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ARTISAN GUNS

Posted 12:43am Monday 19th July 2010 by Sam Valentine

Formed in its members’ final years of high school, Auckland quartet Artisan Guns has achieved much in its short existence. Now with two EP’s behind them (their debut effort Bird & Bone and the excellent new Hearts), the band has also been recently nominated for an APRA Silver Scroll award. Critic Read more...

Tono And The Finance Company - Fragile Thing EP

Posted 12:35am Monday 19th July 2010 by Adrian Ng

Self-Released 4/5 Ditching the economic themes prominent in the songwriting of his previous release (Love and Economics), Tono presses on, not forgetting to bring his wit and dry sense of humour to this new set of tunes. Lyrically this latest effort excels, with Tono proving to be Read more...

Mass Effect Series

Posted 12:29am Monday 19th July 2010 by Damien Khalsa

Platforms: PC and Xbox360 4.5/5 I am not a huge fan of role -playing games. I've played around with them; however, I've rarely gotten really excited by one. I got the first Mass Effect because my brother was interested in it, and only started playing it because I was bored and out of Read more...

Americans In Paris: Life and Death under Nazi Occupation 1940-1944

Posted 12:21am Monday 19th July 2010 by Anne Ford

Author: Charles Glass Publisher: HarperPress 3.5/5   “What would I have done as an American in Paris under Nazi occupation during World War II?” This was the question that led veteran war correspondent Charles Glass to research the different responses of fellow Read more...

Maps and Legends

Posted 12:16am Monday 19th July 2010 by Charles Nell

Author: Michael Chabon Publisher: Fourth Estate 3/5 Maps and Legends weaves a delicate and very personal group of essays into a book extolling the virtues of reading and writing. Michael Chabon is a bestselling author of novels and short stories; he won the Pulitzer Prize in 2001 for Read more...

The Naked Chef and Jamie Does...

Posted 12:14am Monday 19th July 2010 by Jonathan Jong

Author: Jamie Oliver Publisher: Penguin The Naked Chef: 5/5 and Jamie Does...: 3/5   Like most graduate students, I used to live on ramen and coffee. Or KFC and Red Bull. Pick your high-sodium, high-caffeine combo of choice. It was quick and convenient, and it freed up cash Read more...

Alicia Frankovich - Effigies

Posted 12:09am Monday 19th July 2010 by April Dell

DPAG Until September 19   Effigies is a sculptural installation by New Zealand-born artist Alicia Frankovich which is currently on show at the DPAG. This new work comprises six subtly interacting sculptural pieces that display the artist’s interest in re-contextualising Read more...

The Daily Show with Jon Stewart

Posted 12:22am Monday 12th July 2010 by Paul McMillan

Comedy Central SKY Channel 10 7:30pm (5/5) Welcome to a new section in the illustrious Critic: a section entirely dedicated to reviewing the televisual! We’re going to take recent events, programmes – practically anything compelling or disturbing from the television world Read more...

Semester One: what can we learn?

Posted 12:09am Monday 12th July 2010 by Jen Aitken

Looking back at Semester One, I thought I would offer my thoughts regarding what works and what doesn’t really work so well when it comes to directing/producing/devising a Lunctime Theatre performance. 1) Keep it simple and clean! LTT is only a 40-minute show, so keep things tidy and sharp and Read more...

Crystal Castles - Crystal Castles (II)

Posted 11:40pm Sunday 11th July 2010 by Hope Robertson

Last Gang Records (5/5) I tried to put this album on while playing Settlers of Catan only to be met with protests from a friend about not wanting to be "drowned in a sea of hipsterness." Well whatever. If really enjoying Crystal Castles makes me a hipster 4 lyf, superglue my skinnies to Read more...