What’s Cool and Unusual – 29th January 2014

Wed 29

Monster Mouse, 21 Maude Lane, Marrickville
7pm-9pm
$5 entry donation
Food and drinks available

Monster Mouse is holding a life drawing session with an ominous glitch. A two hour life drawing session with a Post Apocalyptic theme.
Come sharpen your skills of observation and make art a missed man made destruction.

There will be comfy couches, loud music and the model will engage with the themed projections and props.

Bring your chosen mark making tools along with lots of paper. There will be some extra pens and pencils in case you need them. Don’t worry if you’re not a confident drawer, what better way to practice!?

This is our first Post Apocalyptic Life Drawing night and who knows it may be our last…

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Thu 30

Red Rattler, 6 Faversham St, Marrickville
Entry $5 (Donation to cover costs) doors 7pm

Chaos Syndicate’s Arcade
queer friendly board & games night

Nerds rule!

Consoles:
PS2, PS3, N64, Wii, and an Xbox360 hooked up to projectors and TVs. Tabletop Games: Small World, Pandemic, Settlers of Catan, Ticket to Ride, Risk 2210 A.D., Spartacus, Munchkin, Scrabble, Twister, Chess, and much much more.

Bring your own games too.
DJs:
Clulow Forester
Gatski

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Fri 31

Black Wire Records, 219 Parramatta Rd, Annandale
7pm ALL AGES

Hope Drone (Bris/Album Launch) / Ether Rag / Tanned Christ + tba

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Fri 31

Martini Cafe, 529a King Street, Newtown
free 7.30pm

NO GOOD MONTHLY: BLACK VANILLA / SIMO SOO / ORANGE (MELB) / JUDGE DEMUS (DJ) / SLURS (DJ)

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Fri 31

The Pitz, 1 Mitchell Street, Marrickville
7.30p, $? ALL AGES

VILE WAYS / MANDATE / LITTER / HANNABAND / WOLF COLA / TWIN LAKES / NO ILLUMINATI

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Sun 2

Sydney Park, Sydney Park Rd, Saint Peters
11am

…………. RULES FOR DJ-ING SUNDAY DUB CLUB………………….

……1.0………. FIRST RULE OF DUB CLUB, YOU WILL DISCUSS DUB CLUB

… … … ………………1.1………. YOU WILL ABIDE BY RULES OF DJ-ING SUNDAY DUB CLUB

1.2………. NOBODY CARES IF YOU DON’T TURN UP TO DUB CLUB SO ONLY SUNDAY DUB CLUB MANAGEMENT BRUCE, JOEY (if not barred) AND WALLY HAVE THE PRIVILEGE OF ACTING LIKE GOOD SORTS ON DUB DAYS

2.0………. SUNDAY DUB CLUB MANAGEMENT BRUCE. JOEY (if not barred) AND WALLY EXPECT TO BE BRIBED AND GENERALLY SUCKED UP TO FOR THE PRIVILEGE OF DJ-ING AT SUNDAY DUB CLUB

2.1………. SUNDAY DUB CLUB MANAGEMENT HAS THE RIGHT TO
a………. TAKE OVER THE DJ-ING FROM ANY VISITING DJ AT ANY TIME
b………. REFUSE ENTRY TO BEHIND THE DECKS IF VISITING DJ(s) ARE ACTING LIKE TWATS
c………. GIVE ANY VISITING DJs A HARD TIME DUE TO POOR MUSIC CHOICE, GAPS IN SOUND OR IF MANAGEMENT IS JUST FEELING IN A SHIT STIRRING MOOD
(points 2.1(a)(b)and(c)are often in direct proportion to how well you adhere to point 2.0)

3.0………. IF SUNDAY DUB CLUB MANAGEMENT BRUCE, JOEY (if not barred) AND WALLY DECIDE THAT THERE ARE TO MANY DJs ON ANY GIVEN DUB DAY
a………. MANAGEMENT WILL DECIDE WHO WILL PLAY AND WHO WILL MISS OUT ON THAT DAY
b………. DJs THAT DO MISS OUT DO NOT HAVE THE RIGHT TO GO ON LIKE GOOD SORTS OR HARASS MANAGEMENT OR SLAG OFF MANAGEMENT TO MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC BUT SHOULD GO BACK AND RE-READ POINT 2.0

4.0………. SUNDAY DUB CLUB MANAGEMENT BRUCE, JOEY (if not barred) AND WALLY HAVE THE RIGHT AT ANY GIVEN TIME TO AMEND THIS DOCUMENT VERBALLY OR IN WRITING WITHOUT WARNING TO VISITING DJs WHERE OR WHEN EVER THEY FEEL FIT OR CAN GET SOMETHING OUT OF IT.

WHEN YOU HAVE THE PRIVILEGE OF DJ-ING SUNDAY DUB CLUB, DUB DAY, WITH OR WITHOUT PRIOR READING OR ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF THIS DOCUMENT YOU ARE STILL BOUND TO ADHERE TO ALL POINTS AND ANY AMENDMENTS. THE CRY OF NOBODY TOLD ME OR I DIDN’T KNOW THAT, DOSE NOT WORK HERE.

IF YOU HAVE ANY PROBLEMS WITH THIS DOCUMENT OR SUNDAY DUB CLUB MANAGEMENT PLEASE FEEL FREE TO RE-READ POINT 1.2
AND SHUT THE FUCK UP!!!

