consolador de dos caras la campana, 53-55 liverpool st, sydney $10 8pm
this wednesday 6th august a massive fractal crackin bass extravaganza by the pre teen queens of screams, catch their only sydney show before they head back to osaka to unleash hell on an unsuspecting japanese public!KAWAIIIIIIIII!!!!!!!
TOXIC LIPSTICK ALBUM LAUNCH Thats right the new dual plover release, POOPIN by everyone’s favourite fractal crackin’ bass junkie toxic lipstick will be launched at club consolador. Here are some quotes from dedicated toxic fans: “Poopin sounds reelly good, it makes me feel good 2″ Steven, 4 (Logan, Brisbane)”After coming home from work, there`s nothing I like better than a cold glass of Poopin” Steven, 12 (Wombat Peaks, Tasmania)”Poopin`s like a fine wine that gets u wasted” Toxic Lipstick, 14 (no relation), (Purga Creek, QLD)
Supporting on the night will be the ever entertaining toecutter
plus cockupshittingwhore(featuring members of suicidal rap orgy and butchers harem)
“Many people say u can`t polish a turd. It`s just impossible. But fractal-crackin bass junkies Toxic Lipstick have done the impossible, gettin’ busier than a mum down the pub on singles nite to produce their 3rd debut album, POOPIN. Following up previous releases on Sydney’s commercially challenged dualpLOVER label, including the seminal ‘When Doves Cry’ and puberty induced ‘Prisoner of Hormones’, POOPIN features such crowd thumpers as Rape Me, Itchy Balls, and Teen Mum, showing that magic really can happen… even if it`s just in your pants. Get ready 4 the trashcore bubblegum sensation that is…POOPIN!!!BREAKING NEWS!! To celebrate the release of POOPIN, Toxic Lipstick are undertaking a gruelling tour of their favourite speed dating venues. These girls really bark at the gristle when they get on the mikes so make sure you’re within projectile vomiting distance this July & August.”
toecutter
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wed 6
serial space 33 wellington st chippendale $10 8pm The NOW now Series 2008 #6
David Rothenberg – (USA) Rothenberg’s music connects the living sounds of the natural world to the traditions of global rhythmic innovation and improvisation. Inspired by the melodies and beats of birds, insects, whales, water, and wind. http://www.whybirdssing.com
roil (chris abrahams, mike majkowski, james waples)
Kraig Grady (USA now Wollongong) if as it says in Wikipedia “He has been nominated four times for the LA Weekly Music Awards best uncategorizable artist and was chosen by Buzz Magazine as one of the “100 coolest people in Los Angeles”, What the fuck is he doing in the Gong? + Chris Abrahams
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thu 7
black and blue gallery, cleveland st (above Mao and More) Preview Thursday August 7 6pm – 9pm August 8 – August 24
Emily Hunt & Raquel Welch Hoochie Coochie
The fabled myths of death, the grotesque and the bizarre come to life in an excessively ornamented carnivale in Raquel Welch and Emily Hunt’s ‘Hoochie Choochie.’ Imaginary beasts and exaggerated caricatures are displayed in an set-up which can best described as a behavioural study of the fantastic. Each scene features craftily constructed figures that are embellished with a nod to the crude elements of voodoo. But with a natural disposition towards the absurd, Hunt & Welch’s make-believe underworld is nothing short of eccentric.
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fri 8
download the opening ceremony of the olympics – it’ll be better than any tv coverage – and go to this instead!
louie’s 34 murray street, marrickville 8pm $?
the new justice team, teargas, deathcage, deathtrap
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sat 9
mgtvle 44 fitzroy street, marrickville 8pm $?
