A Word With Pugsley Buzzard
Pugsley Buzzard sings like Louis Armstrong and plays the ivory dentures like Thelonious. On stage, he's magnetic - ripping through tunes with a throaty charisma, playing the blues like they were meant to be heard. Also, he has the best name ever. Pugsley is headed to Adelaide for the Cabaret Festival at the Festival Centre, where you can catch his ...
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A Word with Rohan Fraser
He’s made ridiculously awesome art both on canvas and in MS Paint, smeared his face with Vegemite, and exhibited all over town – all that plus his name reminds us of Lord of the Rings. He’s Rohan Fraser, and his work is cooler than if LL Cool J went to the Arctic and froze solid. We sat down for a chat with Rohan and found out abo...
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A Word with The Rabbit Hole
by Rick Pichler. What do you do if you you’re a creative 20 something and you don’t appreciate working for the man? Well rather than strapping heroin to your body and flying to Indonesia a good option is starting your own business, which is what Kirsty Brunt (27) and Marty Knoll(23) decided to do.The couple have just opened their lat...
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A Word with Mista Savona
Jake Savona, aka Mista Savona is BIG in Jamaica, but he’s an Australian. His 2007 release Melbourne Meets Kingston was a smashing success and ahead of another album release later this year, he’s coming to Adelaide to party Caribbean style. Loving Cool Runnings as much as any 90s kid, we just had to ask Jake how he got to work with so ma...
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A Word with Dan Withey
We dunno about Dan Withey. That’s why we sat down with him and had a chat. Wasn’t it wonderful, so candid, hilarious… and revealing. But we didn’t record any of that. That was just the chat before the big red button gets pushed down. So with the tape rolling and the penetrating questions flying, we found a rather different ...
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A Word With Dhafer Youssef
Dhafer Youssef? It's a bit like that when I mentioned to friends that I was going to be talking to one of the greatest Oud players in the world. The second look of puzzlement comes after mentioning the oud. The Oud is a cultural instrument from Dhafer's home country of Tunisia in Northern Africa and creates a sound that is at once Marrakesh Markets...
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A Word With Little Tokyo
If you’re even remotely interested in venturing over to the land of the rising sun, you must first check out Little Tokyo! Little Tokyo! is a little store near the Central Markets that is packed choc-full of delicious stuff from Japan. We caught up with owner Ichiro Inoue. Why did you call your shop “Little Tokyo!”? First we wa...
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A Word With Shane Devries
Interview By Owen L. When we first saw Shane Devries’ paintings, we flipped our lids. We flipped our lids so hard the neighbours complained about all the flipping noises. After packing in his day job last year to concentrate on painting, Shane is brand new to the art scene in A-town – but, luckily, he has an ace up his sleeve: he&rsquo...
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