Bollywood Dancing
Jai Ho! Don’t just say it. Dance it. It’s easier than you think you know? Just cross aerobics, yoga and some saucy body language and you’ve pretty... read more...
Anywhere Theatre Festival
Anywhere Theatre seems a sure bet: it’s cheaper than a traditional play, and if you don’t like it it’s a lot easier to walk out. read more...
Garage Sale Trail
It looks like Angus Stone is selling all of his stuff and actually leaving on a big jet plane. If you’re as much of an eclectic hoarder as Mr. Stone,... read more...
Black Pearl Epicure Cooking Classes
“I love to cook” used to mean tolerating being elbow deep in a basin of meatloaf mix. Brisbane’s Black Pearl Epicure knows that our generation takes... 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 houseboat over Easter, I figured this... 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...
The Cage In Us
As well as being responsible for the greatest YouTube of all time, John Cage is a musical thinker whose inventions and musings underpin most good music... read more...
Queensland Festival Of Photography
Instagram, owning a DSLR, framing your hands around a setting sun – they don’t make you a photographer, they make you a smart phone owner, a camera... read more...
The Thousands presents 4ZZZ Happy-Fest
Our beloved radio station 4ZZZ is putting some of the best local and interstate artists onto one giant bill. read more...
Bunya Nut Harvesting at Bunya Mountains
STOP. There are things you need to know before you reap Bunya cones, or you might die. They fall hard from a type of pine tree that existed when dinosaurs... 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...
Pretending everyone is dead
Humans are social creatures. Humans are also annoying creatures. So annoying in fact, that it’s easy to get caught up in a utopian fantasy where... read more...
APDL Lecture Series 2012
Lectures used to be nothing more than an expensive place to nap. For the architecturally-minded, or the I-wish-I-was-architecturally-minded, this free... 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...
Springbrook
Springbrook is the place to go when Tamborine Mountain is too crowded. As the lady running the fudge store in Tamborine frequently expresses, “Tamborine... 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...
Brisbane Emerging Art Festival
Established in 2010, the festival is in its third year and has rapidly become is slowly becoming a stalwart, and for good reason. Travis Dewan has rounded... read more...
Flickerfest
Flickerfest is on again and this year’s tour is changing tracks and stopping at the Judith Wright Centre for the first time. In an artform where... read more...
Visiting a maximum security prison
I was falsely accused of a crazy crime involving a nasty Tiger Airways check-in attendant. I was locked up, charged, bailed…the whole shemozzle. Eventually... 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...
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...
Yatala Drive-In Theatre
Of the twenty drive-ins that once graced the peripheries of our fair town drawing families and loners alike for a cinematic experience under the stars,... read more...
Singing In A Choir
Choirs come in various shapes and sizes. We recommend joining a small themed choir – for example, ‘we only sing sad songs‘, or ‘we... read more...