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Mercedes-AMG Celebrates 50th Anniversary With Limited Edition G63
Mercedes-AMG Celebrates 50th Anniversary With Limited Edition G63

Celebrating half a century is a major milestone for any name, but when you’re Mercedes-AMG it calls for something truly special. Say hello to the limited edition 50th anniversary G63.

Those hoping to get their hands on one these wild luxury SUVs will need to fly to the land of the rising sun as only 50 units will be produced exclusively for the Japanese market. The 50th anniversary model will stand out from standard models with its striking Mauritius Blue metallic paint, black bumper, wheel arches, wheel cover, roof and matching 20-inch black AMG wheels.

The interior meanwhile receives an option of four different premium leather diamond trims in either black, black and tan, black and brown and black and cream. The cool Mauritius Blue also makes its way inside on the stitching.


Besides the exclusivity and aesthetic upgrades, the G63’s engine remains stock with the proven 5.5-litre biturbo V8 engine that’s good for 563hp and 0-100km/h in just 5.3 seconds. You’ll need that kind of power if you want to tow the recently unveiled $1.7 million Mercedes yacht.

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SHUT UP & TAKE MY MONEY – THE MAGAZINE (ISSUE 2)
SHUT UP & TAKE MY MONEY – THE MAGAZINE (ISSUE 2)

[vc_row][vc_column width=”5/6″][vc_custom_heading text=”Shut Up & Take My Money, a 160 page print magazine jammed full of the coolest brands, people and products to spend your hard earned money on.
” font_container=”tag:div|font_size:18|text_align:left|color:%23878787″ google_fonts=”font_family:Droid%20Serif%3Aregular%2Citalic%2C700%2C700italic|font_style:400%20italic%3A400%3Aitalic”][vc_empty_space height=”10px”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/6″][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=”183428″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/6″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text]Luc Wiesman, Founder & Editor-In-Chief of D’Marge says, “Our online article series Shut Up & Take My Money has been incredibly successful for the past two years. Extending this into a print publication was more interesting and marketable than just another men’s mag on the shelves.”

Going print was to help move D’Marge away from the influencer / blogger sphere and into the realm of multi-title publishers. This way there’s more opportunity for advertising spend, audience growth and raising capital should we go down that path.

Shut Up & Take My Money will educate readers on luxury and innovative brands, products and the people behind them, with a focus on quality, design and of course wow factor.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/6″][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_images_carousel images=”183430,183432,183433,183434,183435,183436,183437″ img_size=”full” onclick=”link_no” autoplay=”yes” hide_pagination_control=”yes” partial_view=”yes” wrap=”yes”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/6″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text]Whilst Shut Up & Take My Money is primarily targeted to a male audience, women will still find the publication helpful for finding gifts for partners, family and friends.


“We believe that print isn’t dead, it’s just taking a nap. Shut Up & Take My Money is not really a traditional magazine, it’s what we call a ‘poor man’s coffee table book’ – looks good, is affordable, timeless (AUD $14.95) and both men and women can appreciate it.” says Luc.

Think of Shut Up & Take My Money as essential Sydney to Melbourne in-flight reading for the man who doesn’t know the difference between need and want.

The second edition hits Australian newsagents and Virgin Australia lounges on October 22, 2017. 

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This $100 Million Mansion Has Its Own NSFW Movie Trailer
This $100 Million Mansion Has Its Own NSFW Movie Trailer

A little David Lynch, a little James Bond, a little Eyes Wide Shut, a whole lot of WTF – that’s the only way to describe what you’re about to see.Believe it or not, this creepy viral clip, which has had the internet obsessing for about a week now, isn’t a peek at an upcoming horror film or the next Lady Gaga music video. It’s a full-blown NSFW “movie trailer” for a US$100 million mansion for sale in Los Angeles.What kind of home could possibly warrant its own trailer, you ask? The kind that sits on 20,000 square-feet of “billionaire’s row” in Beverly Hills. The kind that has 7 bedrooms, 11 bathrooms, and an infinity pool overlooking the city. The kind that has Longhi doors and Roberto Cavalli flooring. The kind that has a name: Opus.This ultra-elite megamansion contains every comfort a Russian oligarch could ever want. Its amenities include a champagne vault with 170 bottles of Cristal, a gold Lamborghini, a Rolls-Royce, a 15-seat curved screen theatre, two original Damien Hirst paintings, an Andy Warhol portrait of Muhammad Ali, two massive bars, an iPad-controlled coffee machine, and a separate catering/event kitchen.What it does not include, though the promo video may lead you to conclude otherwise, is a flock of scantily-clad women coated in gold paint who take dips in the pool and have VR-assisted masturbatory fantasies. At least, we assume not.Opus is being billed as the most expensive property in Beverly Hills and its trailer… well… let’s just say it puts any episode of Cribs you’ve seen to shame. Real estate porn, meet softcore porn.

