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What’s Cool and Unusual – 16th January 2008

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wed 16th

consolador de dos caras
la campana, 53-55 liverpool st, city (spanish quarter)
8pm $5/free

HEE-HAW
Bearded space punks playing acid metal. Like ZZ Top – but without legs!

OJCS
New interstellar pop sensation comprising Adrian Klumpes (keys n’ that), Abel Cross (bass n’ stuff), and Dave Goodman (drums n’ stuff like that aye).

DEATH MATTEL
Possibly the worst and stupidest band in Sydney…..possibly. Caberet Burlesque RAWK! They say you shouldn’t laugh at retards on stage but Death Mattel actively encourage it of their singer. Please bring flowers.

PAY COLOUR
Noisy indie rockers fizz and fire brimstone. Instrumental but their music sings heavenly shards of glass, fingernails on chalkboards.

we have two rooms of music the front room with Dj’s playing a hectic array of all music will be free of charge + the back room with live acts will attract a small cover charged depending on whos playing and other variables.

we’ll also be opening the dualpLOVER distribution store for bargains galore everyweek and invite others to bring in DIY consigment stock for us to sell.

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wed 16th

Mu-Meson Archives
at Crn Parramatta Rd & Trafalgar St Annandale at the end of King Furniture building up the steel staircase. Phone 9517-2010
8pm $10

2007 in review (the revised edition)
This your last chance to see Sandy Crack’s incredible review of 2007 Sandy has re-edited and revised it and will be inperson to walk us through one of the craziest years yet . Mu-Meson Archives doors 7.30 for 8pm start with supper $10

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thu 17th

mgtvle, 40 fitzroy st, marrickville
7pm SHARP!! $?

Extortion,Crux,Beyond Terror Beyond Grace, The Exiled & Taipan

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fri 18th

the NOW now Festival 2008
Wentworth Falls School of Arts
(cnr Adele av & Great Wstrn Hway, Wentworth Falls)

FRIDAY, 18 JANUARY 2008
Wentworth Falls School of Arts
Main Hall

7pm sci-hi – paul winstanley (nz) – electronics

7.30pm
greg kingston (tas) – guitar
carolyn connors (vic) – voice

8.15pm louise dibben – audio visuals

break

9.30pm
clare cooper (berlin) – chinese harp
thomas meadowcroft (berlin) – organ

10pm passenger of shit

11pm festival club at Akemi – spontaneous and unscheduled collaborations
feat. Sun of the Seventh Sister

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sat 19th

mgtvle, 40 fitzroy st, marrickville
8pm $12?

grey daturas, naked on the vague, justice yeldham, the nation blue

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sat 19th

10am Sound Walk

3pm workshop for kids (both young and old!!)
instrument building – Dale Gorfinkel & Rod Cooper

Small Room

6pm
Jo Truman – voice
Mike Majkowski – double bass

6.30pm
Ross Bolletar – ruined piano
Jon Rose – violin

Car park
7.30pm Brendan Walls – inventions, creations and monstrosities

break

Main Hall
8.30
Emmanuelle Pellegrini (france) – sound poetry

8.50
Philip samartzis (melb) – electronics
Marcia jane (melb) – live video

10pm Splinter Orchestra
shannon o’neill, mike majkowski, abel cross, finn ryan, milica 
stefanovic, dan whiting, rod cooper, dale gorfinkel, monika brooks, 
jim denley, alex masso, clare cooper, mira peart, michael sheridan, 
ben byrne, Karen Booth, grant arthur, laura altman, simon ferenci, 
cass mcglynn, ian pieterse, peter farrar, sam dobson, rory brown ++

11 pm festival club at Akemi, spontaneous and unscheduled collaborations

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sat 19th

VENUE: Peace Park and surrounding laneways, Pine Street, Chippendale
DATE: January 19, 2008, 3pm-8pm
Bring a picnic.

