Mister Lonely

Karl Marx once said that religion is the opium of the masses but in Melbourne it would seem that alcohol is the new religion. This is not only because...

If you've spent any time on music blogs in the past few months, you'd have heard the growing murmur about Passion Pit. The hype has built to levels rivaling...

Let's face it, most magazines write about their friends anyway, so treat this not so much as a review but as a congratulations to The Temper Trap for...

Last Thursday night nearly 500 people packed into the CCP to celebrate the first shows of 2006, an impressive turn-out for some equally impressive...

The end of an era is nigh. Smokers – be you heavy, social, dietary, one-a-day-by-yourself-on-the-balcony or only-while-drinking – be aware:...

Not long ago we somehow found ourselves reading a transcribed PDF file of the new Harry Potter book on a laptop, in a public bathroom, and decided enough...

For one of America's most famous auteurs, David Lynch's best work has always been with someone else reining in his more insane impulses - like Barry...

When Sir Mix-a-lot told us about the boy with low cash flow (the one who ain't down to throw and shakes their girl-like body on the floor that makes the...

Artist and animator Dell Stewart, of Sleep Club fame, has been recently obsessed with woodgrain. This has emerged from long-term exposure to wood during...

When friends focus their energy into something, great things inevitably occur. Melissa Loughnan's Utopian Slumps gallery in Collingwood is testament...

We all know how starved Northcote has been of a decent bar proper, the Darebinshire crew have long craved a good stool to call home, that ain't of the...

Gertrude Street is great. For reasons both contemporary and historical. But it's the transition that seems most interesting. Or problematic -depends on...

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

Architext bookshop is apparently the only bookshop in Australia (and rumour has it, one of the few in the world) entirely dedicated to architecture...

Beg, borrow, steal because anyone that remembers the last Chiodo sale will realise that these are not to be missed.

Running for three days in a warehouse...

Ooh-Ee is no newcomer to the Melbourne DJ scene and, with over seven years' experience, he can win over the most diverse of crowds. Not many DJs can...

You like tits? Me too. Nice, big, juicy-ass tits. Don't come at me with no half-a-handful titties, that's a deal breaker, no sale. I wanna woman who can...

Oh, the ancients were a clever people. They discovered early on that the ingestion of certain plants and berries could mess you up pretty good, and make...

Some might see it as a touching tribute to a great artist. Others, more like a grave-robber wrenching the jewellery from the hand of a rotting corpse...

A long time ago, amphibians crawled from the oceans on to land and evolved into humans. At about this same time Meyers Place opened and gave these creatures...