Book of Longing

Remember that buff bloke from the Gillette ads? With the chiselled jaw, muscular physique and smouldering gaze? He was literally the ‘best a man...

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...

Do you know what a hippie is?

With their headscarves and hand bells, communal chanting and four-part harmonies, Yeasayer have a lot in common with west...

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

Are you ready to turn your back on the cookie-cutter, self-assemble, IKEA empire? Yeah, nor are we. But if, like us, you feel you should feign some amount...

Lindstrøm starts off 2008 right with an album that, if you didn't know what it contained, you might be very skeptical about parting with money...

Mike Relm is as badass as they come. He has won turtablism championships, plays live with completely original video DJing mash-ups, and is just releasing...

The main difference between Jess Cornelius and all your other favourite indie artists is that she CAN sing AND play her instrument. She actually has a...

Much like his previous band Sidewinder, Nick Craft uses wall-of-sound sonics, distorted guitars and more of that lovely stuff that made his former cult...

Some artists and their releases are easy to write about but Cornelius, and his latest release Sensuous, is not one of them. With so many things taking...

The relationship between art and craft is in many ways similar to that of rock and pop. They are similar, competitive yet distinct, and one is clearly...

Created by Melbourne and NYC based jeweller Edward Janssen, This Charming Man lets you wear your food without ridicule. From whole sandwiches and bagels...

How far does your lesbigay folk memory stretch back?
Direct out of Amsterdam since 2005, the founding editors of Girls Like Us have created a wonderful...

In 1974, French tightrope walker Philippe Petit strung up a cable between two corners of the World Trade Centre buildings in New York and went for an...

The only bad thing about the Fitzroy Pool is that there really aren't too many decent cafes within walking distance where you can grab breakfast before...

This never happened with VHS. Sure, we had to fast-forward through that "HAVE ... YOU ... GOT ... WHAT ... YOU ... PAID ... FOR?" anti-piracy...

Joost Bakker is without a doubt one of Melbourne's most resourceful men, creating incredible industrial flower displays, furniture, installation art...

It seems that the further we go into the future the more our focus on durable craftsmanship regresses. Some fashion, in particular men's, has a lot to...

In 1984 in Tasmania me and Philip Hawley went on a Uniting Church Mystery Bus Tour. We were both 12 and, on that infamous Murray's coach, the only humans...

London's Future Laboratory has been casting pearls, nuggets and carats before swine under the ultimate preposition The for four issues now; it's time...