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Friday 25th January

This issue bombed out. Dropped like a torpedo on a giant fish monster heading towards the city, wadding through the snorkelers. It's on its belly, crawling like a cockroach through the third drawer down. What a mess. This issue really is not here and now.

FourThousand 028 - getting away with it

 

 

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Cool

WATIM Issue 14
Jukebox
That starey girl
New jobs
Manila Mac
Panda dog
Longoland
Bootleg biographical comic of Patrick Swayze


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  Fool

Issues
Target crotch
That hair transplant
Steve Jobs
Maths
Lasagne Cat
Father son lockets
Patrick Swayze


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Read

What:
Torpedo

Where:
Online here

How much:
$21 for tree lovers, $20 for people who hate trees.

 

Torpedo, the first offering from independent publishing house Falcon vs. Monkey, Falcon Wins, is very pretty. And, unlike a human, it gets prettier when you look inside it. The pretty things inside Torpedo are provided by Melbourne drawing types Eirian Chapman, Pat Dalton and Tim Molloy. However, not only is Torpedo packed with glorious illustrations, it is packed with similarly luminous short fiction.

Falcon vs. Monkey's aim is a simple, yet admirable one: to support fiction writers by remaining true to a genuine love of the short story... and a genuine love of mulled wine. Because of this, Torpedo is only available for purchase through the website, where you can be confident that 50% of the cover price will go to the contributors, and where paying an extra dollar will aid replenishment of the leafy beings that give their lives that we may read. And read we must, for Torpedo marks the dawn of a new age for local fiction publishing. Bombs away.

By Kirsten Law

Win:
We have one copy to give away. To enter, email /external.html?link=mailto:@win@fourthousand.com.au with the subject line ‘the falcon may have an unfair advantage'

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Watch

What:
Cloverfield

When:
Out now

Where:
Everywhere

Watch the trailer:

Here

 

Blockbusters suffer from the tyranny of low expectations. How many times did you hear someone dismiss the gaping flaws of Transformers with “yeah, but it had giant robots fighting, so who cares?” We care,damn it. We want mass destruction with some thought behind it.

Thank Godzilla that Cloverfield is everything Transformers was not. You’ve got the gist already. A colossal monster attacks New York, all captured in shaking street-level handicam by a panicked group of friends - but this is more than just the sum of its gimmicky parts. It’s visceral, fun, frightening, and pretty much note-perfect.

Viral marketing got old fast, huh? Unlike producer JJ Abrams’ other TV work like Lost, the deluge of cryptic Cloverfield clues scattered online don’t matter in the least - except that perhaps transforming backstory into internet puzzles lets the film do away with all unnecessary information. It’s streamlined at just 90 minutes, no moment wasted, avoiding the two-and-a-half-hour blockbuster bloat.

Cloverfield
is Godzilla, Blair Witch, Saving Private Ryan, and playing Half-Life at 3am with the lights off. (It is not, however, Voltron.) Still not convinced? Stay through the credits. The rousing final overture is called “Roar!”

By Martyn Pedler

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Look

What:
Is Not Magazine

Where:
Brother Espresso, Watson's Building, 127 Margaret St, city
The Outpost Store, 5a Winn St, Fortitude Valley

When:
All the time (well actually during their opening hours)

How much:
Free to look, $20 per issue

 

If the guy sitting behind you on the train reading your magazine over the back of the seat pisses you off then Is Not Magazine is not the mag for you. Mind you, at a whopping 1.5 meters high and 2 meters wide we'd pay money to see you try to read it on the train. And with a wax coating over the paper, it won't even go mushy if you spill your coffee on it.

This aesthetically-atypical, mentally-challenging, poster-sized 'editorial experiment' is designed to be consumed standing up, preferably in groups. Navigate the articles, poetry, SMS submissions, illustrations and the crossword using the handy grid referencing down each edge. And it only uses fonts created by Underware. Street cred and Euro cred! Whoo!

You can check out Issue 10, 'The Kid is/not My Son', now wheat-papered up on the wall at Brothers Espresso's Margaret Street cafe and the driveway next to The Outpost Store in the Valley. Oh, and it has no advertising. So if you like it, buy back issues on http://www.isnotmagazine.org/.

