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Published: Beat Magazine: Interview

Fatboy (Interview with Daniel Frederiksen) “Motherfuck!” is the first word spoken in the award-winning John Clancy play, Fatboy, which sets the tone for a show described as “grosteque”, “profane” and “shocking”, quite nicely. Fatboy debuted at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in 2004, won the Fringe First Award that year, and has since then garnered a number [ READ MORE ]

Published: Trespass Mag: Opinion

Don’t Rain On My Parade The house I grew up in in Malaysia had a large forest just behind our backyard. In essence, our home was quite like a zoo; but only one animal, our dearly beloved Labrador (now deceased), Leo, was actually welcome there. We had a good sized garden – it housed a bunch of [ READ MORE ]

Published: Beat Magazine: Interview

California Screamin’ 5: Interview with Tony Peake The term ‘Lowbrow’ originated in opposition to a ‘highbrow’ approach to art culture, agrees Tony Peake, manager of Kustom Lane Gallery. Lowbrow art and Kustom Kulture are just the kind of things he likes to see in his gallery, as well as paintings of monsters, zombies, shrunken heads, and [ READ MORE ]

Published: Onya Mag: Opinion

where’s your happy place? In times of stress, WikiHow tells you to relax, breathe, close your eyes and then find your happy place. That’s all great advice except sometimes people make you so mad you feel like pelting the nearest object to you in their face. Whenever I feel like that, dreaming of frolicking in a [ READ MORE ]

Published: Trespass Magazine: Review

R+J This time around, fate is not to blame for the death of the star-crossed lovers – homosexual prejudice is. R+J, an original adaptation of one of the most iconic love stories of all time, ‘Romeo and Juliet’, is the brainchild of director, Sean Mulcahy. In his play, R+J refers to two young men, [ READ MORE ]

Published: Trespass Magazine: Film

I know it’s wrong but I still love… During Trespass Magazine’s Love Week (and also our first Theme Week), Film Editor Beth Wilson, got the Trespass team and a few guest writers to contribute to this very fun film list entitled, ‘I know it’s wrong but I still love…‘ Here, we were to expose our deepest [ READ MORE ]

Published: Trespass Magazine: Interview

Interview With Molly Wizenberg Times Online ranked Molly Wizenberg’s Orangette as the best food blog in the world, and for good reason too. After quitting her Ph.D. in cultural anthropology, Wizenberg, with a great passion for food and writing, decided to launch her now famous food blog. Orangette led to a monthly column in Bon [ READ MORE ]

Published: Trespass Magazine

Love: Sweet & Cheesy Beneath my cool, calm, steely exterior is a gaping hole where a soft spot lies for a mushy thing called…love poetry. Back in my more youthful days when my memory wasn’t as poor as it is today, I used to memorise my favourite poems, and then recite them to nobody – although, [ READ MORE ]

Published in Go Magazine

Rainbow Trees in Hawaii As a self-confessed city girl, any activity that requires bug-spray and a mobile loo will receive a declined invitation from yours truly – it is something that I have grown out of being ashamed of. But every so often, when in the comfort of modernity, I do enjoy the great outdoors. A [ READ MORE ]

published: Acclaim Mag: Interview

Amp Fiddler Joseph ‘Amp’ Fiddler’s impalpable cool and laid back feel transmits even through the phone. After much success with soul/funk bands, Enchantment and Parliament alongside George Clinton, Fiddler has since been making headlines as a solo artist. With albums like, Waltz Of The Ghetto Fly, Afro Strut, and his latest instalment, Inspiration Information, Fiddler has [ READ MORE ]

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Lin Tan, Melbourne-based freelance writer, Editor of Trespass Magazine, features writer at Onya Mag, and weekly blog reviewer at Go. Other works can be found in Beat, Lost At E Minor, Acclaim, Express Media's Buzzcuts, LOTL, Fasterlouder, and some others she won't bore you with. (More About).

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