Dub Club Management

What’s Cool and Unusual – 22nd January 2014

Fri 24

Black Wire, 219 Parramatta Rd, Annandale

Nervous Trend (W.A) / Sex Noises / Mornings / Palmar Grasp

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Fri 24

The Record Crate, 34 Glebe Point Rd
$10 ALL AGES 8pm

TO THE NORTH (QLD) / OSLOW / TED DANSON WITH WOLVES

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Fri 24

Red Rattler, 6 Faversham St, Marrickville
doors 7pm, $12

Broken Hive Presents:
ENDLESS HEIGHTS
POSTBLUE
VICES
VERA
LEGIONS

Celebrating the release of the ‘New Bloom’ LP

Postblue (Byron Bay/Melbourne), Vices, Vera (Canberra/Melbourne) and Legions joining in on the night – with market stalls from Broken Hive, Lacklustre, Deaths Grip, Fun Apparel with catering from Bake Flag specially arranged. Each of the stalls will have unique items for sale on the night, along with the usual (distro, apparel, vegan food).

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Sat 25

Junior Gazette, Level 1, 91a Railway Pde, Marrickville
noon – 5pm

Take Care Zine Distro Open Day

The first in what we hope to make a monthly event in 2014. Come browse zines from the Take Care catalogue and save on postage! Also featuring a mini-exhibition of work on paper by Syd Terminal.

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Sun 26

Black Wire, 219 Parramatta Rd, Annandale
4pm ALL AGES

TO THE NORTH (Bris) / SEAHORSE DIVORCE (Bris) / OSLOW / TANNED CHRIST / HENCE THEREFORE

What’s Cool and Unusual – 15th January 2014

Thu 16

Rizzeria Printer, Shop 5, Metcalfe Arcade, 80-84 George St, The Rocks
7pm FREE ALL AGES

Legendary music and arts zine Bizoo lands in Sydney to spread the love. To celebrate the launch of Bizoo’s final release – ‘The Best, The Worst and the Trash That Never Made It’ have joint forces with the Rizzeria zine club for a special Bizoo launch incorporating:

  • a performance by Isaac Graham https://www.facebook.com/isaacgraham
  • The State of DIY in Sydney in 2014 discussion panel
  • Bizoo covers exhibition
  • Print your own exclusive Miss Helen Gocco Print
  • Rizzeria crowd-funding celebration

http://www.bizoo.com.au

Bizoo’s editors and trouble makers from Queensland are heading to Rizzeria’s Pop Up Show! Breaking the mould of traditional and often stale book launches.

The State of DIY in Sydney in 2014 will run from 7:00pm till 8:00pm. Panellists include: Leigh Rigozzi (http://www.bloodandthunder.com.au/), Shaun Tenzenmen (http://tenzenmen.com/), Kimb (http://octopuspi.com/) and Rachel Button (www.facebook.com/pissfactoryzine), Fez (Got Caught Stealing Zine) and Miss Helen http://www.spycore.net/. The session with be facilitated by Dr Jerm (Bizoo, ZICS) and Elouise Quinlivan (Smells Like Zines, Anablogue).

This panel gives local perspectives and presents different approaches to do-it-yourself and do-it-together ethics that have seen music, zines, books, wheat pastes, festivals, graffiti and protest move public opinion and allow a voice for those yet unspoken for. This is a social event, it’s not the “big wigs” sitting out front and talking at you. Come along and make some new friends and start collaborating!

Not only do punters get the free Bizoo retrospective book, but they also get to engage with interactive and make a postcard sized created by Sydney’s own Miss Helen on a Gocco Printing Machine. Gocco printing originated in Japan and is a mix of traditional screen and pressure printing, but without the mess usually associated with screen printing. Miss Helen’s print will only available on the night!, so show up or miss out.

Plus The Covers of Bizoo Exhibition featuring cover artists: Ken Taylor, Rowan Tedge, Milly Loveknuckles, Simon Degroot.

Coinciding with the launch, The Rizzeria Go for Gold (ink) Pozible Campaign with end on the same day. We’ll count down the hours and fingers crossed, celebrate its success!

Get in early to pick up your FREE copy of ‘Bizoo: The Best, The Worst & The Trash That Never Made It’

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Sat 18

Black Wire, 219 Parramatta Rd, Annandale
7pm ALL AGES

SHAKING HELL (Melb) / YES I’M LEAVING / NARROW LANDS / PALMAR GRASP

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Sat 18

Goatfest, Jerry’s Place, Dural
(email me for details of if you fb go here: https://www.facebook.com/events/617938218264018)

TRANSPORT
Unless you can get a ride back or going to stay the night I do not recommend public transport. Now you can feel my pain whenever I want to socialize.

FOOD
There will be food made by my old folks on the night. Homemade burritos and nachos with vegan options too. It will cost money but it will go towards sending packed clothes to Chile so all for a good cause. Alternatively, you can travel out to IGA, KFC, Maccas, Hungry Jacks or any of the kebab and burgers places that will be open till a certain time. Feel free to bring your own food too if you wish

CAMPING
Yes, you can camp here. Got plenty of acreage to go around. Bring your own gear.

OTHER INFO
There will be a donation box up. It’s not compulsory but it would be really appreciated if you can donate a few coins. I did a CD compilation last time but I don’t think I’ll do it again this year unless you guys really want to.

BYO booze and doobs just no smoking inside. Feel free to invite people that will respect the house and people so no dickheads, please. Please don’t nick any money bands have made from merch. Stealing from local bands is low.