Gyp$y Dub $ound $y$tem (Sydney)
Uberlingua (Melb/Syd)
Nova/Twinsista (Malang)
Kuno Kini (Jakarta)
CuzCo (Wire Mc + Choo Choo)
The Kampung Street Festival is about laneways and marginalised sites; its also about public space and the insertion and creation of art into the everyday – a re-igniting of civic spaces with creative expression. A joining of Indonesian and Australian artist communities.

‘Art Day Is Today’ will feature a makers’ market, zine fair, art in the laneways, games, free screenprinting, and a number of site specific performances.
Gang is currently seeking expressions of interest from stall holders for the maker’s market and zine fair. download information (http://www.gangfestival.com/gang_MM.pdf)

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sun 20th

12pm outdoor kids workshop – Wilson Park
ross bolleter – ruined piano and story-telling

2pm at Echo Bluff, Lawson.
from Lawson station walk down San Jose Ave to the end of the street 
where there is a locked gate to a dirt road.
walk down the dirt road until you get to another locked gate. to the 
left of the gate is a wlking track.
follow this down to the end. (don’t take the left turn off this track)

There will be a bus relaying people from the station to the track from 1.30pm.
info http://thenownow.net/home/outdoor-gig Any problems call peter 
0401 883 532

sam dobson – double bass, sarangi, clock radios
peter farrar – saxophone
alex masso – percussion
simon ferenci – trumpet
yusuke akai – guitar

carolyn connors (melb) – voice
rosalind hall (melb) – prepared saxophone

Main Hall
6pm
mathieu werchowski – violin (fr)
dan whiting – laptop
xavier charles (fr) – clarinet

6.30pm Metalog
amanda stewart – voice
jim denley – flute & saxophone
ben byrne – laptop
natasha anderson (melb) – contrabass recorder & laptop
dale gorfinkel – vibraphone and deconstructions

7.15pm ora(ra)
matt earle – electronics
adam sussman – guitar & electronics
rory brown – double bass & guitar
rivka schembri – cello

8pm Joyce Hinterding – electronics

8.30pm Taste of Teeth (brisbane)
Yusuke Akai – guitar
Daiji Igarashi – electronics
Nik Mayer-Miller – percussion
Sam Mitchell – sounding things
JoJo Dogshit – sounding things

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tue 22nd

a where(?)house SYDNEY, New South Wales
contact me if you need details
8pm $?

Castings, Chris Corsano (UK),XNOBBQX

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tue 22nd

Akemi: 40 Great Western Highway
8pm $5 vegan meal served

Nano Stern (Chile)
For the first time in Australia, and fresh from touring at Woodford and
Byron, Nano plays both original songs and traditional music from South
America. A multi-instrumentalist with a taste for the whimsical and melodic.
Supported by singer-songwriter Brian Dubb and the local soul/groove trio
Miraj. 

more info at:
www.nanostern.com
www.b-dubb.com

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i’ll be in melbourne over the weekend but that won’t stop you going out and checking some of these shows now will it! 😉

shaun/tenzenmen
http://www.tenzenmen.com

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

What’s Cool and Unusual – 19th December 2007

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wed 19

 la Campana, 53-55 liverpool st, the spanish 1/4, Sydney.

 FRONT ROOM

 FREE! Guest DJ handspun

 BACK ROOM ­

 $5

The Dagger Brothers (UK)

Sounds like cris noyles singing in the shower

The Lunettes

first there was 4 flat maracas, but we lost our ‘rehearsal space’, then it was 2 with a minidisc and a mike and a farfisa, and a bass, then the croyds and production through our shiny shiny friends at stb, next the world

Lecter Macabre

During the 4th World War, the elemental nature of science was changed and formed a new kind of music. People over the last 7 billion years have argued about it’s origins and small rodents have fallen asleep to the tonal variation it creates. ARE YOU AWAKE? Lecter Macabre eats food, breathes air and drinks liquid. They are two men. One is a member of Sydney group TRIANGLE. He is the mouth sound. He is Dr. Lecter. The other is the former member of a radio show on 2SER known as Music For Big Game Hunting. He waves his hands and creates magic sounds from the antenna. He is Dr. Kklarence S. Macabre.