the new justice team, teargas, do not resucitate + more
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sat 9
4 TALBOT ST, SYDENHAM 8pm $12
cherry 2000, day of the meerkat, lawyers guns and money, the quits
+ trash, sleaze, piercing show + djs til dawn
HEY SYDNEY! ROCKIN THE RANDOM IS FOR ALL THE TIMES YOU’VE BEEN CHUCKED OUT OF A VENUE FOR DANCING ON THE TABLES, GOING WILD, OR LOOKING DRUNK (AS IF THAT WASN’T HALF THE POINT), FOR ALL THE WAREHOUSES THAT AREN’T ALLOWED TO ROCK OUT ANYMORE BECAUSE OF NOISE COMPLAINTS!!! WE SAY FUCK YOU TO ALL THE ARSEHOLES THAT MOVE INTO THE CITY AND THINK THAT WE SHOULD ALL BE QUIET!!! THIS IS FOR EVERY GIG YOU EVER WENT TO FULL OF LAME MOTHERFUCKERS LOOKING SO SLICK BUT NOT BLOODY DANCING!!!!! FOR ALL THE TIMES WHEN YOU WERE JUST GETTING INTO IT AND THE PUB FUCKING SHUTS!! AND FOR ANY TIME A BOUNCER, COP OR OTHER CUNT TRIED TO CURB YOUR FUN – FUCK ‘EM! SO IF YA WANNA GET DOWN AND DIRTY THIS IS THE FUCKIN ANSWER!!! GET YOUR SLEAZE ON AND COME AND GET BENT TILL THE BREAK OF DAWN AT ROCKIN THE RANDOM!!!!! SEEDY!!! TRASHY!!! OUT OF CONTROL!!! YEEEEHAAAAH!!!!
BANDS, BROADS AND BOOZE (ALL CHEAP!)!!!! SPREAD THE WORD!!!!
GETTING THERE:GO LEFT OUT OF SYDENHAM STATION, WALK DOWN RAILWAY RD UNTIL YOU HIT PRINCES HIGHWAY, TALBOT IS FIRST ON THE LEFT (8-10 MIN WALK). OR: CATCH A 422 BUS FROM CENTRAL STATION OR NEWTOWN.
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consolador de dos caras la campana, 53-55 liverpool st, sydney 8pm $5
KRYSTOFFKRVSTOFFISTON – Also drawing some degree of inspiration from the black stream (though concerned more with depressive ambience over hammering repetition), duo Kkriskristoffiston are just as likely to disgust BM purists. From dehidrated northcote dusty lungs full of grief and god’s wrath splutter forth omnipitant pain and anguish. coroading twin neck guitar and organ acompany these death throughs only barely riseing from collapsing in heat stroke, this is mottled Southern Hemisphree Black & White Metal!!!! other projects ST John’s Ambience, MOFFARFARRAH, Collapsed Toilet Vietnam, WhiteHorse, MofHoRah, Malakat, Slotholith, 1/16th headed, Dumb Crystals, Paeces, MFFRvsBNS, EOH,Kimberly, Bohemian Knights, Alley oops (ex-Slam Dunk!) and Half man Half Moffafarrah -Also drawing some degree of inspiration from the black stream (though concerned more with depressive ambience over hammering repetition), duo Kkriskristoffiston are just as likely to disgust BM purists. From dehidrated northcote dusty lungs full of grief and god’s wrath splutter forth omnipitant pain and anguish. coroading twin neck guitar and organ acompany these death throughs only barely riseing from collapsing in heat stroke, this is mottled Southern Hemisphree Black & White Metal!!!! other projects ST John’s Ambience, MOFFARFARRAH, Collapsed Toilet Vietnam, WhiteHorse, MofHoRah, Malakat, Slotholith, 1/16th headed, Dumb Crystals, Paeces, MFFRvsBNS, EOH,Kimberly, Bohemian Knights, Alley oops (ex-Slam Dunk!) and Half man Half Moffafarrah
FAMILY JEWELS – A one man power electronics boogie band. Nic Warnock of Circle Pit and Onani playing analogue synthesizer, cassette four track loops and delayed/distorted vocals. Influence from his limited knowledge of early electronic music, Royal Trux, DJ Screw, Whitehouse and Alan Vega.
PEE WEE. – Killer garage/surf tinged punk rock featuring members of Straight Arrows and Dead Farmers. For fans of the Ramones, pizza, partying, practical jokes, getting wild, Dead Farmers and Straight Arrows.
if you want to sell something, bring it along to the DIY markets and set up on a table.
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wed 30
Date: Wednesday, July 30, 2008 Time: 7:00pm – 10:00pm Location: SYDNEY / Jimmy Sing’s Record Stand Street: 302 Cleveland St. Surry Hills. City/Town:City of Sydney, Australia
Come learn why wrestling is THE great artform of the 21st century while watching some of the most spectacular matches of recent years with Sydney’s greatest Pro-Wrestling expert, SHANE McGRATH.
Between the steroids and painkiller abuse, shitty working conditions, combat-zone mortality rate, and badly-acted, badly-written storylines, pro-wrestling may be literally the worst industry in the world.
But that doesn’t mean it isn’t awesome!
From corporate arena spectacle to low-budget shows in high-school gyms, this is a night not to be missed. Oh my God, not the Death Valley Driver onto the ladder!
