Satirical puppet show ‘Spitting Image’ to get the 2.0 treatment
The Americans have never had a decent grasp on irony or satire. Even when Alanis Morissette sang about everyday life being ‘ironic’, her lyrics had nothing…
Phenomenon Creative Events put on a phenomenal 30th birthday party
Thirty years is big biccies in the event services arena. It’s certainly an impressive length of business when its main partner started out as a humble…
A booking site that’ll get you that room upgrade way before check-in
Most hotels currently don’t offer a paid upgrade at the moment for many reasons: You booked your holiday way in advance. Flights. Check. Accommodation. Check. But…
The full rundown of Emmy Award winners… and why practically every celeb talked politics this year
With television – and particularly stream TV – gaining so much momentum this year – while practically superseding film in the credibility stakes – the Emmy…
The [big, fat, gloriously-packed] Guinness World Records 2020 (WIN! Copies along with the Guinness World Records Gamer’s Edition!)
It’s been almost a decade since the ‘Book’ bit was dropped from its ubiquitous title, possibly due to digital publishing racing ahead of good ol’ hardcopy…
The 1975, Charli XCX and a whole lot more announced for Laneway Festival 2020
Laneway Festival has had quite the checkered history. Having launched in 2005 as St. Jerome’s Laneway Festival in Melbourne and beginning as a predominantly indie music…
‘The Book of Mormon’: tackling sad and serious subjects with satire and song
Despite the obvious marketing seen around town of musical production The Book of Mormon – billboards, the sides of buses, the back of taxis – you…
Perth gets a pop-up mini-golf course inspired wholly by Pixar flicks and characters
What do you get when you cross putt-putt and some of Pixar’s coolest animated characters? The aptly named Pixar Putt, a mini-golf course inspired by some…
Egg Boy scores his own action figure… and deservedly so!
Action figures are usually the reserve of comic book superheroes; rarely made in tribute to real-life folk. But make room on the shelf next to Superman…
John Travolta to revisit Aussie shores for Supanova Adelaide & Brisbane, and one-off evenings in Sydney and Melbourne
Forget the secretive lifestyle. Forget the Scientology. Focus on the super-stardom instead and be impressed when we tell you John Travolta is heading to Oz to…
WIN! One of 10 double passes to see retro mafia flick ‘The Kitchen’
This competition is now closed but as a consolation prize you have won a copy of ‘Conversations with Culture Icons’ in eBook format, an anthology curated…
Julia Gillard’s podcast set to reach a greater global market
If you’ve managed to run a country whose politics are as muddled up as Australia’s – and done a fairly good job of it, especially considering…
Would you pay $6,000 for a Prince cassette? Why tapes are making a (very valuable) comeback
If the images above and below mean anything to you, then you most likely listened to music on cassettes in the 1970s or ’80s, while realising…
