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What one place can you score: mix tapes made by Calvin Johnson, furry dolls by Mike Kelley, claymation DVDs by Ian Svenonius, limited edition Maui and...

In Hong Kong, Johnnie To's films are such blockbusters that he's credited with single-handedly keeping their entire film industry afloat. But here?...

Dragging one's ass out of bed might be necessary for the film festival, even if you do it Schembri-style in a pair of trackies and a matching snarl...

"Here Ye! Here Ye! Thingo who works at the cafe on Tuesdays has put on five kilos! Dude says the ticket machine wasn't working at East Richmond Station...

Buying a T-shirt is kind of like choosing a pizza base. Stay with me now. Imagine yourself walking up to the local pizza store. You're hungry, damn hungry...

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...

It’s functional, it’s Swedish born and it’s not Ikea. kikki.K does office in style, without resorting to the mundane mass of Officeworks...

A five-dollar Jaegerbomb at Click Click is all well and good (Ed: well, sometimes) but one day, you discover the joys of wine and cheese. When this happens...

Peter Rabbit; Miffy; Mushie Moro. Ask anyone - bunnies are so hot right now. Riding high on the bunny bandwagon are artists Dan and Kozue Kitchens, with...

Communal tables are fun in theory; banquets of towering cakes, stuffed pigs and candelabras have appeared in almost every given Shakespearean setting...

For some reason when I first heard the name of The Jacky Winter Group's new gallery, Lamington Drive, I thought of that regal driveway in Eyes Wide...

Polyester Records has secured real estate in Fitzroy long enough for it to be as familiar as family. We all know the drill. You walk in, chat to the store...

Alice was beginning to get very tired of sitting by her sister on the bank and having nothing to do: once or twice she had peeped into the book her sister...

Great cupcakes in history:

1. Cupcakes eaten by Parisians during bread shortage thanks to intervention of Marie-Antoinette
2. The Great Cupcake by...

There is something immediately unsatisfying about calling a piece of art abstract expressionist, and perhaps that's the point. You are using the strictures...

On the radio smash “Nobody Move, Nobody Get Hurt”, We Are Scientists announce “If you wanna use my body/ go for it”. That’s...

The Real Doll phenomenon turns the squick-factor of the Uncanny Valley into something that could be produced by Mattel's "Sexy Nightmare"...

Escaping the city for a weekend in the bush can be hard, but no wonder. Cities were built to keep nature out, dummy. And, for better of worse, they do...

Can we shift gears into First Person for a moment? Thanks. I’m not proud of it, but should admit my occasional cultural cringe towards Australian...

Anyone remember Pop Will Eat Itself? No? Probably for the best, but their name and their slogan "Sample it, Loop it, Fuck it and Eat it" pinpoints...