What’s Cool and Unusual – 15th April 2009

a quick heads up – i’ll be in malaysia and thailand for most of may. i’m going to schedule the weekly updates whilst i’m away so send thru any events asap so i can add them in before i go as i’m not sure how much time and access i’ll have to keep them up to date whilst i’m away. now…blue shirt or red shirt?!

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wed 15

i’ll be in paint it black again tonight – drop in and have a chat. obviously i’m not going to be there on wednesdays whilst i’m overseas! 😉

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thu 16

@ PACT theatre – 107 railway parade erskineville
7:30pm start
$10 / $8 (for concession) on the door

THE SPLINTER ORCHESTRA
large-scale electro-acoustic improvising ensemble, The Splinter Orchestra, will be performing for the first time in sydney for many months!

Sydney-based artist Mathew Rochford will also be presenting a new piece for 50 clocks on the night. The night is presented by Quarterbred.

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fri 17

eva burning light, 319 parramatta rd, leichardt

squat punk frenzy

Room 1. 8pm: Punkcore feat. Grim Love, Hot Girls, Badlands, Scum System Kill, The Disadvantaged, Upsidedown Ms Jane.

Room 2. 8pm: Noise/Breakcore feat. Turds of Prey, Forming, Freedom Sound, Free Damage, Spin Control, Dj Corporal Leper, Dj Shithouse, Swarm, Dislasystem

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fri 17

Serial Space
33 wellington st, chippendale
8pm? $?

FREE CHOICE DUO & SUPERSTAR are bringing their longform textured music to Sydney.

w/ Garbage & The Flowers + Holy Balm

FREE CHOICE DUO are Jarrod & Jess playing synthesizer, electric organ & ryhthm box. Most likely performing our latest composition “Coal Train”.

SUPERSTAR are Keiran & Esther playing guitar & synthesizer. Most likely performing their on-going ever evolving piece “Space Hassle”.

Hopefully copies of the FREE CHOICE / MENTAL POWERS split 7″ (on Fifth Column) will be available. Superstar will maybe prepare a tour cdr?

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fri 17

Gallucci @ The Place – Friday 17/4/09 – 10:15pm.

Swing by and hear ‘227’ played AAlive start to finish, with Mr Corcoran now re-imagining basslines on the B3. Stick around after to work on your free-throws. Usually our prac spot, ‘The Place To Be…’ is situated on Crown Lane in Darlinghurst – behind Bill & Toni’s, at the basketball ring. Museum Station is nearby. Get in touch if you’d like this exaplined more clearly. Ciao for now.

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fri 17

Mutiny zine is turning three! To celebrate you’re invited to a party at Black Rose Books (22 Enmore Rd, Newtown) at 7pm on April 17. Mutiny is a Sydney-based zine which aims to explore different avenues of disobedience and resistance, and to encourage people to write about their ideas, actions and experiences. Mutiny is available for free every month on paper and online at http://www.jura.org.au/mutiny

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sat 18

eva burning light, 319 parramatta rd, leichardt

squat punk frenzy

Room 1. 2pm: Squatting workshop featuring sydneys’ squatting best. Come find people to squat with!

Room 1. 8pm: Punkcore feat. Walrora, Do Not Resuscitate, Crippled Gyspies, Capacapo, Voting With Bricks, Sticky Fingers, Crux, Jiveass Trio.

Room 2. 8pm: Dodgy disco + Other things feat. Dj Oke, Deadbeat + more

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sat 18

glebe record fair
opposite glebe markets
9am

only mention this as there will be a combined paint it black/accident prone/tenzenmen table at the fair!

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sat 18

Suite 404, Hibernian House, Elizabeth Street, Surry Hills
9pm, $10 donation will get you entry, 3D glasses & a blue & red shot of liqueur

3D PARTY @ HIBERNIAN HOUSE, ROOM 4OH!4

Featuring the combined talents of…

YES NUKES
SIMO SOO
WAR BOYS
MILLY VON ILL (DJ SET)
CATINABOX (DJ SET)

+ special surprise guests TBA

Also, 3D films will fill the walls. Also all guests to the event will also feature in stunning realistic 3D, too!!!!!!!!!!!

