The Leon Byner BINGO HORSE Everyone Wins Game
I was sipping lattes with a pal and discussing Media Watch the other day, and made the remark “I want to listen to Alan Jones or John Laws. I wish we... read more...
Raise The Bar
You may have heard some people recently talking about liquor licensing regulations and the need for changes. You might even agree with them. But then you... read more...
Garage Sale Trail 2012
There’s little better than an organised community event that incorporates a handy Google Map, especially if that organised community event promises... read more...
Hanging Out On A Houseboat
My folks don’t even own a house, let alone a house on a boat. So when my friend invited me to come stay on her parents’ houseboat – Murray... read more...
The Art Of The Brick
“What’s the hoo-hah all about? So what if some weird crackpot built some things out of LEGO?” This question is from the entrance literature... read more...
Shaving a Wu Tang W
Whoever penned ‘check yourself before you wreck yourself’ obviously had no idea what they were talking about and couldn’t grasp the hilarity... read more...
Old Adelaide Gaol Ghost Tours
“Yes there is something here… we don’t know exactly what it is, but it’s definitely something of an unexplainable nature”, whispered our tour... read more...
Himeji Garden
Sometimes the day has it in for you. You press snooze five times, arrive late to work with your shirt inside out and in your underpants, are hassled by... read more...
Oz Comic-Con
Okay, before I begin I have to just get this out of the way: NEEEEEERRRRRRDDDDDDDSSSSS!!!!!!! NERDS NERDS NERRRRRRRRRRRRRDS! Okay, let’s begin. Comic-Con... read more...
Climbing Black Hill
I climbed Black Hill the other day. Everyone seems to talk about climbing Mt Lofty through Waterfall Gully or around Morialta Falls but that’s because... read more...
Listening Parties
What about just sitting down and listening to a bunch of albums straight through with some like-minded allies? Just like a book club. But more kick-ass. ... read more...
Cutting Your Own Hair
By default every full moon I cut my hair. Basically it stems from a tale my grandma told me when I was little. When you want to change your life you either... read more...
Pressure Phosphenes
Thanks eyeballs! Pressure phosphenes are the visions caused by eyeball fingering and result in frantic eruptions of colour and complex geometric patterns... read more...
Garden Island
Garden Island is this little mangrove island just out of Port Adelaide, about three minutes’ drive if you’re not stuck behind 98 trucks. It’s pretty... read more...
Adelaide Festival 2012
Unless you’ve been living under a giant naturally occurring solid aggregate of minerals, your heart is probably all aflutter in anticipation of Barrio,... read more...
Street Dreams
Zonkers, it’s already been a year? Apparently so: Street Dreams has rolled around to meet us again. (By Street Dreams I mean here the urban art festival,... read more...
Navigating the Fringe
Ahoy there landlubbers! We realise it’s hard to navigate the eleven-hundred-and-eighty-billion Fringe acts that maraude our city each February and... read more...
DIY Highs
If you must get high, firstly don’t die (why hasn’t some adman thought of that slogan?) and secondly steer away from shit made from toilet cleaner. ... read more...
The Prison Show
Listening to community radio satisfies the same masochistic curiosity that urges you into a garage sale; though you’ll be forced to sift through a lot... read more...
Ducklings
Fuck ducklings. They are fluffy little balls of fur and they are insufferable pricks. It starts with the thermostat. It always does. The temperature must... read more...
Make Your Own Meme
When I walk down the street I always hear the words: “Matt how do I become an internet sensation like you? How does my life become a MEME?”... read more...
Lost City Festival
Just when you thought you were actually about to lose it, Lost City appeared. You’ve been looking for those mystery subterranean tunnels, looking... read more...
Working On A Cruise Ship
So you’re broke, you wanna see the world but you don’t wanna join the army. Have you thought about the wonderful world of CRUISING? If it was good... read more...
Philosophy Club
What is Happiness? Where is Love? Why did my high school class vote me most likely to die alone, simultaneously choking on a rat skeleton and being gnawed... read more...