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What:
LAIDE issue one Where:
Get a copy at the launch: Rhino Room, Frome St, City When:
Fri Jun 11, 9pm
How much:
Free
Contact:
editor@laidemagazine.com.au | | Starting a magazine is crazy hard work. The very first thing you need is motivation. Thankfully, motivation is mostly free. Coffee is not motivation. After this motivation is attained, you need a brain, this is a genetic thing, but it's OK dumbo, what you may lack in brain power can be countered with sheer passion and work ethic. You also need to not be an asshole. If you're an asshole, no one's gonna write for you, and no one is going to believe in your grand plans. Lastly, you need some money. It makes the world go around, and in the magazine world, money gets you paper and ink in direct proportion to how much cash you have. These publishing facts make the embryonic LAIDE just a bit incredible. Creation of one young Antonia Marshall, it appears she has the requisite motivation and brains, lack of assholery, and even more amazingly, she's busting her hump with multiple jobs getting LAIDE off the ground. LAIDE is all about local music, art and lit, and issue one is a minimalist delight (sure to get a little thicker in future issues), featuring an interview with Ankle, tips and tricks with prophylactic (and regular) balloons, words by artist, writer, all round good wife Chloe Langford on Renew Adelaide, and nice spreads by local artists and photographers. Plus more. The zine-like design is lo-fi goodness, no gloss paper or lairy advertisements to be seen, tactile feel and hand stitched spines. Nice, get LAIDE. The pun flys too. By Charlie Bunn | | | |  |
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What:
Dead Rhythm
Who:
Gilbert Fawn
On:
Grave New World
MySpace:
www.myspace.com/gilbertfawn | | Call it post-rock, call it noise music, call it sonic experimentation... to me, they're always soundtracks for unmade films. Gilbert Fawn (a.k.a Matthew Aitken of Ghost of 29 Megacycles) likes his movies too; heck, he organised a backyard film festival that featured Dennis Hopper fishing. Listening to the new Fawn album Dead Rhythm, my film nerd mind went directly to Harrison Ford instead. Why? Because it's adventure music with an exotic air, particularly when the folky ‘Median' strikes, so naturally it is Temple of Doom times. Things get weird with the atmospheric loops of ‘Dead Meat', take us out of Spielberg territory. Yet the image of Harrison Ford sticks around, but this time in ‘Plane Food', it's Ford in The Mosquito Coast where he plays a freaky inventor who wants to build a giant fridge in Central America. Hardly anybody saw it. But it's just like a Werner Herzog movie, only directed by an Aussie. And Dead Rhythm can double as its brand new soundtrack. Music that is rugged, bold and a little bit madcap. By Tristan Fidler | | | |  |
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What:
MEDIA CENTRE Who:
Sam Songailo
Where:
CACSA Project Space, 14 Porter St, Parkside
When:
Opens Fri June 11, 6pm
Runs until July 18
How much:
Free
Contact:
cacsa@cacsa.org.au
Images:
Sam Songailo View map | | Sam Songailo's artist statement explains how his work is the result of ‘a series of simple systems'. I like systems. I just looked up the word ‘system' in the dictionary and it turns out one of the meanings of ‘system' is ‘the world or universe.' So there you have it - Songailo's art is about everything. I'm not just trying to be reductive though. Now I know I've only got 200 words to kill here, so I don't need to get philosophical or nuthin' but take a look at this picture. There are these beautiful sparkly lights, and they delineate the main roads and back alleys of our cities. There is some order to the system - gridded city squares and arterial highways. But it still all seems impossibly complex. Human civilisations seem to grow according to some formula outside of our control or understanding. And I *think* that is what Songailo's work is about. We've got mathematical models to explain how a plant grows but we still like to romanticise a rose. Woah, shit got real. Anyway, Sam Songailo is making this awesome installation at CACSA Project Space and the opening is Friday night dude. By Chloe Langford | | | |  |
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What:
Kitty Came Home online store
Where:
In your lounge room, baby
When:
24/7 | | Let's begin by stating the obvious. It's flipping cold outside. It's grey and chilly, blustery and rainy - all good things if you're tucked up inside next to a roaring fire, under a cosy crochet rug drinking some sort of amazing tea blend, but not so great if you're actually out in it. Y'know, shopping, or on your way to a gig, or cycling to a friend's house or whatever it is you do.
