THURSDAY 12 MARCH
Don't give us those eyes. Please? We know it's Thursday; you're tired and stuck in a box somewhere, but the weekend's coming! It actually starts tonight! Down a banana and perk up. Those dudes from The Duke Spirit, man they're in a cannery but still pumped for Bert Newton! What's your excuse? Go record shopping, hit the drive in, eat a pizza, anything but that face. Ah you're so cute. Come'ere big guy.
Issue 177 - whatcha lookin at, monkey?
On the site now:
GALLERY: We have a new gallery! With fancy scrolling bits!
WATCH: W
READ: Watchmen
INTERVIEW: Eddy Current Suppression Ring
Cover photo by Karl Maier. If you would like to submit a cover shot email nadia@twothousand.com.au
BMX Bike Bicycle SuperRad Extreme 2000
Josh Freese's $75,000 option
Heavy Metal grandma!
Urban disguises
Rocket Fuel cycling caps
It's Blitz! sneak peak
LSD mission
Chromeo on Yo Gabba Gabba
Walt Whitman is a whiny ass pussy
Classic gaming
A book that is shut is but a block
Studio Space on the cheep!
Twitter haters
Tell us what's cool
cool@threethousand.com.au
BMX AV fail
RyanAir's one pound toilet
Helvetica nerds!
Guerilla Gardeners
In your face, Yakkay helmets!
Ballroom Blitz!
Bridal rampage
Chroming
I dominate competition on an hourly basis
Humped by dog while gaming (classic)
A book that burns is but a wasted book
Lice removal on the cheap
Gah! Oh don't worry.
Tell us what's fool
fool@threethousand.com.au
Das Superpaper
What:
Das Superpaper
Who:
Rococo Productions and a swathe of talented Australian artists
Where:
MCA, Ariel, ACP, Shag, Bourke St Bakery, Hollywood Hotel, Cafe Guilia, Oh Really Gallery, Gleebooks and more.
How much:
Free
Those deliciously nerdy people from Rococo Productions have gone and blown our minds again with their latest project, Das Superpaper. This is street press like you've never seen it: no social pages, no paid advertising, and very little editorial. It's also an art magazine that breaks the mould: no glossy pages, fashion shoots or hefty price tag. Das Superpaper allows artists to speak for themselves, and inside its proudly inky pages you'll find nothing but images and interviews with Australian artists.
This free, monthly magazine aims to provide a voice for emerging artists. Simultaneously, it gives the public a simple tool to find out what art is being made around them, and we must say that so far they're doing splendidly! Issue 4 comes out today! (March 12).
Format: Magazine
Genre: Art/Design
Keywords: Das Superpaper, Rococo Productions, Art
The Duke Spirit Interview
WHO
JASON CROMBIE TALKS TO TOBY BUTLER
WHERE
SEE THEM AT OXFORD ART FACTORY, 38-42 OXFORD ST, DARLINGHURST
WHEN
THUR MAR 26, DOORS 8.30PM
HOW MUCH
TICKETS $30 + B/F FROM HERE
RELATED LINKS
JASON INTERVIEWS LEILA MOSS ON LETTERMAN
The Duke Spirit are defensibly the hardest working band in rock 'n' roll today. They tour ceaselessly, interview tirelessly and they all have second jobs at a cannery in Middlesex. I spoke to Toby, the hardest working member of the world's hardest working band, and he said it wasn't so bad, Snow Patrol work in a textiles factory where they get paid in corned beef, cholera and the lash. Right now The Dukes have taken a break from the non-stop touring and the lowest factory wage permitted by law, to work on some new songs, cook some soup and gird themselves for their first ever Australian tour
Jason Crombie: Hey Toby!
Toby Butler: Hi!
JC: Where are you?
TB: I'm in Wales at the moment.
JC: Wales?
TB: We hired this huge house in the middle of nowhere in Wales, and we've brought all of our recording equipment down here. We're demo-ing for about two weeks, writing some new stuff.
