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What’s Cool and Unusual – 21st May 2008
wed 21
consolador de dos caras
la Campana, 53-55 liverpool st, the spanish 1/4, Sydney.
$5 8pm
http://www.dualplover.com/consolador.html
halal, how are you?
http://www.myspace.com/halalhowareyou
– Rainy days, Luke’s garage, boredom, the ‘burbs, Daytona (R.I.P), margherita pizzas, bubble cars, pad thai, hungry jack’s resturaunts with the the pointless 50’s memerobillia, mixtapes, unrequited lust, adams mighty triumphant phallus…
the mistakes
http://www.myspace.com/themist8kes
– rock n roll outlaws that sound like the stooges before they sounded like the stooges
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)
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Black Rose Anarchist Library & Bookshop
22 Enmore Rd (100m from Newtown Station)
e: blackrosebooks@yahoo.com.au
P: 0424 490 792
open:
thursday & friday 11-7
saturday & sunday 11-5
accessibility: there are three steps at the entrance. the toilet is not easily accessible
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mon 26
The NOW now Series 2008 #3
louise dibben (electronics and visuals)
blake freele (electronics and computer)
aemon webb (electronics)
aaron clarke (electronics, vocals)
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 ++
Various Artists – Live at Bar Open DVD – 1st August 2006
Cat #: 009TZM
On a hot crazy night, tenzenmen brought together Baseball (Melbourne), ni‐hao! (Japan), Sabot (Czech Republic) and The Thaw (Sydney) and crammed them into the confines of Bar Open in Melbourne. Here’s what happened! 112 minutes of some of the most exciting music from around the world.
14th May 2021 – I found these pictures and text at the Thaw’s original blogspot.
ohayo!
we’re gonna be touring with ni-hao! (from japan!) around sydney and melbs! weeela.
ch-check it out:
tuesday feb 14th + empire hotel, sydney
(ni-hao! / the thaw / rose turtle ertler ++ scooter show)
wednesday feb 15th + mandarin club, sydney
(ni-hao! / the thaw / vincent over the sink / le paper dolls)
thursday feb 16th + baropen, melbourne
(ni-hao! / baseball / sabot / the thaw)
friday feb 17th + public office, melbourne
(ni-hao! / grey daturas / the thaw / dad they broke me / eddie current suppression ring)
saturday feb 18th + pony, melbourne
(ni-hao! / witch hats / twitch of the death nerve / bad cop bad cop)
(2am: the thaw)
phew! come and danc your legs silly
14th May 2021 – I have no idea how I managed to organise all this! There’s also radio appearances and photoshoots in that time too. It seems crazy now, I guess I knew quite a few people and they must’ve helped me a lot. I think I must’ve enjoyed doing it so much that I didn’t realise how much work it was – I certainly don’t have any memory of it being difficult.
we made it back from melb in one piece (barely!).
the whole week was a blast – ni hao are aweome, fun, exciting and amazing musicians. we played with loads of rad bands and managed to avoid the killer trams on the streets of melb town.
anyone at the bar open show will be pleased to know that it was recorded and the entire thing will be put on dvd for sale sometime in the near future. it was a great night of diverse music; us, baseball, sabot and nihao!
also, for those down in melb who missed out at the show (damn lazy fuckers!) we’ve got some cds in missing link for purchase at a measly $6. almost as cheap as those ‘potato cakes’ you have down there. [or u can send us an email and we’ll send one out to ya, s.w.a.k!]
so big ups to twitch of the death nerve, dad they broke me, grey daturas, bad cop bad cop, witch hats and everyone else we played with. hope to see a few of you up north sometime soon. we luv u melbourne!!!!!!!!!! we miss all the awesome people we met down there and hopefully we can come back soooooooon!!!!!!!!
