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Friday 18th January
How long has it been raining in Brisbane? I forget. This
year it hasn’t been the usual lying on the floor, moaning
about how hot it is, wearing loose singlets and “Just getting
another beer” as an excuse to bare you body for a few blissful
moments to the icy air coming from the fridge. No this year
has been “Where’s that damn umbrella” and “Let’s get a taxi,
it’s too wet.”
Maybe at the end of this rainy period we
can all chase
the rainbow but in the meantime it looks like the rain
isn’t letting up, so you’d better get used to it. Don’t stop
your incessant scribblings, just get waterproof
paper. Party indoors.
Let your mascara
run.
If it really is too wet for poor little you,
you could always shop
online or go
to the movies.
To hell with it, get your feet
wet!
FourThousand 027 - wet wet wet
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Cover photo by Shannon Luk. If you would like to send in a
cover shot email coverphoto@fourthousand.com.au.
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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 |
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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
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What: E.W. Cole: Chasing the
Rainbow, by Lisa Lang
Where: Books of Buderim, 70 Burnett St,
Buderim Online through Arcade
Publications
How much: RRP $14.95 |
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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 Melbourne 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
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What: Rite in the Rain all-weather
notebooks
Where: here
How much: From around AUD
$22
Contact: sales@riteintherain.com |
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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 available
here.
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 fireweapons), and a ruler.
By Penny
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What: Juno
When: Opening
January 17
Where: everywhere
Watch the trailer: Here |
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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 may be
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 high
jinks; the abortion is never mentioned again…
By Martyn
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What: Order & Progress
Where: Here
When: 24
hours!
Contact: 9654 132 or online@orderandprogress.com.au
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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 spiralling 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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What: High
School Musical
Who: Harvest
Train
Where: Sydney Street
Theatre, 166 Sydney St, New
Farm
When: Launch: Thurs Jan 24,
7.30pm Runs: Thurs Jan 24 - Sat 2 Feb Opening hours: Wed
- Sat 7.30 pm, also Sat 26 Jan and Sat 2 Feb,
2pm
How much: $27/$25 concession,
tickets at the box office or book online
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Just when you thought that showtunes had no hope in the
tweens market, Disney released the TV movie High School
Musical, sparking a fan-base nearly as large as its
merchandise range. But you can’t hold capitalistic intentions
against a good theatre show. Which is why local theatre group
Harvest
Rain are putting on High School Musical down at
Sydney Street Theatre.
What begins as a random pairing
of Troy, the head high school jock, with shy geek girl
Gabriella in a New Year’s karaoke competition soon becomes a
social scene school shock! They discover they are at the same
school so the pin-up pair try out of the high school musical
together. After topping the dynamic drama duo Sharpay and Ryan
Evans for lead, the rigidity of the school hierarchy throws up
barriers to block their success. As they discover harmony in
more ways than one, they must struggle with a peer-group that
just isn’t ready for an all-singing, all-dancing, jock/geek
combo?
Pitched as a modern-day Grease,
High School Musical is something of a thematic orgy.
It’s the age old story of the struggle to be accepted why
trying to be yourself; set to a bubbly soundtrack of hits such
as 'Stick it to the Status Quo', 'Bop to the Top' and
'Breaking Free'. Pepper the mix with a bit of boy-meets-girl
and jocks-don’t-date-geeks and you’re bound to have a hit.
Right?!
All in all it comes across to us as slightly
satirical; something like an artificially sweetened John
Waters film, complete with all the camp.
By Elliott
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What:
Anise
Where: 697
Brunswick St, New
Farm
When: Mon-Wed, 5pm-midnight,
Thurs-Sat, noon-1am Contact:
3358 1558
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There is little doubt our once vibrant ghettos of Brisbane
are under attack from the gentrification bug that has taken up
residence in baby boomers’ psyche. Eateries are not immune and
barely a day goes past when another boring restaurant pops up
that more resembles the inside of an airport lounge then a
place to chillax and fill one's belly.
While the
FourThousand crew are currently involved in a jihad against
the gentrification of our Brisbane ghettos, this week we took
a break from our crusade to take a look at Anise in New Farm.
