Walking the Fine Line
ALAN VAARWERK takes a look at just how easy it is to turn a great night out, into a should've gone without. You’ve heard it all before. The news bulletins about drunken brawls, the latest footy player to expose his, er, tackle, on a silly-season bender, and you’ve seen Tracy Grimshaw lapping up another year’s worth of Schooli...
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Bluffers Guide: Sneakers
Bluffers Guide. The insider info to get you talking the talk and walking the walk Walking on Nike Air Sneaker aficionado? Actually, I can't say the words 'nice kicks' usually roll off my tongue, I'm far more au courant when it comes to heels. Here I was thinking sneakers were just sneakers but it turns out there's a massive difference between clu...
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Talkin' shop with the Duck Meister and the boys at Sneak and Destroy
A backstage pass to the world beyond the public face of your favourite organisations. Paige Saville kicks her heels up Behind the Scenes with the owners of a sneaker store and gives you the low down on high tops. Sneak and Destroy Once a humble sporting shoe, sneakers have transcended the athletic arena and exploded into popular cultur...
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Sweet Talking Trus'Me
There's a reason why some clubs last longer than others. There's a reason why the others go from boom to bust in a matter of seasons and some pull through, steady sailing the waves of fickle party-goers and modern-music-fads. The reason from what we can tell, is that they care about what they do. Sugar nightclub has been an outpost for late-night r...
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New Places, New City
OWEN LINDSAY takes a look at the progress of Renew Adelaide – a project set to revive the stagnant areas of town It started, like a lot of ambitious ideas, during a boozy conversation. Ianto Ware was chatting with Marcus Westbury at an interstate arts fair when the topic of Renew Newcastle came up. In a nutshell, Renew Newcastle is an on...
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Apparently, There's This
Urban myths in Adelaide... now there’s an eye-catching opener. Within your two decades or more of being a South Australian inhabitant, you’ve surely heard some stories down the grapevine while indulging in a carafe on Rundle Street or from the people sitting in front of you on the bus. So which of the bits of gossip are true, and wh...
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All Washed Up
One of the more important sections of the Australian Constitution is section 119 (The Protection of States from Invasion and Violence), which states: The Commonwealth shall protect every State against invasion and, on the application of the Executive Government of the State, against domestic violence. Seems a fairly sensible passage at first ...
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The Difference a Dollar Makes
JOSHUAFANNING discovers that a city can only grow and become what you want it to if you feed and nurture it. The Internet said something beautiful to me the other day. It wasn’t a brash statement like what I’d imagine the all-powerful, world-wide phenomenon to come up with. No. It 
was a quiet thing. It said: “Here w...
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The Lying Dutchman
The disappearance of the Beaumont children from Glenelg Beach on Australia Day 1966 was a harrowing event in the history of our State. The parents of Grant, Arnna and Jane, as well as the entire population of South Australia were desperate for their return, and were prepared to do anything to get them back safely. This included paying top dollar...
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No Vacancies
BEN REVI travels to the past and finds some fresh ideas for Adelaide’s future Things don’t always turn over so quickly in Adelaide. All over the city, ‘for lease’ signs remain inside dirty windows; through many a locked glass door, piles of unopened mail and paint cans are all that can be seen. This opens up quite a fasci...
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