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Study Reveals The 15 Most Instagrammed Destinations In The World
Study Reveals The 15 Most Instagrammed Destinations In The World

Thousands upon thousands of snap-happy travellers have shared their #beachvibes, #sunsets, and #wanderlust on Instagram. The app is our go-to place for planning holidays and making friends jealous of our jet-setting, and we’re never short of inspiration.Sometimes we’re in the mood to get away from it all, but when we’re looking for a quick digital ego boost, capturing a selfie in an Insta-famous location is sure to do the trick. These well-trodden spots are immortalised on countless social media accounts across the globe, yet they haven’t lost their charm (or their ability to pull in likes).The online travel specialists at TravelBird studied the hashtags of 470 popular tourist attractions to reveal the most Instagrammed destinations in the world. According to their ranking, the top 15 are:

#1 Disneyland

Region: California, USANumber of Tags: 14,615,952

#2 Eiffel Tower

Region: Paris, FranceNumber of Tags: 7,253,011

#3 Walt Disney World

Things are looking up! #CinderellaCastle #MagicKingdom (Photo: @whoiscliffwang)

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Region: Florida, USANumber of Tags: 5,465,098

#4 South Beach

All of the lights : @willnichols

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Region: Florida, USANumber of Tags: 4,689,396

#5 Berlin Wall

Berlin Wall

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Region: Berlin, GermanyNumber of Tags: 4,595,501

#6 Las Vegas Strip

The lovely Las Vegas Boulevard; I’ll be seeing you soon! Photo by @valleynative_

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Region: Nevada, USANumber of Tags: 3,653,548

#7 Big Ben

Region: London, UKNumber of Tags: 2,561,617

#8 Times Square

Region: New York, USANumber of Tags: 2,560,272

#9 Notre Dame

Region: Paris, FranceNumber of Tags: 2,517,129

#10 Oktoberfest

Region: Munich, GermanyNumber of Tags: 2,262,885

#11 Mardi Gras

Region: Louisiana, USANumber of Tags: 2,202,256

#12 Niagara Falls

@jayeffex

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Region: Ontario, CanadaNumber of Tags: 2,198,459

#13 Machu Picchu

Region: Cusco, PeruNumber of Tags: 2,195,108

#14 Grand Canyon

Region: Arizona, USANumber of Tags: 1,989,316

#15 Waikiki

B A Y W A T C H.

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Region: Hawaii, USANumber of Tags: 1,939,768

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Ever Wanted To Drive A Porsche Really Fast? Here's Your Chance
Ever Wanted To Drive A Porsche Really Fast? Here's Your Chance

In a secret location tucked away from the prying eyes of Sunday drivers and trigger-happy authorities, there resides a mystical playground. Porsche‘s mystical playground to be exact. This is the Porsche Sport Driving School of Australia, a multi-functional facility located somewhere between Brisbane and the Gold Coast.

“Kind of in the middle of nowhere,” is how Paul Ellis, the Director PR for Porsche Australia, describes it. He also makes a pretty handy bus tour guide for the day too but the real stars here don’t talk and instead come with four wheels and horizontally-opposed cylinders.

The agenda for the day was simple: Learn how to extract the most from Porsche’s stellar portfolio of road cars with help of professional race drivers. It’s easily one of the roughest days we’ve had at work.


So with our brains happily switched from commuter mode to driver mode, here’s how it all went down at Porsche’s school of cool.

From Novice To A Better Novice

Let’s not kid ourselves. Everyone who comes to partake in Level 1 of Porsche’s sport driving program is considered a novice regardless of your perceived skill behind the wheel after a few laps in the McDonald’s carpark. It’s just the way the German cookie crumbles, but it’s the right way.

There are five levels in the driving program which kicks off with Precision (our day), before progressing to Precision Plus, Performance, Master and the top tier GT3 Cup.

Proceeding through these levels is basically like playing a Gran Turismo video game where each level teaches the driver new skills in car control before unlocking faster cars to toy with on the tarmac. But before that happens, a driver needs to ‘graduate’ and it all begins with Precision.