Without sounding like a dick there is somewhat of a capacity limit but i don’t know how many people i can keep inside. Bring friends and lovers but leave your entourage at home.

There will be an esky and a fridge available but it’s probably best to bring your own just in case.

If you want to bring your distro to sell some stuff you’re more than welcome to.

If in the very unlikely chance that it rains on the day then the Acoustic Tree will be an Acoustic Indoors thing. Its going to be fucked if it does rain though

My dogs are not very people friendly due to them not being city dogs. They will be kept inside but if you see them out and they go berserk and you freak out then it’s best to remove yourself.

MY STUFF
Don’t thrash it, please. No jumping off the TV. You’re welcomed to sling couches at bands though

I DON’T EVEN LIKE MUSIC AYE
I’ll have a Nintendo 64 hooked up. I’m no fool man I got all the top multiplayer games. Mario Kart, Diddy Kong Racing, Goldeneye, F Zero X, Super Smash Bros, you know the deal.

I DON’T LIKE VIDEO GAMES EITHER
Then go pat Tina or something.

GOAT
Yes, I really do have a pet goat. Her name is Tina. No heavy petting.

Jurassic Penguin
Fat Guy Wears Mystic Wolf Shirt
Vile Specimen
Goon Soaked Rag
Jackals
Ramps
The Sufferjets
Amateur Drunks
LHI
Hannah Band
Ivan And The Backpackers
Yo Put That Bag Back On
The Holiday Project
Alf Stewart
Emergency Syndrome
Brain Zaps
Raptrz
School Shooting
Frame 313
Planet Terror
Bum Spew
Battels

Acoustic tree
Zzzounds
Blackcrosses
N. Martin
Lachlan R. Dale (The Isolation Tapes)
Great Lakes
Mr. Beautiful
Andy Wenman
Ladders
No Folding Chairs For The Homeless

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Sat 18

ONE BRICK TODAY PRESENTS:
@ The DogHaus!!!!!
156 Unwins Bridge Road, St Peters.
(a super close walk from Sydenham Station)
7pm

ERICA FREAS (usa)
https://www.facebook.com/musicofericafreas

& MORE!!!!

PLUS :

  • Vegan BBQ.
  • Movie screenings.
  • Stalls.
  • Mocktails/cocktails/dogtails.
    & heaps more.

This is a house show. Please leave shitty attitudes at home

LISTEN HERE: http://ericafreas.bandcamp.com/
MORE INFO HERE: One Brick Today
& http://onebricktoday.wordpress.com/

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Sat 18

Red Rattler, 6 Faversham St, Marrickville
$12+bf, 8pm

Primitive Calculators

35 years after they first crawled out of dark, suburban Springvale to spew their synth-punk filth over Melbourne and beyond, Primitive Calculators have made their first-ever studio album, aptly entitled The World Is F@#ked.

Bleaker, harsher and more desperately hilarious than ever, Primitive Calculators have created the ultimate aural statement of ageing, despair and futility. The new album pulls no punches across its nine one-word songs. The sound is a kind of shimmering ball of white noise and malice, a floating miasma filled with all the bile most people never let emerge from their subconscious. Surprisingly, it’s really fun to listen to!

For this special occasion, Primitive Calculators are revisiting the legendary Little Bands idea that they created in the late 70s, asking a bunch of friends and fellow artists to form one-off little bands to play a series of 15-minute sets before Primitive Calculators take the stage.

Expect the unexpected!

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Sat 18

The Pitz, 1 Mitchell Street, Marrickville
2pm ALL AGES $10 or $5 if you bring a dish for the Pot Luck!

ACHE

OVERRUN (Brisbane)
http://overrunpunx.bandcamp.com/

MAN-DATE F.I.R.S.T.S.H.O.W
No internet presence.

KLANGBERG
http://3bsrecords.bandcamp.com/track/reformed-caveman

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Sun 19

Black Wire, 219 Parramatta Rd, Annandale
3pm ALL AGES

ERICA FREAS (of RVIVR – usa), MAKING, GLORY HOLE, KT SPIT, OVERRUN

What’s Cool and Unusual – 8th January 2014

Wed 8

The Red Rattler, 6 Faversham St, Marrickville
8pm

performances by
8pm — Ben Byrne/Alice Hui-Sheng Chang/Dale Gorfinkel/Rosalind Hall/Sam Pettigrew
8:40pm — Soft Power (Andrew McLellan + Joel Stern)
9:30pm — Internet (Sîan Robinson Davies (UK) + Diego Chamy (ARG))
10:10pm — James Rushford/Joe Talia

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Wed 8

::::::::::::OPENING OF THE NOW NOW GROUP SHOW @ SNO GALLERY::::::::::::

Featuring works by Kusum Normoyle, Kynan Tan, Sarah Hughes (UK), Patrick Farmer (UK), Sally Ann McIntyre, Emily Morandini, Jon Hunter, Té & Sally Rainbow

with a super special live performance by
Marc Baron (Fr)

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Single night: $20 / $15 (conc)
3 days: $45 / $35 (conc)
FESTIVAL PASS: $85 / $65 (conc)
All available at the door each night, or for pre-purchase here http://www.dashtickets.com.au/tour/39

