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 Settlement
There’s a volcano rim on the border of New South Wales and Queensland, and when you stand on its edge you can see the entire coast from Byron Bay... 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...
How To Prepare For The End Of The World
So it’s finally 2012 and according to all the world’s leading scientists this is the year that the world will come to an almighty end. But... read more...
Language Courses at IML
Now I know that diverging from your native vernacular can be good for mind, body and soul. But if I invest my time and money in this, what exactly will... read more...
Poolside Boners
Most of the men who read this publication are well through puberty, but not so far through it they’ve forgotten the sheer humiliation that can be... read more...
Tree Bombing
Before you read any further, no, we haven’t got any copies of the Anarchist Cookbook laying around and no, we’re not talking about obliterating... read more...
12 Inches of Christmas party
It’s the end of the year and we’re celebrating 12 Inches of Christmas. Don’t get all ‘innuendo’ on us. read more...
Ukelele Jams
For the longest time the ukulele has more or less been the unicycle of the instrument family: showy, impractical and used only by desperately whimsical... read more...
Bike Polo
The origin stories of polo are numerous. A personal favourite is that soldiers during the Spanish inquisition would cut off the heads of their adversaries... read more...
Brisbane Bike Festival
There are plenty of reasons to celebrate bikes that don’t involve lycra. No listing them all here, but shall we at least recognise that whoever coined... read more...
Piece Together
Sewing. The perfect unity between woman and machine. Garment making never ceases to amaze me. Stick two bits of fabric together and wear it around. Sounds... read more...
Boredoms Boadrum111
Japan’s most perverse polymorphs, Boredoms (aka. Voredoms, V∞redoms and countless other permutations) have been one of the great and enduring mysteries... read more...
BIFF 2011
We don’t know how film buffs do this all year round – there’s only so much time in the day and so many films to watch, and the BIFF... read more...
Art Grad Shows
It’s nearly November and we all know what that means – a whole heap of people with more creative talent, more self-discipline and more unkempt... read more...
An Interview with John Waters
A true purveyor of perve, John Waters’ prolific output is voraciously uninhibited. First introductions to his work often include Hairspray or Pink Flamingoes,... read more...
Brisbane Emerging Writers Fest
BEWF features both a Digital Writers Conference (where speakers will debase any of your ideas of internet platforms being pissweak), with speakers like... read more...
Riding a Motorcycle
There are a lot of things that get pooh-poohed by snobby yuppies and motorcycling is often one of them. It’s kinda understandable. There isn’t... read more...