So here's an idea: don't leave the house all winter*. Stay inside and do not leave. You could, I suppose, order your groceries online, but if you're going to do it properly you should probably take a leaf out of Bear Grylls' book and cook up some stray vermin. Think of all the money you'd save! Of course, you'd need somewhere to stash this extra cash, and a Kitty Came Home wallet would be perfect for the job. Or what about a clutch? A journal? A knitted brooch? How about a little something for your gentleman friend? You're spoilt for choice, really. It's not going to solve your food problem, but a trip to the Kitty Came Home online store will help skyrocket your style, all without having to brave the wind and rain.
*FiveThousand may or may not actually advocate staying inside. We recommend a healthy balance. By Stephanie Lyall | |  | | |  |
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What:
The A-Team Where:
In cinemas from June 10 Watch Trailer:
Here Win:
Thanks to Fox, we have 4 dbls! To enter, email win@fivethousand.com.au with the subject line ‘I love it when a plan comes together' | | It's a shame The A-Team hits cinemas so soon after The Losers. Both kablooey-tastic movies feature a wisecracking, wronged elite military team trying to take down the evil insider who framed them. Both favour complex capers full of subterfuge and split-second timing. Both introduce each team member with an awesome freeze-frame. And they're both awash with casual misogyny, spectacularly failing the Bechdel test. The difference is familiarity. Resisting the temptation to parody its '80s TV origins, The A-Team instead wallows in them. Liam Neeson devours cigars as urbane, plan-loving leader Hannibal; Bradley Cooper is buff and smarmy as ladies' man Face, and Sharlto Copley the appropriately deranged pilot Howling Mad Murdock. I was most worried about how UFC fighter Quinton ‘Rampage' Jackson could shake off Mr T's fool-pitying legacy, but he plays BA Baracus as a dignified teddy bear, guileless and inarticulate. I enjoyed The A-Team's visual flair and sense of fun: action sequences are intercut with their planning sessions, and there's a wonderfully preposterous scene in which the team ‘fly' a tank. Jessica Biel tries hard to be badass, but her romantic subplot with Cooper left a nasty tokenistic taste in my mouth. By Mel Campbell | | | |  |
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What:
Dents woollen accessories Where:
Department stores How much:
Fingerless gloves $15, scarves from $25 | | No disrespect friend-who-learnt-how-to-knit-last-week, I love my new 'scarf'. All seven inches of it. But I may need some back-up when it comes to protecting my extremities from the brutal Adelaide cold. I need no nonsense scarves with a super serious website. I need gloves that have seen a thousand winters. Or maybe only two hundred and thirty three. Apparently I need Dents, no nonsense British leatherwear cum winter accessories label established in 1777 and in Australia since 1839. Just one look at their website will convince you that they're very serious. This is good. Serious people = serious gloves and scarves. However, looking at their neverending catalogues may leave you perturbed, as it's easy to get lost amongst the bridal dress gloves and handkerchiefs. I suggest dropping in to a store where all the hard work has been done for you and you may find the cream of the crop of coloured and tartan scarves, fingerless woollen and classy leather driving gloves. Brrr. By Rachel Elliot-Jones | |  | | |  |
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What:
Botanic Bar Where:
Cnr North & East Tce, City When:
Tues-Thurs, 5pm-late; Fri, 4pm-late; Sat, 2pm-late; Sun 5pm-late How Much:
$6 Pizzas!
Contact:
8227 0799, bookings@botanicbar.com.au View map | | Let's give an unenthusiastic welcome to the moment when temperatures and hemlines drop in tandem. Where the miserable gloom eagerly swallows these last measly rays of sun by 5pm. There are no impromptu barbeques on dusty sundecks littered with homemade cocktail-filled paper cups. An ubiquitous peacoat replaces the humble T-Shirt. This is it; winter has arrived. While bears and badgers retreat to rustic little dens, we human beings are in fact, spoilt for choice when it comes to creative hibernation methods. Botanic Bar for example, is an amber-lit chateau offering an impressive inventory of alcoholic beverages designed to increase body heat and encourage camaraderie. Its plush red couches, wide walls illustrated with foreign fauna and taxidermy will transport you to a world safely preserved from a Friday night frost.
But what sets this winter's nest apart from the rest is the scrumptious $6 pizza menu. Ranging from luscious Lebanese lamb, Italian sausage, truffle oil drizzled mushroom and a delectable dessert pizza (fresh cream, apple and cinnamon!), each plate is a generous feast for two and incredibly palatable. Could this be the perfect antidote to a bitter chill? Combine with a warm Red and wooly attire, hibernation is now a pleasant pastime akin to sipping on crisp beer on the beach while your skin peels from the raging sun.. uhm. Perhaps the romance of summer is a tad exaggerated after all. By Annisah Ibrahim | | | |  |
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What:
Watching the World Cup Where:
Your house or a random bar When:
All month How much:
Free! | | Do you live in the world? If you do then you have to enjoy the 'World Game'. The beautiful dream. The ladies choice. The holy grail. The spring carnival. World Cup Soccer. That's right, every 4 years people like me love to sit round and pretend we know all about soccer. But what if someone who is a real soccer nut starts talking to you and you wanna impress them? Here are some key points.