 If you choose now it may be too early. If you choose in one second’s time it may be too late

Hinterlandt (germany)

Hinterlandt was founded by Jochen Gutsch after years of playing in underground bands such as Feedback Recycling, Buckethead (the German band), Professor, Home Of The Lame, Suckspeed, and others. Jochen moved from Hannover/Germany to Sydney/Australia in 2000 and relocated to Bonn/Germany in 2004. Hinterlandt moved along. Hinterlandt’s output is constantly changing. Initially a wild experimental music project, Hinterlandt soon embraced electronic music as a key aspect of production. Carefully, vocal lines and guitars were introduced, and before you knew it, there was a bunch of semi-electronic pop songs. Recently, some unexpected heavy riffs and pounding drums could be heard outside secret rehearsal locations, so the next change might be right around the corner.

Hinterlandt Live Incarnations

Phase III (Current): Hinterlandt is a rock trio, helped by loud amplifiers and heaps of old-school effect pedals. Jochen Gutsch on guitar, vocals and trumpet is accompanied by old friends Felix Gebhard (Home Of The Lame) on bass and Hilmar Voigt (ex-Buckethead) on drums.

Phase II (2004-2006): Hinterlandt operated as a one-man band playing left-of-centre indietronics, with multi-instrumentalist Jochen Gutsch as the only member. About 60 solo shows were played in Lisbon, Helsinki, Cologne, Rome, Berlin, London, Hamburg, Amsterdam and other cities. Solo performances might still happen occasionally.

Phase I (2002-2004): Hinterlandt started playing live as an improvised collective, featuring up to 20 musicians around Jochen Gutsch. About 20 shows of decidedly experimental sound/ambient/noise music were played in Australia.

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the food not bombs camp out due to happen this weekend has been cancelled unfortunately. ++++++++++++++++++++++++

wed 26

mgtvle – all ages

 4pm start $?

 severed head of state, vae victis, shitfight + more?

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just heard about a kinda private NYE party which will be in a warehouse setting in marrickville somewhere. buzz me if you’re interested in going. supposedly ten bands playing!

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thanks to everyone who helped me out in anyway this year and thanks to all those involved in supporting each other with various endeavours outside the mainstream.

 shaun/tenzenmen

 http://www.tenzenmen.com

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

What’s Cool and Unusual – 21st November 2007

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10th May 2021 – What’s Cool and Unusual was a mailing list for mostly underground DIY music events happening around Sydney. I started putting it together to make it easier for folks to find out about shows that were usually only promoted by word of mouth. Many of these shows were in illegal spaces and at certain points I had to cull the email list and people then request to be added again with a statement of how they knew me. All this in an effort to keep ‘authorities’ out of your fun.

what’s cool and unusual this week 21/11/07

What decides your vote?
Indigenous Rights and Reconciliation
With the 2007 Federal Election in front of us, this sheet was put together to show the stance of the major parties, and some of the minors, in regards to Indigenous Rights and Reconciliation.
If the position of Indigenous Australians within our lucky country is an important issue in deciding how you will vote, then this sheet will help you send a strong message to the Government, whatever it may look like in a week’s time.

