuring 1980s nuclear war dread and the crippling fear of agoraphobia.
Since Yesterday/Trees and Flowers – Strawberry Switchblade (1985)
"Well, maybe this could be the ending, with nothing left of you"
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A piece of mine on Let's Eat Grandma, friendship, and their song Happy New Year.
Happy New Year – Let's Eat Grandma (2022)
"Because you know you’ll always be my best friend, and look at what I made with you"
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A review essay I've written on the @keithcameron2.bsky.social book 168 Songs of Hatred and Failure on the Manic Street Preachers. Or it started as a review and then morphed into taking inspiration from the book's format and writing my own band history. It's a long read, but a fascinating one.
168 Songs of Hatred and Failure
A review essay of Keith Cameron's book on the Manic Street Preachers
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This seems to have fallen a bit flat. There's a certain cohort of 40-something British men to whom this is gold. If you happen to know one, flick it into their eyeballs.
How To Be A Writer
Compound Interest
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A short piece of mine on Pete Hegseth's "High T Department of War", and what is going on with the modern man.
High T Fragility
Pete Hegseth's "High T Department of War" reveals modern men's odd self-obsession
grantwyeth.com
A new essay of mine that argues we are seeing the end of the the era of the nation-state and an emerging era of nations versus states.
Nations Against States
Due to the revolutionary structural changes of the 21st Century we are seeing an end of the era of nation-states, and an emerging era of nations against states.
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My latest essay on the emerging political order, where the interests of states and the feelings of cultural nationalists are diverging. Creating greater internal instability. Link in next reply.
A piece of mine on Let's Eat Grandma, friendship, and their song Happy New Year.
Happy New Year – Let's Eat Grandma (2022)
"Because you know you’ll always be my best friend, and look at what I made with you"
grantwyeth.com
With the conviction of former Red Army Faction (Baader Meinhof gang) member Daniela Klette in Germany yesterday, it’s a good time to re-up my essay on the @lukehaines.bsky.social Baader Meinhof album. Which I think is my best piece of writing.
Baader Meinhof – Baader Meinhof (1996)
The Auteurs and Black Box Recorder's Luke Haines's emblematic concept album about the Red Army Faction
grantwyeth.com
A review essay I've written on the @keithcameron2.bsky.social book 168 Songs of Hatred and Failure on the Manic Street Preachers. Or it started as a review and then morphed into taking inspiration from the book's format and writing my own band history. It's a long read, but a fascinating one.
168 Songs of Hatred and Failure
A review essay of Keith Cameron's book on the Manic Street Preachers
grantwyeth.com
You can find my personal writing – on a range of subjects from foreign affairs, politics, philosophy, music, and urbanism – here at Jumbled in the Common Box. www.grantwyeth.com
Jumbled in the Common Box | Grant Wyeth | Substack
Writing and analysis on politics in the broadest sense – foreign affairs, philosophy, urbanism, music. For the "everything is interesting" crowd. Click to read Jumbled in the Common Box, by Grant Wyet...
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A short story of mine on becoming a different kind of writer
How To Be A Writer
Compound Interest
grantwyeth.com
A piece of mine on why the persistent use of "The End of History" as an analytical trope is a lazy misreading of Fukuyama's actual arguments.
Ending "The End of History" Trope
Fukuyama's thesis has become a lazy analytical tool, one that is divorced from his actual argument.
grantwyeth.com
A short piece on India's census – which began counting last week – and how this data will be used to expand and reconfigure the parliament. Which will create major domestic and foreign policy implications.
India's Account Balance
India's census has major domestic and foreign policy implications
grantwyeth.com
Continuing my attempts to write the most pretentious music reviews here is a exploration of Strawberry Switchblade's pair of Hobbesian songs Since Yesterday and Trees and Flowers. Featuring 1980s nuclear war dread and the crippling fear of agoraphobia.
Since Yesterday/Trees and Flowers – Strawberry Switchblade (1985)
"Well, maybe this could be the ending, with nothing left of you"
grantwyeth.com
Some analysis of mine on the recent South Australian election and the rise of "circuit-breaker politics", where people feel a desperation to overload political systems.
Circuit-Breaker Politics
Australia wasn't immune to populist politics after all, culture just still travels to the country by ship.
grantwyeth.com
A short piece on India's census – which began counting last week – and how this data will be used to expand and reconfigure the parliament. Which will create major domestic and foreign policy implications.
India's Account Balance
India's census has major domestic and foreign policy implications
grantwyeth.com
Some analysis of mine on the recent South Australian election and the rise of "circuit-breaker politics", where people feel a desperation to overload political systems.
Circuit-Breaker Politics
Australia wasn't immune to populist politics after all, culture just still travels to the country by ship.
grantwyeth.com
You can find my personal writing – on a range of subjects from foreign affairs, politics, philosophy, music, and urbanism – here at Jumbled in the Common Box.
Jumbled in the Common Box | Grant Wyeth | Substack
Writing and analysis on politics in the broadest sense – foreign affairs, philosophy, urbanism, music. For the "everything is interesting" crowd. Click to read Jumbled in the Common Box, by Grant Wyet...
grantwyeth.com