If only Too Obscure had been around several years ago, to save me from the clutches of an identity/wannabe hiccup. Amidst a bout of teen-angst-induced...
Sukiyaki Western Django
4th Sep 08
Sergio Leone has been a punchline for too long. Half the time someone faces off with an enemy - whether in comedy, soap opera, or sci-fi - suddenly...
Roo and Brew at The Sporting Club Hotel
2nd Apr 08
The Sporting Club Hotel is at once unspectacular and a secret cavern of wonders, depending on how you see things. Yes, it’s true that you probably...
Southpaw
30th Jul 08
Gertrude Street is great. For reasons both contemporary and historical. But it's the transition that seems most interesting. Or problematic -depends on...
Alpinisms
4th Dec 08
When Secret Machines' Benjamin Curtis decides to leave his highly successful group and make new, interesting, and wholly better music, it becomes newsworthy...
Filippo Raphael FRESH! Award
13th Dec 07
Ignoring by the slightly fruity ! in the title, we are dragging our pathetic, cynical feet to Craft Victoria this week for a breath of fresh, enthusiastic...
Tony Garifalakis, INFINITY LAND
12th Feb 08
'Welcome to Hell.' Quick sketch of a cinematic cliché: Hard-as-nails Drill Sergeant welcomes green-as-grass bunch of recruits to bombed-out battlefield...
Brothers and sisters of the pale forest
27th Feb 08
Jim Morrison's fantastical string of poems about rabid dogs, glazed snakes and Children of the Night were intended to be recorded on one full side of...
NowNow Gallery - quiet please
18th Apr 07
Both the design and the purpose of NowNow’s freshly launched gallery is based upon simplicity. Its white space and careful curatorship (by...
USA #1 'Bow to Your Masters'
15th Aug 07
Australians all let us rejoice because surely we have national icons to wave our flags about? According to two American ex-pats, Eric and Steve, our nationalistic...
Zoya's
27th Aug 08
Sometimes you want more than a haircut - you want to hear a story, eat a jellybean, and maybe have a shot of vodka along the way. Well, you can do all...
Nicholas Kirkwood
31st Aug 05
By no means are these shoes cheap, nor are they practical. In fact, they aren’t classic, “go-with-anything” or “wear-everyday”...
Jungle Juice
25th May 05
Centre Place is deceptive - it looks all niche but there are an alarmingly high number of generic pide rolls on offer. Fortunately, the guys at Jungle...
LADY Boutique
2nd Apr 08
Now, a real lady would never reveal her sources. That is why ThreeThousand asked this charmless hack to let all you tramps out there know that LADY has...
The Dark Knight
15th Jul 08
Chances are you've already decided if you're interested in seeing The Dark Knight, so I'll keep this short.
This is pure pop-mythology. That doesn't...
Dr Denim
25th Jul 07
‘Dr’ is one of those marketing prefixes that implies a sense of expertise, which unfortunately is not always reflected in its associated products.
One...
Hunger
3rd Nov 08
Word association: when I say "hunger strike", do you think "brimming with cinematic possibilities"? Maybe not. Turner Prize-winning...
The Walking Dead
8th Jul 08
Here's something that annoys me about interesting stuff: as soon as it gets juicy, it's all over. This truth I apply across the board to relationships...
Romance Was Born
10th Jan 07
Romance Was Born is one of those labels that refuses to be pigeon-holed. Despite its acid-trip design tendencies (like boggle-eyed Dunlops and kaleidoscope...
House Proud
14th May 08
Receiving an inspection notice from your real estate agent can stir up the similar feeling of dread when you learn that, in ten days, you will be strapped...