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What:
Cookbook
Who:
Wolfgang & Shlomo
Where:
Online through Leeloo
How much:
$48 | | A million miles away from the over done gloss of Jamie, Nigella and co., Cookbook is that rare breed: the kind of recipe book you won't feel compelled to hide behind the rice cooker when guests come over.
Divided into three courses with accompanying colour code, typeface and linocut artwork by Ned Culic, Jon Campbell and Tin & Ed, Cookbook showcases twenty-four favourite home-style recipes from local food luminaries such as Neil Perry of Rockpool. Though the brief is stretched a tad by the likes of Ben Shewry's 'Carrots cooked in earth with wild onions and clover', it's all doable, especially if you have access to a shovel and don't mind getting your hands dirty. The message here seems to be that food, much like publishing, should be approached with ambition and imagination.
It's a limited run of 250 individually numbered copies hand-printed onto thick card 'pages' thanks to an old letter press, with all profits donated to The Australian AIDS Fund. This makes Cookbook both a beautiful thing and an impeneterable fortress of goodness. By Max Olijnyk | | | | 
What:
Help Who:
The Oh Sees On:
In The Red Show:
Thu Dec 10, 8pm at The Metro Hotel with Batrider and Bitch Prefect. Giveaway:
Email win@fivethousand.com.au with the subject title 'I see, you see, we see, Thee Oh Sees' for a copy of Help and a double pass. View map | | Coming in various incarnations such as The Ohsees, OCS, or Orange County Sound - Thee Oh Sees bring the underground of the 60s - tinged with 50s rockabilly - and venture on occasional excursions into a little country called 'spazzed out noise land'. The aesthetic is visceral garage rock and roll. It's fun and dirty at the same time, without any semblance of bullshit or pretension of profundity. At the same time, Thee Oh Sees are not just another lo-fi band but are a room full of sweaty people, gyrating and shaking vigorously. Fun and dirty. Pushy grooves, echoes, yelps and hooks pop out via glowing hot red tubes that occasionally reach out to touch the more self-indulgent, acid effected shimmer haze era to which the band dutifully pays homage. The dueling vocals of Dwyer and Brigid Dawson marry and juxtapose symbiotically. A little like a salad with exactly the right blend of textures. So tasty. By Dan Gladys | | | | | | 
What:
Boatshed Markets Where:
230 Flinders Street, opposite the German Club. When:
Sat & Sun, 9am - 4pm View map | | Why there's a gargantuan boatshed in the middle of the Adelaide CBD is cause for confusion; particularly as there are no significant bodies of water in the immediate vicinity. The Torrens? Not much more than Pop Eye can fit in there and even he gets stuck. So I can only assume this is why the Flinders Street boatshed has been put to good use as the venue for one of Adelaide's most eclectic weekend fancy fairs. Grizzly stallholders and general squalor aside, the Boatshed Markets are home to some truly wonderful wares. On any given weekend between 9amish and 4pmish, CWA-style jams and potted plants can be got for only a tuppence . You know you like jam. A good rifle through the vast array of cardboard boxes up the back is likely to produce some genuinely spectacular finds. I once bought an adorable Staffordshire Terrier figure for $5 only to see it valued on that incredible piece of television, Antiques Roadshow, at $300. Other drawcards include the weekly sausage sizzle and a stallholder named Percy who is generally blathering drunk. But no boats, sorry. By Emily Tichy | | | | 
What:
Abstract Landscape Paintings, Shota Karahawa Where:
Max Dawn Gallery, 47 Phillips St Thebarton When:
Opens Sat Dec 5, 7pm
Runs until Dec 19th How much:
Free Contact:
maxdawngallery@gmail.com View map | | Kawahara's artist statement on the Max Dawn blog includes the words ‘unconscious' and ‘visualising'. Now excuse me if I'm grossly oversimplifying someone's life work for the sake of a fashionable drug reference. But you know what those words mean? PSYCHEDELICA. Trippy shit.