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sat 18

SERIAL SPACE
33 wellington street, chippendale
5:00pm – 10:30pm

FTW FUNDRAISER.

raising money for our first collection.

there will be select garments available for purchase, from our ‘tie-die’ range, and our upcoming collection, as well as a small selection of vintage clothing.

LIVE PERFORMANCES from catcall, circle pit, kirin j callinan and dominic talarico.

SHOW STARTS EARLY – 5PM til 10PM.
all ages – there will also be a bar set up inside.

www.myspace.com/ftwfashion
www.serialspace.org – for map

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sat 18

4 Talbot St, Sydenham
(1ST LEFT AFTER HUNGRY JACKS, HEADING SOUTH FROM NEWTOWN ON THE PRINCES HWY)

$16 8pm?

Bug Girl,Peter Pan Speedrock, Captain Reckless and Nobody Knew They Were Robots

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sun 19

eva burning light, 319 parramatta rd, leichardt

squat punk frenzy

Room 1. 2pm: Acoustic, folk, hiphhop, spoken words, art, drama afternoon. 

Room 2. ?pm: more!

(sorry – couldn’t find any more details but there will definitely be something on!)

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sun 19

Locksmith Gallery
6 botany rd, redfern
6pm, $?

FREE CHOICE DUO & SUPERSTAR

w/ Hochman & Hopkins + Knitted Abyss + more

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sun 19

Mountain Fold Music Journal Launch Party

Black & Blue Gallery
302/267-271 Cleveland Street
Redfern
4-7PM

Alcohol supplied by Grolsch

Issue #1 features:

– Beaches
– Eddy Current Suppression Ring
– Fabulous Diamonds
– Naked On The Vague
– Michael Rother
– Songs

is that enough for ya!

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

What’s Cool and Unusual – 21st January 2009

important note – please do not post any of this info online anywhere!

fri 23

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

Whooping Big Naughty
Paranoia Club
White Mans Burden
Cherry 2000
Cap a Cappo

+ More to be announced……

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sat 24

mgtvle
44 fitzroy st, marrickville
midday $? all ages

Ex-Spectator (Melb)
Go Go Go Go! (Bris/Syd)
McClane (Can/Melb)
Dead Farmers
They Kill and Eat People
Voting With Bricks
Royal Headache
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sat 24

there will be various workshops today – pick up a decolonise festival program from paint it black in newtown

and!

invasion day anti-party! dance off against gentrification!

come join us on Saturday night for a decolonised dance off to power pop, euro trash, hip hop, power ballads, gypsie tunes, grime, happy hadcore and much much more…

…featuring
DEAD BEAT (wannabe dancefloor heroes)
DJ KNÄCKEBRÖT (an actual real live euro trash bag)
GADJO BONES (ex-lentil soup)
SEÑOR TOP DOG & N.E.S.B (old skool hiphop luvvas)
And heaps more

From 9pm!

keep an ear out around the fest for location or call/text 0420*** on the day for directions and details.

DO NOT MISS THIS FOOLISH SUCKER!

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sat 24

4 talbot street
st peters
9pm $? all ages

Scull fuck disco brings you the good ,ones.

Sickboy (belgium)
Negro Beat (sweden}
Dj Rainbow Ejaculation
Anklepants(bello)
Bintski
Maladroit
Hiss
Abortifacient
Skint
Scullfuckdisco
Null Object
Bambi and the Bambis

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sun 25

DECOLONISE FESTIVAL-

Market Day, Call for Stallholders
Sunday 25th Jan 1-4pm
Dirty Shirlows
Free!

Calling all Zinesters, record labels, visual artists, badge makers,
others with wares to sell (especially the weird and the wonderful)  to
be part of the Dirty Shirlow’s market day. It’s happening next Sunday
as part of the amazing Decolonise Festival (keep your eyes out, full
details coming soon).

Stallholders should be pretty much self-sufficient but we can try to
help with tables if there’s some around.

