Note to Self
The craftsman behind Note to Self was not your average kid. While most juveniles were trading fags for swigs of Spumanti behind the shelter sheds, Max Olijnyk was following the skater-trails of Matt Hensley and Guy Mariano. He spent just as much time recreating their (retrospectively perhaps too large) pants on his Mum's sewing machine as he did ollying off three-inch gutters.
Diana+ by Lomo
I fucking hate Lomos.
All that don't think, just shoot bullshit. To be stupid is one thing, but to make yourself more stupid? Something else altogether. The whole thing smells like a cult. And not one in which you get a mandatory great haircut. And it kills me how they remade a crappy old Russian camera - with all the crappy old Russian camera faults.
Limedrop Live Photoshoot
If America's Top Model has taught us anything, photo shoots are all "walruses in chiffon" and "look bitch, I was chosen out of a million people, I don't know what your problem is." ATM turned photo shoots into hilarious performances starring photographers pointing their lenses towards dolled up cats hissing at their competitors.
Montlaroc
The world of T-shirt production can be a cut-throat business, in the desperate search for a fresh angle in the face of generic mass production. One brave label delving into this saturated market is Paulie from Montlaroc, whose tees are a unique melange of gangster imagery and pop art.
In sourcing creative concepts for his designs, Paulie has drawn inspiration from established artists, and other awesome t-shirt makers, giving them a subversive spin.
Tickets to Laneway
Um, there's another release of Laneway tickets happening today at Jeromes (we hope they're not sold out yet). So you can...
a) continue to cling to the perhaps erroneous belief that Danny is going to give you a media pass
b) sit on Moshtix repeatedly clicking ‘buy tickets' on the sold out page, allowing a crazed look to mar your otherwise pretty visage, or
c) just freaking drop two pineapples on a ticket.
Rite in the Rain notebooks
Notebooks used by Van Gogh, Picasso, Hemingway and Chatwin are gaye with an e. Now everyone has the notebook used by the founder of antweb.org.
“I am an ant collector. I travel the world in search of new species. My motto ‘Map an Ant, Save a Plant’ reflects the importance of including these small insects in conservation planning.
Wizz Fizz 60th birthday
Sometime in the 1950s, someone thought to themselves “Man”, they thought, “this fizzy powder in the middle of my Hoppy Pop is so good. It’s great. It’s the whole reason I suck on Hoppy Pops. Why can’t I just have a whole bag of this fizzy stuff? And, at that moment, Wizz Fizz was born.
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