NB! LIMITED SPACES AVAILABLE, PLEASE MAKE SURE TO SECURE YOUR PLACE BY EMAILING goodgodsmallclub@gmail.com
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fri 1
mgtvle 44 fitzroy st, marrickville 8pm $?
the focus, the diamond sea, hee haw, former republics
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sat 2
louie’s, 34 murray st, marrickville 8pm $8
fangs of satanic soccer moms, the thaw, hee haw, blackie (solo), the focus
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sat 2
Black Rose Movie Night: Office Space (1999) Mike Judge @ 22 enmore rd newtown
from 5pm entry by donation [$5 suggested]
Peter Gibbons just can’t seem to catch a break. His girlfriend is cheating on him, he has an obnoxious neighbor, and he’s completely miserable with his job as a small cog in a company called Initech. Then he visits a hypnotherapist, who dies just after putting Peter into a state of complete bliss. Free of worrying about making a living, he no longer feels the need to keep his job,
Date: Saturday 2 August 2008 Time: 17:00 – 19:00 (GMT +10:00) Location: Black Rose Anarchist Books Street: 22 Enmore Rd City State Postcode: Newtown Phone: 0424490792
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sun 3
akemi, great western highway, medlow bath
Coming up at Akemi on this Sunday, 3rd August is a night of quality acoustic folk, featuring two acts: Lime and Steel, and Five Leaves Left.
Lime and Steel play original songs, with harmonies sung with distinctly Australian flavour. They also throw in generous helping of Irish influence, and a touch of bluegrass influenced banjo and some sweet mandolin picking. (myspace.com/bensong)
Five Leaves Left features singer-songwriter and fingerpicking guitarist Nick Szenkuti. They do some fine folk/blues originals and covers, with a line-up that usually includes Mary Jones on flute, Simon Watts, on fiddle, with Ian Morrison brushing up percussive goodness. (http://www.myspace.com/szentkuti)
We plan on having a session of Irish Tunes after the gig, so bring your instruments, all you diddly-people.
It’ll be an easy-going toasty loungeroomy gig. BYO, and Akemi folks sometimes put on a pot of stew or the like, for which you are allowed make a small donation if you feel like clocking up some good karma.
Cover on the door is $5
Feel free to forward this to all your friends
shaun/tenzenmen ++ i’ll either be at these events or wishing i was there ++
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.
_2779 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!
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 ++
Facebook update: ….beats the typhoon to head to Malaysia in the morning.
What’s Cool and Unusual
wed 25
consolador de dos caras la campana, 53-55 liverpool st, sydney 8pm $5
dining in tuscany – With a mixture of epic and memorable-heavy music, seamed together by ethereal and ambient atmospherics, DIT experiment with sound-scapes and classical composition.From brutally complex to somber and melodic, D.I.T capture many muscial styles that translate proficiently through their stage presence.
monstrum solo spectacular – MONSTROM SOLO SPECTACULAR. 1 MAN, 1 MASK, 1 GUITAR. COME AND WITNESS THIS MASTER OF DERANGED METAL OBLITERATE THE SPANISH QUARTER
Feick’s Device- Who needs electricity? Perched on the punk edge of acoustic artcore, Feick’s Device use handdrums, acoustic guitar, noisemakers and a diversity of vocals to pound out polyrhythmic melodies of abrasive charm.
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fri 27
7pm – Teale Palace (2A Teale Pl, Parramatta) – Lilies, Former Republics, Hammercide, Bare Arms
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
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 ++
a friend of mine – Their mix of catatonic introspection and impassioned instrument thrashing makes their live performances a unique spectacle that “you couldn’t turn a deaf ear to… double unison vocals which droned into a sea of power chords, and a drummer that rocked hard enough to put holes in your ear drums.” (fasterlouder.com.au) ” A Friend Of Mine played the sort of music you might bulldoze a neighbourhood to: rolling waves of brooding guitar grounded by frenetic, precise drumwork… their variation in intensity and unpretentious character made them a band worth catching.” (Inpress) They have since gone on to support a number of bands as diverse as Magic Dirt and Baseball, as well as improvising alongside Damo Suzuki.
tim dywer – I asked him for a bio but he never got back to me , so I am writing one for him. Tim reckons he sounds like suicide and he sort of does, I saw him playing with a jumper on his head and hammering a saxophone with a lot of smoke from a smoke machine. Was pretty good show. I think he is also doing some kind of master degree in art or some shit like that down in canberra. Anyway I guarantee it will be worth seeing
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sat 31
mgtvle, 40 fitzroy st, marrickville 8pm $10 all ages
ampere, majorca, former republics, scum system kill
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sun 1
dirty shirlows, 32 shirlow st, marrickville 4pm $10 all ages
ampere, majorca, ohana, crux
just got back from a weekend in melbourne to check out the ampere shows – awesome and intense. ohana were there too to record their new cd and play quebec’s final show. great line ups in great spaces.
