By William Kulich

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Life under a Black Sun – an interview with Cooper Dodge

COOPER Dodge may have thousands of people following his music online, but finding an audience has never been one of his priorities.

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Jimi Hocking at BANK Warragul, August 2014 – Gallery

I HAD the pleasure of photographing Jimi Hocking when he played at BANK Warragul’s inaugural First Wednesday Blues & Roots Club event on 6 August 2014.

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Stunning autumn landscapes by Paul Dolgov

WHILE Australia heads deeper into Summer, seeing Paul Dolgov’s The Fall Series is a welcome reminder of cooler weather to come… eventually.

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How Elon Musk plans on reinventing the world (and Mars) – GQ

This is a fascinating account of the man behind SpaceX (the company which recently made history by landing a spent rocket booster upright, safely) and Tesla (the pioneering electric car and energy storage company), Elon Musk.

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Radiohead releases attempted Bond theme. ‘It didn’t work out’

SAM SMITH was not the only artist to produce a theme for the latest Bond film, Spectre.

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Christmas lights display blamed for seizures

A MELTON family’s outdoor Christmas lights display has been blamed for six seizures in the past fortnight.

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Understanding dyslexia through art

FOR artist Rachel Green, life became easier after a dyslexia diagnosis.

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Luke Watson: drawing a career

WHEN children draw, few people think they are training for a future career as an artist. But years as “the drawing kid” in his class set Luke Watson up for a successful career as an illustrator.

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Check out #TwelveDaysofPrimus on Twitter

Sick of Christmas cheer? Check out #TwelveDaysofPrimus and funk up your festivities.

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Treason in the Vines

ESSENTIAL Theatre’s performance of Macbeth at Wild Dog Winery in February was something of a homecoming for director Sophie Lampel.

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Animators adapt

THE ANIMATORS celebrated the launch of the band’s latest EP, Adaptations, with Mercury White and Lobes of Julia in Warragul late in January.

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Ziggy and the Coffees from Mars

DAN McPherson loves his coffee. He also loves David Bowie.

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Covering changes: Lua Lua

MUSIC // MANY in Baw Baw are familiar with Mercury White. The band, largely made up of musicians from the region, won an Australian band competition in 2013 and placed fourth in an international competition in Germany the following year.