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Wednesday 16th January

Like that kid in the front row of vegie maths, there are people all around you who are reaching for the stars. They may not be better looking than you, but they do stuff better. Like the guy with a brass band in his book shop, the pioneer who has documented 16,000 ants on waterproof paper, the people who can ride their bikes downhill with no hands, the dudes who spent four years making a documentary.

Don’t get mad. When you live life bending chair legs in the back row, you can’t expect the front row to put you on their doorlist.

ThreeThousand 138 - go go the front row

 

 

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What:
Let the Blind Lead Those Who Can See But Cannot Feel

Who:
Atlas Sound

On:
Kranky Records

When:
Released Feb 19

Related links:
Deerhunter / Atlas Sound blog
Atlas Sound hype at Quiet Noise

 

Everybody likes to think of Bradford Cox - frontman of last year's best buzz-band, Deerhunter - as a freak, anorexic Perry Farrell-lookalike. "True queer art punk", twenty-something virgin and major mover in America's now-music underground; it's an image Cox encourages and lives to the full - giving sensationalist interviews and posting numerous songs, sometimes EPs, overnight on his super-popular blog.

If this profile has threatened to peg-hole Cox as simply infantile, all's set to change next month when Kranky release his debut as Atlas Sound, Let the Blind Lead Those Who Can See But Cannot Feel.

Enigmatic, overwhelming and joyously melodic, it's a record that mesmerises with the repetitive beat of Cox's filtered subjectivity. His tone is confessional throughout, his voice seductively encouraging a certain trust which is then complicated by sheets of emotionally-shredding sounds. Extremely elusive, with a lot of what is heard so distant that a single effect is hard to grasp, songs like 'River Card' and 'Quarantined' have childishly simple lyrics and arrangements that are extraordinarily delivered.

Guitars, bass and drum-set flicker through soft electronics and nameless percussion, with Cox's ethereal vocal drawing everything out in a dry-ice epiphany.

By Mark Gomes

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goods

What:
Rite in the Rain all-weather notebooks

Where:
James Cameron, 18 Oliver La, Melbourne

How much:
From $22

Contact:
9662 2506
 

Notebooks used by Van Gogh, Picasso, Hemingway and Chatwin are gaye with an e. Now everyone has the notebook used by the founder of antweb.org.

“I am an ant collector. I travel the world in search of new species. My motto ‘Map an Ant, Save a Plant’ reflects the importance of including these small insects in conservation planning. Ants are the glue that holds the forest together.”

Word. Such notebooks, made by Rite in the Rain in various sizes and bindings, using all-weather writing paper, are now stocked at James Cameron.

The All-Weather Field Book (No. 980T) also contains useful references such as ‘Tactical Mission Graphics’ (for synchronization matrixes and manuever sketches), ‘Friendly Unit Symbols’ (infantry, artillery, air defence etc), ‘US Army Troop-Leading Procedures’ with handy tick boxes (receive mission, issue warning order, conduct reconnaissance, etc), a list of Mortar / Artillery Capabilities, guidelines for the preparation of an attack ‘Range Card’ (may be used for all types of direct fire weapons), and a ruler.

By Penny Modra

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read

What:
E.W. Cole: Chasing the Rainbow, by Lisa Lang

Where:
Foyer at the State Library, 328 Swanston St
Readings, 309 Lygon St, Carlton
Online at Arcade Publications

How much:
RRP $14.95

 

Edward Cole, creator of Cole’s Funny Picture Book, was not a conventional Victorian fellow. An entrepreneur and idealist, he took it upon himself to spread love and rhetoric to all who might pass through the doors of his Bourke Street Book Arcade. In line with its proprietor’s progressive attitude to living, Cole’s was several floors worth of whimsy and readables, complemented by an in-house brass band, a hall of mirrors, a tea salon and reading chairs that would put the modern-day book barn to shame.

