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Right now, Mumbai looms in the Western imagination as a place where terrorists gun down tourists in luxury hotels. I can't work out if now's a good or...

Possibly the world’s most famous book jacket designer, Chip Kidd sounds like a jock but draws like a genius. The man is not only associate art...

Actors-as-musicians generally range from the forgettable mediocre (Keanu Reeves' Dogstar) to the outright atrocious (Paris Hilton's 'Stars are blind')...

Legendary Welshman Dylan Thomas wrote in the poem ‘Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night’ that one must “rage, rage against the dying...

The Ramones and My Bloody Valentine seem like an unlikely pair. But L.A. duo No Age have created a pad where the two share a beer, an op-shop couch...

The world changes quickly. Before you know it you can plug your iPod in and use it for either running or sexual pleasure. These are two things that...

With my protective spikes and resourceful storage abilities, I can live and propogate in the most barren conditions. I'm a bit defensive and might prick...

Westwood and McQueen. Both are fashion visionaries, and both are mildly annoying due to their frequent reference by fashion students who think they know...

"The Rolling Stones free concert is finally going to happen tomorrow at the Altamont Speedway... Apparently it's one of the most difficult things...

Remember NINE QUEENS, the con-man caper flick from Argentina that lingered in small cinemas back in the early ‘00s? Director Fabian Bielinsky...

A paean to freedom and knowing its truth, Beaches' debut is a powerful, sex-driven record smacking of Stooges greatness. Edgeless and heavy, freely oscillating...

I am an embarrassingly huge fan of Jim O'Rourke's solo work, I think HALFWAY TO A THREEWAY and EUREKA are probably some of the most played records in...

Why does the word eclectic get bandied around so much? Does everything that's even slightly diverse have to be considered eclectic? In light of this we...

Quiet achiever Matthew J. Tow may not be a household name, but this Sydney-sider's been melting tuned-in heads here and abroad for years.

Tow fronted...

For lovers of his acoustic duo Kings Of Convenience or of his eponymous solo/collaborative project, then The Whitest Boy Alive is another excellent...

Wouldn't it be great if you could compile just the BEST bits of your life? Leave all the embarrassing pratfalls, mysterious stains, and tacky break-up...

Not all dance music should make you dance. In fact at its best, dance music should probably reduce its listeners to a mild mannered sway or a transcendental...

Western wear! This book was published about six months ago, so it’s not totally new, but I only just discovered it. It’s a definitive guide...

Hole-in-the-wall, shit fight, rat's nest - you say that like it's a BAD thing.

True urban spelunkers know, buried amidst the rubble of these kinds of...

It's pretty safe to say that following the artistic path is not generally one full of disposable income unless of course you happen to be Damien Hirst...