5 February 2015
The upcoming Sustainable Hook & Vine Festival in Torquay will be the first ever sustainable seafood festival in Australia and looks to become a permanent fixture on our summer time calendars. Hook & Vine will showcase a number of local restaurants with pop up kitchens focusing on sustainably caught seafood.
5 February 2015
As soon as the iconic black and white logo’d poster with the words ‘Coming Soon’ hit the streets of Geelong people were talking. Nobody knew where this mystery venue was to open and the conspiracies on which vacant building it was to be in began like rapid fire. It had been a while since there’d been so much excitement over a new music venue and it was all thanks to the partnership of Spinning Half booker Steven Nichols and The Workers Club part owner John O’Brien.
5 February 2015
“Being in the Painters and Dockers is not like being in an ordinary rock band – it’s like being part of a Viking raiding party! You sign on and you go into battle; you go to war. We’ve had members come and go, but it’s an ongoing battle and it’s a beautiful thing!” laughed Paulie Stewart, home-grown punk legend, trumpet player and lead singer of the Painters and Dockers.
5 February 2015
Based on the extremely successful movie (starring Reese Witherspoon) this musical comedy tells the story of Elle Woods, the ravishing and oh-so-pink sorority president and calendar girl, who is a big hit on the campus of her sun-drenched Los Angeles college. She’s also got the perfect boyfriend in Warner Huntington III, a wealthy East Coast blue blood.
5 February 2015
You don’t have to be among the music cognoscenti to know Australian-born Ruth Moody is an exceptional talent. She is a two-time Juno Award-winning singer-songwriter and a founding member of the internationally celebrated folk trio The Wailin’ Jennys and this month she returns to her home away from home for the first time in nearly a decade. Forte had the chance to catch up with the lovely lady of folk as she wrapped up the European leg of her tour.
5 February 2015
We’ve all been envious of the Instagram and Facebook snaps, but for those who have not competed before, ‘What is The Color Run?’ Forte spoke with Tim Wiche, the event’s National Marketing Manager, about what the event involves and who can get involved.
5 February 2015
Over the past couple of years, Jordan Riddle has become a household name in the Geelong region. Whether it’s the swagger of his silky vocals or his reverb-crisp guitar work, he is definitely one to watch over the next few years as he continues to develop into one of Geelong’s finest exports. Talking in the lead up to Australia Day in the midst of the Festival of Sails on the Geelong Waterfront, it’s a very busy time, as Riddle relates.
3 February 2015
I’m fairly conflicted about where I want to spend my honeymoon. And may I preface this with no, I am not engaged. However, as a travel agent (and in a long-term relationship) who regularly plans holidays and honeymoons, I of course think about my own. It’s a complicated decision between beach haven, flop and drop, to the action/adventure accomplished kind of getaway.
2 February 2015
So, if you’ve been reading this column since the beginning – unlikely, I know, but hear me out – you might remember me talking about Scott Snyder’s New 52 Batman run way back in the first issue of Pulp and gushing over it as only a DC fanboy can. The series was one of the first comics I’d picked up since getting into comics, and I have to admit, it was a damn good first comic.
27 January 2015
Somehow, it seems, the mainstream metal press is suddenly obsessed with Papa Roach. The latest thing I read was that vocalist Jacoby Shaddix is going to launch a clothing line called Lovers Are Lunatics. He has been quoted as saying the style will be “real basic” – and if you read about fashion, you’ll know that the term “basic” pretty much means “shit”. Yep, much like Papa Roach’s music, the associated fashion is going to be “real shit”.
27 January 2015
One of the bigger shifts in Australian television over the last decade or so has been the rise of local drama. History time: it wasn’t all that long ago when “Australian drama” was such a low-rating joke that Channel Nine – the biggest network in the country – was only meeting its required quota of Australian drama [part of the requirement for holding a television licence is a certain number of hours of locally produced drama each year] by running 20 hours or so a year of late night sketch comedy show Comedy Inc.
