Why didn't I think of that? Oh, I did.

Loving the Selby. It's about people's cool spaces.

Not bad at all...

Hayley Mei you're my hero.

Mayoress just broke some hot new produce from Karen Jane/Not Bad For A Girl. Seriously. Best. Hoodie. EVER. I'd beg, borrow and steal for one of these babies, and you should too. Sell your mother now!

Wants them

Finally I have found some awesome kicks I really like. Rugged Sole has many fabulous pairs of shoes available, however these are my two favs at the mo.

These Silver/White/Black/Blue Nike- Jordan Women's Premium Jordan 1s are to die for. I love silver, and those things reek of it.

Next on the menu are these fabulous Adidas Womens Game Mid Hi Tops in a Blue/Black/Purple colour way. Loving the black patent detail and the shonky yellowed plastic sole trim.
The Nike sizing I'm not so worried about - the Adidas sizing not so sure... any advice on Adidas womens sizing?

More evidence that Melbourne is better than Sydney

Melbourne 114, Sydney 6. This is the number of categorical posts for each City on the Nice Produce blog. Now, I know the Nice Produce guys are from Melbs but... surely Sydney can't be so shite that in the lifetime of the Nice Produce blog, there's only been 6 Sydney things that have been worth posting - OR COULD IT?

So I take a closer look at the 6 posts... and most of the posts are about Melbourne(rs) anyway. First I'm hit with a little story about a show at Ruban Rat in Newtown - but the show is by Loungekat and BoT from Melbs. They've got flicks of the Record Store in Darlo... cept the beautiful art painted on the outside was done by none other than Josh Two Thousand - you guessed it, another Melbournite.

Then they move on to refer to Another Inch (Burton St Darlinghurst) as "one of the few stores repping street culture in Sydney". Big rap considering the interior of the shop was initially done by non other than Reka One - another Melbournian.

We do have the upper hand in one department - Semi-Permanent doesn't do Melbourne (Suck shit Mexicans). And I really enjoyed the way they glazed over that delicious detail when they discussed 1,000 cans.

And although they mostly discuss themselves and how awesome it is when they get to shove their Melbournian awesomeness right in our shameful Sydney faces... they admit they like to eat our food because, it is, undeniably good. Especially Toko. Which all in all, has great food but sometimes, if you're used to good Sydney dining, sometimes leaves quite a bit to be desired in terms of service. Maybe they are used to shit service in Melbourne?

In anycase... these things all point to the fact that 1. I need to analyse the 114 Melbourne items on the Nice Produce in further detail, and 2. Maybe the truth is that Melbourne really does shit all over Sydney.

Tha Dark Room

Finally there's something good in Sydney...

The Dark Room: this Friday @ Ruby Rabbit. From entry and booze between 9-10pm. And - as if you need another reason to come - you will be able to see the fine work of many artists, including the hugely talented Beastman.

Dexter Season 3 Preview Trailer

A little off topic but oh well. It's got me pretty excited so I just had to post it. The lovely people Showtime have kindly released a teaser trailer for Dexter Season 3. I can't wait for this season to drop! Dexter is getting darker it seems...

Shame channel ten is still only showing season 1 here (ep 3-4?). I definitely can't wait for ten to air season 3... so I'll just have to use other means to see it hehehe...

Another reason why Melbourne is so much better than Sydney...

Peat Wollaeger's Luchador mask series is showing in Melbourne at Per Square Metre Gallery from Thursday 31 of July (found via Meggs).

I'll just go slit my wrists, shall I?

Melb V Syd

Does Sydney really suck as hard as I'm beginning to think it does - or is Melbourne just fucking mad awesome?! The number of exhibitions and laneways and grafness and sneakers and awesomeness down there makes me sick. Well that's a lie - it makes me want to go there for reals... maybe I should move there?

Munny - that's what I want!

What is Munny I hear you ask?

Munny is DIY vinyl art toy created by Kidrobot. You decorate Munny yourself using paint, pens, blow torches or just about anything you can think of. Munny comes in a range of colours including white, black, pink and glow in the dark. Munny comes with random accessories depending on which series you get.
The first Dunny (another similar art toy by Kid Robot) that really caught my attention a few years ago was the Ketchup Dunny by SKET ONE (above). Since then, Munny culture has gone nuts, and people are doing some seriously awesome things with Munny. There are Munny exhibitions going down all over the place by people who customise these awesome little guys - not to mention some amazing functional modifications... like turning these little guys into speakers!

The awesome Munny speakers above were made by Fungus Amungus. You'll find a detailed step-by-step guide to making these little guys here. Here are a few other awesome Munny speakers found on Flickr (click the mosaic to find the full size images).


You can get yourself a 4" Mini Munny for AUD$20 each from the super cool Robio in Melbourne. Shipping is a little extra, but it's much easier than getting them internationally...

The Kid Belo

Check out the inspired work of Canadian artist Kid Belo. You can read more about him here.

Always a freak for street art as interior design, I'm particularly smitten with his bespoke furniture pieces... especially the remixed Marcel Breuer Wassily Chair (below). I'm not sure if it's naughty or nice to deface a design classic - but either way, I like it.

Below are 2 bespoke cupboards by Kid Belo that are beautiful as any graf furniture I've seen. His style is both stylised and decayed at the same time, which creates quite a contrast to the functional pieces of furniture... I want!
See more of his beautiful work here.