By Elliott Bledsoe

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Hear

What:
Quick Be the Feet That Run to Mischief

Who:
Snawklor

On:
Outer

MySpace:
Here

Related links:
Nathan Gray, Dylan Martorell
Download prior Snawklor albums here

 

Rivaling, maybe surpassing, the natural world in terms of dimension and mystic order, Snawklor's work unfurls in blooms and retractions akin to living organisms. At fascinating odds to most groups' approaches to music as a tool for personal expression, this decade-running Melbourne duo seems less interested in capturing sounds than in setting them free; less in representing themselves than in re-birthing their natural environment. For this, they're 'Sound-Art' for sure... but of a spiritual and joyous kind, anathema to common sado-Modernist techniques.

Like a child learning to talk, transcendentally lost in an open loop of speaking and listening, Quick Be the Feet That Run to Mischiefis a single, forty-minute track that seems somehow, and beautifully, in communication with itself. The fifth Snawklor album proper, it finds Nathan Gray and Dylan Martorell in familiar electro-acoustic territory, live-processing countless microphoned sounds that are worked-up into swirling, high-definition arrangements.

Combining plucked strings, found percussion, trumpet, whispers, synth tones and pure electronics, Quick Be the Feet... pulses with the hidden, omniscient force of an ecology.

By Mark Gomes

Win:
Thanks to Nathan and Dylan, we have one copy of the album to give away. To enter, email win@fourthousand.com.au with the subject line 'set the sounds free'

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Goods

What:
Art as Art

Where:
Here

How much:
From $4.50

Contact:
sales@thirddrawerdown.com
9534 4088

 

As Susan Sontag posited (and Cloverfield proved through the experiment of a giant fish monster attack), most of us feel we can only experience life by photographing it. Similarly, we can only truly experience art by buying stuff in a gallery shop. Do you see a branch of the NY Museum of Modern Art in Brisbane? No dude, but who cares when there's Gallery Store Modern?

Art as Art - the latest project by Third Drawer Down - faces this simple fact by cutting out the middle man and creating artworks to be sold as souvenirs in gallery shops. Launched in December at Colette in Paris and the New Museum in New York, the range features Fountain Toilet Note Paper (in memory of Marcel Duchamp), a ‘This is not a Work of Art' rubber stamp (inspired by Marcel Broodthaers), a Temporary 15-Minute Watch (in celebration of Andy Warhol), plus quote marks sticky tape (respect, Derrida).

Actually, you don't even have to go to a gallery shop to buy them. So save the tram fare and buy online at Third Drawer Down.

By Penny Modra

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Shop

What:
Dealextreme

Where:
Here

When:
All the time

 

What's not useful about a 100-pack super mini die set? Or what about a USB Sim Card reader?

Dealextreme is a site for all the things to make your life easier that you didn't even know you needed. For example, if you are tired of holding your mobile to your ear like some sort of square, why not purchase a trendy, old-school receiver that plugs right into your mobile to wow passersby?

That's just a small sample of what is on offer from Dealextreme. Questionably-practical items at an ultra-practical price. Why not bring childhood stories to life with some magic beans (they come in brown and white). You could also exterminate pests with the digital mosquito repeller, which includes an armband, or the bug zapper tennis racket.

Dealextreme also cares about your health and well being. We have all seen the images of diseased arteries adorning cigarette packets. Well Dealextreme have taken it one step further and stock a realist lung replica ashtray, that coughs and screams, to help you kick the habit.

Some may say that the delightful treasures available are strange or useless, but those cynics clearly haven't given their threads the once over with the hand-held electrical clothes shaver. Other joys include the breast-shaped stress ball with nipple, digital buddhist jukebox and MP3 playing Sunglasses. What more could you want really?

By Stephen Gregory

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EatDrink

What:
Han Woo Ri

When:
Ask them when you get there

Where:
70 Mary St, city

Contact:
Um, yeh. Let your feet do the walking for once.

