WEDNESDAY 4 JUNE
Layers. Chicken farms have got 'em, postmodernism don't (well, at least not in the hierarchical sense). Cakes have got 'em, and so should your wardrobe. This week, you'll find them in a fajita, on grainy Super 8 film and in a hoodie. You'll also find them in Photoshop, but for the sake of your sanity we suggest you steer away from all that. There's a reason why IT kids have trouble getting laid.
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Magtastic Blogsplosion
IKEA dinner party
Highbrow robot
Face it
Unnecessary quote marks
Lodown DYOS
Tiger: Spy in the Jungle
Ed Banger pressers
100 Girls on Cheap Paper
Flavour trippin
The Cloud
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Museum of Bad Art
IKEA train
Keyboard Cathy
Scary Spock
Democrat primaries spoke cards
DIY coat rack
Tiger: poached in the jungle
Head banging lessons
100 cheap paper girls
Robbie Williams Tripping
Italian Cloud Poetry
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Tales From Outer Suburbia
WHAT
TALES FROM OUTER SUBURBIA
WHO
SHAUN TAN
WHERE
ALLEN & UNWIN AND ALL GOOD BOOK STORES
HOW MUCH
RRP $35
WIN
WE HAVE ONE COPY OF TALES FROM OUTER SUBURBIA TO GIVE AWAY. JUST EMAIL WIN@TWOTHOUSAND.COM.AU WITH THE SUBJECT ‘BOOK FETISH'. SUBSCRIBER ENTRY ONLY
If the word 'awesomest' was an illustration (or even a word) then it would be illustrated by Shaun Tan. Tan is the king of Australian book illustration and creator of last years award winning comic book THE ARRIVAL.
Typically Tan's stories are allegories about the human condition, his skill as an artist and writer is to take everyday themes and create an extraordinary and hallucinatory experience. The beauty in Tan's work is his ability to create visually stunning imagery without allowing it to dominate his narrative thread. Simplicity is the key in Tan's books. It's revealed amongst a backdrop of fantastic worlds and luscious imagery page by page by page.
Tan's latest work, TALES FROM OUTER SUBURBIA, follows similar terrain. This time there are a series of short stories linked together by whimsical and surreal events that occur in the very real places of suburban Australia. The strength of the book is its ability to tell stories as if they were your own, enhanced by Tan's beautiful imagery.
* See Shaun Tan speak next Thursday June 12, 4pm at Shearer's on Norton. 99 Norton St, Leichhardt. Or Thursday June 12, 7pm at Kinokuniya. 500 George St, City. RSVP 9262 7996.
Format: Book
Motivation: Improves creativity by osmosis
Keywords: Graphic novels, Shaun Tan
All Hour Cymbals, Yeasayer
WHAT
ALL HOUR CYMBALS
WHO
YEASAYER
ON
SPUNK!
MYSPACE
MYSPACE.COM/YEASAYER
WIN
ONE OF THREE COPIES OF ALL HOUR CYMBALS. EMAIL WIN@TWOTHOUSAND WITH THE SUBJECT 'TURN UP THE SITAR'. SUBSCRIBER ENTRY ONLY
Do you know what a hippie is?
With their headscarves and hand bells, communal chanting and four-part harmonies, Yeasayer have a lot in common with west coast burnouts like Fleetwood Mac, The Eagles, or ELO. But they also share similarities with fellow skinny-jeaned loft-lurking Brooklynites TV on The Radio, Grizzly Bear, and Dirty Projectors.
Their debut album ALL HOUR CYMBALS is an incredibly fun boho romp. Its beautifully crafted and innovative songs offer a blend of '80s avant-rock and spaced-out '70s soft rock that's both kinda cheesy and really exhilarating - a perfect encapsulation of the new, new age hipster mysticism.
Guilty pleasure? Dude, it's 2008 - guilty pleasures don't exist anymore. If only this hadn't gotten lost in the mail, we woulda told you about it sooner. Turn up the sitar, motherf####r!
Release: 7"
To Cure: A predictable playlist
Welcome to Alphaville
WHAT
WELCOME TO ALPHAVILLE
WHERE
32 OXFORD ST, PADDINGTON
WHEN
MON-FRI AND SAT 10AM-6PM, THUR 10-8PM, SUN 12-5PM
CONTACT
9357 7788
In Melbourne, Alpha 60 (Alex and Georgie Cleary) are something of the fashion rat pack. Together with TV and Claude Maus they rule the southern city's cobbled lanes. With good reason.
