Shannon Connellan, Author at Concrete Playground

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Aerial Photographer Captures Our Undying Love for Playgrounds

Guess you could say there's a bunch of concrete... playgrounds... out there.

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You’ll Be Able to Jump Into Tracey Emin’s Bed (For $2 Million)

One of modern art's most argued-about works is going under the hammer.

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McDonalds Goes Minimalist with New Paris Design Campaign

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Janelle Monae and Kimbra Postpone Golden Electric Show

Sudden illness has held up The ArchAndroid singer in Melbourne.

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London to Possibly Open Crowdfunded Cereal Cafe

Shoreditch could wake up to cereal cocktails, Pop-Tart combos and Saturday morning cartoons.

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Astral People’s Top Five Tunes to Start Your Weekend

Crank up a spot o' Rainbow Chan, Phuture and The Avalanches this weekend.

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New York’s East Village Radio to Shut Down After 11 Years

Heavy licensing fees will see the independent online station forced to shut down, broadcasting its last show on May 23.

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IKEA Helps Homeless Dogs with Genius Design Initiative

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The Crowdfunded Instagram Vision Sunglasses Attempting To Nashville Your Day

Make your life look immediately more romantic with "the real life photo filter".

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St. Vincent Has Created Her Own Signature Coffee Blend

The New York-based multi-instrumentalist joins James Murphy and David Lynch with her own cup o' joe.

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Double J Starts Broadcasting at Midday

The simulcast begins at noon.

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Gossip App Turns Connecticut High School Into Mean Girls

The Burn Book now has an app.

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NYC Opened a Cat Cafe Because New York

Cat'achinos ahoy!

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Splendour in the Grass 2014 Lineup Announced

Gear up your carpools.

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Rent Joss Whedon’s Brand New Tribeca Film ‘In Your Eyes’ For Just Five Clams

The Avengers director high-fived his fans worldwide by releasing the film online.

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News
Nepal’s ‘Hidden Kingdom’ Now Has One of the World’s Most Beautiful Radio Stations

With prayer flags on the antenna, gneiss stone walls and an FM frequency.

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News
Chet Faker to Take ‘Built On Glass’ Tour Worldwide and Home Again

The Melburnian native chats about his shiny debut album, morning jogs on tour and his mad year two saxophone skills.

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News
All the Coachella First Weekend Cameos You May Have Missed

With Knowles choreography and Pharrell karaoke sessions, there were more Coachella cameos than names on the lineup.

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News
All the Snaps from The Stolen Sofa Project

On the same day across three countries.

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Event
Janelle Monae + Kimbra

Sat, 24 May, 2014
Spark Arena, Auckland

Eccentric pop music and fierce vocals.

Buy Tickets

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