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What’s Cool and Unusual – 5th November 2008

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wed 5th

forget about the US election.  the US is becoming increasingly irrelevant and their latest puppet will make no difference.  time is better spent making friends with real american people and showing them how cool the rest of the world is.

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wed 5th

consolador de dos caras
la campana, 53-55 liverpool st, sydney
8pm $5

bare arms, little a, slogan free youth

little a – lush casio pop to charm the pants off the most jaded music lovers.
journeying up from the south especially for this show!

slogan free youth – rad fast and loud rip offs of 80’s hardcore. new band!

bare arms – new sydney screamo / mathcore. come sing along to tales of toxic soldiers and stolen organs.

‘the question’ has had to pull out of this show as ryan was hospitalised in a savage unprovoked attack after a yeah bears show out the back of the oxford arts factory.  come and check out the other bands and wish ryan a speedy recovery.

the worksafe poster

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wed 5th

505
L5, 342 elizabeth st
9pm $?

3ofmillions

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fri 7th

louies, 34 murray st, marrickville
8pm $?

The Sharks, They Bite!, Code of Lies, Hira Hira, Little A.
ALL AGES SHOW

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sat 8th

it’s the return of GALLUCCI!
EVERY WEEK!
10pm in darlinghurst – at ‘the place’ – call Tim on the night to confirm details (0408147336)

GALLUCCI!  EVERY WEEK!

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mon 10th

The NOW now series
33 Wellington St, Chippendale
8pm $10/8

Finn Ryan/Jack Dibben/Aemon Webb/Abel Cross: guitars and drums and
electrical equipment.

+ more

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tue 11th

sedition
275 victoria st, darlinghurst

7pm/donation

xnobbqx, knitted abyss, dj white pimpernell

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What’s Cool and Unusual – 29th October 2008

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wed 29th

consolador de dos caras
la campana, 52-55 liverpool st, sydney

New archetypes – FRIENDS since birth, Screamin’ E. Hernia and Karl Richard-Marx formed New Archetypes in 2006 when it became apparent that Karl’s musical skills combined with fledgling guitarist, filmmaker and gutter poet Hernia’s songs formed the perfect recipe for a brutal new archetype. In a rehearsal room in their death-metal friend Billy’s warehouse flat above a smash repair joint in Redfern, they hammered away at their craft, throwing in covers by The Stooges, The Beasts of Bourbon and The Birthday Party, Karl accompanying variously on guitar, bass and a horrific optical theremin shaped like a baby doll’s head with red glowing eyes, which he ran through all manner of effects to synthesise the rotting belch of the devil. Hernia’s raspy screaming and shouting was terrifying. One evening, during a particularly bone-powdering jam, they earnt their first $5, when a tripping metal head who hung out at the flat stuck the money under the door, with a note pleading with them to stop making him feel like he was dying. Skip forward a few months, and Karl is at a party getting hammered. His brother Hans Regretel and friend The Naked Drewth mention they want to form a band, Hans being a bassist/guitarist, Drew being an aspiring drummer (in that he couldn’t play, but liked the idea). Karl and Hernia decided this mix of experience and inexperience (or innocence?) had an attractive Blakean undertone. Besides, this way there’d be more people to chip in for bourbon. Soon after, New Archetypes rehearsed together for the first time, The Naked Drewth having his first ever bash at a kit. With them was friend Ted Frostbite, an eccentric punk and pipe organ virtuoso, who’d performed recitals in places like the Sydney Town Hall and the Opera House. His father was also a keyboard player for Suzi Quattro, as well as The Who’s John Entwistle, Kiki Dee and Robert Palmer’s early-’70s group Vinegar Joe. Despite Ted’s extreme abilities in the art of fine music, he aimed for total chaos. The formula had been written. New Archetypes were complete. The first public New Archetypes gig took place January 5, 2007, at the Lansdowne Hotel and was cut short after just two songs because Screamin’ E. Hernia had already been in a fight with a bouncer and got kicked out. The band had to sneak him back in to play. They were compensated by the venue with unlimited free beer. Things just haven’t been the same since. Prepare yourself for NA. It will be loud. It will be brutal. It will be primitive. You will be addicted. NA beckons.

