CREATIVE COUPLE SEEKS SAME
March 28, 2012Famous creative couples, more often than not, seem to produce fairly intense unions. F. Scott Fitzgerald shipping Zelda off to the nut house in which she would eventually burn. Diego Rivera, his Frieda and their multiple affairs, all the way down through history to the unquestionably talented Mickey Rourke cutting off the tip of one finger to win back his model ex-wife Carre Otis who then "wrote" a "book" about their time together. But most inventive twosomes can also inspire great work, and usually ain't so cray. Melbourne couple Belinda and Cecile are putting together a book celebrating creative couples in their city and if you and your paramour have the talent, they want you.
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BAD PEOPLE WHO LIKE GOOD MUSIC
March 28, 2012When I was at Bluesfest in Byron Bay (circa 2011), I thought it would be a good idea to go watch Ben Harper. I thought “hey, he released some fairly inoffensive blues surf rock back in the day, plus it was always fun to worry my aunt Silvia as to what I was doing by playing “Burn One Down" when she came to stay...". And then I arrived to find a few thousand bogans (generally two beers in either hand wearing a Bing-Tang singlet) singing along. As undoubtedly as the sun will rise and set again, we will all at one point in our music-loving lifetimes come across that dick rag of a person who loves a beloved band of ours as much as we did or still do, and as a result our worlds will come crumbling down. All that we hold dear will fade, everything we hold to be sacred and true, shaken.
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EAST END CABARET AT RED BENNIES
March 27, 2012In Melbourne freshly minted with plaudits from the Adelaide Fringe Festival, including a gong for Best Cabaret, salacious musical duo East End Cabaret arrive to deflower four shows worth of local audiences with 45 minutes of lascivious comedy. Bernadette Byrne (Jennifer Byrne) and Victor Victoria (Victoria Falconer-Pritchard) deliver a high-powered feminine Flight of the Conchords dipped in acid, drenched in smut and strutted onto the stage in a riotously raunchy revue where everything sexually taboo is on the table, or taking its clothes off ‘round back.
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A CHAT WITH THE DON OF DUBSTEP
March 26, 2012The name Joshua Steel might not be one that is familiar to you. But this 23-year old English producer is one that grew up with Doctor P, often shares a stage with Skrillex and is responsible for bass-driven dance-floor assaults, blasting wobbly onslaughts out of club P.A’s the world over is somewhat better known under the moniker Flux Pavillion. SPOOK caught up with this ‘Don of Dubstep’ to talk about aspirations to DJ reclined in a hammock and dodging the ‘brostep’ label.
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WILD AT HEART
March 26, 2012Taking photos in Byron Bay is nothing new. Lots of people do it and lots of them turn out crap. It’s no one’s fault, let’s blame the camera, weather and that recent trip to Nimbin. Problem is, they all look the same. Don’t get me wrong, that beach is great! But everyone’s taking a photo of it and only a small few know how to accurately adjust their lens settings. Byron is beautiful in so many ways, beach aside, so today we’re going to show you one of Byron’s other beautiful creations in the form of Max D’orsogna’s photos. You can’t tell where they were taken, because that’s not that point, but they are truly beautiful in their simplicity and whilst everyone else’s beach shots are great, Max’s series would probably trump most of them (not yours of course, yours are beautiful, even the blurry ones and that one with your thumb in the frame – those have character).
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INTRODUCING LOU LOU KITCHING
March 22, 2012I know, this does not make sense. Last week when we featured Montana (our second Kitching in recent times) and toyed with the idea that we may 'have another Kitching surprise in store for you' you probably thought we were being funny in an unbelievable way, like when someone says 'see you next week, unless I win the the lotto!' - actually, that's not funny, in fact it's really annoying, because you have to fake laugh and no one really enjoys that and you get so angry thinking about how stupid that comment is, you just end up wanting to hurt them. HOWEVER the whole concept of winning the lotto is still unbelievable (if you think otherwise, you are indeed a precious soul), such is the notion that the Kitching family would have a third talented offspring in the form of Lou Lou. Surely we were joking? Yeah, as crazy as it sounds, we were dead serious. I know, how can two mere mortals create three talented creatives? Especially when there are so many untalented 'creatives' in this world.
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MEET FASHION TOAST RIGHT IN THE FACE
March 22, 2012If you're at all into the fashions of the day and follow pretty much any fashion blog then you know who Rumi Neely is. If not, as you were. The style babe behind Fashion Toast is in Australia for the very first time and if you're in Melbourne this weekend, you can meet her face to unsettlingly pretty face. If the lines at the last international blog royalty visit (The Sartorialist) were anything to go by we suggest you get in early
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BLEEDING KNEES CLUB GIVEAWAY
March 21, 2012Bleeding Knees Club have cast their tunes and attitude far, far away from the shore line of the Gold Coast with their debut album Nothing To Do. Ironically inspired by having…. You guessed it… nothing to do. SPOOK caught up with Alex and Jordan to find out more. And to celebrate the release and get you all juiced for their upcoming shows, we’ve kindly got five copies of Nothing To Do for giveaway. All you have to do is email us at info@spookmag.com with your name, address and NOTHING TO DO as the subject. Easy as pie.
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EMERSE
March 19, 2012Living in a vacant warehouse during your early twenties is kind of like camping – it sounds fun until you reach the moment when you need a shower, or more importantly, the moment when your “roommate” needs a shower. There’s little to no place to hide in a tent (sleeping bag is probably your best option), or even a warehouse for that matter (pile of rubbish/built up mould in the corner is probably your best option). That once upon a time white sheet (no need to identify what the remnants are actually made up of, but feel free to use your imagination. Yep. Gross) may shield your eyes momentarily, but your remaining senses will get the better of you and soon you’ll realise there’s nothing you can do – just accept the fact that you live in a small confined space with inescapable smells and unidentifiable sounds (don’t try and figure out what they are, you’re better off not knowing. Trust me). What you need to do is distract yourself – find a hobby and direct your attention elsewhere. In other words, do what Hunter Douglass did and use your warehouse as a photographic studio – make something pretty amazing so you can forget all of the not so pretty amazing things on your floor/wall/roof/fridge/pillow/hair.
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INTRODUCING MONTANA KITCHING
March 15, 2012Talented families are a rare breed (usually you get at least one dud, more often than not a younger brother). So when you come across a family where every single member is more creative than your entire ancestry, you feel the need to push them. Not because you want to cause pain, but because you need to know that they’re actual human beings and won’t evaporate into thin air when you touch them. The Kitching clan fall into that pool of freakishly talented people. You see, a few months ago we featured the creative gem that is Maddison Kitching and this week we’re featuring his equally talented sister, Montana. And next week? Well, we may just have another Kitching surprise in store for you.
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