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If your idea of a workshop is more to do with thinking than drinking, then you need to enrol in Workshop 413-417. Industrial by both name and by nature...

A trip to Jerry's is exactly that - a trip. Seemingly gone were the days when all it took was some pocket change to quench your heart's desires with a...

Oh Sophia... I feel like we have broken up. And it has got nothing todo with that guy from Phoenix either. You sucked me in with your soft cinematic touch...

Denim, it seems, isn’t just a material. It’s a social classifier, a status symbol, a sex invite, a controversy and sometimes, a stigma.

It’s...

There are lots of things that go on in backyards: domestics, barbecues, the burial of a dead bodies and money. You do not need an excuse to be in one...

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...

For some, end-of-year Christmas parties begin with complimentary sandwiches and shandies. These parties usually result in a wild game of spin the bottle...

Flavours of Lakhoum is the perfect little Moorish-inspired oasis of cool, comfort and calm. The ambiance is set with turquoise and metallic gold wallpaper...

By no means are these shoes cheap, nor are they practical. In fact, they aren’t classic, “go-with-anything” or “wear-everyday”...

The creator of dani m designs, unsurprisingly a designer called Dani M (see what she did with the lowercase letters!), has created a niche in the so-delicate-you-could-eat-them...

There is nothing worse than driver's arm. In the harsh elements of the Melbourne summer it's hard to avoid sun exposure when you're on a coast trip...

Think back to primary school winter wash outs. It's pouring outside, your polar fleece track pants smell of damp and playing poison ball on the basketball...

Definition: To test an icicle. Primitive men used to test icicles to ensure their sturdiness prior to using them as a stabbing weapon. (source: theurbandictionary.com)

Test...

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...

The urban plains of concrete don't need to be trimmed, prepped or fit for royalty. You do have to make your own mallet, but you save on stable fees...

Cairns is known for its barrier reef, its melting mercury and its cruise ships. It's definitely not known for progressive fashion, because, we imagine...

In their own words, Pete Versus Toby like to keep it simple and like colour. They wear their philosophy on their T-shirts - ‘Gingerbread men...

Sounds like the people of artistic collective DAMP were sat in front of the right television programs in their youth. Their outrageous exhibition, Group...

We have all been dropped by the devil at some stage in our lives, but very few at the tender age of six. Given the title for their show by a late night...

The Nicholas Building is a work of art in itself, and if you go there to visit the Collected Works bookshop, or one of the many odd little shops hidden...