Tag: Castings

What’s Cool and Unusual – 24th September 2008

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wed 24

la campana, 53-55 liverpool st, sydney
8pm $5

CLUB CONSOLADOR DE DOS CAROS PRESENTS:

TIM OLIVE –  3 OF MILLIONS – KUSUM NORMOYLE

starring on our NEW IMPROVED PA SYSTEM!

TIM OLIVE (USA/jap)-     Osaka resident, born and raised on the Canadian prairies, began playing electric bass at age 12, fueled by 70’s hard rock.  A move to “the city” brought exposure to free jazz, early electronic music and the music(s) of Asia.   Efforts were made to accomodate these sounds within the range of rock instrumentation in the bands Nimrod and Soap-Jo Henshi, but eventually periodic rhythms and tempered pitches were jettisoned in favour of open forms, improvisation and exploration of the full sonic possibilities of steel strings and magnetic pickups, the number and diameter of strings varying periodically.
Extensive touring in North America, Europe and Japan has provided opportunities to play with a wide range of musicians, as well as long-term playing recording relationships with Jeffrey Allport, Shinichi Isohata, Fritz Welch, Francisco Meirino (aka Phroq), Nishikawa Bunsho (in the duo Supernatural Hot Rug And Not Used), as well as a duo with dancer Corrie Befort.
http://www.virb.com/shranu
http://www.myspace.com/timolive

3 OF MILLIONS- Brave turns, textural layering and a strong sense of united phrasing direct the music from intimate storytelling to epic intensity. This is music for the laughers, and the cryers. The rawest of emotions are sure to be unleashed. Keep your ears peeled and eyes open. In 3ofmillions, the piano trio format is morphed in to a new ultra-sonic beast. Rising from the embers of eclectic musical experiences including Triosk, Trio Apoplectic, the Splinter Orchestra, Pivot, Pure Evil Trio, and Holly Throsby Band. These influences are all called upon to improvise music that can, and does, go anywhere.
“a brave new world of sound.” **** John Shand, SMH

KUSUM NORMOYLE – Kusum is an improvising vocalist/electronic artist/alternative pop musician based in sydney. She works with voice and electronics for performance and installation. Kusum is also performing at TINA this year, get in for a preview with consolador, this exciting new sound experimentor is one to watch.

http://www.myspace.com/kusumnormoyle

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fri 26

dirty shirlows
32 shirlow st, marrickville

truth from facts, fourteen nights at sea, hira hira, the thaw

(killer line up!)

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fri 26

where?house
when?time
what?price

Castings, Collapsed Toilet Vietnam, Lakes, and Naked On The Vague.

castings myspace for info

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sat 27

Splinter at Anode

FIELD TRIP is a free subterranean excursion through art and sound, projections, performance, installation, photography, and music. Along the way you’ll find artist Jess Cook musing on Sydney, and Token Imagination giving a moving performance. ANAT present the live improvised sound art of the 20-piece Splinter Orchestra. Check out Perran Costi’s Portable City installation, odd travel photography by Alex Crowfoot, take a seat in the pop-up cinema to see animation by Ingrid K Brooker, or hang out at the Bodega crew’s car park deck party.
Domain Car Park, Sydney.
Free. 12 – 7pm
For more on Anode go to http://www.anode.net.au/

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sat 27

the louie’s PA fundraiser event of the century
louie’s
34 murray st, marrickville
7pm til late late late $10

fourteen nights at sea
truth from facts
dead farmers
bed wettin bad boys
voting with bricks

drum and fakecore after party!
the incredible hexadecibels w/ creassult
main$tream
p.p. flo
dalit
killjoy

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sat 27

52 Pick Up launch!

7pm – 12am, shows 9pm sharp
Saturday 27 September
The Red Rattler
6 Faversham St. Marrickville

A night of cabaret, dirty tunes, filthy roadside food, arm wrestling and sickly sweet cocktails, to launch a truckstop-themed deck of playing cards.

$7 / 10 entry, or $25 entry and deck of playing cards.
Special introductory offer one-night-only price of $20 per deck (normally
$25)!!!