Maxwell stone – Formed 2005 in Enmore, Sydney. Maxwell Stone is described as Stoner Rock with metal inclinations. Members include Peter ”P.P.R.” Richards (Guitar/Drums)27,Albury ”Benny” West (Drums)24, Sam ”Rush” McNair (Vocals/Guitar)26 & brother Tom ”AKA1-Madman” (Lead Guitar)27. Maxwell Stone is the product of the now infamous ”Cakehole”. The Cakehole is a shoptop flat above a cake shop (though the cake shop no longer remains). Tom,Sam & friend since primary school Pete began jamming on an old borrowed amp inthe lounge room. It grew from there to playing at parties and soon enough in November 2005 the group played their first gig, Bar Broadway in Sydney. In 2007 Maxwell Stone recruited ex-Leprechaun Deathstar drummer Albury West. Maxwell Stone’s music was used in the soundtrack of ”Cheerleader Swap Meat” also playing at the Film launch in August 07. The group plays regular local shows and draws a dedicated fanbase. In 2008 Maxwell Stone has recorded a self titled E.P and plans to release in November. A tour of the Eastern States of Australia is planned for late 2008.

http://www.youtube.com/MaxwellStoneMusic

White knuckle Fever are the dynamo psychobluesy duo uniting 3k short (from machine gun fellatio) and celia curtis (biffos blow up bonanza) . Better put your seatbelts on because they are going to take you for a ride into the abyss !

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thu 30

Conor O’Brien

There Stands The Glass

Opening 30th October

31st October – 16th November 2008

Conor O’Brien was recently referred to as one of the country’s ‘best, most interesting and certainly most promising’ young photographers by the Associate Curator of the Art Gallery of Western Australia, Dr Robert Cook.  In October and November 2008, Black & Blue Gallery will host O’Brien’s most recent body of work, There Stands The Glass. 

First shown at the Centre for Contemporary Photography (CCP) in Melbourne earlier this year, There Stands The Glass is a collection of colour photographs; portraits, landscapes and observations that are calm and considered, never poking fun at their subjects but always celebrating their beauty. The images were captured over two years and deal with people and the sense of people.  The subjects are almost always friends, family and the places that hold their spirit.

The Age reviewer Penelope Modra wrote of There Stands The Glass, “[O’Brien]’s not asking you to look through his eyes as thought they are your own and share some modernist‘epiphany moment’. It’s just an invitation to feel, well, what you feel.”

O’Brien has shown work at the Australian Centre for Photography, the Centre for Contemporary Photography, The National Portrait Gallery, The Art Gallery of

Western Australia, the Perth Institute of Contemporary Art, Utopian Slumps Gallery and was included in the New York Photography Festival 2008.  He currently lives and works in Sydney.

Vito Belgiorno-Zegna, Director

Black & Blue Gallery
302/267-271 Cleveland Street
Redfern NSW 2016

Thurs to Sat 11-6   Sun 12-5 

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fri 31

louie’s, 34 murray st, marrickville

*Duke Magazine Halloween Party* – Serial Killer Dress Up, Fat-O-Gram, Dancing, Tunes, Party!!!!

thing is, party’s are always fuggin sick. and dressing up is awesome. and dressing up on halloween is the best. AND and and they are gonna have FAT-O-GRAMS. as in some big fatso gettin naked. you really wanna miss that?

starts at 8 and costs $10. try say no.

“Duke is like if National Geographic and National Lampoon had a kid, and the kid grew up to be this really bitchy teenage girl”

– Peter Shamrock, arts editor for  Irish Brogue Weekly

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fri 31

Dark Carnivàle

The Red Rattler Theatre Stage One Launch
and fundraiser for eco-efficient utilities
doors open 8pm, showtime 9pm sharp
limited capacity, be early!

6 Faversham St.
Marrickville

$20 / $15 conc

MOJO JUJU & the Snake Oil Merchants
The Kingpins
Lillian Starr & D-Vinyl
Sex Intents & Glitta Supernova
Brown Council
Justin Shoulder
Janie Gibson
Celia Curtis
GayLourdes
Wife
Crash and Danni

hosted by Kelli Jean
with DJ Gemma

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sat 1

*Deja Boo!*

ok halloween is the night before, but its such a good holiday that i think it’s pretty fair to spread it out over 2 days.

this is Deja Vu’s 4th birthday, and some guy named Aiden’s Halloween party.

this is from the flyer – “open jams & food from 5pm” – i guess jam is more of a spread than a food ey. ha ha ha. blegh. it goes till like 4 am or something.