Sure enough Kawahara's work consists of luridly bright colours, flower power influences and patterns. Post-modern psychedelia. However his paintings are the product of travel and residences through Australia, New Zealand and Samoa. As he puts it, art is a means of ‘visualising ones philosophy'.
Kawahara's personal vision should fit in fine at Max Dawn, who in their brief but busy life as Thebarton's home of contemporary art, have shown a tendency towards showing sophisticated and eccentric artists. They even showed the DJ from Sugar - Driller. You know, the one who always plays "Ride the White Horse"..... By Chloe Langford | | | | | | 
What:
Where The Wild Things Are Where:
In cinemas from Dec 3 Watch Trailer:
Here | | Well, the hipster event of the year is finally here. In turning Maurice Sendak's 338-word evocation of childhood rage into a 101-minute movie, have Spike Jonze and Dave Eggers done justice to the memories of Generation Coolsie? Well, yes and no. Max Records is just brilliant as Max. He's sparky and articulate, but not in a creepily precocious, Haley Joel Osment way. He may be smart and resourceful, but you never forget he's just a little kid who cries, tantrums and gets scared. I felt the only false note was when Eggers put the line, "Woman, feed me!" in his mouth. The Wild Things' voice and body acting meshes impressively; they seem so real, and Jonze has used ambient light evocatively to make them look at home in their environment. The movie is beautifully shot. But it really annoyed me that Eggers made Max's real-life worries dog him in his own imagination - and gave him even more problems to cope with. As king, Max becomes an HR manager mediating in the Wild Things' interpersonal dramas. In Sendak's book, Max leaves when he realises non-stop rumpusing gets boring; here, he leaves because he just can't hack the stress any more. By Mel Campbell | | | | 
What:
BYO Coffee Cup
Who:
hookturn industries
Where:
Online here
How much:
$10.95 or thereabouts | | How many buyers would purchase expensive surgical enhancements to their bone covers if the result looked like someone slid massive Twisties under their skin? A few outsiders, sure. The Ignatius J. Reillys of makeovers. But the market would be limited. Most people want fake to look real, with benefits.
The same goes for another extension to your body - your coffee cup. Reusable coffee cups already established here look like the industrial design equivalents of a packed lunch. Who wants to start every morning looking like their mum is trailing them at a discreet distance, wet wipe at the ready?
Mercifully, the local neon minds at hookturn have created a silicon clone of the humble coffee cup. Only standard colours are available, preventing aqua and lime blunders. And while you're steppin' out pretty with your lighter carbon footprint, notice the pleasing bouncy attribute of your new possession. Rebound it off the head of a stranger. Evade them by dashing around several corners, then pause and ponder the state of the world. Chaplin would be proud. By Sean Wilson | | | | | | 
What:
K-Box Karaoke Bar Where:
84 Hindley St, City How Much:
$6 per hour Contact:
08 8211 6222 View map | | Do you consider yourself handy? Like a bit of DIY? - There's nothing more DIY than massacring Mariah Carey YOURSELF - But also like a bit of a party? Then you better load up the Datsun with friends and head to K-Box Karaoke. With the ultimately uncontrollable megamix at your fingertips, beer available by the carton and spirits by the bottle, what more does one need for a DIY Party time? Some singing skills might help, maybe even a deep understanding of complex Karaoke machines, too. The private rooms at K-Box are lined with black leather couches and come with multiple microphones for drunkenly warbled duets. Room hire is available by the hour, just like all the finest Hindley St establishments. With so many self-named DIY experts these days it's time to give them a run for their money and make your own party. A DIY Karaoke Super Happy Fun Time Party. By Miranda Riley | | | | 
What:
Renew Adelaide Where:
The Streets When:
