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Move on over Nimbin – NSW has a new green capital and thy name be Blair Athol. Last night, local police (who by now are no doubt looking forward to a ripper of a bonfire) made a 1.8 million cannabis bust in the south-western suburb - the third such yield in a week. You may remember that on Monday some industrious hydroponist lost 700 plants with a total street value of around 4 million (not that he was concerned with that – they were, of course, all for “personal use”). Yesterday another raid uncovered 300 plants on a property in the same street; this one worth about 1.5 mil. It’s said that many of the tip-offs came from concerned neighbours, to which I say, what ever happened to a sense of community? Anyway, police are not saying whether the incidents are linked but either way, it would seen that gated communities are the new bushlands and remote farms - just like on Weeds!

You know how there's certain things in life that make your brain hurt just thinking about the level of work that went into their creation? Like bridges and roads. Like wall-painted animation. Didn't quite get that last one? Well then click here to see one of the most amazing and painstaking pieces of art you will have been privy to in a while. The wall animation is the work of Italian graffiti artist, BLU and was created and filmed on the streets of Buenos Aires and Baden. As a practice thats name is often marred by weak-handed, illiterate tags, it's wonderful to see such a beautiful and generally well-crafted example of street art.

When I first met Will Harden (at the Cricketers no doubt) I was first struck by his uncanny resemblence to a certain ex-Nirvana drummer turned Triple M favourite. “Has anyone ever told you that you look heaps like Dave Grohl?” I inquired, to which Will laughed in a manner that suggested he’d heard this one before and replied “Ummm, yeah. I guess that’s why everyone calls me Grohl”. So yeah, anyway, Will Harden – or Grohl as he is known in the postcodes of 2010/2011 – not only looks like a celebrity but is a pretty spectacular artist to boot. Described by himself as “transmogulated” (NB: it is literally impossible to find a definition of this word), Grohl’s paintings are florid, transcendental affairs that have been known to convey a sense of eroticism to many (but, much like clouds, you can really choose to see what you want in them). Take what you will then when Grohl presents Internal Workout Volume IX; his much-anticipated debut show as a resident at Black and Blue. Internal Workout opens at Black and Blue Gallery on May 15th from 6pm-10pm and can be viewed until June 1 from Thurs-Sun, 11am-6pm.

As you may well already know, Icelandic music pixie, Bjork, recently made the creepiest music video ever concieved for her single, Wanderlust. Well now the Encyclopedia Pictura directed epic is available in 3D. To be honest, I'm actually too scared to watch it - the originally was enough straight freakness for me. But if you're game enough and knowledgable in the creation of homemade 3D specs, then click away.

Following on from my earlier banana-shaped-phone-cover post, comes this beauty. Are you sick of, every ten months or so, finding a banana all smooshed up and gross at the bottom of your handbag? Too lazy to keep it in a separate bag? Well ladies and gents, meet the Banana Guard; an invention that will revolutionise the way you pack your lunch. Created from dishwasher safe plastic, the Banana Guard is specially designed to keep safe the vast majority of bananas. Featuring multiple small perforations (to prevent the premature ripening that could occur in the time between breakfast and morning tea) and available in an inspired five colourways, the banana guard makes both a practical and stylish gift. Order yours here.

Beautiful people - there's so much cause to dislike them. Not only can they make their own day just by looking in the mirror in the morning but statistics show that they get more dates, have more friends, work in better paid jobs, are less likely to commit crime and if they do, are more likely to be acquitted than there plain-Jane counterparts. So what is to be done about this seeming disparity? Well, in his book "Feo", Argentinean campaigner and author Gonzalo Otalora puts forth that good-looking people be taxed on their genetic windfalls. Yes, like a robin hood of aesthetics, Otalera is out to steal from the beautiful and give to the ugly. His manifesto isn't all so extreme though; Gonzalo is also calling for photo requirements on job applications and airbrushing in magazines to be outlawed. Gonzalo Otalora: protector of the plain or just plain crazy?

If the tired 'The' [insert band name here] titles get you down, sidestep this one just for a minute. Ed Knowles, lead singer of Kiwi band The Checks, snatched everyone's attention at Oxford Art Factory a couple of Wednesday's ago when the band opened with 'What you heard' (starting the set with a ripper of a scream).  Knowles and crew were energy incarnate and, refreshingly unafraid to pull out some Jagger-like jives.
Myspace this, myspace that - just check out a gig and you'll know what I mean.