ANYWAY bands/people/dj’s featured on this night are:

Fuji Collective, Toecutter, Day of the Meerkat, Svelt, Squid, Captains, Baram, Brackets

all for a gold coin donation. fuckin deal!

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sat 1

The Red Rattler Theatre
6 Faversham St.
Marrickville NSW 2204

SCOOTER
7pm $5

BugGiRL (gong)
Valentiine (melb)
Kate Duffy (syd)
DJ Huckleberry Spin

enquiries@redrattler.org
http://www.redrattler.org

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sun 2

Black Rose Anarchist Library & Bookshop

22 Enmore Rd (100m from Newtown Station)

6.30pm

Leila Khaled: Hijacker. About the Hijacking of TWA flight 840 in 1969. The destination was Tel Aviv, Israel. A short while after take off Leila Khaled leaves her seat and threatens the crew with hand grenades and enters the cockpit. She takes hold of the microphone; “Ladies and gentlemen, your attentions please, kindly fasten your seat belts. This is your new Captain speaking. The Che Guevara commando unit of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine…”
www.leilakhaled.com

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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What’s Cool and Unusual – 22nd October 2008

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wed 22

consolador de dos caras
la campana, 53-55 liverpool st, sydney
$5 8pm

Fantastic Doug and the Cupcake Club – is a (“totally fab!”) musical pop group created in the basement Studio of the Youth Center.
— “Wow, the Cupcake Club? Yeah man they’re totally ‘off the hook’!”
— “You like the Cupcakes??! How ‘INDY’ and ‘DIFFERENT’!”
— “Woooooah dudes I was at the Cupcake Club show on Friday and they were so tight I got a hemmorhoid! And my face melted off!!!! True story”
See what I mean….?

The Warm Feelings – wizards , magic and dreams fortold by a mystical sage to dominate rock ‘ n ‘roll for one night only. Come witness the power drums and guitar can channel from dancing on the dead bones of bon scott and kurt cocaine.

The Mistakes – These guys really haven’t the faintest idea how be a successful rock and roll outfit. It’s been one drama after another over the last (god is it almost) five years. Including on stage implosions, due to excessive levels of intoxication, break ups due to unbearable levels of homo-erotic tension in the band room, a pure inability to sing correctly or even play their instruments, it has been an uphill battle for these guys. Their continuing existence is testimony to their high self-appreciation of their own particular brand of half-cocked, shambolic-punk, post-rock, almost-art, pop-n-roll, hard-wank, mess. That said one almost gets the feeling that one day, somewhere, someone may flip a coin and BAM! The Mistakes may become a credible band. But probably not

www.myspace.com/themist8kes

plus the HOBO PRESS ZINE launch!!

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thu 23rd

Stencil exhibition
THURS OCT 23
Little fish Gallery 22 enmore rd, Newtown
6-9PM
Local street artists of all ages and abilities presenting their work.
There will be people’s choice prizes in three categories:
best technique, best political and best humourous.
A fundraiser for little fish gallery with free wine and drinks by donation. Hopefully some live music, and probably a live auction. Great opportunity for street artists to come out of the shadows and meet their fellows.

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fri 24th

12 barker st, Lewisham(just off old canterbury rd)
starts about 8pm

Simo soo + Question + Little a

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sat 25th

Hornsby PCYC: 94 George St Hornsby

Polyfox and the Union of the Most Ghosts
They Kill & Eat People
The (Temperamental) Pocket
Happy Phlegm
The Snoozefests

$5 6pm
No drugs, alcohol, etc.

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sat 25th

hamizalooza ’08
louie’s
34 murray st, marrickville

run! hide!, dz, yeah bears, call the medic, call the nurse, bare arms, bake em away toys

8pm $8

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sun 26th

Bohemian Grove (L2/68 Sophia St, Surry Hills) is tickled pink to present…

the Carl Dewhurst Trio!
Carl Dewhurst – guitar
Cameron Undy – bass
Evan Mannell – drums

Carl’s trio explore the fine lines of improvising in and out of time/tune/taste. Fortune favours the wrong. Yin/Yang says at it’s worst it’s best, at it’s best it’s bad. And we all know bad is good.

