For anybody struggling — whether it’s with sickness, relationships, or finishing that last task for your boss — phrases like “but it’s not that bad” and “you’ll be fiiiiiiine” are sometimes more harmful than helpful. Guardian journalist Oliver Burkeman seeks to challenge these frustrating fragments of advice with what he calls “the negative path to…
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Enslaved played the Manning Bar on Saturday night with support from Rise Of Avernus and Germ. Gwendolyn Lee was there and brings us these photos from the pit.
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Just before they took over our Instagram account on Friday, I caught up with Amy Findlay from Victoria’s Stonefield, while she was enjoying some time at home, to talk about their long awaited (and recently released) debut self-titled album, the subsequent tour (which they’re on as we speak) and we look towards Meredith and Festival…
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Last Thursday night, Smirnoff’s intimate pop up bar, the #DOUBLEBLACKHOUSE, opened in Sydney, celebrating the launch of their new Double Black spirit. Their opening night party featured a performance from Panama, a barrage of Double Black Comet* cocktails and a… bath? Enjoy the photos below and look out for the #DOUBLEBLACKHOUSE to return this Friday,…
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When I was greeted to the elegantly bearded John Grant over the phone, he was sitting out the front of a bar in Reykjavik, Iceland, a place the Colorado native has called home in recent times. The festival “Airwaves” was just about to kick off, which he was set to play, so there was a…
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Accompanied by the news this week that the show will live to see a season two, Thursday’s Masters of Sex brings us just one episode shy of the freshman season’s halfway mark. The show has fast established itself as the new kid on the cable drama block and here’s what we’ve seen so far….
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