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Like a scene out of Oliver Stone's sixties psyche-crapfest THE DOORS, last summer Melbourne's Sand Pebbles trekked out into the desert with a bag full...

We Aussies have a bizarre love-hate relationship with New Zealand. We laugh at the locals for the way they say "six" and poke fun at their affection...

What is most miraculous about Miracle Asian Food Plaza is that it stocks the two most crucial staples of a modern diet: Cincalok Sauce (pureed whole shrimp...

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...

Ever since BLOOD SIMPLE back in 1984, Joel and Ethan Coen have produced a steady stream of unrelentingly oddball features that totter on the border...

New York City has a smell. It starts wet and warm, in the guts of the subway. It steams up through manholes on the roads and wafts over gargantuan Hummers...

1. Matsuri, 614 Crown St, Surry Hills
2. Kings Lane Sandwiches, 1/ 28 Kings Lane, Darlinghurst
3. Guzman y Gomez, 175 King St, Newtown
4. Deus Café...

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...

From the crazy, nonsensical cartoonists at the Adult Swim network in The States, TOM GOES TO THE MAYOR is one of the weirdest yet. So weird, that it...

THE GREAT ESCAPE is more than a 1963 McQueen classic, it is a girl wearing Chanel. Coated in luxe branding, she is no longer a student from a suburban...

TwoThousand likes nothing more than a little unfriendly competition. Why, just last week we slashed the tires of the editor of Citysearch and broke the...

In the opening article of ANOTHER MAN, biographer Charlotte Chandler recalls talking to Pavarotti on the occasion of his 20th farewell performance. As...

Let's be honest. Many of us get a little shiver of excitement around festival time. The rest of us are overwhelmed by the sheer magnitude of the program...

It's probably true to say there aren't many books that could be spun out from a VICE column. True, some of the don'ts are quite evocative (ref: ‘It's...

The Rocks...what a strange mix it is of international retail and terribly garish Australian culture. While I find the fluorescent illustrations of koalas...

Who needs a reason to jam thirty of the best new wave artists of the naughties into a single publication? Not WITHOUT REASON. They’ve just compiled...

It can't just be our imagination. It's the plain truth, good pubs are getting harder to find as more and more venerable old watering holes are being "refurbished"...

Ok, so it's definitely a pricey option for eating out, but god it's worth every cent! How many times do you treat yourself to a sensational meal with...

Why do we all love MUSCLES?

Is it the 22-year-old Melburnian's ridiculously macho name? His irrepressible exuberance? The rave "woo!"s in...

Way back when, before Sting got naff, The Police were one of the biggest bands going around. Telecaster-wielding Andy Summers was both band guitarist...