James Cameron's one of those dudes that's got a hard on for adrenaline. The twenty-something street racer gone Terminator creator has been obsessed with the real-life Abyss for years, combining his experience (and wealth) to travel further into unknown depths. Perth's own electronic aural abseiler Lower Spectrum has clipped the carabineer on and pushed off into a gemstone-lit maze of a cave with new EP Traces.

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I look forward to the day when a different Dick Diver side project exists to suit our every mood and whim. I'm assured many of Australia's top scientists are working around the clock making Al Montfort's inevitable EDM outfit a reality, but in the meantime we can revel in the minimalist glory of The Backstabbers, a collaboration between singer/guitarist Rupert Edwards and Amy Hill (School of Radiant Living, Constant Mongrel).

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Smith Henderson is a true American name, as is his debut novel, Fourth of July Creek, which is set at the end of the Carter administration in a remote and impoverished Montana community. Pete Snow is a beleaguered social worker in a town full of drunks, meth and dysfunction. Dealing with his own family problems, he comes across Benjamin Pearl, an undernourished and almost feral 11-year-old whose father is a psychopathic and paranoid survivalist. A 40-ounce Big Gulp of trouble ensues.

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Anyone who's been following cartooning and its place in popular culture over the past twenty or so years would probably rather staple their own eyelids shut than read another piece espousing that 'comics aren't just for kids anymore'. So, let me reassure you that they're still a highly recommended medium for discovering puerility, naivety, vulgarity, tweeness, uncomplicated awesomeness and the undiluted joy of a silly, silly bum joke. And let me also suggest a potent monthly reminder of this, the mail-based antidote to the over-earnest graphic narrative that is Minicomic Of The Month Club.

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Remember that time our guidance counsellor embarrassed us with a gender-neutral version of Alice Cooper's Eighteen? Or what about when Jason Schwartzman sold us those fake IDs or when we smoked weed while babysitting and totally freaked out that we might all just be a dog’s dream? Watching Freaks and Geeks over and over and over again has certainly muddled my memories way more than that time I lived with a low-level 'pot pill' dealer. Created by Paul Feig (Bridesmaids, the science teacher from Sabrina the Teenage Witch) and executive produced by Judd Apatow (everything ever), Freak and Geeks is – and this isn't hyperbole – the greatest TV show set in a high school, to date and is now (finally!) being distributed locally for the first time.

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Kitsch. It means cute, but kind of tacky. Funny, but the taste is off. It’s a heavily gendered concept: kitsch is often associated with the feminine, with embellishments and ruffles, as opposed to the stereotypically masculine minimalism that is the yardstick of “good taste”.

GLITTER sees your minimalism and raises you neon craft paint and seashells.

Pat Larter, better known as the subject of her husband’s paintings, is seen here as an artist in her own right. Her large, exuberant works are made from the aforementioned neon craft paint and glitter, encrusted with jewels. Lola Ryan’s shellwork objects continue an indigenous tradition particular to La Perouse, near Sydney, using contemporary materials and fluorescent colours. Together they are a clashing, joyful, sparkly celebration.

Opening alongside Here & Now 14 and Wildflower Dreaming, this exhibition opens up a dialogue around questions of taste: what constitutes art vs craft? Craft vs ‘tacky’ souvenir? Who decides what is good taste? Whose work is chosen to be privileged and remembered? These two female artists, whose practices cross back and forth over the slippery art-craft divide, are little-known and have never before been shown in Perth. Positioned as opposing forces, yet united in their embrace of craft and decoration, their art is unashamedly, unquestionably kitsch, and also skilled, and un-ironically excellent. This one’s going to be a showstopper.

To be ‘au fait’ means to be familiar, and if there’s one thing Pet Shop Girls are familiar with it’s what the bright-eyed fashion savvy ladies of Oz want to wrap around their hot bods. In their latest collaboration with a local designer following on from their SS14 capsule collection with PAM) the PSG ladies have created a limited range of items with Stephanie Downey of independent label Dress Up.

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Treat your head to some of the snazziest cushions the world has to offer with soft furnishings specialists Yenti. Domesticity/never leaving the house again just got even more appealing.

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I’ve seemed to always have an infatuation for giving stuff names. When I had to make a cutting board for school when I was 13, I chose to make a cow shaped one – and named it Dave. On the topic of four-legged edible friends, Freo’s newest lunch break and weekend hangout Lenny The OX are fleshing out the slowly but surely growing list of worth checking out venues in Fremantle.