Embrace our sell-outness (sic).
From its early
conception as a freestyle wine bar, Anise still pulls the
crowds for those who believe eating out is as much about the
wine as it is about the food. It would be mean to describe
Anise as a glorified hole in the wall, but at times when the
place becomes busy you often feel like you're trapped in a
mosh-pit of thirty-something yuppies.
If you like your
food presented in an overly neat fashion and can handle being
somewhere where the clientele resembles the set of Friends
then Anise may be your cup of tea. But if its not and you find
yourself dining there anyway then FouurThousand recommends you
drink your weight in wine. It makes it all worth
while.
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What: The Cure
Goth Party
Where: The Globe
Theatre, 220 Brunswick St, Fortitude
Valley
When: Fri Jan 18, doors at
9pm
How much: $10
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All this rain in Brisbane lately has been making a lot of
people accidentally turn into Robert Smith from The Cure. The
residents of this town have been trying in vain to look after
their personal appearances, but you know, when they're getting
drenched in rain, waiting for the traffic lights on Brunswick
Street to turn green, it’s hard to keep your hair from going
wild, your lipstick from getting smudged, and your mascara
from running huge black clumps down your
cheeks.
Instead of getting all emo depressed about it
(Remember, Robert Smith was the first to tell us that 'Boys
Don't Cry') embrace it. Use your new gloomy appearances to
your advantage and head on down to The Cure Goth Party at the
Globe tonight.
The Cure have been making music for
thirty-one years, and you can expect to hear an impressive
catalogue of their hits. Watch hours and hours of The Cure
film clips in the cinema, or go nuts dancing in the foyer.
Getting bigger and sleeker and wider and brighter, we'll bite
and scratch and scream all night, let's go and throw all the
songs we know…
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What: Caribou
Where: Gallery of
Modern Art, Queensland Art Gallery, Queensland Cultural
Centre, Stanley Place, South
Bank
When: Fri Jan 18, doors
8pm
How much: $20
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Description: Dan Snaith, more commonly known as Caribou,
combined more than 670 audio samples to create his latest
album Andorra, and managed to create a near masterpiece of a
record in the process. This, his second long-player under his
reindeer-inspired moniker, is a lo-fi
electronic wonder, swelling with digital splendour, loyally
accompanied by a Band Of Horses
meets Beach Boys vocal
delivery.
Make your way to GoMA tonight, chill out and
be immersed in a wash of audio beauty. And, if you haven’t
already, check out the enigmatic Andy Warhol in
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What: Brand
Spank’d
Where: Middle Bar, Empire
Hotel, 339 Brunswick St, Fortitude
Valley
When: Fri Jan 18, doors
9pm
How much: $15
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Description: Continuing its
trend of hosting catchy-as-hell dance acts, Empire’s Brand
Spank’d night welcomes Sydney-siders Grafton Primary, purveyors of kitsch,
high-energy post-modern, spoken-word electro circa 1988. And
in this scene, the more hyphens in your band style the
better!)
