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Get Your Hands on a Mix-Tape for the Digital Age
Sharetapes give modern music a decidedly old-school twist.
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How Reasonable Things Still Get Banned by the Australian Classification Board
I Want Your Love is in the spotlight after James Franco's YouTube rant, but it's banning is just one of many 'silly' decisions made by Australian censors over the years.
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Concrete Playground Meets Ash Flanders of Trash-Theatremakers Sisters Grimm
We learn how they've taken their high-camp, low-tech shows from the garden shed to the main stage.
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What Happens to Funny-Shaped Vegetables?
Food wastage is rife, but some restaurants are determined to be part of the solution rather than the problem.
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Berlin Wall Is Being Torn Down…Again
For the second time in a matter of only a few years, a chunk of the Berlin Wall, and the striking art that covers it, is set to be torn down
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A Lego Hogwarts Exists That Is Almost Big Enough to Enter
This Hogwarts castle made out of 400,000 Lego blocks is possibly more stupefying than the real Hogwarts.
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Win Tickets to See I Give It a Year
A rom com that turns its gaze to what happens after the wedding.
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The Lit Journal Goes Interactive with Launch of Cuttings
Here sprouts a well-designed, digital-only collection of new Australian writing
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Seven Positive Ways to Think About Death at Performance Space
See how seven performances and interactive artworks have made a positive experience out of the theme of death.
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Win Tickets to the Alliance Francaise French Film Festival
A wave of the best French cinema hits Australia once again.
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Concrete Playground Meets Future Lab Trend Forecaster Martin Raymond
We talk trend forecasting, what shopping centres might look like next decade, and why Sydney might culturally overtake Melbourne.
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The Five Greatest Papal Film Moments
Vatican movies to get you in the mood for the next two months of Church and State.
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Win Yourself a Literary-Inspired T-Shirt from The Affair
The Affair have transformed their love and passion for literature into a unique and compelling range of men's T-shirts
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Sydney Illustrator Wins New Yorker Comp with Hipster Cover
The dandy is a hipster in Simon Greiner's version of the iconic Eustace Tilley image.
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Cocktail Masterclass: Perrier Summer Punch
Mixologist Tomas Vikario shows how to make the perfect no-fuss drink for when friends turn up unexpectedly.
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The Ten Best Luxury Beach Breaks in Australia
We have teamed up with boutique travel experts Mr & Mrs Smith to bring you ten of the best local beach breaks – no passport required.
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The World’s Biggest Waterslide Is Being Built in NZ
Kiwi charity Live More Awesome is dreaming big with their latest fundraiser.
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Secret Garden 2013 Announces Line-Up (Not That It Needs To)
A weekend for lovers of food, music, dress-ups, and adventures.
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Win Tickets to See The Impossible
One family's extraordinary story from the 2004 Boxing Day tsunami.
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Six Things We’ve Learned From #UpGoerfive
XKCD has us talking in only the 1000 most common words.
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The Dion Lee/Sarah Blasko Collaboration You Didn’t Know You Could Hope For
An inspired collaboration from the Sydney Dance Company.
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Eat and Drink Hong Kong Style
Hong Kong is almost close enough to justify a long weekend away. Here's Concrete Playground's guide to eating and drinking HK style.
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Seth MacFarlane Makes Hitler Quip as Oscar Nominations are Announced
For all its bravado and banality, we, along with an estimated 40 million viewers worldwide, remain total suckers for the Oscars.
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Guardian shows how to sell papers with most action-filled ad ever
Who knew the weekend supplements were so tense?
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A Bluffer’s Guide to Champagne
With Concrete Playground's bluffer's guide to wine prepare to become a bona fide wine aficionado.
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Amazing Bars Around the World
When it comes to mind-boggling designs, wacky themes and unique going-out experiences then these ten bars are a cut above the rest.
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Goodreads’ Best Books Of 2012
Goodreads Choice Awards offers readers the closest thing the literary world has to a People's Choice Award.
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US Political Maps
Mark Newman's monstrous election maps are more realistic than regular maps, and scarier.
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Ten Rock-Star Retreats Around the World
You don't have to release a Pitchfork-approved debut album or sell out a stadium to live the life of a travelling troubadour.
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Win Tickets to The Perks of Being a Wallflower
Win a double pass to Stephen Chbosky’s The Perks of Being a Wallflower, starring Emma Watson, Logan Lerman and Ezra Miller.
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Hooroo Uncovers Australia’s Top 40 ‘Secret Spot’ Travel Destinations
Travel website Hooroo has uncovered 40 of Australia's best-kept holiday secrets.
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Concrete Playground’s Summer Reading Guide
Concrete Playground duly presents our suggestions for the best books to read over your summer.
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Interview: Nick Palumbo of Gelato Messina
"I wanted to create a brand that used traditional craftsmanship but was flexible in the sense that there is no limit to how creative you want to be."
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Eight Boutique Online Stores for Beautiful Gifts
Quirky, inspiring, and fun boutiques are only a click away.
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The Dictionary Of Obscure Sorrows
The website "Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows" are doing their little bit to make the inexpressible more expressible
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Make Your Own Perrier Summer Berry Mojito
Mixologist Tomas Vikario shows Concrete Playground how to make a Perrier Summer Berry Mojito in the comfort of your very own herb garden.
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The Most Magnificent Moustaches Throughout History
In the spirit of Movember here are thirteen of history's most magnificent mo's
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The Silent History Reinvents Storytelling
One of the first applications to expand the unchartered boundaries of e-book storytelling.
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The Autark Home Floating Houseboat
The Autark Home brings a whole new meaning to living on the water.