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It's hard to get excited about photography anymore with all the crap out there but this series made me feel something in my clay heart.. For me, good photography uncovers or pushes something new on the world, furthering or contributing to the medium rather than just merely absorbing. Justin Guthrie's latest series is good photography.

We chat with legendary film maker Albe Falzon about his latest film Spirit of Akasha.. It is not everyday you get to catch up with a legendary film maker. Albe Falzon is a man who falls very humbly into that catergory. He is arguably responsible for one of the greatest surf films of all time in Morning of the Earth, the film that first showed Uluwatu in all its glory in 1971 and featured M.P showing everyone who has ever stepped foot on a surfboard how to surf Kirra properly. We caught up with him recently to talk about his latest film, Spirit of Akasha.  First up, I guess it's always nice to hear it from the person who has created the film rather than Google. The name? You have always named your films with really powerful and interesting titles. Where does Spirit Of Akasha come from? I’ve made a lot of films especially after I jumped out of the surf world for a while. I went walkabout for 10 years. I travelled around the East and up through Tibet and various other parts of the world.

Combining skulls with photo projection from two sides of Australia..

Necklaces for queens and warriors. Drew Ginsburg of ME AND LEX revamped necklaces and turned them into what pretty much resembles either lux bibs or sternum armour.

A review and some musings on Spike Jonze's latest masterpiece..

Perth's Sid Pattni has got a new one out on Pilerats Records.

Our old pal from Chicago has some new art & music to show ya.

Dylann by Daniel Njegich.

You won't believe what happens when you combine the not-so-secret ingredients of an Upworthy headline with TV and movies, the results will restore your faith in humanity. The incredibly effective click baiting headlines of Upworthy have changed the internet, they are killing every other website in the 'page view' game and pretty much all of them are now trying to implement that same 'Headline So Enticing You Can't Help But Click' technique. Though thankfully, with every success theres people out there that are going to make fun of you - What we've got here is this bunch of parody images, the Upworthy headline formula applied to everyones favourite movies and tv shows.

What you need to know RE: our double pass Splendour giveaway..

Why shock tactics are more effective than ever.. The internet has bred a world where what's been dubbed 'slacktivism' is more prominent than ever; a term originally coined with positive connotations, being used to describe small acts by bona fide individuals. These days, many see the concept of slacktivism as referring to lazy, low-effort and insignificant notions toward change; think of those “like this to show your respect/outrage/whatever emotion” posts clamouring in your Facebook feed, or online petitions that never reach the intended offices. With so many platforms, causes, and opportunities to 'protest' at the click of a mouse, it's easy to believe that 'true' activism is becoming obsolete. The most influential of these all rely on a mutual element – that of confrontation. Masses pay attention to things they haven't seen before, things that occur behind closed doors put startlingly in their faces. We naturally are prone to recalling one unsettling campaign over a hundred comforta