The Boss Of It All

What would double your happiness in a city bar? A cocktail list to make Bryan Brown shake in his martini glass? How about a venue that isn't suffocated...

The most exciting part of the Vic Market is easily the deli section. Before starting your weekly shop you have the opportunity to make a nuisance out...

Dear Mathew,

An adoring fan of mine kindly told me about your exhibition. I'm flattered to hear you have devoted it to me. If I had time in between combing...

Not too long ago, two promoters from different clans were overheard talking on Lonsdale Street. It was time, they said, for a coming together of the families...

After four years off to write a novel, Neil Jordan has come out of the study to bring Breakfast on Pluto out of the closet. Adapted from Patrick...

That heavy weight we feel when we walk into a gallery? Ignore that; that's the white elephant of theory and history that squats grossly in the corner...

The Beatles. The Stones. Godard. The Cold War. This is the old testament of rock and roll. Psychic Soviet fittingly looks like a pocket bible, albeit...

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...

You could imagine that no one speaks while watching The Longcut play live. There would be no gossiping and certainly no small talk, bottles could break...

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...

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...

This week, in order to READ first you must WRITE, so get to it and spread some patriotism around the globe by sending a Nudie Postcard on a bare-bottomed...

Must be killer to be an illustrator because everyone would always be inviting you to be in a group show. "Hey I'm putting on a group show, yo. Can...

Why is newer necessarily better? Sure, there's a place for faster, smaller, thinner, more effective - but there's also a place (often closer to our heart)...

Sounding somewhat similar to Confest, Resfest does not involve thousands of people walking naked on the beach, patchouli, or chickpeas, although it...

Far be it from the ThreeThousand staff to lay claim to being wine buffs, but we will say that this: Tannins Fine Wine's Yarra Valley Pinot 2003 is the...

Conceived as a dream concert performed by five ultra-talented, trans-dimensional musicians, this new issue from veteran UK sound-setter, Squarepusher...

Many people who enter these types of competitions put their eggs in that ol' basket labelled ‘all of the above'. It's a bold approach that sometimes...

First editions are like virgins in a brothel: sought after, rarely fondled and destined to live out their days in a basement somewhere. Thankfully, these...

A seemingly simple rearrangement of words can have startling effects. For example, "album cover" equals great, while "cover album"...