The activities kicked off the night prior at a dinner where we got to meet our fellow driving cadets which included world-champion Olympic snowboarder and professional smiler, Torah Bright. Cool Fact: Torah has never broken a bone in her body considering she’s been carving up snow all her life. She’s also pretty decent behind the wheel so that made her one of the more aggressive drivers to watch during the day’s activities.

Professional Drivers (& Comedians)

Given that we were on Porsche’s sacred driver training grounds, it wouldn’t be a case of pick your expensive ride and pray you don’t wrap a tree.

Porsche’s Chief Driving Instructor and Bathurst 1000 veteran Tomas Mezera was on hand to provide the class with all the pre-driving knowledge and cautionary tales they’d need – minus all the political correctness of today’s society. It was awesomely refreshing and he made a many laugh – uncomfortably.


Helping him out was a team of clam and collected gun drivers which included Dick Johnson’s son and current V8 racer, Steve Johnson.

The Art Of Car Control

The whole point of the day wasn’t to see how fast your Porsche could go (although that did seep into some activities) but rather how to control a modern sportscar at speed. This meant going back to basics and looking at things such as the correct seating position, steering and vision control, accident avoidance in wet conditions, learning the racing line, feeling the load change on fast cornering, understeer, oversteer and of course fun stuff like drifting on a wet skid pan. They call this ‘car control’.

When all the formalities were out of the way, drivers were sent onto a wet track slalom which combined all of the aforementioned skills into a single timed session. The driver who did the slalom in the shortest time without incurring any penalties was deemed the day’s fastest. Needless to say a motoring journo took out the win.

Fun stuff aside though, the highlight for us would have been carving up the short circuit with a 911 whilst sitting next a pro driver who guided us through every corner. It’s one thing to be told how a car behaves at speed, but to actually feel it means you can also identify your mistakes and iron them out with every progressive lap. The result is evident by the end of the day with the way your Porsche just glides into every corner with maximum control and stability before launching out of the apex with poise. Driver, meet Better Driver.

One note worth mentioning is the array of Porsche cars on offer to sample. Precision day includes getting behind the wheel of the Cayman, Cayman S, Boxster, Boxster S, 911 Carrera, 911 Carrera S, 911 Carrera 4S, Panamera, Cayenne Diesel and Cayenne GTS.

We’ll admit, we were a little disappointed when we found out we wouldn’t be getting behind the wheel of a GT3 but as the day went on and a driver’s true skill was brought to light, you began to understand why. Handing a novice a +400hp car would be rather pointless (and irresponsible) if they didn’t have the fundamental road skills to harness that kind of power.


The range that we got to drive had more than enough poke in them for the activities we were conducting. Any more and some of us would either need to change underpants in between sessions or go home in an ambulance with a hefty write-off bill from Porsche.

Final lesson? A fast car doesn’t make a man a better driver.

Becoming A Better Driver

Porsche are a friendly bunch. Sure they might laugh at you when you forget the track layout and drive around in circles on the slalom, but when it comes to creating memories for life, nothing beats being strapped into the batshit-crazy, Nurburgring-conquering, 911 GT3RS. The car is basically a fully evolved version of the current 911 model in full race trim – which is also legal for public roads. And riding shotgun with a pro driver in one of these beasts? Yours truly.

Sitting in one of Porsche’s top-tier performance vehicles with someone who knows what they’re doing behind the wheel simply highlighted the potential of a fully focused 911. Stable, ravenous power delivery and that sweet exhaust note from a turbo flat-six is both frightening and intoxicating.

You might not walk away a race driver, but you’ll definitely walk away as a more proficient one. With a smile.

To find out more on how you can drive Porsches to the limit without actually owning one, head over to Porsche Sport Driving School.

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Everything You Need To Know About How Whiskey Is Made
Everything You Need To Know About How Whiskey Is Made

Calling all whiskey snobs. Think you’re an expert in your favourite drink? The latest episode of Reactions, a show that uncovers the chemistry in everyday life, is here to turn your snobbery into nerdery.Join Raychelle Burks on a journey to District Distilling Co. in Washington, D.C. for a deep-dive into the science of how whiskey is made. All alcohol-making begins with the same fermentation process, but different whiskeys come from different grains – Scotch, for instance, is typically made with malted barley, while bourbon must be made from at least 51% corn and rye must be made from at least 51% rye.What separates whiskey from beer and wine is what happens after fermentation. At that point, they’re only around 5-10 percent alcohol by volume, but liquors routinely get up to 40-50 percent alcohol. Distillation is the process that bridges the gap. During distillation, different chemicals are separated according to their boiling points. Poisonous methanol boils off first, followed by ethanol (the good stuff).Whiskey makers use a still to raise the ethanol percentage while retaining the spirit’s distinctive flavours. Still designs and processes differ, and each distillery carefully protects the ones engineered to create their signature liquor.The key to whiskey’s flavour is the aging process. The brew is put in barrels to age, during which time the ethanol dissolves flavour molecules drawn from the wood. Additional flavours are achieved by charring the wood inside the barrels. Some cutting-edge distillers are even experimenting with high-tech processes to artificially speed up the aging process (much to the chagrin of purists).There’s a lot more to learn, so check out the video above if you want to be the smartest guy at happy hour.