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sun 25

workshop showroom
9 edith st, st peters
4pm $? all ages

Polyfox and the Union of the Most Ghosts
Harriet (Syd/Melb)
Louise Berlecky

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sun 25

cad factory
5 handley st, marrickville
5pm $? all ages

Lost To The City: Film w/ live soundtrack (Melb)
Toy Death
The Mumps
So Low, Suicide (Ger)
Quaoub

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sun 25

4 talbot st, st peters
8pm $? all ages

Inappropriate Tough Guy Behaviour (Melb)
Truth From Facts (Melb)
Fangs of… (Melb)
Naked on the Vague
Kirin J Callinan
Hee Haw

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sun 25

black rose
22 enmore rd, newtown
6.30pm $5 all ages

* Screening of ‘Babakueria (BBQ Area)’: “A mock-documentary, reversing the white/black roles in the European takeover of Australia; as the Aboriginal colonisers arrive and “conquer”, then marginalise, the indigenous white inhabitants. It is hysterical, frightening and thought-provoking.”

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mon 26

more workshops today including “Whose House? Open forum on alternative venues, community, gentrification, all ages, safer spaces, licensing and you. What would you like to see? What would you do differently? Share your ideas and concerns.”

punx outside #3
alleyway next to reservoir near shirlow street
3pm all ages

The Assassinators (Den)
Pee Wee
Quaker (Melb)

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

What’s Cool and Unusual – 24th September 2008

wed 24

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

CLUB CONSOLADOR DE DOS CAROS PRESENTS:

TIM OLIVE –  3 OF MILLIONS – KUSUM NORMOYLE

starring on our NEW IMPROVED PA SYSTEM!

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

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

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

http://www.myspace.com/kusumnormoyle

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fri 26

dirty shirlows
32 shirlow st, marrickville

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

(killer line up!)

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fri 26

where?house
when?time
what?price

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

castings myspace for info

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sat 27

Splinter at Anode

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

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sat 27

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

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

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

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sat 27

52 Pick Up launch!

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

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

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

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

Dress diner glamour or roadside grime.

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sat 27

@MGTVLE 40 Fitzroy st, Marrickville
8pm $8

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

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sat 27

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

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

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sun 28

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

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

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

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

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

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sun 28

punx outside!

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

useless children
vae victis
gwilym evans
fraud

+ stalls, food etc

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

What’s Cool and Unusual – 6th August 2008

wed 6

consolador de dos caras
la campana, 53-55 liverpool st, sydney
$10 8pm

this wednesday 6th august a massive fractal crackin bass extravaganza by the pre teen queens of screams, catch their only sydney show before they head back to osaka to unleash hell on an unsuspecting japanese public!KAWAIIIIIIIII!!!!!!!

TOXIC LIPSTICK ALBUM LAUNCH Thats right the new dual plover release, POOPIN by everyone’s favourite fractal crackin’ bass junkie toxic lipstick will be launched at club consolador. Here are some quotes from dedicated toxic fans: “Poopin sounds reelly good, it makes me feel good 2″ Steven, 4 (Logan, Brisbane)”After coming home from work, there`s nothing I like better than a cold glass of Poopin” Steven, 12 (Wombat Peaks, Tasmania)”Poopin`s like a fine wine that gets u wasted” Toxic Lipstick, 14 (no relation), (Purga Creek, QLD)

Supporting on the night will be the ever entertaining toecutter

plus
cockupshittingwhore(featuring members of suicidal rap orgy and butchers harem)

“Many people say u can`t polish a turd. It`s just impossible. But fractal-crackin bass junkies Toxic Lipstick have done the impossible, gettin’ busier than a mum down the pub on singles nite to produce their 3rd debut album, POOPIN. Following up previous releases on Sydney’s commercially challenged dualpLOVER label, including the seminal ‘When Doves Cry’ and puberty induced ‘Prisoner of Hormones’, POOPIN features such crowd thumpers as Rape Me, Itchy Balls, and Teen Mum, showing that magic really can happen… even if it`s just in your pants. Get ready 4 the trashcore bubblegum sensation that is…POOPIN!!!BREAKING NEWS!! To celebrate the release of POOPIN, Toxic Lipstick are undertaking a gruelling tour of their favourite speed dating venues. These girls really bark at the gristle when they get on the mikes so make sure you’re within projectile vomiting distance this July & August.”

