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Why does Dominick Dunne hate Frank Sinatra? Because Ol' Blue Eyes once instructed a flunky to punch Dominick in the head as a lark. Yes, Dunne's career...

A hundred and twenty bucks doesn't get you much these days in the way of human companionship. Sure, you could wrangle together some stranger for a buck...

Waterloo has long been used as a metaphor for a final reckoning, a settling of old scores. Though in the case of Carl Barat’s new band Dirty Pretty...

Let’s talk Godzilla. Not the one who fought Ferris Bueller in the US remake, or the one from the Saturday morning cartoon – with his oh-so-adorable...

Pseudo- comb. form 1. false. not genuine 2. Resembling and imitating.

Pseudo in persona, not design. Design collective Pseudo Republik’s...

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...

Described as the closest he'll ever get to writing an autobiography, Kurt Vonnegut's Slapstick looks at the luxuries of life and the luxuries that...

Playtime For John Mountain is an album caught somewhere in time; between Zombies 'Odessey and Oracle' [sic] pop, '60s film soundtracks, four-part baroque...

There’s a scene in Ghost Dog where the hero walks straight through a group of people and no one sees him. With no special effects, you’re...

Black Dice are completely sublimated, Shinto-like, in the teeming hive of sounds on new album, Load Blown. The New York trio's ‘ecological'...

If you are sick of pecks ‘voting for Pedro’ then Via Alley has a solution.

Graniph is based in Japan, but collaborates with artists...

Must be killer to be an illustrator because everyone would always be inviting you to be in a group show. "Hey I'm putting on a group show, yo. Can...

Everybody loves the jungle! Except for Vietnam veterans maybe, and those whom The Phantom imprisoned in his Skull Cave in the deep woods of Bengali, and...

For nearly her entire life Kim Victoria Wearne’s Bonfire Folk label has lain dormant in the pit of her stomach. But now, after several bouts of...

The most exciting part of the Vic Market is easily the deli section. Before starting your weekly shop you have the opportunity to make a nuisance out...

When grunge dominated the musical landscape there was no shortage of bands eager to replicate. Nowadays it's Baltimore club and aspiring producers. Every...

Self Service magazine doesn’t mince words. In fact, apart from the editor’s letter they barely have any until page 264. Not that we are...

There are only a handful of cities around the world that popular culture won’t stop mythologising. Yes, this is yet another film about Paris –...

So we are standing in an opaque glass cube, cantilevering out three metres, but 300m above Southbank when the glass goes clear and there is a second of...

Recently I found myself shark hunting in the Gulf of Mexico with my very special friend Mr. Lou Diamond Phillips. We were sitting aboard my boat The...