How To Blow Smoke Rings
So you’re smoking. Good for you. You’re only really smoking because you’re nervous and you want to look cool. That’s okay. There’s... read more...
Vincent Wetlands Heritage Trail
When you’re a kid, museums can be the absolute pits – getting dragged through dreary buildings and nagged at - "don’t touch!",... read more...
An Evening with David Sedaris
David Sedaris is a lot like getting drunk on dry apple cider. Which, I am at the moment. It’s refreshing, summery, and a lot of fun for about an... read more...
Adopting a dog
Ever since fleeing the family home all those years ago, I have felt something missing from my life. Spare cash? Certainly. Home cooked meals? That too.... read more...
Background Artists of the Cinema
I could never get into Twin Peaks. Maybe I didn’t give it enough time, maybe I’m a fool, but the four episodes I saw were more than enough.... read more...
DIY Upside Down Tomato Plant
There’s nothing more timeless and/or satisfying than growing your own tomatoes (in the world of gastronomy anyway). However, unforgiving inner city... read more...
Mulberry Picking
You don’t have to make a lame purple dedication website or belt out One Eyed, One Horned, Flying Purple People Eater at the office karaoke night... read more...
SwapoRamaRama
The kind of people that constantly say ‘one man’s trash is another man’s treasure’, are obviously not the same kind of people that... read more...
Cottonmouth - ‘Demand Dignity' - special ARTillery edition
No matter where life leads you, there are going to be some things that offend your dignity; particularly if life leads you to Hyde Park at night, or Carnegies... read more...
An Artificial Picnic
What’s this? It’s an artificial lawn picnic! Let’s get back to nature!Sure it’s green, but is it…green?There is nothing quite... read more...
Motorcycle Learner Permit Courses
Not so much Brendan Nelson, but Steve McQueen, Uma Thurman, Dennis Hopper, even Carrie Anne Moss – no matter what your particular take on riding... read more...
Sixteen Acts
Grad shows for fashion students are a bit like the debutante balls of yesteryear: the outfit is paramount, appearance determines futures and it’s... read more...
Leaning Tower of Pisa, Albany
One day in the old country (Italia), after a few Peronis no doubt, Aldo Scamozzi turned to his friend Tony and said “One day, I’m going to... read more...
Issue 5 launch, I Am Still In Yesterday's Clothes
Friday is a big day for the corporate world – casual dress, TGI Friday celebrations, and the moral gratification that comes with siphoning your loose... read more...
Perth International Arts Festival 2010
We’ve been scratching our heads here at SixThousand headquarters, wondering how it is possible that a festival as big, with as many world-class performances... read more...
Colour Me
There are things you can do as a kid that you can’t as a respectable (cough) adult. Like eating dirt, sleeping under a Power Ranger quilt or hoarding... read more...
Clarence's Last Chance
You know the local artists’ collective Last Chance Studio? Well one of its resident street art genii, Daek One, has a cat called Clarence. But Clarence... read more...
FAC presents Fashion Talks
I like to sew but darn, it’s not as easy as the kids on Project Runway make out. Luckily there are some super duper talented individuals that know... read more...
Ghetto Handball
Everyone has a story about how they were really good at handball as a kid. Your serves were so fast they made a ‘swoosh’ sound, right? Yeah,... read more...
How to give good Facebook
Let’s face it, not many people give good Facebook. I certainly don’t. The extent of my chat-mastery is a happy/sad/winking face. Not cool.... read more...
Fishing
When a friend from Albany phoned me and asked "you wanna go fishin on me boat?" I said, without hesitation, "not really". Fishing:... read more...
Semi Permanent 09 Perth
You think building bridges is hard? Adding up numbers and looking into microscopes got you down? Try being a “creative type”, and having to... read more...
Two Bucks ‘til Wednesday Spring Sale
Vintage clothes make us look like Chloe Sevigny and all, but who has the time to trawl through countless opp shops for old gold? Sometimes I lie awake... read more...
DIY Kiting
Upon hearing about Clement Habicht’s 100 Kites show at Lamington Drive, I got all excited about kites and decided to make one myself. I checked some... read more...