Broke for Free is the moniker of Northern California native and musician Tom Cascino. Using an MPC to create layers of harmonious guitar and sparkling synths, Cascino adds driving rhythms to his music to give it his signature ‘complex chill-wave’ sound. The Gold Lining is no exception. Nike, GoPro, XGames, Converse and Leap Motion have all used Broke For Free’s music in advertisements. So he won’t stay a secret for long.

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Known for bringing a little bit of Vietnam to Sydney’s Westfield Shopping Center, Streets of Saigon are set to dish up delights at Sydney’s Night Noodle Market. Offering tasty, home-style, preservative free bites, Streets of Saigon explore tactile tastes through their range of goodies.

Traditional recipes and fresh ingredients are key components for founder and owner Tu Anh Nguyen and being in a market situation is no exception. Everything from freshly prepared rice paper rolls (quite a rarity in Sydney) to crispy spring rolls will be on offer and the whole menu is gluten free. We love Streets of Saigon so much that we invited them to serve up their fresh and light bites at our recent Lost At E Minor Sydney party. Get down to Sydney’s Hyde Park on a week night between 5pm and 10pm October 3-19 or hit Sydney Westifeld’s food court to feast your way to fulfillment.

Streets of Saigon serving up a storm at our Sydney party!

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I Want You is a free quarterly art magazine published by Dumb Eyes design studio. Each issue is full color, large format (9.5″ x 13.25″) and limited to 1,000 copies.

Each page of the print edition consists of a single large format image from a series of each artist’s work. I Want You magazine features a broad range of artists from around the world, exclusive art work, and spotlights on forgotten or overlooked artists. The latest issue (4) features Christian Petersen, Ryan Riss, and Ben Branagan, with a poster by Devon Varmega and 7″ record with exclusive tracks from Shabazz Palaces and Stellar Om Source.

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This vitriolic rant by author and screenwriter Harlan Ellison (from the upcoming documentary about him called Dreams With Sharp Teeth) really hit a nerve with me. As someone who works in creative fields, I’ve encountered countless people/employers who think because I enjoy art and writing, I will be happy to do it for free. A friend of mine who I showed this to said, “I work on children’s cartoons. People think I work in a puffy cloud where bunnies do the work for me.” In a post-2.0 media landscape, companies think that anyone can write, make films, draw pictures, and do graphic design, so they are less willing to pay for quality work. I’ve known some web publishing companies that, when the recession hit, cut their editorial staff before anyone else, assuming that editing and writing aren’t real work, and not vital to a publishing company. I’ve also known videographers who used to make a living doing internal corporate videos but now can hardly find such work as YouTube has convinced companies that they can easily produce videos themselves. Any of you creative types encounter the same sorts of frustration?

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