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By Simon Britton
ussell Crowe, Mel Gibson, Paul Hogan, Steve Irwin, Errol Flynn, Guy Pearce, Bruce Spence, Heath Ledger, Eric Bana, John Jarrod, Hugh Jackman, Clive James, Germaine Greer, Judy Davis - what a pack of mongrels!
Have you ever wondered why such a small country miles from anywhere at the bottom of the world is so over-represented on the world's media?

It’s the mongrel-factor.

Writing It Everywhere
An Interview with Bomb It Director Jon Reiss
By Samantha Skinazi

raffiti, bombing, ugly crime, beautiful crime, street art, outsider art, painting, tagging, social protest. Whatever you call it Bomb It director and producer Jon Reiss says that "it really is a hot topic for a lot of mainstream folks." Reiss, named by Daily Variety as one of "10 digital directors to watch" calls graffiti "the ultimate outsider art." And defines it as: "Any form of illicit artistic interference in public space."


Strum and Twang
t takes a very special kind of genius to make vibrating strings bring a audience to screaming seething mass. Rock guitarists are effective conduits for the visceral emotions our lizard brains respond to.
New Media
AND NO BAD BREATH!
by Tim Fall ~ 16|May|2008
The Onion Online/content/video is not the only funny thing on the Web.
Graphic Design
BEING CLEVER - EVERY DAY – IS ONE TOUGH GIG.
by Mara Marich ~ 14|Apr|2008
There's a lot of pressure in the commercial world to deliver smart, cut-through messaging that’s on strategy, on target and on budget.
Art
THE PACKRATTITUDE OF ANDY WARHOL
by Mara Marich ~ 10|Apr|2008
Andy Warhol was a packrat from his youth.
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