toecutter

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wed 6

serial space 33 wellington st chippendale
$10 8pm
The NOW now Series 2008 #6

David Rothenberg – (USA) Rothenberg’s music connects the living sounds of the natural world to the traditions of global rhythmic innovation and improvisation. Inspired by the melodies and beats of birds, insects, whales, water, and wind. http://www.whybirdssing.com

roil (chris abrahams, mike majkowski, james waples)

Kraig Grady (USA now Wollongong) if as it says in Wikipedia “He has been nominated four times for the LA Weekly Music Awards best uncategorizable artist and was chosen by Buzz Magazine as one of the “100 coolest people in Los Angeles”, What the fuck is he doing in the Gong? + Chris Abrahams

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thu 7

black and blue gallery, cleveland st (above Mao and More)
Preview Thursday August 7
6pm – 9pm
August 8 – August 24

Emily Hunt & Raquel Welch
Hoochie Coochie

The fabled myths of death, the grotesque and the bizarre come to life in an excessively ornamented carnivale in Raquel Welch and Emily Hunt’s ‘Hoochie Choochie.’ Imaginary beasts and exaggerated caricatures are displayed in an
set-up which can best described as a behavioural study of the fantastic. Each scene features craftily constructed figures that are embellished with a nod to the crude elements of voodoo. But with a natural disposition towards the absurd,
Hunt & Welch’s make-believe underworld is nothing short of eccentric.

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fri 8

download the opening ceremony of the olympics – it’ll be better than any tv coverage – and go to this instead!

louie’s
34 murray street, marrickville
8pm $?

the new justice team, teargas, deathcage, deathtrap

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sat 9

mgtvle
44 fitzroy street, marrickville
8pm $?

the new justice team, teargas, do not resucitate + more

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sat 9

4 TALBOT ST, SYDENHAM
8pm $12

cherry 2000, day of the meerkat, lawyers guns and money, the quits

+ trash, sleaze, piercing show + djs til dawn

HEY SYDNEY! ROCKIN THE RANDOM IS FOR ALL THE TIMES YOU’VE BEEN CHUCKED OUT OF A VENUE FOR DANCING ON THE TABLES, GOING WILD, OR LOOKING DRUNK (AS IF THAT WASN’T HALF THE POINT), FOR ALL THE WAREHOUSES THAT AREN’T ALLOWED TO ROCK OUT ANYMORE BECAUSE OF NOISE COMPLAINTS!!! WE SAY FUCK YOU TO ALL THE ARSEHOLES THAT MOVE INTO THE CITY AND THINK THAT WE SHOULD ALL BE QUIET!!! THIS IS FOR EVERY GIG YOU EVER WENT TO FULL OF LAME MOTHERFUCKERS LOOKING SO SLICK BUT NOT BLOODY DANCING!!!!! FOR ALL THE TIMES WHEN YOU WERE JUST GETTING INTO IT AND THE PUB FUCKING SHUTS!! AND FOR ANY TIME A BOUNCER, COP OR OTHER CUNT TRIED TO CURB YOUR FUN – FUCK ‘EM! SO IF YA WANNA GET DOWN AND DIRTY THIS IS THE FUCKIN ANSWER!!! GET YOUR SLEAZE ON AND COME AND GET BENT TILL THE BREAK OF DAWN AT ROCKIN THE RANDOM!!!!! SEEDY!!! TRASHY!!! OUT OF CONTROL!!! YEEEEHAAAAH!!!!

BANDS, BROADS AND BOOZE (ALL CHEAP!)!!!! SPREAD THE WORD!!!!

GETTING THERE:GO LEFT OUT OF SYDENHAM STATION, WALK DOWN RAILWAY RD UNTIL YOU HIT PRINCES HIGHWAY, TALBOT IS FIRST ON THE LEFT (8-10 MIN WALK). OR: CATCH A 422 BUS FROM CENTRAL STATION OR NEWTOWN.

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