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Thu 9

The Red Rattler, 6 Faversham St, Marrickville

6:30pm — Lloyd Honeybrook
7:15pm — Swearz (Romy Caen + Jeremy Tatar)
8pm — Jean-Philippe Gross (FR)
9pm — Ur 1st Luv (John Wilton/Andrew Brooks/Sam Pettigrew)
9:45pm — James Oakfield
10:30 — THE SPLINTER ORCHESTRA

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Fri 10

10am – 4pm — John Wilton Solo in a drain (Location TBC)

Check http://thenownow.net/festival-program/ for updates

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Fri 10

The Red Rattler, 6 Faversham St, Marrickville

6:30pm — Marcus Whale’s Noise Beep Test
7:15pm — Ivan Lisyak
8pm — Takako Suzuki (JP) + Johnny Chang (NZ)
9pm — Nevers (Jean Philippe Gross (FR) + Clare Cooper)
9:45pm — Alice Hui-Sheng Chang + Jessie Scott
10:30pm — Love Chants

11:30 – 2am — Late Night NOW now
Smack/Bang, OtherFilm and MuMeson Archive presents ‘Bad Education: new live soundtracks to vintage educational films’

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DIY PUNK and METAL Festival

BYO// CAMPING// FREE ENTRY// DONATIONS

food, market, tattoo and merchandise stalls

LOCATION DETAILS: Perrys Lookdown Blackheath NSW (25min from Katoomba) Toilets provided. No fires. No Dogs, Be aware of noise restrictions and other campers. Be safe. Clean up. Party. Bring your own camping equipment, WATER, food, alcohol, torch, and good shoes. Kids welcome with close supervision. Limited car camping.

15 min DRIVE from Blackheath Train Station. It’s a long walk, don’t bother.

DIRECTIONS:

SYDNEY http://goo.gl/maps/MR4co

NEWCASTLE http://goo.gl/maps/PKJKHCANBERRA /

MELBOURNE http://goo.gl/maps/4739H

There is no transport service to the festival. If you don’t have transport please try and organise yourself a lift using the facebook wall on this event page. It’s DIY guys!

VOLUNTEERS:
https://www.facebook.com/events/178753112328295/

Sydney Punk Rock, Anarchy & Good Times, and No Compromise presents

ether rag// The Lost Cause(tbc)// Inebrious Bastard// Riot Nine// Diggers With Attitude// Glen and the peanut butter men// Infested Entrails// VILE SPECIMEN// Ivan and The Backpackers// Black Plague Pileup// Robot Mugabe// Chaz.H.Scally// Fat Guy Wears Mystic Wolf Shirt// Obat Batuk// Swine// Mother Eel// Dead In The Gutter// FRAME 313// The Holiday Project// ALF STEWART// Baron Samedi// Thorax// Resist Control// Office Jerk// The Disadvantaged

set times subject to change

SATURDAY
8:00pm ETHER RAG
7:30 THE LOST CAUSE (tbc)
7:00 INEBRIOUS BASTARD
6:15 DWA
5:30 INFESTED ENTRAILS
5:00 THORAX
4:30 RIOT NINE
3:30 CHAZ. H SCALLY
3:00 GLEN AND THE PEANUT BUTTER MEN
2:30 OBAT BATUK
2:00 THE DISADVANTAGED
1:30 IVAN AND THE BACKPACKERS
1:00 THE HOLIDAY PROJECT
12:30pm ROBOT MUGABE

SUNDAY
4:30 FAT GUY WEARS MYSTICAL WOLF SHIRT
4:00 ALF STEWART
3:30 RESIST CONTROL
3:00 SWINE
2:30 MOTHER EEL
2:00 DEAD IN THE GUTTER
1:30 FRAME 313
1:00 OFFICE JERK
12:30pm VILE SPECIMEN
12:00 n BARON SAMEDI
11:30am BLACK PLAGUE PILEUP

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Sat 11

Marrickville Bowling Club (91 Sydenham Rd, Marrickville)
In Conversation: Jim Denley talks with Fran Dyson, Caleb Kelly and Ben Byrne

4pm – location tbc
Radio Cegeste (NZ)
Andrew Fedorovitch + Tony Osborne

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Sat 11

The Red Rattler 6 Faversham St, Marrickville

6:30pm — Johnny Chang (NZ)
7:15pm — Clayton Thomas/Darren Moore/Peter Farrar
8pm — Matt Prest + Erica Englert
9pm — The Overtone Ensemble (Tim Catlin/Dave Brown/Atticus Bastow/Phillip Brophy)
9:45pm — Teen Ax
10:30pm — Pia Van Gelder

11:30pm – 2am — Late night NOW now
Daniel Green is your party host…

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Sun 12

Marrickville Bowling Club (91 Sydenham Rd, Marrickville)

1pm In Conversation with Douglas Kahn, Peter Blamey, and Emily Morandini
3pm Clare Cooper’s ‘Odds and Influence’

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Sun 12

Addison Rd Markets
9am

The NOW now @ the Markets: instrument building workshops, sound recording and radio workshops, performances and more… For kids, big and small!

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Sun 12

The Red Rattler (6 Faversham St, Marrickville)

6:30pm — Marc Baron (FR)
7:15pm — Peter Blamey
8pm — Mural (Kim Myhr (NOR)/Ingar Zach (NOR)/Jim Denley) + Kjell Bjørgeengen (NOR)
9pm — Rishin Singh
9:45pm — Té (Andrew Brooks + Kynan Tan)
10:30pm — Abrahams/Ambarchi/Avenaim (Chris Abrahams/Oren Ambarchi/Robbie Avenaim)

11:30pm – 2am — Party like it’s 1999!

