The Thousands

Bat bites you once, shame on it, Bat bites you twice – shame on you. Bat bites you three times, seek medical advice, Bat bites you four times – you’re pretty much a blood suckin’ fool now.

The BATS girls have done it again, and they’re bringing on a fever. A pandemic if you will, of BATS loving teens and twenty-something year olds… and their parents. Yes, everyone loves BATS and that’s why there will be more people at their launch party this weekend, than the number of confirmed swine flu cases in Australia. At least twice the number.

Now, I have had privy to Issue Four, but I’m not going to ruin the frightening surprise for you all, but I can tell you it features the tales of road-tripping to Lismore, fear of Bindi Irwin, pants shitting crime scene shows and big-mouth mature age students. Other special bits include: who The Cobrasnake would haunt if he were a ghost, an interview with DZ, them zany horoscopes and more!

But, what’s a magazine without a launch party, and party you will to the sounds of Idle Cranes, Last Dinosaurs, Comic Sans, Teleprompter, We Were Arks and Wolfgang DJs. And, like any good magazine launch there is a visual component: a group exhibition of photographers and illustrator Ebony of the Paper People Project. This party is darling wrapped up in sausage casing.

Wear masks, BATS fever is catching.