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Photographer Cody Daley arrived here from Melbourne a little while ago and has been busy snapping everything quintessentially BA ever since - from classy ladies on black and white tiles, to dulce de leche smeared dudes and the ubiquitous footpath hazard of doggy-doo. He recently exhibited at Espacio 10 Arte Gallery and blogs his concepts here.

Chucky's turning 20, and to celebrate two decades of killer dollie madness, MGM is releasing a special edition DVD complete with hoards of marching Chucky's roaming the streets of New York to spread the word. Eek.

After exploring the darker gothic romance of the 80's, French electronica and shoegaze masters M83 decided it was better to dip their toes into the era's delightfully wasted astro-pop than dismiss the fetish altogether. Kim and Jessie was the emergent single, a sugar-coated, acidic trip into the realm of teenage lust.

For those that know me well, technological adeptness is probably not one of my greatest personal traits. Sure, I can down a bowl of mi goreng noodles in less time than it takes to stir in that delectable packet flavouring (two minutes max), and thanks to a stint in the riveting world of retail, I can fold any shirt you throw at me as neatly as, well, a really neatly folded shirt. But despite these seemigly super-human qualities - give me any kind of contraption involving wires, buttons and plastic casing and I'm completely lost. I'm inevitably the very last to hop on the proverbial technological bandwagon for any fandangled new commodity, and the iPod is no exception. Although its a treasured travel companion, my 80 gig black classic model is notably, and rather suprisingly, lacking in musical content. This is possibly due to the fact that I still have no idea how to make a playlist.

So it came as quite a suprise, particularly to myself, when I began to develop a borderline obsession with sussing out all I could about Apple's latest Nano offering. I scoured the net for hours attempting to get any sniff of information - forget photos, a blueprint drawn by your blind cockerspaniel would have sufficed. Luckily, it didn't come to that. Highly coveted images and information of the svelt fourth generation Nano have finally been released, giving all techno (and psuedo-techno) whiz kids some much needed closure. With a new brushed metal surface and curved screen, the latest Nano features an accelerometer (which changes display from portrait to landscape as you move the device), an improved user interface and impressive innovations such as the 'shake to shuffle', playing a song at random after a mere jiggle. It also serves as what Apple describes "a personal DJ", creating playlists by finding songs in your library that mesh rather nicely (it seems the kings of the portable music player had me in mind there). For those who need more storage space, a 16GB version is also available. Check them out here. Even I know something rather clever when I see it.

The economy is in the shitter, morale is low, hurricanes and pigs in lipstick are running all over the US and it just seems so bleak right now y'all. But fear not, good things do happen in these troubled times - such as fine new singles from excellent bands like Cut off Your Hands. The NZ boys have released a new single that, Happy as Can Be, and to celebrate the track as well as their upcoming You and I Australian tour, Cut Off Your Hands and Speak n Spell Music are letting you hear Happy as Can Be right here, for free! Not only that but they're also getting savvy on it and offering you a wee deal on you COYH tickets; simply click here to purchase a combined ticket that sees you receive a free advance download of Cut off's new album two weeks prior to its release as well as a physical copy of the debut LP, You and I, delivered to your door come its release on October 4.. C'mon and get happy!

Eddie Murphy in 'Delerious' and 'Raw' are probly the funniest comedy acts ever made.
Offensive or not, he's just too good.