There's A Message Behind The Beats

MACROMANTICS Tonight: UniBar, University of Wollongong Romy Hoffman was touring the United States as a guitarist in the Ben Lee band Noise Addict when she first got turned on to rap music.

Confessions Of A Pay-dependent Sports Addict

ON THOSE charts that rate life events according to the stress they induce, moving house is always near the top. Even allowing for the permanent damage to internal organs suffered during a day spent wincing as two of the Three Stooges bounced the boxes marked "fragile" across the pavement, however, I wasn't fully prepared for how emotionally taxing our move would be.

Defusing A Time Bomb Takes A Logical Approach

ICE is not about to turn your healthy son or daughter into a wild-eyed addict. Nor is it going to transform your normal partner or friend or workmate into a homicidal Incredible Hulk. There is no evidence that the use of ice, or any other form of methamphetamine, is skyrocketing towards a generational scourge or epidemic.

Scene @ Prahran Hotel Relaunch * Gala Night Educating Rita * Ngv Guggenheim Opening Night

THERE'S a temptation to dismiss Jemma Gawned as simply another Big Brother evictee. She's blonde, beautiful and (thanks to strategic editing) was portrayed back in 2001 as little more than a lip-gloss addict who favoured off-the-shoulder outfits. Such an image could not be further from the truth. As the business-savvy entrepreneur mingled with the likes of Roger Grinstead, Paris Kyne and Gwendolynne Burkin at the relaunch party for the stunning Prahran Hotel on Tuesday evening, it was obvious ...