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Be whisked away into a utopia of old-world glamour at Brisbane jeweler, Chelsea de Luca's new haunt on James Street. The first stand-alone boutique...

Blockbusters suffer from the tyranny of low expectations. How many times did you hear someone dismiss the gaping flaws of Transformers with “yeah...

There’s been so many art spaces opening in Brisbane lately and with every new art exhibition comes another conversation about whether our city is...

Absolutely Fabulous is just one of the hidden treasures tucked away along the New Farm end of Brunswick Street. Just a short stroll down from the Alibi...

Bling is in dog! But you either spend three weeks wage on a chunky, super-tacky chain with some enlarged icon hanging in the vicinity of your navel or...

We all know suburban shopping can be a fruitless endeavour at times. Wallflower Suite, in the forgotten end of Paddington, is one of the few stores...

If you’re still drunk and stumbling across the Story Bridge on a Sunday morning, you would, and rightfully so, laugh at ‘the crazy people’...

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...

Okay, enough mucking around with frivolous books. Sometimes you’ve got to knuckle down and improve your life with some serious, brow-straining...

It is true. Melbourne really does do the pokey little coffee joint so well! Up in the sunshine state, where everything must be open and subtropical, the...

A friend of mine once had Grant Stevens as a tutor at uni for video art 101 or something or other. I know this because, well, that friend was me. I remember...

Out of the ashes of Kyuss, The Screaming Trees and a number of other insanely talented dirty rock bands rose the musical powerhouse known as Queens Of...

Team two Scottish ladies with a plethora of fabric, lace and oversized buttons, and you've got new Brissie label Pop Culture Designs. This endearing duo...

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...

Mistletone Records planted its flag by releasing a little album by Ariel Pink. For some time, House Arrest was that one album people put away entire...

The Tea Centre is pretty much the nemesis the bustling café - it's serenity, sweet smells and real time pace are the antithesis of the acrid smell...

Yes, this water is what we would regard as a ‘luxury item' - yes, it's more expensive than a carton of beer and yes, technically it's just water;...

We all like art. We all like Ric's. We all (will) like Jonathon Kopinski. All in all, three good reasons to make the visit to this local artist's first...

Ah, books; the perfect Mothers' Day present. In the eyes of the recipient, they make you look intelligent, thoughtful, and they're easy to wrap. But don't...

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...