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What:
Howl
When:
On DVD from June 1 through Madman
Watch the trailer:
Here
Win:
Thanks to Madman, we have a DVD to give away! To enter, email us with the subject ‘I'm with you in Rockland'
Related links
Howl, by Allen Ginsberg (1926-1997) / Franco kind of looks like Ginsberg did... kind of | | Howl is the biopic of its namesake poem. Documentarians Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman (The Times of Harvey Milk; The Celluloid Closet) boldly filmed it as a drama rather than a doco, collaging their script from interviews and trial transcripts. The inventive results are exhilarating, but elliptical. Howl doesn't explain; it evokes. Allen Ginsberg (James Franco) is seen in 1955, reading Howl to a rambunctious beatnik audience, and in flashbacks to episodes from his life that informed his poem. These are interspersed with impressionistic animations in the style of Eric Drooker (who'd collaborated with Ginsberg in 1992). At times I found the animations embarrassingly literal, but they - and the jazz soundtrack - enhance the sense of creative energy that pervades the film.
Ginsberg also reflects two years later (with serious beard) on how he conceived and crafted one of the Beat generation's most mythologised works, while (David Strathairn) and defence attorney (Jon Hamm, in total Don Draper mode) duel in the sensational obscenity trial against Howl's San Francisco publisher. The courtroom scenes suffer from a Perry Mason-esque stiffness, but Franco brilliantly evokes Ginsberg's vocal tics and cadences. Fittingly so, as the film's real star is Howl's urgent, incendiary turn of phrase. By Mel Campbell | | | |  |
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What:
Crystal Theatre
Who:
Belles Will Ring
On:
Dot Dash Recordings
Win:
We have a CD to give away! To enter, email us with the subject 'white-pantsed daydreams' | | The first thing you notice about the new Belles Will Ring album is its breadth. Which is a shame, in a way; if this were their first release, you'd be struck by the great songwriting and terrific harmonizing. But that's what we've come to expect from BWR ("Belles" to those in-the-know). The unexpected here is how they have added to that...
For just under an hour, Crystal Theatre threatens to fulfil all my white-pantsed daydreams. It's a smorgasbord of '60s sounds. There's Love-like brass backed jangle pop ('Come North With Me Baby, Wow'), proto-punk surf rock ('The River'), meandering soft psych with flute ('Like A Boxer'), that sweetly eerie and endearing lead single ('Come To The Village') and even some ball-shaking reverb rock on 'Pallisade Alley' (am I wrong or does it sound like he's singing, "and it freezes your balls" here?) .
There's even a little bit of doo wop in 'The Green'. All adding up to a much less straight-forward, much more surprising ride. Get on board. By Wilfred Brandt | | | |  |
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What:
Mister Wonderful
Who:
Daniel Clowes
Where:
Metropolis Bookshop, Lvl 3, 252 Swanston St, Melbourne
When:
In stock now!
How much:
$35
Related links:
Wilfred reviews Wilson / Here's a good interview about Mister Wonderful in the Wall Street Journal | | The problem with loving Dan Clowes (and not living in America) is the interminable wait. Or so it seems. His last book-length outing, Ice Haven, came out in 2005, and then, out of the blue,Wilson in 2010, now Mister Wonderful and later this year, The Death Ray - an expanded version of his short 2004 masterpiece (yes masterpiece) originally published as a one-shot issue of Eightball. Making comics is slow work. If you think about it, even the most high-octane stuff only comes out monthly, but Clowes is always worth the wait.
He has the David Lynch touch when it comes to the everyday surreal. The violently banal strangeness of dreams that you don't realise are dreams has been the setting for some of his best work (Like a Velvet Glove Cast in Iron and David Boring in particular). And the believability of the reprehensible characters and uncomfortable situations he concocts make him one of the best storytellers in contemporary comics. So in Mister Wonderful, with 'A Love Story' on the cover under the title, you prepare yourself for a Todd Solondz kind of love story (Clowes did the poster for Happiness). But Mister Wonderful is a surprise. It really is a tender and heartfelt love story. There's still dysfunction, ennui and discomfort, and Clowes brings his formidable depiction of the real to the fore; but Mister Wonderful feels like a different direction. And all this when I would have patiently waited for just more of the same. By Stuart Geddes | | | | | |  |
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What:
Opening Ceremony at Dagmar Rousset
Where:
Dagmar Rousset, 157 Gertrude St, Fitzroy
When:
In store now!
