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Venue: Burlesque Bar
By Hayden Case • Jan 5th, 2010 • Section: Other, Reviews
Welcome to a world where fun is the number one venture. Welcome to a night filled with whooping crowds, swooping girls, laughter, dancing and adventure. Welcome to the Burlesque Bar, Fitzroy.
Caledonian Lane
By Hayden Case • Nov 27th, 2009 • Section: Laneways
Idling menacingly between Lonsdale and Little Bourke Streets is Caledonian Lane – a viperous voodoo Valhalla containing the constant feeling of night. The same eerie backstreet ether that oozes out of Taxi Driver, Bringing out the Dead, and William Friedkin’s Cruising. A blackened, anything-can-happen, twitchy kind of feeling, where sounds become ominous and important.
Defiantly counted [...]
Exhibition: Dennis Hopper and the New Hollywood
By Hayden Case • Nov 26th, 2009 • Section: Other
A fierce and furious molotov of motion and agitation, Dennis Hopper is a definitive illustration of a man who could never sit still for more than 2½ seconds.
Salvador Dali: Liquid Desire
By Hayden Case • Sep 7th, 2009 • Section: Other
Loaded with exotic and playful moments, Liquid Desires is a dreamy, milky-way temptation of the senses.
Hosier Lane
By Hayden Case • Aug 23rd, 2009 • Section: Laneways
“There’s more to Melbourne than this alley…”
- One man mumbling to another, Hosier Lane, August, 2009
Cool, cluttered and collected, Hosier Lane is one of Melbourne’s most obvious attractions. But unlike many of the city’s hidden or long-reaching laneways, Hosier provides an easily accessible example of how the council allows Melbourne’s minds to wander.
Framed at the [...]
