Bloodletting and Miraculous Cures

As Susan Sontag posited (and Cloverfield proved through the experiment of a giant fish monster attack), most of us feel we can only experience life...

Gus Vant Sant is synonymous with a particular brand of American arthouse, epitomised by films like Drugstore Cowboy and My Own Private Idaho. Since...

If the word 'awesomest' was an illustration (or even a word) then it would be illustrated by Shaun Tan. Tan is the king of Australian book illustration...

John Lennon championed him, Dennis Hopper used him and Marilyn Manson loves him. While critics have been quick to gush about some counter-cultural filmmakers...

There are so many things you can do with A3 newsprint. For examples see: Beat, that News Limited rag, ANP Quarterly and ACNE Paper. Let’s...

June marks the one-year anniversary of the Northern Territory intervention, a Howard government initiative (and still supported by Rudd's Labor we might...

Sometimes we wonder where all the menswear stores went. There used to be heaps of them but in recent years many of them have either gone co ed or worse:...

Ever since we rediscovered The Modern Lovers about a year ago, Pablo Picasso has played a huge part of our daily lives. Produced by John Cale from the...

I have to admit that I sometimes get a bit intimidated by these new world coffee shops. I find myself fumbling for coins as the long queue shuffles impatiently...

For many of us, op-shopping is one of life's simplest (and greatest) pleasures. Not only is your money going to a good cause, but also you can come home...

Sophomore albums are make or break for any artist - whether you slump or whether you thrive depends on the act’s talent and depth, and some artists...

Few would've guessed from their comparably jovial surf rock meets scream-core self-titled debut (part Nick Cave, part Ennio Morricone, part Arcade Fire)...

The Grates said that gravity wouldn't get them high on their last album, but the success which followed their debut disproves that very statement. So...

Meet Kenji Kawakami, designer, pathological mail-order enthusiast and author. Kawakami is the founder of Chindogu, the art of the unuseless idea and...

Why does the word eclectic get bandied around so much? Does everything that’s even slightly diverse have to be considered eclectic? In light of...

Sure, you're an unassuming, left-leaning gen-X or Y-er who goes to the occasional independent Czech film showcase, has flirted with vegetarianism and...

If you don’t think 'Private Idaho' is one of the greatest pop songs of all time, you may as well stop reading right now. Likewise, if you’ve...

There is little doubt our once vibrant ghettos of Brisbane are under attack from the gentrification bug that has taken up residence in baby boomers’...

Harmony Korine: he did the screenplay for Kids, he used to do Chole Sevigny (until he started doing too many drugs), he's done Letterman, and...

"Oh Harry look, there's a DIY Festival on this weekend. Maybe we could pop in there on our way out to IKEA to get some advice on our new walk-in-wardrobe...