Brisbane
Cherryl ‘That’s my agent!’ Bright
Real estate in Brisbane sure is booming, but it seems there is only one lady for the job - Cherryl Bright.
Job Interview: The John Steel Singers
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“>The John Steel Singers — Rainbow Kraut
The John Steel Singers (Brisbane) make you feel like you ought to be skipping down the middle of a leafy, wide road; on a blistering Summer’s day; with a fruit popsicle jammed in your cheek and a marching band (in formation and with all the jazzy trimmings) following close behind. But that’s just a serving suggestion. We think you’ll enjoy them just as much by simply giving their new EP a run on your ipod and imagining the rest.
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Seventeen Crushes (Paris)
The romanticism of Paris spreads like an invasive exotic: what surprises you most is its subtlety.
Paris is a human city. Urine stains the walls. The weather leaves a lasting dampness. Women are natural, perpetually un-kept hair and minimal make-up. Paris Fashion Week to them is a fucking circus. The people are stare-bears, eyes averting as soon as you catch them. The symmetry of spatial design is as equally stiffly conservative, the corduroy straight lines and the manicured gardens. Everything is glazed over in repetition…but then the crush begins.
Relocation, Relocation, Relocation
I suppose it’s something that few independent 20-somethings consider, let alone explore; the fine art of reducing the collective possessions of their adolescent years down to the one or two large suitcases, on their last legs (due to relentless bashing from airport luggage handlers). Many verbalise their experiences and adventures in witty blogs and obsequious emails to the family. The psychological repercussions of moving to another country, though, are hardly something one can express through Microsoft Word. And contrary to popular belief, the move itself is not nearly as easy as it looks. “Have I made the right decision?” “Why is it that I made this decision now?” “How long are people betting I’ll last?” These are three of approximately twenty-nine thousand questions that have been circling through my head since ricocheting myself all over the greater states of America and landing firmly in London proper. So, how does one survive the distant and unknown territories?