October 26th, 2009 - jono -

Between a wedding, filthy house party, dirty nightclub and confrontations with a fat, naked, hairy Croatian dude (nick-named Troll), I managed to squeeze in a visit to the Brisbane Valley Fiesta at the weekend.
I know it’s not a Melbourne event, but some good friends tied the knot in Queensland on Saturday (congratulations Ant and Sara!), so I thought why not kill two birds with one stone. Video of groom!
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October 20th, 2009 - jono -

Isn’t it rad the sheer quantity of weird shit you can find on the internet, particularly art these days. There’s so many weirdos out there doing any number of sick things to themselves (or insects), for the sake of art. Take the Dead Fly art for example, some bored asshole had too much time on his hands so he decided to gather a bunch of fly’s, kill them, then position them in any number of sick fetish positions, photograph it, and post it on the internet. I mean to be honest they’re pretty f**ken funny, my personal favourite is the dead fly riding a horse (above) – hilarious – but if there’s people out there doing this sort of art, it makes you wonder what some of the real weirdos are doing (and when do we get to see)?
By the way, I tried to track down the Dead Fly weirdo to credit these photos, but couldn’t find the little bugger anywhere. So if anyone knows who it might be, please comment on this one and help me out (I think he might be Swedish). At the very least I’d like to find out how he gathered the fly’s, but for now we can only hope they died of natural causes (fat chance)…
October 19th, 2009 - jono -

Whether you’re an obsessed motorbike fan, part time fan or never been a fan, I think we can all agree there’s something spectacular and frightening about watching a motorbike rider hurdle himself into a corner at over 300km per hour. Especially while clinging to a fancy looking two wheeled – motor driven – work of art. Maybe, it’s the ferocious roar of the engines as they weaving their way round the circuit, or perhaps it’s the thrill of imminent danger that the riders face on a daily basis. But for this Mooks reporter, it’s all about the racing atmosphere.
Every year around the same time, the picturesque Victorian peninsular of Phillip Island erupts to the ferocious sound of the Moto Grand Prix World Championships.
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October 12th, 2009 - jono -

Before Banksy and Andy Warhol, there was Leonard Lye…
Born in New Zealand in 1901, Lye was largely self-educated and developed a life-long passion for motion, energy and the possibility of composing the two as an art form. At the turn of the century, his artwork not only contributed to a shift away from traditional art and helped bring about the rise of modern art, but he also pioneered new and innovative art forms that continue to inspire artists today.
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October 7th, 2009 - jono -
October 7th, 2009 - jono -