Jessie J delivers a bout of cred: comes out with guns blazing
Lady Gaga has a lot to answer for, not least for forcing today’s generation of musical divas to up the ante in their stage and music…
Nielsen Park Café: a classic Sydney favourite
When this scribe first moved to Sydney he worked somewhat as a freelance stylist, and whenever a photographer requested an easy location for an outdoor fashion…
A book that disses the so-called experts
Have you ever wondered why experts justified the war in Iraq based on the existence of weapons of mass destruction, yet upon inspection the West were…
Latest Triple J Hottest 100 DVD comes up trumps
As far as compilation products go, the Triple J Hottest 100 discs are hot property. But with the forever growing technological world we live in, brands…
Selecting just the right hair removal treatment
Ask anyone who has had laser treatment for the removal of hair, or IPL (ie: intense pulsed light) treatment, and he or she will likely tell…
Kate Bush does some dandy cutting and pasting
Leave it to Kate Bush to do something daring with her own music. The woman who often sees decades go by between album releases has broken…
The smartphone just got smarter
It’s not everyday that a big company literally says thank you to its consumers. Not only did BlackBerry do just that, they went the extra mile,…
Swoon over Jamie Woon with your free MP3 download
Singer, songwriter and newly self-taught producer Jamie Woon made his name by playing his unique blend of mind-bending soulful dub-step live in his native North-East London.…
Big hair + big love story = laughter to the point of tears
The music of the ’80s that I got into was often of a New Romantic bent: Duran Duran, Depeche Mode, The Thompson Twins, and, well, okay,…
Hyundai’s new Veloster takes its cue from… a motorbike!
When we first saw the TV advert for Hyundai’s i20, we knew one of the world’s greatest auto brands was cottoning on to what the Now…
Comic legends come alive via your PS3 gaming console
The world’s about to end and you’re the only one who can stop it! Or wait… would you rather help destroy it? Well in Sony PlayStation’s…
Cave releases spooky book on philosophical bats and three-legged frogs
How do you know that you exist? Peter Cave’s rather cumbersomely titled ‘How To Think Like A Bat, And 34 Other Really Interesting Uses Of…
Hitchcock coffee table book an instant collectors’ classic
We all know the theme. The distorted, short, sharp and eerie notes that for decades made movie-goers the globe over peer over their shoulders each time…
