Wilfred Brandt, 'Cannonball'
Wilfred Brandt’s debut novella Cannonball is about Rick and Christina. Back in 1994 Rick and Christina used to get stupidly high and sing along to The... read more...
Propaganda and Holy Writ of The Process Church of The Final Judgment
This book reprints the magazine a ’60s apocalyptic religious cult sold on street corners – wearing all black and capes – to support... read more...
Darren Sylvester, 'Compass Point'
Melbourne artist and musician Darren Sylvester‘s interest in Compass Point Studios was sparked by reading liner notes to a number of loved albums... read more...
Chris Flynn, 'A Tiger in Eden'
The hero of A Tiger in Eden, Billy Montgomery, has just escaped the violence of Ireland in the mid ’90s. He has spent most his life blowing shit... read more...
Put A Egg On It #4
Put A Egg On It, aside from being good yet gramatically incorrect advice for pretty much any meal imaginable, is a digest of food writing, illustrations... read more...
Teen Witch, 'The Crush Issue'
Welcome to the future. It’s 1994 here and gender (socially defined differences between men and women) doesn’t exist. In Teen Witch Mag –... read more...
The Field Guide to Victorian Produce
Edited by Ewan McEoin (The Melbourne Design Guide), this new little book has big hopes – to make it ‘easy for anyone to access quality produce... read more...
Justin Heazlewood, 'The Bedroom Philosopher Diaries'
This collection of tour diaries shows Justin Heazlewood at his most remorseless. Guess who he’s picking on this time? Justin Heazlewood. Sure, there... read more...
Matterhorn
Aussie designer Chris Hopkins has been doing great work for a long time now, so it’s nice to see Nieves recognise his designs as ‘good, quality... read more...
Ghostpatrol, 'Future Notes Volume II'
Navigating the spectrum of street art – both in its natural habitat, and gallery or print form – its always reassuring to encounter artists... read more...
Teen Angels
Since 1979, Teen Angels has been a testament to the fact that some very real people live lives that are very different from ours. Cover-to-cover, each... read more...
The Many Faces of George Grosz
If you’ve been to NGV’s recent Mad Square exhibition and want to know more about featured artist George Grosz – or felt disappointed with the... read more...
'Alexander Girard'
As well as a prolific designer, Girard was a passionate collector, and some of his extensive collections (which have been exhibited occasionally) are included... read more...
Blake Nelson, 'Dream School'
In Blake’s second installment to the Andrea Marr saga, Dream School, Andrea is miraculously only three years older and setting off to experience the... read more...
Peter Carey, 'The Chemistry of Tears'
Bad news, team: people die. Peter Carey’s The Chemistry of Tears told me so. In the book, horology conservator Catherine Gehrig is beat up about this... read more...
Chuck Klosterman, 'The Visible Man'
The Visible Man is chockablock full of Klosterman’s favourite things: music, drugs, longwinded treatises on the nature of mediated culture. read more...
Little Joe No. 3
Little Joe issue 3 is an inspiring jolt of same-sex creative juices as they apply to the film world. But straight folks needn’t feel uninvited,... read more...
Saul Bass: A Life In Film & Design
Saul Bass: A Life In Film & Design is surprisingly the first book on Bass. A coffee table tome of substantial size, it includes a jizillion images... read more...
PORT issue #4
PORT is now in its fourth issue. I read the first and the second, and by the third it was looking sketchy, but this fourth issue is so good it’s... read more...
Zine review, 'Band T-Shirt'
Band T-Shirt is a celebration of that simpler time. Taking its lead from My Band T-Shirt, this zine sees Vanessa Berry going through the ‘merch’ in... read more...
Summer reading
Some recommended reading from ThreeThousand‘s writers that you can spend your book vouchers on… read more...
Captain Goodvibes, My Life as a Pork Chop 1973-1981
Between 1973 and 1981 Tony Edwards worked for Australian surfing magazine Tracks (here’s what it looked like back then). According to reports, what... read more...
Ala Champfest Magazine issue #4
At 258 pages, Ala Champfest Magazine is a genuine heavy weight in magazine terms and trying to summarise it for this article is like trying to download... read more...
Being Born Is Goin’ Blind
When you think of political cartoons you probably imagine ‘plumb-pudding’, Brant or a weasel with the face of Tony Abbott, but the hundred-strong collection... read more...