Join the Facebook group now. | | I'm pretty sure Marcus Westbury thinks I'm a dick. I was at a conference in Westbury's hometown of Newcastle a couple months ago, and there was a sort of miscommunication at a panel discussion thing, and now he thinks I'm a dick. Later on I knocked over a lamp and Westbury had to unplug it because I'd turned it into a "fire hazard". FML. The reason I care about what Westbury thinks of me is because he's pretty much a DIY saint - blessed is He among emerging artists and blessed is the fruit of His loins, Renew Newcastle. In a nutshell, Renew Newcastle is a scheme that allows landlords to sign kid-sized "micro-leases" without fear of losing money through capital gains tax and various other grown-up things that we needn't worry about here. Suffice to say, the scheme has allowed dozens of hair-brained teahouses shop fronts, galleries and rehearsal spaces to bloom all over what had long ago devolved into a fallow, postindustrial ghost town. Renew Adelaide anyone? Local impresarios Brigid Noone and Ianto Ware are now working on applying Westbury's template to Adelaide's derelict spaces. Keep tabs on them, and keep your own eyes peeled for boarded-up shops. By Stan Mahoney | | | | | | What:
Radio Adelaide's Annual CD, Record and Book Sale Where:
228 North Tce, City When:
Fri Dec 4, 10am - 4pm How much:
5 cents plus. | | Anytime there's a record and book fair, there's always a chance that there is going to be mile upon mile of Bacharach, Kamahl, and Tchaikovsky compilations. Such an awful thought isn't it. Just like escaping hell it's pretty hard to escape the rotation of "what's new pussycat whoo-ahh-oooh-aahhh" in your head or maybe you'll just sulk around flicking through sleeves thinking to yourself, "why are people so unkind?". Radio Adelaide likes to provide a little something different and with hope, no one's going to Bacharach's inferno this time. | | | | What:
Crayon Fields CD Launch + Bing Goes to Monaco + Hit The Jackpot Where:
The Metro Hotel, 46 Grote St, City When:
Sat Dec 5, 8pm | | Seems like The Metro Hotel is in every single issue of Five Thousand doesn't it? So let's just get things straight through a little disclaimer. a) We are not The Metro Hotel. b) We do not work there. c) We are not being bribed. d) We probably attend it around 1.2 times per week, nothing crazy. So it's as simple as this. The Metro books good good bands. This Saturday Melbourne's Crayon Fields launch 'All The Pleasures', with Bing Goes to Monaco and Hit The Jackpot. | | | | What:
Killer Bees, new works by Benzo Where:
B# Records, 240 Rundle St, City When:
Wed Dec 9, 6pm-9pm How much:
Free | | Must be pretty tough being a struggling artist. Barely eating, living out of a bag and sleeping on other peoples floors. Stuff like international travel seems such a world away. NOT for this mysterious man who goes by the name Benzo. Check out this piece in Lyon by Benzo and Nelio. Really nice. Adelaide's busy man Benzo has designed the latest of B# Records' artist series tees and also has been busy with some new illustrations. All on graph paper. | | | | 
Men so often get forgotten in the accessories department. The vibe's pretty much "You've got pockets don't you? Functional ones? Well shoosh up and be a man then. Surely you can make do with a money clip." But we say even the manliest of men deserves fine leather. Fine leather in a generous selection of colours, hand made if you will. So do Cheddar Pocket, whose lovely (but very manly) wallets are designed to get better with age and weather beautifully as time passes. They're also releasing a selection of (staunchly masculine) belts and bags soon, so you'll have an alternative to your loop of string and tool kit. Right now though, we have two Daryl wallets to give away! To enter, just answer the following question. | | This week's question: Real men a) like steak b) wash their hair with sheds c) never say sorry d) have real wallets To be in the running send your answer AND postal address to win@fivethousand.com.au, winners will be notified by email. Subscriber only entry. Not a subscriber? It's free you willies! Sign up here www.fivethousand.com.au. | | | | FiveThousand is a weekly snapshot of Adelaide's subculture, fired by email into the loving arms of people who realise that the best things in life are often hard to find. It is compiled by an amorphous gaggle of writers, stylists, designers and photographers who all like huddling under that big umbrella we call creativity. Without editorial independence FiveThousand has nothing. All editorial you read is featured because it's worth it - not because it's paid for. ADVERTISING PARTNERSHIPS
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