Yay! We have gotten together with some of our fave artists like Catherine Campbell, Mel Stringer, Sean Morris and Beci Orpin to make this lovely-as handmade quilt. A big thanks to everyone who got involved, especially Brother and the ladies from Kate's Sewing Centre in Melbourne. What's better, you can place a bid on this piece of frankie-ness and have it sitting proudly on your bed! Just email us at quilt@frankie.com.au with your highest bid. Bidding closes on October 19 and the final winning bid will be donated to The Salvation Army.

Magic Kids kinda make us a little jealous. They are seven friends who make music, have fun and are all about the love. They sing poppy tunes about boys and girls that will make you wish you still had a science-class crush whose name you could scribble across all you text books.

They love playing live with their own kooky aesthetic and bringing smiles to their audience’s faces. They jump around and wear baseball caps and tap key boards and seem to playfully beat drums with light fingers. If this is all a little too positive-rainbow-lollypop-madness for you cynics out there, these kids are actually pretty talented.

We conversed with Will and Bennett from the band as they enlightened us on the finer points of dining in Tennessee and how they got their Beach Boys sound. The boys note that years of music listening without prejudice led to the birth of Magic Kids and every type of musical genre played a part in forming who they are today. We will have to keep our ears out for the announcement of an Aussie tour – there's no word yet, but stay tuned. Will and Bennett mentioned that a trip to Australia isn't out of the question, but for now they're sticking it out in Tennessee where, they say, if you were to come hang out with them, they would take you out on the town and feed you fried food until you burst. It's the Southern way after all.

Memphis is out now, you have can have a listen to some tunes on their myspace.

What’s your favourite Penguin Book? The ‘dignified yet flippant’ Penguin is celebrating 75 years of producing paperbacks with the notion of making literature accessible to all. To celebrate, they have released an additional 75 new Popular Penguin paperbacks which you can get your mitts on for a measly $9.95 each! Head over here for the full range and test your pop Penguin knowledge against your mates with the Penguin Party game on their facebook page. What a delightful distraction.

Huzzah, hurrah and hip hip hooray – issue 37 of frankie is out today! Inside we chat to the happiest worker-minions in the world from the offices of Etsy, Sub Pop and Vivienne Westwood, squeal with glee at pretty vintage paper dolls and learn how to grow our own miniature gardens. There’s swoony furniture design, lovely togs for summer days (they’re coming, people), a little heart-to-heart with Deb Mailman, a tribute to our favourite nerds on film, musings on the modern angst of the IKEA visit and an expert guide to old-fashioned lollies.

Talented Aussie muso, Matt Walters has just teamed up with frankie fave, Megan Washington on his new single, Die For You. Check out his myspace, say hello and have a sneaky little listen over here. He is also playing at the Workers Club in Fitzroy, Melbourne tomorrow night if you would like to see the man in the flesh. Very sweet tunes.

This September, Brissie will come alive with some great new theatrical and contemporary performance works with Under The Radar as part of the Brisbane Festival. The program will see site specific performances from over 100 experimental and emerging artists that spill into the streets of Brisbane. The work associated with Under The Radar promises to push the boundaries of art, laughter and thought for both the spectator and the artist.