*” In this age of convergent politics and convergent art it’s refreshing to know anarchy still has a champion, and his name is Carl Dewhurst. …he is such a pure, intuitive improviser… Like a liquid, Dewhurst fills any context, but never blandly so. “*
SMH October 2007

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sun 26th

6.30pm $5 donation
Black Rose will be screening Battle In Seattle. A hollywood version of the intense and inspiring events of 1999 when the World Trade Organisation (WTO) meetings in Seattle were shut down by a large cross-section of the american community – families, unions, lawyers, eco-activists, anti-racist groups and anarchists 🙂 protesting the existence of the WTO amidst volleys of rubber bullets and tear gas from riot squad police.
www.battleinseattlemovie.com/
this film is directed, written and produced by Stuart Townsend, the same person who directed The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen and Aeon Flux and is the voice of Lucky Charms Leprechaun on Robot Chicken.
because of daylight savings, throughout summer movie times at black rose will be at 6:30

Black Rose Anarchist Library & Bookshop
22 Enmore Rd (100m from Newtown Station)
w: www.blackrosebooks.org
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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Dirty Shirlows warehouse space available for rehearsals / recordings and jammin

rehersal rates;
$20 per hour or $50 for three
there is a full 6kW’s pa, 2di boxes, 5 mics, a 12 channel mixer, HALF A DRUM KIT (bring your own snare and cymbals), friendly atmosphere, a fridge WITH BEER BY DONATION…….. what more could you want…?

hours of operation;
11am-11pm 7days

contacts;
shirlows office (02) 95577377
32 shirlow street marrickvile
just  near sydenham station

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and in some more self promotion – the second in the MAYBE MARS series of cd releases from new underground chinese bands came out this week – it being the self titled debut from CARSICK CARS – some sweet indie noise rock from beijing.  you can check out mp3s and video and other guff here:

http://www.new.facebook.com/pages/the-MAYBE-MARS-series/34579323581

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What’s Cool and Unusual – 20th August 2008

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wed 20

consolador de dos caras
la campana 53-55 liverpool st, sydney
8pm $5

bosom
stick stick
bernie lomax 5

+ markets and disco lights

we’re always looking for new bands to play this night – weirder the better!
also feel free to bring a box of your favourite junk along and set up on a table at the markets.

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fri 22

*G**20 Fundraiser Benefit show!*
in solidarity with the arrested

Louie’s 34 murray st marrickville
7.30pm $7

scum system kill
voting with bricks
vae victis
plus more!

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sat 23

Louie’s Mansion
34 Murray St, Marrickville
8pm  $6  All Ages

bed wettin’ bad boys
Circle Pit
Atrocities
Fangs Wound Down

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sat 23

suite 303, 271 cleveland st
10pm $5 BYO

charge group (album launch), canyons

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messages: 

Hi peepz,

I’m putting together a zine called CounterClism so if you are interested in contributing then drop me a line. Anything goes; the more random the better. I’m talking photos, artworks, short stories, social comment, poetry, comics,
weird stuff you’ve collected, etc. As long as it can be photocopied then we can use it. Remember, there’s no money in it for anyone and people are free to make their own copies of the zine. You can send me your stuff digitally
or via the post but I’d prefer things with character so if it’s written then hand write it or use an old typewriter, add some stains, write it on a napkin, etc. Any questions?

-Nick
off******@gmail.com

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next week is the official release of the first in an ongoing monthly series of chinese underground bands on tenzenmen
keep a look out for Demerit – Bastards of the Nation cd in shops or order direct at http://www.tenzenmen.com (mp3 to check out there too).  call your local radio station to request airplay too! and talking of radio:

Thursdays 10.30pm
We Come from Garageland: 2SER 107.3FM

Tuesdays 11pm
Dead Air FBI 94.5FM

shaun/tenzenmen
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What’s Cool and Unusual – 13th August 2008

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wed 13

CONSOLADOR DE DOS CARAS

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

EMERGENCY! EMERGENCY! Game Boy, harshnoise, with screamed vocals about nothing much at all. f**k amazing showman, and sexy as f**k anything. Girls and guys alike, don’t miss this

SIMO SOO The solo project of Simo from Call The Medic, Call The Nurse!!. Features synth punk laptop good times. Simo & only other band member, his laptop, dance, scream and yelp about like the love child of Kathleen Hanna & James Chance.

TEN THOUSAND FREE MEN & THEIR FAMILIES! Plays this event because there is nobody else to play it in Sydney at the moment. Kinda sad that he has to play a full set at an event he org’d. What a wanker. Expect violence. Kicking. Something to break.Oh, and hard house renditions of popular old songs played with no more than a game boy

MICKEY GLOSS Garage punk rock psychedelic band who are very very good. Just drums, vox and guitar. Tops!