Tomato ketchup and mayonnaise – 15th May 2005
8pm – bar open, melbourne – with the stabs, twitch of the death nerve and vincent over the sink
everyone stirs themselves slowly and we sort ourselves out with coffee and bread before loading gear out to the car and taking the quick trip to bar open. we’re all a little bit disorgansed and not sure how to arrange tonight’s show – finally we agree to set gold coin donation as entry.
there’s people milling about everywhere and suddenly show time arrives starting with vincent over the sink – these guys are so quirkily cool – their tunes are simple, arrangements odd and style bizarre and uncomfortable – just what interests me in a band. i’m so happy that they had this opportunity to play to a bunch more people than they might usually do and nao-san has tweaked a perfect sound for them.
twitch of the death nerve and the room is getting packed with just a little space in front of stage which singer dan soon takes the opportunity to stomp around. twitch are awesome in their complex and dynamic structure and dan is more than just a capable frontman – he has a great voice too. things get a little bizarre mid way through the set as dan covers himself in tomato ketchup and mayonnaise and then continues to throw himself around the room – crashing into me one time, i give him a big shove which splatters him across the floor but he gets up without missing a beat and continues on his merry way. needless to say the crowd loved the craziness.
next the stabs performed their fucked up aural sonic bliss – they take some standard rock elements and pound them out and the crowd appreciated it greatly. i was kinda distracted trying to organise everything during the stabs set though – hopefully they’ll make it up to sydney one day and i can get a proper dose.
bar open is now packed to the gills and there is anticipation in the air. after a nice introduction from mark (who really does believe limited express (has gone?) are the greatest band in the world!) they unusually kick off the set with tiger rock and we’re treated to yukari bouncing around the stage and floor space and some almost silent subtlety during the bridge section with breathy whispers of tiger rock (supposedly a dedication to yukari’s favourite baseball team).
yukari straps the bass on and here comes special show time in full force with the beginning refrain of aloha! i skip this song on the cd having heard it so many times but there’s something new and fresh about it every time they play it live because the band and audience both respond with big smiles and big bounces and everyone is caught up in the moment – from here on out the audience is captivated – totally sucked in to the experience!
the band are happy enough to play in front of just a few people but when they have the attention of a couple of hundred people up close and personal they turn into pure magic. i’m anticipating jinichiro craziness during stop>go and beckon him into the crowd and he willingly obliges and i soon get the message he wants to go upwards so i squat down and slowly lift jj up on my shoulders, i do my best to stagger and sway to the rhythm! i get a tap on the head and lower jj down and he hops off perfectly in time with the next section of the song. when the song finishes i remind jinichiro that i’m an old man!
the rest of the set maintains the high level of excitement – peaking for me with the new song (possibly titled “ichi ni san shi…”) which is rivetting in it’s typical limited express (has gone?) madness – i’m in heaven right here! talk to me, all right closes out the set with jinichiro throwing his guitar to the audience and performing his almost trademark windmill jump (it’s not like townsend, believe me!). soon the chant of ‘we want more’ is raised and limited express (has gone?) are happy to oblige for a bassless version of mophin’ fellet before finishing off band like with an ass kicking run through free style ridin’ – yukari overcome with emotions and happiness runs up to koji behind the kit and falls forward with her bass flailing and the drum are rendered unusable – this is the end – yukari, not sure what’s going on, goes off to the side and curls into a ball before being beckoned back to the stage for a final bow!
everyone is happy, the room is full of joy. my god – that was special show time all right!
it’s a couple of hours before we manage to get out – the merchandise has halved already – after two days! jj calls japan later to get more sent out! everyone is energised and it takes me an hour or so to count out all the donation coins while the others load out and make a trip back to mark’s with equipment before coming back for us.
i was astounded to find over 500 bucks in donations including a couple of 20 dollar notes! this meant we could pay the support bands a hundred bucks or more! (twitch of the death nerve donating all their share to limited express (has gone?)!)
we find some twitch friends outside trying to get their car started – we can’t help them but as we’re driving away dan appears and races up to the car, dives through the front window and shouts ‘aaallllooohhhhaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!’ much to the amusement of us all!
