South Bank is still a place many of us can't help but associate with our childhood. Expo 88, or those long hot summers at Kodak beach, all sticky-fingered...
Spy Gadgets
11th Jan 08
Sure, the UN has a ‘counter terrorism strategy’. When it comes to the crunch though, who’s really going to protect us? As Einstein said...
Beat Pyramid
13th Feb 08
I've got good news and bad news.
The bad news: now that fashionable trendy kids in trenchcoats have appropriated the post-punk misery of depressed, social...
Minus Canvas 2
30th Jun 08
Canvases haven't really been around for a very long time when you actually sit down and think about how long human beings have been making art. The only...
Reductive art-rock trio My Disco continue to distil the drums-guitar setup to its essence with Paradise- a new album of unsettling, hyper-disciplined...
Neo Goth: Back in Black
23rd Jul 08
I still remember when I met my first Goths, I was about 16, which I think is surprisingly old. I kind of liked them, I mean they liked The Cure as well...
Purikura Club
11th Jun 08
A little piece of Tokyo has just arrived in our very own Brunswick Street. Not just any part of Brunswick Street either: the seedy, Valley end, in the...
True Norwegian Black Metal
7th Aug 08
We feel pretty dubious about all this hipster anthropology shit, but this book has some serious credentials. Photographer Peter Beste apparently spent...
MOD.CONS
30th Oct 08
In Brisbane, there are only so many places you can find the latest, the kitschest and the cleverest in gifts and general ‘Ooh, look at this dandy...
Artefacts EP
20th Mar 08
If their debut is anything to go by, Tic Toc Tokyo have some exciting times ahead. Artefactssees their tribal-infused post-punk styling expertly merged...
Chrissa Alexion Jewellery
19th Aug 08
There are a lot of talented designers coming out of Brisbane at the moment, but when it comes to jewellery, Chrissa Alexion is definitely ahead of the...
Spanish Film Festival
16th May 08
Most of the time, when people feel like getting all classy and European and provocative on first dates, they’ll just grab a French film on their...
30 Years of Inspiring Action: Greenpeace Australia Pacific Photographic Retrospective
28th Mar 08
I can totally understand photography of a minimalist nature. I like to think of myself as a lazy suburban photographer, capturing such ephemeral moments...
Folio Books
8th Feb 08
Books are hot again. Not that they ever really went out of style. Well at least not in our literature-thriving, culture-absorbed Brisbane anyway. Gold...
Where In The World Is Osama Bin Laden?
19th Aug 08
Morgan Spurlock's Super Size Me was a lightning-strike to the zeitgeist with a high-concept hook pitched for maximum McDamage. Can the same be said...
South Bank Celebrates 88 : ‘80s Movie Marathon
9th May 08
What is it about films that were made in the ‘80s that makes them so damn… so damn… great! South Bank Parklands are providing your...
Riverbend Teahouse
18th Sep 08
Yes another bookshop-café... it must be a trend or something. However, this trend sure doesn't offend at Riverbend (ha! a rhyme). So much more...
Promises Promises
29th Feb 08
This new record from one of New Zealand’s most riotous acts has a definite whiff of maturation about it. Once upon a time, you see, these Dunedin...
King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters
1st Feb 08
November 1982: LIFE magazine gathers together the best arcade game players for a tournament and a delightfully enthusiastic picture, cheerleaders and...