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that’s all i have for now. i’m leaving on friday so if you’ve got anything coming up in the next six weeks let me know by wednesday and i’ll add it to the list. i’ll be checking email from time to time too.
shaun/tenzenmen ++ i’ll either be at these events or wishing i was there ++
the lilies – it’s a sound that occurs when grunge and psychedelia meet in a dark alley. There is also a strong assosciation to the fringes of the punk and new wave movements with experimental ‘post’ sounds present – an unhinged sorta vibe.
Every wednesday night club ‘consolador de dos caras’ will be changing the lyrics of that easybeats classic as midweek becomes the minds principal night of longing.
The front room is still operating as a free market with all your favourite music you never knew you liked from our irregular yet robust dj’s so bring along your music / art / publications / etc for sale while you still can . If the front room has a weird dinner party or some function that could possibly not be part of dual plover then the entrance is around the side on edgar lane.
While in the back room we’ll have 4 live acts every week for a nominal charge (usually $5 but may vary depending on touring acts). We open at 8pm and live acts in the back are between 9pm and 11:30 however the club is licensed til 6am so please feel free to stay on drink or dance to whichever dj is still playing.
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wed 21
Wednesday, 21 May, 2008 Art After Hours – Art Gallery of NSW 6.30PM central court Amanda Stewart – writer, performance poet, vocalist + Jim Denley – wind instruments and electronics Amanda Stewart and Jim Denley first started working together in the late 1980’s. Jim was interested in what his music instinct could learn from language and Amanda what her language instinct could learn from music. Their excitement came from the creation of, for them, new types of song – symbiotic words and music. They would go on to expand the scale in the group Machine for Making Sense which started in 1989. They have continued to do duos for the last 20 years. 7.30PM Centenary Auditorium Machine for Making Sense a music video by Stephen Jones. The group Machine for Making Sense have been producing exploratory music and interdisciplinary work in Sydney and around the world since 1989. The group includes: Jim Denley (flutes, saxaphone and voice), Chris Mann (voice and text), Rik Rue (samples and tape), Amanda Stewart (voice and text), Stevie Wishart (violin, live electronics, hurdy-gurdy and voice). This film has them performing at the Sydney Opera House in 1994. Free.
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thu 22
sandringham hotel, newtown $? 8pm
my precious (singapore), meaningless existence (brisbane), crux, death trap
the new my precious material is excellently executed punk/hardcore with two screamo-styled vocalists. these are some cool kids from the DIY scene in singapore so go say hello and ask them about it – maybe your band will play there one day.
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fri 23
Friday 23rd May: Opening forum 6:30 pm at Australia Hall, 150 Elizabeth Street, Sydney
Saturday 24th and Sunday 25th May: Panels, Discussion & Workshops Redfern Community Centre, Hugo Street, Redfern
Speakers include: Larissa Behrendt Vince Forrester Tom Calma (tbc) Heather Goodall Sam Watson Mick Dodson (tbc) Barbara Shaw
Conference sessions include: *History of the struggle *Unions and Aboriginal rights *Resisting the new paternalism
Almost one year since the NT intervention began, there is a pressing need for the Aboriginal Rights movement to come together, consolidate recent gains and plan for the fight ahead.
The new Rudd Government has made some important symbolic gestures – from the apology through to commitments to ‘Close the Gap’ in Indigenous health. But for communities in the NT, Rudd is now the face of an intervention which is causing a new wave of dispossession and, as argued by Mutitjulu elder Vince Forrester, “a return to Apartheid”.
Welfare quarantines, the destruction of Community Employment Development Projects (CDEP) and the compulsory acquisition of Aboriginal lands, businesses and services has forced thousands of people from their communities into urban centres. There they are met with racism and police repression – 190 people were taken into custody in Alice Springs on 4-5 April in an operation targeting “anti-social behaviour”.
