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OK tell the truth, Ruth - ever since Lesley Arfin came here on her book tour, you have secretly wanted a pair of those heart-shaped sunnies she was...

What do gunfire sieges and ravioli have in common? On The Sopranos all that's missing is a stiff drink served by a big-haired broad in a tight dress...

Attention: those of you who have lived in a burrow for far too long. After turning a blind eye to independent publishing, it's about time you peel open...

According to Ernie Dingo and the Northern Territory tourism board,‘You’ll never never know, if you never never go'. It’s catchy. We’llprobably...

So this is it. The final laundry mat review. Over the last five weeks we've covered the inner west, south, north and east. For the grand finale I wanted...

Iggy and Bowie went there. Nick Cave and RSH went there. Even HTRK and The Devastations went there. Now you can see what all the fuss was about with Rainer...

Weknow what you're thinking. It's not often you see poster artwork asgood as this. Well, look no further for your collateral designrequirements because...

Rosetzky works across a number of art genres and materials that have always allowed his figures a certain amount of distance, but Worlds Apart...

Can we shift gears into First Person for a moment? Thanks. I’m not proud of it, but should admit my occasional cultural cringe towards Australian...

Now, a real lady would never reveal her sources. That is why ThreeThousand asked this charmless hack to let all you tramps out there know that LADY has...

As far as high concepts go, this is up there with that bus that couldn't slow below 50 mph without exploding. Vampires on one hand; an Alaskan town...

It's a shame that slogan t-shirts are lamer than a guy who just got stabbed in the kneecap with a wasp knife, because the other day I was inside my...

Hide your money folks, this credit crisis is the real deal. But as good people all across America cry into their comfort food, the ladies at TV remind...

Experimentation, fun and fancy have long been the trademarks that have separated Marc Jacobs from most American designers. From his collections to...

Geoff O'Connor is a pop maverick who looks like a librarian. As frontman for The Crayon Fields he's taken pop perfectionism of the ‘60s variety...

Blockbusters suffer from the tyranny of low expectations. How many times did you hear someone dismiss the gaping flaws of Transformers with “yeah...

So you thought you could finally pull out your Milli Vanilli cassettes you keep hidden in an old shoebox under your bed. It isn’t time to reveal...

In a world where people rarely say what they mean or mean what they say, it’s vital we have a document such as Don Watson’s Weasel Words...

Like a shot of serotonin to the central nervous system, Hot Chip’s new album The Warning will remind of you of what being happy feels like...

It's hard to imagine a tougher task than capturing Hot Little Hands on disk. Their sound ranges so much: one minute it's swimming with swampy cymbally...