Yes, election campaigns can get worse! Just refer to the campaign material of Republican candidate in San Francisco John Dennis. Who shows his opponent as a zombie queen who controls hordes of mindless undead (read "voters").
Urban Mansion 2: Urban Mansion Harder
Now the domain of bogans looking to do sick burnouts and junkies looking to do sick meth, it’s a haunting place, and just thinking about the amount of people who have destroyed their lives through addiction in these walls makes the mind boggle.
Restyle Photo-a-day Opshop Challenge
I don’t consider myself a ‘vintage maven’, as I usually don’t shop for pre-loved items unless I see them in current fashion boutique stores. Despite this, I decided to take up the challenge and explore the world of vintage during the month of August. Every day the Restyle Challenge offered a new style prompt to which you must feature a vintage outfit, or vintage garment, that follows that particular style.
The Smith Street Band - Don't Fuck With Our Dreams
5 tracks and a whole lotta heart, the Melbourne foresome cover all the bases from their back catalogue, quiet intros building into sing along chorus’, full on screams and poetic justice.
Film Review: The Evil Dead
This is wonderfully refreshing to see on screen, we are not given the same old film that we know, rather we get something that is fresh with a new story, new characters, but one that ignores the events of the past and uses certain iconic images and scenes to pay tribute to the fans of the original as opposed to simply modernizing it.
Modern Classic Albums Part 4: 70 - 61
Hopefully by now you’ve checked out the first part of our modern classic albums list. Make sure you have voted on the albums you’ve heard and check out the ones you haven’t. The much awaited Part 4 is here!
Dead Letter Circus - The Catalyst Fire
The Catalyst Fire essentially lifts off from where This is the Warning finished up; The sparkly post-rock-esque rhythms and hooks and Benzie’s pitch-perfect vocals are still ever present but unfortunately the edginess that made “This is the Warning” so captivating is severely lacking.
(Greens Election Special) Australia’s New Peoples Party
It is time that The Greens got the media coverage and representation they deserve. It will be a long-term revolution to a strong, Greener Australia, but it will happen because The Greens are going about democracy the hard way: by building community support and using volunteers to man polling booths and forums.
Jon Hopkins- Immunity 2013 (Domino Records)
Essentially there are two rationales as to why the 34 year old Londoner can be differentiated from the rest. His music is attention-grabbing in that he creates an aesthetically pleasing soundscape on his tracks, while incorporating a melodic element which renders it somewhat accessible. This does not mean that there is a “drop” or a famous chord progression; it is just simply pretty and listenable.
(Fiction) A Time Gone By - Stuart L Holmes
Yes. When the last of them had left, the shimmering sound of leather boot to marble floor was but passing drums, marching out and beyond the pearl temple steps. So often had the general dreamt of reaching such a marvellous construct that meant so much more to him. More than he'd have any other know. The surroundings were gifted with; if there were such a thing as, frozen time. A temporal crack that he could pass in and out of on a whim.
Heritage Listed Ruins
Politics notwithstanding, it is a pity to see such a brilliant building in a sorry state, let alone witness it’s piece by piece destruction.
Defending Libertarianism, and Why WikiLeaks and the Greens Weren't Made for Each Other.
Whilst many people believe that WikiLeaks has completed a total back flip by preferencing a number of “right wing” parties above the Greens, it must be understood that the two were always united by convenience, and were never united by ideology.
Ty Segall - 'Sleeper'
“Sleeper” was all about a shift in focus; emotionally, symbolically and stylistically. The electric guitar and distortion pedals were traded in for an acoustic guitar. With this album there was certainly more time to think and reflect.
Preferences, Policy and Preposterous Parties - 2013 Election Guide
When you vote above the line, you are actually giving whomsoever gets your one vote absolute power over where you vote is directed. This often means your vote might swing through a raft of lesser known and morally reprehensible extremist parties faster than you can say "I don't like it." Make sure you know your stuff before fulfilling your constitutional duty.
The Thing About Traveling Part 2
If you want to experience real America, there's nothing stopping you. But will you have as much fun as when you are in a tourist playground? The sad reality is that although we might think we want to expand our horizons, experience foreign culture and revel in the different, we spend the large majority of our travel time and money in tourist havens that are unmistakably the antithesis of what we like to think travel is about.
The Castle-Austin
The Austin-tatiously named Castle in Austin is famous for its unique street art adorned walls of concrete. Situated below what does indeed appear to be a modern castle, there is the unfinished structure of some building or other that for reasons unknown has been left as a canvas for those who use the spray can as their artistic instrument.
Alfred's Kitchen
Some things in a city are popular because they are fun. Others attain a following due to their inherent and newly acquired brilliance. Still, others reach a higher status. They become an institution. So it goes with Guildford’s famous burger establishment, Alfred’s Kitchen.
Pond - 'Hobo Rocket'
At only 34 minutes long, you’d probably be thinking you’ve been swindled something a la Keyser Soze, but what you’re getting is 34 minutes of pure good music; which is probably what you’d get on a normal 50-60 minute record anyway. The music is real, and the album is a real gem.
AlunaGeorge - 'Body Music'
One of the big hype bands to come out of the new music wave at the end of 2012, the London duo’s release was highly anticipated, to say the least. Off the back of singles ‘Attracting Flies’ and ‘Your Drums, Your Love’ the sweet, smooth voice of Aluna Francis neatly blended with George Reid’s polyrhythmic blend of dubstep, pop and house (among many)...
Karnivool - 'Aysmmetry'
Just as “Sound Awake” was a departure from their 2005 debut “Themata”, “Asymmetry” is a step forward from “Sound Awake”; embracing the progressive side of metal even more so than its predecessor. The band has constructed a set of songs of immense sonic depth and diversity.