The Thousands

Word of warning: this is a fan out. Angela and Alice from Even Books are our heroes. Both work full time (Alice is the Creative Director of FBi Radio and Angela is the Arts Editor of City Hub). Both throw amazeballs parties centered around a book, which are equal parts nerdy and cool. Both are really good looking. Both are funny. And, as of next Wednesday, both are curators.

Double Glazed is Even Books’ first exhibition. It features a bunch of talented artists and a bunch of talented writers who have developed work around ‘doppelgangers’. These two sure know how to work a theme, which is why we put them in charge of this week’s mixtape. Not too surprisingly, it’s inspired by twins. Fan out over.

What makes the best mixtape?

Alice: We’re big on themes, and that extends to mixtapes. Once, when I was a teenager, I got suspended for mooning my school at assembly and my dad made me a mixtape that was all about bums and moons. That was pretty good.
Angela: Probably, a very clever robot. With access every song ever made in the history of music. Barring that, a mixtape about bums is probably pretty good too.

What’s the best song on this one?

Alice: I really love ‘Lady Daydream’ (Twin Sister)
Angela: Big Pun’s ‘Twins Undercover 98′. Did you know, "twins" is hip hop speak for boobs? I didn’t.

What is the first mischievous, moderate crime you’d commit if you were a twin?

Alice: I would totally lock my twin in a basement and then harvest her organs for transplants.
Angela: All I know is that if I gave birth to twins, I’d commit infanticide. One would have to go. Twins frighten me. They are their own in-built gang, their own members-only cool club. And I don’t appreciate being excluded.

If you aren’t already a twin, who in the entire world – alive or dead – do you feel would best represent you as your twin?

Alice: Mike Myers
Angela: Mike Myers! Or Mike Myers’s identical twin who is better in bed.

And lastly, what are we to expect from Double Glazed? (We’ve already head the no donut news…)

Both (creepy): You can expect an exhibition of art and writing by some of Sydney’s smartest and funniest and nicest people. You can expect to be able to create your own response to the theme in a special room out the back. You can expect to be tied to a stranger as you enter, you might be forced to participate in a three-legged race, and there will be beer. Also, we’ve put together an amazing publication featuring all of the works in the exhibition which you can pick up for a gold coin.