Author results: Jason Crombie
Crom's shed
My Dad is really good at recycling things. You'll be driving along with him and see an old muddy post on the side of the road, and you'll think, "Ew. Muddy post." My Dad will see the same post and say, "I could make a sunglasses rack out of that" and then he'll pull over and pick up the post and take it home, and he'll make it into an awesome little thing to park sunglasses on, and then next time you see him he'll tell you the story of how it came to be.
Ouija boards
You know what I don't like about Ouija boards? I don't like that they're still around.
According to the encyclopedia set I found on the street last year, Ouija boards have been on the scene since time immemorial. They first ‘appeared' in China somewhere around 1100 BC during the Song Dynasty.
Johnny Depp's goddamn boat
Yeah, he's got a boat. Fucker's got an island! And all because he's ‘quirky'. Don't get me started.
Johnny Depp's 156ft yacht, The Vajoliroja, is available to rent for a mere $130,000 US per week. That's right; you and nine friends (it sleeps ten) could chip in $13,000 each and enjoy seven days of touching stuff that belongs to Johnny Depp.
The Velvet Underground, New York Art
If you've not heard of the Velvet Underground I suggest you crack open the wikipedia; I certainly wont be wasting the next 200 words brewing the coffee that you sorely need to wake up and smell. Rather, I'll be telling three of my best Velvet Underground related stories so you'll like me more.
1. One day, when I was living down in China Town, I came outside to find a small group of typically self-important film and television people filming the building across the street.
Joan Didion, 'The White Album'
I'm sitting at my desk, watching my girlfriend get dressed in the other room. Through the door, gilded by the morning sun, she zips up her skirt and then fusses over her hair. She looks fantastic, and it's one of life's cruel little ironies that she only seems this supernaturally desirable when there is absolutely no chance of congress.
Mozipedia: The Encyclopaedia of Morrissey and the Smiths
I used to despise Morrissey. I don't know what it was but he really got under my skin. Perhaps it was chin, I don't know, but I couldn't stand the sight of him. Of course, the more I ignored him the closer he got; I was wasting my time. Now I'm one of his biggest gayest fans. I even know people who've touched him.
Show Pony Design Market
What:
Show Pony Design Market
Where:
The Carlton Hotel (front balcony and Palmz Rooftop Bar), 193 Bourke St, Melbourne
When:
Sun Feb 21, noon-6pm
How much:
Free entry!
Description:
This Sunday and every third Sunday of every month until the year 4058, the Carlton will be hosting the Show Pony Design Market! Another design market! Yeah! You love design markets! There's gonna be locally made jewellery, design objects, products (products! You love products!), paper, furniture, lighting art, and like-minded people like you, who just wanna buy, eat, drink, whip out their balls, and party down like there'll never be another design market ever again.
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