UUU
January 2012
Verge
Gorillaz Plastic Beach
The latest album from Gorillaz, Plastic Beach, drops in nine days and a handful of hours. Though we were initially a little disapppointed by the album cover, as more and more content and imagery drops the excitement in our long-johns is growing. Oh, we were wrong to ever doubt Jamie Hewlett. Plus, the first single from the album features Bobby Woma...
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Can Coffee Can?
Is there anything the Japanese will not put in a can? Lucky for us the answer is a very definite no. Visit any large Asian supermarket in Chinatown and you’ll find cans of coffee you can store away in the fridge for loads of summer fun. We tasted them all and while we won’t be detouring from our local cafe to drink these every day, t...
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SEE: Bodyguards And Assassins
Here's the plot of Bodyguards and Assassins: In the British Colony of Hong Kong at the turn of the century, over the distance of thirteen blocks, the one man who will guide the fate of modern China must survive relentless attempts on his life with only five bodyguards to protect him. Against hundreds of assassins, these men must put their courage...
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Pictures and Words
Walking the Fine Line
ALAN VAARWERK takes a look at just how easy it is to turn a great night out, into a should've gone without. You’ve heard it all before. The news bulletins about drunken brawls, the latest footy player to expose his, er, tackle, on a silly-season bender, and you’ve seen Tracy Grimshaw lapping up another year’s worth of Schooli...
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Bluffers Guide: Sneakers
Bluffers Guide. The insider info to get you talking the talk and walking the walk Walking on Nike Air Sneaker aficionado? Actually, I can't say the words 'nice kicks' usually roll off my tongue, I'm far more au courant when it comes to heels. Here I was thinking sneakers were just sneakers but it turns out there's a massive difference between clu...
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Talkin' shop with the Duck Meister and the boys at Sneak and Destroy
A backstage pass to the world beyond the public face of your favourite organisations. Paige Saville kicks her heels up Behind the Scenes with the owners of a sneaker store and gives you the low down on high tops. Sneak and Destroy Once a humble sporting shoe, sneakers have transcended the athletic arena and exploded into popular cultu...
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Chew
CD | Flight of the Concords | I TOLD YOU I WAS FREAKY
This is easily one of the most stylistically weird albums I’ve ever heard; comedic parodies of rock, folk, rap, polka and disco and doing them in a way that sounds like they could be a song in the said genre. Flight of the Conchords are definitely the sort of band some people will not quite “get” though. As an avid fan of the TV s...
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CD | Julian Casablancas | PHRAZES FOR THE YOUNG
Oh, that tragic New York scene which dazzled us ever so briefly in a time that feels like ages ago now. And even though people stopped listening as abruptly as the movement began, no one bothered to tell the Strokes. They’ve been banging out similar sounding music for nearly a decade, and they believe in it so much that the lead singer decide...
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CD | Spoon | TRANSFERENCE
I have listened to so much of Spoon’s music in the past nine years; all of their albums are starting to sound the same to me. Which kind of sucks because they are one of the only American bands that I actually like. So when Transference came out this year, I got confused, cried a bit, and then sat on the floor clutching my knees to my chest w...
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Politickin
Democracy Darling - 2010 Predictions
With Parliament back this month, the non-stop political action-fest is about to kick off for another year. So what can we expect in 2010? We have a few bold political predictions. 1. Steve Fielding revealed to be grasshopper-like creature from space 2. Ro...
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Democracy Darling - Summer Hols
Over the summer, our top politicians have two full god-damn months off from Parliament. So what are they getting up to in lieu of running the country? We think we might know... 1. Kevin Rudd: Unleash a year's worth of pent up rage on the streets of downtown Tokyo ...
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Democracy Darling - Hockey x Climate Change
While talk around climate change continues to fill the political arena, we here at uuu got to thinking: who's the one man with the power to personally fight global warming RIGHT HERE, RIGHT NOW? Why, Joseph Hockey, of course! Here are nine ways the chubby funster can lend a generous helping hand. ...
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The Week
TOUR DE GC - Fri 12th Feb
Have you jumped on the Tour De GC/bike-a-thon trend yet? Essentials: 1 x bike 1 x group of friends And that’s it! It would be ideal if the Coast served up a fine day for your big adventure, but hell, how much fun would it be if it pissed down with rain. With the weather that’s been hitting the Coast lately, best to add 1 x ponch...
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Child Like Innocence - Thurs 11 Feb
I can understand why people are often said to revert back to a child-like state when they go through hard times. Just think about it... When we are children we have not yet come across the concepts of fear or failure. None of society's negative influences have yet plagued us. We have BIG dreams and we TRULY believe that we can make them come tr...
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Trompe l'oeil
This little trompe l'oeil masterpiece has us fighting an overwhelming urge to build a human slingshot, climb in and aim it at the side of the building in the hopes of being catapulted into the picture. Ok, maybe a bit extreme but it's easy to spend half an hour or so standing on the footpath, head tilted back and mouth gaping open; just staring at ...
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