As mysterious and brooding as any of their
their New South Wales counterparts’ work, Grafton Primary
affords you just as much, if not more, opportunity to let
loose. Support is in the form of Whiskey Tears, Chopshop DJs, and Steve
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What: James Murphy / Pat
Mahoney
Where: Barsoma, 22
Constance St, Fortitude
Valley
When: Sat Jan 19, doors
9pm
How much: $20
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Description: The co-founder of
DFA
Records and brain behind punk-funk-dance behemoth LCD
Soundsystem, James Murphy teams up with his fellow LCD SS
drummer Mahoney (who also, notably, is the former Les Savy Fav
skins man), to offer Barsoma punters a reason to get down and
jive away. Any of you who missed out on a Big Day Out
ticket, this is the closest thing to witnessing the energy and
power of LCD SS live, so get yer rear
ends down to the Valley and check out this non-stop disco
party. And if that isn’t enough, Julien Love, Whiskey Tears, Audio
Arrest, and Briz funk-hop whiz kid Sampology lend their (extremely able) hands
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What: Kool Keith
/ Kutmasta Kurt / Aceyalone
Where: Uber, 100
Boundary St, West End
When: Sat Jan
19, doors 9pm
How much: Free
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Description: “Did you say a
free Kool Keith gig?!” Indeed we did! A true pioneer in
stream-of-consciousness, off-kilter hip hop, Mr. Keith
Thornton lands in Australia for his Dr
Octagon performances at the Big Day
Out, but not before exhibiting his vast talent gratis to
anyone with a love of music that’s introspective, but still
fun as hell. Plus support comes from none other than Keith’s
producer extraordinaire and close companion Kutmasta Kurt,
with special guest Aceyalone – one of Los Angeles’ finest
dancehall-inspired hip hop acts – thrown in. If you dislike
rap, don’t automatically rule this event out – you may be
pleasantly surprised. |
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What: The
Night Crash / Shiver Like Timber / The Surrogate / Sounds From The Ward
Where: Fat
Louie’s, Level 1, 124 Albert St,
Brisbane
When: Sat Jan 19, doors
8pm
How much: Free
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Description: Having been off the radar for quite some time,
stripped-back noise jazz duo The Night Crash are finally back
with an LP ready to be launched in their hometown. Describing
themselves as the poor man’s
My
Disco, the band produce minimalist tunes, yet exude an
intense energy on stage. Much like supports Shiver Like Timber
and Sounds From The Ward, one might say. If you appreciate the
local alternative scene and are able to make it to the gig, we
strongly encourage you to check out this ensemble of great
local acts and gain a greater acceptance of introspective
music. |
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What: Battles / Tucker / Ponyloaf
Where: The Zoo,
711 Ann St, Fortitude
Valley
When: Tue Jan 22, doors
8pm
How much: $40
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Description: A new breed of
math-rock has been born out of an area renowned for constant
musical reinvention. New York’s Battles have had accolades and
praise lavished upon them since the release of their debut
album Mirrored, and they’ve been hailed as pioneers of a new
musical direction. Whether or not they are in fact a
revolutionary act helping to push music to its boundaries, or
just a damn great band, the night is sure to be packed with
dancing and overwhelming entertainment, especially with Tokyo
party starter Tucker providing support (and headstands), as
well as Ponyloaf doing their bit to get the crowd moving early
on in the night. Don’t miss out on this trio of innovative
artists tearing up The Zoo dance floor, each with their own
distinct flair and style that will force you to dance and sing
the night away. |
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A rainy day calls for a roof. And activities that take
place under it.
Like reading. So this week we're giving
away some reading material. To be specific - our new magazine,
called WON, made in Melbourne. Sure, you
can get it at Outpost now, but that means leaving the
house! If you win this competition, we'll post you one copy
for all the family (ie: 4 copies or thereabouts).
What
is it? Well, as we have said, there are so many things
you can do with A3 newsprint. For examples see that News
Limited rag, ANP
Quarterly and ACNE
Paper. Let's say, though, when the four horsemen of
the apocalypse finally arrive and divide us into two groups
according to what we printed on affordable stock, the makers
of WON don't intend to be rubbing shoulders with the
Herald Sun classifieds team.
WON
(rhymes with "is Don is good", not "is that my gun?") draws on
a creative team and a bunch of obsessions assembled through NowNow.
To enter, just answer the following question:
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This week's question: WON
rhymes with:
a) put it this way, son
b) is Don is good
c) Duran Duran
d) The confidence of Tupac
To be in the running send your answer, name AND postal
address to win@fourthousand.com.au. Winners will be
notified by email. |
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FourThousand is a weekly snapshot of Brisbane's
subculture(s), flung into into your inbox from a slingshot of
love, for the people who realise that the best things in life
are often hard to find. It is compiled by a gelatinous gaggle
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Editor: Elliott Bledsoe elliott@fourthousand.com.au
Assistant Editor: Malcolm George malcolm@fourthousand.com.au
Arts Editor: Hayley Ward hayley@fourthousand.com.au
Visual Editor: Shannon Luk shannon@fourthousand.com.au
Sounds Editor: Scott Mehaffey scott@fourthousand.com.au
Contributing Monkeys: Penny
Modra Nadia Saccardo Martyn Pedler Mark
Gomes Kirsten Law Natalie Nikitovic Miss
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