The ideas of paternalism, assimilation and the free-market driving the intervention, and pushed so hard by the Howard government, are impacting on Aboriginal policy across the country. From the Queensland government’s decision to continue holding stolen wages “in trust”, the “mainstreaming” of Indigenous services which continues, through to the burgeoning national roll out of punitive welfare policies, a policy consensus has emerged in government and media against self-determination.
The new government is actively campaigning for retention and expansion of the explicitly racist intervention laws. They refuse to acknowledge the social break down taking place. They continue to deny Aboriginal people the basic human rights of protections against discrimination or rights to appeal.
2,000 people marched in Canberra on February 12, demanding an end to the intervention and campaign groups have been established iwn the major cities. Many trade unionists and activists in the broader community have recognised the need to actively challenge the racism of the intervention and renew the fight for Aboriginal rights around the country.
The upcoming conference aims to strengthen the networks that have been formed through this campaign. This conference will look to successful struggles from the past and hear from the strong communities leaders of today – to advance the politics of self-determination and forge demands and strategy for the ongoing campaign against the intervention.
Any groups wishing to become more involved in the campaign through organising and running a workshop at the conference are invited to register their interest with the organisers. For further information, please contact aboriginalrightscoalition @ gmail . com (with spaces removed).
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fri 23
Date: Friday, May 23, 2008 Time: 7:00pm – 11:55pm Location: Little Fish Gallery Street: 22 Enmore Rd City/Town: Newtown, Australia
S.C.A.R. Print Project is a series of print making workshops and exhibitions happening across australia in march, april and may. These workshops and events bring together folks who are survivors, folks who support survivors and folks who work to end sexual violence/abuse in our immediate communities and in the wider world. They will give space for people to creatively express their feelings around this shit and be supported and recognised as having valid and important voices (individually and collectively) S.C.A.R. prints is a World Without project (Melbourne’s community response to sexual assault group) www.worldwithout.org
There will be music and an exhibit of heaps of prints from the workshops, plus an auction of the prints with all money raised going to World Without
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fri 23
thunderdome 22 fotherigham st, stanmore 7pm
walrora, fail
bands start after scar auction at little fish
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sat 24
Paradise Lost Dirty Shirlows, 32 Shirlow St, Marrickville $10 10pm
Hey hey you Cool Cats & Jivin’ Jo’s get your groove on and come on down to Dirty Shirlows this Saturday night for some disco diving delights… Get your leg warmers, head bands, tights, short shorts, skates, shoulder moves , blush , butt bounce , and loved up eyes ready for a surprise ! HHmmmmm feelin feisty check out www.paradiselost.net.au if you wanna taste the tunes. God Dam come get your swinging sweet groove on baby….
PS – there will be a lock out once we’re full at Shirlows this w/e so make sure ya get in early for a full physical body visual and aural experience
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sun 25
Make sure to to come to the MCA on Sunday May 25 – because we are having a Zine Fair! There will be loads of stuff to buy, sell, trade as well as live music and great panel discussions.
FREE ENTRY Watch this space as the program is announced… A hard copy program guide designed by Keg de Souza will be available at the MCA from May 9
Interested in booking a stall? Call 02 9245 2484 or www.mca.com.au/events $10 per table or half a table for $5
New to zines and want to find out more? ZINE MASTERCLASS DATE: Sunday 11 May, 1.00pm-5.00pm COST: $30/$25 Members & concessions For further info and to book go to www.mca.com.au/events
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sun 25
to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the French uprising in May 1968, there is going to be a screening of ‘The Grin Without a Cat (Le Fond de l’air est rouge)’ – an epic elegy to the new left and the contradictions that swept the world in 1967 and 1968. It includes an amazing collection of footage from the streets of France as well as from around the world.
PLUS there will also be a launch of a zine all about May 1968.
Where: Black Rose Anarchist Library, 22 Enmore Rd, Newtown (100m from Newton station). When: 5pm, Sunday May 25th. entry by donation ($5 or what you can)
******************** Black Rose Anarchist Library & Bookshop 22 Enmore Rd (100m from Newtown Station) e: blackrosebooks@yahoo.com.au P: 0424 490 792
kate wilson (drums) steph (guitar, vocals) kallie (vocals) kate mara (accordion)
Serial Space 33 Wellington Street Chippendale 8pm $10 + $8
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i’ll actually be in melbourne this weekend – friday is my precious/ampere double bill! and saturday is quebec’s second last ever show (with my disco, ampere, daimond sea and majorca! – how’s that for a line up!)
shaun/tenzenmen ++ i’ll either be at these events or wishing i was there ++
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