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    Win a Copy of The Summer Guide by Concrete Playground

    Well folks, it’s that time of year again, when the rising mercury sends us outdoors en masse, pumping our concrete playground with an energy of revelry and renewal.

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    Concrete Playground Meets The Kooks

    We spoke with band member, Hugh Harris, about bringing in the New Year at Falls, cooking spag bol and retracing his roots in his spiritual homeland, Sydney.

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    Win a Double Pass to See Martha Marcy May Marlene

    A dark and magnetic exploration of human consciousness, Martha Marcy May Marlene exposes the unturned side of humanity that we fear to recognise.

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    The Song Map

    This is what the world would look like if you could build a city from your iTunes library.

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    Coachella Line-Up Lands for 2012

    The highly-anticipated line-up for the colossal Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival has just emerged.

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    LCD Soundsystem Documentary to Launch at Sundance

    Almost one year after their break-up, a film documenting the final chapters of alternative powerhouse LCD Soundsystem will premiere at the Sundance Film Festival.

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    Peats Ridge Festival 2011 Review

    It’s one-seventh the travel time to Woodford, one-fifth the number of Southern Cross tats at Field Day, as picturesque as Falls, and the local line up is without parallel.

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    Concrete Playground Meets The Arctic Monkeys

    The band's perfectly coiffed and sonorous toned lead singer, Alex Turner, takes time out to chat to Concrete Playground.

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    Make Food Not War

    Stage a war in the kitchen and attempt to replicate these deliciously evil masterpieces.

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    Stanley Kubrick’s Photos of New York

    Before he was a filmmaker, Kubrick was a photojournalist for Look Magazine, for whom he captured the street life and subjects of New York City.

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    Win a Double Pass to See Young Adult

    Director Jason Reitman and screenwriter Diablo Cody, who previously collaborated on the Academy Award-winning Juno.

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    How Happy is Your City?

    A giant emoticon erected above this Bavarian city is set to measure the general mood of the people below.

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    Fireworks by Day

    A Chinese artist takes modern art to the sky with his daytime fireworks exhibition.

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    A-List Actors Become Evil Villains

    Brad Pitt, George Clooney, Ryan Gosling and others appear in vignettes as nefarious villains in this online video exhibition by Alex Prager.

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    The Ten Best Art Exhibitions in Sydney this Summer

    This year Sydney's art institutions have produced an array of promising art events on the horizon to help you push into summer past the new year, whatever else the weather may hold.

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    Give Your Bike a New Life

    Sydney's resurgence of all things bike-related has translated into a thriving cycle culture.

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    Five Things to do on Christmas Day

    If you're in town on holiday, grew up in a Christmas-free tradition or are otherwise disinterested in the big day, you might find yourself looking for something to help fill an otherwise quiet afternoon.

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    Cultural Disappearing Acts

    UNESCO has added 'intangible' cultural traditions to the list of the world's endangered phenomena.

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    Please, Steal Our Banksy

    A Melbourne hotel issues an open invitation to steal their artwork straight off the walls.

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    Concrete Playground Talks to Artist Rafael Lozano-Hemmer

    Lozano-Hemmer is famous for art that lurks in public spaces, galleries and even beaches, amplifying passers-by into new creatures with a city-sized will.

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    Sydney: The Summer Guide

    Welcome to the inaugural Concrete Playground Summer Guide, a comprehensive shortlist of the best this city has to offer over the next three months

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    Gourmet Food Hampers for a Good Cause

    The Philanthropic Foodie is a demiurgic thinktank that come up with ideas that marry Sydney’s love of fine food and worthwhile charities.

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    A Guide to New Year’s Eve 2011/12

    Kickstart 2012 with a bang and head to one of these venues for a momentous start to the new year.

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    Win a Double Club Stolen VIP Pass to Rhythm and Vines in New Zealand

    Courtesy of our friends at Stolen Rum, Concrete Playground has a double-pass three-day Club Stolen VIP Package up for grabs.

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    Sydney’s Noteworthy New Bars and Restaurants

    It's summer now and there's no excuses for staying curled up inside, rain or no rain.

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    Manly’s New Guard

    Manly's reputation as a tourist destination is firmly established - but what about us locals?

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    The Summer Film Guide

    With La Nina working her unholy magic, you may need to take shelter in your nearest cinema on more than a few summer eves.

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    The World’s First Functional Painting Typewriter

    To the delight of fetishists of redundant technology, an American artist has created a typewriter that paints.

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    Win a Book of Italy’s Most Beautiful Hotels

    Italy is not just about the food, as the folks at Mr & Mrs Smith know.

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    The Summer Concert Guide to Sydney

    A summer line up this good is not going to be easy on the wallet. Let’s just hope that after a couple of months of epic gigs followed by dusty days at work, you’ve still got your day job.

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    From Barley to the Bottle in the Heart of the City

    Watch your beer 'grow' from start to finish at this temporary inner city brewery.

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    A Guide to this Summer’s Best Beach Reads

    In attempt to help out those with a literary whim, Concrete Playground presents the ten best books to read this summer.

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    Engagement Photos, Star Wars Style

    An American couple have taken their love for Star Wars to a different level by dressing up as the movie's characters for their engagement shoot.

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    Win a Double Pass to the Rare Finds Festival

    To celebrate their fledgling year in business, the guys and girls at Rare Finds are throwing a party, putting on a showcase of their bands, taking over The Zoo and Winn Lane this Saturday.

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    Concrete Playground’s Summer Road Trip Essentials

    Road trips can be an idealised summertime activity, so Concrete Playground has come up with some tips to make sure you never have a bad one again.

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    The Spirit of Youth Awards Set to Grow in 2011/2012

    With the competition's expansion into unprecedented categories, there are now more opportunities for Australia's finest creative minds to showcase their work to the world.

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    WIN /// Concrete Playground and Jameson Present ‘A Movie Night’

    What happens in the world’s largest trash city will transform you.

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    Win a Double Pass to the Hola Mexico Film Festival

    Foreign films don't have to be so foreign, which is why we are giving you amigos a helping hand - señors and señoritas, we have 25 double passes to the Hola Mexico Film Festival to give away.

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    Benetton Receives Hate for its ‘Unhate’ Campaign

    The United Colors of Benetton are the centre of controversy after their new 'Unhate' campaign showed some of the world's leading figures locking lips.

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    Win a Double Pass to Tiger Translate

    Concrete Playground has ten double passes to give away to attend the artistic, musical and beer-infused extravaganza that is Tiger Translate.

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    Hemingway’s: A Literary Drinking Hole in Manly

    A far cry from the back lanes of Darlinghurst or even the fame of King Street, this bar is firmly situated on Manly's main strip, right across from the beach.

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    Food Trucks Come to Sydney

    The food truck revolution has well and truly taken hold of the U.S. and Sydney is set to finally get its own fleet.

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