PRZEWALSKIS HORSE ON THE DECKS. spinning the classics. last week month he rocked some shit I didn’teven know about. Expect inappropriate use of loop functions andprobably some kaos pad action, f**k up the tracks you worked long and hard to make sound good.

BACK ROOM OF THE CLUB, WHERE ALL THE BADASS shit IS AT. FOR VERY LITTLE MONEY.
8pm!

www.myspace.com/emergencyemergencymusic
www.myspace.com/pregnantwithawesomeness
www.myspace.com/mickeygloss
www.myspace.com/10kfreemen

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fri 15

Host: GOODGOD
Type: Party – Club Party
Location: LA CAMPANA SPANISH NITE SPOT
Street: 55 LIVERPOOL ST (Entrance off Douglass Lane). SYDNEY CITY.
City/Town: Sydney, Australia

GOODGOD SMALL CLUB returns…
A LATE NIGHT DANCETERIA THAT SPITS!
DANCE MUSIC? THIS IS DANCING MUSIC!
10PM – 6AM

OUR NOW FAMOUS DRESS CODE (for ALL to kindly observe):

BLUE JEANS & WHITE TEE
or
WHITE JEANS & BLUE TEE.

Resident DJs SPRUCE LEE, HANA SHIMADA & JIMMY SING are bringing it to the wee hours, with…

SPECIAL LIVE PA by Sydney’s Ethiopian extra-extraordinary R’n’B queen…
OPI !
ON STAGE AT 1 AM

$5 ENTRY or $10 WITHOUT MEMBERSHIP

GOODGOD MEMBERSHIPS AVAILABLE ON THE DOOR
HEAPSA CHEAPS drinks before the gong of 12!

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sat 16

Mgtvle, 44 Fitzroy St, Marrickville
8pm $?

Realized (Japan),Dad They Broke Me, Inappropriate Tough Guy Behaviour + more tbc

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sat 16

Repressed Records, 356 King Street Newtown. 3.30pm. FREE!

“Repressed Records first in-store gig will be Saturday August 16th at 3:30 with South Australian lo-fi pop noise trio Hit the Jackpot. It’s free and they will also be launching their new album *Soul Money Gang Vibe* the Sunday night at the Spectrum with Naked On the Vague and Circle Pit. We thought we’d jump on the bandwagon and use it as a grand opening of sorts. Celery and carrot sticks provided.”

http://www.myspace.com/hitthejackpot

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sat 16

Louie’s, 34 Murray St. marrickville
$10 7pm

Paisley Palace
The Dolly Rocker Movement
The Laurels
Straight Arrows
Pee Wee

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sun 17

Host:         amelia and nic
Type: Party – Barbecue
Date: Sunday, August 17, 2008
Time: 1:00pm – 5:00pm
Location: meeting at our house, but walking to the park

Street: 5 Kirk St
City/Town: Ultimo, Australia

bed wetting bad boys + more

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What’s Cool and Unusual – 6th August 2008

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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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What’s Cool and Unusual – 30th July 2008

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wed 30

consolador de dos caras
la campana, 53-55 liverpool st, sydney
8pm $5

KRYSTOFFKRVSTOFFISTON – Also drawing some degree of inspiration from the black stream (though concerned more with depressive ambience over hammering repetition), duo Kkriskristoffiston are just as likely to disgust BM purists. From dehidrated northcote dusty lungs full of grief and god’s wrath splutter forth omnipitant pain and anguish. coroading twin neck guitar and organ acompany these death throughs only barely riseing from collapsing in heat stroke, this is mottled Southern Hemisphree Black & White Metal!!!! other projects ST John’s Ambience, MOFFARFARRAH, Collapsed Toilet Vietnam, WhiteHorse, MofHoRah, Malakat, Slotholith, 1/16th headed, Dumb Crystals, Paeces, MFFRvsBNS, EOH,Kimberly, Bohemian Knights, Alley oops (ex-Slam Dunk!) and Half man Half Moffafarrah -Also drawing some
degree of inspiration from the black stream (though concerned more with depressive ambience over hammering repetition), duo Kkriskristoffiston are just as likely to disgust BM purists. From dehidrated northcote dusty lungs full of grief and god’s wrath splutter forth omnipitant pain and anguish. coroading twin neck guitar and organ acompany these death throughs only barely riseing from collapsing in heat stroke, this is mottled Southern Hemisphree Black & White Metal!!!! other projects ST John’s Ambience, MOFFARFARRAH, Collapsed Toilet Vietnam, WhiteHorse, MofHoRah, Malakat, Slotholith, 1/16th headed, Dumb Crystals, Paeces, MFFRvsBNS, EOH,Kimberly, Bohemian Knights, Alley oops (ex-Slam Dunk!) and Half man Half Moffafarrah