Alpha 60's collections call on the spangled muse of film (and the occasional celebrity). This is first obvious by the store's name, Alphaville, taken from the 1965 classic by Jean-Luc Godard. Jean-Luc himself is a recurring player, to be seen on T-shirts and the walls of the Melbourne stores. Kate Moss has also made an appearance, on a slinky full-length dress in Summer 07.
The lady d'jour however, is Laura Palmer (you might remember her from such series as TWIN PEAKS). Laura comes on a tote with every purchase from the new Sydney store. In general, the label is known for working wonders with volume, and their oversized tees have carried tributes to everything from triangles to cats (perhaps a nod to the designers' one time job at a Canberra cat shelter).
Until now, we've been able to glean snippets of Alpha 60 in Sydney. It's time to take in the whole piece. Welcome to Alphaville opened last week on Oxford Street opposite another Melbourne import Assin. The Sydney incarnation boasts a clean interior, a full collection, the infamous ‘White Shoes' and a young River Phoenix smokin' the walls.
Product: Clothing
Anatomy: Heart
Keywords: Alpha 60
Neverness, Part 1
WHAT
NEVERNESS - PART 1
WHERE
BLACK & BLUE GALLERY, 302/267-271 CLEVELAND ST, REDFERN
WHEN
OPENS JUN 5, 6PM-9PM
RUNS UNTIL JUN 22, THURS-SUN 11AM-6PM
CONTACT
9699 6038 OR WWW.BLACKANDBLUEGALLERY.COM.AU
IMAGE
DETAIL FROM PRINT BY THOBIAS FALDT
I trust you are familiar with NowNow, TwoThousand's sophisticated, worldly cousin? You may have spotted him at a Right Angle family get together, propped against a window sill sipping at a snifter of port, calmly snapping off the odd shot on his Contax while TwoThousand gets wasted on fruit punch and plays charades with the kids.
NowNow is not actually a theoretical person, but a very real, very busy project-based collective. On top of regularly updated features and strangely intriguing pictures of people's desktops, there is an impressive online gallery with contributions from a broad range of local and international photographers. And don't even get me started on WON magazine.
Of course, the next step in their evolution as an active agent of the artsis for NowNow to curate an exhibition. Collating works from contributors as far afield as Sweden, USA, UK and Adelaide, NEVERNESS, PART 1 contrasts notions of eternity to frame the exploratory nature of a global group show.
Somehow finding clarity through the eyes of many, this is a group show that knows what you mean when you say ‘not another bleedin' group show'. Featuring the photographic work of Linus Bill, Thobias Fäldt, Conor O'Brien and others. One can only wonder what they'll do next.
Medium: Photography
Drink: Dandy shandy
Keywords: WON, NowNow, Black & Blue
Performance + Deliverance
WHAT
PERFORMANCE + DELIVERANCE
WHERE
SUNDAY CLASSICS AT THE CHAUVEL CINEMA, CNR OATLEY RD AND OXFORD ST, PADDINGTON
WHEN
SUN JUNE 8, 4PM
HOW MUCH
$11 FROM THE CHAUVEL BOX OFFICE
WIN
ONE OF 15 DOUBLE PASSES. JUST EMAIL WIN@TWOTHOUSAND.COM.AU WITH THE SUBJECT ‘IT'S 1972!!'. SUBSCRIBER ONLY ENTRY
WATCH THE TRAILERS
HERE AND HERE
Classic cult movies, like books, are the ones everyone knows, but haven't necessarily seen before. Then when you stumble upon one on Fox Classics or in a friend's DVD collection one rainy Sunday after fifteen too many beers and some ill-advised tequila shots the night before, the penny drops.
You discover how [insert film industry legend here] earned their stripes, and you learn where heavily pop-culture referenced shows like THE SIMPSONS get their material.
In DELIVERANCE, for example, you discover where Peter Berg got the idea for a film about a boys weekend gone wrong, and you learn why the sound of duelling banjos is synonymous with inbred yokels, and why grown men on camping trips jokingly tell each other to squeal like a pig.
Then in PERFORMANCE you see Mick Jagger in a muddled, surrealist orgy and you either want to dig your eyes out with the wrong end of a spoon, or eat a mushroom and do it all again. And afterwards, you wish you'd been able to see it all on a big screen. Except for the last part if you go see it at Chauvel. Instead you can sit back and pretend it's 1972.
