Advertising, Advertising News

Taste The Monetisation

By Mel on March 2nd, 2009 at 8:51 pm

Visitors to Skittles.com have been redirected to a Twitter search page overlaid with a small Skittles-branded widget. Is this a fearless ad campaign in an online social network, or Twitter’s own plan to make money?

TV, TV News

Lush Invited Into Sydney Homes

Cleaning juggernaut Shannon Lush is set to become TV’s newest domestic guru, whipping Sydneysiders into shape for her new TV show Lush House.

Lush Invited Into Sydney Homes

By Mel on March 2nd, 2009 at 6:51 pm

Cleaning juggernaut Shannon Lush is set to become TV’s newest domestic guru, whipping Sydneysiders into shape for her new TV show Lush House.

Music, Music Reviews

Review: Alice In Chains, Soundwave Festival

Seeing a reunited Alice In Chains live didn’t make me want ex-singer, ex-junkie and ex-human being Layne Staley back. It made me care about them for the first time.

Review: Alice In Chains, Soundwave Festival

By Andrew on March 2nd, 2009 at 6:40 pm

Seeing a reunited Alice In Chains live didn’t make me want ex-singer, ex-junkie and ex-human being Layne Staley back. It made me care about them for the first time.

Film, Film Reviews

Review: Zack And Miri Make
A Porno

A two-hander review about trifling sex comedy Zack And Miri Make A Porno gets us thinking whether Kevin Smith will ever dethrone his balls-and-belles successor Judd Apatow.

Review: Zack And Miri Make
A Porno

By on March 2nd, 2009 at 4:53 pm

A two-hander review about trifling sex comedy Zack And Miri Make A Porno gets us thinking whether Kevin Smith will ever dethrone his balls-and-belles successor Judd Apatow.

Music, Music Features

Band Promo Pics Exxxposed!

Achieving a memorable promo pic is one of the music industry’s dark arts. How silly are you willing to look… and how much skin are you willing to show? These ones are technically worksafe, but not always retina-safe.

Band Promo Pics Exxxposed!

By Mel on February 27th, 2009 at 5:47 pm

Achieving a memorable promo pic is one of the music industry’s dark arts. How silly are you willing to look… and how much skin are you willing to show? These ones are technically worksafe, but not always retina-safe.

Books, Books Columns

Death Of The Week: Christopher Nolan

Irish writer Christopher Nolan published a book of poetry and short stories at age 15. He won the Whitbread Prize at 23. And he did it without being able to move anything more than his eyes and his head.

Death Of The Week: Christopher Nolan

By Andrew on February 27th, 2009 at 4:32 am

Irish writer Christopher Nolan published a book of poetry and short stories at age 15. He won the Whitbread Prize at 23. And he did it without being able to move anything more than his eyes and his head.

The Stage, The Stage Features

The Psychology Of Magic With Simon Taylor

Mentalist, magician and psych student Simon Taylor wants to show us how our brains are built to be tricked. First, he made sure he completely broke mine.

The Psychology Of Magic With Simon Taylor

By Andrew on February 25th, 2009 at 9:46 pm

Mentalist, magician and psych student Simon Taylor wants to show us how our brains are built to be tricked. First, he made sure he completely broke mine.

The Stage, The Stage Features

Setting The Comedy To Medium

Film critic Marc Fennell and comedian Dan Ilic have appeared on every Australian TV network. And in their stage show Massage My Medium, no televisual sacred cow will escape ungrilled.

Setting The Comedy To Medium

By Mel on February 25th, 2009 at 3:12 pm

Film critic Marc Fennell and comedian Dan Ilic have appeared on every Australian TV network. And in their stage show Massage My Medium, no televisual sacred cow will escape ungrilled.

Film, Film Features

Man On Wire and the Ephemeral Beauty of Failure

How an act of failure defined the legend of Philippe Petit, the Man On Wire.

Man On Wire and the Ephemeral Beauty of Failure

By Daniel on February 24th, 2009 at 10:38 pm

How an act of failure defined the legend of Philippe Petit, the Man On Wire.