 

With Australia Day upon us this week it may seem we have a bit to celebrate (other than the end of Sam Kekovich's tirades about some nationalist eating binge involving lamb). Really though, who cares? We get a public holiday two days after the event and, for the most part, none of us knows what the freaking occasion is (and no, it's not federation).

But instead of celebrating an event from over two centuries ago, an event that would later go on to produce such political high points as the Stolen Generation and White Australia Policy, maybe we should celebrate a time more recent. What about an event from just under a year ago: namely the announcement by North Korea's Kim Jong-Il on 17 March 2007 that the country would stop their nuclear program?

How does this relate to food? Wait and you will see, for this fact allows us to segue into our main point. On the basis of one less place in the world arming themselves to the teeth with mutually destructive weapons, let's celebrate them! And we feel that the best way to do that without international travel is by eating their food. And a great new Korean restaurant right in the city is Han Woo Ri.

Sure, it has a strange name, and we aren't sure of its meaning, but the food is great. And it also offers the chance to learn Korean and Hangul with its bilingual menus.

So this Australia Day, give the forks to the nation that gave you your democratic freedom and salute the Stalinist Dictatorship that's not going to bomb you any time soon. You know it makes sense.

By Anton Crace

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Stray

What:
Australia Day Cockroach Racing

Where:
Story Bridge Hotel, 200 Main St, Kangaroo Point

When:
Sat Jan 26 (Australia Day, you fools)
Gates open 11am, first races from midday

How much:
Free to get in. Buy a roach for $5 on the day or bring your own and pay $5 roach entry fee.

 

How does one define this great sunburnt nation of ours? Do we define ourselves in clichés, like Akubra hats, backyard cricket, pink zinc on our noses, convicts, or strong hard thirsts that deserves many good cold beers? Nah. It's all about the cockroaches, mate.

Twenty-six years ago, two old blokes at the Story Bridge started arguing about whose cockroach was more robust. Zip forward to now and somehow it turned into an Australia Day celebration. Now you too can take part in the world-famous Australia Day cockroach racing at the Story Bridge Hotel, Kangaroo Point.

Racing rules are simple: all the cockroaches are put into a bucket that is then upturned in the centre of a circular track. First cockroach to cross the edge is the winner.

Things are made a little more difficult in the steeplechase events, where a circular fence (read: garden hose) is used to "enhance the spectacle and test the roach talent".

Entries are accepted on the day, so either bring your own little buggies along or buy one on the day. Oh, and don't forget to name it. But good luck trying to top the name of the 2002 winner: Osama Bin Liner.

By Miss Ward

Out

What:
I Heart Hiroshima / The Rational Academy and 15 minutes of fame talk by Thea Basiliou (Blonde Venus)

When:
Fri Jan 25, doors 5pm

Where:
Gallery of Modern Art, Queensland Art Gallery, Queensland Cultural Centre, Stanley Pl, South Brisbane

How much:
$20

 

Description:
Local indie kids gone minor superstars, I Heart Hiroshima headline this week's Andy Warhol Up Late event, ready to perform their stripped back indie rock alongside fellow Brisbanites The Rational Academy. Speaking beforehand as part of the event's "Famous For 15 Minutes" segment, Blonde Venus founder Thea Basiliou will talk about her beginnings in the industry, her rise to success and the journey along the way. Set against three free short film screenings and Andy Warhol's notorious art works, its going to be a night of diverse entertainment.

What:
The Zebras / Greg Brady And The Anchors

When:
Fri Jan 25, doors 9pm

Where:

Ric’s Bar, 321 Brunswick St (Brunswick St Mall), Fortitude Valley

How much:
Free

 

Description:
Making a welcome return to The River City’s banks, Brisbane-via-Victoria indie rock act The Zebras once again provide the Friday night entertainment at Ric’s. A twirling glimmer of infectious sun-soaked guitar pop will help conclude Australia Day eve and prepare revellers for the long weekend ahead, with both the headline and support acts providing the musical equivalent of a lazy summer’s day. A great night to just sit back, chill out, get ready for a day of patriotism and listen to some quality music at Ric’s.