JC: Great! What's the house like?
TB: It's amazing! It's this huge, four story, country mansion in the middle of the woods. It looks like a scene from a fucking horror film!
JC: What, like THE SHINING or something?
TB: Yeah, it's somewhere between THE SHINING and BLAIR WITCH PROJECT. If you don't ever hear from us again it's because some crazy local has come and killed us.
Read the extended interview here!
Genre: Alternative
Release: Interview
Keywords: The Duke Spirit, Interview
Mirrored Years, Yayoi Kusama
Yayoi Kusama's earliest artistic expression was as a young girl, placing pebbles strategically on the riverbed running through her town. She admits that, broadly speaking, this is what she still does.
'Repeated stereotype' is the mean-sounding translation for this almost meditative process, outlaying forms in their pure essence, again and again, in a manner that she describes as 'an exercise in love'. It's an obsession with this process of loving the world that has always been her inspiration, not other artists, and from small girl to old woman, in her own words ‘Kusama is always Kusama'.
Gallery Type: Public
Location: CBD
Medium: Installation
Keywords: Japanese, Art, Exhibition, Japan
Let The Right One In
WHEN
OPENS MAR 19
WATCH THE TRAILER
HERE
WIN
ONE OF TWO DOUBLE PASSES. TO ENTER, EMAIL WIN@TWOTHOUSAND.COM.AU WITH THE SUBJECT 'I'VE BEEN 12 FOR A LONG TIME!'
Scripted by John Ajvide Lindqvist from his novel, Tomas Alfredson's LET THE RIGHT ONE IN is a subtly poignant vampire story that's all the more masterful when juxtaposed with patronising crap like TWILIGHT. Set in a grim Swedish winter, it's gorgeously, disturbingly shot in snow and shadow, as if Bill Henson were the cinematographer on EDWARD SCISSORHANDS.
Oskar (Kåre Hedebrant) is a puny, vulnerable 12-year-old who's mercilessly bullied by a gang of classmates led by Conny (Patrik Rydmark). (Oskar's girly haircut probably doesn't help matters.)
He senses a kindred soul in Eli (Lina Leandersson), the new girl in his apartment building whose arrival coincides with a spate of grisly murders. As a delicate bond builds between boy and vampire, will Eli help Oskar face his demons, or has Oskar invited a far worse demon into his life?
Alfredson directs with patient elegance. LET THE RIGHT ONE IN is explicit but never exploitative, no character is a caricature, and no shot is wasted. I found its ending almost unbearably sad, but left the cinema profoundly moved by the dark, visceral truths it reveals about adolescence.
Format: Cinema
Genre: Thriller
Keywords: Vampire
Spam Art Posters
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My former employer was a wealthy man and had a massive penis from all vitamin pills that he took. He had many beautiful women, fine watches, and made his fortune by working three hours a day from home on the Internet. Also, he whipped oil out of the locals. Since we got information about his death we have been expecting his next of kin to get in contact and collect the $20 million dollars he left lying around.
No one has claimed the money so you can have it thanks to European Lottery Rules. Simply send us a $1000 processing fee and the money will be wired to your credit card. We will throw in an SPAM Art Poster as a complimentary gift. K.THX. XOXO GG.
Location: Online
Price: $10 - $100
Product Type: Design
Doughboy Pizza, Newtown
WHERE
30 KING ST, NEWTOWN
WHEN
MON-SUN 5.30PM-LATE
HOW MUCH
PIZZAS FROM $13
CONTACT
9519 3330
According to Wikipedia, Doughboy is an archaic term for United States Army infantrymen, originally coined during the push west that was the Mexican-American War.
Locally, boutique pizza outfit Doughboy has undertaken its own western expansion by opening in Newtown, although obviously in a far less violent manner.
Offering the same menu as its older siblings in Potts Point and Bondi, the new addition is in fact the largest shop, and provides a sleek but warm ambience in which to hook into the baked-on-the-spot olive and garlic breads, and thin-crust pizzas. The bare-brick interior is complemented by a fit out that utilises old pizza trays as lightshades and leans on empty tomato cans as wall coverings: a sort of gastro-industrial chic.