Fond of a good pet monkey and of racial equality, E.W. Cole’s legacy has now been immortalised by Arcade Publications in mini-book form. Find out more about the man who patented the rainbow and married a woman he met in the classifieds (who very much enjoyed wearing rainbow-shaped brooches), here.

By Kirsten Law


Win:
We have one li'l copy to give away! To enter, email win@threethousand.com.au with the subject line 'patent the rainbow'

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look

What:
MASH SF – Australian Premiere
Presented by PAM and supported by ThreeThousand

Where:
Rooftop Cinema, Lvl 7, 252 Swanston St

When:
Sun Jan 20, 7pm

How much:
$15 / $18 here (warning, probable sell-out)

 

Past. Present. Future.

As a myriad reflection of track heritage and contemporary style MASH SF rider James Newman also believes that riding fixed can “make you look into the future. Since you can’t stop as fast, you have to plan ahead”.

Cavalier or clairvoyant, MASH SF – a film by Gabe Morford and Mike Martin, watch the trailer here – creates the sense that this elite group of San Franciscan riders navigate using the palms and not the backs of their hands.

By Chris Barton


Win:
We have a double pass to give away. To enter email win@threethousand.com.au with the subject line 'ESP beats GPS'

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watch

What:
Juno

When:
Opening January 17

Where:
Kino Dendy
Cinema Nova
And yeah, even Hoyts:

Watch the trailer:
Here

Win:
We have one double pass, valid for the season, to give away. To enter, email win@threethousand.com.au with the subject line 'terrifying charisma'

 

Ellen Page's role as 16-year-old mother-to-be Juno MacGuff guarantees that every vaguely alternative boy in the western world is now in love with her, and critics everywhere seem equally powerless to resist Juno's quirky assault.

(Her frankly terrifying charisma is also helped by the fact her romantic interest is played by Arrested Development's Michael Cera. Remember: Impossible Is The Opposite Of Possible.)

Juno is written by the awesomely-named Diablo Cody, whose script crackles with whip-fast pop-culture rhythms that make the dialogue a joy. However, when Juno mentions that after listening to Iggy and the Stooges all other music sounds a little "precious," she accidentally provides the perfect word to describe how there's maybe something too easy, too calculated, in the film's name-dropping of McSweeneys and Thundercats for cultural cred.

Juno is so big-hearted, well-acted, and damn enjoyable that it gets a free pass on any major criticisms. Still, don't you think it's time for a pro-choice comedy? Picture it: the protagonist has an abortion in the first ten minutes; she goes on to have various, unrelated highjinks; the abortion is never mentioned again…

By Martyn Pedler

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shop

What:
Order & Progress

Where:

Here

When:
24 hours!

Contact:
9654 132 or online@orderandprogress.com.au

 

Online shopping: for or against? I, personally, am for. Insert this into your vocabulary: “Ooooh”, “Aahhh”, then “Add to cart”. What’s not to love?

Welcome to Order & Progress, the latest in a line of real world shops to open a digital gateway. The ladies behind O&P, Cath and Katrina, are now allowing both ladies and gents to look amazing with a simple click of a button. This means an end to walking around aimlessly in the hope of finding something cherry, before spiraling into depression and a subsequent ‘impulse’ spree.

Are you excited yet? Key words in the last paragraph were:
- Shopping
- Amazing
- Gents (a charming, exclusive men’s range including Blank, Scottish label Folk and the goodie favorite Mike and Chris)
- Button (the link that may change your life)

And there’s plenty for the ladies too. Labels such as exquisite Brazilian Maria Bonita Extra, the once Lanvin collaborator, jewelry designer Sabrina Dehoff and of course the fun-loving bubblegum-smelling, jellybean-believer Melissa!