Performances by Glita Supernova, Wife, King Daddy and Candy, Sister Muscle Mary, Rooty Rita and KK No Pants. Music by DJ Gemma, Deadbeat, Huckleberry Spin and Toecutter. Plus trucker arm wrestling, cake stall, diner coffee and hotdog stand by The Dog, Diamond King of the Diner.

Dress diner glamour or roadside grime.

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sat 27

@MGTVLE 40 Fitzroy st, Marrickville
8pm $8

Scum System Kill (crusty punx)
Useless Children (Melbourne, female fronted fast hardcore)
Repo Man (80s style mosh)
Maus (Instrumental grind ex-Massappeal)

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sat 27

rock hard cock!
4 talbot st, sydenham
$8 9pm

cherry 2000, des peres, anklepants, djs anal erection, andy rantzen, catinabox and a surgical sideshow performance

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sun 28

hackett house
6-8 old bankstown plaza, bankstown
1pm $5

First show in a room in Bankstown. Its very close to the station, so no travel-based excuses. Its even on the Inner West line!!

The Thaw (Westies trying to be Magic Dirt but playing Godspeed and eating cupcakes instead)
Melaleuca (current/ex members of Marrickville, Newtown, Beverly Hills, Lakemba and Penrith)
They Kill And Eat People (Lizzie from BoysClub?? The quiet boy and the one who used to have dreads? They also cover the Weakerthans)
Cripple Gypse (The T-1000 turning kittens into sludge)

plus more! (a-lot-of-bands-we-asked-can’t-play-so-we’re-asking-more-core)

Check http://myspace.com/hacketthouse for more mad shit.

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sun 28

punx outside!

1pm meet at enmore park rocketship or text 0449***** for directions on the day

useless children
vae victis
gwilym evans
fraud

+ stalls, food etc

shaun/tenzenmen
++  i’ll either be at these events or wishing i was there  ++

What’s Cool and Unusual – 16th July 2008

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I will be at Consolador de Dos Caras tonight – come and say hello!

wed 16

la campana, 53-55 liverpool st, sydney

dualpLOVER in conjunction with 2SER and tenzenmen present club
CONSOLADOR DE DOS CARAS

this week cloth ear presents:

Matthew Hopkins and Jonathon Hochman – like wizards with electronic devices , may have mind probes so approach with caution beware matthew hopkins’s future time travel machine. DON’T LOOK INTO THEIR EYES WHILE THEY ARE PLAYING OR YOU MIGHT FIND YOURSELF IN THE FUTURE.

XWAVE – loud abrasive noisy c**ts from the mountains.Like wizards with apples and heroin , weird horrible / beautiful sound that will make you feel extremely happysad

Cabaret Callado (Brazil) –  new folk album “Mecanismo Objeto” is almost ready , don’t miss the brazillian master of psychedelic neo folk in another rare solo appearance.

plus usual DIY markets and crazy dj’s in the front room

$5 is all it takes for a good wednesday night out.

Upcoming: TOXIC LIPSTICK ALBUM LAUNCH Wed 6TH AUGUST

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wed 16

message from lloyd:

Yeah that’s right, another email from some ‘struggling artist’ (read: some dude making horrible music that you aren’t going to come see anyway) about some gig that will either be cancelled at the last minute due to venue/transport/amp/zombie army/irreconcilable-dispute-between-band-member troubles or simply three people will show up to (the promoter, one band member’s girlfriend and some guy who just heard that Naked on the Vague were
playing even though they’re not).

Wednesday night I’m taking part in a revised version of Brendan Walls’ gamepiece “Chess” that was debuted at the NOW now festival at the beginning of this year.  Also playing are the Walls himself and James Iha from the Smashing Pumpkins.  Or Title Records, I’m not entirely sure.  Either way, about a hundred amps, little noisy thingies, a chess board and a banjo will be used to make transcendental blah blah blah you’re not listening.  WHO SAID POST-MODERN MUSIC WAS DEAD?  

If you’ve actually read this far and are still interested then (what the hell?) it’s taking place at 405 hibernian
house (342 Elizabeth St, Surry Hills, just across from central station) and we’ll be playing with other collectives/bands/people/”musicians”.  No idea who because there has been precisely zero promotion for this event.  Big
surprise.