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Turning yourself into a Swiss Army Knife of pocket-talent skills is quickly becoming a must, as former 9 – 5 club members quit their jobs and are proclaimed the CEO of their own freelance-small-business-follow-the-heart project. Even if you aren't going out on a limb anytime soon it's always good to keep the brain ticking over with a new venture. Local group The Creatives has put together a stack of eclectic soirée-styled workshops to bust your routine mold and get the cold pressed artistic juices flowing.

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Untitled Sound Alliance brings another round of intimate midnight cosmic rhythms. Hitting the top of Gilkison's this week will be smooth move deck slayer Rok Riley from the weekend-starting Friday edition of Full Frequency plus mix Queen Modesty Blaze from Thursdays edition of Full Freq.

Sweat Werks host Reece Walker will also be putting his spin on things alongside the gracious hosts that are Untitled Sound Alliance. All night dance-a-thon with limited space so get down early to stay getting down all night long.

Man, sometimes you see a line up and it's oh-so-dreamy that it equates to cloud-floating perfection. Local DIY label Pouring Dream have curated another hell of a heavenly show for The Bird this Sunday.

The bill on the night will see songstress Mei Saraswati swooning out her bold electronic coastal constructs post a set from established two-piece future music creators Erasers. Leafy Suburbs solo dude Lyndon Blue will be back in town to lay down a beat-filled set off the back of his well received release Slow Light, whilst Mr Sinclair will act as needle and thread sewing all the sets together with his deck spinning selections.

William Street's best bi-monthly dance night Rhythmatism is back at The Bird this Friday. Whether you’re a post-work walk in or go home shower up and put on your best threads kind of dude Rhythmatism invites everyone to the d-floor for a night of solid sweat into the weekend boogie.

Quality selectors as usual with sampling man Diger Rokwell taking the helm alongside RTRFM's Full Frequency legends Ben M and Rok Riley – Serious legends, the guys run one of the, if not best, shows in the country. A special guest set will also float on in with Marcus “UK” taking you on through to new close time 2am. Stay solid, stay true and remember that lockout is at midnight.

Perth's best radio frequency RTRFM 92.1 are throwing their annual Music Quiz down at the Mt Hawthorn Town Hall. The fundraiser of team-based good times can make or break friends so make sure that you recruit the most solid crew of table-filling six you can find.

Questions range from a broad variety of genre hopping, time travelling tunes. Don't invest all your eggheads into the music category though as special rounds on the night will come from the RTRFM Movie Squad and DVD on the Radio. Full Freq's Dart will be spinning out the pos vibes between rounds and one-show-only super group The Shakellerohunters (The Shakeys + The Caballeros + Scalphunter) will be jamming out the good times.

Friday night will see the Tiny Club crew taking over the sound system at Flyrite and pulsing out the house and disco tunes through to the AM. From the moment the doors fly open (in slow motion) and the smoke slithers out of the room, so will the beat. Mix mastreo Willy Slade will be laying down the vibes followed by a VS battle between Roland The Realest and DJ Raw Sugar.

Moving deeper into the midnight shadow will see more pummeling vibes coming from the smooth-move fingers of Beecroft Sux's and Amnesia.

Critically acclaimed contemporary dance company Chunky Move brings a fusion of dance, performance and design in Keep Everything. Choreographed by Antony Hamilton Keep Everything follows the path of human evolution from our Space Odyssey days as Apes through to whatever the hell we are now.

The joy filled performance teams its visuals with aural ARIA Award-winning dudes Kim Moyes and Julian Hamilton AKA The Presets. Head down to PICA and pick up your tickets to catch the brill talents of Australia's best young dancers.

Past Present have taken the 5-panel back to the future by a couple of decades. A cap, after all, is fit for many purposes - to cover up weird hair, to cover up no hair, to accentuate awesome hair… If you like the simplicity of a cap but don't want to look like a little kid, then something from Past Present will do the trick.

The Walter has a premium look with those purple tweed and rainbow squiggles, or maybe you’re into the Mr Toad, with rusty zig-zags and primary flecks. All of these materials have grown-up names by the way - Harris and Donegal Tweed, cotton twill - but I'm just going to keep describing what I see. The navy, short-peaked, old school style baseball cap is also a notable addition to the wide world of hats, while the Sherlock is subtle and strong. Past Present maintain a beautiful Tumblr, post annoyingly true visual statements to Instagram, and it's all available online here.

Thanks to Past Present we've got one of the Mr Toad caps to give away. To enter, answer the following question: