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It may sound like a painful disease rampant in the 19th century, but don’t be put off by visions of bulbous sores just yet. Sitting atop the Rochester...

Ever since Robert H. Goddard launched the first liquid-fueled rocket from his Aunt Effie’s farm in Massachusetts, man has been launching animals...

Like a gay lion, the sticky date pudding was once a humble beast. Content to sit on its own, quietly appearing on the menus of certain pubs and upper-middle-class...

Upon first entering the sleek-looking Koko Black, I feel my head twitch, my heart skip a beat, and my toes fidget in a wave of curiosity. Although...

The Brotherhood is an exhibition of works from artists previously featured in the international homo art almanac They Shoot Homo’s Don’t...

The word ‘empire’ is usually associated with the grandiose. A term as loaded as a Bonaparte cannon, it conjures up images, words and disjointed...

There are some things you want to keep for yourself, to hide like a miser and protect from the ugly reaches of outside world. Fortunately ThreeThousand...

Receiving an inspection notice from your real estate agent can stir up the similar feeling of dread when you learn that, in ten days, you will be strapped...

'Sheer' and 'joy' are perhaps the two words that best describe the experience of turning off Smith Street, walking twenty meters, and falling into the...

Popeye has always been a popular sailor man with great tatts, but the guy just couldn’t accessorise. Luckily, you don’t have to chug a can...

This is the first book in the Superior Person's trilogy. A buffet of quirky words to memorise and dazzle those around you with incessant coruscations...

Well are you?

If you stand still too long in the Carlton Hotel you may well run the risk. But this exhibition is happening upstairs in the gallery, so...

RAINED OUT TODAY! FRIDAY Nov 7. Bummer. SEE YOU NEXT WEEK!

Oh, Rooftop Market. You were so good to us last year; your shopping was fine and your burger...

Gen-X shadow masters Autechre remain unclassifiable even on their own terms. While new records often have that samey, 'desktop' production sound, this...

It’s not out until the end of October, but there’s so much controversy surrounding new film Fast Food Nation that we wanted to get...

So that you know Gaff = 'woof' in Russian but the Shout Out Louds are from Sweden. Regardless of this bilingual confusion Howl Howl Gaff Gaff is...

In this fast-paced, profit hungry world, it's nice to know there's still a place you can go where everyone knows your name. That place is Fandango. Since...

Chloe suffered the jeering nonsense of wowser conservatism when she sailed to Melbourne in 1880. Generations have since filtered out such prudery...

The popularity of the music documentary section of MIFF may lead many - like your idiot housemate - to assume that this is all the doco program has to...

Ever found yourself wondering, "If only there was a film that combined my passion for vintage pornography, international espionage and foxy European...