What’s Cool and Unusual – 11th December 2013

Wed 11

Black Wire, 219 Parramatta Rd, Annandale

Hard Skin, Oily Boys

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Fri 13

Black Wire, 219 Parramatta Rd, Annandale
7pm $5 ALL AGES

Los Hombres Del Diablo / Sumeru / Chroma

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Sat 14

Black Wire, 219 Parramatta Rd, Annandale
6.30pm ALL AGES

Snakes Get Bad Press / Postal / Vile Ways / Xenos (Melb) / Dead Architect

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Sat 14

Sydney Steel Rd, Marrickville
7pm FREE ALL AGES

DISINTERESTED (Melbourne)
(ex- Sick Sad World)

CANINE (last show for a little while)
http://facebook.com/caninepunx

AMATEUR DRUNKS (newcastle/sydney)
http://blackwirerecords.bandcamp.com/album/amateur-drunks-cr-05

& one more tba!!

SUMMER. PUNX. BURGERS. ETC. COME.

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Sat 14

Red Rattler, 6 Faversham St, Marrickville
8pm $?

Octopus Pi’s Year’s End: MAKING + LUCAS ABELA + GOLDEN BLONDE + HORSE MACGYVER + NAKED MAJA (Bris) + MILKK + MISERÉ

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Sun 15

Black Wire, 219 Parramatta Rd, Annandale
3pm ALL AGES

Tim Hampshire (Melb) / Lachlan Hicks (Melb) / Josh Mann (Adl) / Adeline Pines

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Sun 15

THE PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC
64 Kingston Camperdown
6.30pm

The legendary ARTERY string trio, featuring the manic mutilator Jon Rose, the ivory intensifier, Chris Abrahams and the dutiful double bassist, Clayton Thomas perform for the first time in 10 years…

First set spontaneous improvisations to a white wall.
Second set, spontaneous improvisations to genre splatter fest of film.

ITS FREE! THE ONLY RULE IS TO RSVP….****@dodo.com.au

What’s Cool and Unusual – 3rd December 2013

Wed 4

The Red Rattler, 6 Faversham St, Marrickville, 2204
7:30pm FREE!

the NOW now Festival Program Launch!

::::We’re putting on a free gig to celebrate and launch the program of the 2014 NOW now Festival so be there to see::::

Robbie Avenaim / Martin Ng
Pollen Trio
Horse MacGyver
M.O.B
Lucas Abela

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Fri 6

When: 7pm – 11:30
Entry: $5 (free sausage sizzle)
Where: Firstdraft Depot, 13-17 Riley Street
Woolloomooloo (enter via Haig Lane)

All I Want for Christmas is You
Curated by Marcus Whale

Firstdraft invites you to join us at the Woolloomooloo Depot as we herald the holiday season with a night of experimental sound works and musical performances that proclaim the hopes and tropes of pop music, enacted by some of the most dynamic Australian contemporary artists and musicians working today.

Featuring:

Celebrity fan-fiction with Catcall and Kirin J. Callinan
Samuel Bruce
Romi
Fatti Frances
Thomas William (with Jonathon Watts)
Cassius Select
Michael Salerno
O.B. De Alessi
JD Reforma
Scott Morrison & Marco Cher-Gibard

Curated by Marcus Whale

Pop music is an arena for the spectacular intersection of the common and the divine. So as we have branded and adorned ourselves with religious devotion, these gods and goddesses that captivate and elevate us are fantastic constructions that chant ideological slogans from ineffable, mediated stages. As Beyonce, Mariah Carey, Whitney Houston, Justin Bieber, Justin Timberlake and countless others play out mythical intimacies in their music (and their twitters), we, the listener and the fan, create the atmosphere of simulacra that provides sustenance for pop stardom. In one sense, fan clubs – Rihanna Navy, Directioners, Beliebers – enslave their ghostly icons, coveting and re-constructing the minutiae of their every recorded act in globalised acts of fictionalisation. The pop identity is thereby splintered or refracted millions of times through mass dissemination, ever organically developed and respawned atop and away from its source.

So too, artists remix and appropriate the mystic syllables of pop music – Marco Cher-Gibard glitches the tiniest of a cappella R&B cut-ups into android visions, while Michael Salerno delineates Hanson’s haunted interior with technological decay. Others interrogate and embody the exceptional conditions of pop music performance. Fatti Frances’ replication of a pop live show’s widescreen production presents the methods of iconic performance removed from their grand context and miniaturised into a sensual assault. Meanwhile, the flood of correspondence between, towards, among and outward from the endless circles of fan communities breathes the very life into these enormous personal brands, these religions to which we attach our hearts.

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Sat 7

Black Wire, 219 Parramatta Rd, Annandale
7pm $8

RED RED KROVVY
OILY BOYS
SNOTTY BABIES

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Sat 7

What: Corpus/Sail On! Sail On! 7” Launch – w/ Oslow & Ted Danson With Wolves
Where: The West Ryde Conservatorium of Punx, West Ryde (more information will be available closer to the date)
https://www.facebook.com/events/614553901913610
How Much: $5 Entry
How: The West Ryde Conservatorium of Punx is only a 5 minute walk from West Ryde Station, Victoria Rd Bus stops and there is plenty of parking in the surrounding areas.