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fri 18

Friday July 18th @where?house

CASTINGS, KITCHENS FLOOR, 2779 + a mystery group that may involve members of Vincent Over The Sink

8pm opening…$8 entry

_Castings will probably play first.

_Kitchens Floor are from Brisbane. Matt (Look Pond, Minxx) and Julia play beautiful, eccentric, minimalist acoustic pop music. they are one of the best young groups in the country today in my not-so-humble opinion. think of Beat Happening, Neu and ”Hi, How Are You?” at a house party and you are close.

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fuck! where do i start. trance-inducing but jaw dropping at the same time, this group from the mountains consists of Ben, Adam (Stasis Duo / XWave) and Matt (xNOBBQx / Stasis Duo). fucked up psych/noise/garage/punk/primitive/minimalist bliss. fuck No New York, come see 2779!

message me or myspace.com/castings for the where?abouts or the venue.

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sat 19

red rattler, 6 faversham street, marrickville
7pm $5

scooter presents

go go go go (brisbane)
haisha haisha
magnoliaceae

awesome new venue in marrickville!  please support this space as a lot of people have invested a LOT of money and time in this place!  totally legal too!

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sat 19

Louie’s: 34 Murray Street, Marrickville.
Saturday, July 19, 2008 at 8:00pm

KITCHENS FLOOR – World’s nicest dude Matt (also da main-man in Look!Pond) and buddy Julia playing killer outsider folk/pop tunes. Bloody great songwriters! All the way from Brisbane. *Also playing at the where?house Saturday night.

CIRCLE PIT – Wall-o-sound heavy boogie rock in full force five piece mode. Bound to be the headbangers ball.

ALPS – Resident of Newcastle/the world Chris Hearn armed with a Yamaha Keyboard, Xylophone, Drum machine, cassette recorder, two hands, voice etc. Great lo-fi pop. Some songs are uppers, others are total downers.

PEE WEE – 100% fun!!! Teenagery punx with a surf/garage vibe featuring members of Straight Arrows and Dead Farmers. DA ULTIMATE PARTY BAND.

BABY COFFIN – Lloyd Honeybrook of the much hated Happy Go Hate Fuck on amplified sax and Brendan Walls of the much hated Menstruation Sisters on bass (i think??). Their first live show, got high hopes
for this one!

BYO!!!!

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sat 19

dirty shirlows, 32 shirlow st, marrickville
cut to bits

killjoy
cat-grrl
maladroit
xian vs b.i.n.t.
dj rainbow ejaculation
dj anal erection
unhappy animals make bad meat
abortifacient
eject
dalit

$5 9pm

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mark this one in your diaries

MONDAY July 28th at
dirty shirlows, 32 shirlow st, marrickville

GRAF ORLOCK, ROBOTOSAURUS, YEAH BEARS, SCHRODINGERS CAT
$10 8pm first band

www.myspace.com/graforlock
“Not only are Graf Orlock’s tunes uproariously nihilistic but concise and poignant, morphing the innovative savagery of Pig Destroyer and Brutal Truth with scathing punk cynicism. ”Corpserate Greed”’s two minutes and 18 seconds careen around three priceless Joe Pantoliano samples. In the movie he plays a variation of what expert ’80s action deconstructionists Ruthless Reviews call ”the Stupid Chief,” breathlessly berating Will Smith and Martin Lawrence’s body count for necessitating, yes, ”detectives detecting shit” and forensic teams having to stick corpses ”back in the fucking
bags.” It’s trivial, silly blockbuster ear candy, but the decontextualization and shuffling of the dialogue makes for an artful, grotesque exchange that couldn’t be more metal. Pantoliano’s tantrums buffer neck-snapping blastbeats, bad cop/worse cop freakouts and curiously enough Hatebreed-style staccato, which is all that’s left by the militaristic outro. On an EP heavy on Alien worship, is Graf Orlock’s Bad Boys II nod simply wink-wink turd-polishing? Or is Michael Bay’s cash-cow clusterfuck like Reagan-era staples Red Dawn, Invasion USA or Commando representative of something
sociopolitically deeper and darker?”

