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If the blood in your ears rings with the rhythm of Benny Goodman but your feet are firmly on the kitchen tiles, you’re probably a Vintage Cinderella. Dance into the past at Lady Luck Club, a vintage vault where the ghosts of Piaf and Bogart watch on as veterans of the era swing to the stompin’ sound of the 40’s. Attire includes seamed stockings, Hollywood lips and fingered waves, while men tilt trilbies, braces and brogues. So if you’re tired of mosh-pits and young blood snogging off to Klaxons, Lindy-hop your way down to the Soho Revue and re-live War-Time Britain!

Checked Vans shoes, fluo striped socks and manga-styled hair are the uniform for a new French teenager species : the Tecktonik dancer. Started a bit more than a year ago in a club in the Parisian suburb, La Tecktonik has spread everywhere thanks to videos on YouTube. Teams of wild dislocated kids are now taking by storm streets, subways, and commercial centres dancing like mad puppets under the spell of a stoned electro God in skinny pants. This cultural movement appears to be the suburban alternative to Parisian foppish rocker kids. It goes fast with an intriguing choreography of mimed gestures such as knotting a tie or combing hair on techno music beats. Weird. Meanwhile, old people in their early-20s are sneering, dubious.

WORDS BY PAULINE AUZOU

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It's the time of the year when you're either about to leave uni/ college and you've got to put yourself to the test by finding a job or you're just looking to change jobs. But it doesn't have to be so daunting. Get your CVs hot and handy, 'cos V-Raw has got another impressive bunch of jobs lined up in the creative world. Could you see yourself as a fashion assistant for YEN, a campaign co-ordinator for Don't Panic or a music apprentice for the Harbour Agency? Of course! Well get clicking, and find out how you can apply for one of these amazing jobs at V-Raw's myspace.

                         
Sydney is experiencing a biblical plague of big fat filled moths. And unless you are an entomologist or love creepy crawlies, it's foul.

The creatures have taken over parts of the city coating the Sydney Harbour Bridge and some buildings in the CBD in a coat of living, breathing grubby fluff.

Dr Dave Britto, an entomologist at the Australian Museum, says the insects are bogong moths that have been pushed off course by strong winds. 

I've taken to chasing them around the house with a big wad of paper or sucking them up the vacuum. But apparently we should be eating them. A  "munch a moth" campaign is being led by Jean-Paul Bruneteau, 51, a French-born chef.

Allegedly they are lovely, tasting a bit like popcorn but are also very fattening. The chef suggests pulling off the furry wings, then popping the moths in the oven for three minutes in a bit of canola oil. 

Yum yum.

East London specialist film rental storeTODAY IS BORING hosted a Zombie Walk - a flash mob convergence of hundreds of people dressed as zombies, who yesterday trudged through the streets of London, from Central to East, scaring innocent bystanders and sucking brains a plenty along the way.

Online mag Dirrty Glam was started by a handful of female friends from London and
Paris, in November 2006. At the time they were organizing gigs in Paris (Poupées de Son club nights) dedicated to UK Indie rock'n' roll bands, “and that's how we decided to put a webzine together about the Parisian and Londonian music scenes.”
Word spread fast and they were soon contacted on Myspace by designers and photographers who wanted their work featured in Dirrty Glam, and it evolved to encompass music-fashion-life-art. “Today we work with people from all around the world. Lots of fashion and music artists are contacting us to do the famous "dirrty" interview.” The girls Cory Kennedy collaborative shirts line is coming soon.