SET TIMES:
Corpus – 10:30pm
Oslow – 9:30pm
Ted Danson With Wolves – 8:30pm
Doors at 7pm

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Sat 7

King St Theatre, 644 King Street ( Cnr Bray St), Newtown
Doors open 6:30
hands on action begins 7:30

Wheel Of Crap

hi folks,

we’ve put together a bundle of entertainment bamboozlement to whack your senses into shape. The night will be hosted by Mr. Nicholas Simon Capper and ‘Dizzy bility’ and this will be the first of hopefully many to come events showcasing homegrown artistic diversity harboring ‘open mind-fulness’. There will be LIVE acts and a group exhibition. Teaming up with the hands on delight-fulness of Reverse Garbage you will get to watch a show, be involved in the creative production, and walk away empowered with the tools to live more sustainably.

BYO CRAP (stuff you’d throw away),your IMAGINATION, SENSITIVITY and expect the unexpected.

your perceptions will be pressed upon – experientially learning will be in order… or rather chaos.

much love.

Featuring:
Justice Yeldham (Lucas Abela)
Girl Plus Boy Equals Art (Bravo Child and Alphamama)
Matt Cornell
D A Carter
Sy Browne (from Golden Orb)
Matty Grey

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Sun 8

Blacktown Masonic Centre, 30 First Avenue Blacktown
Doors: 3pm Entry: $15 ALL AGES

BROKEN HIVE RECORDS PRESENTS

MAKE THEM SUFFER
STORIES
AVERSIONS CROWN
ELEGIST
GRAVES
GLORIFIED

What’s Cool and Unusual – 20th November 2013

Fri 22

Black Wire, 219 Parramatta Rd, Annandale
7pm ALL AGES

NARROWLANDS (Album Launch) / TED DANSON WITH WOLVES / ACHE

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Fri 22

Monster Mouse Maud Lane, Marrickville
8pm ALL AGES

SCAB EATER/ROSS/CANINE/EVERYTHING I OWN IS BROKEN/UNKNOWN TO GOD

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Fri 22

Red Rattler, 6 Faversham St, Marrickville
$? 8pm

Day Ravies + Sounds Like Sunset + Chook Race + East River

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Sat 23

Black Wire, 219 Parramatta Rd, Annandale
2pm ALL AGES $5

CITTAGAZZE, OSLOW, YES I’M LEAVING, PALMAR GRASP

7pm ALL AGES

CLOWNS + MORE

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Sat 23

When: Saturday, November 23, from about midday onwards.
Where: A Backyard In Marrickville, Sydney, Australia

Harmony + DJs

To get yourself a ‘ticket’ (a Google Map with directions) simply send an email to us@polaroids****.com with the subject line HARMONY.

The backyard is small/cosy, so capacity is fairly limited. There will be a maximum of 4 tickets allocated for each email we receive, so please also specify the number of mates/kids you wanna bring along as well. No dickheads.

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Sun 24

Sydney Steel Rd, Marrickville
2pm FREE ALL AGES

Scab Eater, Ross, Glory Hole, Chinese Burns Unit and Safe Word

What’s Cool and Unusual – 25th September 2013

Thu 25

The Red Rattler Theatre, 6 Faversham St. Marrickville
Entry by $5 donation.

Come play video games, board games and chill out to some sweet music.

They’ll be hooking up a PS2, PS3, N64, Wii, and an Xbox360 to projectors and TVs.

Small World, Pandemic, Settlers of Catan, Ticket to Ride (Europe),
Risk, Risk 2210 A.D., Spartacus,
Munchkin, Scrabble, Twister, Chess,
Time Lord Monopoly, and a bunch of other games.

Feel free to bring your own games too.

DJ Gatski will be spinning tracks from 7 till Midnight.

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Sat 28

Black Wire, 219 Parramatta Rd, Annandale
6pm ALL AGES

Ben David (S.A) / Dan Cribb (W.A) / Isaac Graham / Ranger Spacey / Koby Geddes

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Sat 28

Red Rattler, 6 Faversham St, Marrickville
8pm

The Native Cats,TV Colours, Four Door, Ruined Fortune

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Sun 29

Jura Books, 219 Parramatta Rd, Annandale
4pm ALL AGES $5

SAFE HANDS / MACHINA GENOVA / CANINE / BAD DEEDS

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Mon 30

107 Projects (107 Redfern St, Redfern)
$10/$8 7pm

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Playing solo pianos

::::::”””””:::::: KELL DERRIG-HALL::::::”””””:::::
Doing some instrumental thingbomidies

https://soundcloud.com/kell-derrig-hall

::::::”””””::::: POWER MOVES :::::::”””””::::
Turnted out wonk shop hip hop
EP is coming out on dream damage records tomorrow for free download
http://www.polaroidsofandroids.com/reacharounds/power-moves-selfish/7353.html
https://www.facebook.com/pages/POWER-MOVES/496795310385810

What’s Cool and Unusual – 4th September 2013

Thu 5

Beatdisc Records, Church St, Parramatta

Michael Crafter, Dispolar, thedowngoing, The Holiday Project

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Fri 6

Monster Mouse, Maud Lane, Marrickville
6pm $5 ALL AGES

palmer grasp
everything I own is broken
ache
michael crafter
vile specimen
unknown to god
osedax
thorax
darkhorse
edward rodgrigues

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Sat 7

Cosmo’s Rock Lounge, Marrickville
7.30pm ALL AGES

ANNOUNCEMENT: The 2013 Beard Election for President of Marrickville will be held at Deja. Get your beard to leave a post with an election poster / video / or fan page to nominate and be put on the ballot.