early warning on this one as it’s a monday night.  please venture out for this if you can as the touring bands specifically requested to have an ALL AGES show in sydney and this was the only free night.

shaun/tenzenmen
++  i’ll either be at these events or wishing i was there  ++

What’s Cool and Unusual – 4th June 2008

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wed 4

consolador de dos caras
la campana, 53-55 liverpool st, sydney
8pm $5

garbage and the flowers, lt colonel spastic howitzer, thylacine

garbage and the flowers – Coming out of Sonic Youth-drenched Wellington, NZ in the early nineties, The Garbage & the Flowers were always going to be an anomaly. Denounced as the fifty-thousandth band to sound like the The Velvet Underground, and even as a Christian band in the local street press, the five-piece nevertheless built up a solid gang of devotees, who claimed their sound to be “unique, fractured, and psychedelic” and ideal to take acid with and get stoned to. Championed by songwriter Alastair Galbraith, they released a critically acclaimed first single, Catnip/Carousel, and double album, Eyes Rind As If Beggars, both on US labels. The latter, with its “sun-burning” and lyrical improvisations found them a secure place in the noise-pop canon.

lt colonel spastic howitzer

Thylacine – Anna Chase: vocals, rhythm guitar. Ben Benton: drums. Jack Dibben: lead guitar, ambience. Jess Corcoran: vocals, keys, harmonica, violin. 

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thu 5

Club 77

THE SCARE
YES NUKES
FAIT ACCOMPLI
LOENE CARMEN
+ a free beer on entry

sat 7

The Jura Collective, 440 Parramatta Rd, Petersham
9550 9931

Come along to our working bees, where we’ll be sanding and painting the floor, and fixing the skirting boards – the final touches on the library renovations. Saturday 7th June, from 12pm.

The Jura Food Co-op continues to provide people with affordable, organic fruit and vegie boxes. Order yours or find out more by emailing jurafoodcoop@riseup.net

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sat 7

dirty shirlows, 32 shirlow st, marrickville
8pm $?

abc weapons, when chimps attack, voting with bricks, euripedes beserker, do not resuscitate, melaleuca memorial

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sun 8

14:00 – 17:00

“The Upstairs Dance Studio”
Jura Bookshop, 440 Parramatta Road, Petersham

Join us for an arvo of VEGAN high tea, popping lessons with the elegant shelly and hip-hop sounds from secret special guests!!! This shall be followed by a discussion of gender, and the subversion of gender, in hip-hop and dance.

Vegan treats are most welcome (e.g. cupcakes, jelly, choc crackles).
This event is FREE, but donations to Jura are always appreciated.

Check back for some suggested pre-readings and materials (e.g. dance moves!). These are purely for fun! Don’t feel you need to read anything or have ANY dance or cooking skills to participate. ALL ages, genders, species, etc are welcome.

READINGS:

Hip-Hop, Gender, Race and Capitalism – Nichali Ciacco (Znet)

The Exploitation of Women in Hip-Hop Culture – Ayanna (My Sistahs) 

Hip-Hop and Sydney’s Western Suburbs – Meguel D’Souza (Urban Expressions, 1988)

Jura Collective (and myself) do not necessarily agree with all of these writings. These are intended to start the brains ticking on the pertinent issues. Also, search “popping” on youtube!
tree.kneee@gmail.com
Katrina

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sun 8

super 8 diaries launch
dirty shirlows, 32 shirlow st, marrickville
2pm-midnight
$12 all ages

tucker b’s, charge group, ohana, when chimps attack, castings, lola flash, do not resuscitate, qua, alps of nsw

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mon 9

The NOW now Series 2008 #4

laura altman + monika brooks
daiji igarashi (Brisbane) – solo
daiji + adam sussman + rory brown
artery – chris abrahams, jon rose + mike majkowski
artery + peter farrar & sam dobson

Serial Space 33 Wellington Street Chippendale 7pm $10 + $8 

shaun/tenzenmen
++  i’ll either be at these events or wishing i was there  ++

What’s Cool and Unusual – 12th March 2008

~ shaun tenzenmen ~ Leave a comment

wed 12

consolador de dos caras
la campana, 53-55 liverpool st, spanish quarter
8pm $5

featuring :
Triangle[psychedelic post-rockers] ,
Hiske [Dutch-Pop sensation with harmonium],
The Gruntled [medieval drone-merchants playing hurdy-gurdy ,loops,etc.]
KKlarence Macabre

plus DIY markets and dj’s

we’re also looking for bands to fill up april so get in touch with me!!

