I love stupid action movies-- the stupider, the better. I love needlessly ripped millionaires slurring their way through lines written for children by hacks. I love weapon-arming montages and questions answered with explosions and painfully tacked-on love side plots and guns that always slide just out of reach. But most of all, I love the songs in these movies--particularly the uplifting hard rock jams that play during the credits or montages of the really cheesy movies. Thus, it follows that I love Stan Bush, and worship him as my king.
The 5th and final apple in our 5 Seeds Apple a Day series comes courtesy of Estelle Deve - a French artist and jewellery designer now living in Melbourne. Estelle's new collection is really crazy and beautiful and made from tan leather, gold and pewter. This is a special one-off piece she made for us with an apple and lots of expensive gold leaf. She also...
Last week, The Rapture were in town to play Park Life. Wary of subjecting them to yet another of what must be hundreds and hundreds of tiresome interviews, we got our lawyer/life drawing model friend KK to do the questioning. In the end, neither of the guys needed us to tell them to keep their day jobs, but it's fair to say that while Vito was much more forthcoming as a conversationalist, Gabe was probably the better drawer.
We had an opportunity to look back at the madness with British designer Louise Gray, a dynamic fixture of the East London fashion scene. She recently wrapped up London Fashion Week and is currently showing at Paris Fashion Week, but took a few minutes in the midst of her hectic schedule to talk with us.
In honor of our Film Issue we thought we’d resurrect Childhood Trauma Theater,
a fun game in which we force our friends to confront the moving images
that left their deepest scars pre-pubes. Alone. While stoned. Let’s
find out how it went with Alien Autopsy…
Excessive drinking paired with art has always been deeply entrenched
in any city’s culture. Berlin’s best proof is the cinematographic
document Berlin Drinking Battle by Rolf S. Wolkenstein and
Wolfgang Hogekamp. The film was made in 1989, just one night before the
fall of the Berlin wall. Obviously, they managed to somehow document
their benders on video (even if that was before the era of digital
cameras) rather than being sensationalized as binge drinkers in the
tabloids. We wanted to know how they got this show on the road and met
up with Rolf S. Wolkenstein to have a sober little chat about schnapps
and the 80s film scene.
Apple number four in our 5 Seeds Apple a Day series is a collaboration between artist Brett Chan and his Indonesian Muslim Rasta DJ friend DiDi. Brett Chan is a pro skater, artist, filmmaker and all-round champion. Didi has the longest dreadlocks we've ever seen, plays righteous dub and reggae, is a cracking chef and an accomplished airbrush artist. Brett said that handing...
Apple number three in our 5 Seeds Apple a Day series was drawn by Kevina Jo-Smith. Kevina draws, constructs, designs and paints cute things from an artist-run space which she set up in Sydney called Brethren Just Below...
It’s two weeks exactly until John Safran’s new series Race Relations goes to air and it’s already been labeled by someone from the Australian Family Association as “the lowest point in Australia's television history.” Are you fucking serious? Have you turned the television on recently? Programming here is hideous, almost without exception. Anyway, we have a feeling that John’s new show is going to set a new benchmark for Australian television and we can’t wait to see him try to determine, via a series of excruciating experiments, whether he should marry a Jew or a Eurasian.
Apple number two in our 5 Seeds Apple a Day series was donated by our local fruit shop guy, who also happens to be an aspiring sculptor. You've probably never given much thought to the little stickers on every apple you've ever bought but he sure has. You see this sticker holds information, not only about the price of the apple, but also...
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