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Are you sick of politics? Holy shit, I know I am! Well we at Deja would like to offer you an alternative to crying in a corner this September 7th! THIS!

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September DEJA comprises of…

REDDER!
ON THE STOOP
BRAIN ZAPS
DUBIOUS BLUES TRIO

Ok, now get up, find your nice shoes and get your dancin’ slacks laundered.

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As always, entry is by DONATION

BYO – but food and drinks are also available by donation

Please help keep DEJA and other underground venues safe and under the radar by disposing of rubbish, looking after friends and strangers, respecting residents and neighbours, and not gathering on the street outside.

Spread the word.
Sharing is caring.

FOR ADDRESS/ DIRECTIONS, PRIVATE MESSAGE DEJA OR ADMIN

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Like us: http://www.facebook.com/saturDEJA

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Sat 7

Black Wire, 219 Parramatta Rd, Annandale
6pm ALL AGES

Darkhorse / Extinct Exist (VIC) / Thorax / Jackals / ACHE

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Sat 7

Red Rattler, Faversham St, Marrickville
Doors and DJ from 4pm, bands from 5pm $15 entry.

All funds go directly to the autonomous indigenous Zapatista communities in Chiapas, Mexico.

FEATURING A MOST AWESOME LINE UP OF BANDS AND MUSOS….
Spurs for Jesus
Nunchukka Superfly
U.T.I
Everything I Own is Broken
Sweat & Shame
Conjunto Nortena
Justo Diaz
Alex Party-Cat

ABOUT THE GIG: It’s on again!! A bunch of awesome bands, DJs & volunteer staff have decided to get behind an extremely worthy cause and provide you with a fifth and final evening of “Music of Fire” at the fabulous community- oriented venue, The Red Rattler. And this time we are excited to welcome special guest musicians Julio Cienfuegos with his band & Justo Diaz, playing us tunes from The North of Mexico and South America. What a fitting honour! 🙂

Due to an overwhelmingly positive response from both the people of Sydney and the Zapatista communities in Mexico, we are now hosting Musica de Fuego V. Musica De Fuego is a Sydney based music collective aiming to raise funds and awareness for the indigenous Zaptista struggle in Chiapas. A group of us traveled to Mexico in the summer of 2012 and spent time working and connecting with the Zapatista people. They are overwhelmed and inspired by the support Musica has brought them, and gave us words of gratitude and solidarity which we passed on at Musica III. Some of us will return to Chiapas this December to meet again with our compas in Chiapas and we hope, apart from our willingness to work the land with them, that we can bring the greatest show of support from the people of Sydney yet.

OUR FUNDRAISING EFFORTS: WE have raised approximately $7000 over four gigs so far, all of which has been directly given to the Zapatista communities in Resistance. Our first gig, in July 2011, raised enough money to rebuild a community pharmacy that had burned down. Our second gig in December 2011 enabled us to provide an expensive boot-making machine for autonomous industry so that the Zapatistas can continue to work and function with no assistance from their “bad government”. Our third gig, which was held in June 2012, sent over $2000 to the jungle community we worked in early that year, to help various agricultural and educational projects in the area. Musica IV was sent to a Jungle community that needed to supply it’s “House of Health” and community school with equipment.We have negotiated the funding of these projects with the Zapatistas through the support of our friends at “Schools for Chiapas”. These projects exist in four separate municipalities, and there are five municipalities in total.

This final gig will raise funds to support the fifth municipality in the state of Chiapas, and we are currently in dialogue with “Schools for Chiapas” about which project the Zapatistas need the most urgent help with. We will have further information prior to the gig. After hosting Five “Musicas” we will have assisted all five municipalities in the Zapatista territories to establish or maintain autonomy in health, education and industry.We will have information displayed so you can see what our (YOUR) efforts have achieved.

This important connection between the Zapatistas and the Sydney music scene is something we hope to foster for some time. Even though this is the last Musica as we know it, we plan to host more fund raising events sometime in the future. We also hope to forge some kind of connection with our own indigenous communities and the Zapatistas, the more we learn about their struggle first hand.

ABOUT THE ZAPATISTAS:
These inspirational people, with their strength, solidarity and dignity, have survived serious human rights injustices for decades. Formed predominantly by indigenous peasant farmers, the Zapatistas, on January 1st 1994, demanded an end to the violent repression they had suffered and forced a corrupt government to recognise them as citizens with rights to their own land.

The government betrayed them, however, after agreeing to enshrine indigenous rights into the Mexican constitution and then failing to follow through. So the Zapatistas put into practice alternative forms of government, social and economic self-management where wealth and power are distributed fairly. They get no assistance whatsoever from the Mexican Government. Instead, they are persecuted for their beliefs and live under constant threat of attack, torture, imprisonment and even and murder by government backed paramilitaries whom they continue to resist in a peaceful manner.

Come to the Rattler for a mad night of music on the 22nd December and let the dignified people of Chiapas know that we continue to support their struggle!