when we get home mark teaches jj some classical spanish guitar – it’s great to watch mark showing jinichiro the song and see him struggle to play it (it’s pretty complex)! i give in to weariness and fall asleep happy and smiling.
pic: andrew watson
After the gig – 14th May 2005
8pm – northcote social club, melbourne – supporting the rogers sisters and love of diagrams
despite numerous phone calls and cat’s crying we wake up well rested and enjoying the sensational sunshine as we, again, lazily head to the city and wander around cafes and stores. there’s a strange tension as i’m sure everyone is thinking about the shows tonight and how important they are.
mark takes us up to the northcote social club and we get acquainted with the setup and introduced to everyone, band members, organisers and staff. limited express (has gone?) do a quick soundcheck and make sure everything is perfect.
the merchandise table is setup and the doors open – it’s great to see a big turn out for a support band – something which has been worrying me about the rogers sisters support slots. it soon becomes obvious that everything will be fine as the band put extra effort into special showtime and the crowd love it. it’s a short fast set and everyone is happy.
the merchandise stall soon becomes very busy and remains that way through the night except when the bands are playing.
love of diagrams, despite worrying about how to follow limited express (has gone?) pull off a nice tight set – the sound in the venue is extremely good.
the rogers sisters put on a good show too and the sold out venue is packed with happy punters. the merchandise stall is still busy for limited express (has gone?) even 30 minutes after the gig has finished and we are trying to pack everything up – occassionally having to run to the car to get more cds for people! amazing!
pic: andrew watson
2am – the pony (late show), melbourne – with the new
but the night is young for us.
mark drives me and the gear to the pony while everyone else gets some food.
at the pony the japanese grind band palm are still playing their show despite it being time for the new to load in and get ready. the pony is packed with people – many who have come from the northcote to see limited express (has gone?) again and after getting all the gear up the stairs and passed all the people myself, dan (singer in twitch) and our friend darius start blowing up balloons in anticipation of extra special show time!
the new play some cool emo punk rock and enjoy themselves in the hot sweaty confines of the pony. a mad scramble to swap out gear ensues and soon people make their way to the front to see what all the fuss is about.
a quiet start with the quirky plinks and plonks of donuts as i hand out party poppers and kick around the balloons before it’s straight ahead into aloha and a set that includes a couple of new songs with yukari taking the mic stand into the crowd to sing right up close and personal. the drunken throng respond and it’s party time at the pony.
yukari finishes off with ‘thank you – i love you’ and dives headfirst into the drumkit while jj’s feedback staggers to a halt. and it’s all smiles for crowd and band. it takes us another hour or so to load out through the mob of drunks – still going at 4am! a few of us wait outside chatting with the new and sipping coffees to keep warm and stay awake.
we eventually get home and to sleep as the sun comes up.
pic: andrew watson
Limited Express (has gone?) – Live at 101 Bar – 1st May 2005
Cat #: 007TZM
Recorded Live at 101 Bar in Melbourne on 27th November 2004
Mixed and mastered by Nao Anzai.
Conquered all – 28th November 2004
builders arms with grey daturas, young prfessionals, bug girl
we get very little sleep as we have to get up early to make an apperance on the japanese program on 3zzz – the host koji being a recent convert to the wonders of the special show time – the band feel very comfortable being able to talk in japanese and all goes well with many laughs.
we split up later as jj and koji go to the city to buy some bits and pieces and yukari heads up to 3cr for a radio interview on the ‘girl’ show (sorry – forgot the name of the show) with another recent convert, larissa. yukari gets to introduce limited express (has gone?) and her other band ni hao! to the listeners and does well for a solo interview in English.
we all converge back at robert’s place and fall asleep for a few hours.
we make our way to the builders arms around 7pm and pretty soon bug girl are up the front bashing out some nifty rock – the small room makes for a nice atmosphere and i have a good feeling about the show tonight (as each band plays the room fills more and more).