Liberal Party/ National Party Coalition (Government)
The Coalition track record as custodians of the Australian Government show:
• A commitment to singling out Aboriginal people for the withholding of welfare payments, making supporting families even more difficult for already vulnerable households
• A commitment to a referendum on acknowledging the role of Indigenous Australians in a Constitutional Preamble
• A willingness to suspend the Racial Discrimination Act in order to implement racist and unfair policies on Australians
• Abolishing the democratic voice of Indigenous Australians by dismantling ATSIC. It needed improvements, but was instead dumped and replaced with… nothing
• Under funding and complete disregard for Aboriginal community managed and run services, such as Health Services
• Mal Brough and John Howard arrogantly claiming to have solved cyclical poverty, social disadvantage and the post-colonial disadvantage of Indigenous minorities… overnight with cups of tea at John’s house
• A willingness to further urban disadvantage by using money from existing urban development programs to fund new remote programs rather than providing new funding for new initiatives

Labor Party (Opposition)
Whilst the Labor position is more respectable than that of the Liberal/National Coalition, the stance of current leader Kevin Rudd is worrying. To see the Labor Party that introduced “Self Determination” policy to the Commonwealth Government, the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody and of the “Redfern Park Speech” of former party leader and Prime Minister Paul Keating now supporting the ill-conceived, irresponsible, racist and under resourced Northern Territory Intervention is a major concern.
The Labor policy positions include:
• Federal Labor offers bipartisan support to a commitment for constitutional recognition, regardless of the outcomes of the Federal election
• Labor values the symbolic importance of a national apology and commits to reconciliation as a vehicle for healing and justice in Australian society
• Support for Howard’s harmful Northern Territory Intervention, with the exception of the suspension of the Racial Discrimination Act.

The Greens
Of the parties represented on this sheet, the Greens have the most progressive policies on Indigenous Rights and Reconciliation and the strongest commitment for self determination for Aboriginal people.
From the Greens Policy Snapshot booklet, the Greens commit to:
• Back the plan to reduce the gap in life expectancy and achieve equality of health and wellbeing within a generation
• Support a treaty that recognises the prior occupation and sovereignty of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples
• Make a formal apology to the stolen generation and increase support to Link-Up and counselling services
• Support fair compensation where property has been taken or wages and benefits withheld
• Make Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children’s health and education a national priority
• Fund a 10 year Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander housing plan
• Support the formation of respective bodies elected by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people

Family First
Whilst Family First propose measures to support Aboriginal families and support an increase in funding to Indigenous services, they also:
• Support the withholding of welfare payments from Indigenous families, thus making it harder for households to provide for young dependants. Proponents of this policy hold struggling families as the perpetrators of social disadvantage and exclusion, rather than the victims in need of support
• Propose the removal of Aboriginal Shire Council management of community stores providing services to remote communities, services that would otherwise be untenable
• Support Howard’s racist and ill-conceived Northern Territory Intervention

One Nation
One Nation continue their generally divisive policy positions with the following on Indigenous Rights and Reconciliation, from their Federal Policy Statement Summery:
• One Nation will abolish multiculturalism and the Racial Discrimination Act, whilst promoting assimilation
• One Nation reject Native Title and the recognition of Aboriginal Rights to land prior to European settlement
• Rejection of the title “Indigenous Australians” for Australia’s first people on the ridiculous basis that it excludes settlers from the First Fleet
• A denial of the genocide of Australia’s Indigenous peoples, claiming only 118 Aboriginal people were killed at the hands of white Australians and European settlers in the face of irrefutable evidence to the contrary

What decides your vote?

This sheet was put together on behalf of ReconciliACTIONnsw, a volunteer Youth network working towards a fair and just Australia. The ReconciliACTIONnsw network is not aligned with any political party and members are interested in social change and the Rights of all Australia’s people, particularly Australia’s first people.

www.reconciliaction.org.au

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wed 21

la campana, 53-55 liverpool st, the spanish quarter
8pm

FRONT ROOM – FREE!
DIY markets / toecutter / dj rainbow ejaculation / smallcock / bambi & the banbis / BOG

BACK ROOM – $5
naked on the vague / axel rosie o’donnell / red red krovvy (cairns)

i’ll be here with some distro and bits and pieces…

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thu 22

22 enmore rd, 6-8pm

‘stick this in your memory hole’ book launch – tristan from schifosi

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thu 22

@Mgtvle, 40 Fitzroy st, Marrickville
8pm

Schifosi (dark Melodic crustcore from melbourne)
Vae Victis (raging d-beat punk)
731 (melburne grindcore attack)