With the food matching the standard of its established stores and a friendly BYO policy, this is the kind of cultural imperialism we encourage.
Location: Inner West
Venue Type: Restaurant
Blacktown Drive In
WHAT
BLACKTOWN DRIVE-IN
WHERE
CRICKETERS ARMS RD, PROSPECT
WHEN
GATES AND SNACK BAR OPEN 7.30PM. MOVIE AT 8.30PM
HOW MUCH
$15 FULL. TUES ALL TICKETS $10! NO EFTPOS
MAY CHECK YOUR CAR BOOT FOR STOWAWAYS
CONTACT
HERE OR 9622-4170
How much unhealthy, wholesome fun is the drive-in? Sneaking in booze, chain smoking in the car, making out in the back seat, loading up on junk food from the classic-yet-tacky 50s-style snack bar...
Blacktown Drive-in is all Sydney has left since Bass Hill closed. It is your duty as a film-lover and appreciator of all things Olde Worlde to attend and support.
A 40-minute drive lands you in a bucolic bit of rolling hills, literally surrounded by horse-inhabited farms. (NOTE: despite its name, the drive-in is technically in Prospect.) There's a nice old bar and pub at the end of the road, or you can feast on hot chips, frozen Cokes, ice cream and veggie burgers (yes!) from the snack bar inside.
Two opposing screens show double features nightly - though in the case of long films like WATCHMEN, it's one-per-night. No matter what movie you see, the drive-in is an "experience". Be there or be square.
Ambience: Road Trip
Location: Out of Town
More OUTS!
What:
More Outs!
Where:
On The Calendar Now
LAUNCH: Sister Jane 7" Launch
PARTY: Stereosonic
SOUND: Beck's Berlin Sessions
BATTLE: B-Side Battle of the Airwaves
Das SUPERPARTY!
WHAT
DAS SUPERPARTY! & DAS KLEINE BUCH LAUNCH!
WHERE
OXFORD ART FACTORY, 38-46 OXFORD ST, DARLINGHURST
WHEN
THUR MAR 12, 8PM
HOW MUCH
$10 ENTRY, WITH ALL PROCEEDS GOING TO FUND DAS SUPERPAPER!
After stumbling upon a copy of DAS SUPERPAPER a few months back, we spent 20 hours locked in our attic enthralled in the eloquently crafted pages. The free monthly publication refuses listings in favour of interviews with local artists. To raise money for this little belter, Das SUPERPAPER is throwing Das SUPERPARTY! Give and thou shalt receive - all attendees receive a copy of Das Kleine Buch, a passport to discounts at The Falconer and Oxford Art Factory. That's on top of music by Outlaws (UK), Knife Machine, a surprise (um, act surprised) performance by deceased artist Yves Klein and SuperPunch all round! - NS
Keywords: Das Superpaper, Oxford Art Factory
Touched By Your Uncle
WHERE
CUNNINGHAM LANE, HAYMARKET
WHEN
FRI MAR 13, 10PM
HOW MUCH
$5 ENTRY, $5 DRINKS
So the name's contentious, or a little creepy. Or very creepy. Touched By Your Uncle is the latest party to hit Haymarket's jigsaw lanes. Actually, it's the only party to hit Haymarket (unless you count the perverts over at Paddy's). Speaking of perverts, Touched By Your Uncle takes place in an old chocolate factory, but in place of men with sticky fingers will be the Sirens DJs, MsFitz, Gnash Britches and Granny Annie (Chicks on Decks). Bring your friends and leave your scary uncles at home. - NS
Keywords: Warehouse party, DJs
Molto Morte Artist Talk
WHAT
MOLTO MORTE ARTIST TALK
WHERE
FIRSTDRAFT GALLERY, 116-118 CHALMERS ST, SURRY HILLS
WHEN
SAT MAR 14, 4.30PM
HOW MUCH
FREE
Your extensive Italian language and Spaghetti Western experience will tell you that this project involves ‘much death'. Being that TwoThousand rarely receives an entertainment offer so tempting, we sent a reporter...
