The Great Hartford Fire

Dave Hickey is the love child of Hunter S. Thompson, Lester Bangs, Giorgio Vasari, Anais Nin, Mark Twain, Hannah Arendt, Susan Sontag and, still skimping...

Voltaire was said to be polemic, which means he threw up after binge writing. He was also known for his sharp wit, philosophy and texts such as Candide:...

Conceived on a Tram, published by Sleepers, is a book put together by Melbourne illustrator Paul Oslo Davis. You may know him from his A3, one page...

M83's Anthony Gonzalez pulls back the blinds a little on his new album, Saturdays=Youth by lightening his characteristic, night-drenched synthesizer...

You may not have topped two gents named Sollozzo and McClusky using a revolver taped to the back of a toilet, but lucky for you there’s no need...

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...

Fort Heart Co (get it, ‘for the art') presents an exhibition tonight with the frankly incendiary title of 'Nice Box'. More than thirty artists...

All architects don’t just wear square-framed glasses and black turtle-necks, and neither does their design just focus upon buildings. Exhibition...

Sometime in the 1950s, someone thought to themselves “Man”, they thought, “this fizzy powder in the middle of my Hoppy Pop is so good...

Melbourne's latest nook-and-cranny bar The Sweatshop welcomes you with all the warmth of a Thai callgirl. Owners Jason Chan and Anthony Herzog have recreated...

Expectation is sometimes said to be disappointment in disguise but in the case of Rooftop Cinema we think that you won’t be wearing anything...

This,the intriguingly titled fourth book by Skater/Artist Ed Templeton, is a collection of paintings, photographs and words. Expect much more than a skate-n-snap...

Apparently, the first denim jeans were made for a bunch of sailors in the Genoese Navy in the 1600s, and they were dragged in large mesh nets behind the...

With Big Brother making heroes out of arseholes it is not unreasonableto lose faith in the system that denotes good from bad, and meaningful from mediocre...

Unless you’re in the market for an old vacuum clearer or splatted paint can, there’s no use heading to Alpha’s new store in the city...

Why does the word eclectic get bandied around so much? Does everything that’s even slightly diverse have to be considered eclectic? In light of...

What is always better than violence? Correct: violence on wheels. And Roller Derby has been flying this flag in various American states since at least...

FOLLOW ME was the heartbeat of Australian fashion publishing back in the '80's. Slick, cool and new - a swan amongst seagulls. While mainstream titles...

There’s a brand-spanking new hub for Melbourne’s art community, it’s open 24/7, has no walls and is guarded by a mixed-mutt super dog.

Brainchild...

"Bag lady you gone hurt your back, Draggin all them bags like that..."

When it comes to the proliferation of stuff, I'm with Erykah. Most...