27 January 2015
There’s nothing that feeds my organisation fixation more than organising my handbag. In the same way, there’s nothing that sends my OCD (obsessive cleanliness disorder) into overdrive quite like when a girl opens her bag, unleashing a plethora of six-month-old receipts, dirty napkins, leaking lip gloss tubes and a broken wallet, complete with loose coins jingling around the bottom.
27 January 2015
Have you seen what has Roll’d into town? Yes, the nationwide Vietnamese street-food phenomenon, Roll’d, has set up shop in Westfield Geelong. Opening up just before Christmas, the store has had no shortage of customers. But for those of you yet to visit, what is Roll’d and what exactly does it offer? I spoke with Store Manager, Tin Ly, about this fast-growing and delicious chain.
27 January 2015
Sitting down at the infamous Piping Hot Chicken Shop in Ocean Grove, it is with great joy that I am able to chat with the boys from Tiny Giants. 2014 was a massive year for the band, as they released their debut album You’re Too Excitable, and looking forwards to 2015, there doesn’t seem to be any signs of slowing down yet.
25 January 2015
His distinctive guitar playing led the way for a generation in the ’90s Australian music scene. From the likes of ‘My Happiness’ to ‘These Days’ and ‘Baby I’ve Got You On My Mind’, Darren Middleton is a legend of the Australian music scene. Having released his debut album Translations in November 2013, Middleton is about to head out on the road with Guy Pearce. Ahead of a big 2015, we begin our conversation with a chat about the infamous Woodford Folk Festival.
24 January 2015
“The Port Fairy Folk Festival is like a big reunion,” grinned singer-songwriter and storyteller Jordie Lane. “There’s a whole bunch of my friends on the bill – a lot of my buddies from Melbourne who I haven’t seen in a while – and my parents [his mother, lovable Aussie comedian Denise Scott] are coming to see me there from Melbourne. It will be the first time I’ve caught up with them in almost a year.”
24 January 2015
Metropolis Gallery kicks off every year with a bumper Summer Salon show by many artists represented at the gallery – it’s an opportunity to get an overview of what’s happening at the Gallery and it whets the appetite for what will be an exciting 2015 exhibition calendar!
24 January 2015
Last week the Australian hip hop community at large was shocked by the last minute cancellation of all scheduled shows on 360’s Utopia tour, due to unexpected and unspecified illness. His management issued a statement containing a sincere apology, citing the fact that he had never cancelled a single gig before, backed up with a promise to make it up to all ticket holders as soon as possible.
23 January 2015
It has generated a lot of hype over the past few months, “Have you seen that The Workers Club is…
23 January 2015
There’s a humongous festival happening at Tempe Beach Park in Tempe, Florida, on the 4th of April. Why do I keep plugging these huge overseas events? Because some of the line-ups are just too incredible to not at least mention, and are totally worth contemplating, especially if you like to travel. The line-up for this particular shindig needs to be seen to be believed!
23 January 2015
Hailing all the way from Seattle, USA, The Atomic Bombshells bring their internationally-renowned burlesque show to Castlemaine’s Theatre Royal for one night only! We had a chat with founder and artistic director, the one and only Kitten LaRue!
23 January 2015
Without a doubt, one of the biggest buzz bands around the Australian scene at the moment is Welsh group Catfish and the Bottlemen. Touring around with The Kooks at the moment, it was such a surreal moment to sit down with Van McCann, lead singer and guitarist for the band, to have a chat. Having seen these guys support The Wombats in Liverpool whilst I was living in England in 2011, these guys are saving rock music from all the Top 40 hype.
23 January 2015
To have “made it” as a band can mean so many different things these days. We are constantly hearing stories of well-known bands who are struggling to make ends meet through their music, despite how hard-working they are. For Melbourne band Twerps, this is all too familiar; whilst we all hear them on the radio, see them at their shows and festivals, we really have no idea at just how much work they have to put in to be there.
22 January 2015
Schnitz recently made the move to Geelong, with two stores now open – Waurn Ponds and Westfield Geelong. And with over 30 joints in Victoria, the team has developed a keen eye for location, location, location. “We love the relaxed, community atmosphere in Geelong and had an overwhelming number of schnitzaholics requesting stores in the area. A couple of locations came to our attention so we jumped at the opportunity.”