next is young professionals who were fantastically amateurish and entertained us all no end – my kind of music!
grey daturas crank the volume with some huge slabs of noise and big pounding beats and most everyone has their fingers in their ears but enjoying it nonetheless.
the room packs full as limited express (has gone?) set up and with a gambatte, break into a familiar start of ‘free style riding’ and ‘aloha’ which has the audience boogying with big smiles. tonight is the culmination of an exciting few days and the band excel themselves (yet again!) with a lot of guitars held high, jazzy craziness and bouncing bass players (‘4-7-3-5-8-1-0-tiger rock!’ (or something!).
the crowd refuse to let them leave after ‘talk to me, all right’ and they rip through one of their high energy, high intensity tracks from the new album with such a ferocity it’s impossible not to just laugh at the absurdity of the amount of pleasure that is being connected and interlinked between everyone in the room. even the landlady and door guy come back with favourable comments and surprise at the size of the crowd for a sunday show.
limited express (has gone?) conquered all tonight and the merchandise box is favourably lighter for the trip to new zealand. we make lots of new friends and contacts yet koji can’t overcome his shyness around pretty girls! packed up and home – the excitement keeps us up until 2am despite having to get up again at 6.30am.
yukari – “i promised myself i will come back to melbourne because so many people enjoyed with us – that was my pleasure too”
koji – “i was happy for many people coming and i could do my best. i appreciate melbourne people”
jj – “thank you melbourne! thank you melbourne’s punk rock! we are rock and roll!”
Melbourne people are good – 25th November 2004
tote hotel, mebourne with lung upc, seedy three, deep where all drown
the weather has been kind in melbourne and today is about 30 degrees and we’re eating breakfast in the backyard before a quick check out of the city with some cd shopping, coffee, mailing, coffee, trams and coffee.
we figure out how to squeeze all the gear and all the band in the van and a dumbass parking inspector decides we need a ticket as we unload. the evening and night seems to timewarp as we either wait for things to happen and then everything happens too fast.
we miss soundcheck because we’re eating some nice indian food and before we know it lung upc are up and on stage playing some nice droney psyche with big riffs.
seedy three rock like cowboy motherfuckers though be careful not to call them that, for your mom’s sake.
limited express hit the stage and rock out in their usual way – it’s hard to gauge the audience reaction as i’m videoing them but everyone seems enthusiastic during the breaks.
around song five jj discovers the wonder of technical problems and the usual active express is stuck at the station as things get sorted out. it gives yukari a chance to interact with the audience at least. things get rolling again but another song later and jj gives it away while yukari and koji noisily end the set – short, sweet and fucked up.
despite the problems and kinda subdued audience reaction many people come up later and buy cd’s, chat to the band and we all ask them to come and see ‘special show time’ again and promise no problems.
apparently this is the first time ever they’ve had any problems. we’ll sort out the gear in the morning and make sure it’s all ok – and also make sure to get a soundcheck from now on!
kudos to the guy who turned up late and missed the set but bought a cd anyway.
oh yeah – before i forget, deep where all drown finished off the night with some really good hard assed in your face rock – check them out!
koji – “melbourne is a very stylish city – melbourne people are good – kawaii”
jj – “i’m surprised – there’s a nice music scene. many customers grow up to be musicians”
yukari – “i’m sorry that i couldn’t give everybody a good gig, but so happy people came even though they have to work tomorrow”
Off to Melbourne – 24th November 2004
got up at what seemed a reasonable time but it was a crazy run down to the airport, all squeezed into the car.
everything went smoothly though and a few hours later we arrived at robert’s (grey daturas) house – we checked out all the promo stuff which is really great and jj started listening to robert’s cd collection.
after some dinner and beers a few of us went to the revolver club/bar where we chuckled at the oi! band playing before going through to the back where more beers were consumed and various photo opportunities arose with members of jet and apparently jon saffran was there too.
One Inch Punch Interview – 5th May 1996
1994ever 