Blogger Beware: the Goosebumps Blog

Between 1992 and 1997 R.L Stine made publishing history. His horror novels for children were listed as the fifteenth most challenged books of 1990-1999...

Don’t they say the best things in life are free? Well, they can give them to the birds and bees because for as long as Blonde Venus-The Outpost...

It's time to bring out your dead. Rise and Fall have just announced the inaugural International Skull Drawing Competition.With no million dollar...

The Real Doll phenomenon turns the squick-factor of the Uncanny Valley into something that could be produced by Mattel's "Sexy Nightmare"...

Have you ever looked at your bathroom mirror and thought, 'God I wish my toothbrush was attached to that?' Reaching down into your regular toothbrush...

Pummelling punk pioneers Scul Hazzards are going West. Very far west. All the way to Europe in fact. Their parting gift to Brisbane: a farewell show and...

This is just simplistic, puerile semi-catchy dance pop with some spacey nu-rave touches. Now I'm not a complete snob who thinks that every band should...

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...

All the way from New Zealand, comes the 100% pure fizz of a lifetime experience, it’s Foxtons. This cheeky little fox has been around since...

For many years now the relevance of Belgium as a country has been rightly questioned. What does this place really offer to the world at large other than...

It's birthday season coming up, so you better get ready. Okay, we might not have any statistical proof of this, but there does seem to be an awful lot...

In case you missed the Alibi Room launch party last Friday (think costumes, chaos and a whole lot of cocktails) do not despair: the quirky mag that...

Brisbane modern rockabilly foursome Yves Klein Blue have achieved the kind of success that could turn any young band into a bunch of twats. Yet despite...

Remember when you used to be able to get a seat at Alibi Room's Taco Tuesday? Remember? It seems like a distant memory now, with all the long queues...

Listening to this album through earphones was a bad idea. Seriously, I almost blew my eardrum from the opening chord of Love Is A Heavy Word. But you...

If you're ever pondering a move to the more fashionable, more southern cities of Australia, you should first ask yourself this question: “If I ever...

Ever since my Mum joined Facebook a few months ago, she's been pretending that she doesn't know how to use it when really she's a whizz at the Wall, and...

Don’t let the unimaginativeness of its name fool you into thinking there is nothing special about this café. Tucked up one end of Queens...

Okay, this is the big one. Bret Easton Ellis calls it 'the doorstop'. When my friend Dan was reading it on the tram, he called it 'the chick magnet'...

No longer must we torture our bowels. No longer must we hide away in shame and secrecy. No longer must we wake every morning, look at ourselves in the...