FAMILY JEWELS – A one man power electronics boogie band. Nic Warnock of Circle Pit and Onani playing analogue synthesizer, cassette four track loops and delayed/distorted vocals. Influence from his limited knowledge of early electronic music, Royal Trux, DJ Screw, Whitehouse and Alan Vega.

PEE WEE. – Killer garage/surf tinged punk rock featuring members of Straight Arrows and Dead Farmers. For fans of  the Ramones, pizza, partying, practical jokes, getting wild, Dead Farmers and Straight Arrows.

if you want to sell something, bring it along to the DIY markets and set up on a table.

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wed 30

Date:        Wednesday, July 30, 2008
Time:        7:00pm – 10:00pm
Location:          SYDNEY / Jimmy Sing’s Record Stand
Street:            302 Cleveland St. Surry Hills.
City/Town:City of Sydney, Australia

Come learn why wrestling is THE great artform of the 21st century while watching some of the most spectacular matches of recent years with Sydney’s greatest Pro-Wrestling expert, SHANE McGRATH.

Between the steroids and painkiller abuse, shitty working conditions, combat-zone mortality rate, and badly-acted, badly-written storylines, pro-wrestling may be literally the worst industry in the
world.

But that doesn’t mean it isn’t awesome!

From corporate arena spectacle to low-budget shows in high-school gyms, this is a night not to be missed. Oh my God, not the Death Valley Driver onto the ladder!

This one’s going to be a slobberknocker, folks.

****** !!! ****** !!! ****** !!! ****** !!! ****** !!! ****** !!! ****** !!! ******

NB! LIMITED SPACES AVAILABLE, PLEASE MAKE SURE TO SECURE YOUR PLACE BY EMAILING goodgodsmallclub@gmail.com

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fri 1

mgtvle
44 fitzroy st, marrickville
8pm $?

the focus, the diamond sea, hee haw, former republics

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sat 2

louie’s, 34 murray st, marrickville
8pm $8

fangs of satanic soccer moms, the thaw, hee haw, blackie (solo), the focus

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sat 2

Black Rose Movie Night: Office Space (1999) Mike Judge
@ 22 enmore rd newtown

from 5pm
entry by donation [$5 suggested]

Peter Gibbons just can’t seem to catch a break. His girlfriend is cheating on him, he has an obnoxious neighbor, and he’s completely miserable with his job as a small cog in a company called Initech.
Then he visits a hypnotherapist, who dies just after putting Peter into a state of complete bliss. Free of worrying about making a living, he no longer feels the need to keep his job,

Date:                          Saturday 2 August 2008
Time:                          17:00 – 19:00  (GMT +10:00)
Location:                      Black Rose Anarchist Books
Street:                        22 Enmore Rd
City State Postcode:                       Newtown
Phone:                         0424490792

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sun 3

akemi, great western highway, medlow bath

Coming up at Akemi on this Sunday, 3rd August is a night of quality acoustic folk, featuring two acts: Lime and Steel, and Five Leaves Left.

Lime and Steel play original songs, with harmonies sung with distinctly Australian flavour.   They also throw in generous helping of Irish influence, and a touch of bluegrass influenced banjo and some sweet mandolin picking. (myspace.com/bensong)

Five Leaves Left features singer-songwriter and fingerpicking guitarist Nick Szenkuti. They do some fine folk/blues originals and covers, with a line-up that usually includes Mary Jones on flute, Simon Watts, on fiddle, with Ian
Morrison brushing up percussive goodness. (http://www.myspace.com/szentkuti)

We plan on having a session of Irish Tunes after the gig, so bring your instruments, all you diddly-people.

It’ll be an easy-going toasty loungeroomy gig.  BYO, and Akemi folks sometimes put on a pot of stew or the like, for which you are allowed make a small donation if you feel like clocking up some good karma.

