Sydney’s weird little shoe caste system
You are now viscerally aware of what shoes you should be wearing, and what you want them to say about who you are.
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The February releases that we actually care about
The algorithm can be gamed and hype can be bought, which is why curation matters. Some of the best hip-hop and R&B dropped last month with little fanfare, but we paid attention. Here’s what made the cut.
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It’s not mainstream. There’s not necessarily a lot of artists on this sound, and I’ve found a way to pioneer something different and make it mine.
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The economic situation for comedians in Australia was part of the reason why I left.
He’s lived in 28 houses. Now Ben Searle’s turning that chaos into a Comedy Festival show
Particularly stuff around housing at the moment, it’s like everyone’s kind of feeling the pinch, so there are those things that are mostly universal.
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