What:
Josh Pyke / The Zebras

When:
Sat Jan 26, doors 8pm

Where:
Suncorp Piazza, South Bank Parklands, South Bank

How much:
Free

 

Description:
If you'd like to celebrate the birth of our nation with patriotism that doesn't involve wearing flags as capes (and assuming you haven't passed out by the time this event commences), mosey along to South Bank and watch two great Australian acts perform for free at the precinct's disappointingly underused amphitheatre. Industry darling Josh Pyke will intersperse his set with ballads ranging from upbeat songs of joy and celebration to tales of forlorn and loss, all carefully interwoven within a catchy acoustic fabric. And Brisbane expats The Zebras will showcase their summery pop anthems to an eager crowd

What:
Sounds Boutique 08

When:
Sat Jan 26, doors 12pm

Where:
The Tivoli, 52 Costin St, Fortitude Valley

How much:

$70

 

Description:
Presented by the forward-thinking Zero Hour Collective, this jamboree pools together some of the most innovative and hip beat music acts ever assembled on Australian shores and puts them all on display. Housed within The Tivoli's classical era-inspired confines, three stages, an outside gourmet barbeque, and a Moet / Hennessy lounge are all on offer to sustain the nonchalant atmosphere and keep that modish vibe alive. And with acts like Miguel Migs, Marques Wyatt, Julius Papp, Groove Diggerz, Tayo, and Micah, amongst a slew of other insanely competent performers, you know for sure this is going to be one uber-cool party. If you prefer to dance without the risk of developing sunstroke, this is the perfect opportunity to bust out and enjoy the festivities.

What:
Hear & Now Festival

When:
Sun Jan 27, doors 12pm

Where:
Riverstage, Botanic Gardens, Brisbane CBD

How much:
$65

 

Description:
First-rate Australian dance acts are the focus of this event, with Sneaky Sound System, Butterfingers, The Potbelleez, Bumblebeez, Van She, Ajax, and The Stafford Brothers all performing, plus a handful of other talented local artists, as well as the UK's very own breakbeat master Krafty Kuts for good measure. Presented by Parklife and Summafieldayze promoters, Fuzzy, this event is sure to be hawt, so we suggest that you spend the day basking in the rays, drinking with your mates and going crazy for this line-up of accomplished dance artists. With the first allocation of tickets sold out and only the final release left, you best get your tickets quick smart!

What:
Aoi / Lawrence English

When:
Wed Jan 30, doors 9pm

Where:
Ric's Bar, 321 Brunswick St (Brunswick St Mall), Fortitude Valley

How much:
Free

 

Description:
Jack of all trades, master of none artist Matthew Johnson tries his hand at an intriguing variety of electronica mixed with ambient, breaks, noise, chillcore, and a whole bunch of stuff which no one in their right mind would attempt to define. The thing is though, it works... and quite well we might add. Shifting from Twilight Zone-esque soundscapes to Ratatat vs Monster Zoku Onsomb! style ditties, Aoi breaks the mould of the current raft of electronica acts emerging on the scene. The evening will be a night filled with original, somewhat groundbreaking material as the Melbourne lad teams up with local cutting-edge genre-defying maestro Lawrence English (the guy who runs the ::ROOM40:: events), so if you're feeling experimental, Ric's will provide the perfect midweek entertainment.

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Andy Warhol has had waaaaay more than his 15 minutes in this town by now. But that hasn't necessarily cured our pop-art fever. Rather than attempting to explain our obsession with a certain ego-maniacal nightclub native with a fear of sunbeds, we've got ourselves a bunch of Andy Warhol 15-minutes-of-fame temporary watch tattoos by Third Drawer Down. This is part of their Art as Art project, which you will know about if you didn't scroll too fast. We have 10 tattoos to give away, just answer the following question...

 

This week's question:
Andy Warhol was famous for

a) fifteen minutes

b) riding into Studio 54 on a white horse

c) getting sued by Campbells

d) being named after Asteroid 6701

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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Scott Mehaffey
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Kirsten Law
Martyn Pedler
Mark Gomes
Anton Crace
Stephen Gregory
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