Cover on the door is $5

Feel free to forward this to all your friends

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

What’s Cool and Unusual – 23rd July 2008

~ shaun tenzenmen ~ Leave a comment

Hey from all at Dirty Shirlows, here’s an update:

Dirty Shirlows is still operating and is in no danger of being shut down. However, due to complaints from cops about so-called “dance parties” (the rumours aren’t true!) we have been forced to lie low for the next couple of months. 

At this stage we’re in limbo and can’t really tell you much more apart from the fact that we’re on a mission to make sure Shirlows survives so you can expect more Shirlows gigs at a hopefully not to distant point down the track. Also, an art gallery…..

In the meantime the space is open for other business, namley for rehearsals / meetings (a huge amount of space).. The P.A. is still wicked and noise is not an issue. Rates are competitive. Give Shirlows a buzz on 0295**** or B*** on 0402*** or email dirtys**@**mail.com

 Also we wanted to say a big thankyou to everyone who has supported the space so far by booking gigs, rehearsals, coming along, helping us out with council dramas and generally being awesome. 

Keep an eye out…. and see you soon….

fri 25

Blackrose, 22 enmore rd, newtown
6pm – 9pm donations

Spoken Words
w/ Pi O + Guests

Spoken word, poetry, readings and open mic.

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sat 26

FNB Serving
4pm
Martin Luther King mural on King st, Newtown

Regular Food Not Bombs serving has moved to the ‘I have a dream mural’
on king st. Our first serving will be this weekend! Come help FNB at
Jura books (cooking starts at 12pm-1pm) or pike out and just eat at
our serving.

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

Maintaining viable underground performance spaces in Sydney – 17th July 2008

~ shaun tenzenmen ~ Leave a comment

On Thu, Jul 17 Dirty Shirlow <dirtys***@gmail.com> wrote:

Shaun,
We had some bad news from the council last night, was wondering if you could urgently post this on the mailing list?

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Cut To Bits is looking for a new venue!!!
Can you help?
If you have a space/ warehouse / place to house this awesome gig on Saturday 19th July (i.e. this coming sat) please let us know!
Contact David : d***@****mail.com or phone 041*******

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Shaun,

Basically the council received 2 cop reports from 2 gigs which went on past midnight. The council and cops were fine with everything it seems until we went past our legal operating hours (10 am to 12 pm).

The letter wasn’t too rough and the warehouse owners live overseas so we should be ok but we have had to slow down all operations and will be applying for an arts licence or venue licence asap.

Do you have a email group for all the warehouses operating around Marrickville? I think we should be keeping everyone in the loop with council and cop struggles so that these places can remain in operation. Perhaps it is something I should start up?

I don’t really want to spread this info too far at the moment, only to people who may jeopardise their space by doing a similar thing. We don’t want that.

I’m going to sit down tonight and formulate a letter type thing to email out to this mailing list once we know more, if that’s ok with you?

Also would it be possible to grab a contact for Red Rattler? I’d like to have a chat to the grrrls about how they made thier space legal, how much it’s costing etc ect and if they were able to strike a deal with the council easliy.

Thanks for all your help!

B***

On Thu, Jul 17, shaun <kb***@**mail.com> wrote:
Hey B*** – that sucks!  Will the July 28th show still be ok (remember we’d like to finish around 10.30 for that one) or should I look for somewhere else?
For the Red Rattler contact P*** on 042***
I don’t have a separate list for warehouse spaces in the area at this stage
Hope we can work it out!
Shaun

On Thu, Jul 17 Dirty Shirlow <dirtys***@gmail.com> wrote:
Hi Shaun,

Let me talk to everyone tonight. The other issue is the number of people.

To be honest I think it will be a no but let me confirm this eve with the Shirlows. The plan is to resume gigs in Sept. Might be good to sound other spaces out (should be easy as hell for you to find somewhere else though) now but i’ll let you know tonight anyway.

Thanks for P***’s contact, might have a meeting with her when she’s next available.

On Fri, Jul 18 Dirty Shirlow <dirtys***@gmail.com> wrote:
Hi Shaun,

We can’t go ahead with that date I’m afraid. Sorry, would just be stupid under the circumstances.

I’ve got the crappy job of letting whose booked until September slowly know. First preferences for gigs past Sept go to people who we’ve had to cancel on. I’m going to finish this process and then send a Shirlow update to your mailing list and ours if that’s ok.

