Stray
STRAY is about random adventure and escape. STRAY is about pretending that Melbourne is Ferris Bueller's Day Off and that fun and money aren't mutually exclusive. STRAY is cheap hijinx, cheap dates and the outings you could be planning while you're actually watching Video Hits on a weekend at 11am.
Werribee Open Range Zoo
I work hard six days a week, so when that rare day-off rolled around, I decided to spend it at Werribee Open Range Zoo with my ex-girlfriend and her mother.
Werribee Zoo is the underdog in the local zoo market, mostly because Werribee is a real bitch to get to from the city, and the since the day it opened 15 years ago, the administration hasn't done a thing to make it easier.
Handball
OMG remember handball? How much fun was handball? I don't mean the Eurotrash handball that looks like water polo minus the water, but the kind you used to play in school, between periodic mania for marbles, pogs, tazos, bottle caps, huffing paint, Blink 182 and lying about who you'd fingered at Laurie Milligan's house.
Golden Plains roundup: tops and bottoms
Tops:
Wooden Shjips play Neil Young!
Steven Malkmus can Brighten My Corners any day, nudge nudge etc.
J Mascis has magic, mind-melting fingers
Our gazebo survives!
Lou Barlow's ‘secret' acoustic set.
The chilli sauce on the ten-for-ten dumplings
The security guards waltzing during Calexico
The parts of Dirty Projector's set that didn't sound like Mariah Carey
My sunglasses stayed on my head
Everybody picked up their cans when asked.
Portable presents: REFINERY29
Piera Gelardi and Philippe von Borries have excellent names. They are also very clever, and are the two key people behind one of New York's most forward thinking online fashion publications, Refinery29.
Followed by millions every month, Refinery29 caters to an international fashion audience through a range of online avenues including designer shops, interactive trend reporting and style guides.
Taxi Tips
So here's the situation. You're a cool young thing, you've been out on the town cruisin the strip with your own two feet, maybe you found someone to cruise and strip with, maybe you didn't, but it's time to go home and you need a cab cause you're drunk (which is still cool no matter what the government tells you).
The Icehouse
While proper bagels and decent percolated coffee may never reach our fine shores, the North American Antipodean Domination is well on its way, leaving a trail of Obesity, Douchebaggery, and some sweet-ass Mexican Food in its wake. As an esteemed member of the high council I am proud to announce that the sixth seal has finally been broken with the long-awaited opening of Melbourne's Icehouse.
Home brewing
So ya wanna drink beer right, you also have no money, and you're reaaaaaally lazy. WHAT TO DO!? Well have I got a tip for YOU!
Get yourself a sciencey buff who is into researching and studying up on anything (ANYTHING) and team them up with a friend who is so pent up with mood swings that they are looking for something (ANYTHING) to do with their hands.
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