By Natalie Nikitovic

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stray

What:
The Super8 Diaries

Where:
47 Coppin St, Richmond

When:
Sat Jan 19, doors 1pm

How much:
$12 at the door. All ages, so bring your Gran

Win:
We have two copies of The Super8 Diaries documentary to give away. Just email win@threethousand.com.au with subject line 'I’m only entering this competition because I fear threats from ThreeThousand'

 

Take a deep breath and reminisce the mass of muddy punters sweating out their day's worth of beer. Remember the good times?

Last year the Trainwreck 20/20 people threw a fundraiser event for their four-year-long project, The Super8 Diaries. A documentary about fall-to-your-knees-and-praise-worthy Australian bands shot on the kind of Super8 cameras film nerds sell their bikes at Cash Converters over.

This Saturday, they will be throwing another party celebrating the launch of the documentary in a big old warehouse in Richmond. From 1pm you can tuck into sausages in bread (possibly the greatest meal known to mankind) and listen to bands until midnight – or at least until you develop tinnitus. Bands bringing the ruckus are Baseball, Made for Chickens By Robots, Tucker Bs, Ladybird, Eucalypt, Aleks and the Ramps, Charge Group, Chris Cobilis, Majorca, Touch Typist, The Thaw and Ooga Boogas.

Excerpts from the documentary will screen at 9pm and if you arrive late or leave early, we will never, ever forgive you. We know where you live. Well, we know your email addresses and we’re not afraid to send you pictures of ourselves. Got it?

By Isabel Dunstan

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eatdrink

What:
Atticus Finch

Where:
129 Lygon St, East Brunswick (kind of opposite the Alderman)

When:
Wed-Thurs 5-11pm, Fri 5pm-1am, Sat 2pm-1am, Sun 2-10pm

Contact:
9387 0188

 

The lovable crew behind the boutique wine store Black Hearts & Sparrows Wine Purveyors on Punt Road, Windsor, have been doing the wine game proud for years, sating the most demanding of palates.

Now, at the vanguard of Lygon Street’s increasingly gentrified lower stretch, they’re not only upgrading a spanking new shop, they’ve also revamped its neighbouring, former goth-rock den into the top notch bar, Atticus Finch.

Aptly monikered – being named after the fatherly hero in To Kill A Mockingbird – its aesthetic is bookish, kind of courtroom-like. (But there’s no jury, except your peers and the following morning people!)

In fact, it’s so in keeping with said literary classic’s subtle elegance, and so replete with hot ticket wine labels, summer’s favourite new elixir (glorious cider), cold beer and even cooler tunes, it’s sure to rate as highly among Melbourne’s epicural elite as the novel does the Pulitzer Prize list.

By Josh Gardiner

Out
What:
For Better or Purse #2

Where:
Lady, Shp 8 Kings Arcade, 974-978 High St, Armadale

When:
Thurs Jan 17, 6.30pm

How much:
$7 and eight of your past loves. Booking ESSENTIAL, contact
/external.html?link=mailto:forbetterorpurse@hotmail.com
  Description:
Clearing the cobwebs off old treasures can be the kind of nostalgic episode that only a bath, wine and Lou Reed crooning out of tinny speakers can aide. This week, For Better or Purse is back to help make giving up past loves a little easier. Pack your suitcase with eight items of clothing and travel over to Lady where you can refresh your sad case for a new one. There will be champagne, cupcakes and a genius clothes category system to make the handover a little sweeter. Plus it’s for charity! Fifty percent of the funds raised go to the International Women's Development Agency.
What:
Gay Gay Straight

Where:

Shit Town, Caledonian La (next to St Jeromes), Melbourne

When:

Every Thursday, doors 9pm

How much:
Free
  Description:
This party has no dress code, door charge, frills or fuss. But, while it may be lacking some tried queer-party ingredients, it is sufficiently trashy and thrashy. Indeed, according to a reliable source, it’s a “Mid-'90s halcyon Berlin bunker style party.” The night is called Gay Gay Straight (which the aforementioned reliable source says is a true representation of the gay to straight attendance ratio). Regular DJs fuelling the fun include the man-tastic Mark Patrick, Gay Gay Straight, Shags and Fierce Brosnan. And dear God, kudos to Fierce, where have you and your awesome DJ name been all our lives?
What:
The National

Where:
The Corner Hotel, 57 Swan St, Richmond

When:

Fri Jan 18 (supported by Ned Collette and Deloris)
Sat Jan 19 (supported by Ned Collette and Gaslight Radio)

How much:
$35 + BF, but it’s SOLD OUT!

