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From the grave

The Grave Shakers is a comic book that revels in its own excess. Written and illustrated by Mike Foxall, aka Fox Trotsky, an original member of…

Up to our necks in it

For those that favour simplicity over frills around the neck, we’d like to introduce The Neckachief: a unisex neck warmer, plain and simple. Invented by Australian…

Stars have a richer year

Despite a shaky global economy and stock market disasters, celebrities have been doing quite well in the financial department, thank you very much. Collectively, the stars…

Gaga for a new one

Just when you thought all notions of “the pop star” were dead, uber-force Lady Gaga announces her new album is nearly finished. The record, however, will…

It's a zoo out there

Fact: the internet is the 21st Century’s most accessible technological medium for information. Fact: today, in the wake of the recent Global Financial Crisis, value for…

Escaping the bad stuff

For decades, escapology has been referred to merely in the physical sense; it is only in the last few years that it has become a state…

Smooth operator

What is this wondrously spacey looking gizmo? The E-One is the first and only medically approved professional hair removal device certified for personal use at home…

Karen Walker’s Mini Range

While New Zealand designer Karen Walker’s Autumn/Winter 2010 collection pays homage to the seaside with reds, whites, navy blues and stripes all featured strongly, it’s her…

Willing and sable

In heraldic times ‘Sable and Argent’ meant ‘black and white’ and for the new two-wheel lifestyle concept store in Sydney’s Woollomooloo, this translates to a product…

Massive Attack album

‘Heligoland’, the fifth studio album from UK masters of trip-hop, Massive Attack, kicks off at the Bristol bunch’s typically melancholic pace with ‘Pray For Rain’, possibly…