WINNER of the 2021 Australian Shadows Award for Best Edited Work! Mister Idealize Leaves the Building Our book of surrealist art, comics, puzzles and activities for enquiring minds. Published in 2021 byShooting Star Press! And available direct from the artists!
(Image credit: Sony) Very few people can say that they started out working their dream job and celebrities — excluding somewell-known child stars, of course — are certainly no exception. Many of the biggest names on the A-list used to make a living doing something completely different tha...
Alice in Wonderland(1966)– Surreal and dreamlike adaptation of the nonsense classic depicts the main characters as Victorian ladies and gentlemen rather than talking animals Allegro non Troppo(1976)–“The ItalianFantasia” has some mildly surreal animated sequences, with black and white sequences o...
An Australian man broke into three adult shops, had sex with blow up dolls named “Jungle Jane” and then dumped his plastic conquests in a nearby alley, local media reported Wednesday. Jan. 7, 2009 49 Entertainment & Arts Gulp! Mexico tells citizens to swallow their gum The country...
apparently serving as the inspiration for some of this year's most heinous acts of mass violence and raising questions about the role sites like it play in online radicalization. when the 28-year old australian shooter stormed into two new zealand mosques in march, camera strapped to his head...
In January 1910, I had finished a professional engagement in England and signed a contract for a tour of Australian theatres. A liberal time being allowed for the trip, I determined to make the most of it in the sort of travel which chiefly interests me; so accompanied by my wife I drif...
“Villagers used to live in a nice spot on top of the hills. Australian [planes] did not attack their villages. I used to visit their villages quite often. But when I went to their place, [Allied] planes used to appear in the sky. Then the villagers told me to go back to my camp...
Failing a major turnaround, though, the 80 or so African acacias are now known as Vachellia, while the over one thousand species of Australian acacias continue to be known as Acacia. The point of this story is, though Latin names may seem unchanging and of little importance other than a ...
In 2008, a massive raid of a Sydney internet cafe by the Australian Federal Police left the establishment with an $82,000 fine, 40 charges of copyright infringement, court costs, and forfeit of 60 computer terminals and three servers. Those 60 terminals had contained a staggering 8 terabytes...
Making waves each January in the small Australian town of Port Lincoln Foreshore is the Tunarama Festival. Over three days people compete in all kinds of nautical contests including the slippery pole comp, prawn peeling contest and sand sculpture trials. ...