I’m familiar with fashion trends spreading like wildfire: the military jacket, the skinny jean, the gladiator style sandal. But every now and again, it’s a brand or label that becomes more fashionable than the clothes it produces. Right now, it seems the city trendies have all been making the pilgrimage to American Apparel and bringing out the cash much faster than it takes most of us to wriggle into a pair of skin-tight lamé leggings. I find myself walking down the street having a serious bout of déjà-vu as the same highly identifiable clothing passes me by, and I’m left wondering ‘Who sent the memo?’ 

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name: Sir Swindle aka Liam O'Shannessy

location: Merri Creek Tavern

band: the Swindlers

instrument: the Ted Egan Fosters beer box, bass guitar and dabble with the banjo string

i like: my girlfriend

i dislike: narcissistic weak minded people

when i was young i: wanted to be angus but could only play malcom's part

fave childhood tv show: rage

the swindlers sound: not too shabby according to the old fella next door

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Opening this Thursday night and running all April is acclaimed graphic artist Jonathan Zawada’s new exhibition of work ‘Boolean Values’. The show examines how our perceptions of the world are shaped by digital technology, particularly through both the universality of the digital experience and the overload of information available.

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