Not that I have them in my hot little hands as of yet, but only time can handle that. After a Melbourne Sumpreme Court Judge ruled against the broadcast of ch. 9's long anticipated mini-series Underbelly in Melbourne, the city where it all took place mind you, near official looking "box-sets" of the series have thankfully popped up all over Melbourne and Victorian Markets, like Footscray. Although the DVD's don't have the full 13 episodes, they have 9 of them, which is all a Melbournian could ever ask for. So, let's say a prayer, and thank God for the bootleggers around Melbourne.

"Geniusus," the new episode of Moral Orel is available at the newly refurbished [adult swim video] (previously Friday Night Fix). Definitely check it out. Written and directed by two new Moral Orel guys, and they do a great job. The animation is superb, and Ethan's direction is a pleasure to watch. The writing is fairly different to the season 1 formula, though the structure kind of resembles the first few episodes of this second season like "Love." Nonetheless, Harawitz does a great job in introducing a new feel to the show; and I think it's great to watch. The animation keeps getting better and better, and the sets in this episode are crazy. The detail that goes into them, as well as the new character designs is unbelievable. If you're bored or intrigued, go check out the episode. It has quite a few funny moments, also check out "Turn the Other Cheek" if it is still up.

After a long wait, The Wire: Complete Second Season DVD has finally arrived in Australia. What the hell was the hold up?! And why the complete absence of promotion? Advertisements for the first instalment of The Sopranos' final season on DVD were plastered up everywhere.
The Australian Nine Network aired this way back sometime in 2005 (or maybe it was 2004, but I doubt it), and after a long wait, the DVD finally came out down under, having came out in America two years prior though. However it is cheap compared to America. I got it at the Highpoint JB-HIFI for $49.95, but then I saw it for $56 at the Bourke Street store, so I guess it just depends. I'm kinda disappointed that it doesn't have the foil print packaging though, it looks so lame. And these new stupidly massive clasification warning labels are a joke, they throw these things in every conceivable place (this will be another rant). Channel 9 is about to air the season 3 finale of The Wire on Monday (in the graveyard hour of 12AM no less - Eddie needs to get his act together), but I wonder how long the DVD is going to take to reach our shores?

New banner I made for the helluvit. It's from a massive two meter collage I made last year for uni, but it's been slightly modified to fit in the space here. What you think?

'Cult Figures' is an article by Arthur Lubow.

Find out more about the design toy industry, dating back to 2004 this article is definitely worth a read because it will introduce you to the context, some history and who are pack leaders. Take a look if you're interested.

If you want to have a browse at some new stuff, the KidRobot store is one of the most famous and largest. They have a whole lot of stuff.