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Remember when some well-travelled trendsetters shipped some colourful rubber thongs back from Brazil, whacked an exorbitant price tag on them and called...

With Peter Pan apparently in full support of this pop-up shop it's possible there'll also be some kind youthful elixir on offer. However it's more likely...

Once upon a time mad, cynical geniuses like Kurt Vonnegut and Phillip K. Dick made a living hacking out stories for pulp magazines, trashy bits of entertainment...

Do you shower with a bucket? Maybe you separate plastics from paper? Or use the same bathwater after your partner/spouse/flatmate?

Our environmental...

When it comes to forming an indie sensibility many bands attempt to channel the talents of their idols, deconstructing popular sounds and influences and...

Tired of your sloppy contractors forgetting to chop the fingertips off their targets and leaving careless DNA evidence at the homes of your enemies? Sick...

Is SPEED RACER Kubrick's 2001 for kids?

To call its reception ‘lukewarm' is an understatement, and it's easy to see why. It's too child-friendly...

Pleasant, cute and edifying are not words used to describe the work of Adam Cullen. Garish, puerile and grotesque are closer to the mark. So it's no...

If you are colourblind you can forget about a career in aviation. Make-up? Also not for you. Lollypop person? Ten points for good intentions. Assisting...

Classic cult movies, like books, are the ones everyone knows, but haven't necessarily seen before. Then when you stumble upon one on Fox Classics or in...

I don't really watch a lot of film, or TV, nor do I know enough about it to do any sort of adequate critique, but I will do my best here.

I recently...

BATS. is a Brisbane based zine made by a collection of girls with an average age of 16.6 years. They might be collectively underage, but what they lack...

We'll be honest. When you look at these watches it's hard to believe they are actually made for the blind. It's like Inspector Gadget and the design team...

The irrepressible convention stranglers Damn Arms have long been rubbing shoulders with the highest echelon of post-punk-new-wave glitterati like Test...

Like Hemmingway and his daiquiri, collaborative efforts generally involve violent heartache, breathtaking beauty and copious amounts of alcohol. MIDNIGHT...

Listening to Phoenix is like listening to good advice. Their songs are ingrained with experience and a certain perspective that comes from never taking...

Fore note: Salivate with caution to avoid dehydration.

"... hand gathered seared scallops, crispy proscuitto & caramelised tender pear salad...

If, like me, you still wander down York Street hoping that Waterfront Records will suddenly reappear like Brigadoon, you need to look over at the sunny...

Sometimes seeing the movie before you read the book can be kind of OK. But this relies on many things including casting so creative it outruns anything...

Here's something that annoys me about interesting stuff: as soon as it gets juicy, it's all over. This truth I apply across the board to relationships...