For those of you who have been living on the moon for the last week with your eyes shut and your fingers in your ears: Parklife is back where it belongs – in Brisbane.

There’s no need to fret for those of you who have purchased tickets for the Gold Coast venue, as these tickets are still valid. However. For those of you without a ticket, get your act together, and visit our Facebook page where we are giving away a double pass to Parklife Brisbane and a Vanguard festival outfit. All you have to do is spread the Vanguard love and we’ll repay you with the the hottest tickets in town plus a sweet festival kit to match. All terms and conditions are on our Facebook page, so get crack-a-lackin!

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Stephen Fasano, one half of the Producer/DJ act Aeroplane has embarked on his own solo journey. Aeroplane called it quits in June and since then Fasano has re-emerged under the pseudonym “The Magician.” In true magician style, the details are still a little hazy but Fasano is currently working on an EP and a remix for The Aiku.

In the meantime, The Magician has pulled two magic tapes (Magic Tape One and Magic Tape Two) out of his hat for your listening pleasure.  Yup, truly magical. Although, I’m still loving the William’s Blood Aeroplane Remix.

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Fear not all you rocknrollas – Rock. Is. Not. Dead. Tom Di Cillo is taking us back to the extraordinary era of The Doors (ie. the golden age of the Lizard King) with his feature documentary When You’re Strange. If you thought Val Kilmer’s protrayal of Morrison in the 1991 biopic was Wishful and Sinful (come on, you had to expect some sort of cheesy Doors reference?), then you’ll like this doco much better. The rockumentary is an homage to the legendary Doors and provides true fans with a lovingly assembled tribute to the band. When You’re Strange uncovers historic and previously unseen footage of the illustrious rock quartet, captures the height of Doors hysteria, and brings new insight into the revolutionary impact of its music and legacy.   We can’t wait to get on board this musical journey alongside Morrison and his surviving three.

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There has been a bit of controversy surrounding the new Lovable campaign starring Jen Hawkins AKA hotty hot hot mega babe.

Personally I think the campaign is great, and believe that some people need to get their minds out of the gutter. There are countless editorials that feature girls licking melting ice cream off their hands… something that is an everyday occurrence in the Australian summer anyway.

Lets all just chill out and enjoy Jen in her underwear… deal?

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These lego tattoo Pilot pen ads were designed to show off the precision of the Pilot hi-tec-C pens, but we like the idea of defacing  lego men much more. Although the detail of the ink and the appropriation of the art of tattooing for the campaign is super impressive. Barcelona advertising agency Grey has lifted the bar, encouraging a whole new level of childhood destructiveness, with these tattooed toys making our diaper day efforts at smashing our sibling’s Duplo castles look like child’s play.  Sure, toddlers will have trouble grappling with the penmanship issues, but I’ve seen kids these days do some crazy things (and some pretty horrible tattoos for that matter).

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Mitch Beige Brown is a graphic artist all rounder, providing creative solutions to a selection of cultural clients in the form of print design, creative direction, graphic art, illustration, & web design.

Mitch has caught our attention and we’re stoked to have him on board to collaborate with Vanguard for our next collection.

check out his work here

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The Cool Hunter is the world’s most read culture and design site. It began in 2004 and includes all things creative, coming to the conclusion that cool = innovative and unique.

Expanding itself, The Cool Hunter brand also offers consulting and agency services, product design, development, brand development, marketing communication and graphic desgn. Not stopping there the website will soon include online hotel bookings, residential property listings (TCH Living), an online store, Book series and retail stores.

Vanguard was recently featured on the site and is excited about some upcoming collaborations with the Coolhunter’s many outlets.  Stay tuned

The Cool Hunter

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SPECTRUM TRAILER – rileyblakeway.com from Riley Blakeway on Vimeo.

Anon – Chippa & Benny from Riley Blakeway on Vimeo.

Lovers Land – LOVE from Riley Blakeway on Vimeo.

Riley Blakeway is a young gun from NSW Central coast who has proven himself as part of the new breed of  film makers that are breaking the mould against conventional surf flicks.  Creating short films that revolve around the fashion, surf,  street and skate cutlure, he seems a perfect match for Vanguard, and we’re stoked to be collaborating with him in the near future.

Keep you posted once we get working together!

Check out more of his films at his website and Vimeo channel

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Last Week we shot our Summer lifestyle Campaign in the Byron. We piled a crew into the car and began our road trip down to stay at Lucy’s B&B in Bangalow.

After a few beers and yarns we hit the hay to get up for the early. We loaded up the old Volvo and hit the road with a plethora of weird and wonderful boards, logs, spoons and little fishes. The boys decided it was time for an impromptu car roof surf through the Bungalow tree tunnels. We got down to byron and were greeted with some clean little runners.

No time to waste it was time to grab a feed and then hit the concrete with a quiver of skaties, shoes not required. Ending a perfect day we headed out to see Tame Impala who were shredding on their new album tour.

Thanks to the crew for an epic day! We’re already on the countdown for summer!

Photography by Chris Proud.

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Putting Terry’s recent creepy scandal aside, I love Ben Stiller and him mucking around together pretending Ben is Terry in the iconic Terry glasses and plaid. To make it even better Stiller gets his Zoolander on! Blue Steel meets Magnum.

Terry’s Diary and The Cut

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