Overheard at a comic book store in Newtown yesterday, between the clerk and his friend, “Guys want to punch on in clubs when you check out their girlfriends. They dress like sluts, what do they expect?” Words to that effect. Walked out, won’t return.
Category: 2014
Little Punk – Travelling Man – 8th November 2014
Cat #: 161TZM
Playable postcard! Little Punk’s Not Dead.
Low Wormwood – The Watcher – 21st October 2014
Cat #: 134TZM
Low Wormwood’s 3rd album.
汤姆克鲁斯和凯蒂霍尔姆斯 Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes – 你不爱我 – 7th August 2014
Cat #: 160TZM
Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes. What happened with those two? Why name your band after them? Are they a totem of the 21st-century relationship? The infuriating alienation and slow-burning pain of failed love? Nah. Maybe. “You Don’t Love Me (你不爱我)” rails against the inevitable for about four minutes before yielding to the feral chaos underlying human nature, love, celebrity, the sounds of the words themselves. After the heart’s fires burn out there’s just swirling ash, granules too small to be individually seen but jagged enough to sting your eyes long after the light and warmth are gone.
The flip side is an extended remix of another Tom & Katie tearjerker,
“After Leaving (离开后),” by Huashun Unit. H.U. is one of many aliases for one-man Shanghai doom drone crusader Nahash, née Laura Ingalls (not his real name), and his partner in crime, Clement Pony. In this studio trip, he basically takes one open guitar chord and a few disembodied vocal fragments from Tom and Kate respectively and transmutes them into a lush gestalt that sounds like it was written and performed by Enya’s evil twin for some kind of nefarious ritual. If you’ve never been to Shanghai, let me tell you: this track sounds exactly like how it feels to walk into a bomb shelter dance club choked with cut-rate cigarette smoke and the stink of unmoored pheromones at 5 in the morning. Love blinds.
Recorded and mixed by The Horses at Studio Poney, Shanghai China.
Mastered by Garrett Haines at Treelady Studios
汤姆克鲁斯和凯蒂霍尔姆斯 are:
Cee Q – vocals, keyboards
小中 – guitar, keyboards
tomlovedkatie@gmail.com
tcakh.bandcamp.com
huashanrecords.bandcamp.com
Licensed from Genjing Records for release in Australia.
The Fallacy – Painkiller – 5th August 2014
Cat #: 162TZM
Take everything you know about the burgeoning “underground” Chinese punk scene, put it in an ornate, hand crafted box, lock that box and throw it into the deepest pool of the 68o Yangfu Mountain Hot Spring! This is the beer soaked sound of the Henan suburbs circa 2014: three young men from Xinxiang relaying their day-to-day experiences via the medium of tightly wound hooks, post-punk exhibitionism and the drive time ferocity of ’77 punk, all filtered through the lens of (producer/PK 14 frontman) Yang Haisong’s Psychic Kong studio. Handsomely packaged, featuring cover art by up and coming visual artist extraordinaire Xu Jiacun, the Painkiller 7″ is a third tier city curio you’re definitely going to want in your ever expanding collection of China-centric wax platters.
THE FALLACY are:
Wang Xubo – Vocals / Guitar
Zhang Nan – Bass
Da Li – Drums
Recorded by Yang Haisong at Psychic Kong, Beijing 2013
Mastered by Garrett Haines at Treelady Studios, USA
Paintings by Xu Jiacun
Designed by Ksama of Dooo Design Studio
Licensed from Genjing Records for release in Australia
Eggs Benedict – 27th June 2014
Facebook post:
Today I took our leftover food to a group of homeless guys in Belmore Park where one offered thanks and another cheekily asked how they were going to reheat it.
Later we had some more food that was used for menu photos and was left over. There was another homeless guy crashed out around the corner so he ended with a nice eggs benedict on toast. I said I’d help him out if he was around and if I had the chance. He requested assistance with a wife and house. Cheeky fuck.
Apparently, it’s something or other ‘week’ ie help someone in need or some such. But what about the rest of the time?
What’s Cool and Unusual – 24th June 2014
Call out!
The Red Rattler’s Management Committee is on the hunt for some new Directors. This is your chance to get directly involved in the management of this community-run space – hands-on and fully intimate.
We are looking for individuals with skills or knowledge in at least one of the following areas:
Finance
Law
Not-for-profit organisations
Governance and compliance
Event management
Risk assessment processes
Program and Project Development
Social Media
Contemporary arts and culture
A commitment to planning for the long-term viability of this non-profit venue
A commitment to implementation of The Red Rattler eco-sustainability plan
A passion for arts and politics
A commitment to build a space where racism, homophobia, transphobia and sexism are not welcome.
Find full details on submitting your Expression of Interest online or contact Director Kat Roma Greer on kat@redrattler.org.
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Another call out!
Want to Smash Jura Books?
With a Hammer
Ever wanted to take a sledgehammer to Jura Books? Well, now’s your chance. We’re doing renovations to our library to make it a bigger, better space for talks and gigs. We need your help to destroy a wall (and rebuild the room). We also need a certified electrician to do about a day’s work on the wiring. We can afford to pay the sparky, although mates rates would be appreciated! Please get in touch if you are a friendly sparky or know of one.
