I love coffee, yet something went horribly wrong this week and I managed to go three days without the glorious liquid gold. What better way to end that drought than an entire morning at coffee legends Locale Espresso‘s coffee lab for…
Melbourne’s music scene is an absolute gem – on any day there are approximately a million gigs going on across the city (this is an approximation). Whether it be newbie bands taking the stage at the Brunny, established ones kicking…
Never did I expect to see a day where Rolf Harris would be played to a sold out audience at a rap concert – but it happened. ‘Tie me kangaroo down’ played and 200 people stopped dancing and started booing…
Melbourne is the home of amazing comedy (hello, MICF) and an oft-differing identity from the majority of Australia (read: Adam Bandt and Daniel Andrews kicking social/political butt). But that begs the question: As a nation, who are we? Just a…
Sometimes you have a night full of so much art that it makes you dizzy. Friday Nights at the NGV wrapped up last week with the legendary Augie March, aka the soundtrack to my teenage years. Melbourne has cottoned on…
I’m not sure this festival could be more perfect – some suspicious person has gone into my playlists and plucked out every Australian act I’ve been listening to and put them on a poster in front of me. Here are…
The Punch Brothers are beautiful bluegrass gods who we are not worthy of, yet for some reason they came to our beautiful Melbourne last week and filled the lovely Melbourne Recital Centre (and our hearts) with their own special brand…
Have you ever been so keen for a show you’ve rocked up a whole week early? That’s how ready I was to see Simon Taylor Does A Whole Bunch of Cool Stuff (and even then, I still managed to arrive…
Sorry folks, you all missed out on a truly great event. It’s okay though, because it was the launch of a whole month of equally brilliant nights of live music. To celebrate ten years of the venues existence, Yelp took…
After spending an evening at a whiskey masterclass last year, I was sure I knew everything there was to know about the wonderful drink. Turns out I was missing a whole lot of specialised knowledge, especially regarding Canadian whiskey and…