How much:
Skirts from $295, cardigans from $360, knitted jumpers from $260, sweaters from $225, pants from $340, jackets from $590 | | On her recent trip to Colette, Julia Pound caught up with Opening Ceremony. Because she is a "peddler of the spectacular" it made sense their meeting would result in Opening Ceremony coming to her store, Dagmar Rousset. And it did. Now, there are all kinds of things in stock. And more will be arriving in September. The beads. There is a lot of beading on the brown and green skirts and cardigans. They are heavy, beautiful beads. Almost chain mail feeling and stained-glass looking. But I think these items should only be worn for special occasions. Very delicate.
Moving along, the tops. There are delicate lace shirts, beautiful striped light-knitted jumpers and cropped heavy-knitted jumpers in off-white. All of these tops are Parisian feeling. And now the pants. Oh my god the pants. There are a few types of pants and they really give guts to the collection. There are genie slash cossack-looking pants with beautiful embroidery of crosses and flowers. There are heavy pants too, in a variety of patterns. Like the ones I am wearing in this photo. And though they are quite wide, they are incredibly flattering. Honest. Dan rode by and saw them. The verdict? "Looking good." These pants! By Marissa Shirbin | | | | |
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What:
Best In Park
Where:
Online here
How much:
Bowties $15, leads from $59.95, collars from $49.95 and field coats from $55
Contact:
team@bestinpark.com
Image:
Thanks to our models Levi and Billy, pictured in their Best In Park field coats
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Levi is an extremely fancy dog. He also has a tag by Julia deVille | | Like the five stages of grief, dog ownership passes through many very subtle phases. For example, in stage two, you get to name the dog. The best piece of advice I got was to name him Donny, so you can say, "Shut the fuck up Donny," or "You're out of your element!" etc. Other suggestions included: Kraken (so when you are about to let him out, you can say, "Release the Kraken!"), Stella (at the park, in a singlet: "Stelllllllaaaa!"), and finally, Avon Barksdale. Somewhere between the 'I feel like Nicholas Cage in the film Raising Arizona Stage' and whatever this stage is there comes a very special day where you get your dog some killer outfits and accessories and try your best to go out in the world together and attempt to forge a human connection which will only end in sadness, so why are you even bothering?
At least the dog understands. Anyway, If your first instinct is to go into your local pet store and get the first Juicy Couture doggy one-piece, stop, think again, and say out loud to yourself: "This is why we can't have nice things." Fortunately for you, you can have nice things right now. Christina Teresinski, founder of Best in Park, makes a whole range of leashes, coats, collars and, most importantly, bowties, so you can go out there and extend your fragile ego in true style. Not only will these pieces guarantee that your dog ends up better dressed than you, but they're also made locally in Fitzroy. What else are you waiting for? Get out there and hurt someone. By Jeremy Wortsman | | | |  |
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What:
Urban Outfitters and ThreeThousand present Country of Origin
Where:
Dear Patti Smith, The Paterson Building, Lvl 2, 181 Smith St, Fitzroy. Afterparty at Goodtime Studios, Basement, 746 Swanston St, Carlton.
When:
Exhibition opening Fri May 20, 6-8pm. Exhibition runs until May 30. Afterparty Fri May 20, 11pm-3am at Goodtime Studios.
How much:
Exhibition free! RSVP to the afterparty by emailing rsvp@rightanglestudio.com.au. Thanks to Rekorderlig cider and Mojo Fizz | | Urban Outfitters is based in America, but this hasn't stopped them from turning many unturned stones across the globe‚ especially when it comes to photography. They intercepted Tim Barber's lens underwater and on the road, they threw a fistful of 35mm film at Viktor Vauthier in Epping Forest... not even Harmony Korine's mind is off limits.
Country of Origin is a project and resulting exhibition initiated by Urban Outfitters (and presented by us!) that represents the work of ten emerging photographers discovered on the internet, but hailing from all over the world. The photographers include Aurélien Arbet and Jérémie Egry (France), Luke Byrne and Samuel Hodge (Australia), Zhang Jungang and Li Jie (China), Ana Kras (Serbia), Charlie Engman and Rob Kulisek (USA), Hasisi Park (South Korea), Tania Shcheglova and Roman Noven (Ukraine) and ThreeThousand covershot-submitter Lukasz Wierzbowski (Poland).
We hope you can come and check it out. Andy has booked Goodtime Studios for the afterparty and Bamboo Musik will be playing records with Philadelphia's own Sammy Slice and Dave P. Look at that cardigan. Rohan better step it up.
Images:
By Zhang Jungang, Charlie Engman and Lukasz Wierzbowsk. By Us | | | | |
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What:
Soundtrack For A Revolution???
Where:???
Blow Up Cinema presents The Docs that Rocked the World #3 at The Espy, 11 The Esplanade, St Kilda???
When:???
Thurs May 19, 7pm???
How much:???
Tickets $20 +BF from here
Watch the trailer:
Here
Win:
We have 2 x dbls to give away! To enter, email us with the subject 'Turn it up' | | Startling acts of courage told a million times over. That's the substance of a civil revolution. It must have seemed impossible that one voice could overcome and displace the constant, oppressive hum of racism and hatred in 1960s America. Bigotry so interwoven into everyday society that any note discordant to the main tune was drowned out or its brave singer stomped out by nearby choristers.
And so it went. But overcome they did - as new conductors such as Martin Luther King emerged to rewrite the tune. Their songs banded people together, gave them strength and formed the rope to tug the corrupt machine of apartheid to the ground. Guttentag and Sturman's documentary brings together revelatory, rarely seen footage and talking heads to capture this frenzied time in gripping detail. Inserted slightly awkwardly in between are slickly produced, contemporary performances of some of the pivotal protest songs.
The upcoming screening at the Espy offers a chance for the thousands of people who recently misquoted Martin Luther King to make amends. Dr King's speeches are awe-inspiring. His unshakeable non-violence, dogged determination, forgiveness and love for those who would hurt him exemplifies the bravery of so many voices which eventually became a triumphant chorus. Makes me feel guilty about my stupid bike protest. By Ronan MacEwan | | | | | |  |
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Who:
Celebrity-Non-Chef #6, Catcall
What:
Puy (French) lentil soup for winter, to help you stay warm and shed the pounds
How much:
About $25 for four people | | Catherine Kelleher is one heck of a babe. She is also Catcall, an electronic pop Sydney-based music making woman and if you have not listened to her already, get a grip! 'Swimming Pool' launched last year and apart from being described as a sonic harbinger (sonic pinger has also been thrown around) it made 2010 song of the year for Mess and Noise. You can see Catherine on June 2, DJing the poop out of Good God in Sydney. A new single will be out soonish too. In the meantime, Catherine is getting all cordon bleu with us. Here is her recipe for puy (french) lentil soup.
A note from Catcall: Okay, so winter is a time when we're ALL susceptible to stackin on da pounds. The best way to try and avoid it and maybe even shed the pounds is to stick to healthy soups. This recipe for puy lentil soup will not only keep you warm, but it's also really tasty, filling and healthy. You can take it to the office the next day... read the rest here By Catcall and Marissa Shirbin | | | | |
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What:
The Buffalo Club aka RAOBGAB
Where:
22 Sutherland St, Melbourne (enter via alley)
When:
Mon-Thurs 5pm-1am, Fri 5pm-late, Sat 5pm-midnight
Membership applications:
Here View map | | Hugo Atkins was stalking around the back alleys of the city a few months ago, in search of real estate in which to establish his dream venue. Fortunately, he stopped to chat to a dapper old chap, who offered him the perfect spot for his bar and invited him into the Royal Order of the Buffalo.
The Order of the Buffalo is an ancient international club, rich with traditions, secret handshakes, and a massive ballroom sitting dormant above their Melbourne office. After Hugo and his partner Dylan Michel fitted out the place with a disco ball, booths, a low-fog smoke machine and assorted light installations, the resulting masterpiece is like a mix between a ‘60s diner, a ‘70s disco, a ‘90s rave destination and the Ninja Turtles HQ. It's that good.
With a stellar sound system, a 24-hour license and a well-stocked bar complete with their very own Ultimate beer, this place is pretty much killing it. Bands will start playing Saturday nights soon and Friday night parties already host the cream of Melbourne's intelligent DJ set. It's the dawning of a new era for the ancient Order of the Buffalo. By Max Olijnyk | | | |  |
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What:
Abbotsford Convent (spooky) Walking Tours
Where:
1 St Heliers St, Abbotsford
When:
Group tours Sundays 2pm, bookings 9415 8022 or email thecommunitystore@gmail.com
How much:
$15 for the guided tour (or free if you take yourself) View map | | When my friend was working at the Abbotsford Convent there was this one stairwell that gave her the heebie-jeebies so bad, she'd take the long way round to collect the mail. A conversation with the caretaker revealed that a girl had hanged herself in said stairwell and that it commonly gave people the creeps.
In the industrial laundries beneath the eerie Sacred Heart (formerly Magdalen Asylum) building there's the name ‘JEN' painted on the wall. After lingering in these dark places for a couple of hours, I got home to find a message in my junk folder saying: You have a message from Jen. I almost shit my pants.
For $15 you can take a guided tour around the convent on Sundays at 2pm though - as they're fending off ghost hunters to avoid the hip feel of the joint being brought down by a bunch of sweaty fat dudes with modified defibrillators - they probably won't tell you much about the spooks. You can pick up a booklet from the office, however, and take yourself on a walking tour any time you like. Linger in the South Eastern breezeway alone at dusk and then tell me I'm a pussy. By Samson McDougall | | | | | |  |
| | OPENINGS & CLOSINGS
ThreeThousand and Urban Outfitters present Country of Origin exhibition opening at Dear Patti Smith!
Carla Fletcher, Animal Human Landscape opening at Tinning Street
Dangerfork, Insert Name Here opening at Rear 126 Franklin Street
Brett Carwardine, Genitalia opening at Somewhere Gallery
Ghostpatrol, If We're Going, Then Let's Go opening at Backwoods
Dawn Tan, A Spot of Green opening at Obus city store
SALES & MARKETS
Claude Maus mid-season sale
Ilvia Community BIG 'HUGE' SALE
Willow warehouse sale
Nevenka celebration sale
North Melbourne Market! With ukuleles!
The second 'Danger' Record Fair at The Carlton
FILM
Blow Up Cinema presents The Docs that Rocked the World #3, Soundtrack For A Revolution - GIVEAWAY!
TALKS
CCP workshop, 'The art of self-promotion on the web'
Melbourne Fringe Festival information forum | | GIGS
Pearls, Angel Eyes, Emma and Alec and Matt Bailey
My Musical Collective with Francolin and Frames
Megastick Fanfare album launch with The Parking Lot Experiments and Milk Teddy
Mess + Noise Lunchbox Series #10 with Henry Wagons
RAOB All Stars: Wooshie, Simon Winkler, Electric Sea Spider
YIS, Death Valley Band and The Stiffys
The International Noise Conference, Melbourne edition
Sambrose Automobile EP launch with Revolver & Sun, Galaxy Folk and Forever Son
Tribute To Delia
Released Series #7: Lofly presents Restream, Mountain Static and aoi
PARTIES
ThreeThousand and Urban Outfitters present the Country of Origin after party at Goodtime Studios!
Dancetaria presents Desperately Seekin' Boozin
Pandoras Box V: Drag/Queer/Art Extravaganza
PLENTY OTHER STUFF
Community Service Announcement: Scumdoggery Ratbaggery Theft
Das 500, call for submissions! Send those ideas to Hugh he is all ears | | | | What:
Lenko pop-up store launch
Where:
Ground floor, Melbourne Central (look for the glass cube)
When:
Opening party Thurs May 19, 6-9pm. Shop open until end of June.
How much:
Free! Also, all purchases during the first week of the pop-up will get you in the draw for your own Navajo Print Black Wolf Hood. View map | | Lenko are popping up in Melbourne Central until the end of June. Giving the place some much-needed colour. Figuratively and literally. Friends have helped decorate and design the joint - especially check out "Lauren Goodman's paper napkin column and Adele Winteridge's pallet wall." It's also the home of Australia's first Spirithood sanctuary. You can get your own hood and find out what your spirit animal is. Mine is James Coburn drunk on whiskey. Yours could be a Toucan with borderline personality disorder, a panda who works part time as an accountant or a ham sandwich. Anything, really. - KD | | | | What:
Dancing Heals 'Diamonds' single and video launch with Stephan & Manuel and The Shards
Where:
The Grace Darling, 114 Smith St, Collingwood
When:
Fri May 20, doors 9pm
How much:
Presale $8 +BF from here | | Dancing Heals are launching their new single, 'Diamonds', and its accompanying video clip at the Grace this Friday. I know this because Crunchy d'Clown told me so! Accompanied by Stephan and Manuel (playing their debut as a duo) and the one-time-only supergroup The Shards (featuring members of Jaguar Spring and On Like Kong). ("Who are the supports?" "Oh, it will be On Like Kong." "I know, but who are the supports?") Teehee. - KD | | | | What:
Goldrush FLUOROVISION dance party
Where:
The Gasometer, 484 Smith St, Collingwood
When:
Fri May 20, doors 9pm
How much:
$5 on the door. Email goldrushdanceparty@gmail.com to get on the list for free entry before 10.30pm. | | Goldrush: Putting the gas in Gasometer since 2010. This time it's all about the #7FFF00, the #DFFF00 and the #FF6600. Don't speak hex? Chartreuse green, chartreuse yellow and safety orange you dummy. You know, fluor. I mean fluoro. It doesn't matter. Just make sure you would look ostentatious at The Hacienda circa 1988 and dance accordingly. A one-off TGIF joint before Goldrush return to their regular last-Saturday-of-every-month party programming. - KD | | | | What:
Offshore Radio Theatre
Where:
The Kelvin Club, Melbourne Place, Melbourne
When:
Fri May 20, doors 8pm. First act 10pm.
How much:
$20 on the door, strictly by RSVP to us@supplefox.com | | When introducing the first Offshore Radio Theatre your beneficent host Captain Winsdon Rockelhurst invited you to "the bermuda triangle of lost sounds and exotic rhythms". To "journey through foggy and uncharted territories past musical treasure chests, past tropical islands and sirens of song". Now the ship is going to set sail again, in appropriately gin-soaked style with musical guests Clue to Kalo and Stella Angelico. DJs Treasure Island, English Alan Beverly, Scott Jasonberg, Sweet Jelly Roll and special guest Richie 1250. Guests are encouraged to embrace the 'spirit and style of dandyism' in dress and manner. You can listen live but, I'm telling you, you'd much rather be there. - KD | | | | What:
Bodyelectric Dance Studios presents 'Animals: Welcome to the Jungle'
Where:
Dallas Brooks Hall, 300 Albert St, East Melbourne (enter from Victoria Parade)
When:
Sat May 21, doors 7pm
How much:
Tickets $18.70 +BF from here
Win:
Thanks to Jade at Bodyelectric we have 2 dbls to give away! To enter email us with the subject 'In a world made of steel, made of stone' | | Destiny has inexorably led the dancers of Bodyelectric from that poky room out the back of the Spanish Club to this: their latest end-of-term dance showcase at Dallas Brooks Hall. A troupe of plucky amateurs taking their passion and making it happen. Not a flurry or a zephyr - a storm of lycra and spandex. The hall will echo with the sound of monocles popping out of the eyes of a thousand stuffy freemasons as the Bodyelectric teams dance for their lives. Being is believing. They're getting their anthropomorph on, with cuts deeper than the ones on the arms of my cousin who listens to too much Morrisey. 'Monkey' by George Michael, 'Beast of Burden' by Bette Midler, 'Human Fly' by The Cramps. There's more, you get the idea though. Animals. MC Martin Martini on the baby grand. - KD | | | | | |  |
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Recent years have seen a raft of air pockets, gels, pumps and other miscellany being rammed into our athletic shoes. They now compete with the toothbrush for having the most comedically unnecessary innovations tacked meaninglessly on or into them.
Which is why we return to classics like the Dunlop Volley. The triumph of modernism. Form following function and all that. Just enough tool for the job, no more. But, like a jam jar used as a drinking glass, the Volley has many more uses than you might first suspect. These things are not just for winning Australian Opens, folks. Hiking? Roofing? Just putting together a raffish, | | Ivy League-inspired I'm-just-off-to-go-yachting-with-the-Kennedys ensemble? These things are your guys.
Knowing this, Dunlop have taken three iterations of the classic Volleys and pared them back to their original specifications. The 1959 Volley O.C. (which, apparently, stands for 'orthopedically correct'), the 1965 Volley S.S. and the beloved Volley International, launched in 1975. So, in the spirit of realising when to leave well enough alone we have a pair of black/grey men's Internationals and a pair of white/light grey women's Internationals to give away. To enter, just answer the following question.
This week's question:
I sometimes use my shoes for
a) a light, in-between meals snack
b) emotionally blackmailing my spouse
c) exploring the farthest reaches of the universe
d) running
Send your answer, name, size, preferred style and mailing address to melbourne.win@rightanglestudio.com.au. Winners will be notified by email. Subscriber only entry! Not a subscriber? It's free you jam jars. | | |
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