Animal Dollars

I desire you would use all your skill to paint your picture truly like me, and not flatter me at all; but remark all these roughness, pimples, warts...

One of the many confusing aspects of the current hype around the movie 300is its rating: "CONTAINS COMPUTER-GENERATED VIOLENCE”. Hasclassification...

It’s time to put an end to tabloid magazines. Supermarket checkout-stands could instead be filled with sardonic literary journals and a shining...

In true Melbourne style, Murmur Bar is tucked away down a dark little way with only a faintly glowing sign to mark its presence. But, unlike some other...

Tank Magazine certainly doesn't give much away on the cover. The word ‘vroom’ and some Girls On Film-esque hair may not tempt many people...

Although Napoleon Bonaparte's Frenchmen didn't survive the winter, Melbourne's Dead Frenchmen are taking it by the balls of the brass monkey. Their new...

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...

Whoa, OK. Breathe, people, breathe! We can almost hear the collective wheezing of Melbourne's gaming nerd fraternity as their excitement forces a quick...

Mum gave me a Scrabble set for Christmas this year, no it's not like that; I really wanted one. Despite this, the holidays were a difficult time, my worst...

In an age of terrorism it is good to see the word hijacked in a positive context. Similarly, in a world of two-a-penny self-indulgent rambling zines...

Behold, Australia! A men's magazine that doesn't presume that all Australian males are either A) interested in seeing massive tits squeezing through fish-nets...

Since April 2005, Mess+Noise Magazine has been jumping off the floors of record stores and into our bags quicker than a handful of shoplifted CDs. Founded...

Before there were computers, people did EVERYTHING by hand. This might seem unbelievable to those of us that now consider our computers lifelines, but...

Lyndal Walker's Stay Young is one of the current shows in the still freshly renovated CCP. It sees the Melbourne-scenester photographer continue her...

A glance at the Everything Ecstatic cover art might make us think that Four Tet has suffered from an Art Attack. Whether or not blip-wizard Kieran...

The best things in Melbourne are often the hardest to find; the perfect 'Costanza' parking spot, a good pair of jeans, or in this instance, a good value...

The Festival Lounges at MIFF are not just comfortable waterholes for movie-talk. They're like life-saving cordial stations for marathon runners - because...

Time travel. Not real. Someone really ought to tell the nerds who wrote the Wikipedia entry on Back to the Future. Along with an explanation of how...

Hello. Are you like me? Endemically prone to bouts of unrealism and grandiosity in your conception of yourself? Do you find your chronic lack of cash...

Why does everyone love Pixar? Exhibit A: when Pixar became aware of footage showing someone who cried every time the hero of their latest film simply...