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sat 24

4pm. entry by donation. 43 edgeware rd, enmore.

alps of nsw, fulton girls club (melb), steph (the thaw)

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sat 24

a launch party at the Mandarin Club (election night)
8pm $10

xNoBBQx, The Spiders (B Mtns), Ultra Violet MC (Melb), UnAustralians (Melb), Sun of the Seventh Sister (B Mtns), DJ Beefcurtains

Launching LPs by xNoBBQx , The Spiders, + a 7′ by Ultra Violet MC (although not out yet)
http://pulledout.org

well, this gig it may not matter that the PA and sound equipment is falling apart at least!

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sat 24

Hermann’s Bar Crn City Road and Butlins Ave, opposite main gate Sydney University, Wentworth Building
$10

Sounds Of Seduction DON’S AFTER PARTY Election Night Special

History will be made, one way or the other, when Australia goes to the polls on Saturday 24th November. From 8.00pm onwards the Sounds presents a special election night DON’S AFTER PARTY with the ‘drown your sorrows ‘or’ celebrate like crazy’ Happy Hour from 8.00pm to 10.30pm, plus all the regular Sounds excitement through until 3.00am

featuring:
Big Screen Election Highlights All Night
Expert commentary from The Sounds handpicked panel of political experts
The Kevin Rudd/John Howard Piñata
Bash the hell out of the loser or ‘losers’ to win some fabulous prizes

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sat 24

The Saturday Night Special is the psychedelic, freak-out sister show to
the Sideways Through Sound regular Thursday night pagan drone fest

So join Thee Sonic Assassin on FM99.3 from 8pm to Midnight for a selection
of mind-bending, hip shaking sounds, all with the trademark Sideways
Through Sound vibe.

It’ll be a trip and you will bug out to it, guaranteed!!

www.sidewaysthroughsound.com

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sun 25

live house, 794 paramatta rd, lewisham
midday $15

Come join us for 10 hours of meltdown in Sydney at Sunday Bloody Sunday, 25th November from noon til 10pm.

Line-up will include Xylocaine (Newcastle – Bloody Fist), Mark N (Melbourne – Bloody Fist), Paul Blackout (Newcastle – Hardline Rekordingz/Bloody Fist), Fraughman (Sydney – Bloody Fist/Powerviolence) and Mr 556a (Com-Baton) performing his last show ever.

Evil Noise (Irontwist) will also be playing his first set as one of Sydney’s only Doomcore producers, and Dimfigure (Killerwatts) will be making the trek all the way from Bathust to perform.

PLUS Matt Bleak (Random Stabbings/Splitterblast) and Semtex Disruptor (Random Stabbings), both from Melbourne, have now been added to the lineup.

A total of 18 artists from 13 crews will be playing on the Hijack Sound System, spread across 2 rooms. Styles will include Hardcore, Doomcore, Speedcore, Darkcore, Industrial, Breakcore, Drum & Bass, Electro and more.

Look out for the 3 beer gardens, and a gourmet barbecue provided by the very talented Bitsmasher.

Several merchandising stalls will be present on the day, selling records, shirts & more.

Headliners will be scattered throughout the day & night, make sure you come early so you don’t miss anyone:)

Free cd’s will be given to the first 100 people through the door….

Check irontwist.net or www.myspace.com/irontwist for updates

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sun 25

house show, 108 lethridge st, penrith
gold coin donation

red red kroovy, axel rosie o’donnell, circle pit, always, marilyn monroe

contact nic*******@*****.com for start times

shaun/tenzenmen
http://www.tenzenmen.com

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

What’s Cool and Unusual re-subscription – 21st August 2007

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Pic: Melbourne’s DEAD playing in the Trafalgar Street kitchen 2010

due to wariness of who is currently on this list i will no longer be sending cool and unusual updates.

i will however be starting a new list – you will have to re-register to be on the list i’m afraid.
you can do this by sending me an email directly (to tenzenmen@tenzenmen.com) and stating how you know me!
i will then add you to the list and you will still have to validate your email address.

i’m sorry to do this but it’s in an effort to protect certain spaces under threat from closure.

all current email addresses will be removed in one weeks time.  this is the last reminder.