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Sun 8

Chatswood Youth Centre, cnr Victor St and Albert Ave
$10 2pm ALL AGES

Survival, Civil War, Mood Swing, Distance, Hurt Unit

What’s Cool and Unusual – 7th August 2013

Call out!

for Saturday, 21 September 2013 midday

+STALLS, LIVE ART, MUSIC, FOOD, , JUMPING CASTLE+

ART MARKETS ARE BACK:::

:::Want to have a stall?
Well book it in then…::….:::: LiMiTeD SpAcEs

THINK: ART/ CRAFT/ ZINES/HAND MADE/JAMS/PICKLES/TAROT READING/PALM READING/DISTRO/ MIX TAPES/SING/ PERFORM/LIVE ART/FOOD EATING CONTEST/PHOTO BOOTH/PORTRAITS…….do it do it/……book it in..

OR COME HANG TUFF AND HAVE A RAD DAY.

CONTACT
MUSIC + STALLS >>>> HUCKLEBERRY SPIN
huck.luck****@gmail.com
0424****
OR
WILLUREI >>> STALLS monstermousestudios@gmail.com

OR
LIVE ART >>>>> ANDROS androsone@gmail.com

Cheap stalls, easy to book in a stall drop us a line.

Its a fun casual day of showing off your hand made thingys sharing and interacting or just hanging tuff. MARKET LIFE!

(Stall holders can set up from 11am) TAKES PLACE MONSTER MOUSE ART STUDIOS , MArrickville inside indoors wearhouse vibe.

We all help promo it stall holders and performers + Artists.

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Fri 9

Black Wire, 219 Parramatta Rd, Annandale
7pm ALL AGES

CHARLES BUDDY DAABOUL
http://charlesbuddydaaboul.bandcamp.com/track/karanga

EDWIN SHEATHER (Dead China Doll)
http://edwinsheather.bandcamp.com/track/aint-no-more

LOVELY HEAD
https://soundcloud.com/lovely-head

PHANOSLAND LITTLE BEAR
https://www.facebook.com/PhanoslandLittleBear?fref=ts

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Fri 9

The Red Rattler Theatre, 6 Faversham St, Marrickville
$5 7pm

Honi Soit presents HONI SOIRÉE with:

ƒriendships (MELB)
The Townhouses (MELB)
Reckless Vagina
Moon Holiday
Mere Women
Bad Ezzy

Plus, two great USyd student bands:

Milkk
The Dharma

$5 on the door
7pm, AUGUST 9
RED RATTLER FUNDRAISER at THE RAT
6 Faversham St, Marrickville

For the first time ever, Honi Soit is bringing you HONI SOIRÉE: a night of debauchery and redemption, music and (probably some) silence. In simpler terms, it’ll be a showcase of the best in independent, local music as well as up-and-coming student talent.

All proceeds from the SOIRÉE will go back to the Red Rattler, one of the coolest community arts spaces in the inner west. While the Rat has technically already been “saved”, we think they deserve all the love and money we can afford to give them.

So, come dance with us! You’ll be helping keep the local arts and culture scene alive with every hip thrust and head nod. But it’s not like you needed a reason to party, right?

FRIENDSHIPS
https://soundcloud.com/friendships

THE TOWNHOUSES
https://soundcloud.com/thetownhouses

RECKLESS VAGINA
http://recklessvagina.bandcamp.com/

MOON HOLIDAY
https://soundcloud.com/moon_holiday

MERE WOMEN
http://merewomen.bandcamp.com/

BAD EZZY
https://soundcloud.com/bad-ezzy

MILKK
http://milkk.bandcamp.com/

THE DHARMA
http://thedharma.bandcamp.com/

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Sat 10

Black Wire, 219 Parramatta Rd, Annandale
7pm $5 ALL AGES

Lenin Lennon (Newy) / Ted Danson With Wolves / Hence Therefore

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Sat 10

Red Rattler, 5 Faversham St, Marrickville
8pm $12

Repressed Records 11th B’day: CONSTANT MONGREL, WOOLLEN KITS, BWBBs, YES I’M LEAVING, DESTINY 3000

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Sun 11

NEW GROUND – Klangberg/Tea Factory EP launch
2PM / BYO / VEGAN FOOD BY DONATION

Klangberg and Tea Factory present their debut split cassette EP release on 3BS Records. With special guest Oscillateur.

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Sun 11

Red Rattler, 6 Faversham St, Marrickville
7pm

SEX CHANGE #1
Sunday 11 August
The first in a series of regular female/queer focused experimental punk parties,
collaborating with ‘BABES GET WEIRD’ IN NEWCASTLE.

DROWN UNDER:
SLUDGE GOTH SCUM DEATH PUNK SEX ROCK.
R U MY DADDY?
TREAT ME LIKE A DOG.
MANNIX/ADAM/HUNT/DAVIS/NEV
SYDNEY SUPERGROPE
“IN MY WILDEST DREAMS I SAY ‘NO!’ TO SEX”

KNITTED ABYSS:
LUCY NOTV/ANNA BALM
AXE SHREDDING, DARKNESS MELTING.
WITCH’S BREW OF DOOM AND BEAUTY.
LONG-AWAITED RETURN OF THE OG SISTERS.

SUFFERJETS (NEWCASTLE):
BUBBLESCUM PUNK GRRLS
CUM SEE SPEW CITY’S FINEST AT THEIR WORST.
BETTER THAN YOU, DUDES.

KT SPIT:
FUTURE STADIUM PUNKSTAR.
TEEN DREAM HEARTHROB
SCREAM TWEEN DANCEFLOOR MURDERER.
SHUT THE FUCK UP, THE QUEEN’S ABOUT TO SPIT.