The new ball – claim you prefer the old days when it wasn't so aerodynamic and people needed skills, not a bloody physics degree to kick it.
Goalie – Any time the ball goes near our goalie shout 'Schwarzaaaaaa' and people will think you know the goalie's name.
Harry Kewell – he is the hot one.
'74 and '06 – Keep 'remembering' 1974 & 2006. The only other times we made it into the World Cup. Say things like 'ah the glory days of '74' or 'we wouldn't have let them get away with that in '06'.
And if all else fails just call someone un-Australian for some random reason and that should make it clear that you are pro-Australian. Which is the good one right? By Matt Banham | |  | | |  |
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Acid Casualty / Colossal Youth / No Action / Witches At Black Mass Where:
Clarity Records, 60 Pulteney St, City When:
Fri June 11, 9pm How Much:
Free Related Gig:
Acid Casualty (Melb) / Bitch Prefect / Fkn Tutts. The Exeter, Rundle St, City. Sat June 12, 9pm. Free | | We haven't ever really been spoilt when it comes to great record stores with in-store shows like some other cities. Big Star's basement gigs were always solid, although sporadic, and when Big Star, along with its basement, became defunct, the collective sigh was strong, but it looks to be, thankfully, short lived. Clarity is good, not just a retailer but active in the city, they know that people want more than just the opportunity of sifting through a million titles to find their discounted CD. People want good records, good books, t-shirts, and in-store gigs. Clarity is bringing it with Acid Casualty, Colossal Youth, No Action and Witches At Black Mass. - DG | | | | What:
Friends album launch Where:
The Metro Hotel, 46 Grote St, City When:
Sun June 13, 9pm How Much:
$8/$10 with CD | | It's a long weekend so you have every right to have a late Sunday. Stay inside, drink tea and eat chocolate if you will, but all you need is a coat, an umbrella, or a tarpaulin and you'll be just fine. After ripping people new ear drums around the place for a little over a year or so, Friends have an album and they want to play it to you at The Metro. This isn't any standard album launch though, Melbournites Harmony are playing, Adelaide 'supergroup' The Crying Game are doing their thing, old men Taught By Animals return, plus Dud Pills with cassettes. You can hang out to the small hours with Banham and holler at that football stuff on the tele, too. - DG | | | | What:
'ReSurface' Exhibition Where:
Magazine, Clubhouse Lane, City When:
Opens Wed June 16, 6pm
Runs until June 30 How Much:
Free | | Where have Joel VDK and Matt Stuckey been? On hiatus we hear; playing ping pong, drinking brews, colourfying bland ol' ticket machines, but most probably working hard, doing what they do, and doing it well. These guys need no introduction, they have their fingers in all kinds of pies. That's a metaphor, we hope their fingers haven't been in any pies, no matter how cold it gets the innards of a fresh pie are remarkably hot. 'ReSurface' is a return for these brothers in art, hinting at their return to the gallery space after a year away and subtly hints at the content and techniques to create these new pieces. - DG | |  | | |  |
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Track Bike: Man's best friend. No matter what breed; for the track or just getting there and back when it's just man and his machine out on the open road it's not the destination that counts, It’s the journey. Man&Machine is an independently published zine produced by Brisbane based Industrial designer Bjorn Rust. The sharply designed and lovingly finished zine is a testament to the global renaissance of Track Bike culture with a particular focus on the variety of individuals on top of the bike.
Lifting the stories beyond the stereotypes Man&Machine profiles seven different riders from sponsored rider to designer and blogger James Bailey (Yimmy Yayo), shop owner Erik Van Genderen, cafe owner, bicycle messenger, industrial designer and researcher. | | Each love story between man and his machine is a different beast. Learn of their biggest spills and greatest riding thrills. As Bjorn says "Not every rider is a hardened messenger or edgy hipster, the stories may surprise you." Man&Machine is indeed a free zine of 500 limited and numbered copies so you can try your luck at getting one online here, but Bjorn is such a good man he saved us three copies. To enter to win one just answer the following question. This week's question:
Track Bike riding is for a) hipsters b) messengers c) baristas d) shop keepers e) all of the above and more 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 | | |
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