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thu 13

mgtvle, 40 fitzroy st, marrickville
8pm $2 donation

Brave New Films and tenzenmen presents

Outfoxed: Rupert Murdoch’s War on Journalism

“Outfoxed” examines how media empires, led by Rupert Murdoch’s Fox News, have been running a “race to the bottom” in television news. This film provides an in-depth look at Fox News and the dangers of ever-enlarging corporations taking control of the public’s right to know.

The film explores Murdoch’s burgeoning kingdom and the impact on society when a broad swath of media is controlled by one person.

Media experts, including Jeff Cohen (FAIR) Bob McChesney (Free Press), Chellie Pingree (Common Cause), Jeff Chester (Center for Digital Democracy) and David Brock (Media Matters) provide context and guidance for the story of Fox News and its effect on society.

This documentary also reveals the secrets of Former Fox news producers, reporters, bookers and writers who expose what it’s like to work for Fox News.  These former Fox employees talk about how they were forced to push a “right-wing” point of view or risk their jobs. Some have even chosen to remain anonymous in order to protect their current livelihoods. As one employee said “There’s no sense of integrity as far as having a line that can’t be crossed.”

this is the last in the series of Brave New Films documentaries.  as per all their docos they are free to distribute and screen.  if you would like a copy of any of the dvds then drop me a line at tenzenmen.

http://www.bravenewfilms.org
http://www.bravenewtheaters.com

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fri 14

mgtvle, 40 fitzroy st, marrickville
$12 8pm

assassinators,
vae victis,
baby machine,
crux,
walrora

denmark punk rock in sydney!  i won’t be at this show unfortunately (so that’s a great incentive to go ;-))

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sat 15

Jura Books, 440 Parramatta Rd, Petersham
1pm

A discussion open to all interested in the formation of an anarchist federation, on the proposal for a regional anarchist federation in Oceania.
Comments, criticisms, questions, etc.
Also to discuss means of getting to the big convergence in Melbourne.

flyer link: http://jura.org.au/files/jura/images/A-Fmeeting42.preview.jpg

anarchist.federation.discussion@gmail.com

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sat 15

40 Annie st Wickham. (Newcastle)

The crew at the Annie Street Warehouse in Newcastle are unfortunately moving on to smaller houses.

In the last two years we have hosted heaps and heaps of rad bands including Castings, Moonmilk, On/Oxx, Stature::Statue, Alps Of NSW, Will Guthrie, Ray Off, Gyanism, Jonah Matranga, The Rivalry, Eucalypt, James Dean, Noir Core, Rotted Crow, Radiation Nation, Boysclub, Could have moved Mountains, Y35.3, Deaf!Deaf!, Go Genre Everything, These hands could separate the sky, James Wiley, Mart Brennan, Call the medic call the nurse!!, Drillbit, Unique Oil Free Air, Oddfoot, Like Alaska + others that aren’t coming to mind right now.

We are having a final farewell house party type deal this Saturday night MARCH 15 from 6ish, with noises made by CRAB SMASHER + FORMER REPUBLICS + SARAH HUMPHREYS + SKIPPY THE BUSH KANGAROO + MASS INHERITANCE, so come and see us off eh? We tried our best.

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sat 15

if you’re really keen THE DRUGS are playing at the annandale hotel tonight.  you can throw things at matt.  he likes that.

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as ever, you can buy awesome music from all over the world through my distro and i now have what’s left of the HEY PRESTO distro in stock too.

http://www.tenzenmen.com/distro/TZM_distro.shtml

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finally, please let me know if this weekly mail-out is still useful to you, if you would like to see anything added or removed etc

shaun/tenzenmen
++  i’ll either be at these events or wishing i was there  ++

12th Mar 2023 – 2006 – 2009 were great and busy times in the Sydney subculture and there was much more going on that I also never found out about.