Archive for August, 2008

Sale at Pigeonhole – starts this Monday

Saturday, August 30th, 2008

Go go go !! Johann’s posted the event on facebook so 400+ people know about it already. Better hurry! It runs for two weeks and its purpose is to clean out the old stock to make room for the new spring stock. “The little birdies are announcing the end of winter, so it’s time to [...]

A new venture by Keith and Lottie: Whitegoods

Sunday, August 24th, 2008

Well well, just when you thought that you couldn’t be unique anymore cause your friends had discovered all the secret places you usually shop, Keith and Lottie go ahead and start something revolutionary. Whitegoods provides a ‘blank canvas’ so to speak, for artists and designers, but also for us common people. “Whitegoods will carry a [...]

iloveyelle

Thursday, August 21st, 2008

I admit to having a big electro-crush on Yelle. With a bubblegum-synth sound and a tongue-in-cheek range of 80s outfits to match, she certainly deserves her stage name (the feminised form of an acronym for “You Enjoy Life”). Yelle came to fame after posting a track to MySpace which implied that a certain Parisian hip [...]

You with Youth on your side: Lloyd Hughes Photography

Tuesday, August 19th, 2008

Trying to get away from music here – let’s delve into another artform, unfortunately appreciated to a much lesser extent than music. I’m introducing Lloyd Hughes – a photographer based in Perth. I’m not an expert in photography, but my dad is a wedding photographer and I’ve gleaned a few things from observation. Photography isn’t [...]

I Read Banned Books

Thursday, August 14th, 2008

Every year, the American Library Association (ALA) hosts Banned Books Week, to bring attention to censorship and some of the amazing books that are often its victim. For reference, the 100 Most Frequently Challenged Books from 1990-2000. “An idea that is not dangerous is unworthy of being called an idea at all.” – Oscar Wilde [...]

Introducing the Voltaire Twins

Sunday, August 10th, 2008

Voltaire twins: “Perth’s freshest electro outfit” – as said on last.fm. These guys make some really catchy dance/pop/indie/electro music and hence that’s probably the reason they’ve been up there on the triple J unearthed charts. They played a few weeks back at the Horror shop, and currently Jaymes Arthur Voltaire. Aka Teen Wolf is also [...]