• Working bee, 12-5pm, Sat 5 July
• Working bee, 12-5pm, Sat 12 July
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Sat 28
Red Rattler, 6 Faversham St, Marrickville
8pm
LAKES/FOUR DOOR/LUCY CLICHE/ORION
The follow up single to last year’s well-received ‘Blood of the Grove’ LP from Melbourne based musician Sean Bailey under the moniker of LAKES. Post punk meets dark folk delivered with military-like precision, for fans of DEATH IN JUNE and THE MOB. Mixing bleak pop with an underlying aggression, delivering stark melodies with understated power.
17th Aug 2021 – As far as I can tell, after 7 or so years of weekly posts, this was the last newsletter sent out. As I had lost my job earlier in this year, I wasn’t going out too much so not so much in the loop of things. Also, Facebook had really taken over as the communication tool of choice, leaving this list feeling a little redundant. Jeremy Chunn valiantly helped out for the last 12 months or so but even his enthusiasm couldn’t motivate me to keep going. This was a special time in Sydney with a lot of motivated people trying to create things outside regular bar venues. Places like The Pitz, Maggotville, Dirty Shirlows and many many more became legendary for a while there.
What’s Cool and Unusual – 18th June 2014
Wed 18
Lamps, level 4, 342 Elizabeth St, Sydney
$5/$10 ALL AGES
Laura Altman
Evan Dorrian with Andrew Fedorovitch
Luiz Gabriel Gubeissi with Mel Herbert, Jim Denley and Bonnie Stewart
- special guests
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Fri 20
Birdrib, Tempe
9pm
ACHE, SOLIS , VEX MACHINA , HACKED TO CHUNKS , FRAME 313
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Fri 20
Black Wire, 219 Parramatta Rd, Annandale
7pm ALL AGES
LAST CHAOS (Bris) / THORAX / CANINE / MANDATE
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Sun 22
107 Projects, 107 Redfern St, Redfern
6pm $10/8 ALL AGES
Pretty Gritty #7
assault and bassery
Cat Hope
Defektro
Knife Crimes
What’s Cool and Unusual – 11th June 2014
Fri 13
107 Projects, 107 Redfern St, Redfern
$10 ALL AGES
Matthew P. Hopkins – LP launch
with special guests:
Monica Brooks
Moonmilk
Exotic Dog
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Fri 13
Black Wire, 219 Parramatta Rd, Annandale
$10 ALL AGES 7pm
HOODLUM SHOUTS (Cbr)
MERE WOMEN
FREAK WAVE (Melb)
COLLAPSO
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Sat 14
Edgeware Rd, Marrickville
9am
DEQY & Daily Jam Present: Benefit for RISE (Pop-Up Cafe/Motherlands and Hometowns Zine Launch)
Proceeds raised from the cafe and zine will be sent to RISE (http://riserefugee.org/) and Cross Border Protection.
THE MENU (All vegan, all gluten-free):
Breakfast:
Scrambled Tofu
Sauteed Balsamic Mushroom & Zucchini
Home Made Beans
Home Made Hashbrowns
Gluten Free Bread
Lunch:
Onion Bhaji
Cashew Butter & Pesto Pasta
Oven-Baked & Seasoned Vegetables
Garden Salad with Balsamic Dressing
$10 for a plate of food
$15 for a plate of food, a zine & a tea/coffee
THE ZINE:
Motherlands and Hometowns explores the way in which we move through the world, build metaphysical homes in physical spaces and disentangle our complex identities. Contributors: LM, Blossom Mckenzie-King, Ellie Rose, Cher T, Stono River Caves, Farnoush Parsiavashi, Alana West, Craig Lyons.
$4
THE ENTERTAINMENT:
5pm-onwards
Line-Up TBA
DEQY is an initiative that advocates for people of all genders to enjoy and play live music, without being marginalised.
Daily Jam Recycled Furniture
Furniture designed and constructed by Michael Dukes and Blossom Mckenzie-King using recycled timbers, fabrics and whatever we find useful.
This event will be held upon the land of the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation. We acknowledge the Gadigal people as the traditional custodians of this land and that sovereignty was never ceded.
What’s Cool and Unusual – 4th June 2014
Call out!
Monster Mouse Studios will be hosting two days of interactive workshops. The workshops are a combination of all the activities undertaken at Monster Mouse from the last year. It will be a one-stop shop to learn every artistic skill under the sun.
Would you like to run a workshop?! Please contact us with your workshop idea. Don’t let a lack of skill stop you from running a workshop!
https://www.facebook.com/events/270076939841861/
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Thu 5
Red Rattler. 6 Faversham St, Marrickville
Doors 7pm $5
Chaos Syndicate’s Arcade
Freak out with the geeks and geek out with the freaks.
Back by popular demand!
Board Games and Video Games.
Small World, Pandemic, Settlers of Catan, Ticket to Ride (Europe), Risk 2210 A.D., Spartacus, Munchkin, Scrabble, Twister, Chess & more.
Feel free to bring your own games too. Many people playtest the games they’ve developed themselves. Consoles hooked up to projectors and TVs. Also Halo 4 Lan.
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Sun 8
Black Wire, 219 Parramatta Rd, Annandale
3pm ALL AGES
TAPE/OFF (Bris/Album Launch) / NARROW LANDS / CULL
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