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

15th May 2021 – This looks like the first time I had to cancel the Cool and Unusual subscriptions as there seemed to be too many instances of venues and shows getting shut down and there may have been infiltrators on the list as subscriptions were originally open to anyone. A little paranoid maybe but I wanted to protect our little amazing scene for as long as possible. For more background on these underground scenes in Sydney, this article by Alyssa Critchley for Cyclic Defrost is a good read.

The Thaw, Gone By Ten, Eucalypt, Guns Are For Kids, Gallucci – St Ives Youth Centre, Sydney, NSW, Australia – 2nd June 2006

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Pic: This is where it happened!

From the Thaw blogspot

’twas a wet and windy night…

ah, last friday. the first real rains we’ve had in months. and of course it had to be on when we were playing at st ives youth centre, out in the suburbs!

it took us nearly an hour and a half to get there from lidcombe! bloody ridiculous!!! why so many morons needed to be on the road i will never fathom

despite the soggy surrounds it was a rather great night with ample punters and glory up on stage. gallucci went nuts on the floor (literally) and swapped us for some rad tapes, guns are for kids had a great dance up on stage, eucalypt band ripped it up and even featured some sleigh bells, and local band gone by ten put in a solid showing with one of the most gorgeous kits i’ve seen for a long time. and we played somewhere in there too. PLUS the fantastic folk at the youth centre made us delish tofu sangers *yyyuuuummmm*

it’s a great venue so if you’re interested in playing there give em a call or email or something… i’ll post it as soon as i locate it!

xxx kat

ps if you missed it you missed a rad night!

16th May 2021 – Trying to spread things out around Sydney, I contacted St Ives Youth Centre about putting on a show there and they were cool to give it a go. It went well but I didn’t end up doing another show there. I’m not sure if they had any more after this* but it was a good location, although nowhere near a train station, which would have made it difficult for folks from other parts of the city. Well, we gave it a go and the bands were good enough to tough it out without much or any financial reward.

*A quick search for a relevant picture turns up a video of Carpathian playing here in 2010.

Pimping – 19th May 2005

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8pm – annandale hotel, sydney – supporting the rogers sisters and love of diagrams

picked the band up from the airport eventually and sydney traffic dictated it would take us an hour to get home.

we sorted merchandise and ate and rested in preparation. tonight was an important show for me as i’d been pimping the hell out of the band and wanted people to feel the excitement and energy that i feel when seeing limited express (has gone?)

we got to the annadale hotel at about 7pm and went thru the usual soundchecks and setting up merchandise. was cool to sell some merch even before any bands had played too!

limited express (has gone?) hit the stage just before nine and played a fantastic set to a three quarters full annandale crowd – not too bad a turnout for a thursday night support band i guess though i’d been hoping for more – many of the people had come just to see them though which was heartening. jj took a couple of jumps off the stage and yukari took the mic stand to all corners during mophin fellet. spy crowned off another great performance and the merch stall was flooded with people wanting cds, t-shirts and information – the band so happy to talk with people and sign cds.

the stall only quietened down when love of diagrams took to the stage and played another great set of tunes – during their set i was reminded of what a great drummer monika is and overall they had a really good sound tonight.

the rogers sisters played another good set that didn’t quite click for me but had the crowd happy and shouting for more. after they finished the merch stall got busy for limited express (has gone?) cds and we’re hoping that all those happy people will come again tomorrow night and bring all their friends.

we finally leave and when we make it home we eat and work out all the money taken and it looks like we might just break even.