The Illusionist

The organisers say this collection of 44 black and white photographs is not a show about masterpieces. What is it then? Maybe it’s about the idea...

Everyone knows that to be hip in this day and age you need three things: style, trendy facial hair, and a cool name. Pop Levi has all three in spades...

'Welcome to Hell.' Quick sketch of a cinematic cliché: Hard-as-nails Drill Sergeant welcomes green-as-grass bunch of recruits to bombed-out battlefield...

The cult of electro-pop is here to stay and in Spectrum Deadly The Emergency make a journey to the darkest corner, haunting, mysterious and all style...

Have you been to Flower Drum? Of course not, because you are not Sam Newman. But you know what? That doesn't mean you should miss out on Peking duck...

“Fashion is the last repository of the marvellous”, said Christian Dior (and Malcolm McLaren, who would typically pilfer the quote for...

The Emergency is one of my favourite Australian bands. They remind me that electronic music can be done sans cheese. Their songs have the everlasting...

Wolves is an album for the brooders. For those stuck in a rut or just stuck at a tram stop. It is for those with a headache, or worst-case scenario...

When I'm not working out on my Bullworker or transcribing the voices in my am radio's static I like to spend my nights at the Roberts Street park screaming...

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...

Atlanta, Georgia might be famous to most as the southern fried incubator of hip hop innovators Outkast, but that’s all about to change.

The newest...

If, like us, you associate short fiction with Readers Digest and the smell of your Granny's lounge room then you need Francis Ford Coppola's Zoetrope...

See a penny pick it up, all day long you will have good luck. Or you could simply order a serving of French toast and all day long your tummy will be...

How often do we hoist our skirts above the knee and kick around the Charlston? Not enough. Bim Kenesis make us dream of a 1930s speakeasy with their...

Pour café / petite dejeuner: While we French purists have been turning our noses up at Vue de Monde (it's Vue du Monde, Monsieur Bennett), its...

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Is wrestling on the floor with another lady over a pilling Lacoste cardigan really helping to make the world a better place? Um, yes. Since...

A safe distance from the spruiking dog fights of Lygon Street’s main drag, I Carusi’s unassuming exterior, hidden amongst the warehouses and...

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...

Bad taste never goes out of fashion. How do we know? Because The Hopetoun Tea Rooms have been around since 1892. Charming & elegant to an unearthly...

Describing music is, almost inevitably, a frustrating series of inadequate analogies. In the case of Songs, my grey matter latched onto the following:...