I haven’t done one of these in a while, but I thought a little snippet in the latest peta2 E-mailout tied in quite nicely with charmedquark’s last post: Win Signed Black Kids Stuff! [peta2] catch up with Owen from Black Kids to chat about music and why he went vegan. Check out the video, and [...]

I don’t know if it’s just me but I feel that the musical side of this blog is tending toward electro-indie. Unfortunately this entry isn’t an exception. =D Everyone’s talking about the Black Kids – Rolling stones named them as a band to watch in 2008, their ads are all up over last.fm etc. Haven’t [...]

Hi guys. I don’t think I’ve ever addressed our readers personally in a post before, I’ve always pretended I was speaking to a faceless body of people and gone with that. However, I felt that since Vegan Alternative Perth has been growing and is continuing to grow, it was time to address our readers. So, [...]

“Obsessively chosen Band line ups from perth and abroad, aligned with the grandest of DJ’s Playing the classics alongside the hottest new selection of underground indie rock music, all compiled with passion to make you dance to the death and shake your skulls off. The Horror Shop is an environment, forged from the underground to [...]

As the demand for morally and environmentally superior alternatives to the norm has increased, so has supply. With “green is the new black” as their driving motto, plenty of companies have gone to town, fashion industry included. Don’t expect an inferior product if you let your ethics do your spending, though. It’s possible to get [...]

Frankie is an almost-A4 sized glossy Australian magazine printed with aesthetically pleasing, brightly coloured inks. The perfect accessory to keep in your bag with textbooks for the student needing some alternative cred, the cover usually features a sweet, well-dressed girl with an outfit that the struggling indie girl (or cross-dressing boy) can emulate. Featuring reviews, [...]

Why? Because it’s cheaper and there’s a much bigger range. I’m not talking about buying from Amazon or online from large retail stores, I’m talking about going straight to the fledgling designers and buying direct. There are massive online communities devoted to providing virtual floorspace to anyone who has something to sell. While this does [...]

Following the deviation from music in the ICBTDEM post about Oprah, I thought I would express my shock in finding out about Terence Stamp being vegan. If the picture (from “Haunted Mansion”) on the left isn’t immediately recognisable, think “Priscilla, Queen of the Desert” – in the film version, Stamp plays the drag queen turned [...]