Win:
But DON’T WORRY, thanks to Remote Control, we have a double pass to the Saturday show to give away. To enter email win@threethousand.com.au with the subject line ‘the best kind of nerd’. Include your address, we will send Express Post on Thursday.
  Description:
Sure, The National are Brooklyn nerds, but what better kind of nerd is there? And this is their first Australian tour. The music is pop, but it’s layered with brass, woodwinds, backing vocals, strings and organs. So obsessed are Melbourne’s music mafia with this band that both shows sold out pretty much straight away. (Mental note: if you want a job writing for music press, a) dude, seriously? b) good chance right here to stalk editors at the bar – even Lester Bangs would leave his bedroom for this show.)
What:
Kes and Yuko Kono

When:

Sat Jan 19, doors 9pm

Where:
Hells Kitchen, Lvl 1, 20 Centre Pl, Melbourne

How much:
$5
  Description:
Scrounge behind your sofa for five bucks and take your findings to Hells this Saturday. Instead of spending all your coin on sour warheads and fizzers, spend it at Hells where Yuko Kono of Tokyo-based psychedelic folk group, My Pal Foot Foot, picks you out a mixed-bag of multi-instrumentalism. Supported by everyone’s man of the moment, Guy Blackman, Yuko will give you the perfect soundtrack for sucking on longnecks.
What:
Badlands – Marcus Keating and friends

Where:
69 Smith Street Gallery, 69 Smith St, Collingwood

When:
Launching Tues Jan 22, 6-8pm
Exhibition runs until Feb 10

How much:
Free
  Description:
This exhibition is billed ‘part teenage regression and part late twentysomething optimistic belief system'. Marcus Keating is headlining it, but don’t miss works by Tristan Jalleh, Clinton Hayden, Cara Jones and Michael Brady as well. Brady’s show, in Room 2, is called My Pop Life 88-89 and involves him re-creating his bedroom from 1989. Build up your Debbie Harry fever by visiting his My Pop Life blog time warp.
What:
Hot Little Hands and Sly Hats, at the Welcome Stranger Theatre fundraiser

Where:
Gertrudes Brown Couch, Lvl 1, 30 Gertrude St, Fitzroy

When:
NEXT WEEK - Wed Jan 23

How much:

$8 on the door
  Description:
The multi-talented Raph Hammond from Hot Little Hands isn’t just a Hammond player with Hammond for a last name. Oh no. He’s also an actor. And his theatre company, Welcome Stranger, are putting on a new show. This gig is the fundraiser and, aside from that, what an awesome Wednesday night lineup. Hot Little Hands and Sly Hats on the one bill. Eight dollars is obviously too cheap, round it up to ten and buy Raph a beer as well.
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Whatever happened to Sarsaparilla? It was a darn fine drink (or so we're told), which unfortunately died out that same time as a public Charleston or Yosemite Sam. Until now. Bim Kenesis's latest line 'The Sarsaparilla Gang' slips a swig of hooch into your swagger. With smoking grey dresses, swinging high shorts and zingy frills, the Perth label is bringing '30s sass back at Holly Golightly and YTBA. We have one Best at Being Bad skirt valued at $240 to give away, just answer the following question.

 


This week's question:
Yosemite Sam did NOT go by the alias of...

a) Shanghai Sam

b) Sam Von Schamm the Hessian

c) Dangerous Sam McFoo

d) Chillicothe Sam

To be in the running send your answer, name AND postal address to win@threethousand.com.au. Winners will be notified by email.

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