>>Highs

Vans slip-ons Stop, look down and ask yourself if those masses of technological stuffing covering your feet were worth $200.

The Grammys The only awards show to honour both polka and new age music have FINALLY added on a couple of dance music categories. Better late than never.

Jabber A ska band. Young. Local. And yup, that be a girl onstage.

Byron Stingly The former voice of Ten City takes on Sylvester's "Mighty Real." A 400-on-the-floor stormer!

Ginger The Pine Avenue noodle bar that makes ya feel happy to spend 10 bucks on a cuppa ramen.

>>Lows

Post-Trainspotting rave literature Okay, so your love story is set in a booming warehouse and your protagonist has taken E. You still can't write for shit.

The Lox They're not all good. And why name yourself after a brunch fish?

The Rox Those little black pebbles all over the sidewalks must be somehow related to cat hair.

Fatso in a fedora John Goodman. A Blues Brother? What's next? Paul Hogan as Batman?

Movies set in the '80s "Ha, ha, look at her bangs" can only take us so far, eh?

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