Like most people (probably), I like to think of myself as rather open-minded. But one stigma I’ve never quite managed to shake is that of online dating. Still, I was curious, so when my friend suggested that I sign up to a dating site and write a column about the experience, I figured I would…
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As the only female DJ in Australia to be signed to a major label, DJ Havana Brown is doing rather well for herself. After supporting big international artists including Lady Gaga, Britney Spears and the Pussycat Dolls, DJ Havana Brown has just released an album titled Crave Vol. 5, and here at lip, we were lucky enough…
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‘Dunja, do I have a sign on my head saying ‘rebounds this way’?’ After I had assured my friend, Gertie, that there was no signage anywhere on her body indicating that damaged men were her partner of choice, I started to think about why she and I have both often found ourselves inadvertently involved with…
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The Dandy Warhols (L-R): Zia McCabe, Courtney Taylor-Taylor, Brent DeBoer and Peter Holmstrom. Upon hearing of one of my misguided drunken exploits (hard to say which one exactly), a friend asked me how it is that I tally up all the stupid things I do when I’ve been drinking and still manage to justify not…
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Way back when, I told a friend on a play date that there was no Santa Claus. I’d always been pretty resilient to news like this and was surprised by the hysteria that followed. Crying, yelling, the whole shebang, and right before my parents came to pick up their problem child, my friend’s dad told…
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The reason I had never attended Parklife before this year was probably for the same reason that anyone who hasn’t attended Parklife hasn’t attended Parklife: pill-popping faux-trendsters. I had never even made a conscious assessment about whether to go or not, it was just inherently synonymous with something I didn’t want to do, kind of…
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One Thursday morning, I was innocently picking up my couchsurfing guest from the airport when I received a text message from Auxilla guitarist, Bob Hookway, demanding that I come to their rehearsal space that afternoon for an interview and photo shoot I’d approached him about some days earlier. Some might interpret this as hostile but…
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When I tell people I write a column about relationships, they tend to (rightly) assume that it’s about the romantic variety. The truth is that at my age (22), there are relationships that are at least as, if not more, important than the ones I spend every week thinking and subsequently writing about. As much…
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Dragging Calvin to see Hanson at the Great American Music Hall in San Francisco resulted in his buying me an ‘I Heart Hanson’ shirt and demanding I wear it for the remainder of our stay in the U.S. as punishment. He was not the only disgruntled male at the gig, but he was probably the…
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A couple of years ago, I was sitting around with two friends, Little Miss E and Cuddles, denouncing men and criticising their apparent inability to process what catches we are after the recent break-up between Cuddles and her boyfriend. I can’t remember what the circumstances were (no doubt it was his fault, or at least…
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I imagine that being married to Jack White does wonders for your ability to get an album released. No doubt Mr. White could’ve pulled the appropriate strings to get just about anything recorded by his Missus out and into the world, but even though mention of their partnership is virtually unavoidable in a review of…
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The Upsidedown (L-R): Jsun Atoms (vocals, guitar and keys), Matt Moore (vocals, guitar and harp), Bob Mild (drums and percussion), Tristan Evans (vocals and bass), Brett Kron (guitar and keys), and Jason Anchondo (drums and percussion). As I chat to Jsun Atoms of the Upsidedown, he tells me it’s refreshing not to be asked about…
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In my (ultimately unsuccessful) quest to finish all the uni work that would be due while I was in the United States before I left Australia, and having realised some years ago that I work best late at night, I spent a lot of time strung out on coffee. The unfortunate result of this was…
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A decision to make an impromptu visit to the U.S. in September was made a lot easier by Bumbershoot, Seattle’s Music & Arts Festival, over the Labor Day weekend at Seattle Center. For the non U.S. residents amongst you, this means September 4th through 6th at the place where that funny looking thing that makes…
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