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Japan's Latest Luxury Train Offers $10,000 Seats
Japan's Latest Luxury Train Offers $10,000 Seats

At a time where locals are reeling from our pricey and sub-standard public transport system, Japan has gone off and shown the way. The way to truly exorbitant train rides that is.Step inside JR East’s latest Shiki-Shima luxury sleeper, a train which recently completed its maiden voyage in style and sheer opulence. The train operated by East Japan Railway pulls ten carriages in total and includes spacious two-storey suite carriages, two observatory carriages and a lounge and dining room carriage.Needless to say the Shiki-Shima is more five star hotel on rails than the odd smelling sardine can on rails. The most expensive passenger suite known as the premium ‘3D2N’ goes for a modest price of US$9,300 whilst those on a budget can sit it out in cattle class for a measly US$4,300. What you’re paying for at the pointy end of the carriage is a fully equipped bar, slick interior design and bathtubs made from cyprus trees.Those after something exclusive will also be glad to hear that the trip only takes up to 34 passengers at a time from Tokyo to the northern island of Hokkaido.On the design front the Shiki-Shima looks as good as it goes and that’s thanks to the head designer, Ken Okuyama, the man responsible for penning the Enzo Ferrari as well as the new generation Porsche 911 (996).Those hoping to catch this train on their next trip are out of luck though. Shiki-Shima is completely booked out until March 2018 so that means it’s back to the smelly sardine can on wheels for now. Or just roll into the ten coolest hotels that can only be found in Japan.

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Tudor Unveils The Black Bay Bronze Blue Special Edition
Tudor Unveils The Black Bay Bronze Blue Special Edition

Swiss watchmaker Tudor have unveiled their latest collaborative timepiece and it’s arguably one of their most attractive offerings to date.

The Black Bay Bronze Blue Special Edition comes as a partnership between Swiss-based retailer Bucherer, which is celebrating its 130th anniversary next year. To commemorate this occasion, Bucherer have teamed up with some of the best names in horology to create special edition timepieces featuring the retailer’s signature blue hue.

The coveted list already includes watches from Audemars Piguet, IWC and Panerai amongst many more. Joining this stellar line up is Tudor’s Heritage Black Bay Bronze which has been given a striking blue and gold colour combination which will make any man blush with envy.


The Bucherer special sees the brown dial and aluminium bezel of the standard Black Bay Bronze swapped out for rich navy blue components complemented with a blue fabric strap with a single bronze stripe. Besides the aesthetic makeover, the watch essentially remains the same with a 43mm bronze case housing a COSC-certified in-house automatic movement.

Those after a piece of this super model will need to fight hard as the watch is only available through Bucherer’s retailers for a RRP of 3,800 Swiss Francs. See the rest of the special edition timepieces over at Bucherer.

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Instagram Chef Recreates Your Favourite Sneakers In Sushi
Instagram Chef Recreates Your Favourite Sneakers In Sushi

Now on the menu: shoe-shi. Milan-based chef and food artist Yujia Hu found an ultra creative way to combine his passions for streetwear, sneakers, and raw fish – and won Instagram in the process.By day, the young chef slings standard sushi at a Japanese restaurant in Milan. By night, he crafts oddly appetising pieces that are playful, edible expressions of pop culture. Hu recreates iconic sneakers and streetwear logos using traditional sushi ingredients, and we mean it literally when we say that they’re good enough to eat.Little is known about the chef except his preferred mediums: sashimi, seaweed, and rice. Hu’s meticulously arranged and detailed designs range from iconic basketball sneakers to trendy Supreme slip-ons. He also occasionally dabbles in other streetwear items, like BAPE’s instantly recognisable shark hoodie, and composes sushi portraits of famous artists and athletes, like Steph Curry and Ai Wei Wei.Who said you shouldn’t play with your food? If you’re a hypebeast with an appetite, you can find Hu on Instagram under the name @theonigiriart.

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