Format: Cinema
Mood: Make a therapy appointment now
Keywords: Mick Jagger, Chauvel Cinema
Asuza
WHAT
ASUZA
WHERE
DOBRY DEN, 326 CROWN ST, SURRY HILLS
NUDIE STORE, 35 WILLIAM ST, PADDINGTON
INCU, 256 OXFORD ST, PADDINGTON. SHOPS RG 19-20 AND 23, THE GALERIES VICTORIA, 500 GEORGE ST, CITY
HOW MUCH
SHIRTS FROM $79, JACKETS FROM $220
CONTACT
INFO@ASUZA.COM.AU
It seems that the further we go into the future the more our focus on durable craftsmanship regresses. Some fashion, in particular men's, has a lot to answer in this regard. Asuza are bucking this trend through retro-futurism, which it would seem is a combination of forward-thinking design and dedicated craftsmanship from a time long gone by.
Geometric panels, prints and a tip of the hat to Japanese architecture is complimented by the all important finishing touches - leather-trimmed jackets and linings that will make you want to wear your hoodie inside out. They do say you need to look back to look forward but when they both look so good which way should you turn?
Product: Clothing
Theft: Theft is inevitable: Buy two
Keywords: Men's Fashion, Hoodie, Asuza
Flying Fajita Sistas
WHAT
FLYING FAJITA SISTAS
WHERE
65 GLEBE POINT RD, GLEBE
WHEN
TUES-SUN, 6PM-LATE
HOW MUCH
ENTREES $10-15. MAINS $19-25. $25 BANQUET
CONTACT
9552 6522
Little local folklore for ya - Flying Fajita Sistas flew up to Sydney late last year from Wollongong, bringing along a tasty range of killer margaritas, a staff of friendly, beautiful women, and a name destined to be referred to the "Flying Vagina Sistas" (by me, at least). Do you think they play these?
OH, about the food - let just say this is now neck-and-neck with Café Pacifico for the BEST Mexican in town!.Tasty Tex-Mex piled high at reasonable rates. Taco Tuesdays offers $3 tacos and $3 tequila shots; or on any night opt for the $25 banquet if you a) haven't eaten in two days, or b) enjoy being rolled out of the restaurant.
With a large rack of hot sauces dubbed, "the wall of pain", and a festive fiesta back patio - this place has got it all.
Venue: Restaurant
Meal: Dinner
Super 8 Diaries Launch
WHAT
SUPER 8 DIARIES SYDNEY LAUNCH
WHERE
DIRTY SHIRLOWS, 32 SHIRLOW ST, MARRICKVILLE
WHEN
SUN JUNE 8, 2PM - MIDNIGHT
HOW MUCH
$12
Sitting at home, under the doona, watching grainy docos about Joy Division and The Clash on DVD is a boon. But it also makes one wonder why Australia hasn’t moved to capture its own music on grainy film (excluding the endless Farnsie “goodbye” tours). Fret not – a couple of guys from Melbourne have done it.
It took Matt Richards and Jeremy Rouse from Trainwreck 20/20 three Super 8 cameras over four years to interview and capture the live energy of 12 bands, including My Disco, Eddy Current Suppression Ring and Die! Die! Die!. The resulting, SUPER 8 DIARIES is a reflection of Australian music at its rawest.
This week SUPER 8 DIARIES launches in Sydney, with live bands including Tucker B's, Ohana, Charge Group, Castings, QUA, When Chimps Attack, Lola Flash, Do Not Resuscitate, and Alps Of NSW. There's also a BBQ, photography exhibition, screening of the documentary, raffle, and a free beer with each DVD sold. Marketing genius. - VH
Ambience: Indoor
Difficulty: Won't hurt a bit
Keywords: Documentary, Marrickville, Dirty Shirlows
Bonde Do Role
WHAT
BONDE DO ROLE
WHERE
THE FORUM, CNR BENT ST & ERROL FLYNN BLVD, MOORE PARK
WHEN
FRI JUN 6, 9PM
HOW MUCH
$29 + B/F HERE
WIN
ONE OF THREE DOUBLE PASSES, JUST EMAIL WIN@TWOTHOUSAND.COM.AU WITH THE SUBJECT 'MUCHO GRANDE'. SUBSCRIBER ENTRY ONLY
After losing their lead singer at the end of 2007, Bonde Do Role might have been no more. Instead, the two remaining members, Pedro and Gorky enlisted the help of a Brazillian reality TV show to fill the void. Now a four piece, the new Bonde Do Role (version 2.0) bring their innuendo-laden baile funk to our shores...grande! - JG
Event: Bands
Stimulus: E
Keywords: Baile Funk, Brazil, The Forum, Bands
NEOSYDNEY + NEOTOKYO
WHAT
NEOSYDNEY + NEOTOKYO
WHERE
JAPAN FOUNDATION, LEVEL 1, CHIFLEY PLAZA, 2 CHIFLEY SQUARE SYDNEY
WHEN
RUNS UNTIL JUN 25
HOW MUCH
FREE
