JP AFFLICK | CHASING THE HORIZON
We view the world in polarities. We see them and we see us. We see those that can and those that can’t, the lucky and the unlucky, the privileged few and the deprived masses. At times, we view the simply…
CD COVER DESIGN
Indigenous musician Danny Bani grew up in Far North Queensland and has blending a wealth and variety of inspiration into his own blues-inspired sound. Danny’s Byron-based management company, Aum PR + Creative, required a full CD soft cover design in…
SAM CUTLER | SKIRTING THE LIMELIGHT
According to a recent study conducted by the mighty Microsoft Corporation, the human attention span has dropped from 12 seconds to eight seconds. We live in a fast-paced world of soundbites, vox pops and sensationalism, a world that devours, masticates…
BOGGED & BLUESY | THE 26th ANNUAL BYRON BAY BLUESFEST
It’s not the best omen when – before even hearing the first chords and beats of music waft their way to your ear on the cool, Autumnal breeze – not one, but two of your party’s cars get bogged in…
BYRON BAY FILM FESTIVAL | VOYEURISTIC PURSUITS
There is something a little voyeuristic in watching movies. We gain an insight into the lives of others, empathise with strangers, peek through the curtains of our closeted lives into a world that is not ours. Whether it is dreaming…
ILONA HARKER | COMFORTABLY CONFRONTING
We all wear masks. Our daily lives consist of a masquerade ball, a series of pseudo-personae that we adopt to fulfill society’s prescriptions. Some hide only our deepest truths, while others offer absolute protection, suits of armour as far removed…
LIVING IN PEACEFUL OCEANS | IN HONOUR OF TADASHI NAKAHARA
A man died recently. As I write this, a family is in mourning, his friends are in shock and the community is stunned by the news of a second local shark incident in two days. The details are not important, suffice it…
WARWICK GOW | THREE WISHES
All too often we inherit our life choices, sometimes they are thrust upon us or prescribed to us by society and family, sometimes we follow the dogma of education. To pursue those choices and passions of our own volition is…
HIATUS KAIYOTE | THE RE-INVENTION OF SOUND
I was sitting, as I so often am, staring blankly at my computer screen. Words flittered through my mind like fireflies on the wind, beyond reach and teasing me. I wasn’t looking to create the great Australian novel or anything…
HARMONIES | LOUIE & PATRICK
When I finished high school, I walked blindly into the wide world. Vague notions rattled around my pubescent brain of career aspirations, next steps or long term goals, but mostly my thoughts were consumed with beer, weed and skateboarding. For…