Also there’s a new venue for Cut to Bits:

Cnr of Lawson street and regent street Redfern.

Thanks for all your help!

B***

On Fri, Jul 18 shaun <kb***@**mail.com> wrote:
Ok no worries – I’ll see what I can do.
What’s the council’s actual beef?  Have there been noise complaints?

On Fri, Jul 18 Dirty Shirlow <dirtys***@gmail.com> wrote:
Hi Shaun,
The problem is that the police reported 2 gigs as ‘dance parties’ (utter crap) to the council., mainly concerned about us operating past midnight.

They also had a minor concern about the number of people there but I think we can account for that with ‘industry launches’ and ‘ private parties’.

No noise complaints as far as I’m aware.

Cheers,
B***

On Fri, Jul 18 shaun <kb***@**mail.com> wrote:
Hmm – and what is it they want you to do as such?  Have they threatened anything?
Looks like I can move my show to Louie’s – gets confirmed tomorrow

On Fri, Jul 18 Dirty Shirlow <dirtys***@gmail.com> wrote:
No threats just a letter stating ‘we think that you are doing this and you do not have approval to, we suggest that you apply for something else’…

11th Jul 2021 – The issues in this email were common for the DIY warehouse spaces around Marrickville at the time. It seemed to happen a lot to Dirty Shirlows unfortunately. They soldiered on, like many spaces, for a few years. The shows in these spaces brought lots of artists and fans into the area and with so many rules around entries and exits, toilets per person etc, the council and cops had any number of possibilities to get spaces shut down. It was amazing that so many lasted as long as they did. Eventually, a collective got together to purchase one of the warehouses to make a permanent space available called the Red Rattler. Those folks had to spend a small fortune for compliance but eventually, it got off the ground to provide a legitimate DIY venue in the area. They still constantly got hassled though. The Cut to Bits mentioned I’d never been to and have no memory of at all, so despite having my finger supposedly on the pulse with all things underground in Sydney, there were still lots of other ventures happening around. It was a good time for DIY music scenes in Sydney and it felt like everyone was working together to keep things going.

Before the events discussed above:

I’m uncontrollably happy, drank too much coffee and won’t be able to sleep tonight.

What’s Cool and Unusual – 14th May 2008

~ shaun tenzenmen ~ Leave a comment

wed 14

consolador de dos caras
la campana, 53-55 liverpool st, sydney

acid wagon of death
Dingo – Keys, broken interfaces and Not paying for anything
King of the world – Drums, broken drum machines, fuck off and die,
Riffman- Guitars, broken amps and Bad Credit

mickey gloss
Created through the union of two, Daniel Noort on guitar and Kurt Bugden on drums, Mickey Gloss are a 2 piece musical outfit that are simple in their mission ‘To give back to the music’. Mickey Gloss take what they have learnt from bands
past and present to create a sound that rejoices in the process of life. Think cicada chirps and whale noises that wake the dead and you come close.

aemon
currently in an improv band (this is the only way to describe it) titled The Nihil Spiritual Orchestra. The band is currently on hiatus, but this is as a result of nothing having been organised since i began my last intensive year of study at uws. Ive been lucky enough to begin B.Music Hons studying with Caleb Kelly, so ill plug the goods that that entails. My musical focus these days are in drone and glitch, and i have continued to move away from the harsh noise that i began fostering
early 2007, to try and achieve more relaxing soundscapes despite high decibel levels. My interest is in combining the now-time effect of unchanging frequency spectrums, whether they be pitched or not, and combining this with untempoed, unpulsed rhythmic attacks, inspired by ambient, noise & doom, and glitchcore and skipping cds respectively.

plus markets and djs

if you want a stall or to dj or you want to play – get in touch!

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sun 18

scene around sound sunday sessions #1
31 winbourne rd, brookvale
$6 midday ALL AGES

frank rizzo, anal discharge, meatswine, maus, snagglepuss

there was a good turnout at last weekend’s show in brookvale and these ones at scene around sound should be happening on a regular basis.

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and that is all i have this week!  i’m kinda glad in some ways – the last few weeks have been hectic and the following weeks will be too!  but if you know of anything else going on that is not generally advertised then please get in touch.
i’ll be away in june so let me know if there’s anything going on soon so i can schedule it to go out on the list whilst i’m away.

hope everyone is well

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