- Excuse me, is this the hellishly shambolic handmade cinema cave we saw advertised?
- Yes, but Mr Tarantino has already booked it.
- But does he have a band of outlaws, sex fiends, sophisticates and skeletons to back him up?
- (Nonplussed silence)
- Sorry, dumb question. Well, is he going to perform the film's soundtrack live, complete with attempted Italian narration?
- No he is going to sit at home wearing tracksuit pants, looking at pictures of Christina Ricci.
- (Now it's the reporter's turn for incredulous pausing)
Molto Morte: like GRINDHOUSE, but with cowboys, Italians and awesome live effects. - PM
Keywords: Firstdraft Gallery, Film, tarantino
Secret Squirrel shopping night
WHAT
SECRET SQUIRREL SHOPPING NIGHT
WHERE
PIGEON GROUND, 102 SALISBURY RD, CAMPERDOWN
WHEN
WED MAR 18, 6PM-8PM
HOW MUCH
FREE, BUT BRING SPENDING MONEY
Secret Squirrel make beautiful vintage-inspired clothing, which means the classic cuts and elegance of real vintage, without the drawbacks (funny smells, second-hand stains). Their new range, 'Darker than Blue', includes pretty silk mini-dresses, smart jackets, lots of lace and a T-shirt collaboration with Sydney design duo Webuyyourkids. If you want to get your mits on it as badly as we do then we'll be seeing you at Pigeon Ground this Wednesday. Enjoy a civilised glass of wine before things get hectic as the shopping begins. - JG
Keywords: Sale, Fashion, Camperdown, Webuyyourkids
My Filthy Riot
WHAT
MY FILTHY RIOT
WHERE
ANNANDALE HOTEL, CNR PARRAMATTA RD & NELSON ST, ANNANDALE
WHEN
SAT MAR 21-22, NOON TILL LATE
HOW MUCH
$20 HERE OR $25 DOOR
WIN
ONE OF TWO DOUBLE PASSES. TO ENTER EMAIL WIN@TWOTHOUSAND.COM.AU WITH THE SUBJECT LINE 'THE BEST FORM OF DEFENCE IS OFFENCE'
So this is a week away, but 51 bands deserve a long lead. In a deliberate attempt to bring us value for money, My Sydney Riot and The Filth have joined forces to create the 51-band rock 'n' roll weekend that is My Filthy Riot. Tickets are $20 per day, which means you're paying just under 80c per band - great news in times of economic crisis! Thai food and BBQ are also available for the hungry with spare change, 5c coins accepted. The line up includes The Scare, Art Vs Science, Teeth and Tongue, Talons, Sherlock's Daughter, Fire Santa Rosa Fire and another 45 that you can check out here. - HM
Keywords: The Filth, My Sydney Riot, Annandale
They say bad things always come in threes, well this week we say "rebuttal!" How could there possibly be anything bad about melissa's latest collaboration with Vivienne Westwood? Let us introduce, ‘Three Straps' - because sometimes you need more than just one or two straps to keep busy feet well-supported. And because sometimes you get cankles, which can be cleverly disguised by three straps. Anyway, melissa has been kickin' it since '79, that's three decades of tantalising shoe making, so we won't have bar of this unlucky threes business.
While the 'gladiator shoe' backlash might be looming, these sandals are different dammit! They aren't your pokey rippy leather kicks - they are red, don't go soggy when wet and smell like apple pie. The only bad news is that we only have one pair to giveaway, so if you're not feeling particularly lucky - click here to browse the online store. To be in the running to win however, simply answer the question below.
This week's question:
How long has melissa been kickin it?
a) since the year 1903
b) since Vivienne Westwood put down the safety pins
c) way before the Romans
d) actually, it was probably around 1979
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