As the prefix suggests, NEOSYDNEY + NEOTOKYO will be skipping Sydney’s convict era, and Japan’s geisha/samurai/ninja periods in favour of portraying the intimate spaces in the two modern urbanscapes. Juxtaposing the stolen moments that often remain unnoticed in the bustle of modern life, the exhibition consists of a series of photographs displayed in illuminated light boxes. An ode to pop culture, NEOSYDNEY + NEOTOKYO promises to blend the snapshot aesthetic of Hiromix with the luminosity of the Coke Sign. - JG
Event: Exhibition
Stimulus: A
Keywords: Chifley Plaza, City, Photography
Eddy Current Suppression Ring
WHAT
EDDY CURRENT SUPPRESSION RING
WHERE
HOPETOUN HOTEL, 416 BOURKE ST, SURRY HILLS
WHEN
SAT 7 JUN, 8PM
HOW MUCH
$10
Melbourne-based garage band, Eddy Current Suppression Ring, is finally touring their new album, PRIMARY COLOURS. Although the album was released May 3, the launch has been a long time coming, and for those in the know, it won't disappoint. Just go to their MySpace, and check out 'Which Way To Go'; killer track, no doubt. PRIMARY COLOURS is a major step foward for the band, both commercially and artistically. This is ESCR's only Sydney gig, appearing with The Pink Fits and Dead Farmers, so fork out the 10, down some beer and get your thrash on. - DW
Event: Bands
Stimulus: A
Keywords: Surry Hills, Eddy Current Suppression Ring, Hopetoun Hotel
The Snowdroppers
WHAT
THE SNOWDROPPERS
WHERE
THE HOPETOUN HOTEL, 416 BOURKE ST, SURRY HILLS
WHEN
SUN 8 JUN, 8PM
HOW MUCH
"EVEN CHEAPER" ACCORDING TO THEIR MYSPACE
The first time I saw The Snowdroppers was at 34b when two of the band members got on stage with a couple of guitars and provided the music to inspire the performance of scantily clad burlesque dancers. Given the fact that they stood their own in the attention stakes amongst sequins, feathers and practically naked women, these larrikins are sure to provide some thigh slappin' entertainment all of their own on Sunday night. - KJ
Event: Bands
Stimulus: W
Keywords: Hopetoun, Surry Hills, Bands
Get Ready!
WHAT
GET READY!
WHERE
THE OXFORD ART FACTORY, 38-46 OXFORD ST, DARLINGHURST
WHEN
EVERY SUN FROM 7PM
HOW MUCH
FREE
The week is winding down, and a Sunday afternoon siesta pales in comparison to Get Ready! in its ability to get you pumped for the week ahead. The name even has its own exclamation mark. It means business. What better time to acquaint yourself than the long weekend, when along with the weekly 50s and 60s beatnik - poptastic theme, there are also a host of DJs on the lineup. - KB
Event: DJs
Stimulus: W
Keywords: Party, Get Ready, Oxford Art Factory
!!!
WHAT
!!! (CHK CHK CHK) W/ LOST VALENTINOS, TEENAGERSINTOKYO & AMY MEREDITH
WHERE
METRO THEATRE, 624 GEORGE ST, SYDNEY
WHEN
MON JUNE 9, 8PM
HOW MUCH
$40 + B/F HERE
WIN
ONE OF TWO DOUBLE PASSES, JUST EMAIL WIN@TWOTHOUSAND.COM.AU WITH THE SUBJECT 'MOTION THRUST'. SUBSCRIBER ONLY ENTRY.
Did you catch !!! (Chk Chk Chk) last time they rushed through the country? No? Well, the singer dude had on an Indian headdress and tennis shorts, and motioned, thrusted, and commanded his way through the set while his 7-strong funk machine grinded away behind him. Needless to say, it warranted the three exclamation marks entirely. Don't cry, oh sweet. They're here again. - VH
Event: Bands
Stimulus: E
Keywords: Electro, Metro Theatre, Bands
Monks are peaceful types who don't like to be disturbed, so issues in Tibet can't be too pleasing to them on a number of fronts. Das Monk, on the other hand, doesn't care about meditation that much, let alone have the People's Republic of China in his a-hole. He thus has time to make T-shirts that get snapped up before you even realise they exist. Perhaps he's more Ninja like? They get snapped up because they have super clean and colourful designs on lightweight and super soft cotton. That's all well and good, but how do you get one before they sell out? You visit this site or you answer the following question to be in the running to win one.
This weeks question: What don't you mess with?
a) Fighting wolves
b) Cats
c) Werewolves
d) Money
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